Deterministic full-scenario analysis for maximum credible earthquake hazards
Examines site ground-motion variability across rupture scenarios and connects hazard measures with time histories.
EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE · HYDROPOWER INFRASTRUCTURE
From earthquake rupture
to seismic safety.
A personal research website by Xiang-Chao Wang, presenting earthquake ground-motion simulation, seismic analysis of hydropower structures, and published collaborative research.
Earthquake scenarios and seismic safety of hydropower infrastructure
SOURCE → SITE → STRUCTURECONCEPT STUDY
PHYSICS-BASED RESEARCHUnderstanding ground motions. Connecting scales.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Connecting processes,
understanding response.
The research examines rupture variability, complex sites and the relationship between ground motions and infrastructure.
- 01SourceModel rupture↗
- 02PropagationStudy wavefields↗
- 03SiteCharacterise motions↗
- 04StructureAnalyse response↗
- 05DecisionsCompare scenarios↗
Research framework; this does not indicate an existing end-to-end software integration.
PUBLISHED RESEARCH
Methods with traceable evidence.
A physics-based spectral matching (PBSM) method for generating fully site-related ground motions
Connects target-spectrum constraints with site-specific physical modelling for ground-motion generation.
A Broadband Kinematic Source Inversion Method Considering Realistic Earth Models and Its Application to the 1992 Landers Earthquake
Studies broadband kinematic source inversion with realistic Earth models, applied to the 1992 Landers earthquake.
A framework for seismic response analysis of dams using numerical source-to-structure simulation
Links regional wavefields with dam response analysis and uses historical earthquake observations to examine the method.
JuliaSEM3D
Research development around three-dimensional seismic wave propagation and spectral-element methods.
DamFEM
Research development around finite-element dam dynamics and dam–foundation–reservoir interaction.
LET’S EXPLORE THE QUESTION
Start with a meaningful question.
Ground motions, extreme scenarios, dam dynamics and scientific methods.