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Yoshinaka Lab
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A lab in structural engineering for architecture that reduces building vibration with vibration control technology.
AboutAbout the lab
Reducing building sway with vibration control
The Yoshinaka Lab studies the seismic design of curved structures and spatial structures, based on structural engineering for architecture.
The lab studies methods of reducing earthquake-induced building vibration using vibration control technologies such as TMDs (tuned mass dampers).
Targeting buildings with large open spaces, such as the Yamagata Gymnasium, the lab verifies vibration control effects through experiments and analysis.
Key terms
- Structural engineering for architecture
- The field that studies structural systems that keep buildings from failing under earthquake and wind forces.
- TMD (tuned mass damper)
- A vibration control device that uses a weight attached to a building to reduce its sway.
- Response control
- Using devices and other means to reduce the magnitude of a building's shaking during an earthquake.
NewsLab news
Master's and undergraduate students won the JSCA President's Selection Award at the 20th Student Summer Seminar 2025 of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Students and Professor Yoshinaka won the Outstanding Paper Award at APCS2025
Professor Yoshinaka received the 2024 Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (Paper)
ResearchResearch themes
The Yoshinaka Lab specializes in structural engineering for architecture. It studies the seismic design of spatial structures such as curved structures and shell structures, as well as response control against earthquakes and vibration. Using vibration control technologies such as TMDs (tuned mass dampers), the lab works on research that enables buildings with large open spaces to withstand seismic forces.
*Illustrative imageResearch on a New Vibration Control Structure
The lab develops a new vibration control mechanism that deliberately incorporates members weak under compression into the structure.
*Illustrative imageSeismic Research on TMDs and Cables
The lab studies how combining TMDs (tuned mass dampers) with cables can increase the earthquake resistance of spatial structures.
*Illustrative imageSuppressing Vibration in Membrane Structures
Focusing on the “antisymmetric mode,” in which a structure moves up and down in opposite directions when subjected to horizontal force, the lab studies techniques for suppressing vibration in framed structures that use membranes.
*Illustrative imageVibration Control Design with Multiple TMDs
The lab studies design methods that use multiple TMDs (tuned mass dampers) to suppress earthquake shaking in spatial structures.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorSusumu Yoshinaka
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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: “101.portrait.altonthompson” Alton.arts / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Research on a New Vibration Control Structure: “Buckled rails on the Yarra Valley Railway” Lankyrider / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Seismic Research on TMDs and Cables: “Tensegrity Dome” Bob Burkhardt / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Suppressing Vibration in Membrane Structures: “Minimalfläche mit Seifenhaut Würfel 0328” Bin im Garten / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Vibration Control Design with Multiple TMDs: “Newton's Cradle ( )” Sheila Sund / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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