AI will increase the safety of construction in earthquake-prone regions

MIPT scientists have created an algorithm using artificial intelligence that evaluates the seismic data of the territory and automatically generates detailed maps of underground structures. Due to this, it is possible to accurately calculate the risks of possible destruction during construction in regions located in potentially dangerous geological zones with an increased probability of earthquakes. The technique can be used in the Far East, the Caucasus, as well as in the northern permafrost regions.

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Strong tremors can cause landslides, avalanches, and damage to infrastructure.

"At the input, the algorithm receives a response from the studied seismic environment, which is recorded during field work using various sensors, and at the output we receive a description of this environment according to various parameters. This way we can find out the boundaries of geological sections, identify inhomogeneities and assess where the foundation of a building can be placed without fear of rock deformation," Andrei Stankevich, an assistant at the Department of Computer Science and Computational Mathematics at MIPT, a graduate student, told Izvestia.

To analyze the bowels of the Earth, experts use elastic vibrations of waves that go dozens of kilometers deep. According to the peculiarities of their reflection from different rocks, a map of the location of the layers is compiled.

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