2010 Workshop on Crustal Deformation Modeling

Draft Workshop Agenda

Agenda for June 14-18 Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Crustal Deformation and Earthquake Faulting.

Please send suggested revisions to Brad Aagaard.

Location: Student Center Ballrooms A and B (2nd floor)

Monday - Beginner Tutorials

These tutorials are designed for users that have little or no experience with finite-element modeling tools, but have been introduced to the techniques of finite-element analysis. These tutorials will introduce users to state-of-the-art tools for finite-element modeling of crustal deformation.

7:30am - 8:00am

Continental breakfast

8:00am - 8:15am

Introduction and overview of tutorials, Brad Aagaard

8:15am - 8:45am

Finite-element modeling for crustal deformation, Brad Aagaard

INTRODUCTION TO MODELING SOFTWARE AND MESH GENERATION SOFTWARE

8:45am - 9:15am

PyLith, Charles Williams

9:15am - 9:45am

GeoFEST, Jay Parker

9:55am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 11:10am

CUBIT, Rowena Lohman

11:10am - 11:40am

LaGriT, Carl Gable

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

HANDS-ON TUTORIALS

1:00pm - 2:15pm

CUBIT/PyLith, Brad Aagaard and Charles Williams

2:15pm - 3:30pm

GeoFEST, Jay Parker

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Break

3:45pm

4:30pm -- LaGriT, Carl Gable

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Tinker Time

Dedicated time for installing software, including PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, LaGriT, etc. Code developers will be on hand to help you install these codes on your laptop. This is also a good time to try running example problems or benchmarks that are distributed with respective codes. This is also an opportunity for informal collaboration.

Dinner on your own

Tuesday - Intermediate/Advanced Tutorials

These tutorials build upon the tutorials on Mon are designed for users that have some experience with PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, and/or LaGriT and want to brush up on their use or learn about new features. These tutorials will introduce users to .

7:30am - 8:00am

Continental breakfast

8:00am - 8:05am

Overview of tutorials, Brad Aagaard

OVERVIEW OF NEW FEATURES IN MODELING SOFTWARE AND MESH GENERATION SOFTWARE

8:05am - 8:20am

PyLith 1.5.0, Charles Williams

8:20am - 8:35am

CUBIT 12.1, Rowena Lohman

8:35am - 8:50am

GeoFEST, Jay Parker

8:50am - 9:00am

LaGriT, Carl Gable

9:00am - 9:20am

Fault friction, finite strain, and plasticity in PyLith, Brad Aagaard and Charles Williams

9:20am - 9:50am

Break

GENERATING MESHES FOR NONPLANAR FAULT SURFACES, MESH REFINEMENT, AND IMPROVING MESH QUALITY

9:50am - 10:50am

CUBIT, Rowena Lohman and Charles Williams

10:50am - 11:50am

LaGriT, Carl Gable

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Extending PyLith (physical properties and constitutive models), Brad Aagaard

2:30pm - 5:30pm

Tinker Time

Dedicated time for installing software, including PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, LaGriT, etc. Code developers will be on hand to help you install these codes on your laptop. This is also a good time to try running example problems or benchmarks that are distributed with respective codes. This is also an opportunity for informal collaboration.

Dinner on your own

Wednesday

7:30am - 8:00am

Continental breakfast

8:00am - 8:15am

Introduction and overview of workshop, Brad Aagaard

INTRODUCTION AND POSTER SUMMARIES

8:15am - 8:30am

Participant introductions (~1/2 min per person)

• Why am I here?
• What research problems/areas am I interested in?

8:30am - 9:00am

Poster summaries

Each person with a poster will present an overview of their poster (1 slide and 5 min per person)

9:00am - 9:30am

Break

THE HAITI, CHILE, AND EL MAYOR EARTHQUAKES

9:30am - 10:30am

Gavin Hayes, The NEIC response to recent large earthquakes: A seismological overview of the Haiti, Chile, and El Mayor events(45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

10:30am - 11:30am

Mark Simons, News from the Chilean front (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:10pm - 2:20pm

Andy Freed, The January 12, 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Geophysical Insights and Outreach Opportunities (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

2:20pm - 3:05pm

Rich Briggs, An overview of the 4 April 2010 Sierra El Mayor (Baja California) earthquake (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

3:05pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:40pm - 4:40pm

Luc Lavier, A model for ductile shear initiated by shear fracture: Application to short term and secular fault slip (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

4:40pm - 6:00pm

Poster Session and Tinker Time

Dedicated time for installing software, including PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, LaGriT, etc. Code developers will be on hand to help you install these codes on your laptop. This is also a good time to try running example problems or benchmarks that are distributed with respective codes. This is also an opportunity for informal collaboration.

Dinner on your own

Thursday

7:30am - 8:00am

Continental breakfast

FAULT MECHANICS

8:00am - 9:00am

David Shelly Tectonic tremor beneath the San Andreas fault: New constraints on lower crustal deformation (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

9:00am - 10:00am

Nick Beeler Developing constitutive relations for faulting (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

10:00am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 11:00am

Community benchmarks for code verification, Brad Aagaard

• Results of community benchmarks
• Features in codes that do not have community benchmarks

11:00am - 12:00pm

Laurent Montesi, Rheology of the brittle-plastic transition: Role of fabric and phyllosilicates (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Takeo Ito, A one dimensional model of Earth structure in the western US from GPS observation of ocean tidal load response (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Sylvain Barbot, Tomography of the Mojavian lithosphere viscosity from space geodetic data of the Landers and Hector Mine earthquakes (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Break

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Discussion of New Benchmarks, Charles Williams

• What problems should we use to test our current and new 3-D codes?
• What problems can we use to serve as targets for application of new features/codes?
• What semi-analytic codes can we compare against?

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Tinker Time

Dedicated time for installing software, including PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, LaGriT, etc. Code developers will be on hand to help you install these codes on your laptop. This is also a good time to try running example problems or benchmarks that are distributed with respective codes. This is also an opportunity for informal collaboration.

Dinner on your own

Friday

7:30am - 8:00am

Continental breakfast

LONG-TERM CRUSTAL DEFORMATION

8:00am - 9:00am

Benjamin Hooks 3D numerical mechanical modeling of the southern San Andreas Fault system (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

9:00am - 10:00am

Ethan Coon, Extended finite-element methods in crustal deformation simulations (45 min talk + 15 min discussion)

10:00am - 10:30am

Break

10:30am - 11:00am

Wrap-up Discussion, Brad Aagaard

11:00am - 12:00pm

NEIC Tour

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Tinker Time

Dedicated time for installing software, including PyLith, GeoFEST, CUBIT, LaGriT, etc. Code developers will be on hand to help you install these codes on your laptop. This is also a good time to try running example problems or benchmarks that are distributed with respective codes. This is also an opportunity for informal collaboration.

Dinner on your own