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Ishikawa Tatsuya

Faculty of Engineering Civil Engineering Natural Disasters and AdaptationProfessor
Center for Natural Hazards ResearchProfessor
Institute for the Promotion of Business-Regional CollaborationProfessor
Institute for Integrated InnovationsProfessor

Researcher basic information

■ Degree
  • Dr. Eng., Kyoto University
■ URL
researchmap URLホームページURL■ Various IDs
Researcher number
  • 60359479
J-Global ID■ Research Keywords and Fields
Research Keyword
  • 地盤工学
  • 数値解析
  • 土砂災害
  • 防災
  • 舗装工学
  • 積雪寒冷地
  • 礫質土
  • 交通荷重
  • 主応力軸回転
  • 繰返しせん断
  • 凍結融解
  • 路盤
  • 環境技術
  • 凍上
  • 地球温暖化ガス排出削減
  • 粒状構造物
  • 繰返し塑性
  • 主応力回転
  • 路盤・路床
  • 気候変動
  • 鉄道
  • 礫材
  • 天然ガス
  • 維持管理工学
  • 不飽和土
  • せん断試験
  • 自然災害
  • 水工水理学
  • 移動荷重
  • 斜面崩壊
  • 粒子破砕
  • 火山灰質土
  • 凍結・融解作用
  • 地盤防災
  • 室内要素試験
  • 寒冷地地盤防災工学
  • Geotechnical Engineering(5203)
Research Field
  • Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention), Disaster prevention engineering
  • Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention), Geotechnical engineering
■ Educational Organization

Career

■ Career
Career
  • Apr. 2019 - Present
    Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering, 教授
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019
    Hokkaido University, Faculty of Public Policy, 教授
  • Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2017
    Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering, 教授
  • Apr. 2010 - Sep. 2013
    Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering, 准教授
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010
    Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Engineering, 准教授
  • Oct. 2002 - Mar. 2007
    Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Engineering, 助教授

Research activity information

■ Awards
  • Jun. 2022, 土木学会技術賞
  • Jun. 2022, 地盤工学会技術業績賞
  • Jun. 2019, 地盤工学会事業企画賞
  • Jun. 2018, 地盤工学会事業企画賞
  • Apr. 2018, 地盤工学会功績賞
  • Sep. 2017, 平成29年度科研費の審査委員表彰
■ Papers
  • Simulation-based prediction of ballast settlement under cyclic loading with moisture and aging considerations
    Liu Pan; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Lei Xu; Bin Yan
    Transportation Geotechnics, May 2026, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Slope stability-soil runout integrated analysis considering surface flow during heavy rainfall
    Xuesen Li; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Kiyonobu Kasama; Tingyong Zhang
    ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, 356, Sep. 2025, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Load transfer behaviour of super long piles in multi-layer soft soil through field testing and numerical 3D FEM modelling
    Thoi Huu Tra; Thanh T. Nguyen; Thien Q. Huynh; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS, 65, 3, Jun. 2025, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Role of road network for prevention and mitigation of runoff-induced geo-disaster under climate change
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tingyong Zhang; Wentao He; Yulong Zhu; Shima Kawamura
    Transportation Geotechnics, Jul. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
    Scientific journal
  • Response Prediction of Asphalt Pavement in Cold Region with Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Simulation
    Junling Si; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Daoju Ren; Kimio Maruyama; Chigusa Ueno
    Sustainability (Switzerland), 15, 18, Sep. 2023, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Wide / narrow-area slope stability analysis considering infiltration and runoff during heavy precipitation
    Wentao He; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Yulong ZHU
    Soils and Foundations, 63, 1, Feb. 2023, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • The frost heave characteristics of a coarse-grained volcanic soil quantified by particle image velocimetry
    Junping Ren; Shoulong Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Shuangyang Li; Chong Wang
    Geoderma, 430, Feb. 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
    Scientific journal
  • Evaluation of resilient modulus of asphalt pavement in cold region with Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical coupling simulation
    J. Si; T. Ishikawa
    Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies, 2537, 2540, 01 Jan. 2023, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    In book
  • Effect evaluation of grass roots on mechanical properties of unsaturated coarse-grained soil
    Wentao He; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Binh T. Nguyen
    Transportation Geotechnics, 38, Jan. 2023, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Influence of Frost Heave Induced Track Deformation on Ballast Settlement of Culvert Transition Zone in Freezing Period
    Shoulong Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 288 LNCE, 375, 384, 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
    International conference proceedings
  • Thermal-hydro-mechanical coupled analysis of unsaturated frost susceptible soils
    Yu Wei Wu; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    Research in Cold and Arid Regions, 14, 4, 223, 234, Aug. 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Influence of freeze-thaw of ballasted track on vehicle vibration and its evaluation
    Shoulong Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Bin Luo
    Transportation Engineering, 8, Jun. 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Modeling Wicking Fabric Inhibition Effect on Frost Heave
    Yuwei Wu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Kimio Maruyama; Chigusa Ueno; Tomohisa Yasuoka; Sho Okuda
    Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12, 9, 01 May 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • New simplified transient method for determining the coefficient of permeability of unsaturated soil
    Binh T. Nguyen; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Yulong Zhu; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Thanh Truong Nguyen
    Engineering Geology, 300, Apr. 2022, [Peer-reviewed]
    Scientific journal
  • Evaluation of climate effect on resilient modulus of granular subgrade material
    Tianshu Lin; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Jiaqiang Yang; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Cold Regions Science and Technology, 194, Feb. 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • ESTIMATION OF OCCURANCE OF SLOPE DISASTER RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE CONSIDERING RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT PROCESSES
    片寄陸; 中津川誠; 石川達也
    土木学会論文集 B1(水工学)(Web), 78, 2, 2022, [Peer-reviewed]
  • Influence of suffusion on shear strength of saturated/unsaturated volcanic coarse-grained soils
    小原悠佑; 石川達也; 所哲也
    地盤工学シンポジウム論文集(Web), 63rd, 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
  • A FEM-MPM hybrid coupled framework based on local shear strength method for simulating rainfall/runoff-induced landslide runout
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Yafen Zhang; Binh T. Nguyen; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
    Landslides, 19, 8, 2021, 2032, 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Coupled Analysis on Frost-Heaving Depression Effect of Geosynthetics Drainage Material for Road Pavement
    Tomohisa Yasuoka; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Bin Luo; Yuwei Wu; Kimio Maruyama; Chigusa Ueno
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 165, 509, 520, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Modification of Japanese Pavement Fatigue Life Criteria by Considering Climatic Effects in Cold Regions
    Tianshu Lin; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Kimio Maruyama; Chigusa Ueno
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 164, 29, 39, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2022, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Resilient Deformation Characteristics of Unsaturated Subgrade Materials of Rail Tracks under Cyclic Moving Wheel Loads
    T. Ishikawa; B. Dareeju; C. Gallage; L. Tianshu
    Geotechnical Engineering, 52, 4, 23, 32, Dec. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal
  • Probability assessment of slope instability in seasonally cold regions under climate change
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tomohito J. Yamada; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
    Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience, 2, 1, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Dec. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Scientific journal, AbstractTo semi-quantitatively assess the effects of climate change on the slope failures, this paper proposes an effective approach for evaluating the influences of climate change on slope stability in seasonally cold regions. To discuss climate change, this study firstly analyzes the trend of the two main climate factors (precipitation and air temperature) based on the regression analysis results of the meteorological monitoring data during the past 120 years in different scales (e.g., world, country (Japan), and city (Sapporo)), and the downscaled outputs of three different regional atmospheric models (RAMs) with lateral boundary conditions from three different general circulation models (GCMs). Next, to discuss the effects of different climate factors (air temperature, precipitation, etc.) and to determine the key climate factors on the slope instability, a slope stability assessment approach for evaluating the effects of climate changes on slope instability is proposed through the water content simulation and slope stability analysis with considering freeze-thaw action. Finally, to check the effectiveness of the above assessment approach, assessment of instability of an actual highway embankment slope with the local layer geometry is done by applying the past and predicted future climate data. The results indicate that affected by global warming, the air temperature rise in some cold cities is more serious. The climate changes (especially the increase in precipitation) in the future will increase the infiltration during the Spring season. It will lengthen the time that the highway slope is in an unstable state due to high volumetric water content, causing the occurrence of slope failures will be more concentrated in April. While during the Ssummer-Autumn period, the time domain of its occurrence will become wider.
  • Effect evaluation of drainage condition and water content on cyclic plastic deformation of aged ballast and its estimation models
    Jiaqiang Yang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Takahisa Nakamura; Ippei Kijiya; Takashi Okayasu
    Transportation Geotechnics, 30, Sep. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • The Measurement of Unfrozen Water Content and SFCC of a Coarse-Grained Volcanic Soil
    Junping Ren; Shoulong Zhang; Chong Wang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Sai K. Vanapalli
    Journal of Testing and Evaluation, 51, 1, 01 Aug. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Reconnaissance report on geotechnical damage caused by 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake with JMA seismic intensity 7
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Masayuki Yoshimi; Koichi Isobe; Shoji Yokohama
    Soils and Foundations, 61, 4, 1151, 1171, Aug. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Pavement design method in Japan with consideration of climate effect and principal stress axis rotation
    Tianshu Lin; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Kimio Maruyama; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Transportation Geotechnics, 28, May 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Influence of aging on hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated ballast
    Jiaqiang Yang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tianshu Lin; Tetsuya Tokoro; Takahisa Nakamura; Yoshitsugu Momoya
    Transportation Geotechnics, 27, Mar. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Early warning system for rainfall- and snowmelt-induced slope failure in seasonally cold regions
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Bin Luo
    Soils and Foundations, 61, 1, 198, 217, Feb. 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • The Freezing Characteristic Curve of a Coarse-Grained Volcanic Soil
    Junping Ren; Shoulong Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Sai K. Vanapalli
    Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, 80, 96, Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, 2021, [Peer-reviewed]
    International conference proceedings
  • Prediction of Slope Failure in Cold Regions Induced by a Rainfall During Snowmelt Period
    Takumi Murakami; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Nguyen Thanh Binh; Akira Mori; Seiya Yokota
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 126, 457, 465, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Integrated Modeling of Fully Coupled Two-Phase Surface and Subsurface Flow
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 125, 680, 687, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2021, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects evaluation of grass age on hydraulic properties of coarse-grained soil
    Binh T. Nguyen; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Takumi Murakami
    Transportation Geotechnics, 25, Dec. 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Simultaneous analysis of slope instabilities on a small catchment-scale using coupled surface and subsurface flows
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Bin Luo
    Engineering Geology, 275, 20 Sep. 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • A Sequentially Coupled Catchment‐Scale Numerical Model for Snowmelt‐Induced Soil Slope Instabilities
    S. Siva Subramanian; X. Fan; A. P. Yunus; T. Asch; G. Scaringi; Q. Xu; L. Dai; T. Ishikawa; R. Huang
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125, 5, American Geophysical Union ({AGU}), 15 May 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Simulation of runoff and infiltration using iterative cross-coupled surface and subsurface flows
    Yulong Zhu; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
    8th Japan-China Geotechnical Symposium: Challenges to Breakthrough in Geotechnic, 41, 46, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect of snow cover evolution on pore water pressure behaviour in embankments and cut slopes: Field observations
    Satoshi Nishimura; Keisuke Sasahara; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    8th Japan-China Geotechnical Symposium: Challenges to Breakthrough in Geotechnic, 288, 293, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influences of water content and fine fraction content on permanent deformation of ballasts
    Jiaqiang Yang; T. Ishikawa; S. Matsutani; T. Tokoro; T. Nakamura; Y. Momoya
    16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2019, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Resilient properties of unbound granular materials subjected to freeze-thaw and wheel loads
    Tianshu Lin; T. Ishikawa; R. Aoki; T. Tokoro
    16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2019, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Measurement for permeability of frozen soil by transient pulse method
    Tetsuya Tokoro; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 49, 71, 78, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
    English, In book
  • Influences of freeze-thaw on performance of pavement structures in snowy cold region
    Tatsuya Ishikawa
    16th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, ARC 2019, 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect evaluation of freeze-thaw on resilient modulus of unsaturated granular base course material in pavement
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tianshu Lin; Shinichiro Kawabata; Shuichi Kameyama; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Transportation Geotechnics, 21, Dec. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Applicability of Modified University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Model for Unbound Aggregate Material with Different Water Content
    Tianshu Lin; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Bin Luo
    Transportation Research Record, 2673, 3, 439, 449, 01 Mar. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Application of the UIUC model for predicting ballast settlement to unsaturated ballasts under moving wheel loads
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tianshu Lin; Jiaqiang Yang; Tetsuya Tokoro; Erol Tutumluer
    Transportation Geotechnics, 18, 149, 162, Mar. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Unsaturated soil mechanics for disaster prevention and maintenance of traffic infrastructure in snowy cold region
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tianshu Lin; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Tetsuya Tokoro
    7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Testing method for resilient properties of unsaturated unbound granular materials subjected to freezethaw action
    Tianshu Lin; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, 576, 581, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Numerical analysis of in-situ water content and temperature variations due to effects of grass
    Binh T. Nguyen; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Takumi Murakami
    7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, 660, 668, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Measurement of unfrozen water in unsaturated soil with pulse NMR
    T. Tokoro; T. Ishikawa
    7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, AP-UNSAT 2019, 582, 586, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • STUDY ON ELASTO-PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF BALLAST SUBJECTED TO CYCLIC LOADING BY SUBLOADING SURFACE MODEL
    KIJIYA Ippei; ITOH Kazuki; NAKAMURA Takahisa; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; OKAYASU Takashi
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 75, 2, I_105, I_113, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2019, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,

