Earthquake Disaster Mitigation of Buildings/ Exercise 1

Reducing earthquake damage to buildings and cities is a priority issue in many countries including Japan which are located in earthquake regions. In this course, various basic topics of structural systems for a seismic resistence will be described: 1. seismic design for new buildings; 2. seismic diagnosis and seismic retrofit in existing buildings; 3. assessment methods for aseismic behavior of building which will form the basis for judging the damage level for buildings and developing restoration methods.
In this course students will conduct fracture experiments and theoretical analysis on the members and frame of reinforced concrete structures, in order to understand the concept of buildings collapse during an earthquake.

1. It is possible to master the seismic performance evaluation method of the current buildings.
2. It is possible to master the theoretical analysis on strength and deformation of reinforced concrete members and frames.
3. Experiments on reinforced concrete members and literature surveys enable us to extract the problems of the current seismic design method.

Japanese

Reducing earthquake disasters in buildings and cities is a priority task of many countries in the world, including japan, located in regions with high seismic activity.
In this research, we deal with various fundamental issues concerning the method of evaluating the performance of buildings against earthquake.
1. Seismic Design Method of New Buildings
2. Seismic diagnosis and earthquake strengthening of existing buildings
3. Determination of damage level of disaster-affected building and development of recovery method

Students will be evaluated based on reports (out of 80 points) related to fracture experiment reports (out of 60 points) and building aseismic capacity. A grade of 60% or higher will be required to pass.

・「Reinforced Concrete Structures」 Park and Paulay ,WILEY-INTERSCIENCE
・The Guidelines of Existing Index for Reinforced Concrete Building.

To take a structural classes at the faculty

• after class, in my laboratory

Non-regionally-oriented course

• Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
• Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
• Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
• Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Most classes are interactive

• 9.INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• 11.SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
• 12.RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION