Structure of Research Themes in FY 2020　（1） | Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)

Major Research Structure of Research Themes in FY 2020　（1）

1. Coastal Disaster Mitigation and Restoration

1A Research on Mitigation of and Restoration from Earthquake Disasters

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
	Fundamental Research		Investigation of Earthquake Disaster
	Fundamental Research		Development of estimation method for near-fault strong ground motions
	Fundamental Research		Development of a new method for predicting liquefaction-induced ground subsidence and flow
②Research on damage-reduction techniques against the greatest earthquakes	Applied Research	☆	Development of seismic performance evaluation method for offshore wind turbines and coastal structures against the largest earthquake motions
	Applied Research		Development of countermeasures for early exhibition of seismic performance of coastal facilities
③Research on the interaction of earthquakes, tsunamis, and high waves with ground dynamics	Applied Research	☆	Stability evaluation of offshore structures against washout, cavity formation, etc. and development of countermeasure techniques
	Fundamental Research		Evaluation of the deformation and fracture characteristics of coastal soil structures in relation to waves and flows, and development of reinforcement technology

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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)
①Research on ICT-based decision support systems	Development Research		Development of a 3-dimensional simulation model for drift behavior and its application to a 2-dimensional simulation model
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	Fundamental Research		Development of the estimation method for local scour around coastal structures due to tsunami
②Research on the development of tsunami-resistant ports	Development Research		Application of the particle method to the large deformation of port structures due to tsunami

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1C Research on Mitigation and Restoration of Storm Surge and Wave Disasters

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
	Fundamental Research		Identification of issues and improvement of wave estimation methods applicable to Japan's coastal areas
	Development Research		Development of a pier inundation simulation method that considers seawall overtopping and drainage
	Applied Research		Assessment of possible maximum storm surge hazard by using storm-surge-wave coupled model
	Applied Research
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

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