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Architectural Seismology and Geotechnics Lab
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A lab working on earthquake-resistant and seismically isolated design to protect buildings from shaking.
AboutAbout the lab
Protecting buildings from earthquake shaking
The Architectural Seismology and Geotechnics Lab studies everything from analysis of earthquake ground motion to foundations, ground, and seismic isolation, in order to reduce earthquake damage to buildings.
Focusing on the Osaka area, the lab analyzes ground motions from the Uemachi Fault and the Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes, and simulates building damage taking ground conditions into account.
It investigates the behavior of foundations and ground during earthquakes through experiments and FEM analysis.
As ways to reduce damage, it studies the development of seismically isolated and vibration-controlled structures and composite improved ground.
Key terms
- Ground motion
- The shaking of the ground caused by an earthquake. This lab analyzes that shaking
- Seismic isolation and vibration control
- Structures that reduce building damage by making earthquake shaking harder to transmit to the building, or by absorbing it
- FEM
- The finite element method. An analysis method that divides the object into small elements and uses a computer to examine how forces and vibrations propagate
NewsLab news
A paper on an eddy current damper combined with magnetic material has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Structural Engineering
An undergraduate student received the Graduation Thesis Encouragement Award from the Architectural Engineering Division at Osaka University
A paper on magnetically levitated buildings was published in the Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering Transactions
A master's student received the Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award in the vibration field of the Structures section at the Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Meeting
A paper on the vibration characteristics of retaining walls was published in the Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering of the Architectural Institute of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to reduce earthquake damage to buildings, the lab studies everything from analysis of earthquake ground motion to foundations and ground, and seismically isolated and vibration-controlled structures. Its work covers earthquake damage estimation for the Osaka area, soil-foundation interaction, and response reduction and seismic isolation.
*Illustrative imageEarthquake Damage Estimation for the Osaka Area
The lab analyzes ground motion from the Uemachi Fault and the Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes. It simulates building damage taking into account the ground conditions of each area.
*Illustrative imageSoil-Foundation Interaction
To reduce earthquake damage as much as possible, the lab investigates the behavior of ground and foundations during earthquakes through experiments and FEM analysis.
*Illustrative imageResponse Reduction and Seismic Isolation
As ways to reduce earthquake damage, the lab studies the development of seismically isolated and vibration-controlled structures and composite improved ground.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Architectural Seismology and Geotechnics Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorHisatoshi Kashiwa
- Associate ProfessorHidenori Kawabe
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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: “Earthquake-resistant building (Tendjoresmi-PABA-PTPNVIII) - panoramio” de uguh / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Earthquake Damage Estimation for the Osaka Area: “Northern Osaka Prefecture Earthquake Hankyu Railway Station Platform 2018 Osaka earthquake” Gyoza3 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Soil-Foundation Interaction: “Auger Foundation Pile Drill Rig” Ingolfson at English Wikipedia (Original text: Uploader.) / Public domain (cropped)
- Response Reduction and Seismic Isolation: “Seismic isolator for buildings, based on Teflon, exhibited in Nara” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Geotechnical Engineering Lab): “Ground works by the A63, Hull - geograph.org.uk - 6683590” Paul Harrop / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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