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Analysing stress field conditions of the Colima Volcanic Complex (Mexico) by integrating finite-element modelling (FEM) simulations and geological data
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via D. Creti 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Roberto Sulpizio
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via D. Creti 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via M. Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
Gianluca Norini
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via M. Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
Gianluca Groppelli
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via M. Bianco 9, 20131, Milan, Italy
Antonio Costa
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via D. Creti 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
Lucia Capra
Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Mexico
Giacomo Lo Zupone
Institute of New Energy and Low-carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Michele Porfido
Alumni Mathematica, Dipartimento di Matematica, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
Andrea Gabrieli
Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96922, USA
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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.
In this work we provide a 2D finite-element modelling of the stress field conditions around the...
