Research Interests
- Mathematical modeling of earthquake fault mechanics
- Dynamic rupture along and crossing with a material interface
- Earthquake energy estimation based on inversion analyses
- Determination of rupture velocity with a granular layer friction
- Unilateral rupture along very long reverse faults
- Stress heterogeneity and foreshock-mainshock-aftershock sequences
- Seismicity data analysis
- Threshold-free matched-filter technique for seismic event detection based on the extreme value theory and information criterion
- Laboratory experiments associated with earthquake
- Dynamic shear rupture in a photoelastic medium
Antecedents
- Assistant professor, Apr. 2015 -- present
- Department of Physical Science, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
- Teaching Earth Science/Laboratory Works in Earth Science
- Postdoctral fellow, Oct. 2013 -- Mar. 2015
- Mega Quake Risk Management Project / Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, Tsukuba University, Japan
- PhD course, Apr. 2009 -- Sep. 2013
- Earthquake Research Institute / Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
- supervised by Teruo Yamashita and Nobuki Kame
- Internship, Jul. 2011 -- Aug. 2011
- School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, U.S.
- hosted by James R. Rice
- Master's course, Apr. 2007 -- Mar. 2009
- Earthquake Research Institute / Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
- supervised by Teruo Yamashita
- Undergraduate course, Apr. 2003 -- Mar. 2007
- Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
- supervised by Keiichi Kato
Publications
- Hirano, S., Kawakata, H., and Doi, I. (submitted)
- A threshold-free matched-filter technique
- Tectonophysics
- Hirano, S. (accepted)
- Résumé: Energy estimation of earthquake faulting processes
- Singularity and asymptotic behavior of solutions for partial differential equations with conservation law: RIMS Kôkyûroku Bessatsu.
- Hirano, S. (accepted)
- Friction vs. damage: dynamic self-similar crack growth revisited
- In: Itou, H. et al. (eds) Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications III. CoMFoS18. Mathematics for Industry, Springer.
- Hirano, S. (2019)
- Modeling of unilateral rupture along very-long reverse faults
- J. Geophys. Res., 124, doi:10.1029/2018JB016511.
- Okuwaki, R., Kasahara, A., Yagi, Y., Hirano, S. and Fukahata, Y. (2019)
- Backprojection to image slip
- Geophys. J. Int., 216(3) 1529--1537, doi:10.1093/gji/ggy505.
- EarthArXiv
- Nakayama, M., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Doi, I., and Takahashi, N. (2018)
- Propagation characteristics of elastic waves transmitted through sand soils under dry and saturated conditions
- Progress in Acoustic Emission XIX, Jpn. Soc. Non-Destructive Inspection, 163--167.
- Tamaribuchi, K., Yagi, Y., Enescu, B. and Hirano, S. (2018)
- Characteristics of foreshock and aftershock activity inferred from the JMA earthquake catalog improved by automatic processing
- Earth Planet Space, 70:90, doi:10.1186/s40623-018-0866-9.
- Hirano, S. (2018)
- Integral representation and its applications in earthquake mechanics: a review
- In: van Meurs, P. et al. (eds) Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications II. CoMFoS 2016. Mathematics for Industry, vol 30. Springer, Singapore, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6283-4_9.
- Endo, S., Nakao, A., Hirano, S. and Yagi, Y. (2017)
- The 2013 Sea of Okhotsk deep earthquake: A complex rupture within the Ringwoodite stability zone
- Earth Evol. Sci., 11:23--30.
- Hirano, S. and Yagi, Y. (2017)
- Dependence of seismic and radiated energy on shorter wavelength components
- Geophys. J. Int., 209(3) 1585--1592, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx108.
- Hirano, S. (2017)
- Propagation velocity of pulse-like rupture along earthquake faults
- In: Itou, H. et al. (eds) Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications. Mathematics for Industry, vol 26. Springer, Singapore, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2633-1_10.
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T. (2016)
- Modeling of interfacial dynamic slip pulses with slip-weakening friction
- Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 106(4) 1628--1636, doi: 10.1785/0120150208.
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T. (2015)
- Dynamic anti-plane rupture propagation crossing a material interface: modelling with BIEM
- Geophys. J. Int. 200(2) 1220--1233, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu471.