     Ballasted track has the structure to lay the ballast under the sleeper. The ballast shows the plastic deformation behavior by cyclic train load gradually and we keep soundness of ballast to repair when its plastic deformation gets greater. It seems difficult to predict the deformation behavior of ballast subjected to cyclic train loading because its shape is granular, and then we can not predict the temporal change of deformation and select the weak point, needed to be repaired which has the vertical track regularity inspected by the track inspection.

     In this study, we aim to resolve and reproduce the deformation behavior of ballast subjected to cyclic loading, and considered to use the finite numerical analysis with subloading surface model as unconventional plasticity. We simulated the element test of ballast and the full scale model test of ballasted track on straight roads and considered the validity of the numerical analysis method.

  • STUDY ON LATERAL RESISTANCE FORCE OF BALLASTED TRACK EQUIPPED WITH COUNTERMEASURES TO PREVENT TRACK BUCKLING DURING EARTHQUAKES
    NAKAMURA Takahisa; MOMOYA Yoshitsugu; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; HAYANO Kimitoshi
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 75, 1, 41, 52, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2019, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,

     Development of the seismic design and the seismic countermeasures of the structures supporting railroad ballasted tracks are progressing; development of them for ballasted tracks is also required. In this study, we conducted small-scale model tests to evaluate the mechanism of reduction of the lateral ballast resistance during shaking. The deformation behavior inside the ballast during shaking was photographed and image analysis by PIV was performed; then it was found out that a shear plane was generated in the loading direction from the depth of the bottom of the sleeper. Large shaking table tests were also conducted using a full-scale model to investigate the effect of the seismic countermeasures for ballasted tracks. It was confirmed that both the buckling prevention plates and the ballast retaining wall had high seismic countermeasure effect.

  • Applicability Evaluation of Slope Disaster Risk Assessment Method in Snowy Cold Regions
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 28, 467, 498, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, In book
  • Development of freeze-thaw water retention test apparatus for coarse granular materials
    Tomoyuki Aoyagi; Jiaqiang Yang; Shingo Matsutani; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Takahisa Nakamura; Yoshitsugu Momoya
    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 29, 409, 422, 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, In book
  • An early warning criterion for the prediction of snowmelt-induced soil slope failures in seasonally cold regions
    Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Soils and Foundations, 58, 3, 582, 601, Jun. 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Rainfall Infiltration and Runoff Characteristics of an Unsaturated Volcanic Soil under Grass Cover
    Thanh Binh Nguyen; Ishikawa Tatsuya; Siva Subramanian Srikrishnan
    PANAM UNSATURATED SOILS 2017: FUNDAMENTALS, 2017-November, 301, 135, 145, 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • A Finite Element Analysis of Stress Change in Pavement Subjected to Freeze-Thaw
    Bin Luo; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    PROCEEDINGS OF GEOSHANGHAI 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: MULTI-PHYSICS PROCESSES IN SOIL MECHANICS AND ADVANCES IN GEOTECHNICAL TESTING, 315, 324, 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Experimental prediction of permeability of freeze-thawed fine-grained soil
    Go Hirose; Yuzuru Ito; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Satoshi Akagawa
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 6, 1, 156, 166, 2018, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Water diversion in shallow land waste repository constructed using capillary barrier of soil
    Toshihiro Morii; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Kaoru Kobayashi; Yoshinori Hanada; Kenta Muto
    Proceedings of the 7th China-Japan Geotechnical Symposium: New Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, CJGS 2018, 2018-March, 220, 226, 2018, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects of particle size distributions and principal stress axis rotation on cyclic plastic deformation characteristics of coarse materials
    Biyanvilage Dareeju; Chaminda Gallage; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Manika Dhanasekar; Les Dawes
    Journal of GeoEngineering, 13, 4, 161, 170, 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Frost heave analysis of ballasted track above box culvert and its influence on train vibration
    Bin Luo; Hao Lai; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    SCIENCES IN COLD AND ARID REGIONS, 9, 3, 229, 235, Jun. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Effects of principal stress axis rotation on cyclic deformation characteristics of rail track subgrade materials
    Biyanvilage Dareeju; Chaminda Gallage; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Manicka Dhanasekar
    Soils and Foundations, 57, 3, 423, 438, Jun. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Stability assessment approach for soil slopes in seasonal cold regions
    Subramanian Srikrishnan Siva; Ishikawa Tatsuya; Tokoro Tetsuya
    Engineering geology, 221, 221, 154, 169, 20 Apr. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Numerical analysis of seismic behaviour of soil under frozen surface conditions
    Siva Subramanian Srikrishnan; Ishikawa Tatsuya; Tokoro Tetsuya; Kusunoki Fumiya
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 5, 2, 135, 140, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings,

    In seasonal cold regions like Hokkaido, the soil surface up to a shallow depth is frozen during the winter. An earthquake during the freezing period and thawing period may cause severe disasters i.e. slope failures induced by the combined effects of seismicity and snow melt water. The influences of freezing conditions on the seismic behaviour of soil need to be studied elaborately. In this study, a series of shaking table tests were performed with frozen surface layer and numerical analysis has been performed to simulate the seismic behaviour of soil under the frozen surface state. The numerical analysis has been done based on the series of shaking table tests performed under two different conditions i.e. without a frozen soil surface layer and with 10 cm frozen soil at the surface. Loose density (Dr=30~35 %) and high density (Dr=75~80 %) Toyoura sand have been used to study the liquefaction behaviour. Different liquefaction behaviour is observed when considering surface frozen conditions under both loose and high relative densities of soil. Through the shaking table tests and numerical simulations performed, it is clear that the frozen surface layer severely affects the seismic response of the soil and if these conditions prevail on a soil slope during an earthquake, a sliding slope failure causing the movement of frozen soil layer may occur conceivably.

