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ISHIKAWA, Masami Professor (Concrete Structural Engineering)

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List of peer-reviewed papers

• Tadaaki Tanabe, Akira Haraguchi, and Masami Ishikawa: A study on the mechanism of thermal stress generation in mass concrete, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of Concrete Engineering, pp. 225-228, June 1982.
• Tadaaki Tanabe, Akira Haraguchi, and Masami Ishikawa: External restraint effects of bedrock or old concrete in thermal stress problems of mass concrete, and proceedings of the Colloquium on the thermal stress generation mechanism of mass concrete, pp. 83-90, Japan Concrete Institute, August 1982.
• Masami Ishikawa, Tadaaki Tanabe, and Akira Haraguchi: Study on the Mechanism of Thermal Stress Generation in Massive Concrete, Transactions of the Japan Concrete Institute, Vol. 4, pp. 197-204, Japan Concrete Institute, December 1982.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Nonlinear Constitutive Laws and Finite Element Analysis Based on Damage Tensors, Proceedings of the Colloquium on Finite Element Analysis of RC Structures, pp. 23-28, Japan Concrete Institute, December 1984.
• Yozo Ochi, Masami Ishikawa: A Study on the Applicability of the Boundary Element Method to Heat Transfer on Mass Concrete, Engineering Analysis, Vol.2, No.2, pp.36-39, 1985.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: The Constitutive Model in terms of Damage Tensor, Finite Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Approved for publication by ST. Div., pp. 93–103, ASCE, 1985.5.
• Tadaaki Tanabe, Satoshi Nishioka, Tsuyoshi Maeda, and Masami Ishikawa: Measurement and Analysis of Thermal Deformation Behavior of Mass Concrete, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of Concrete Engineering, pp. 17-20, June 1986.
• Masami Ishikawa, Satoshi Nishioka, and Tsuyoshi Maeda: Compensation-Line Method and its Applications, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference of Concrete Engineering, pp. 49-52, June 1986.
• Masami Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Satoshi Nishioka, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Temperature stress experiments on mass concrete using large specimens, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 10-2, pp. 169-174, June 1988.
• Yasunori Imaeda, Masami Ishikawa, Satoshi Nishioka, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Mechanical behavior of mass concrete under thermal stress, Proceedings of the 10th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 10-2, pp. 175-180, June 1988.
• Masami Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Satoshi Nishioka, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Experimental study on thermal deformation and thermal stress of mass concrete, Transactions of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 408, V-11, pp. 121-130, August 1989.
• Yasushi Takatsuji, Masami Ishikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: A Study on the Temperature Stress Generation Mechanism of Mass Concrete, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 12-1, pp. 925-930, June 1990.
• Masami Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Maeda, Satoshi Nishioka, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Influence of L/H on the external restraint mechanism of mass concrete, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 12-1, pp. 851-856, June 1990.
• Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masami Ishikawa, Toshihiko Yamamoto, and Naoto Soma: A Nonlinear Model of Reinforced Concrete Columns Subjected to Central Axial Compression, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 12-2, pp. 417-420, June 1990.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa: Application of Finite Element Method to Temperature Cracking Analysis of Mass Concrete, JCI Colloquium on Crack Width Control by Volume Change in Concrete Structures, pp. 107-114, Japan Concrete Institute, August 1990.
• Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Masami Ishikawa: An analytical model for calculating the amount of crack opening in reinforced concrete members. JCI Colloquium on crack width control due to volume changes in concrete structures, pp. 97-106, Japan Concrete Institute, August 1990.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, and Toshihiko Yamamoto: A nonlinear model considering stability and instability under axial compression, Proceedings of the 13th Annual Meeting of Concrete Engineering, 13-2, pp. 97-102, June 1991.
• Masami Ishikawa: Thermal Stress Analysis of a Concrete Dam, An International Journal of Computers & Structures, Vol.40, No.2, pp.347-352, July 1991.
