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Structural Engineering Lab (Division I)
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A lab that studies structural engineering, focusing on bridges and wind and bridges and earthquakes.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring bridges and wind, and bridges and earthquakes, through structural engineering.
The Structural Engineering Lab (Division I) studies the effects of wind and earthquakes on bridges, new structures and members for bridges, and bridge diagnosis.
The lab originally started with the effects of wind on very long bridges (long-span bridges) and wind-resistant structural design as its basic theme.
It has since expanded its research into a wide range of structural engineering fields, including typhoon simulation, seismic resistance, joints, damage prediction, and monitoring, and it also carries out international cooperation, mainly in the field of bridge engineering.
The lab has experimental facilities such as a low-speed wind tunnel and a Charpy impact testing machine.
Key terms
- Wind tunnel experiment
- An experiment in which a model is placed inside a device that produces wind artificially, in order to examine the forces and vibration that occur when wind hits it.
- Aerodynamic vibration
- A phenomenon in which a structure exposed to wind vibrates through interaction with the surrounding airflow.
- Wind-resistant structural design
- Designing the structure of a bridge so that it remains safe even under the action of wind.
- CFRP
- Carbon fiber reinforced plastic. A material used as bonded plates to strengthen steel members.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how wind and earthquakes act on bridges, and conducts broad research ranging from new structures and members for bridges to methods of bridge diagnosis. The whole of its research is presented under the headings of bridges and wind, bridges and earthquakes, new structures and new members, and bridge diagnosis.
*Illustrative imageBridges and wind
In addition to the fundamentals and applications of wind tunnel experiments, the lab works on analyzing typhoon behavior, aerodynamic vibration of stay cables, and more advanced traffic restrictions for vehicles exposed to crosswinds.
*Illustrative imageBridges and earthquakes
The lab works on controlling the fracture of steel bridges during earthquakes, predicting damage to steel members under cyclic loading, evaluating high-strength bolted joints, and clarifying the strengthening effect of bonded CFRP plates.
*Illustrative imageNew structures and new members
The lab researches new structures and members for bridges, such as the limit span and rationalization of suspension-type bridges and aerodynamically superior PE-treated cables.
*Illustrative imageBridge diagnosis
The lab works on identifying structural characteristics through bridge monitoring, test methods for evaluating the yield margin of steel, detecting nut rotation angles by image processing, and developing AR-based technology to support bridge inspection.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Structural Engineering Lab are faculty, researchers, doctoral students, master's students, undergraduate students, non-degree research students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorHiroshi Katsuchi
- Associate ProfessorHiroshi Tamura
- LecturerJiaqi Wang
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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: “Cable-stayed bridge in Galați” SqueekRO / CC0 (cropped)
- Bridges and wind: “Clifton suspension bridge - geograph.org.uk - 5449419” John Winder / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Bridges and earthquakes: “Earthquake damage - bridge over Styx River” Martin Luff / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- New structures and new members: “Sellwood Bridge, new structure” OregonDOT / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Bridge diagnosis: “Steel Bridge Inspection - Snooper truck” Oregon Department of Transportation / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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