# SCEC TPV6

TPV6 is intended to reside in the “well-posed” regime for bimaterial problems and so uses a very high shear modulus (density*vs*vs) contrast. Material properties are homogeneous within each side of the fault, but change when one traverses to the other side of the fault.

Parameter

Description

Value

Unit

Vp

P velocity of the far side

3750

m/s

Vs

S velocity of the far side

2165

m/s

$$\rho$$

density of the far side

225

kg/m3

Vp

P velocity of the near side

6000

m/s

Vs

S velocity of the near side

3464

m/s

$$\rho$$

density of the near side

2670

kg/m3

Table: Table of bi-material parameters in Tpv6.

## Geometry

TPV6 uses the same geometry as TPV5. The fault within the three-dimensional medium is a vertical right-lateral strike-slip planar fault that resides in a half-space. The fault reaches the Earth’s surface. The rupture is allowed within a rectangular area that is 30000 m long $$\times$$ 15000 m deep. The bottom boundary of and the right and left ends of the allowed 30000 m $$\times$$ 15000 m rupture area are defined by a strength barrier. The nucleation point is centered both along-dip and along-strike of the 30000m $$\times$$ 15000m rupture area, on the fault plane, at 15000m along-strike and 7500m depth.

## Parameters

TPV6 uses a similar parameter setup as TPV5 except for the bulk parameters.

Parameter

Description

Value

Unit

$$\rho$$

density of the far side

2225

kg/m3

$$\lambda$$

Lame parameter of the far side

10.4

GPa

$$\mu$$

Lame parameter of the far side

10.4

GPa

$$\rho$$

density of the near side

2670

kg/m3

$$\lambda$$

Lame parameter of the near side

32

GPa

$$\mu$$

Lame parameter of the near side

32

GPa

Table: Table of bi-material parameters used in SeisSol for Tpv6.

## Results

Figure [fig:tpv6-4s] and [fig:tpv6-7s] show the fault slip rate at 4 s and 7 s, respectively. The slip front is asymmetric when compared with TPV5 (Figure [fig:tpv5-4s]). Figure [fig:tpv6_velocity] shows velocity recorded at two off-fault receivers. The wave picks arrives at the far-side receiver lower than those at the near-side receiver.