Analysing stress field conditions of the Colima Volcanic Complex (Mexico) by integrating finite-element modelling (FEM) simulations and geological data

Massaro, Silvia; Sulpizio, Roberto; Norini, Gianluca; Groppelli, Gianluca; Costa, Antonio; Capra, Lucia; Lo Zupone, Giacomo; Porfido, Michele; Gabrieli, Andrea

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2515-2020

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23 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 23 Dec 2020

Analysing stress field conditions of the Colima Volcanic Complex (Mexico) by integrating finite-element modelling (FEM) simulations and geological data

Silvia Massaro, Roberto Sulpizio, Gianluca Norini, Gianluca Groppelli, Antonio Costa, Lucia Capra, Giacomo Lo Zupone, Michele Porfido, and Andrea Gabrieli

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The use of the CAD kernel OCC is covered by the Open CASCADE Technology Public License version 6.3. The Netgen nglib Sonnenhof Holdings (Canada) https://lisafea.com/

Short summary

In this work we provide a 2D finite-element modelling of the stress field conditions around the Fuego de Colima volcano (Mexico) in order to test the response of the commercial Linear Static Analysis software to increasingly different geological constraints. Results suggest that an appropriate set of geological and geophysical data improves the mesh generation procedures and the degree of accuracy of numerical outputs, aimed at more reliable physics-based representations of the natural system.