A new MOX report entitled “Numerical simulation of the Athens 1999 earthquake including simplified models of the Acropolis and the Parthenon: initial results and outlook” by Antonietti, P.F; Cauzzi, C.; Mazzieri, I.; Melas L.; Stupazzini, M. has appeared in the MOX Report Collection.
The report can be donwloaded at the following link:
https://www.mate.polimi.it/biblioteca/add/qmox/53/2022.pdf
Abstract: In this work we present a preliminary study of the seismic response of the Acropolis and of the Parthenon of Athens to the 1999 Mw 5.9 earthquake. The three-dimensional numerical model includes the surface topography of the Attica region, the seismogenic fault, and the most important geological units in the metropolitan area of Athens: the Acropolis hill and the Parthenon. The multiscale numerical model, designed in order to correctly propagate seismic waves up to $5Hz$, is solved through a discontinuous Galerkin spectral element method implemented in the open source library SPEED (speed.mox.polimi.it). Numerical results show the effectiveness of this approach and highlight new challenges for dynamic soil-structure interaction problems at the regional scale.