  • A Case Study of a Cut Slope Failure Influenced by Snowmelt and Rainfall
    Akira Mori; Srikrishna Siva Subramanian; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Masahiro Komatsu
    Procedia Engineering, 189, 533, 538, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of freeze–thaw behavior of pavement structure over a box culvert
    Bin Luo; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Hao Lai
    Transportation Research Record, 2656, 1, 12, 22, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • EXPERIMENTAL PREDICTION OF PERMEABILITY OF FREEZE-THAWED FINE-GRAINED SOIL
    廣瀬剛; 伊藤譲; 石川達也; 赤川敏
    土木学会論文集 C(地圏工学)(Web), 73, 2, 131, 140, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Vehicle/track multibody dynamics simulation in consideration of track supporting stiffness for study on the generation and propagation mechanism of rail corrugation
    Hosoda Mitsuru; Tanaka Hirofumi; Ishikawa Tatsuya
    Kozo Kogaku Ronbunshu. A (Journal of Structural Engineering. A), 63, 0, 171, 181, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, The rail corrugation on high rail often generates on ballast-less track, however its mechanism has been not known in detail yet. In this paper, first of all, we assumed that the track supporting stiffness under sleeper influenced the generation situation of high rail corrugation based on the results of the various field investigations. Then, we developed vehicle dynamic simulation models by means of multibody dynamics for verifying the influence of the track supporting stiffness. In addition, we simulated on-board measurement for verifying adequacy of analysis method. Finally, we examined influence of the track stiffness on the dynamic interaction between vehicle and track.
  • Influence of frozen surface layer on ground behavior during earthquake
    Tetsuya Tokoro; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian
    ICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2017-September, 1597, 1600, 2017, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • General report TC202 transportation geotechnics
    Erol Tutumluer; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    ICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2017-September, 1325, 1332, 2017, [Invited], [Last author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Climatic effects on the stability of unsaturated soil slope in cold region
    Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    ICSMGE 2017 - 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2017-September, 2203, 2206, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of parallel grading on hydro-mechanical characteristics of unsaturated fouled ballast
    T. Ishikawa; S. Matsutani; T. Tokoro; T. Nakamura; Y. Momoya
    Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, BCRRA 2017, 1817, 1825, 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Estimation methods for thermal conductivity of sandy soil with electrical characteristics
    Tetsuya Tokoro; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Shoya Shirai; Tsutomu Nakamura
    Soils and Foundations, 56, 5, 927, 936, 01 Oct. 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Influence of freeze–thaw action on hydraulic behavior of unsaturated volcanic coarse-grained soils
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 56, 5, 790, 804, 01 Oct. 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Cyclic plastic deformation characteristics of subgrade under moving train wheel load
    Dareeju Biyanvilage; Gallage Chaminda; Dhanasekar Manika; Ishikawa Tatsuya
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 2, 46, 1619, 1622, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Last author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Application of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis to frost-heave behavior of earth structures
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Kijiya Ippei; Tokoro Tetsuya; Sato Masaru
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 2, 13, 531, 536, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 飽和細粒土の凍結融解作用による透水係数変化のメカニズムに関する実験的研究
    廣瀬剛; 伊藤譲; 石川達也; 赤川敏; 所哲也; 大西有三; 上田保司
    地盤改良シンポジウム論文集(CD-ROM), 12th, ROMBUNNO.3‐3, 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Symposium
  • Change in shear behavior of unsaturated volcanic coarse-grained soil due to fine particles run off
    X. Y. Zheng; T. Ishikawa; T. Tokoro
    Unsaturated Soil Mechanics from Theory to Practice - Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 275, 280, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects of Principal Stress Axis Rotation on Unsaturated Rail Track Foundation Deterioration
    Chaminda Gallage; Biyanvilage Dareeju; Manika Dhanasekar; Tatsuya Ishikawa
    Procedia Engineering, 143, 252, 259, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects of principal stress axis rotation on cyclic plastic deformation of unsaturated railway roadbed
    S. Seto; T. Ishikawa; B. Dareeju; C. Gallage; B. Luo
    Civil-Comp Proceedings, 110, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author], [Internationally co-authored]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of Freeze-Thaw on the Mechanical Behavior of the Granular Base and Fatigue Life of Pavement Structures in Japan
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Shinichiro Kawabata
    Geotechnical Special Publication, 2016-January, 262 GSP, 77, 85, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of Water Content on Shear Behavior of Unsaturated Fouled Ballast
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Shinji Fuku; Takahisa Nakamura; Yoshitsugu Momoya; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Procedia Engineering, 143, 268, 275, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects of Freeze-thaw History on Bearing Capacity of Granular Base Course Materials
    Shinichiro Kawabata; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Shuichi Kameyama
    Procedia Engineering, 143, 828, 835, 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • EFFECT EVALUATION OF FINE FRACTION ON MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UNSATURATED RAILROAD BALLAST
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MATSUTANI Shingo; TOKORO Tetsuya; NAKAMURA Takahisa; MOMOYA Yoshitsugu
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 72, 3, I_151, I_158, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2016, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This paper evaluates the synergistic effects of water content and fine fraction on shear behavior of unsaturated fouled ballast by performing a series of monotonic loading and repeated loading triaxial compression tests and water retention tests on fresh and fouled ballasts with different water contents. As the results, it was revealed that the soil-water characteristic curves and relationships between degree of saturation and peak shear strength were seriously affected by intrusion of fouling materials into fresh ballast, and that the decreasing trend of peak strength becomes more remarkable in such a case where both water content and fine fraction increase. These indicate that for the precise prediction of the long-term performance of ballasted track and the mechanical behavior of railroad ballast under repeated loads, it is important to take into account the synergistic effects of water content and fine fraction on the deformation-strength characteristics of fouled ballast.
  • Influence of moving wheel loads on mechanical behavior of submerged granular roadbed
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 55, 2, 242, 257, Apr. 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Geohazard at volcanic soil slope in cold regions and its influencing factors
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Tokoro Tetsuya; Seiichi Miura
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 1, 1, 1, 20, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Invited]
    English, International conference proceedings, This study examines the mechanism of the geohazards occurred at a volcanic soil slope in cold regions and its influencing factors in consideration of the effects of freeze-thaw actions on the physical properties, the water retention-permeability characteristics, and the deformation-strength characteristics of volcanic soils from the viewpoint of both experimental study and analytical study. To this end, we performed the long-term field measurement, model tests, laboratory element tests, and numerical simulations by taking volcanic soil slope subjected to freeze-thaw actions. As the results, this study revealed that there is a difference in the slope failure mechanism between cold region and warm-temperate region, and that freeze-thaw actions seriously influence thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of crushable volcanic coarse-grained soil slope under unsaturated condition even if the soil is a non-frost-susceptible geomaterial. Furthermore, this study clarified the mechanism, the endogenous factors, and the exogenous factors of the slope failure for volcanic soil ground in Hokkaido in comparison with the slope failure in warm-temperate regions.
  • Influence of fine particles run off on shear behavior of volcanic coarse-grained soil
    Zheng Xiaoyi; Ishikawa Tatsuya; Tokoro Tetsuya
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 1, 7, 11, 16, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Numerical simulation of volcanic soil slope failure under coupled freeze-thaw and rainfall infiltration effects
    Siva Subramanian Srikrishnan; Ishikawa Tatsuya; Yokohama Shoji; Tokoro Tetsuya
    Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 1, 7, 5, 10, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • EVALUATION OF FROST HEAVE-THAW BEHAVIOR OF PAVEMENT WITH COUPLED THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KIJIYA Ippei; TOKORO Tetsuya
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 71, 3, I_185, I_192, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This paper develops a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) FE analysis, which can reproduce frost-heave phenomenon of soils observed in snowy cold regions, and examines the applicability of the proposed coupled THM analysis in terms of the validity of its governing equations and the setting method of input parameters by performing numerical simulations for frost heave tests. In addition, by conducting a series of numerical simulations for pavement structures subjected to freeze-thaw action, the influence of frost heave-thaw on the interaction between soil ground and structures was evaluated. As the result, it was revealed that the frost heave-thaw behavior has a considerable influence on the fatigue life of pavement structure.
  • Numerical experiments on freeze-thaw of soils with coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical FE analysis
    T. Ishikawa; I. Kijiya; T. Tokoro; M. Sato
    Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics - Proceedings of the 14th Int. Conference of International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, IACMAG 2014, 415, 420, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Particle breakage of volcanic coarse-grained soils due to wet-dry cycles and freeze-thaw actions
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; T. Tokoro
    Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014, 2, 1415, 1420, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • ESTIMATION OF FROST HEAVE RATIO OF SOILS IN CONTEMPLATION OF MATRIC SUCTION UNDER LOW OVERBURDEN PRESSURE
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KIJIYA Ippei; TOKORO Tetsuya; AKAGAWA Satoshi
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 70, 3, I_65, I_70, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This study proposes two kinds of estimation methods for the frost heave ratio of unsaturated frost-susceptible soils under low overburden pressure such as subgrade soils at the pavement structure in cold regions. One is the modified Takashi's equation in contemplation of matric suction of soils under low overburden pressure. The other is the simple frost heave model which evaluates the effects of initial water content, Bishop's effective stress and water absorption during freezing on the frost heave ratio. In addition, the applicability and the usefulness of both methods were discussed based on the results of frost susceptibility tests. As the results, it was revealed that the estimation methods proposed in this study have an excellent applicability to the precise prediction for the frost-heave phenomenon of unsaturated subsurface ground in cold regions.
  • Simple plastic deformation analysis of ballasted track under repeated moving-wheel loads by cumulative damage model
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura; Etsuo Sekine
    Transportation Geotechnics, 1, 4, 157, 170, Elsevier Ltd, 01 Dec. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Influences of degree of saturation and strain rate on strength characteristics of unsaturated granular subbase course material
    Yuan Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Tomoyoshi Nishimura
    Transportation Geotechnics, 1, 2, 74, 89, Elsevier Ltd, Jun. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Dynamic behaviour of railway ballasted track structures in shaking table tests and seismic resistant performance evaluation in Japan
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; E. Sekine
    Geotechnical Engineering, 45, 1, 56, 66, Mar. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Dependency of cyclic plastic deformation characteristics of unsaturated recycled base course material on principal stress axis rotation
    A. Inam; T. Ishikawa; S. Miura
    Geotechnical Engineering, 45, 1, 74, 84, Mar. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Medium-size triaxial apparatus for unsaturated granular subbase course materials
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Yuan Zhang; Tetsuya Tokoro; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 54, 1, 67, 80, Feb. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Advanced laboratory element tests for granular base course materials in terms of transportation geotechnics
    石川達也; 桃谷尚嗣
    地盤工学シンポジウム論文集(CD-ROM), 59, 615, 622, 地盤工学会, 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Symposium