• Masami Ishikawa, Yasunori Imaeda, Yasushi Takatsuji, and Tsuyoshi Maeda: A Study on External Restraint of Mass Concrete, Transactions of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 460, V-18, pp. 13-22, February 1993.
• Ken Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada, Toshihiko Yamamoto, and Masami Ishikawa: A fundamental study on the dimensional dependence of flexural failure behavior of concrete, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 15-1, pp. 453-458, June 1993.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiroko Watanabe, Hidetetsu Umehara, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Application of CP crack width to surface crack analysis, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 15-1, pp. 1155-1160, June 1993.
• AWC Oreta, Masami Ishikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Identification of Stiffness Deterioration of Concrete Structures, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 16-2, pp. 1289-1294, June 1994.
• Osamu Kiyomiya, Toshiaki Miyagi, Masami Ishikawa, and Hiroyuki Kadokura: Evaluation of Dynamic Analysis Methods for Port Structures - A Case Study of Collision Analysis between Ships and Buffer Structures -, Transactions of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, No. 540, VI-31, pp. 49-57, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, June 1996.
• Hiroko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa: Construction of a hydration reaction simulation model to predict the pore structure of cement paste, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 18-1, pp. 615-620, June 1996.
• Teruhiko Yoda, Reiko Matsuo, Soichiro Masuda, Masami Ishikawa, and Kohei Ando: Verification of the mechanism of local buckling in steel bridge piers due to impact seismic motion input, Symposium on Impact Failure of Structures in the Southern Hyogo Earthquake, Architectural Institute of Japan, pp. 87-92, March 1997.
• Yasuaki Ishikawa, Koji Kikukawa, Masami Ishikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Application of a plastic model to interface properties and thermal stress analysis of cast concrete structures, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, 19-1, pp. 1381-1386, May 1997.
• Hiroko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa: Experimental study on the freeze-thaw behavior of materials with homogeneous porosity structures, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, pp. 925-930, July 1998.
• Makoto Ito, Masami Ishikawa, and Mitsuo Tsutsui: Development of a post-injection type crack-inducing joint and its application to construction, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, July 2001.
• Yasuaki Ishikawa, Hirotaka Kimata, Masami Ishikawa, Tadaaki Tanabe
  Development of the CP crack width method for predicting the propagation of surface crack depth, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Concrete Engineering Society, Vol. 24 (CD-ROM version), pp. 963-968, June 2002.
• Lee Sang-hoon, Nakazawa Masatoshi, Endo Takao, Ishikawa Masami
  Setting of viscous boundaries in semi-infinite continuous elevated bridges, Applied Mechanics Papers Vol. 118, pp. 189-198, 2005.8
• Lee Sang-hoon, Nakamura Hikaru, Nakazawa Masatoshi, Ishikawa Masami, Endo Takao,
  Formulation of the energy transfer boundary in an anti-infinite continuous viaduct considering transverse wave propagation.
  Journal of Railway Dynamics, Symposium Paper No. 9, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineering Committee, July 2005.
• Hiroko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa, Takao Endo
  Study on the initial stress of precast concrete using blast furnace cement, Annual Proceedings of the Concrete Engineering Society, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2007.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiroko Watanabe, Ken Narita, Takao Endo
  Analytical study on the number of freeze-thaw cycles in the depth direction of concrete structures, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Durability Mechanics of Concrete Structures, Japan Concrete Institute.
• Masami Ishikawa, Takashi Kumagai, Yasuhiro Koda, Ichiro Iwaki
  Proposal of a simplified temperature crack index determination formula for the Tohoku region, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute, 2008, Vol.30, No.2.
• Yasuhiro Koda, Ichiro Iwaki, Masami Ishikawa
  Construction of a temperature crack hazard map for box culverts in Fukushima Prefecture, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute, 2009, Vol. 31, No. 1.
• Yasuhiro Koda, Daisuke Umeuchi, Ichiro Iwaki, Masami Ishikawa, Deterioration Hazard Map of Concrete Structures in the Tohoku Region Using GIS, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute, 2010, Vol.32, No.2.

