Simulations of Long-Period Ground Motions during the 1995
Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) Earthquake using 3D Finite Element Method

Y. Hisada (Dept of Arch., Kogakuin University, Japan), 
H. Bao (Algor, Inc, USA)
J. Bielak and O. Ghattas (Civil and Env. Eng., 	Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA)
D. O'Hallaron (School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA)

Abstract: Long-period strong motions (> 0.9 sec) are simulated in the
Kobe area for the mainshock (1/17/95) and the aftershock (2/2/95) of
the Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake. In order to model ground motions
in the realistic and highly heterogeneous basin structure, an
unstructured 3D FEM (Finite element Method) is used, which runs
efficiently on parallel computers. The simulation results show strong
3D basin effects, especially within the disaster belt at the target
sites from KBU to RKI.

@inproceedings	(kobe98,
author	=	"Y. Hisada and H. Bao and J. Bielak and O. Ghattas and D. O'Hallaron" ,
title	=	"Simulations of Long-Period Ground Motions during the 1995 {H}yogoken-{N}anbu ({K}obe) Earthquake using {3D} Finite Element Method" ,
publisher=	"" ,
organization=	"" ,
booktitle=	"2nd International Symposium on Effect of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion" ,
month	=	dec ,
year	=	"1998" ,
address	=	"Yokohama, Japan" ,
editor	=	"" ,
pages	=	"59-66" ,
)