  • Effect of moisture content on thermal conductivity of soils
    T. Tokoro; S. Shirai; T. Nakamura; T. Ishikawa
    Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014, 2, 1709, 1714, 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Evaluation on air-permeability of unsaturated soils subjected to freeze-thaw action
    T. Ishikawa; T. Tokoro; D. Nakamura; S. Yamashita
    Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, UNSAT 2014, 2, 1189, 1195, 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect evaluation of freeze-thaw history on bearing capacity of base course materials
    KAWABATA Shinichiro; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KAMEYAMA Shuichi
    Japanese Geotechnical Journal, 9, 1, 1, 13, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, This research examined the effect of freeze-thaw actions on the bearing capacity of base course material C-40 by using our newly developed freeze-thaw CBR test apparatus. It was found that freeze-thaw history caused a decrease in the CBR of C-40 under various water content conditions. This is because the freeze action promotes to drain water absorbed into crushed stones. The increase in water on the surface of soil particles causes the decrease in interparticle friction and the change in soil skeleton structure, which resulted in the deterioration of bearing capacity. It was also found that while the decrease in CBR brought from the decrease of interparticle friction recovers over time, while that brought from the change of soil skeleton structure does not recover.
  • Effect evaluation of freeze-Thaw on deformation-strength properties of granular base course material in pavement
    T. Ishikawa; Y. Zhang; S. Kawabata; S. Kameyama; T. Tokoro; T. Ono
    18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics, ICSMGE 2013, 2, 1287, 1290, 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of various experimental conditions on shear behavior of compacted sandy soil under unsaturated condition
    Yuan Zhang; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Satoru Shibuya
    Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 501, 506, Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of freeze-thaw action on hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated crushable volcanic soils
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro
    Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 3, 143, 148, Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effects of freeze-thaw history on deformation-strength properties and permeability of fine-grained soil
    T. Kawaguchi; D. Nakamura; S. Yamashita; S. Yamasaki; T. Ishikawa
    18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Challenges and Innovations in Geotechnics, ICSMGE 2013, 1, 357, 360, 2013, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • EFFECT EVALUATION OF FREEZE-THAW ON RESILIENT MODULUS OF UNSATURATED GRANULAR BASE COURSE MATERIAL
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; ZHANG Yuan; KAWABATA Shinichiro; KAMEYAMA Shuichi; TOKORO Tetsuya
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 69, 3, I_207, I_214, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This paper examines the effects of freeze-thaw and water content on the resilient deformation characteristics of subbase course materials to evaluate the mechanical behavior of granular base in cold regions. A series of resilient modulus tests on subbase course materials under various water contents were conducted using a newly developed test apparatus. Besides, the test results were compared with the results of freeze-thaw CBR tests and the long-term field measurement at a model pavement structure including FWD tests. As the results, it was revealed that the resilient deformation characteristics of unbound granular base course materials deteriorate due to freeze-thaw and increment of the water content in thawing season. This indicates that the freeze-thaw of granular base has a strong influence on the fatigue life of pavement structures.
  • INFLUENCE OF FREEZING CONDITION AND SPECIMEN SIZE ON EVALUATION OF FROST-SUSCEPTIBILITY
    KAWABATA Shinichiro; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; TOYOTA Kunio; YAMAUCHI Satoru; KAMEYAMA Shuichi
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 69, 3, I_191, I_198, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2013, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  The freezing condition of the NEXCO standard frost heave test (NEXCO method) was improved with the objective of reducing the variation in the results. Also, a large diameter testing apparatus was produced with a diameter up to Φ150 mm to enable the JGS standard frost heave test (JGS method) to be applied to subgrade soil and base course material, and the effect of the difference in the test method and the specimen size on the frost heave test results was investigated. Stable results could be obtained by changing the freezing condition of the NEXCO method from an air cooled type to a refrigerant circulation type. No difference was seen between the results of the Φ150-JGS method and the Φ100-JGS method, which indicates that the effect of the increase in diameter is small.
  • Influence of moisture content, loading speed and degree of compaction on the shear behavior of sandy soil
    Zhang, Y; Ishikawa, T; Tokoro, T; Shibuya S
    Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials - Advances and New Applications -, 501, 506, Oct. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect of principal stress axis rotation on cyclic plastic deformation characteristics of unsaturated base course material
    Aasim Inam; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 52, 3, 465, 480, Jun. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • EFFECTS OF FREEZE-THAWING ON BEARING CAPACITY OF GRANULAR BASE COURSE MATERIAL
    KAWABATA Shinichiro; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MURAYAMA Takumi; KAMEYAMA Shuichi
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 68, 3, I_115, I_122, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  In this research we used our newly made freeze-thaw CBR test apparatus to examine the effect of freeze-thaw action on the bearing capacity of base course material C-40. It was found that freeze-thaw history caused a decrease in the CBR in all water content conditions. Because the freeze action promotes to drain of particle pore water, it caused the decrease in interparticle friction and the change in void structure, which resulted in the deterioration of CBR. It was also found that while the CBR deterioration brought from the decrease of interparticle friction recovers over time, which brought from the change of void structure does not recover.
  • APPLICATION OF TRIAXIAL APPARATUS FOR UNSATURATED SOILS TO MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF GRANULAR BASE COURSE MATERIAL
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; ZHANG Yuan; TOKORO Tetsuya
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 68, 3, I_105, I_113, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This paper proposes a testing method for evaluating the effect of water content on the deformation-strength characteristics of unsaturated base course materials. A medium-size triaxial apparatus for unsaturated soils was newly developed in order to examine the mechanical behavior of unsaturated base course materials subjected to fluctuation in water content and to shorten the testing time. Results show that the proposed testing method carried out on this apparatus conform well to the results of previous researches. This indicates that the medium-size triaxial apparatus is highly useful at triaxial compression tests and water retention tests of unsaturated granular base course materials and in shorten the total testing time.
  • Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis for soil behavior subjected to one-dimensional freeze-thaw
    石川達也; 木次谷一平; 所哲也
    地盤工学シンポジウム論文集, 57th, 159‐166, 2012, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Symposium
  • Effects of freeze-thawing on mechanical behavior of granular base in cold regions
    T. Ishikawa; S. Kawabata; S. Kameyama; R. Abe; T. Ono
    ADVANCES IN TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS II, 118, 124, 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Development of medium-size triaxial apparatus for unsaturated granular base course materials
    T. Ishikawa; Y. Zhang; H. Segawa; S. Miura; T. Tokoro
    ADVANCES IN TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS II, 534, 540, 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of moisture content on cyclic plastic deformation characteristics of recycled crusher-run material under moving wheel loads
    A. Inam; T. Ishikawa; S. Miura
    ADVANCES IN TRANSPORTATION GEOTECHNICS II, 213, 218, 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect of moisture content on cyclic deformation characteristics of granular material under moving wheel loads
    A. Inam; T. Ishikawa; S. Miura
    5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils 2012, 2, 611, 616, Nov. 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of freeze-thaw action on deformation-strength characteristics and particle crushability of volcanic coarse-grained soils
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 51, 5, 785, 799, Oct. 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Dependency of shear behavior of recycled crusher-run material on moisture content evaluation by multi-ring shear testing
    Inam, A; Ishikawa, T; Miura, S
    Proceedings of the 2nd Japan-Korea Joint Workshop on Unsaturated Soils and Ground, 189, 198, Sep. 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Cyclic deformation of granular material subjected to moving-wheel loads
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Etsuo Sekine; Seiichi Miura
    Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 48, 5, 691, 703, May 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • EFFECTS OF FREEZE-THAWING OF GRANULAR BASE ON FATIGUE LIFE OF PAVEMNET AND ITS EVALUATION
    石川達也; 川端伸一郎; 亀山修一; 安倍隆二; 小野丘
    Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. E1 (Pavement Engineering), 67, 3, I_109, I_116, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,  This paper examines the effects of freezing and thawing on the mechanical behavior of granular base under unsaturated condition through the long-term field measurement of ground temperature, water content and deformation inside pavement, by performing FWD tests before and after freeze-thawing and by developing a new CBR test of freeze-thawed base course materials. We also evaluate the influences of the change in the stiffness of granular base due to freeze-thawing on the fatigue breaking of pavements in cold regions by applying the theoretical design method for asphalt pavement in consideration of the effects found in this paper. As the result, it was revealed that the freeze-thawing of granular base has a strong influence on the fatigue life of pavement structure in cold regions because it varies the deformation-strength characteristics of base course materials.
  • Influence of freeze-thaw action on mechanical behavior of unsaturated crushable volcanic soil
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; K. Itou
    Unsaturated Soils - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 1, 549, 554, 2011, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 粒状路盤の力学挙動に及ぼす凍結融解作用の影響評価
    石川 達也; 安倍 隆二; 吉田 有喜; 三浦 清一
    土木学会舗装工学論文集, 15, 201, 209, Dec. 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Application of 3D-DEM with seepage analysis to numerical simulation of rainfall-induced slope failure
    Alexander Camarena Capriles; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura
    Geomechanics and Geotechnics: From Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geomechanics and Geotechnics: From Micro to Macro, IS-Shanghai 2010, 1, 689, 693, Oct. 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect of freeze-thaw action on strength characteristics of unsaturated coarse-grained soil
    Ishikawa, T; Ito, K; Miura, S
    Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT10), 549, 554, Sep. 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Testing methods for hydro-mechanical characteristics of unsaturated soils subjected to one-dimensional freeze-thaw action
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Tetsuya Tokoro; Kohei Ito; Seiichi Miura
    Soils and Foundations, 50, 3, 431, 440, Jun. 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, Scientific journal
  • RAINFALL-INDUCED FAILURE OF UNSATURATED VOLCANIC SLOPE SUBJECTED TO FREEZE-THAW ACTION AND ITS MECHANISM
    KAWAMURA Shima; MIURA Seiichi; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; YOKOHAMA Shoji
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu C, 66, 3, 577, 594, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal,   Collapse of slope formed from volcanic soils has been frequently caused in Hokkaido, Japan. This study aims at clarifying failure mechanism of volcanic slope caused by both rainfall and freeze-thaw action. In particular, the effects of freeze-thaw action, slope angle, density and friction of impermeable layer in the slope on mechanical behavior were detailedly investigated on volcanic slopes having several shapes. The results showed that; surface slope failure depends strongly on slope angle, the friction characteristics of impermeable layer and rainfall intensity, and the formation of frozen layer in spring season and the softening of slope by freeze-thaw action in summer season are important for evaluating the stability of volcanic slope.
  • 累積損傷度理論による有道床軌道の耐震性能評価法
    石川達也; 関根悦夫
    応用力学論文集(CD-ROM), 13, 1031, 1039, 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • A method for permeability measurement of frozen soil using an ice lens inhibition technique
    TOKORO Tetsuya; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; AKAGAWA Satoshi
