High Performance Computing Methods for Earthquake Cycle Simulations

dc.contributor.advisorErickson, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorChen, Yimin
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-07T22:16:24Z
dc.date.available2024-08-07T22:16:24Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-07
dc.description.abstractEarthquakes often occur on complex faults of multiscale physical features, with different time scales between seismic slips and interseismic periods for multiple events. Single event, dynamic rupture simulations have been extensively studied to explore earthquake behaviors on complex faults, however, these simulations are limited by artificial prestress conditions and earthquake nucleations. Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in studying and modeling multiple cycles of earthquakes through collaborations in code comparison and verification. Numerical simulations for such earthquakes lead to large-scale linear systems that are difficult to solve using traditional methods in this field of study. These challenges include increased computation and memory demands. In addition, numerical stability for simulations over multiple earthquake cycles requires new numerical methods. Developments in High performance computing (HPC) provide tools to tackle some of these challenges. HPC is nothing new in geophysics since it has been applied in earthquake-related research including seismic imaging and dynamic rupture simulations for decades in both research and industry. However, there’s little work in applying HPC to earthquake cycle modeling. This dissertation presents a novel approach to apply the latest advancements in HPC and numerical methods to solve computational challenges in earthquake cycle simulations.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29809
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectGPUsen_US
dc.subjectHPCen_US
dc.subjectItereative Algorithmsen_US
dc.subjectMultigriden_US
dc.subjectPreconditioneren_US
dc.subjectSBP-SATen_US
dc.titleHigh Performance Computing Methods for Earthquake Cycle Simulations
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Computer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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