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The Simulation Of Elastic Wave Propagation In Presence Of Void In The Subsurface, Brittany Ballengee
The Simulation Of Elastic Wave Propagation In Presence Of Void In The Subsurface, Brittany Ballengee
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Underground voids, whether man-made (e.g., mines and tunnels) or naturally occurring (e.g., karst terrain), can cause a variety of threats to surface activity. Therefore, it is important to be able to locate and characterize a potential void in the subsurface so that mitigating measures can be taken. In real-world environments, the subsurface properties and the existence of a void is not known, so the problem is challenging to solve. The numerical analysis conducted in this study takes a step toward understanding the seismic response with and without a void in various types of domains. The Finite Difference Method (FDM) and …