The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium
Under the assumptions of linear elasticity and small deformation in traditional elastodynamics, the anisotropy of the medium has a significant effect on rotations observed during earthquakes. Based on the basic theory of the first-order velocity-stress elastic wave equation, this paper simulates the...
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| description | Under the assumptions of linear elasticity and small deformation in traditional elastodynamics, the anisotropy of the medium has a significant effect on rotations observed during earthquakes. Based on the basic theory of the first-order velocity-stress elastic wave equation, this paper simulates the seismic wave propagation of the translational and rotational motions in two-dimensional isotropic and VTI (transverse isotropic media with a vertical axis of symmetry) media under different source mechanisms with the staggered-grid finite-difference method with respect to nine different seismological models. Through comparing the similarities and differences between the translational and rotational components of the wave fields, this paper focuses on the influence of anisotropic parameters on the amplitude and phase characteristics of the rotations. We verify that the energy of S waves in the rotational components is significantly stronger than that of P waves, and the response of rotations to the anisotropic parameters is more sensitive. There is more abundant information in the high-frequency band of the rotational components. With the increase of Thomsen anisotropic parameters ε and δ, the energy of the rotations increases gradually, which means that the rotational component observation may be helpful to the study of anisotropic parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc069f8155eb4265960b73bcf69631302023-11-22T22:19:48ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-11-0111221084510.3390/app112210845The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI MediumLixia Sun0Yun Wang1Wei Li2Yongxiang Wei3“MWMC” Group, School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China“MWMC” Group, School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China“MWMC” Group, School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, ChinaFujian Earthquake Agency, China Earthquake Administration, Fuzhou 350003, ChinaUnder the assumptions of linear elasticity and small deformation in traditional elastodynamics, the anisotropy of the medium has a significant effect on rotations observed during earthquakes. Based on the basic theory of the first-order velocity-stress elastic wave equation, this paper simulates the seismic wave propagation of the translational and rotational motions in two-dimensional isotropic and VTI (transverse isotropic media with a vertical axis of symmetry) media under different source mechanisms with the staggered-grid finite-difference method with respect to nine different seismological models. Through comparing the similarities and differences between the translational and rotational components of the wave fields, this paper focuses on the influence of anisotropic parameters on the amplitude and phase characteristics of the rotations. We verify that the energy of S waves in the rotational components is significantly stronger than that of P waves, and the response of rotations to the anisotropic parameters is more sensitive. There is more abundant information in the high-frequency band of the rotational components. With the increase of Thomsen anisotropic parameters ε and δ, the energy of the rotations increases gradually, which means that the rotational component observation may be helpful to the study of anisotropic parameters.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10845rotationtranslationisotropic mediumVTI |
| spellingShingle | Lixia Sun Yun Wang Wei Li Yongxiang Wei The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium Applied Sciences rotation translation isotropic medium VTI |
| title | The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium |
| title_full | The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium |
| title_fullStr | The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium |
| title_short | The Characteristics of Seismic Rotations in VTI Medium |
| title_sort | characteristics of seismic rotations in vti medium |
| topic | rotation translation isotropic medium VTI |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10845 |
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