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مجله ژئوفیزیک ایران

Assessing the role of bathymetric data resolution and FD grid spacing in numerical tsunami simulation

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی‌

نویسندگان
1 Assistant Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
3 M.Sc. Graduate, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Group, Ale-Taha Institute of Higher Education, Tehran, Iran
چکیده
Tsunami hazard analysis in tsunami-prone areas is crucial for disaster preparedness and mitigation. Tsunami hazard can be assessed using either empirical relationships or numerical simulations, with the latter offering greater accuracy. Numerical tsunami simulations involve transforming the governing differential equations into algebraic equations through numerical methods, which are then solved computationally. As for tsunami waves, the horizontal length scale (wavelength) is much greater than the vertical length scale (water depth), the shallow water equations can efficiently and sufficiently accurately describe the propagation and inundation phases of a tsunami. The finite difference method is a common numerical technique used to solve shallow water equations. This method approximates derivatives by using difference equations on a grid. Achieving accurate numerical solutions requires bathymetric data with sufficient resolution, which is not always available. Additionally, decreasing the finite difference grid spacing improves accuracy but also increases computational demand. This raises key questions: Can the lack of bathymetric data with sufficient resolution be compensated by reducing the size of the finite difference grid spacing? To what extent do the resolution of bathymetric data and the size of finite difference grid spacing play a role in the accuracy of tsunami numerical modeling? This study is an attempt to thoroughly investigate the impact of bathymetric data resolution and finite difference grid spacing on the accuracy of tsunami height estimations, focusing on Chabahar Bay in the Makran subduction zone as a real-world case study.
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عنوان مقاله English

Assessing the role of bathymetric data resolution and FD grid spacing in numerical tsunami simulation

نویسندگان English

Leila Etemadsaeed 1
Hamid Zafarani 2
Fatemeh Saber 3
1 Assistant Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Tehran, Iran
3 M.Sc. Graduate, Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Group, Ale-Taha Institute of Higher Education, Tehran, Iran
چکیده English

Tsunami hazard analysis in tsunami-prone areas is crucial for disaster preparedness and mitigation. Tsunami hazard can be assessed using either empirical relationships or numerical simulations, with the latter offering greater accuracy. Numerical tsunami simulations involve transforming the governing differential equations into algebraic equations through numerical methods, which are then solved computationally. As for tsunami waves, the horizontal length scale (wavelength) is much greater than the vertical length scale (water depth), the shallow water equations can efficiently and sufficiently accurately describe the propagation and inundation phases of a tsunami. The finite difference method is a common numerical technique used to solve shallow water equations. This method approximates derivatives by using difference equations on a grid. Achieving accurate numerical solutions requires bathymetric data with sufficient resolution, which is not always available. Additionally, decreasing the finite difference grid spacing improves accuracy but also increases computational demand. This raises key questions: Can the lack of bathymetric data with sufficient resolution be compensated by reducing the size of the finite difference grid spacing? To what extent do the resolution of bathymetric data and the size of finite difference grid spacing play a role in the accuracy of tsunami numerical modeling? This study is an attempt to thoroughly investigate the impact of bathymetric data resolution and finite difference grid spacing on the accuracy of tsunami height estimations, focusing on Chabahar Bay in the Makran subduction zone as a real-world case study.

کلیدواژه‌ها English

Tsunami
numerical modeling
finite difference method
FD grid spacing
bathymetric data resolution
Chabahar bay
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