Abstract: From our investigation of the experimental seismic response of post-and-beam wooden buildings with different column joints, we developed a nonlinear three-dimensional distinct element model that is capable of time-history ...

Abstract: Tsunamis cause scour and erosion on bearing grounds, resulting in ground instabilities that lead to damage to coastal structures. For example, with regard to the damage to breakwaters due to the tsunami from the Great East ...

Abstract: Requirements for aeronautical gas turbine engines for helicopters include small size, low weight, high output, and low fuel consumption. In order to achieve these requirements, development work ...

Abstract: High-pressure ratio centrifugal compressors are applied to turbochargers and turboshaft engines because of their small dimensions, high efficiency, and wide operating range. Such a high-pressure ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the floatation of a buried pipe in association with wave-induced liquefaction of sand beds. Centrifuge wave tests in a drum channel were performed with viscous scaling introduced such that the time-scaling ...

Abstract: Immediately after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake series, a detailed damage assessment of more than 2,500 wooden houses was conducted at Mashiki Town, Kumamoto. Severe structural and nonstructural components damages were ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the instability of suction bucket foundations that are growing in importance for bottom-mounted offshore wind turbines in association with wave-induced liquefaction of sand beds. The instability of ...

Abstract: The Tohoku coastal area in Japan suffered massive damage in the Great Tohoku Earthquake, in which a prolonged major earthquake was followed by a large tsunami. The damage mechanisms of coastal structures during earthquake–tsunami ...

Abstract: The Tohoku coastal area in Japan suffered massive damage in the Great Tohoku Earthquake, in which a prolonged major earthquake was followed by a large tsunami. The damage mechanisms of coastal structures during earthquake–tsunami ...

Abstract: To promote the development of cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures, the Japanese Government Notifications on Structural Design of CLT Buildings (GN 611) was issued in 2016. In GN 611, three types of platform-framing CLT ...