Abstract: The large cities on the plains are often located above the geological faults. The evaluation of these faults with different bedrock types and different overburden soil thickness is very important in the civil engineering. The performance of the soils above the faults under the static seismic conditions is modeled in this paper by using the finite element approach. The objective of the analyses is to real the impact of the bedrock faults on the damage area of the overburden soil during the seismic events. A total of 60 different combinations of faults with different inclination angles and under different earthquake magnitudes are analyzed.

Key words: Bedrock Faults, Ground Subsidence, Numerical Analysis, Inclination of Faults