    Japanese Geotechnical Journal, 5, 4, 603, 613, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, A method for measuring the permeability coefficient of frozen soils in which generalized Clausius-Clapeyron equation is applicable has been proposed. In this method, in order to acquire continuous water flow, soil’s ice segregation phenomena have been prevented by applying axial stress. The top and bottom of the specimen were kept at normal temperature and the center of the specimen was controlled at minus temperature. Flow rate have been measured by applying differential head and the permeability coefficients were calculated by water flow in steady state. In this study, a test apparatus was newly developed using this measurement method and permeability coefficients at various temperatures were measured. As a result, the permeability coefficient of frozen soil has been shown to have a temperature dependency and the coefficient decreased rapidly around 0 °C.
  • Failure mechanism of unsaturated volcanic slopes due to rainfall and freeze-thaw actions
    S. Kawamura; S. Miura; T. Ishikawa
    Geotechnical Special Publication, 202 GSP, 152, 158, 2010, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 移動輪荷重作用下の粒状路盤の力学挙動に及ぼす含水状態の影響評価
    石川 達也; 細田 充; 三浦 清一; 関根 悦夫
    土木学会舗装工学論文集, 14, 9, 17, Dec. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Development of triaxial apparatus for permeability test of unsaturated soil using pressure membrane method
    Tetsuya Tokoro; Tatsuya Ishikawa; Seiichi Miura
    Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 179, 184, Nov. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of freeze-thaw action on soil water characteristics of crushable volcanic coarse-grained soil
    T. Ishikawa; K. Ito; S. Miura
    Unsaturated Soils: Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 159, 164, Nov. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect evaluation of freeze-thaw action on hydro-mechanical behavior of unsaturated granular materials
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; T. Tokoro
    Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering, 1, 833, 836, Oct. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Application of coupled thermo-mechanical analysis to slope behavior during freezing and thawing in cold regions
    Ishikawa, T; Sato, M; Miura; S. Akagawa, S; Kawamura, S
    Proceedings of IS Kyoto09, 409, 415, May 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Plastic Deformation Analysis of Coarse Granular Materials under Cyclic Moving Wheel Loads by Cumulative Damage Model
    Tatsuya Ishikawa; Etsuo Sekine; Seiichi Miura
    CJWPT 2009: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH CHINA-JAPAN WORKSHOP ON PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, 113, +, 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Evaluation of roadbed stiffness on bearing capacity of railroad ballast with discontinuous analysis
    T. Ishikawa; T. Kamei; E. Sekine; Y. Ohnishi
    BEARING CAPACITY OF ROADS, RAILWAYS AND AIRFIELDS, VOLS 1 AND 2, 2, 1207, +, 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Failure mechanism of volcanic slope due to rainfall and freeze-thaw action
    S. Kawamura; S. Miura; T. Ishikawa; H. Ino
    PREDICTION AND SIMULATION METHODS FOR GEOHAZARD MITIGATION, 25, +, 2009, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Coupled thermo-mechanical analysis for slope behavior during freezing and thawing
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; S. Akagawa; M. Sato; S. Kawamura
    Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation, 409, 416, 01 Jan. 2009, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, In book
  • Application of DDA to mechanical behavior of granular base-subgrade system
    Ishikawa, T; Sekine, E; Ohnishi, Y
    Proceedings of International Mini-Symposium for Numereical Discontinuous Analysis, 41, 52, Nov. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Numerical modeling for mechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to freeze-thaw action with DEM
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura
    12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008, 1, 1219, 1226, Oct. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of water content on mechanical behaviour of gravel under moving wheel loads
    T. Ishikawa; M. Hosoda; S. Miura; E. Sekine
    Advances in Transportation Geotechnics - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, 185, 191, Aug. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • EFFECTS EVALUATION OF SUBGRADE STIFFNESS ON BEARING CAPACITY OF GRANULAR ROADBED WITH DDA
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KAMEI Takehiko; SEKINE Etsuo; OHNISHI Yuzo
    JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, JSCE, 13, 13, 125, 132, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, The paper proposes a new analytical procedure with discontinuous analysis to estimate the bearing capacity of granular roadbed used in ballasted track or road pavement. To examine the applicability, a series of numerical simulations bearing capacity tests for 1/5 scale model of real ballasted track were performed with DDA that regards a particle of crushed stone as an irregular polygon. Based on the comparison of analytical results with experimental results, the effect of subgrade stiffness on the bearing capacity of granular roadbed was examined. As the result, it is revealed that the subgrade stiffness has a great influence on the bearing capacity of granular roadbed, and that discontinuous analysis is an effective method to simulate the mechanical behavior of granular roadbed if the subgrade which behaves as a continuum can be approximated with discontinuous modeling well.
  • INFLUENCE OF FREEZE-THAW ACTION ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CRUSHABLE VOLCANIC COARSE-GRAINED SOILS
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; OZAKI Yuta; MIURA Seiichi
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu C, 64, 3, 712, 717, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of freeze-thaw sequence on the mechanical behavior of crushable volcanic coarse-grained soils. A new test apparatus, which can simulate freeze-thaw sequence in real foundations, was developed and a series of triaxial compression tests and water retention tests were performed. Test results showed that the freeze-thaw sequence made the amount of particle breakage increase, and as the result its strength decreases and water retention capacity increases by being exposed to freeze-thaw action. This indicates that the freeze-thaw action has strong influences on the mechanical behavior of crushable volcanic soils even if the soil lacks in frost heave characteristics.
  • 寒冷地斜面の凍結融解現象を対象とした連成解析方法の検討
    石川達也; 里優; 三浦清一; 赤川敏; 川村志麻
    岩の力学国内シンポジウム講演論文集, 12th(CD-ROM), ROMBUNNO.98, 36, 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Influence of freeze-thaw action on mechanical behavior of saturated crushable volcanic soil
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; K. Ito; Y. Ozaki
    DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOMATERIALS, VOLS 1 AND 2, 2, 557, +, 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect evaluation of moving load on cyclic deformation of crushed stone
    Ishikawa, T; Sekine, E
    Proceedings of the 13th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 1, 435, 438, Dec. 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Fundamental study for slope failure of volcanic soil ground by DDA
    Ishikawa, T; Kawamura, S; Miura, S; Ohnishi, Y
    Proceedings of 8th International Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 61, 66, Aug. 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect of moving wheel load on cyclic deformation of granular material
    Ishikawa, T; Sekine, E; Miura, S
    Proceedings of the 4th JAPAN/CHINA Workshop on Pavement Technologies, 41, 50, Jul. 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of degree of saturation on strength characteristics of crushable volcanic coarse-grained soils
    Ishikawa, T; Ozaki, Y; Miura, S
    Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, 223, 229, Apr. 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • PLASTIC DEFORMATION ANALYSIS OF COARSE GRANULAR MATERIAL UNDER CYCLIC MOVING WHEEL LOADS BY CUMULATIVE DAMAGE MODEL
    SEKINE Etsuo; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MIURA Seiichi
    JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, JSCE, 12, 12, 47, 55, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2007, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, This paper presents a simple method to estimate cyclic plastic deformation of ballasted track subjected to repeated train pas-sages in terms of the strength and deformation characteristics of coarse granular materials. A new analytical procedure with linear elastic FE analysis considering the cumulative strain derived from multi-ring shear test results of poorly-graded crushed stone, namely ballast, was proposed, and it was revealed that the analytical procedure could roughly estimate the residual settlement of railroad ballast under cyclic moving wheel loads, by comparing test results of small scale model tests of ballasted track with the analytical results.
  • SEISMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF RAILWAY BALLASTED TRACK STRUCTURES WITH SHAKING TABLE TESTS
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; SEKINE Etsuo; IZUMI Go
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu F, 63, 4, 517, 529, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, This study presents an experimental study to elucidate the dynamic response of railway track structures subjected to horizontal seismic loads. A series of shaking table tests for one-third scale models of ballast track and grouted ballast track was performed. Based on test results, the seismic stability and ductility beyond failure of railroad ballast were quantitatively evaluated associated with the observed movement of ballast particles inside railroad ballast. As the results, an evaluation method of seismic performance of railway track was proposed correspondent to magnitude of earthquake motions, and it was revealed that the difference in track structure had a serious influence on the seismic performance of railway track.
  • EFFECTS OF SCALE FACTOR ON DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF RAILROAD BALLAST IN SHAKING TABLE TESTS
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; SEKINE Etsuo
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu F, 63, 4, 506, 516, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, This study presents an experimental study to elucidate the dynamic response of railroad ballast subjected to seismic loads. A series of shaking table tests for ballast and gravel was performed. In these tests, a one-third scale model of railroad ballast as well as a full scale model was used. Based on test results, the seismic stability and ductility beyond failure of railroad ballast are quantitatively evaluated. Moreover, effects of the scale factor between prototypes and the models on the dynamic response of granular materials are discussed. This study proposes an evaluation method of seismic performance of railroad ballast by small scale model tests.
  • Development and Performance Evaluation of Multi-ring Shear Apparatus
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; E. Sekine
    Design and Construction of Pavements and Rail Tracks: Geotechnical Aspects and Processed Materials, 53, 64, 01 Jan. 2007
    In book
  • Effect evaluation of particle modeling on mechanical behavior of railroad ballast in discontinuous analysis
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Sekine Etsuo; Miwa Masashi; Ohnishi Yuzo
    Journal of applied mechanics, 10, 10, 513, 522, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2007, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, This paper examines the effects of particle properties such as particle shape and grain size distribution of particle assemblage on the bearing capacity of railroad ballast in numerical simulations with discontinuous analysis. Here, two evaluation indexes of particle shape, namely “angularity” and “sphericity”, were employed. To evaluate the effect quantitatively, a series of numerical simulations that regard a ballast particle as a regular or an irregular polygon were performed. As the result, it can be observed that the particle shape of numerical models, especially the angularity has a greater effect on the bearing capacity of railroad ballast than the grain size distribution, and that the imitation of the shape of real ballast particles makes numerical results similar to experimental results.
  • Numerical modeling for mechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to freeze-thaw action with DEM
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Tamaki Kazumi; Miura Seiichi
    Journal of applied mechanics, 9, 9, 641, 648, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Sep. 2006, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • EFFECT EVALUATION OF MOVING WHEEL LOAD ON CYCLIC DEFORMATION OF GRANULAR MATERIAL
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; SEKINE Etsuo; MIURA Seiichi
    JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, JSCE, 11, 11, 23, 31, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2006, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, The objective of this paper is to propose a new testing method to examine the effects of moving wheel load on cyclic plastic deformation of railroad ballast in terms of the strength and deformation characteristics. Applicability of a newly developed multi-ring shear test, which can make the principal stress axes rotate, to an element test of granular materials subjected to moving wheel load was examined by comparing the laboratory element test results with the moving wheel loading test results of small scale model track. As the results, it was revealed that the mechanical behavior of railroad ballast under moving wheel loads is very similar to that of granular material subjected to the principal stress axis rotation during shear. Accordingly, it was confirmed that the multi-ring shear test is appropriate for simulating the actual stress states inside substructures under moving wheel loads.
  • Strength characteristics of crushable volcanic soils at various degrees of saturation
    T. Ishikawa; S. Miura; S. Yokohama; R. G. Mijares
    Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media, 121, 126, 2006, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Effect evaluation of particle shape on mechanical behavior of railroad ballast with discontinuous analysis
    T. Ishikawa; K. Kobayashi; E. Sekine; Y. Ohnishi
    Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media, 389, 395, 2006, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Influence of input parameters on energy loss in free fall tests with DDA
    Ishikawa, T; Miura, S; Ohnishi, Y
    Proceedings of 7th International Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 147, 158, Dec. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Development and performance evaluation of multi-ring shear apparatus
    Ishikawa, T; Miura, S; Sekine, E
    Proceedings of Geotechnical Aspects and Processed Material in Design and Construction of Pavement and Rail Track, 53, 64, Sep. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Evaluation of the effect of particle shape on the bearing capacity of railroad ballast with discontinuous analysis
    ISHIKAWA T.
    Proc. of the 7th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Trondheim, 2005, 1/1(CD-ROM)52, Jun. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Numerical Simulation of Shear Tests for Granular Materials with 3D DEM
    Ishikawa, T; Tamaki, K; Miura, S
    Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2, 65, 72, Jun. 2005, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • PLASTIC DEFORMATION ANALYSIS OF COARSE GRANULAR MATERIAL UNDER CYCLIC LOADING BY CUMULATIVE DAMAGE MODEL
    SEKINE Etsuo; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya
    JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, JSCE, 10, 10, 53, 60, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2005, [Peer-reviewed]
    This paper presents a simple method to estimate cyclic plastic deformation of ballasted track subjected to repeated train passages in terms of the strength and deformation characteristics of coarse granular materials. A new analytical procedure with linear elastic FEM analysis considering the cumulative strain derived from element test results of ballast was proposed, and it was revealed that the analytical procedure could roughly estimate the residual settlement of railroad ballast, which is an assemblage of poorly-graded crushed stone, by simulating small scale model tests of ballasted track.
  • Numerical simulation of shear tests with DDA considering change of pore pressure in granular materials
    T Ishikawa; K Tamaki; Y Ohnishi; S Miki
    Contribution of Rock Mechanics to the New Century, Vols 1 and 2, 1227, 1232, 2004, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • An estimation method of residual settlement in ballasted track under repeated moving loads
    T Ishikawa; E Sekine; A Khono; S Miura
    CYCLIC BEHAVIOUR OF SOILS AND LIQUEFACTION PHENOMENA, 633, 640, 2004, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Modeling for Energy Dissipation in Free Fall Tests of Spherical Stone with Discontinuous Analysis
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y; Jian Hong Wu; Nishiyama, S
    Proceedings of SRA03, 1105, 1110, Jun. 2003, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Dynamic behavior of railroad ballast in shaking table tests
    T Ishikawa; E Sekine
    DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOMATERIALS, 841, 848, 2003, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Shaking table tests of coarse granular materials with discontinuous analysis
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y; Sekine, E
    Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 181, 188, Oct. 2002, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 「MTT作業計画支援システム」の試行について
    奥村 陽一; 沼倉 明夫; 小野 重亮; 蔭山 朝昭; 石川 達也; 三和 雅史; 藤森 寿雄; 森 忠夫; 都築 達彦
    土木学会鉄道力学論文集, 6, 55, 59, Jul. 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • 横圧載荷による木まくらぎ状態判定試験
    小林 潤; 石川 達也; 小野 重亮; 峰岸 大介
    土木学会鉄道力学論文集, 6, 49, 54, Jul. 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Effects of Moving Wheel Load on Cyclic Deformation of Railroad Ballast
    Ishikawa, T; Sekine, E
    Proceedings of Railway Engineering-2002, Jul. 2002, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Modeling the optimal MTT operation schedule and its application to Japanese railway network system
    MIWA M.
    Railway Engineering 2002, London, Jul. 2002, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Modeling the optimal decision-making multiple tie tamper operations
    MIWA M.
    WCRR2001, Koeln, Nov. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • MODELING THE TRANSITION PROCESS OF RAILWAY TRACK IRREGULARITY AND ALL INTEGER MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL ANALYSES FOR MAKING OPTIMAL TRACK MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE
    MIWA Masashi; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; OYAMA Tatsuo
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 681, 681, 51, 65, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 20 Jul. 2001, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, In this paper we investigate the transition process of surface irregularity to determine maintenance strategies effectively. From the statistical data analysis, we develop a degradation model and restoration model. Next, in order to obtain an optimal maintenance policy based upon both maintenance costs and level of irregularity for riding quality and safety we propose an all integer mathematical programming model for making optimal multiple tie tamper (MTT) operation scheduling. This scheduling model allows us to decide when a MTT should be allocated to each depot, and which lot should be executed maintenance with the MTT.
  • A Study on the Time Dependency of Granular Materials with DDA
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y
    Proceedings of 4th International Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 271, 280, Jun. 2001, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Application of discontinuum analysis to cyclic plastic deformation of coarse granular materials
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y
    Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 321, 324, Jan. 2001, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Application of discontinuum analysis to track deterioration in ballasted track
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y; Namura, A
    Proceedings of Railway Engineering-2000, Jul. 2000, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Modeling the transition process of railway track irregularity and its application to the optimal decision-making for multiple tie tamper operations
    MIWA M.
    Railway Engineering 2000, London, Jul. 2000, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • APPLICATION OF DDA TO CYCLIC DEFORMATION OF RAILROAD BALLAST IN FULL-SCALE TESTS
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; OHNISHI Yuzo; HORIIKE Takahiro
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 2000, 645, 15, 28, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, In order to understand the deformation of “railroad ballast”, which is a component of the ballasted track composed of crushed stone, the simulations of full-scale track tests regarding its part as an assemblage of coarse granular materials were performed in this paper. And the applicability of discontinuum analysis to the cyclic plastic deformation of railroad ballast was discussed in comparing analytical results with DDA (Discontinuous Deformation Analysis) and experimental results. As a result, some new guidelines for the application method of DDA were indicated, and the cyclic plastic deformation of railroad ballast was proved the fabric transformation of particle alignment accompanied by sliding between particles in terms of the mechanics of granular materials.
  • Modeling the transition process of railway track irregularity and its application to the decision making for maintenance strategy
    MIWA M.
    WCRR'99, Tokyo, Oct. 1999, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • 鉄道構造物等設計標準[有道床軌道]に準じた構造解析手法に関する一考察
    石川 達也; 内田 雅夫
    土木学会鉄道力学論文集, 3, 31, 36, Jun. 1999, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Experimental and analytical studies on the cyclic deformation characteristics of railroad ballast
    T Ishikawa; M Kamon; A Namura
    PRE-FAILURE DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF GEOMATERIALS, VOL 1, 783, 791, 1999, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • Analysis of cyclic plastic deformation of railroad ballast by DDA
    T Ishikawa; Y Ohnishi
    ICADD-3: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANALYSIS OF DISCONTINUOUS DEFORMATION - FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE, PROCEEDINGS, 107, 116, 1999, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • APPLICATION OF DDA TO CYCLIC DEFORMATION OF RAILROAD BALLAST IN TRIAXIAL TESTS
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Ohnishi Yuzo
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 1998, 589, 205, 217, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1998, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, In this paper, as the basic study to analyze the deformation of “ballast”, a track component of ballasted track which is composed of crushed stone, regarding its part as an assemblage of coarse granular materials, the application method of discrete analysis treating the problem including discontinuous boundaries to cyclic deformation of coarse granular materials was discussed by simulating triaxial tests of railroad ballast with DDA (Discontinuous Deformation Analysis). As a result, it was revealed that some new guidelines for the application method of DDA were indicated, and also quasi-static performance of railroad ballast is discussed in terms of fabric transformation of particle alignment.
  • DDA applied to deformation analysis of coarse granular materials (ballast)
    Ishikawa, T; Ohnishi, Y; Namura, A
    Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on the Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, 253, 262, Jul. 1997, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • CYCLIC DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF RAILROAD BALLAST IN TRIAXIAL TESTS
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Sunaga Makoto; Dong Jun; Namura Akira
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 1997, 575, 169, 178, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1997, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, To analyze the deformation of ballast regarding a part of ballasted track which is composed of crushed stone as an assemblage of coarse granular materials, cyclic loading and monotonic loading triaxial compression tests with stress condition of ballast under train passage were performed on samples of railroad ballast. As a result, the quasi-static characteristics of railroad ballast needed for numerical modeling were determined. It was revealed that the triaxial test results of railroad ballast basically provide useful data for elucidating plastic deformation of ballast in detail.
  • Track maintenance for tilt train operation on sharp curves
    M Uchida; H Takai; T Ishikawa; E Yazawa; M Miwa
    INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONFERENCE ON BETTER JOURNEY TIME - BETTER BUSINESS, 1996, 8, 189, 198, 1996, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, International conference proceedings
  • CYCLIC DEFORMATION CHARACTERISTICS OF RAILROAD BALLAST IN FULL-SCALE TESTS
    Ishikawa Tatsuya; Namura Akira
    Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu, 1995, 512, 47, 59, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1995, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Scientific journal, In order to elucidate the phenomenon observed in ballasted track that irregularity of rail level accumulates in terms of the plastic deformation of railroad ballast, vertical and horizontal cyclic loading tests of constant load amplitude were performed with full-scale track. As a result, it was revealed that an effective estimation of the deformation of railroad ballast needs considering coarse granular materials as its material property. Besides, the deformation properties were quantified by test results, and a method to predict deformation quantity of railroad ballast was proposed, which has high utility value for design and maintenance of track structure.
  • Fundamental Studies on Deformation Properties of Railway Ballast.
    石川達也; 名村明
    土質工学会シンポジウム発表論文集, Ryujotai no Rikigaku..., 51, 52, 1993, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author]
    Japanese, Symposium
■ Other Activities and Achievements
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  • 交通地盤工学入門
    交通地盤工学入門編集委員会; 地盤工学会
    地盤工学会,丸善出版, Mar. 2025, 9784886444424, xii, 285p, Japanese
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    地盤工学会北海道支部, Sep. 2022
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    北海道大学出版会, Sep. 2020
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    地盤工学会北海道支部, Sep. 2016
  • 2014年制定 舗装標準示方書
    土木学会, Oct. 2015
  • Advances in Transportation Geotechnics II
    CRC Press, Aug. 2012
  • 舗装工学ライブラリー6 積雪寒冷地の舗装
    土木学会, 2011
  • 斜面の凍上被害と対策のガイドライン
    地盤工学会北海道支部, Mar. 2010
  • 地盤材料試験の方法と解説 第8編 特殊土の試験
    地盤工学会, 2009
  • 計算力学レクチャーシリーズ6不連続変形法(DDA)
    丸善, 2005
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  • 日本地すべり学会
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■ Research Themes
  • 交通地盤工学による設計思想の転換:今後50年を見据えた舗装土工一体型道路構造の開発
    科学研究費助成事業
    01 Apr. 2025 - 31 Mar. 2028
    石川 達也
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 25K01299
  • Development of Structural Monitoring Technology for Eastern European Log-style Wooden Churches Using LED Marker Dynamic Displacement Observation
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2021 - 31 Mar. 2025
    上北 恭史; 下田 一太; 花里 利一; 石川 達也; 新津 靖
    2022年2月にロシアによるウクライナ侵攻のために、当初計画で予定していたウクライナのポテリッチにある聖神降臨聖堂(Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit)からモニタリングの対象地を変更し、ポーランド南東部にあるサノク郡(Sanok Country)に残る聖母マリア生誕教会(Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rakowa )で行うこととした。本研究チームは2023年7月に同教会においてモニタリング装置を設置し観測体制を整えた。本教会堂は東方正教会の教会堂として1779年頃に建設されたという。3つの内陣を備え1900年頃に西側正面部分に鐘楼を増築している。建物は西方を正面にして小高い丘の上に建つ。教会堂の周囲は林で東面、南面は牧草地の緩やかな斜面に連なっている。北面と西面は高さ10メートルほどの崖となり、西面にはTyawkaと称される川が南北に流れ、その流れによって作られた急な斜面となっている。教会堂は建設されてから大きな修理は行われていないが、1947年からローマンカトリックによって利用され、その後1970年代に新しい教会堂が建設されたため、本教会堂は空き家となっている。目視では教会堂本体に大きな劣化は見られないが、鐘楼は西側斜面に多少傾き、南東側土台に亀裂が見られることから、西側斜面の地盤沈下による変形を受けていると推測される。そのためモニタリングのLEDは教会堂内部の西側の入り口上部および反対側の東側祭壇の上部の2か所に設置し、デジタルカメラで計測を行うこととした。教会堂の変形は緩慢としているため毎時計測とし、温度、風速の計測データともにモバイル通信によるサーバー受信ができるシステムとして計測を開始した。