- Okuwaki, R., Yagi, Y. and Hirano, S. (2014)
- Relationship between High-frequency Radiation and Asperity Ruptures, Revealed by Hybrid Back-projection with a Non-planar Fault Model
- Scientific Reports, 4:7120, doi:10.1038/srep07120.
- Yagi, Y., Okuwaki, R., Enescu, B., Hirano, S., Yamagami, Y., Endo, S. and Komoro, T. (2014)
- Rupture process of the 2014 Iquique Chile earthquake in relation with the foreshock activity
- Geophys. Res. Lett., 41(12) 4201--4206, doi: 10.1002/2014GL060274.
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T. (2011)
- Analysis of the static stress field around faults lying along and intersecting a bimaterial interface
- Geophys. J. Int. 187(3) 1460--1478, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05202.x.
- 桑野修, 平野史朗, 藤田哲史, 日下部哲也, 小寺祐貴, 亀伸樹, 中谷正生, 安藤亮輔 (2011)
- 寒天(アガロースゲル)を用いた断層の動的破壊実験
- 日本地震学会ニュースレター Vol.22 No.6, 表紙
International Presentations
- Hirano, S.
- Aftershocks and the GR law due to a heterogeneous slip model
- American Geophysical Union 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S., December 14, 2018
- Nakayama, M., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Doi, I., and Takahashi, N.
- 24-hours broadband measurements of elastic waves transmitted through sand soils under dry and saturated conditions to investigate differences in propagation characteristics
- American Geophysical Union 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., U.S., December 10, 2018
- Nakayama, M., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Doi, I., and Takahashi, N.
- Propagation characteristics of elastic waves transmitted through sand soils under dry and saturated conditions
- 24th International Acoustic Emission Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, November 07, 2018
- Hirano, S., Toyomoto, Y., Kawakata, H., and Doi, I.
- Application of Extreme Value Theory to a Matched-Filter Analysis
- 10th ACES International Workshop, Awaji Island, Japan, September 27, 2018
- Hirano, S.
- Friction vs. damage: dynamic self-similar crack growth revisited
- CoMFoS18:Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications, Kyoto, Japan, June 13, 2018
- Hirano, S., Toyomoto, Y., Kawakata, H. and Doi, I.
- Objective matched-filter analysis for dertecting small events
- International Symposium on Earthquake Forecast / 5th International Workshop on Earthquake Preparation Process, ~Observation, Validation, Modeling, Forecasting~, Chiba, Japan, May 25, 2018
- Wakamatsu, S., Kawakata, H. and Hirano, S.
- Observed seismic and infrasonic signals around the Hakone volcano -Discussion based on a finite-difference calculation-
- American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, U.S., December 15, 2017
- Hirano, S.
- Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of unilateral dynamic rupture propagation along very-long reverse faults
- American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, U.S., December 14, 2017
- Nakayama, M., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Doi, I. and Takahashi, N.
- Improvement in transmission experiment of elastic waves through partially saturated porous sand soil
- American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, U.S., December 14, 2017
- Yoneda, N., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Yoshimitsu, N. and Takahashi, N.
- Extraction of AE events to estimate their b values under a triaxial compressive condition ~Examination using continuous broadband records~
- American Geophysical Union 2017 Fall Meeting, New Orleans, U.S., December 14, 2017
- Hirano, S.
- Unilateral dynamic rupture propagation along earthquake faults
- CoMFoS17:Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications, OIST, Japan, September 21, 2017
- Hirano, S.
- Energy estimation of earthquake faulting based on a wavefield inversion
- RIMS workshop on "Singularity and asymptotic behavior of solutions for partial differential equations with conservation law", Kyoto, Japan, June 08, 2017
- Hirano, S.
- Integral equation for mechanics of earthquakes
- RIMS workshop on "Inverse problems for partial differential equations and related areas", Kyoto, Japan, January 26, 2017
- Nakayama, M., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Doi, I., and Takahashi, N.
- Transmission experiment of elastic waves with short wavelengths through a highly porous sand soil during water injection
- American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 15, 2016
- Toyomoto, Y., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S. and Doi, I.
