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It has been showed that the finite element method which utilizes the joint element for representing the fault plane is a promising tool to analyze the fault rupture process and to predict the near field ground motion. In such analyses, however, the spatial distribution of stress and strength along the fault must be known and has been assumed to be deterministic. Then, as a next step of the analysis, the spatial distribution of stress and strength on the fault are considered to be random variables and the effects of spatial variation are discussed by making use of the Monte Carlo simulation and the first-order approximation method.
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Toki, K., Sawada, S., Okashige, Y. (1987). Simulation of Fault Rupture Process by the Stochastic Finite Element Method. In: Lin, Y.K., Minai, R. (eds) Stochastic Approaches in Earthquake Engineering. Lecture Notes in Engineering, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83252-9_19
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