SeisSol
Description
SeisSol is a sophisticated software package designed for simulating seismic wave propagation and dynamic rupture processes. It utilizes the arbitrary high-order accurate derivative discontinuous Galerkin method (ADER-DG) to allow precise approximations in time and space. The software supports complex 3D model geometries using tetrahedral meshes and handles various material models including elastic, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic to reflect realistic geological conditions. SeisSol is capable of running on large-scale parallel computing architectures, ensuring efficiency in processing and accuracy in seismological data simulation.
Key Features:
- High-order accurate ADER-DG method for precise time and space approximations.
- Support for complex 3D tetrahedral meshes.
- Capable of handling elastic, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic material models.
- Optimized for large-scale parallel computing environments.
Suggested reads:
Ulrich, T., A.-A. Gabriel,, J. P., Ampuero, & W. Xu, (2019). Dynamic viability of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake cascade on weak crustal faults. Nature communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09125-w.
Wollherr, S., A.-A. Gabriel, and C. Uphoff (2018), Off-fault plasticity in three-dimensional dynamic rupture simulations using a modal Discontinuous Galerkin method on unstructured meshes: implementation, verification and application, Geophys. J. Int., 214(3), 1556-1584, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy213.
Uphoff, C., S. Rettenberger, M. Bader, E. H. Madden, T. Ulrich, S. Wollherr, and A.-A. Gabriel (2017), Extreme scale multi-physics simulations of the tsunamigenic 2004 sumatra megathrust earthquake, in Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, edited, pp. 1-16, ACM, Denver, Colorado, doi: 10.1145/3126908.3126948.
Breuer, A., A. Heinecke, and M. Bader (2016), Petascale Local Time Stepping for the ADER-DG Finite Element Method, paper presented at 2016 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), 23-27 May 2016. doi: 10.1109/IPDPS.2016.109.
Pelties, C., A. A. Gabriel, and J. P. Ampuero (2014), Verification of an ADER-DG method for complex dynamic rupture problems, Geosci. Model Dev., 7(3), 847-866, doi: 10.5194/gmd-7-847-2014.
For further information, consult the SeisSol documentation.