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2018　Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Reduction

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Instructor(s)
Morikawa Hitoshi 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Fri9-10(G3-214)  
Group
-
Course number
UDE.S435
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2018/9/10
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
English
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Course description and aims

Damages from earthquakes and tsunamis have large impacts on society. The instructor explains damages caused by earthquakes and tsunamis, what mechanisms cause physical phenomena such as earthquakes and tsunamis, and what sort of behaviors structures affected by these hazards will exhibit. This is a long-distance course in which the lectures are shared globally through the internet. Through lectures from people involved with overseas earthquake disasters, students are expected to have specific images of the various forms of disasters.

Student learning outcomes

Students are expected to achieve the following in this course. 1) Understand the physics of earthquakes 2) Understand the physics of tsunamis 3) Understand the behavior of structures during earthquakes and think about what measures can be taken 4) Understand the behavior of the ground during earthquakes 5) Understand the relationship between ground structure and seismic motion, and be able to select an estimation method for ground structures appropriately adapted to the objectives.

Keywords

earthquake disaster, tsunami disaster, ground structure, land slide, dynamic response of structures

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The remote lecture system is used to connect with overseas universities and share lectures. Lecture materials are distributed in advance. Lectures are video recorded and can be viewed at any time. If students don't understand anything, they can watch the video at a later day to review. Not only the teaching staffs of Tokyo Tech but also of overseas universities will give lectures.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Liquefaction physics of earthquake, examples of earthquake disaster
Class 2 Seismic base isolation applications in Turkey physics of tsunami, examples of tsunami disaster
Class 3 Physical modeling on the seismic disasters on landslide, soil liquefaction and soil-structure interaction principle of liquefaction, mitigation of disaster by liquefaction
Class 4 Structural assessment and intervention approaches for historical structures earthquake geo-hazard, landslide
Class 5 Fourced vibration tests of structures dynamic response of steel structures, isolated structures, damping structures
Class 6 Tsunami disaster and the 2011 great east Japan earthquake dynamic response of RC structures, isolated structures, damping structures
Class 7 Quick survey of disaster using remote sensing techniques about historical buildings, methods for seismic retrofit of historical buildings
Class 8 Introduction to seismic hazard assessment remote sensing, data, analysis, survey of disaster

Textbook(s)

No textbook is assigned.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Documents will be distributed, if necessary.

Assessment criteria and methods

Homework will be assigned for each class. The achievement will be assessed through the homework.

Related courses

  • UDE.S433 ： Introduction on Theory of Earthquake Ground Motion
  • UDE.S432 ： Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment
  • UDE.S434 ： Safe Built Environment I
  • UDE.E402 ： GIS and Digital Image Processing for Built Environment
  • UDE.S531 ： Microtremor Survey Techniques using Theory of Stochastic Process

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

no requirements

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