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Structural Creation Lab
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The lab researches how to make bridges and other structures resistant to earthquakes and usable for a long time.
AboutAbout the lab
So that bridges can be used safely for a long time.
The Structural Creation Lab studies technologies for using social infrastructure structures, including bridges, safely over a long period.
It develops methods for evaluating how safe a structure is throughout its entire period of use, from the time it is built.
It investigates how bridges behave during earthquakes and applies the findings to the design of earthquake-resistant structures.
The lab also works on inspection and diagnostic technologies for finding damage in concrete structures.
Key terms
- Seismic design
- Design that determines the shape and strength of a structure so that it does not break even when subjected to earthquake shaking.
- Seismic isolation
- A mechanism in which a device is placed between a structure and the ground so that earthquake shaking is less likely to be transmitted to the structure.
- Nondestructive testing
- Testing that examines internal damage and defects without breaking or damaging the structure.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies technologies for keeping social infrastructure structures such as bridges safe throughout the entire period they are used after being built. It covers both earthquake resistance and inspection and maintenance.
*Illustrative imageForeseeing the Safety of Structures
The lab studies technologies for evaluating the safety of social infrastructure structures over their entire lifetime. It works on methods for grasping the condition of a structure with few sensors, and on technologies for evaluating and maintaining the performance of seismic isolation structures based on long-term earthquake observation.
*Illustrative imageBuilding Earthquake-Resistant Bridges
The lab evaluates how structures such as bridges move during earthquakes and applies the results to seismic design technologies. It works on a new seismic isolation system for bridges that uses a rocking mechanism, and on vibration experiments on bridges that use seismic isolation bearings.
*Illustrative imageFinding Damage in Concrete
To detect deterioration inside structures early, which cannot be seen from the outside, the lab is developing nondestructive testing technology that uses digitally controlled vibration exciters, and a mobile inspection device equipped with AI. It aims to inspect roads, railways, airport runways, and other facilities quickly over wide areas.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Structural Creation Lab consist of faculty members, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorHideki Naito
- Assistant ProfessorHe He
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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: “Ayunose bridge 1” MK Products at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Foreseeing the Safety of Structures: “Mainz - Nordbrücke (KD.RLP )” Oliver Abels / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Building Earthquake-Resistant Bridges: “Showa bridge Niigata NGDC” NGDC / Public domain (cropped)
- Finding Damage in Concrete: “Concrete wall cracking as its steel reinforcing cracks and swells 9061” JonRichfield / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Infrastructure Materials Engineering Lab): “Concrete resistance test” Habib M’henni / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Life Cycle Engineering Lab): “UHPFRC - Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete” Bianca Paola Maffezzoli / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Performance Control Systems Lab): “Многослойная клееная деревянная панель Райн Александр Дмитриевич” Райн Александр Дмитриевич / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Adaptive Design Engineering Lab): “Aso house damaged by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake 2” hanonimas / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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