Overall Goals
- Communicate the science of earthquakes to the greater community in a way that is effective to them. (outreach and resources)
- Understand effects of shaking at a both a soil and building level from ground motions at a single location
Timetabled Activities
| Date | Time | Event | Speaker | Content | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov | 12pm | Launch Meeting | USER kickoff | Jack Erskine 121 | |
| Postponed | Guest Lecture | Tom Wilson | E13 | ||
| 20-Nov | 11am | Guest Lecture | John Hopkins | ENGCore Meeting Rm 3 | |
| TBC | Guest Lecture | Sarah Beaven | |||
| TBC | Fieldtrip | Chris Massey and more | Kaikoura Fieldtrip | Kaikoura (trip information to be provided later) |
Starting Tasks
- Analyse and draw conclusions from plots / animations from the February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake
Download figures from here (https://slack-files.com/T0C0R97U5-FE44W598X-247aff719c)
Gather initial thoughts about each figure after inspecting it without collaboration or research
Undertake individual research to understand each figure better
Talk with the rest of the USER group to compare their conclusions.
Collate your thoughts individually into a 1-2 page document. We are looking at this from the perspective of a person of the general public who wants to see more information about an earthquake
- As a group determine the effects of ground motion at a point
- Use Seisfinder (https://quakecoresoft.canterbury.ac.nz/seisfinder) to retrieve ground motion data from a site closest to UC
- Ground Effects
- Geospatial liquefaction (Zhu et al)
- Liquefaction Calculation
- Shaking on a building
- OpenSees model for (1, 3, 10, 20 story building)