Researcher's Information
Professor
IZUNO, Kazuyuki
Civil Engineering
*Unable to accept new Master/Doctoral students from September 2023
Earthquake Disaster Mitigation of Bridges
As Japan is a highly seismic country, earthquake resistant design technique for infrastructures has progressed. Our laboratory promotes research aimed at protecting people, communities and their culture against earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Bridges are one of the most important infrastructures. Destruction of bridges can significantly compromise logistic operations, not only having a major impact on daily living activities but also delaying reconstruction of suffered area. We conduct experiments and numerical analyses to construct safe and robust bridges against earthquakes, tsunamis and floods to save invaluable human lives.
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Simulation of tsunami surging toward a bridge