    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), University of Tsukuba, 23K20996
  • Development of a regional geo-disaster vulnerability assessment method based on a novel time-dependent immunity index reflecting the climate changes and its applications
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2020 - 31 Mar. 2024
    安福 規之; 村上 哲; 笠間 清伸; 酒匂 一成; 所 哲也; 石川 達也; 川尻 峻三; 川村 志麻; 石藏 良平
    本研究では、気候変動災害脆弱地域と想定される九州と北海道の自然・人工斜面を対象として、1)経年的に変化する地盤災害に対する免疫性(災害免疫力)の工学的評価、2)降雨・融雪形態の変化や地震動と関連付けた地盤災害危険個所の抽出と危険度判定手法の高度化、3)降雨形態の変化を反映した実用的な土砂移動量と移動距離の算定手法の確立、4)適応策整備順位とその効果の客観化、経年変化の時間軸を導入した地盤災害脆弱性マップの事例作成をめざしている。当該年度の研究実績を以下に示す。
    1)については、災害免疫力を経年的に変化する災害抵抗力と社会的リスクの積として表現し、切土のり面の経年変化を反映した災害抵抗力の評価手法とその適用事例を示した。また、九州地域における降雨や地盤情報のデータベース化と過去の福岡県管理道路の豪雨災害事例の収集整理を行い、新たに導入した雨量超過比による豪雨履歴と被災の関係を明らかにした。
    2)と3)に関しては、短期雨量指標と土壌雨量指数を用いて土砂災害発生危険基準線(CL)について福岡県の情報を収集し、地盤・地形・地質特性および 降雨情報などとの関係について機械学習を使って分析を行い、影響指標を具体化した。同様の取り組みを北海道でも実施し、雨慣れの影響を精査し、地域性について分析した。また、河川堤防において、高浸透外力下でパイピング破壊リスクが高まる基礎地盤条件を精査し、平均動水勾配の時間変化に着目した破壊リスク算定モデルを提案した。さらに、北海道において降雨後に地震動を受ける火山灰盛土の斜面崩壊機構を調査・分析し、その履歴順番の違いが崩壊に及ぼす影響を考察した。加えて、地震後の道路盛土の耐津波抵抗性を精緻な大型模型実験を通して分析した。
    4)に関しては、地域性を反映した地盤災害脆弱性の定義と適応枠組みを新たに提示し、斜面崩壊事例に基づいた地域減災力評価指標を提案した。
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Kyushu University, 20H00266
  • 表層凍結斜面崩壊メカニズムの地盤工学的解析に基づく東欧校倉木造教会堂保存の研究
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
    07 Oct. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2023
    上北 恭史; 藤田 香織; マルティネス アレハンドロ; 石川 達也
    本研究は東欧に残る校倉造木造教会堂の保存のために、その主な損傷を引き起こしていると思われる凍土の凍結融解による斜面崩壊のメカニズムを明らかにし、不同沈下や地すべりがもたらす木造教会堂の損傷およびその対策について研究をすることを目的にしている。そのため木造教会堂の建つ地盤にボーリングによる土壌解析や観測井を用いたモニタリング計測を行い、凍結融解作用による斜面崩壊の過程を地盤工学的に明らかにし、木造教会堂の保存対策や修理方針の策定を検討していく。
    モニタリングを行う木造教会堂は、ウクライナ西部のlviv県に位置するポテリッチの聖神降臨聖堂(Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit)を候補とした。この教会堂は16世紀初頭に建設され、ハリキ(Halych)様式と呼ばれる東側のアプスと中央部礼拝室上に塔をもつ古い形式で、ポーランドとウクライナの世界遺産「ポーランドとウクライナのカルバティア地方の木造教会群」の構成資産のうちのひとつである。この教会堂は科学研究費基盤研究B「ウクライナ木造教会堂群保存手法の構築-日欧校倉造修理工法の比較議論を通して」(16H04483)で調査を行い、地すべりによる不同沈下のために躯体中央部に亀裂を発生させており、校倉構造全体に歪を生じさせていることを把握した。そして教会堂内部にフレームを新たに組んで補強していることを確認している。これらの応急修理を担当したリヴィウ工科大学および本研究の共同研究者のキエフ建設大学の助言により、本教会堂をモニタリング実施を行う候補とした。
    モニタリングを2020年度から開始するためにリヴィウ工科大学にボーリング掘削と土壌解析を依頼することとした。この土壌解析の成果に基づいて多段傾斜計等のセンサーの設置およびデータ収集のためのデータロガーの設置を検討している。
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), University of Tsukuba, 19KK0111
  • 粗粒材の長期劣化を考慮した新たな交通施設の維持管理方法:経験知から科学知の保守へ
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
    01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2023
    早野 公敏; 石川 達也; 桃谷 尚嗣; 中村 貴久
    鉄道・道路施設では道床材,路盤材として砕石を主体とする粗粒材を広く使用している.これまでの研究で敷設後20年以上のバラスト軌道,供用30年以上のアスファルト舗装において交通荷重の繰返しによる破砕・細粒化が生じている.細粒化が進行すると雨水浸透に伴う沈下が頻発しさらには脱線や陥没のリスクが高まる.近年では降雨特徴の変化により突発的に変状が生じるケースが増加し,これらの予防や維持管理コストの最小化のためには道床・路盤材の交換や改良のタイミングの適切な判断が重要となる.また,災害後の早期復旧に破砕・細粒化が生じた道床・路盤材の再利用を求める場合もある.しかし現状では細粒化後の供用性予測の不確実性は高く,降雨後に沈下が頻発する現象や災害発生などに基づいて事後に経験的に判断することが多い.そこで本研究では破砕・細粒化した道床・路盤材の雨水浸透に伴う沈下特性や支持力特性を解明し,交換や改良の適切なタイミング・効果を科学的に評価できる新たな維持管理体系を構築することを行った.
    具体的に2019年度は,室内要素試験および室内模型実験を主として実施し,経年劣化による細粒分増加が道床材の締固め特性,透水特性,繰返し変形特性,支持力特性に及ぼす影響を調査した.まず,経年劣化により破砕・細粒化した道床材の締固め試験を行い,細粒化の程度による締固め曲線の違いを明らかにした.次に道床材の透水性・繰返し変形特性に与える道床材細粒化の影響を透水試験・三軸試験により評価した.続いて室内模型実験により道床の支持力特性に破砕・細粒化が及ぼす影響を調べ,室内要素試験結果による評価結果との整合性について検討を行った.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Yokohama National University, 19H02234
  • Development of risk assessment method for heavy rainfall induced disaster under climate change considering rainfall habituation in high latitude cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    29 Jun. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2021
    Ishikawa Tatsuya
    In order to develop a highly versatile slope disaster risk assessment method that predicts through rainfall habituation, which is an index of geodisaster resistance, this study discussed (a) proposal of rainfall habituation index for soil ground, (b) establishment of a method for investigating the degree of rainfall habituation, and (c) construction of a method for evaluating the risk of heavy rain induced geodisasters by considering rainfall habituation. As a result, in order to examine the potential risk of a geodisaster which is expected to occur when high-latitude cold regions with little heavy rainfall, such as Hokkaido and Tohoku in Japan, experience torrential rains due to climate change based on case studies of geodisasters that have occurred in the past in warm regions, this study proposed a method that can examine predicting the occurrence of slope disasters and assessing risks in a unified manner for various regions with different rainfall histories.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Hokkaido University, 18K18915
  • Development of the prevention technology of the permeable deterioration in frozen ground, non-frozen ground border of the frozen ground method water shielding wall
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2020
    Ito Yuzuru
    The frozen earth wall of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant prevents an inflow of the groundwater to the nuclear reactor building and prevents increase of the contaminated water.It is assumed that the earth wall is maintained for a long term. Then a horizontal shrinkage crack by de-hydration due to frost heave occurs in front of the ice lens, and it was assumed that the extremely great increase in hydraulic conductivity might generate in front of the frozen earth wall.
    To confirm this hypothesis and to propose the preventive measure to this phenomenon, we developed the experimental device which could freeze-thaw the specimen horizontally and conduct permeability test vertically. The test result shows that even if a frost front remained at the constant position, a change of the void structure continued with time regardless of the frost-susceptibility of the fine-grained soil, and it was considered that the possibility that water shield of the earth wall was spoiled may be increasing.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Setsunan University, 17H03307
  • Wide-area risk assessment of cold-regions geodisasters under climate change by multi-physical and multi-scale analysis
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2016 - 31 Mar. 2020
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya
    High-latitude zone like Hokkaido is an important region where it is expected to benefit and develop from global warming in future, while it is also expected that new types of geotechnical disasters, which never experienced before, will occur due to climate change. Therefore, in this study, we have constructed a theoretical system that reasonably explains the geotechnical disasters peculiar to snowy cold regions, which are different from the geotechnical disasters observed in warm regions, from the viewpoint of multiphysics (multiphase mechanics) and space-time multiscale by considering the interaction between thermal / hydraulic boundary condition changes and mechanical behavior in the normal to low temperature range. In addition, by using this theoretical system, we have proposed a hierarchical methodology that can evaluate the wide-area risk of geotechnical disasters in high-latitude cold regions occurred under near future weather conditions supposed by the climate change prediction.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Hokkaido University, 16H02360
  • Comprehensive study on the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake and its disaster
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    04 Oct. 2018 - 31 Mar. 2019
    Takahashi Hiroaki
    Comprehensive investigation on the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake and its disaster was conducted. Mainshock rupture initiated at deepest part and major slip was occurred in 20-30km deep. Multiple simultaneous landslides in Atsuma town was induced by combination of strong ground shaking and weak sliding layer between pyroclastic fall deposit layers. Halloysite cray minerals was discovered in all sliding layers. Simulation suggested landslides might attack residential houses within 6 seconds. Observed peak ground motions in nearby area were larger than common distance attenuation model. Severe wooden house damage in Mukawa town was due to amplified seismic waves due to site effects. Sounding and boring investigation revealed filled low-density volcanic ash and higher groundwater level in liquefaction area. Electricity blackout caused severe damage in social and economic activities of Hokkaido. These scientific outcomes were explained to residents at public briefing session.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Special Purposes, Hokkaido University, 18K19952
  • Development of new design method for countermeasure against frost heave aimed at life extension of pavement
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2018
    Kawabata Shinichiro
    In this research, we compile data on frost heave and associated damage to roadways, consider additional parameters for roadway design, and examine new methods of assessment. Specifically, we investigate pavement surface conditions over a total of 800 km of roadway and use the data to find the relation among type of earthwork (cut or fill), freezing index, and damage from frost heave damage. Additionally, we examined 51 types of subgrade soil sampled at heaved locations. The results elucidate the regional characteristics of the freezing index at 323 points throughout Japan. For comparison, we reviewed more than 100 years of weather data, using it to reveal long-term fluctuations in the freezing index. Finally, we show that differences in how pavement is visually inspected affects the accuracy of the resulting assessments.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University of Science, 15K06214
  • Modeling of surface flow and infiltration branching characteristics due to snow melting and rainfall considering snow cover and vegetation change
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2015 - 31 Mar. 2018
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya
    In Hokkaido, fluctuations in the water retention and infiltration characteristics of soil ground due to the seasonal variation of land use and weather condition are extremely large throughout the year, so there is a possibility that it may enhance the occurrence of sediment-related disasters at torrential downpours caused by climate change. This study proposed a quantification method of the infiltration rate of rainfall / snow melting water, which can be a criterion for the occurrence of sediment-related disasters, from the viewpoints of snow cover / vegetation, rainfall intensity / snow melting rate, soil property, water content of the ground and frozen state. In addition, this study developed a coupled slope stability analysis for snowy cold regions by incorporating a newly proposed mathematical model for the infiltration characteristics of surface flow in the case where snow cover and vegetation are considered as an element in numerical analysis.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 15K14026
  • Study on long-term stable management of frozen earth wall considering freeze-thaw problem.
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2014 - 31 Mar. 2017
    ITO Yuzuru
    In Fukushima 1st Nuclear Power Plant, the ice wall was planned to build over the ground with sandy soil and mud stone layers, in which a large quantity of ground water was flowing toward the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, many questions arise whether the ice wall can be completed, whether the frozen ground has small enough permeability and what will happen when frozen soil melts due to power supply lost.
    As a result of the research, the following conclusion was obtained.(1) A prediction of limited ground water speed in the ice wall construction by the numerical computation accorded with the theoretical value, and, furthermore, they agreed with the result of the model experiment. (2) The experiment method that had high precision to measure a permeability of the frozen ground was developed. (3) A method to estimate the permeability of freeze-thawed soil was developed by the newly designed horizontal displacement restricted freeze-thaw test system.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Setsunan University, 26289156
  • Damage risk assessment of buried pipes in cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2014 - 31 Mar. 2017
    KAWAGUCHI Takayuki
    This study measured detailed temperature distribution around buried pipes under the pavement and vertical stresses in the ground, as well as seasonal changes of incremental stress exerted by vehicle wheel loads for damage risk assessment of buried pipes beneath pavements in cold regions.
    Results revealed that these measured values change significantly as a result of the ground’s freeze-thaw process. In addition, we found that the incremental stress in the ground increases with the vehicle weight and that the rate of increase changes with freezing and thawing. The stress distribution (transmission) in the ground was also found to change with freezing and thawing.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Kitami Institute of Technology, 26420476
  • Development of analytical procedure using phenomenalistic mathematical model for phase change-dependent geotechnical hazards in snowy cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2012 - 31 Mar. 2015
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KIMURA Ichiro
    This research develops an analytical procedure using a phenomenalistic mathematical model for the phase change-dependent geotechnical hazards in snowy cold regions by performing experimental and analytical studies. First, we established a new testing method for model tests on soil grounds subjected to freeze-thaw actions and seepage flow, and revealed that seepage pressure and frost-susceptibility and water retention-permeability characteristics of geomaterials seriously influenced the seepage erosion behavior of freeze-thawed soil ground. Next, we developed a numerical model to simulate this seepage erosion phenomenon with the framework of hydraulic erosion and overhanging failure by a triple-grid approach. Since the numerical results showed a good agreement with the experimental results, we concluded that the newly proposed analytical procedure is applicable to a freeze-thaw and seepage-erosion complex geotechnical hazards, which may occur in the snowy cold regions.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 24651204
  • A study on systematization of new geotechnical hazards in snowy cold regions caused by climate change and its hazard assessment
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2011 - 31 Mar. 2015