- Foreshock search over a long duration using a method of setting appropriate criteria
- American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 15, 2016
- Tsujimura, Y., Kawakata, H., Fukuyama, E., Yamashita, F., Xu, S., Mizoguchi, K, Takizawa, S. and Hirano, S.
- Spatio-temporal foreshock activity during stick-slip experiments of large rock samples
- American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 13, 2016
- Hirano, S., Yamashita, T. and Hatano, T.
- Behavior of pulse-like rupture with velocity-time-dependent friction from a granular layer model
- American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 12, 2016
- Hirano, S.
- Integral representation and its applications of the mechanics of earthquakes
- CoMFoS16:Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications, Kyushu University, Japan, October 23, 2016
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- Propagation velocity of pulse-like rupture with a time-weakening friction law
- American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 18, 2015
- Iwata, K., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., and Doi, I.
- Estimation of Seismic Attenuation beneath Tateyama Volcano, Central Japan by Using Peak Delay
- American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 17, 2015
- Imahori, A., Kawakata, H., Hirano, S., Yoshimitsu, N., and Takahashi, N.
- Travel Times of Later Phases for Transmitting Waves through a Fracturing Westerly Granite Sample under a Triaxial Compressive Condition
- American Geophysical Union 2015 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 16, 2015
- Hirano, S.
- Propagation velocity of pulse-like rupture along earthquake fault
- CoMFoS15:Mathematical Analysis of Continuum Mechanics and Industrial Applications, Kyushu University, Japan, November 16, 2015
- Hirano, S. and Yagi, Y.
- Dependence of seismic energy on higher wavenumber components
- American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 19, 2014
- Yagi, Y., Okuwaki, R., Enescu, B. and Hirano, S.
- Rupture process of the 2014 Iquique Chile earthquake in relation with the foreshock activity
- American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 17, 2014
- Okuwaki, R., Yagi, Y. and Hirano, S.
- Relationship between High-frequency Radiation and Asperity Rupture,Revealed by Hybrid Back-projection with Non-planer Fault
- Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Anchorage, U.S., May 01, 2014
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- BIEM Simulation for Anti-Plane Dynamic Rupture Propagation across a Bimaterial Interface
- Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Anchorage, U.S., April 30, 2014
- Hirano, S.
- An integral representation and numerical simulation of dynamic earthquake faulting occurring in a two-layered medium
- Conference on Diffusion in Heterogeneous Media and Related Topics, Tokyo, Japan, March 06, 2014
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- Off Fault Stress Distribution around Dynamic Slip Pulse on a Bimaterial Interface
- The 7th ACES International Workshop, Otaru, Japan, October 04, 2010
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- Theoretical analysis of static mode-II crack in two-layered medium - interfacial fault and intersecting fault
- Workshop -Earthquake Source Dynamics: Data and Data-constrained Numerical Modeling, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, June 28, 2010
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- Mathematical and numerical analysis of non-planar static mode-II crack in a two-layered medium
- American Geophysical Union 2009 Fall meeting, San Francisco, U.S., December 17, 2009
- Hirano, S. and Yamashita, T.
- Mathematical and numerical analyses of arbitrarily oriented static mode-II crack in a two-layered medium
- The 7th General Assembly of Asian Seismological Commission and The 2008 Fall meeting of Seismological Society of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, November 27, 2008
Grants
- Apr. 2018 -- Mar. 2022
- SPDE modeling for diversity and heterogeneity of earthquake ruptures
- the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI) Program No. 18K13637
- Principal Investigator
- Apr. 2017 -- Mar. 2021
- Mathematical modeling and analysis of discontinuous phenomena in continuum body
- the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI) Program No. 17H02857
- Co-Investigator
Contributions
- Journal Referee
- Bulletin of Seismological Society of America
- Computers and Mathematics with Applications
- European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
- Geophysical Journal International
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
- Journal of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Scientific Societies
- Geophysics
- American Geophysical Union
- Seismological Society of America
- Japan Geoscience Union
- Seismological Society of Japan
- Applied Mathematics
- The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (secretary of a research group Mathematical Aspects of Continuum Mechanics)