International conference paper

• Masami Ishikawa, Tadaaki Tanabe: Study of External Restraint of Mass Concrete, Thermal Cracking in Mass Concrete at Early Ages, Proceedings of the International Symposium held by RILEM (Reunion Internationale des Laboratories d'Essais et de Recherches sur les Materiaux et les Constructions), pp. 187–194, Munich, Germany, 1994.10.
• Teruhiko Yoda, Reiko Matsuo, and Masami Ishikawa: Simplified Method for Non-linear Dynamic Response Analysis of Steel Bridge Piers under Seismic Loading, Behavior of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas, Stessa '97, pp. 108-115, Kyoto, Japan, Architectural Institute of Japan, August 1997.
• Hiroko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa: A Hydration Simulation Model to estimate the Pore Structure of Cement Paste, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Concrete Under severe Conditions, CONSEC'98, Tromso, Norway, June 1998.
• Tadaaki Tanabe, Hidetetsu Umehara, Sadao Ono, and Masami Ishikawa: The State of Research Activities on Thermal Stress of Massive Concrete in Japan, Proceedings of the JCI-KCI Joint Seminar on Recent Activities in the Field of Concrete, pp. 1-12, Tokyo, Japan, July 1998.
• Masami Ishikawa, Lech Tomasz KISIELEWICZ: An Innovative Solution for Simulating Earthquake and Impact Loading on Civil Structures, The 3rd International Conference on Shock & Impact Load on Structures, NTU-MINDEF Protective Technology Research Center Singapore & JSCE, Singapore, November 1999.
• Masami Ishikawa, Keiichi Imamoto, Hiroko Watanabe, and Makoto Ito: An Evaluation of Autogenous Shrinkage of Concrete Based on Mechanical Properties of the Matrix Cement Paste, International Workshop on Control of Cracking in Early-Age Concrete, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, August 2000.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hideki Matsuoka, Chikahiro Minowa, and Manabu Toyoshima: The Vibration Analysis of Rectangular Water Tanks, 2001 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, July 2001.
• Hidenori Hamada, Shinichi Miyazato, Masami Ishikawa, and 5 others
  A study on Environmental Conditions Affecting Long-Term Deterioration of Concrete Structures in Japan.
  Our World in Concrete & Structures, Proceedings of the 28th Conference,
  Singapore, 2003.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiroko Watanabe, Takao Endo
  A Numerical Hydration Model to Estimate the Pore Structures of Concrete Paste
  Concrete Under Severe Conditions : Environment & Loading 04, Seoul Korea
  Vol.2, pp.2012-2017, June 2004
• T. Endo, M. Ishikawa, M. Kawasumi
  Determination of the static elastic constant of concrete derived from the elastic constant of cement paste, Proceedings of the eighth international conference on creep, shrinkage and durability of concrete and concrete structures, ISE-SHIMA, JAPAN, 30 Sep.-2 Oct. 2008
• M.Ishikawa, T.Endo, H.Watanabe, T.Narita
  Numerical simulations for numbers of freeze and thaw cycles with depth direction from surface of concrete structures, Proceedings of the eighth international conference on creep, shrinkage and durability of concrete and concrete structures, ISE-SHIMA, JAPAN, 30 Sep.-2 Oct. 2008
• Lee., SH, M. Ishikawa, T. Endo
  Numerical Experiments on Concrete Slabs of Various Strength to Detect Defects using the Impact-Echo Method, 4th International Conference on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovation and Structural Implications,2009.8

