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Nakano Lab
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The lab investigates, through experiments and analysis, how the foundations that support buildings behave during earthquakes.
AboutAbout the lab
Safe buildings, from the ground up.
Nakano Lab conducts research on building structures, focusing on the behavior of foundations during earthquakes.
A foundation is a member that supports a building, and it also lies along the path through which ground motion is transmitted.
Because the exchange of forces between the ground and the foundation affects how a building shakes, the lab investigates it through both experiments and analysis.
The lab is also developing response reduction methods that use magnets to suppress building vibration.
Key terms
- Foundation
- The part at the base of a building that transmits its weight to the ground. Some are supported by driven piles, while others are placed directly on the ground.
- Ground
- The soil or rock that supports a building. It behaves as a nonlinear continuum, in which forces are not transmitted in a uniform way.
- Response reduction method
- A method that uses devices or mechanisms to reduce how much a building shakes during earthquakes or in the wind.
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The lab conducts research on building structures, focusing on the behavior of foundations during earthquakes. It is also developing methods that use magnets to reduce the response of buildings.
*Illustrative imageBehavior of Foundations During Earthquakes
If a foundation fails and a building tilts significantly, the building can no longer function. The ground is a nonlinear continuum and earthquakes are dynamic phenomena, which makes the problem difficult. The lab studies the behavior of foundations during earthquakes through both experiments and analysis.
*Illustrative imageReducing Vibration with Magnets
The lab is developing methods that use magnets to reduce the response of buildings. By characterizing mechanisms that involve electromagnetism in terms of force and energy, they can be incorporated into problems of building structures.
MembersFaculty
Nakano Lab consists of faculty members and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Associate ProfessorTakaharu NakanoPublications ↗
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- Top image: “2015.04 - Amsterdam, photo of a building site - An excavation at the Sarphatistraat for a new hotel; a geotagged free urban picture, in public domain Commons CCO; city photography by Fons Heijnsbroek, The Netherlands ( )” Fons Heijnsbroek from Amsterdam, Netherlands / CC0 (cropped)
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- Reducing Vibration with Magnets: “Pole 3 building seismic base isolator” Marshelec / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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