Structure of Research Themes in FY 2018　（1） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2018　（1）

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
①Research 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 (2A②)
	Fundamental Research		Investigation of Earthquake Disaster (2A②)
	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
②Research on damage-reduction techniques against the greatest earthquakes	Applied Research		Development of technologies for assessing and improving seismic safety of coastal industrial 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
③Research on the interaction of earthquakes, tsunamis, and high waves with ground dynamics	Fundamental Research		Study from geotechnical view-point on stability evaluation method of coastal structure subjected to high waves (1C②)
	Fundamental Research	☆	Stability evaluation of offshore structures against washout, cavity formation, etc. and development of countermeasure techniques (1C②)

Research Subtheme	Type of Research
①Research on ICT-based decision support systems	Development Research	Development of a tsunami-fire model for ports
①Research on ICT-based decision support systems	Development Research	Development of multi-observation based tsunami forecasting method
②Research on the development of tsunami-resistant ports	Applied Research	Development of an advanced 3-dimentional simulation model for tsunami inundation
	Fundamental Research	Development of the estimation method for local scour around coastal structures due to tsunami
	Fundamental Research	Application of the particle method to the large deformation of port structures due to tsunami

Research Subtheme	Type of Research	Items on the Research Agenda ( ☆ indicates special research)
①Research 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		Assessment of possible maximum storm surge hazard by using storm-surge-wave coupled model
②Research on the technology to reduce maximum storm surge and wave disasters	Applied Research	☆	Study on wave forces on the structural members of protective facilities under storm surges, high waves, and tsunami (1B②)