Non-peer-reviewed papers

• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Mechanical Model of Concrete under Biaxial Stress, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Scientific Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-153, pp. 305-306, October 1984.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, and Tadaaki Tanabe: Damage Theory and Mathematical Models Describing Nonlinear Properties of Concrete, Proceedings of the 40th Annual Scientific Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-29, pp. 57-58, September 1985.
• Tsuyoshi Maeda, Masami Ishikawa, and Satoshi Nishioka: On the suitability of the Compensation-Line (Plane) method, Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-181, pp. 359-360, November 1986.
• Tetsu Nishioka, Masami Ishikawa, Yuji Goto, and Ryunosuke Yoshikawa: Construction of Mass Concrete in Southeast Asia, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-200, pp. 448-449, October 1988.
• Masami Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Maeda, and Satoshi Nishioka: Improvement of Concrete-Embedded Strain Gauges, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-209, pp. 466-467, October 1988.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Tomohiro Haraki, and Toshihiko Yamamoto: Comparison of a nonlinear model of an RC column subjected to axial compression with previous experimental results, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-101, pp. 218-219, September 1991.
• Kazuo Yamada, Ken Watanabe, Yoichi Asai, Toshihiko Yamamoto, and Masami Ishikawa: An experimental study on the dimensional dependence of the bending failure behavior of concrete, Proceedings of the Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokai Branch, No. 31, pp. 49-52, February 1993.
• Ken Watanabe, Kazuo Yamada, Toshihiko Yamamoto, and Masami Ishikawa: A mechanical study of the dimensional dependence of flexural failure in concrete, Proceedings of the Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Meeting, pp. 877-878, September 1993.
• Toshiaki Miyagi, Masami Ishikawa, and Hiroko Watanabe: Countermeasures against temperature cracking of mass concrete by pipe cooling, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Scientific Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-296, pp. 592-593, September 1994.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiroko Watanabe: Analytical study on the relationship between temperature cracking index and crack width in wall-like structures, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Scientific Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-564, pp. 1128-1129, September 1994.
• Katsutoshi Nozawa, Masami Ishikawa, Yukiyoshi Taguchi, and Kohei Ando: Dynamic Analysis of Bridges Subjected to Seismic Loads Using the Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method, Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Impact Problems Caused by Rockfalls, pp. 127-132, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, May 1996.
• Reiko Matsuo, Teruhiko Yoda, and Masami Ishikawa: Numerical Simulation of Steel Bridge Piers Using Simplified Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analysis, Proceedings of the 2nd Academic Conference on the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 235-242, 1997.1.
• Reiko Matsuo, Teruhiko Yoda, Masami Ishikawa, Noriko Kodama: Dynamic response analysis of steel bridge piers during earthquakes using elastoplastic finite element method, Proceedings of the 2nd Japan Society for Computational Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 789-792, May 1997.
• Katsutoshi Nozawa, Hiroshi Niizeki, Masami Ishikawa, and Kazuhisa Shiranita: Dynamic Analysis of a Train Stopper Using Gravel with Three-Dimensional Finite Element Method, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, IV-408, pp. 816-817, October 1998.
• Masami Ishikawa, Hiroko Watanabe
  Construction of a hydration simulation model for predicting the pore structure of cement paste
  58th Annual Scientific Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-214, September 2003.
• Kenta Sasaki, Toru Kobayashi, “ISHIKAWA, Masami,” “A Study on the Relationship Between Moisture Content and Latent Heat in Concrete: Development of a Hydration Simulation Model for Predicting the Pore Structure of Cement Paste,” The 60th Annual Academic Conference of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-370, September 2005.
• Takashi Taira, Masami Ishikawa, and Takao Endo, On the load-bearing capacity of precast products considering the shrinkage characteristics of mixed cement, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, March 2005.
  Hidekazu Koyama, Masami Ishikawa, A Study on Fire Damage to Concrete, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, March 2006.
• Makiko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa, Masamichi Kawamorita, and Yukiyoshi Taguchi, Research on the behavior of ships and port structures during collisions 20. Research on the behavior of ships and port structures during collisions, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, 2007.3
• Takeo Tamura, Masami Ishikawa, Ken Narita, Analytical Study on the Depth of Frost Damage to Concrete, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, March 2007.
• Hidekazu Koyama, Masami Ishikawa, Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete Materials Using Endochronic Theory, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, March 2007.
• SHLee, T.Endo, M.Ishikawa, YHHan
  Vibration Analysis and Evaluation of a Sign Frame on a Bridge, Proceedings of the 2008 Korean Society for Disaster Prevention Conference, II-C-4
• Kazuaki Sasaki, Masami Ishikawa, LEE, Sanghun, Takao Endo
  A Method for Estimating the Elastic Modulus of Concrete Using the Impact Elastic Wave Method, Heisei 19 Technical Research Presentation Meeting of the Tohoku Branch of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-31
• Yasuhiko Yoshida, Masami Ishikawa, LEE, Sanghun, Takao Endo
  Analysis of the Effect of Reinforcing Bars on the Elastic Modulus of Concrete Using the Impact Elastic Wave Method, Heisei 19 Technical Research Presentation Meeting of the Tohoku Branch of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, V-32
• Yuzo Sagara, LEE, Sanghun, Masami Ishikawa
  Integration of the LECOM Analysis Module and the midasFEA Pre- and Post-Processing Modules, Heisei 19 Technical Research Presentation Meeting of the Tohoku Branch of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, I-20
• Miki Sasaki, Masami Ishikawa, Makiko Watanabe, Takao Endo
  Comparison of mass-point system analysis and FEM regarding the behavior of collisions between ships and port structures, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, I-15
• Toru Okawa, Masami Ishikawa, Takao Endo
  A study on the application of the CP method to thermal stress analysis of mass concrete, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, V-43
• Takashi Kumagai, Masami Ishikawa, Ichiro Iwaki, Takao Endo
  Relationship between crack-inducing joint spacing and temperature cracking index for box culverts constructed in the Tohoku region, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, V-44
  Naoya Sasaki, Masami Ishikawa, Takao Endo
  Research on internal stress in gravity-type concrete dams 15 years after construction, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, V-46
• Makiko Watanabe, Masami Ishikawa, Tadaaki Tanabe, Takao Endo
  Temperature stress analysis of concrete using Timoshenko beam theory, 2007 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, V-41
• Yoshimune Takahashi, Sang-hoon Lee, Masami Ishikawa
  Study on the accuracy of defect detection using impact elastic wave method with impact and collision analysis software, 2008 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, I-10, Masanori Watanabe, Sang-Hoon Lee, Masami Ishikawa
  Verification of a Defect Detection System for Concrete Structures Using Impact Elastic Wave Method, 2008 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, I-32
• Keiko Yokouchi, Masahiro Maneki, Masami Ishikawa
  Prediction of temperature crack width in mass concrete, Abstracts CD-RO of presentations at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2010 Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, I-32
• Saori Komuro, Masami Ishikawa, Yoshiki Okuyama
  Simulation of bridge collapse due to large-scale earthquakes, Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, 2009, V-19
• Kenta Nihei, Masami Ishikawa
  The influence of differences in various standards for thermal stress analysis of mass concrete on evaluation results, 2010 Japan Society of Civil Engineers Tohoku Branch Technical Research Presentation Meeting, V-19

