A Deterministic Approach to the Prediction of Teleseismic Ground Motion from Nuclear Explosions

Abstract

Theoretical predictions of teleseismic ground motion from explosions are presented using a deterministic computer model which merges nonlinear shock code calculations in the near-field with seismic code calculations of far-field stress wave propagation through a realistic earth structure. The predicted ground motion given by synthetic seismograms is shown to be in good agreement with observations of body and surface wave motion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784959

Entities

People

  • C. B. Archambeau
  • D. G. Harkrider
  • J. T. Cherry
  • T. C. Bache

Organizations

  • Utility Systems Science and Software (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doppler Effect
  • Earth Models
  • Elastic Waves
  • Explosives
  • Far Field
  • High Pressure
  • Love Waves
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Secondary Waves
  • Shock Waves
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Time Domain
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Seismology