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Nakamura (Tomoaki) Lab (Nagoya University Coastal Lab)
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A lab that studies waves and coasts through experiments, computation, and field observation, aiming for safe and secure coastal areas.
AboutAbout the lab
Safe and secure coasts through experiments, computation, and observation
The Nakamura (Tomoaki) Lab (Coastal Lab) conducts research to create and make use of safe and secure coastal areas.
The lab approaches this from three directions: large-scale hydraulic model experiment facilities, its own numerical models, and field observation with the latest measuring instruments.
Cameras are installed at Ida Coast of Shichiri-mihama in Mie Prefecture, where the lab continues to observe beach morphological change.
Key terms
- hydraulic model experiment
- An experiment that uses a scaled-down model and a water tank to study the behavior of waves and currents
- beach morphological change
- Changes in the shape of a beach as sand or gravel is moved by waves and currents
- gravel beach
- A beach made of gravel, meaning pebbles larger than sand
- scour
- The removal of sand and soil around a structure by flowing water or waves
ResearchResearch themes
Combining large-scale hydraulic model experiment facilities, its own numerical models, and field observation with the latest measuring instruments, the lab conducts research to create and make use of safe and secure coastal areas.
*Illustrative imageTsunami Forces on Buildings
To improve the safety of tsunami evacuation buildings, the lab uses hydraulic model experiments and numerical simulation to examine how much tsunami force is reduced by the arrangement of surrounding buildings and by openings such as windows.
*Illustrative imageScour Around Structures Caused by Tsunamis
In the tsunami caused by the Tohoku-oki earthquake, coastal disaster-prevention facilities suffered major damage from scour, in which the ground around structures is eroded away. To clarify this phenomenon, the lab investigates it with hydraulic model experiments and a numerical model that can compute the interaction between waves and the ground.
*Illustrative imageObserving Morphological Change of Gravel Beaches
Shichiri-mihama in Mie Prefecture is severely eroded, and its beautiful gravel beach is being lost year by year. The lab has installed cameras at Ida Coast of Shichiri-mihama and continues observations that measure beach morphological change from images.
*Illustrative imageWave-Powered Generation Devices
To make effective use of wave energy, the lab aims to develop power generation devices that use the motion of waves. Using a wave tank, it conducts hydraulic model experiments to examine, for example, the power generation efficiency of wave energy converters.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nakamura (Tomoaki) Lab are faculty members and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomoaki Nakamura
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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: “Kühlungsborn, Buhne” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tsunami Forces on Buildings: “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)
- Scour Around Structures Caused by Tsunamis: “Hilo after Tsunami 1960” US Navy / Public domain (cropped)
- Observing Morphological Change of Gravel Beaches: “Coastal Erosion-4234, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland” Maoileann / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Wave-Powered Generation Devices: “Wave Energy Prize 161116-N-MF696-087” WEC / Public domain (cropped)
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