Educational papers

• Shikoda, A., Kumagai, M., Ishikawa, M., Ono, T., Chiba, D., Suzaki, Y.: A Study on Improving Engineering Education Using KNOPPIX Edu, IPSJ Spring Convention 2004, 6C-3, 2004.
• Yoshinobu Ishibashi, Yoshimoto Hoshi, Takashi Ono, Arimitsu Shikoda, and Masami Ishikawa: Attempts at Educational Improvement and Future Plans at Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Gakuin University, Tohoku Gakuin University Institute for Educational Research Reports, Vol. 4, pp. 5-12, March 2004.

Overview articles, commentaries, etc.

• Masami Ishikawa, Isamu Nagatsuka: On Temperature Stress Control Technology for Mass Concrete (Part 1), Water and Soil, No. 86, Agricultural Engineering Research Association, pp. 2-12, September 1991.
• Masami Ishikawa, Suk-hwa Kang: Analysis and Evaluation Method of Thermal Crack Resistance for Mass Concrete (in Korean), Korean Cement Journal, pp. 38-47, June 1997.
• Current Status of Crack Analysis Methods for Mass Concrete, Construction Machinery, 513, Vol. 43, No. 11, Japan Industrial Publishing, November 2007.
• Technical manual on cracking in concrete structures, Japan Concrete Institute, Tohoku Branch, August 2008.

book

• "Report of the Research Committee on Thermal Stress of Mass Concrete," Proposal on a Method for Calculating Thermal Crack Width, Japan Concrete Institute, Research Committee on Thermal Stress of Mass Concrete, September 1992.
• "Report of the Research Committee on Temperature Stress of Mass Concrete," Review of External Restraint Factor and Expansion of the Application Scope of the CP Method, Japan Concrete Institute, Research Committee on Temperature Stress of Mass Concrete, April 1998.
• "Current Status and Trends in Mass Concrete Technology," Concrete Technology Series 8, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1994.
• "Latest Mass Concrete Technology," Concrete Technology Series 14, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1996.
• "Time-Dependent Deformation and Cracking Evaluation of Concrete Structures - Current Status and Future Challenges," Concrete Technology Series 38, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2000.

