| Hiroshi KOBAYASHI / Professor | |
| department | Department of Civil Engineering |
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| specialized field | wind engineering,wind resistant design,vortex induced oscillation Detail information (only in Japanese) |
| classes | undergraduate: Introduction to Civil Engineering,Structural MechanicsU,V,Structural Dynamics graduate: |
| contact | 2F, Kobayashi Lab. kobayazh@se.ritsumei.ac.jp |
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| message | Research activities in Structural Engineering Laboratory are centered in the dynamic responses of bridges due to vehicles and/or strong wind. The response analysis by numerical integration, wind tunnel model studies and evaluation of wind effects by computational fluid dynamics are employed to examine the safety of structures and to develop the techniques for the prevention of vibration. |
| Structural Engineering Lab. | |
| introduction | There are 10 students in the last year of bachelor program. There are also three students in the second year of master program and three students in the first year of master program. Furthermore, two foreign students are studying at the international program for doctoral degree. One Japanese student is now in the second year of the doctoral program. Everyone is enjoying and studying at the Structural and Wind Engineering Laboratory. We are studying about wind loads on bridge structures. There are many kinds of bridges, such as steel bridge, cable stayed bridge, suspend bridge... The bridge structures will vibrate under wind loads. We make the bridge models for testing in the wind tunnel. The experimental data will be captured to the computer through AD card and sensors. The numerical studies are also performed in our laboratory. In the other hand, some students are studding about the vibration of bridge structures under the moving loads of vehicles. This study was performed with data from the real bridge and analysis by personal computer. Please come to our laboratory for cooperating if they are interesting.  The picture was taken after presenting our graduation thesis. |
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