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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 108
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPUTING
Edited by: J. Kruis, Y. Tsompanakis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper 159

Automated Model Construction for Integrated Earthquake Simulation

M. Hori1, H. Ohtani2, J.A.S.C. Jayasinghe1, M.L.L. Wijerathne1, T. Ichimura1 and K. Fujita2

1Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2Advanced Institute for Computational Science, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
M. Hori, H. Ohtani, J.A.S.C. Jayasinghe, M.L.L. Wijerathne, T. Ichimura, K. Fujita, "Automated Model Construction for Integrated Earthquake Simulation", in J. Kruis, Y. Tsompanakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 159, 2015. doi:10.4203/ccp.108.159
Keywords: integrated earthquake simulation, high performance computing, automated model construction, meta-modeling theory.

Summary
In this paper an integrated earthquake simulation (IES), is presented, that computes the three phases of an earthquake hazard and disaster: the seismic wave propagation phase, the structural seismic response phase, and the social action phases against earthquake disasters. IES is enhanced with high performance computing, and needs a more sophisticated urban area model. Next a method of automated model construction is presented for the structural seismic response analysis. For the quality assurance, the consistency of an analysis model is explained, i.e., the model is used to solve the same physical problem using different mathematical approximations. Consistent models share the same fundamental dynamic characteristics. Examples of consistent models of a freeway network are presented.

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