Extracurricular activities (research)

• 1981 -- Member of the Japan Concrete Engineering Association
• 1981 -- Member of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
• April 1989 - September 1989: Concrete Engineering Society, Research Committee on Temperature Stress of Mass Concrete
• April 1989 - September 1984: Concrete Engineering Society, Book Publishing Committee: FEM Version Floppy Disk Creation Working Group
• April 1992 - March 1996: Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Subcommittee for Revision of Standard Specifications for Concrete
• April 1995 - March 2010: Japan Concrete Engineering Association, Research Committee on Temperature Stress of Mass Concrete
• July 1998 - March 2012: Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Research Subcommittee on Time-Dependent Deformation and Cracking Evaluation of Concrete Structures
• March 2000 - March 2003: Japan Concrete Engineering Association, Book Publishing Committee: FEM Version Floppy Disk Creation Working Group
• April 2003 --: Member of the Mass Concrete Software Development Committee, Japan Concrete Engineering Association
• June 2005 --: Member of the Committee for the Creation of Long-Term Durability Performance Simulation Software for Concrete Structures, Japan Concrete Engineering Association
• June 2006 - March 2009: Chairperson, Research Committee on Cracking in Concrete Structures, Tohoku Branch, Japan Concrete Engineering Association
  June 2006 - October 2008: Member of the Research Committee on Time-Dependent Behavior of Cement-Based Materials, Japan Concrete Engineering Association.
• June 2007 - May 2009: Standing Committee Member, Tohoku Branch, Japan Concrete Institute
• July 2007 - March 2009: Comprehensive Evaluation Committee Member, Miyagi Block, Tohoku Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• September 2007 - March 2009: Member of the Research Committee on Design and Utilization of Precast Concrete Products, Japan Concrete Institute.
• June 2008 - March 2010: Member of the Research Committee on Shrinkage Cracking Reduction and Durability Improvement from the Perspective of Admixtures, Japan Concrete Engineering Association.
• July 2008 - March 2010: Matsushima Town Bidding Monitoring Committee Member
• April 2009 - Present: Chairperson, Miyagi Block Comprehensive Evaluation Committee, Tohoku Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• April 2009 - March 2011: Japan Concrete Institute, Research Committee on Performance Design and Utilization of Precast Concrete Products, Structural Evaluation Working Group Chair
• May 2009 -- Secretary, Tohoku Branch, Japan Concrete Engineering Association
• November 2009 - September 2011: Chairperson of the Tagajo City Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board

List of Business and Research Fields

• 1984: Research on temperature cracking of mass concrete using a crack resistance testing device.
• 1985: Temperature cracking countermeasures and temperature stress measurement for footing concrete of large cable-stayed bridge R bridge (Consideration and implementation of cracking countermeasures using pipe cooling)
• 1986: Temperature stress experiment on mass concrete using full-scale structural specimens.
• 1987: Study on countermeasures against temperature cracking at Dam I
• 1988: Development of a temperature stress analysis system and measurement system for mass concrete.
• 1990 (Heisei 2): Nonlinear structural analysis of reinforced concrete using the finite element method.
• 1992: Construction study to prevent temperature cracking in the foundation concrete of the K sluice gate.
• 1993: Temperature stress analysis of a large gravity-type concrete dam (S-dam)
• 1994: Design of the H-shield
• 1995: Structural review of the O drainage pump station and study of countermeasures against temperature cracking.
• 1996: Deterioration survey and structural study of the power tunnel S.
• 1996: Seismic reinforcement diagnosis and reinforcement design for overpasses.
• 1998: Seismic response analysis of the foundation concrete of H Substation
• 1999: Design supervision of the S pedestrian bridge.
• 2000: Groundwater flow simulation
• 2000: I. Measures and measurement of temperature cracks in elevated bridges
• 2001: Measures to prevent temperature cracking in elevated bridges.

Thesis title

• A Study on External Restraint in Thermal Stress of Mass Concrete