Technical Report of the 41st Joint Meeting (2009)

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THEME 1. Next-Generation Building and Infrastructure Systems

• Continuity and/or Resiliency of Building Function after Disasters

  Hiroshi Fukuyama*, Koichi Morita, Tomohisa Mukai, Taiki Saito, BRI; Hitomitsu Kikitsu, NILIM; Yoshihiro Iwata, Yoshio Wakiyama and Seitaro Tajiri, BRI

THEME 2. Dams

• Improvement of Distance Attenuation Formula of Acceleration and Lower Limit Acceleration Response Spectrum to Evaluate Seismic Performance of Dams

  Shinya Mitsuishi, NILIM; Tomoki Otani*, Japan Water Agency; Yoshikazu Yamaguchi and Tomoya Iwashita, PWRI

• Developing Regional Exercises Involving Multiple Dams

  Enrique Matheu, DHS; Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, USACE; and Robert Hughes*, DHS

• Damage to Dams due to the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008

  Yoshikazu Yamaguchi*, Tomoya Iwashita, PWRI; and Shinya Mitsuishi, NILIM

THEME 3. Wind Engineering

• Experimental Studies on Internal Pressure and Debris Strike for Improved Tornado Induced Loads of Low-Rise Buildings

  Partha Sarkar*, ISU; and Hitomitsu Kikitsu, NILIM

• Damage to Buildings by EF5 Tornado in Iowa, U.S. on May 25, 2008

  Hitomitsu Kikitsu*, NILIM; and Partha Sarkar, ISU

• New Scales for the Destructive Potential of Tropical Cyclones

  Mark Powell, NOAA; and Timothy Reinhold, IBHS (Presented by John Gaynor*)

THEME 4.Transportation Systems

• Damage Investigation of Matsurube Bridge during the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake

  Shigeki Unjoh*, Takashi Tamakoshi, Koichi Ikuta, NILIM; and Junichi Sakai, PWRI

• The Lessons Learned from Wenchuan Earthquake on Highway Bridges

  Phillip Yen*, FHWA; Genda Chen, MUST; and Mark Yashinski, CALTRANS

• Quick Earthquake Damage Detection System for Bridges

  Junichi Sakai*, PWRI; and Shigeki Unjoh, NILIM

• Shake Table Testing of Bridge Reinforced Concrete Columns under Combined Actions

  Juan Arias-Acosta and David Sanders*, UNR

• Shake Table Experiment on RC Bridge Columns Using E-Defense

  Kazuhiko Kawashima*, Tomohiro Sasaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Koichi Kajiwara, Hiromichi Ukon, NIED; Shigeki Unjoh, NILIM; Junichi Sakai, PWRI; Kenji Kosa, Kyushu Institute of Technology; Yoshikazu Takahashi, Kyoto University; Masaaki Yabe, Chodai; and Hiroshi Matsuzaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Outline of the Damage of Transportation Facilities and Geotechnical Structures by the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy Earthquake

  Kazuhiko Kawashima*, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Omer Aydan, Tokai University; Kazuo Konagai, University of Tokyo; Atsushi Yamashita, Gifu University; and Sven-Peter Teodori, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

THEME 5. Storm Surge and Tsunami

• Decision Making on Evacuation from the Tsunami Following the Earthquake off Kuril Islands in 2006

  Yoshio Suwa and Fuminori Kato*, NILIM

• Practical Model to Estimate Behavior of Tsunami-Drifted Bodies

  Takashi Tomita* and Kazuhiko Honda, PARI

• Manual for Forecasting Earthquake and Tsunami Damage to Public Civil Engineering Facilities (Proposal)

  Osamu Okamoto, Kentaro Kumagai and Katsuya Oda, NILIM

THEME 6. Sustainable Design for Buildings and Infrastructure - Focus on Natural Disaster Prevention

• Earthquake Disaster Management in Japan

  Koji Ikeuchi* and Masamitsu Waga, Cabinet Office

• Study on Landslide Orientation Bias Triggered by 1994 Northridge Earthquake

  Hiroshi P. Sato*, GSI

THEME 7. Disaster Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure

• On the Variation of Fundamental Frequency (Period) of an Undamaged Building - A Continuing Discussion

  Mehmet Celebi*, USGS

• System Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Disaster Recovery Process of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems

  Shojiro Kataoka*, NILIM

• Modal-Pushover-based Ground Motion Scaling Procedure for Nonlinear Analysis of Structures

  Erol Kalkan*, USGS; and Anil Chopra, UCB

• Climate Change Adaptive Strategies for Buildings and Public Health

  Fuyuen Yip, Josephine Malilay, George Luber and Paul Garbe, CDC