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MIURA Seiichi; YAMASHITA Satoshi; KAWABATA Shinichiro; KAWAGUCHI Takayuki; TOKORO Tetsuya; KITAMURA Ryosuke; KIMURA Ichiro; NISHIMOTO Satoshi
    This research mainly studies the systematization of new geotechnical hazards in snowy cold regions caused by climate change and its long-term hazard assessment by performing laboratory element tests, model tests, numerical simulations, and data analysis. As the results, this research clarified a failure mechanism of freeze-thawed slope subjected to a large amount of infiltration in a short time due to torrential rainfall and rapid snow melting, and its influential factors by establishing new laboratory element tests and model tests on unsaturated geomaterials subjected to freeze-thaw actions and seepage erosion, and developing a new analytical procedure using coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical FE analysis. Furthermore, we proposed an assessment method for a new type of freeze-thaw and seepage-erosion complex geotechnical hazards, which may occur in the snowy cold regions, by predicting climate change in the near future based on data analysis of temperature data for past some decades.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 23360201
  • Stability evaluation of volcanic slopes in cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2011 - 31 Mar. 2014
    MIURA SEIICHI; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; KAWAMURA Shima; YOKOHAMA Shoji
    The aim of this study is to reveal the failure mechanism of volcanic slopes in cold regions and to propose a prediction method on failure. To achieve the purposes, full-scale embankments were constructed under several conditions in Sapporo, Japan. A typical volcanic soil in the field was adopted as a soil material. After construction of embankments, changes in soil moisture, temperature, pore water pressure were investigated using devices such as soil moisture meters, etc. Simultaneously, a series of model tests was performed on small size slopes formed by the same material as that in the field to compare with the mechanical behavior of embankments. A series of triaxial tests was also conducted on compacted volcanic soils subjected to freeze-thaw cycles using a new apparatus. As a result, a reasonable prediction method of failure was proposed based on changes in water content, and its validity was confirmed.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Hokkaido University, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 23241056
  • Study on the applicability to the reinforced soil retaining wall of L-shaped drainage using Geosynthetics
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2010 - 2012
    SHIBUYA Satoru; KAWAGUCHI Takayuki; TORII Nobuyuki
    In order to examine the applicability of L-shaped drainage method in in-situ in this study, the full-scale model test was performed. As a result, the excellent effect on the applicability to the reinforced soil retaining wall of L-shaped drainage using Geosynthetics in this research could be evaluated.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Kobe University, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 22241045
  • 凍結融解地盤の温度依存型透気係数推定方法の提案
    平成22年度北海道ガス大学助成制度
    Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011
    石川 達也
    北海道ガス, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • 凍結融解地盤の温度依存型透気試験方法の開発
    平成21年度北海道ガス大学助成制度
    Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2010
    石川 達也
    北海道ガス, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • 凍結融解作用を受ける斜面の崩壊予知・災害危険度評価システムの確立
    道路政策の質の向上に資する技術研究開発
    Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010
    三浦 清一
    国土交通省, Competitive research funding
  • ガス滞留層上の凍結融解地盤の温度依存型透気性評価・試験方法に関する研究
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
    2009 - 2010
    石川 達也; 山下 聡
    1.凍結時および融解時の不飽和地盤の透気係数を計測・評価するため、凍上性・非凍上性地盤材料(火山灰質土と豊浦砂)の凍結融解不飽和透気試験を室内及び屋外で実施した。その結果、以下のような知見が得られた。(1)試験時の含水比が透気係数に及ぼす影響は土質によって異なり、火山灰質土では、飽和度60%以下では飽和度の上昇に伴い透気係数が高くなるというという豊浦砂と逆の傾向が得られた。これは、締固め時の含水比変化に伴う土の骨格構造の変化に起因すると考えられ、締固め含水比を土質に応じて変えることで、地盤材料の透気性を制御できる可能性がある。(2)凍上性火山灰質土においても、非凍上性の豊浦砂と同様、地温0℃付近で透気係数は大きく変化した。しかしながら、同一飽和度(空気間隙比)で透気係数を比較した場合、豊浦砂では凍土の透気係数は未凍土よりも若干低くなったが、火山灰質土では、地温の低下に伴い透気係数は上昇した。また、凍上時の火山灰質土の透気係数は非凍上時よりも高くなった。これらは、両者の含水比の違いによる未凍結時の土壌水分挙動、土の骨格構造及び間隙水の氷結様式の違いに起因すると考えられる。(3)凍上性火山灰質土では、凍結融解が繰り返され飽和度が一定値以上に増加すると間隙水の増加により空気は透り難くなり、加えた水分の凍結・凍上によりさらに透気係数は低下する傾向が確認された。
    2.開発した透気試験方法によれば、不飽和状態で繰返し凍結融解作用を受ける凍上・非凍上性地盤材料の温度依存型透気係数の評価が可能であること、および不飽和地盤の透気係数は、温度依存性を示すとともに、地盤材料の凍上性、保水性・透水性、締固め特性の影響を多大に受けることが明らかになった。積雪寒冷地で地盤の透気性を検討する場合、これらの要因を考慮することが精確な挙動予測に重要となる。
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 21651080
  • Sophistication of evaluation method for the long-term performance of granular base course subjected to freeze-thaw history in cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2008 - 2010
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MIURA Seiichi; YOKOHAMA Shouji; KAMEYAMA Shuichi; YAMASHITA Satoshi; ONO Takashi; ABE Ryuji; SEKINE Etsuo; HACHIYA Yoshitaka
    In this study, we proposed new testing methods for the evaluation of the deformation-strength characteristics of base course materials subjected to freeze-thaw action, and examined the mechanical behavior of granular base before and after freeze-thawing and under freezing. We also evaluated the influences of the change in the performance of granular base due to freeze-thawing on the fatigue breaking of pavements in cold regions by applying the theoretical design method for asphalt pavement. As the result, it was revealed that the freeze-thawing of granular base has a strong influence on the fatigue life of pavement structure in cold regions because it varies the deformation-strength characteristics of base course materials.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 20360206
  • Establishment of the system for the risk evaluation of geohazards at volcanic soil slope in cold regions
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2007 - 2009
    MIURA Seiichi; AKAGAWA Satoshi; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; YOKOHAMA Shoji; KAWAMURA Shima; IWAHANA Go; ITOU Yoshihiko; NISHIMOTO Satoshi
    We elucidated the interaction between various factors which caused subsurface failure of volcanic soil ground subjected to freeze-thaw action in cold regions in terms of soil mechanics, and we proposed a new simple prediction method for the rain-induced slope failure in snow-melting seasons in consideration of the degradation of deformation-strength characteristics of geomaterials due to freeze-thawing. We also developed a geo-information database which integrated the various different kinds of information such as weather reports, geotechnical information, and records for past geohazards. Based on these achievements, finally, we developed the system which could evaluate a risk of rain-induced slope failure at subsurface layers suffered from freeze-thaw by using both above-mentioned prediction method and geo-information database.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Hokkaido University, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 19201035
  • 寒冷地用舗装構造の路盤・路床の変形挙動評価試験法に関する研究
    平成19年度北海道ガス大学助成制度
    Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2008
    石川 達也
    北海道ガス, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Study on Elucidation and Prediction of Mechanical Behavior of Saturated/Unsaturated Granular Base Subjected to Cyclic Moving Loads.
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2006 - 2007
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MIURA Seiichi; YOKOHAMA Shoji; SEKINE Etsuo
    This study examines the mechanical behavior of granular materials under saturated and unsaturated conditions subjected to cyclic moving loads, for example gravel roadbed and railroad ballast, and both a new testing methods and new analytical procedure to examine the effects of the rotation of principal stress axes and water content on cyclic plastic deformation of granular base course materials are proposed. The following conclusions can be obtained;
    1. Two types of small scale model tests which adopted a fixed-place loading method and a moving loading method were performed with a base course material under air-dried condition and saturated condition. As the results, it was revealed that the water content of the base course material influences the mechanical behavior of granular base strongly, and the effect on the development of residual settlement for granular base under cyclic loading remarkably comes to the surface in employing moving loads.
    2. Two types of multi-ring shear tests, which can consider a change in direction of principal stresses like traffic loads, were performed in the same way as loading methods in small scale model tests. As the results, it was revealed that the shear strength decreased and the cumulative residual strain increased due to the saturation, and that the mechanical behavior in multi-ring shear tests is very similar to that in small scale model tests, regardless of loading methods and water contents.
    3. A new method to estimate cyclic plastic deformation of granular base under repeated wheel traveling in terms of the strength and deformation characteristics of granular base course materials was proposed. The simple analytical procedure with linear elastic FE analysis considering the cumulative strain derived from multi-ring shear test results of base course materials can roughly estimate the residual settlement of granular base under saturated and unsaturated conditions subjected to cyclic moving loads.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 18560479
  • Slope failure mechanism for crushable volcanic soi I at snowy cold region and its modeling
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2004 - 2006
    MIURA Seiichi; AKAGAWA Satoshi; ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; YOKOHAMA Shoji; KAWAMURA Shima
    Based on the experimental and numerical studies of slope stability of crushable soils, the following conclusions are obtained:
    1.Effect of freeze-thaw sequence on static mechanical behavior of volcanic soil
    (1)Particle breakage of volcanic coarse-grained soil significantly occurs due to the repetition of freeze-thaw sequence. The particle breakage affects strongly on static strength and rigidity of volcanic soil.
    (2)Volcanic soil subjected to freeze-thaw sequences may produce a remarkable crushability at low confining pressure level. This fact suggests that deterioration in the stability of slope near the surface is significant on snowy cold region.
    2.Effect of freeze-thaw sequence on dynamic mechanical behavior of volcanic soil
    (1)Shear modulus of volcanic coarse-grained soil decreases due to freeze-thaw sequences. On the other hand, freeze-thaw action may less affect hysteresis damping ratio.
    (2)Liquefaction resistance of volcanic soil decreased due to freeze-thaw sequences. This fact may attribute the reduction of the liquefaction resistance to the increase in finer content induced by particle breakage during freeze-thaw sequences.
    3.Rainfall-induced slope collapse for crushable volcanic soil and its evaluation
    (1)From the results of model tests, it is found that excess pore water pressure and saturation degree play a key role in the slope failure induced by rainfall.
    (2)Depth and shape of impermeable layer in the slope are critical to estimate the stability of slope.
    4.Numerical analysis for rainfall-induced slope failure for crushable volcanic soil
    (1)A series of numerical analysis by DEM showed that proposed small void elements between soil particles, which are able to expand in accordance with temperature depression, can simulate the mechanical freeze-thaw performance of granular materials.
    (2)Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) could explain the slope failure mechanism if rainfall and dilatancy effects on volcanic soil are estimated appropriately into analysis algorithm.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, Coinvestigator not use grants, Competitive research funding, 16310121
  • Development of Element tests for elucidating mechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to cyclic moving loads
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2003 - 2004
    ISHIKAWA Tatsuya; MIURA Seiichi; YOKOHAMA Shoji; SEKINE Etsuo
    This study examines the mechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to cyclic moving loads, for example gravel roadbed and railroad ballast, and both a new testing method and new analytical procedures to examine the effects of the rotation of principal stress axes on cyclic plastic deformation of granular materials are proposed. The following conclusions can be obtained ;
    1.Cyclic plastic deformation obtained through moving loading tests is much larger than those obtained through fixed-place cyclic loading tests when other experimental conditions are the same. Accordingly, the difference in loading methods has a significant influence on the cyclic plastic deformation of granular materials.
    2.Residual strain obtained through cyclic loading triaxial tests with constant amplitude of deviator stress while controlling confining pressure constant is very small compared with the macro residual strain calculated from force-displacement relationships in moving loading tests, while that of cyclic torsional simple shear tests using a newly developed "Multi-ring shear apparatus" is almost equivalent to moving loading tests. Therefore, the multi-ring shear test is appropriate for an element test to simulate the actual stress states inside substructures under traffic loads. Moreover, it was revealed that the rotation of principal stress axes has a significant effect on cyclic deformation characteristics of granular materials.
    3.Two analytical procedures for simulating the mechanical behavior of granular materials subjected to cyclic moving loads were proposed. One is linear elastic FE analysis considering the material properties of cumulative strain derived from element test results of granular materials, which can roughly estimate the residual settlement of granular substructures due to cyclic loading. The other is discontinuous analysis which elements imitate the shape of real gram particles well because it was revealed that the element shape is one of the dominant factors to determine the mechanical behavior of granular assemblage in discontinuous analysis.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 15560420
  • 凍結融解地盤の性能評価・挙動予測技術の開発
    2004
    Competitive research funding
  • 粒状構造物の力学的安定性に関する研究
    2002
    Competitive research funding
  • Study on dynamic stability characteristics of granular materials
    2002
    Competitive research funding