Seismic moment tensor catalog for southern Alaska

The files here are part of the PhD thesis work by Vipul Silwal. This supplement will be cited in a manuscript to be submitted. A seismic moment tensor catalog of 106 events was generated using body waves and surface waves. The best solution (M0) was obtained through a grid-search in the double-couple moment tensor space (M) using the "cut-and-paste" (CAP) approach of Zhu and Helmberger (1996). The waveform fits for the 21 events in the Part I catalog is shown in Figure A, with the best-fitting depth plots in Figure B. The uncertainty analysis for these Part I events is shown in Figure C. The waveform fits for the other 85 events (Part II) is shown in Figure D; for these events the best depth search and uncertainty analysis was not performed.This work was supported by the Alaska Earthquake Center and by a grant from the National Science Foundation (EAR 1251971)

Seismic moment tensors for six events in the Minto Flats fault zone, 2012-2016

Using seismic waveform data, we determine seismic moment tensor solutions for six events in the Minto Flats fault zone, 2012-2016.This project was supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant EAR-1352688

Seismic moment tensor catalog for Minto Flats fault zone (2000-2014)

We present moment tensor solutions for 15 earthquakes in the Minto Flats fault zone. Moment tensor solutions were generated using body waves and surface waves. The best solution was obtained through a grid-search in the double-couple moment tensor space using the "cut-and-paste" (CAP) approach of Zhu and Helmberger (1996). The files here are part of the PhD thesis work by Vipul Silwal. The materials were included as part of the supplement to Tape et al. (2015, BSSA).This work was supported by the Alaska Earthquake Center and by a grant from the National Science Foundation (EAR 1251971)

Seismic moment tensor catalog for crustal earthquakes in the Cook Inlet and Susitna region of southern Alaska

We determine moment tensor solutions for 53 earthquakes in southern Alaska, which include 9 in Beluga, 22 in Cook Inlet, and 22 in Susitna. The moment tensors were estimated using both the waveforms and the first-motion polarities. The best solution was obtained through a grid-search in the double-couple moment tensor space using the "cut-and-paste" (CAP) approach of Zhu and Helmberger (1996).This project was supported by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (contract G15AP00052)

Testing Properties of Multiple Distributions with Few Samples

We propose a new setting for testing properties of distributions while receiving samples from several distributions, but few samples per distribution. Given samples from $s$ distributions, $p_1, p_2, \ldots, p_s$, we design testers for the following problems: (1) Uniformity Testing: Testing whether all the $p_i$'s are uniform or $\epsilon$-far from being uniform in $\ell_1$-distance (2) Identity Testing: Testing whether all the $p_i$'s are equal to an explicitly given distribution $q$ or $\epsilon$-far from $q$ in $\ell_1$-distance, and (3) Closeness Testing: Testing whether all the $p_i$'s are equal to a distribution $q$ which we have sample access to, or $\epsilon$-far from $q$ in $\ell_1$-distance. By assuming an additional natural condition about the source distributions, we provide sample optimal testers for all of these problems.Comment: ITCS 202

Thermally induced mechanical stress in the stator windings of electrical machines

The lifetime of an electrical machine mainly depends on the thermal overloading. Modern day applications of electrical machines on one hand require compact machines with high power density, while on the other hand force electrical machines to undergo frequent temperature cycling. Until recently, in the case of electrical machines, the main factor related to the degradation of the winding insulation was thought to be the thermal oxidization of the insulation materials. It has now been revealed that thermal overloading can also induce mechanical stress in the windings of electrical machines, which over time could lead to fatigue and degradation. In this paper, a comprehensive study of the thermally induced mechanical stress in the windings of an electrical machine is presented. The study is performed using combined thermo-mechanical models. The numerical results are validated by experiments on a segmented stator winding set-up

Hypocenter estimation for 14 earthquakes in south-central Alaska (1929-1975)

We provide results from an analysis of 14 historical earthquakes in the region of Cook Inlet and Susitna, south-central Alaska. Using global arrival times of P and S waves, we estimate probabilistic hypocenters using the code NonLinLoc. We provide the complete results, as well as a set of plots to help interpret the likelihood of each earthquake being within the crust, on the subduction interface, or within the subducting Pacific slab.V. Silwal and C. Tape were supported by USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (contract G15AP00052)