Authors: S.V. Mykulyak

Summary: The book is devoted to the study of the dynamic of structured geomedia, taking into account their discrete and hierarchical structure. The geomedia in question include a wide class of natural discrete rock massifs: from massifs of granular rocks, such as sand, to substantially heterogeneous and fragmented areas, which are seismically active zones. The research is carried out within the framework of an approach in which the geomedium is interpreted as a complex discrete system with a hierarchical structure and nonlinear and dissipative interaction between structural elements. Discrete models are used to study the dynamics of structured media because continuous models are not able to reproduce all the diversity of dynamic behavior of such media. In addition, for a hierarchical medium, it is impossible to perform averaging in the transition to a continuous description due to the lack of a small parameter.

Reading audience: The book is aimed at students, graduate students, teachers, and researchers whose research interests cover areas such as geophysics and physics of complex systems.

ISBN 978-966-00-1921-8

DOI: https://doi.org/l0.15407/978-966-00-1921-8

Book project: Scientific book

Responsible institutions: Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of NAS of Ukraine

Published: Kyiv

Size in pages: 203

Print run: 100