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Thrust Areas | Key tasks/Deliverables | Start | Finish |
FP1.1 Simulation methods | 1. Integrate existing codes used in New Zealand into NeSI computational resources | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2016 |
2. Validate simulations using historical New Zealand earthquakes | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2020 | |
FP1.2 Velocity model development | 1. Develop enhanced 3D velocity models in two regions of New Zealand | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2018 |
2. Utilize full waveform tomography for high-resolution velocity modelling | 1/01/2018 | 31/12/2020 | |
FP1.3 Nonlinear site and topographic response | 1. Directly integrate site response and topography into ground motion simulations vs. the use of Vs30. Examine the effects in Canterbury and Wellington | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2019 |
2. Perform detailed analysis on when site-specific account for nonlinear and topographic effects is justified vs. simplified approaches | 1/01/2018 | 31/12/2020 | |
FP1.4 Application for major New Zealand scenarios
| 1. Perform ground motion simulation case studies for cross-flagship research and outreach and compare with empirical predictions | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2018 |
2. Develop a ‘Ground motion simulation atlas’ illustrating seismic intensity over a region for 50 earthquake ruptures which are greatest risk to New Zealand | 1/01/2017 | 31/12/2019 |
2018 RfP Information
Next Flagship RfP Collaboration Meeting: Thursday 28th September from 9-10 AM
Draft Flagship Programme 2018:
Area | Planned Task | Key People | % |
1: Simulation validation (a. Multi-segment rupture; b. South-island shallow crustal events; c. Subduction zone events) | FP1.1 | Bradley, Lee, Somerville, Vyas | 35% |
2: Development of sedimentary basin models in Wellington and Auckland using rapid methods | FP1.2 | Wotherspoon, Bradley, Jeong, Cox | 10% |
3: Explicit site response analysis coupled to simulations of the Kaikoura earthquake | FP1.3 | de la Torre, McGann, Bradley, Wotherspoon, Cubrinovski | 8% |
4. Topographic modelling of Kaikoura, Alpine scenarios | FP1.3 | Taborda, Asimaki, Jeong, Bradley | 2% |
5. Simulation of major scenario earthquakes (Wellington Fault, Hikurangi subduction, Auckland rift) | FP1.4 | Dempsey, Bradley (via Eq Case Study) | 10% |
6. Gm simulation with uncertainties (a. Validation, b. PSHA for NZ) | FP1.5 | Razafindrakoto, Lee, Tarbali, Bradley | 20% |
7. Use of GM simulations in practice (a. Application for code-based, b. Guidance doc) | FP1.6 | Hayden, Chandramohan, Pettinga, McGann, Bradley | 15% |
RfP Projects are being sought in the following areas:
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| FP1.5 Uncertainties and PSHA | 1. Develop advanced ground motion simulations with treatment of modelling uncertainties | 1/01/2017 | 31/12/2020 |
| 2. Perform ‘Cybershake’ simulations performed for T>1s in New Zealand. Compare with hazard from codes and GMPEs | 1/01/2017 | 31/12/2020 | |
| FP1.6 Use of simulations in earthquake engineering analyses | 1. Develop a co-created industry working document on the use of ground motion simulations in engineering design | 1/01/2016 | 31/12/2018 |
| 2. Compare and assess simulated vs. recorded ground motions with archetype engineering structures used to determine bias in simulation methods for feedback to developers | 1/01/2017 | 31/12/2020 |
Current Projects
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- 17084 - Development of a NZ-wide Vs30 model for use in regional ground motion simulations (Bradley, Foster - UC; Wotherspoon - UA; Somerville, Hosseini - AECOM; Thompson - USGS)
- 17085 - Waveform tomography of a South Island Velocity Model and simulation of major Hope Fault earthquakes on the South Island, NZ (Bradley, Lee, Thomson, Pettinga - UC; Wald - USGS; Horspool - GNS)
- 17086 - Response history analyses of structural and geotechnical systems using simulated and recorded ground motions (Pettinga - Holmes; Fraser - Golder; Bradley, Tarbali - UC; Baker - Stanford)
- 17088 - A 3D shear wave velocity model for Dunedin: Data gathering and interpretation (Stirling, Gorman, Holt - Otago; Wotherspoon - UA)
- 17114 - Development of a seismic velocity model and site characterisation for the Nelson/Tasman region (Wotherspoon - UA; Ryder - MWH/UA; Bradley, Foster - UC; Ghisetti - TerraGeologica)
- 17133 - Ground motion simulations for Hauraki rift earthquakes (Dempsey, Eccles - UA)
- 16/17FP1 - Ground motion simulation of Porters Pass earthquakes in the Canterbury region (Nazer, Bradley, Razafindrakoto, Pettinga - UC)
- 17AF8 - Ground motion simulation of Alpine Fault earthquakes (Bradley, Bae + AF8 project)
- 17KAIK - Ground motion simulation of the Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake (Bradley, Razafindrakoto, Polak)
- 17CYB - Cybershake: Simulation-based seismic hazard for the Canterbury region (Tarbali, Bradley)
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