Infrastructure Safety Engineering

Numbering Code G-ENG01 5F089 LJ73
G-ENG02 5F089 LJ73
Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Thu.3
Instructor name OHTA NAOYUKI (Graduate School of Engineering Program-Specific Professor)
YASUDA NAOTOSHI (Graduate School of Engineering Assistant Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The issues concerning the safety and reliability of infrastructures such as tunnels and bridges and also the issues on natural disaster are reviewed in the lecture.
Course Goals To understand the basic technologies to enhance the safety of structures and also the fundamentals on disaster prevention.
Schedule and Contents 1. Lecture schedule and content explanation
Give an overall explanation of this lecture and show the goals and goals to be understood

2. Introduction to Railway Disaster Prevention System
Main contents of natural disasters suffered by infrastructure equipment and measures taken to ensure safety

3. practice of safety measures against natural disasters (1)
・ Necessity of traffic regulation during heavy rain, various methods and issues

4. Practice of Safety Measures Against Natural Disasters (2)
・ Algorithm of early detection method of earthquake motion and Shinkansen and Earthquake Early Warning

5. Practice of safety measures against natural disasters (3)
・ Specific measures for train safety during strong winds and heavy snowfall

6. Search for problems from the measures actually taken by the railway when the typhoon passed

7. Disaster prevention weather information and weather statistics
Disaster prevention weather information and extreme value statistics important for the safety of social infrastructure facilities

8. Introduction to maintenance of linear structures
Maintenance method for linear structures such as roads and railways

9. Current status and issues of maintenance methods for each structure (1)
・ Maintenance of ground structures such as embankments and cuts

10. Current status and issues of maintenance methods for each structure (2)
・ Tunnel maintenance technology

11. latest technology in structural inspection

The twelfth method of decision-making of measures by risk evaluation
Disaster risk evaluation and disaster prevention investment decision-making method using probabilistic methods

13. site tour (1)
By observing the railway facilities, you can get a first-hand feel of what specific measures are being taken as safety and disaster prevention measures for infrastructure equipment.

14. site tour (2)
Consider issues related to safety measures from the information obtained from the site tour

15. issue review feedback
Based on the knowledge gained in the class, think about questions about safety measures for social infrastructure structures and future prospects, and give explanations based on the results.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Evaluation method]
Exam results (60%)
Normal score evaluation (40%)
Normal score evaluation includes evaluation of small reports imposed during class

[Evaluation policy]
Pass 60 points or more
Course Requirements Basic knowledge on statistics is required. Students should have taken the course of geo-mechanics, structural mechanics and concrete engineering.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) No special preparation is required, but it is desirable to review to understand the content of each lecture.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Distribute prints every time
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