Director of Coastal and Ocean Engineering Field: Kenichiro SHIMOSAKO
Kenichiro SHIMOSAKO Director of Coastal and Ocean Engineering Field |
Professional Experiences
| 1986 | Research Engineer, Breakwaters Laboratory, PHRI |
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| 1994 | Senior Research Engineer, Hydraulic Engineering Division, PHRI |
| 2000 | Chief, Maritime Structures Laboratory, PHRI |
| 2001 | Head, Maritime Structures Division, PARI |
| 2008 | Director, Yokohama Research and Engineering Office for Port and Airport, Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| 2010 | Director of Coastal and Ocean Engineering Field |
Research Areas
- Structurally resistive design against wave action for breakwaters
- Development of new type breakwaters
- Utilization of ocean energy
Research Publications
- K. Shimosako, O. Kiyomiya, K. Nakayasu, H. Ookubo and I. Hasegawa (2007): Hydraulic Characteristics of Flap Gate for Storm Surge and Tsunami Barrier, Proceedings of the International Conference Coastal Structures 2007, pp. 600-611.
- K. Shimosako and K. Tada (2004): Verification Procedures of Performance-based Design on the Sliding Stability of Composite Breakwaters, Proceedings of Techno-Ocean 2004, pp. 53-58.
- K. Shimosako and S. Takahashi (2000): Application of Expected Sliding Distance Method for Composite Breakwaters Design, Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, pp. 1885-1898.
- K. Shimosako and S. Takahashi (1999): Application of Deformation-Based Reliability Design for Coastal Structures, Proceedings of the International Conference Coastal Structures ’99, pp. 363-371.
