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Computational Safety Engineering Lab
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The lab uses computation to predict the damage caused by tsunamis and sediment disasters and applies the results to disaster prevention.
AboutAbout the lab
Anticipating disaster damage through computation
The Computational Safety Engineering Lab develops a wide range of numerical simulation techniques for disaster prevention.
To reduce the damage from disasters, it is essential to correctly understand their physical properties and mechanisms, predict the damage, and confirm the effect of countermeasures in advance.
Drawing on knowledge of different subjects, namely structures, fluids, and ground, the lab develops analysis methods and data analysis techniques.
Bringing together not only mechanics but also knowledge of probability, statistics, and disaster science, faculty and students carry out research as one team.
Key terms
- Numerical simulation
- Reproducing a phenomenon such as a disaster with mathematical equations and computer calculations in order to examine how it will unfold
- Hazard
- A phenomenon that can cause a disaster, and its intensity, such as the height or flow velocity of a tsunami
- Protective structures
- Facilities such as fences, nets, and walls built on or below a slope to protect roads and houses from falling rocks and sediment
NewsLab news
A paper from the lab was published in Computers and Geotechnics
A paper by Professor Moriguchi and colleagues was published in EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA
A paper by Professor Moriguchi and colleagues was published in Soils and Foundations
A paper by Professor Moriguchi and colleagues was published in Computers and Geotechnics
A paper by Professor Moriguchi and colleagues was published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
ResearchResearch themes
By creating numerical simulation techniques for disaster prevention, the lab aims to contribute to disaster prevention and mitigation. Using scientific knowledge of different subjects, namely structures, fluids, and ground, it develops analysis methods and data analysis techniques.
*Illustrative imageReading tsunami damage through computation
The lab works on evaluating the various hazards and risks associated with tsunamis through numerical analysis. Its topics include the destruction of structures by tsunami impact force, floating debris, the disaster-mitigating effect of coastal forests, and tsunami risk assessment combined with probability theory.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding the mechanisms of slope disasters
Mountains and hills make up about 70% of Japan's land area, and the neighboring urban areas and road networks are exposed to the risk of slope disasters caused by heavy rain and earthquakes. The lab develops simulation methods for sediment flows, rockfalls, and snow avalanches. These lead to damage prediction that accounts for variability in conditions, and to proposals for the optimal placement and design of protective structures.
*Illustrative imageLearning from field surveys of disasters
The lab conducts field surveys of disasters that have actually occurred and, based on the results, investigates local disaster risk. Focusing mainly on slope disasters and ground disasters, it also works on disaster risk assessment using numerical analysis.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Computational Safety Engineering Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, secretaries, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, graduate research students, and working-professional doctoral students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShuji Moriguchi
- ProfessorAtsuko Mizoguchi
- Assistant ProfessorReika Nomura
- Assistant ProfessorNaruethep SUKULTHANASORN
- Assistant ProfessorNilo DOLOJAN
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- Top image: “US Navy 110318-M-HU778-007 An aerial view of Ishinomaki, Japan, a week after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area” U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan Johnson / Public domain (cropped)
- Reading tsunami damage through computation: “US Navy 110315-N-5503T-307 An aerial view of damage to Otsuchi, Japan, after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in northern Japan” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd / Public domain (cropped)
- Understanding the mechanisms of slope disasters: “Rockfall netting - geograph.org.uk - 1016326” Simon Johnston / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Learning from field surveys of disasters: “Mudslide R477 a1” Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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