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Submission instructions
Please contribute your abstract by May 7, 2010. Following a strict examination by our article review committee, a notification of adoption or rejection will be sent during June 2010. Those applicants who have been selected will be asked to contribute lecture papers by September 8, 2010.
1) Content of the paper
Recent research relating to earthquake engineering
2) Number of papers to be submitted
One paper may be submitted per applicants. However, in the case of guest lectures, one paper may be submitted apart from the paper for the guest lecture. There is no limit with regard to co-authors; however, the speakers will be limited to members of a sponsoring institute.
3) Sessions receiving applications
The applications will composed of the below indicated general sessions and organized sessions.
General Session
Session NO. |
Session Name |
1 |
Earthquake Damage |
2 |
Active Fault and Paleoearthquake |
3 |
Earthquake Source Modeling and Source Effects |
4 |
Subsurface Structure and Earthquake Ground Motion |
5 |
Strong Ground Motion Prediction and Input Seismic Ground Motion |
6 |
Seismic Hazard and Seismic Zonation |
7 |
Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation |
8 |
Dynamic Characteristics of Soil and Ground |
9 |
Nonlinear Ground Response and Failure |
10 |
Liquefaction and Lateral Flow of Ground |
11 |
Landslide and Slope Failure |
12 |
Ground Structures and Dams |
13 |
Foundation and Underground Structures |
14 |
Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction |
15 |
Experiment and Observation of Structures, Structural Members and Components |
16 |
Seismic Response of Structures and Facilities |
17 |
Wooden Structure and Traditional Architecture |
18 |
Seismic Isolation and Structural Control |
19 |
Smart Structures and Health Monitoring |
20 |
Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Structures |
21 |
Nonstructural Members and Equipments |
22 |
Seismic Design of Structures and Seismic Design Codes |
23 |
Functional Continuity and Resiliency of Facilities |
24 |
Lifeline and Transportation Systems |
25 |
Disaster Preventing Plan and Countermeasure
against Earthquake |
26 |
Seismic Risk Management |
27 |
Human Behavior during and after Earthquakes and Education for Disaster Mitigation |
28 |
Real Time Disaster Mitigation System, Early Warning System, and Ground Motion Observation System, and their applications |
29 |
Social and Economic Issues and Other Topics |
Organized sessions
Session NO. |
Session Name |
OS1 |
Session name: National Seismic Hazard Maps for Japan
Organizer: Tomiichi Uetake (Tokyo Electric Power Company) Takao Kagawa (Tottori University)
Outline: In recent years, seismic hazard maps and long-term seismic hazard maps that pinpoint fault epicenters, including probabilistic seismic hazard maps, and the basic active fault maps and underground structure models on which they are based have been published or compiled, as a compendium of earthquake research, including active fault evaluations and underground structure surveys implemented since the 1995 Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake (1995 Kobe Earthquake). In addition, studies are also underway on the effect of predictive earthquake motion on various structures. We will seek to correctly grasp their achievements and their limitations, in order to effectively utilize these forecast maps in earthquake disaster prevention, and, will debate future issues as well. |
OS2 |
Session name: Lessons and Learns from Iwate Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008
Organizers: Motoki Kazama (Graduate School of Tohoku University) and Susumu Nakamura (Nihon University)
Outline: An acceleration in excess of 4G, the greatest resultant acceleration in the history of their observation, was observed in the focal area of the Mj7.2 Iwate Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake that occurred on June 14, 2008. It is a also an earthquake in a region where active faults have not been measured and is considered to be a mechanism for the occurrence of earthquake motion in excess of 4G, which poses major problems with respect to the conceptualization of future earthquake disaster prevention. Moreover, the damage, which included the collapse of the Matsurube Ohashi Bridge, gave rise to numerous ground disasters, such as large scale landslides and slope failures occurring in the volcanic geology in the vicinity of Kurikoma mountain, and caused the formation of a natural dam; it is thought to be essential to consider the mechanism of its occurrence, restoration and countermeasures in order to devise earthquake disaster prevention measures for the volcanic geology and soil that is widely distributed around Japan. A pronounced characteristic is that there were also residences and buildings that sustained little damage and it is considered important that the underlying reason is also thought to be attributable to the earthquake-proofing reinforcement of school buildings. Thus, we will arrange what has been learned from the 2008 Iwate Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake and future issues, based on the results of research aimed at earthquakes and earthquake motion, ground disasters in volcanic geology and soil, and damage to structures and buildings designed according to post-1995 standards. |
OS3 |
Session name: Roadmap for Seismic Safety of Nuclear Facilities - Role of Earthquake Engineering
Organizers: Hiroyuki Kameda (Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization), Tsuyoshi Takada (Tokyo University)
Outline: Based on the experience gained from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Power Plant, the "Special Committee on Earthquake Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants" established in the Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering, and has discussed about the Roadmap for Seismic Safety of Nuclear Facilities over a two-year period. During the session, we will exchange opinions and discuss about the following issues, on the basis of the roadmap: the systemization of technical issues, the earthquakes and accompanying phenomena on individual issues, the guideline and the earthquake PSA (probabilistic safety analysis) of earthquake-proof design, the safety margin and target level based on the behavior of nuclear facilities, and so force. |
OS4 |
Session name: Evaluation of seismic safety capacity of aged piping system for nuclear power plants
Organizers: Akihito Otani (Nuclear Power Div., IHI Corporation), Hajime Takada (Yokohama National University)
Outline: Focusing on piping systems that are one of important components of nuclear power plants and assuming degradation due to aging, research results on evaluation of soundness of piping systems, techniques to evaluate safety capacity of piping systems to earthquake ground motion exceeding design standards and on evaluation of impacts of aging of piping systems to seismic safety capacity will be announced. Views on future indicators will be exchanged.
