The Nature of Earthquakes

تحلیل پایداری و دینامیکی سازه‌ها تحت انفجارهای درون و برون سازه‌ای در زلزله‌های حوزه‌ی دور و نزدیک

Earthquake and explosion are destructive dynamic forces. These forces can cause severe damage to the structure due to the time-dependent nature of the impact. One of the most important parameters for checking the stability of structures is the study of their buckling modes. The stability check has a direct relationship with the critical load of the columns. In this paper, the effects of simulta...

Nature of Earthquakes

optimal location to reduce earthquake vulnerability of cities (Case study: Bojnord)

Iran is among the countries which id most vulnerable to natural disasters, especially earthquakes. This natural phenomenon creates a disaster in an area of Iran every few years and destroys the human and financial potentials of the country and it has also irreversible mental and emotional consequences. Due to the unexpected nature of most natural disasters and the need for rapid and accurate de...

Evaluating Seismic Effects on a Water Supply Network and Quantifying Post-Earthquake Recovery

This paper summarises the impact of major earthquakes, 2010–2011, on Christchurch’s water supply network and what recovery measures have been applied, what worked well, what did not and why. A number of issues related to the open nature of the Christchurch water supply network were identified during earthquakes. It was difficult to manage large water supply pressure zones during the post-earthq...

Source time function properties indicate a strain drop independent of earthquake depth and magnitude.

The movement of tectonic plates leads to strain build-up in the Earth, which can be released during earthquakes when one side of a seismic fault suddenly slips with respect to the other. The amount of seismic strain release (or 'strain drop') is thus a direct measurement of a basic earthquake property, that is, the ratio of seismic slip over the dimension of the ruptured fault. Here the analysi...