京都大学教育研究振興財団助成事業
成 果 報 告 書
平成26年12月3日
公益財団法人京都大学教育研究振興財団会 長

辻井昭

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様

所属部局・研究科

工学研究科 建築学専攻

職 名・学 年

ポスドク研究員

氏名SHRESTHA KSHITIJ CHARANA

助 成 の 種 類

平成２５年度 ・研 究 課 題 名Assessment on mechanical properties of Cu-Al-Mn super-elastic alloy bars
and their possible seismic applications

受 入 機 関Dr. M. Saiid Saiidi, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.

渡 航 期 間平成

成 果 の 概 要

若手研究者在外研究支援 ・ 在外研究長期助成

25年 10月 11日～

平成26年 10月 1日

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交 付 を 受 け た 助 成 金額

2,500,000円

使 用 し た 助 成 金 額

2,500,000円

返納すべき助成金額0円

会 計 報 告渡航費

209,510円

滞在費2,290,490円

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当財団の助成についてI would like to acknowledge and thank the suuport of Kyodai Zaidan Foundation
for providing me opportunity to do research overseas. During my one-year stay at
University of Nevada, I was able to do collaborative works with Kyoto Universityand also got involved in several projects related to use of innovative materials for
performance improvements in concrete bridges.

SUMMARY OF OUTCOME
Kshitij C. Shrestha
During my one-year stay at University of Nevada, I was able to perform collaborative works with Kyoto
University and also got involved in several projects related to use of innovative materials for performance
improvements in concrete bridges. As a Visiting Research Scholar at Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno under P.I. Dr. M. Saiidi, I was involved in following projects:

1. “Sustainable highway bridges with novel material and deconstructible components” funded by theNational Science Foundation Grant IIP-1114406 [P.I.: Dr. M. Saiidi] (Grant Amount: US$600,000). The
project is a collaborative research between University of Nevada (Dr. M. Saiidi) and Kyoto University (Dr. Y.
Araki). My role in this project was to act as an expert on CuAlMn superelastic shape memory alloy andwork with Dr. Saiidi and Mr. S. Varela (PhD student) on project implementation and execution. During mystay, we were able to perform shaking table tests on single pier bridge using CuAlMn superelastic shapememory alloy. Details on the tests can be found in the website below:
http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/saiidi/NSF-PFI/

2. “Design of highway bridge columns subjected to near-fault earthquakes” funded by the Federal
Highway Administration Grant No. DTFH61-07-C-00031 and directed by Dr. M. Saiidi. My task in theproject involved performance evaluation of advanced materials for control of post-earthquake (near-field)
damage in four-span bridges through numerical modeling. A journal paper titled “Advanced Materials forControl of Post-Earthquake Damage in Bridges” following this work is currently under review. The detailon the project work can be found in the website below:
http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/saiidi/FHWA/NearFaultDesign/nearfaultdesignindex.html

3. “Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Bridge Columns w/ Couplers and Development of DesignGuidelines”. My task in the project involved starting from preparation of comprehensive catalogue ofdifferent mechanical couplers and splices for bridge columns and develop a state-of-the-art ratings,
followed by evaluation of their performance in bridges. Further, I was responsible for developing design
equations that are parallel for bridge columns with couplers in the AASHTO specification and LRFD seismic
bridge design guide.
http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/saiidi/USDOT/index.html