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- Title
Large‐scale ground motion simulation of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake incorporating soil nonlinearity and topographic effects.
- Authors
Chen, Zhengwei; Huang, Duruo; Wang, Gang
- Abstract
A large‐scale physics‐based simulation is conducted to investigate ground motion distribution in the Mw 7.0 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan. The model simulates the earthquake scenario from fault rupture to wave propagation, and localized site response with consideration of the combined effect of soil nonlinearity and topographic amplification. The simulation domain is 51 km × 43 km × 25 km, and the obtained ground motion time histories are compared satisfactorily with recordings from KiK‐net and K‐NET. Ground motion distribution considering nonlinear soil response and topographic amplification is presented. A 3D equivalent linear model is developed to mimic the soil nonlinearity, and it is demonstrated that neglecting soil nonlinearity could over‐predict peak ground acceleration (PGA) and underestimate peak ground velocity (PGV) near the fault. The topographic amplification factors (TAFs) of PGA and PGV are found between 0.5 and 2.0, with a correlation coefficient of 0.7 between them. Predictive equations are proposed to correlate TAFs of PGA and PGV with topographic features, which are represented by relative heights obtained at different length scales. Finally, major earthquake damages are summarized with reference to the obtained ground motion intensity map.
- Subjects
JAPAN; GROUND motion; EARTHQUAKE damage; EARTHQUAKES; SOILS; THEORY of wave motion; SURFACE fault ruptures
- Publication
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2023, Vol 52, Issue 4, p956
- ISSN
0098-8847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eqe.3795