Solicitation for theses: Lecture theses are invited. |
OS5 |
Session name: Business Continuity Planning and District Continuity Planning (tentative)
Organizers: Yoshiaki Hisada (Kogakuin University), Harumi Yashiro (Tokyo Marine & Nichido Risk Consulting)
Outline: In order to resume important operations after as brief an interval as possible, when an unforeseen event such as an earthquake disaster occurs, it is desirable for entities such as corporations and self-governing bodies to adopt a business continuity plan (BCP). On the other hand, rather than going it alone in the event of an earthquake disaster, entities are calling for the creation of system for mitigating the disaster and also for the adoption of a District Continuity Plan, which are coordinated among regional operators, residents and self-governing bodies, and a variety of such efforts are now beginning to be made. In this session, we will learn the current state of the BCPs and DCPs put to work by various business operators, self-governing bodies and regions, and we will discuss issues enabling revival based on the initial response following the earthquake disaster and on a rapid recovery. |
OS6 |
Session name: Long Period Earthquake Ground Motion and Safety of Structures
Organizers: Takao Nishikawa (Japan Society of Seismic Isolation), Daiki Saito (Building Research Institute)
Outline: Several years have passed since long period earthquake ground motion has attracted attention triggered by the Tokachi-oki Earthquake in September 2003. During this period, in November 2006, the Japan Society of Civil Engineers and Architectural Institute of Japan published "Joint Proposal on Long Period Earthquake Ground Motion by Trench-Type Massive Earthquake and on Seismic Property of Architectural Structures." In September 2009, the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion published the "Long Period Earthquake Ground Motion Forecast Map - 2009 Trial Edition." Parallel to these announcements, activities are actively undertaken to take effective countermeasures. Beginning 2009, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has started a study toward sophistication of earthquake-resistant designs of buildings with long proper period such as super high-rise buildings and base-isolated buildings as the Subsidy Project for Promotion of Establishment of Building Standards. The issues related to long period earthquake ground motion seem to be shifting from academic problem awareness to the stage of studying and action taking on specific countermeasures. This session will overview the current status of various measures to counter long period earthquake ground motion and will discuss the destination and future challenges at present.
Solicitation for theses: Lecture theses are invited. |
OS7 |
Session name: Damage and Lessons of 2010 Chile Earthquake
Organizers: Yoshiaki Nakano (Tokyo University), Kazuo Konagai (Tokyo University)
Outline: The Chile earthquake of February 27, 2010, caused a lot of damage for the buildings and bridges, and the causalities by Tsunami waves. During the session, we will exchange opinions and discuss about the cause of the damage and their analyzed results based on the investigated results in the damaged areas. In addition, we will discuss about the important lesion to Japan, which will suffer the similar damage by a large subduction-type earthquake in near future. |
4. Preparation of the lecture paper
A 8 pages or less paper (in Japanese or English) is to be submitted on in the specified format. Please refer to the Instructions to the Authors.
5. Submission of the lecture paper
The papers are to be submitted electronically by sending a PDF file of the prepared manuscript to the home page for this symposium. Mailed or hand delivered contributions on paper, floppy disks or the like will not be accepted. Refer to the contribution procedure on Symposium home page for details.
6. Review of the lecture paper
Although there will be no review of the lecture papers, you may be asked to resubmit the manuscript when it is determined that some minor correction is required for errors in phraseology, indistinct diagrams, and the like. Refer to the Review Policy for details.
7. Presentation form of the lecture paper
The presentation of the lecture paper is to be oral or with posters. You will be asked for your preference when contributing your abstract and paper, however, please be aware that it may not be possible to comply with your wishes for program organization reasons.
8. Contribution of paper with review
Although there will be no review of the lecture papers for this symposium, accordingly it is expected that they will be conscientiously contributed as though they were papers subjected to review by the sponsoring institute. Refer to the below home page for details on the papers of the respective institutes.
List of home pages of the sponsoring institutes for guidance on the contribution of papers
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