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Concrete Lab
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The lab studies concrete, linking everything from materials to the service life of structures in a single analysis.
AboutAbout the lab
Contributing to infrastructure through concrete
The Concrete Lab studies the engineering of building social infrastructure through concrete as a material.
Concrete and reinforced concrete are the main materials that shape cities and infrastructure around the world today.
The lab brings together knowledge of materials, structures, and the environment, and works on multiscale analysis to predict the service life and safety of structures.
In addition to experiments and field surveys, the lab holds activities such as site visits to dams.
Key terms
- Multiscale analysis
- A method that computes, in a connected way, everything from small phenomena inside a material to the behavior of an entire structure
- Deck slab
- The slab part of a bridge that directly bears the weight of vehicles and people
- Fly ash
- Fine ash produced when coal is burned at coal-fired power plants. It can be used to replace part of the cement
NewsLab news
Launched the Social Cooperation Program "Innovation in Concrete Structures through Construction 3D Printing"
Held an online information session and lab introduction for prospective graduate students for AY2027
A master's student received the Annual Paper Encouragement Award at the Japan Concrete Institute Annual Convention 2025
A paper by Prof. Ishida and colleagues received the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Paper Award for fiscal 2024
Part of the results of joint research was adopted in the dam body construction of Naruse Dam
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to predict the service life of infrastructure built with concrete, support its maintenance and management, and reduce its environmental impact. At the core of this work, the lab is building a multiscale integrated analysis system for reinforced concrete structures that treats materials and structures together.
*Illustrative imageIntegrated Analysis of Reinforced Concrete
The lab combines the laws governing materials, structures, the environment, and externally applied loads into a single system, and is building an analysis system that predicts the behavior of reinforced concrete structures.
*Illustrative imageDeterioration Prediction and Maintenance of Bridge Deck Slabs
The lab uses analysis to predict how deterioration progresses in the deck slabs of road bridges, and based on that data proposes methods for rationally maintaining and managing the many bridges in a region.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmentally Friendly Concrete Materials
The lab investigates the properties of materials that reduce environmental impact, such as concrete that absorbs carbon dioxide and concrete that uses large amounts of fly ash.
*Illustrative imageConcrete Structures Built with 3D Printers
The lab studies technology for building concrete structures by layering concrete with construction 3D printers. It also works on design and construction methods through a Social Cooperation Program established jointly with companies.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Concrete Lab consist of faculty, researchers, secretaries, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and short-term visiting students.As of 2026
- ProfessorIshida TetsuyaPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorYuya TakahashiPublications ↗
- Specially Appointed Lecturer (Part-time)Motohiro OhnoPublications ↗
- Specially Appointed Lecturer (Part-time)WANG Wang
- Project Assistant ProfessorJi Xi
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Dogawa Dam” 河川一等兵 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Integrated Analysis of Reinforced Concrete: “Corrosion-damaged-finite-element-model-with-idealized-concrete-damage” Tanarat Potisuk, Christopher C. Higgins, Thomas H. Miller, Solomon C. Yim / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Deterioration Prediction and Maintenance of Bridge Deck Slabs: “Lewis River Bridge - Spalling concrete ( )” Yellowstone National Park / Public domain (cropped)
- Environmentally Friendly Concrete Materials: “Fly Ash FHWA dot gov” United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration / Public domain (cropped)
- Concrete Structures Built with 3D Printers: “3D Concrete Printer” Misanthropic One / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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