Mechanical anchors are generally used to terminate the beam longitudinal bars at an exterior beam-column joint of reinforced concrete high-rise buildings in Japan. In the [...]

We have been investigating biomechanics of our body, in particular biomechanics of physiological flows over micro to macro levels by using conjugated computational mechan [...]

The recent aim of the earthquake resistant design is not only to protect life in very severe earthquakes, but also to use the buildings again after the earthquakes with s [...]

In case of the repair of a superannuated riveted joint, three methods are considered: 1st one is replacement of the superannuated rivets, 2nd one is installing the bearin [...]

The study aims at using Shirasu, which is a pyroclastic flow deposit like volcanic ash, as one of the binders in mortar or concrete. It is one of the unused natural resou [...]