[CIG-SHORT] material model for landers/hector mine benchmark
Charles Williams
willic3 at rpi.edu
Thu Jul 13 09:18:26 PDT 2006
I think I would go along with simplifying the model into a reasonable
number of layers (probably < 20). For now, this would make things
easier.
Charles
On Jul 13, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Brad Aagaard wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Brad Hager has provided a material model for the Landers/Hector Mine
> benchmark (see end of email and attachment). The material model is
> basically a piecewise linear variation in material properties with
> depth with a resolution of 500 m - 1000 m. How difficult will it be
> for GeoFEST and PyLith to use this material model? Would it be more
> appropriate (i.e., a reasonable compromise) to simplify the material
> model into something like 10-12 layers so that it could be
> implemented more easily?
>
> Brad
>
> On Monday 10 July 2006 12:17 pm, Bradford H. Hager wrote:
>> Below in ascii and .pdf (with plot) is
>> the SCEC CVM 4.0 Vp, Vs, rho structure at (34.5 N, 116.4 W), a
>> point about midway between Landers and Hector Mine. It is given at
>> 1,000 m depth intervals at half km postings, with extra sampling at
>> the surface and at the Moho (30 km). Below 49.5 km, set the
>> velocity constant at the value at 49.5 km.
>>
>> Since we will be heading towards incorporating the CVM, I think
>> that interrogating the CVM is a better way to go than setting
>> values for a few layers.
>>
>> Values of the Lame' parameters lambda and mu can be obtained from
>>
>> Vs = sqrt(mu/rho)
>> Vp = sqrt[(lambda + 2 mu)/rho]
>>
>> *******************
>>
>> Lat Long depth Vp Vs rho
>> 34.5 -116.4 0 5166.7 2869.2 2680.8
>> 34.5 -116.4 500 5216.7 2896.6 2688.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 1500 5316.6 2951.3 2704.5
>> 34.5 -116.4 2500 5516.2 3060.5 2736
>> 34.5 -116.4 3500 5715.8 3169.7 2767.5
>> 34.5 -116.4 4500 5915.4 3278.9 2799
>> 34.5 -116.4 5500 6103 3440.1 2828.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 6500 6213.1 3590.1 2846
>> 34.5 -116.4 7500 6257.6 3676.8 2853.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 8500 6302.1 3763.6 2860.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 9500 6346.6 3850.4 2867.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 10500 6371.2 3845.9 2871
>> 34.5 -116.4 11500 6375.7 3750.3 2871.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 12500 6380.3 3654.6 2872.4
>> 34.5 -116.4 13500 6384.8 3559 2873.2
>> 34.5 -116.4 14500 6389.4 3463.3 2873.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 15500 6394 3367.7 2874.6
>> 34.5 -116.4 16500 6369.6 3446.9 2870.8
>> 34.5 -116.4 17500 6428.7 3527.2 2880.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 18500 6487.7 3607.6 2889.4
>> 34.5 -116.4 19500 6546.8 3687.9 2898.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 20500 6605.9 3768.3 2908.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 21500 6664.9 3848.7 2917.4
>> 34.5 -116.4 22500 6700.3 3890.9 2923
>> 34.5 -116.4 23500 6712 3895.1 2924.8
>> 34.5 -116.4 24500 6723.6 3899.3 2926.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 25500 6735.3 3903.5 2928.5
>> 34.5 -116.4 26500 6747 3907.7 2930.3
>> 34.5 -116.4 27500 6758.6 3911.9 2932.2
>> 34.5 -116.4 28500 6770.3 3916.1 2934
>> 34.5 -116.4 29500 6782 3920.3 2935.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 29999 6787.9 3922.4 2936.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 30001 7715.4 4507.7 3083.3
>> 34.5 -116.4 30500 7716 4508.3 3083.4
>> 34.5 -116.4 31500 7717.2 4509.4 3083.6
>> 34.5 -116.4 32500 7718.5 4510.5 3083.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 33500 7719.7 4511.6 3083.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 34500 7720.9 4512.7 3084.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 35500 7722.2 4513.8 3084.3
>> 34.5 -116.4 36500 7723.4 4514.9 3084.5
>> 34.5 -116.4 37500 7724.6 4516.1 3084.7
>> 34.5 -116.4 38500 7725.9 4517.2 3084.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 39500 7727.1 4518.3 3085.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 40500 7728.6 4519.5 3085.3
>> 34.5 -116.4 41500 7730.4 4520.9 3085.6
>> 34.5 -116.4 42500 7732.2 4522.2 3085.9
>> 34.5 -116.4 43500 7734 4523.6 3086.2
>> 34.5 -116.4 44500 7735.8 4524.9 3086.5
>> 34.5 -116.4 45500 7737.6 4526.2 3086.8
>> 34.5 -116.4 46500 7739.4 4527.6 3087.1
>> 34.5 -116.4 47500 7741.2 4528.9 3087.3
>> 34.5 -116.4 48500 7743 4530.3 3087.6
>> 34.5 -116.4 49500 7744.8 4531.6 3087.9
>> <Landers_structure.pdf>
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Charles A. Williams
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