Structure of Research Themes in FY 2016　　（1） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2016　　（1）

1. Coastal Disaster Mitigation and Restoration

1A. Research on Seismic Disaster Prevention and Restoration

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
1.Research on techniques for predicting strong ground motions and damage which may occur in the case of the greatest earthquakes	Fundamental Research		Strong motion earthquake observation in port and airport area (2A-2)
	Fundamental Research		Investigation of earthquake disaster (2A-2)
	Fundamental Research		Development of strong motion estimation method for scenario earthquakes beneath metropolitan area
	Fundamental Research		Study on the mechanism, evaluation and prediction of liquefaction under sequenced earthquake motions
2.Research on damage-reduction techniques against the greatest earthquakes	Applied Research		Study on simple seismic performance evaluation of existing mooring facilities (2A-2)
	Applied Research		The diagnosis and countermeasure technique development related to disaster prevention improvement of industry complex consisting of a wide variety of facilities
3.Research on the interaction of earthquakes, tsunamis, and high waves with ground dynamics	Fundamental Research		Seabed soil dynamics and stability assessment of breakwaters and seawalls

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1B. Research on Mitigation and Restoration of Tsunami Disasters

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
1. Research on ICT-based decision support systems	Development Research		Development of a tsunami-fire model for ports
1. Research on ICT-based decision support systems	Development Research		Development of an ocean-earth coupling model for tsunami propagation
2. Research on the development of tsunami-resistant ports	Applied Research		Development of an advanced 3-dimentional simulation model for tsunami inundation
2. Research on the development of tsunami-resistant ports	Fundamental Research		Development of the estimation method for local scour around coastal structures due to tsunami

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1C. Research on Mitigation and Restoration of Storm and Surge Water Disasters

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
1. Research on storm-surge/wave and maximum damage estimation	Fundamental Research	Elucidation of oceanographic phenomena based on observation data
	Fundamental Research	Proposal for improvement of prediction accuracy of swell
	Development Research	High performance harbor tranquility analysis with considering harbor waves generated in a basin
	Applied Research	Consideration of design forces for unexpected high waves and mitigation of coastal disasters
	Fundamental Research	Study on very intense typhoon wind, storm surge and wave characteristics in Japanese bays
	Fundamental Research	Development of the maritime and environmental simulation model using meso-scale weather forcasting model
2. Research on the technology to reduce maximum storm-surge/wave disasters	Applied Research	Study on the wave force, overtopping, and overflow under a large wave condition combined with storm surge and tsunami (1B-2)

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