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Nishimura Lab
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A structural engineering lab that makes reinforced concrete buildings more resistant to earthquakes.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting safe architecture from the structural side.
Nishimura Lab studies how to make buildings more earthquake-resistant, focusing mainly on reinforced concrete structures.
Its methods include structural experiments, analysis using the finite element method (FEM), and structural health monitoring.
The lab aims for structures that meet increasingly diverse demands, such as not only protecting lives in an earthquake but also allowing a building to remain in use afterward.
It proposes new structural systems and highly accurate methods for evaluating structural performance.
Key terms
- Reinforced concrete structure
- A way of building a building's frame in which steel reinforcing bars are placed inside concrete to strengthen it
- Finite element method (FEM)
- A method of dividing an object into small elements and using a computer to calculate how forces act on it and how it deforms
- Structural health monitoring
- Attaching sensors to a building to continuously measure its shaking and damage during earthquakes
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Safe buildings are needed for people to live their social lives with peace of mind. To meet various demands, including not only protecting lives in earthquakes and other events but also allowing continued use after an earthquake, the lab proposes new structural systems and highly accurate methods for evaluating structural performance.
*Illustrative imageProtecting Buildings with Open Ground Stories from Earthquakes
Pilotis buildings, which have few walls on the first floor, have a weak story that is vulnerable to earthquake damage. Using experiments and analysis, the lab clarifies how forces are transmitted through the floor, and develops seismic design and retrofitting methods.
*Illustrative imageStrength of Beams with Openings
Openings for piping are made in reinforced concrete beams, and these can become weak points in an earthquake. The lab studies the cracking and strength around the openings, and researches methods for designing such beams safely.
*Illustrative imageHow RC Columns Supporting Gymnasiums Shake
In school gymnasiums, reinforced concrete columns support a steel roof. The lab uses loading tests and shake-table tests to investigate how the columns move when the roof shakes in an earthquake and how much they can withstand.
MembersFaculty
Nishimura Lab consists of faculty, staff, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKoshiro NishimuraPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorZelin WangPublications ↗
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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: “Betonstahl1” Störfix at German Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Protecting Buildings with Open Ground Stories from Earthquakes: “2nd Hakata Kaisei Building the E side of the pilotis 10-4 Hakata-eki-minami 1-chōme Hakata-ku Fukuoka 20230811” Hirho / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Strength of Beams with Openings: “Solid Stainless Steel Rebars ( )” Federal Highway Administration / Public domain (cropped)
- How RC Columns Supporting Gymnasiums Shake: “Old Kuchiono Elementary School Gymnasium ac (6)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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