Structure of Research Themes in FY 2017（1） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2017（1）

Research Subtheme	Type of Research
1.Research on strong ground motions and damage predictions 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 evaluation and analysis of liquefied ground behavior and effective contermeasures under sequenced earthquake motions
2.Research on damage-reduction techniques against the greatest earthquakes	Applied Research	The diagnosis and countermeasure technique development related to disaster prevention improvement of industry complex consisting of a wide variety of facilities
	Applied Research	Development of method to seismic peformance evaluation for offshore structure against the largest earthquake motions
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
	Fundamental Research	Study from geotechnical view-point on stability evaluation method of coastal structure subjected to high waves (1C-2)

Research Subtheme	Type of 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 multi-observation based tsunami forecasting method
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

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 central processing and analysis of observation data
	Applied Research		A study of seasonal and regional statistics on swell observed in Japanese coast
	Development Research		Development of a harbor tranquility analysis method for local wind waves and ship waves in a harbor
	Fundamental Research		Proposal for improvement of prediction accuracy of swell
	Applied Research		Estimation of wave transformation around demaged structures to evaluate remaining performance for sheltering
	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 and wave disasters	Applied Research		A study on the wave force, overtopping, and overflow of wind waves on tsunamis and storm surges over design water level (1B-2)