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[Department of Civil Engineering]

There are three major areas covered in the education and researches of the Department of Civil

Engineering, namely Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Infrastructure

Planning. The Department of Civil Engineering offers advanced courses relating to the major areas

to students with backgrounds in civil engineering and other related areas.

Emphasis is focused on producing civil engineers who have sound engineering insight and relevant

knowledge for solving practical problems. This means that the graduates are expected to design and

plan suitable infrastructure for their home countries.

                      

Professors

MIKI, Chitoshi

Bridge Engineering & Steel Structure

NIWA, Junichiro

Structural Concrete

IKEDA, Syunsuke

Hydraulics

KUSAKABE, Osamu

Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

KAWASHIMA, Kazuhiko              

Earthquake & Structure Engineering

YAI, Tetsuo

Transportation Planning & Engineering

*OHTA, Hideki

Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

*OTSUKI, Nobuaki

Construction Materials

*NADAOKA, Kazuo

Coastal Engineering

*HIROSE, Sohichi

Applied Solid Mechanics

*OHMACHI, Tatsuo

Earthquake Engineering

*ISHIKAWA, Tadaharu

Environmental Hydraulics


                    

Visiting Professors

*TERASHI, Masaaki

Geotechnical Engineering

MURATA, Osamu

Geotechnical Engineering

ICHIKAWA, Atsushi

Bridge Engineering


Associate Professors

TAKEMURA, Jiro

Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

KUWANO, Jiro

Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering

YAGI, Hiroshi 

Coastal Engineering

URASE, Taro

Environmental Engineering

WIJEYEWICKREMA, C. Anil

Applied Mechanics

FUJII, Satoshi

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning

*KANDA, Manabu

Hydrology

*UEDA, Takayuki                         

Planning

*MORIKAWA, Hitoshi                 

Earthquake Engineering


Visiting Associate Professors

YOKOTA, Hiroshi

Structural Concrete

MATSUKAWA, Keisuke

Construction Management & Materials

                         

                 


Advanced Concrete Technology

2nd Semester (2-0-0) (Even Years)

Prof. Nobuaki OTSUKI


[Aims and Scopes]

Lectures on the state of the art of concrete technology will be presented, including

some topics related to developing countries.


[Schedule]

1.     Introduction

2.     Cementitious materials|past, present and future

3.     Structure of hardened concrete

4.     Strength

5.     Cements

6.     Admixtures

7.     Aggregates, including lightweight aggregate

8.     Flowable concrete, including anti-washout concrete

9.     Pre-stressed concrete

10.   Standards

11.    Influence of temperature


[Evaluation]

by test


[Texts]

Ref. Concrete, Prentice Hall


[Requirements for Registration]

None, however, basic knowledge of undergraduate level may be necessary

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Advanced Concrete Structures

1st Semester (2-0-0) (Odd Years)

Prof. Junichiro NIWA


[Aims and Scopes]

Fundamental mechanical behaviors of structural concrete will be explained.

Some concepts for the limit state design methods will also be given.

[Schedule]

1.  Introduction

2.  Structural Design Concept of Concrete Structures

3.  Ultimate Limit States

3.1   Flexural Capacity of RC Members

3.2   Capacity of RC Members Subjected to Combined Flexural Moment and Axial Force

3.3   Shear Capacity of RC Members

3.4   Application of Fracture Mechanics

3.5   Size Effect in Diagonal Tension Strength

3.6   Lattice Model Analysis

3.7   Torsion Capacity of RC Members

4.  Serviceability Limit State

5.  Fatigue Limit States

6.  Special Topics


[Evaluation]

Attendance, Reports and Examination


[Text]

Lecture notes will be provided by the lecturer.


[Requirements for Registration]

None


Advanced Course on Coastal Environments

2nd Semester (2-0-0) (Even Years)

Prof. Kazuo NADAOKA  O-okayama West-8 Bldg. Rm. W206 (Ext. 2589)


I.     Coastal zone is subjected to large environmental impacts as well as various natural phenomena

such as waves and currents. Theories and numerical simulation methods related to these

aspects will be lectured with some recent topics on the improvement of coastal environments.

II.    1.   Physics of Water Waves:

Basic Theory/Nonlinear Wave Theories/Wave Breaking and Related Phenomena/Wind

Waves and Random Waves/Various Wave Models and Numerical Simulation

2.   Physics of Coastal Currents:

Nearshore Currents/Tidal and Ocean Currents

3.   Nearshore Sediment Transport and Beach Deformation:

Mechanism of Sediment Transport/Budget of Sediment Transport Rate and Resultant

Beach Deformation/Control of Littoral Drift

4.   Environmental Hydraulics in Coastal Zone:

Introduction/Physical Environments in Coastal Zone/Control and Improvement of Coastal

Environments

Urban Environmental Engineering

2nd Semester (2-0-0) (Odd Years)

Assoc. Prof. Taro URASE


[Aims and Scopes]

Fundamental understanding of sanitary and environmental engineering will be given in this lecture.

Water supply and sewerage in Japan (especially in the case of Tokyo) and in developing countries is

explained. Fate of chemical substances in urban water systems is focused.


[Schedule]

1.  Introduction

2.  Transport phenomena

2.1   Diffusivity

2.2   Shell mass balances

2.3   Equation of change

2.4   Turbulent mass transfer

3.  Measurement of chemical substances in water

4.  Environmental reaction kinetics

5.  Water supply and sewerage

5.1   Water supply and sewerage in Japan

5.2   Water supply and sewerage in developing countries

6.  Solid waste management

6.1   Solid waste management

6.2   Landfill and Leachate


[Evaluation]

Attendance, Reports and Examination


[Texts]

None


[Requirements for Registration]

None

Advanced Course on Elasticity Theory

2nd Semester (2-0-0) (Every Year)

Assoc. Prof. Anil C. WIJEYEWICKREMA


[Aims and Scope]

Non-linear elastic behavior is studied in detail. Anisotropic elasticity will also be introduced.


[Schedule]

1.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Mathematical preliminaries (Cartesian tensors)

2.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Mathematical preliminaries (Tensor algebra)

3.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Kinematics (Configurations and motions)

4.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Kinematics (Deformation gradient and deformation of volume

and surface elements)

5.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Kinematics (Strain, stretch, extension and shear)

6.  Finite Elastic Deformations -- Kinematics (Geometrical interpretation of the deformation)

7.  Analysis of motion -- Deformation and strain rates

8.  Balance laws

9.  Stress tensors -- Cauchy stress tensor

10.  Stress tensors -- Nominal stress tensor

11.  Conjugate stress analysis

12.  Constitutive laws

13.  Anisotropic Elasticity -- Linear anisotropic elasticity

14.  Anisotropic Elasticity -- Lekhnitskii formalism

15.  Anisotropic Elasticity -- Stroh formalism


[Evaluation]

Home Work Assignments and Examination


[Texts]

R.W. Ogden, 1984, gNon-linear elastic deformationsh, Ellis Horwood, Chichester, also published by

Dover publications, New York in 1997.

Ting, T. C. T., 1996, gAnisotropic elasticityh, Oxford University Press, New York.


[Requirements for Registration]

Students should have previously followed a course on Fundamentals of Elasticity or Introduction to

Solid Mechanics.

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