SCEC Award Number 17151 View PDF
Proposal Category Workshop Proposal
Proposal Title A Joint Workshop: Rupture Dynamics Code Validation and Comparing Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip
Investigator(s)
Name Organization
Ruth Harris United States Geological Survey Brittany Erickson Portland State University Junle Jiang University of California, San Diego
Other Participants many postdocs and students, many co-PI's who are listed on our TAG proposals
SCEC Priorities 4a, 1d, 1e SCEC Groups GM, FARM, CME
Report Due Date 05/28/2018 Date Report Submitted 05/18/2018
Project Abstract
 The SCEC workshop “A Joint Workshop: Rupture Dynamics Code Validation and Comparing Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip” was held April 23-24, 2018, at Kellogg West Conference Center on the campus of California State University, Pomona, in Pomona, California. This workshop discussed the entire suite of code verification benchmarks produced by the dynamic rupture group, some new dynamic rupture science discoveries, and introduced a range of potential approaches to dynamic rupture code validation. This workshop was also the kick-off event for the new SCEC Earthquake Cycles Simulations group that is investigating and comparing simulations of earthquake sequences and aseismic slip (SEAS). Results of the first SEAS benchmark were presented and discussed. There were also presentations about some of the SEAS-related computational codes, along with presentations about earthquake cycles simulation science. Many thanks to Tran Huynh and her team for all of their work that helped make this workshop happen.
Intellectual Merit This workshop discussed the entire suite of code verification benchmarks produced by the dynamic rupture group, some new dynamic rupture science discoveries, and introduced a range of potential approaches to dynamic rupture code validation. This workshop was also the kick-off event for the new SCEC Earthquake Cycles Simulations group that is investigating and comparing simulations of earthquake sequences and aseismic slip (SEAS). Results of the first SEAS benchmark were presented and discussed. There were also presentations about some of the SEAS-related computational codes, along with presentations about earthquake cycles simulation science.
Broader Impacts A total of 60 people participated, including 35 in the meeting room and 25 via remote-access. This year our workshop attendees included scientists from the U.S.A., China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland. One half of our workshop participants were either graduate students or postdocs.
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