IISEE Newsletter
July 29 2014

International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan

Number 111

1 Tachihara Tsukuba Japan 305-0802

In This IssueLatin American Earthquake Engineering Course inJapan• Latin American
EarthquakeEngineering Coursein Japan• Reports on Kansai
Study Trip
• Attendance to theAnnual Convention ofJCI• In Memoriam• Q & A on IISEE

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By Mr. Mizuo Inukai, IISEE Chief Research Engineer

Following the No. 110, we would like to introduce the Latin American
Earthquake Engineering Course. The Course is composed of the course in Japanand the oversea program in El Salvador. This time, the course in Japan is
introduced.
The course in Japan was held from 6 June
to 18 July. The lectures of the course were
Overview of Earthquake Engineering,
Seismic Design of Structures, PostEarthquake Evaluation, Retrofit Methods
and others, widely.
Photo 1 shows a group photo after the
Photo 1 : Group Photo after thebeginning
lectureofOverviewofBeginning Lecture
Earthquake Engineering. All participants
listend to the lectures very attentively andthe questions and discussion were enthusiastically.

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Photo 2 : Visit to the Concrete Bricks
Produce Factory

In the other lectures, two exparticipants of IISEE courses from
Latin American countries became
lecturers of the course in Japan.
One ex-participant had a lecture inBRI, Tsukuba City, and the otherex-participant had a lecture of Web
meeting linked with Mexico City.
Moreover, another ex-participant
was asked to make plans of theoversea program, with cooperation of therelated many persons in El Salvador, which
will be executed.
Visits to the construction factories wereplaned. Photo 2 shows the visit to theConcrete Bricks Produce Factory. Since there
are many masonry houses in Latin Americancountries, a lecture of Brick Produce andQuality Control was prepared, and after such
Photo 3 : Visit to thelecture, the participants moved to theConcrete Produce Factory
Factory to see it. Photo 3 shows the visit to(Concrete Slump Test)
the Concrete Produce Factory. In thisFactory, the participants had interviews by a concrete newspaper company andEarthquakes
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studied the concrete slump testing. In other study trips, they moved to the Edefense(NIED) in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture, etc. They also had a lecture ofeducation for disaster mitigation at the Disaster Mitigation Research Building,Nagoya University.
The course in Japan was held for some 6 weeks, and carried out smoothly bylecturers, participants, coordinators, IISEE staffs, etc. Also the friendshipbetween participants and the information exchange of earthquake engineeringin each country were deeply enriched, while the course was proceeded
significantly.

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Reports on Study Trips(1) Mr. Jose Manuel DIAZ FELIZ (Dominican Republic)

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.
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The participants of the Latin American Course went to Tokyo on July 10th 2014.
Our study trip included a morning visit to Toho Building at Shinjuku. Thisproject is being built by Takenaka. It is 30 stories high steel structure. It will
have movie theaters in the lower floors and a hotel inthe upper levels. To counteract the effects of wind, two
Active Mass Dampers will be used.
The building will also have 154 oil dampers to enhancethe energy dissipation and control of lateraldisplacements.
We all were extremely excited toactually get inside the structure during its construction
and take pictures of the process. In the afternoon wewent to Obayashi Corporation Technical ResearchInstitute. They showed us a new damper they developed, named LAPUTA 2D.
We were able to experience, on a simulator, the difference it makes during anearthquake. Everyone of us hopes that someday this kind of research could bedone in our countries.

(2) Ms. Karla Jeannette BENITEZ DE ESCAMILLA (El Salvador)
Natural disaster could occur anywhere at any time, causing tremendous
damage. In January 17th, 1995, at 05:46 occurred the Great Hanshin
earthquake or Kobe earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 JMA in the southernpart of Hyogo Prefecture, Kansai region. As part of seminar objectives, we had
the opportunity to visit Kobe and Nagoya cities, wherewe were able to acquire direct knowledge about theeffects and lessons learned from the earthquake.
The Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation
Institution (DRI) in Kobe, showed us all the damage
caused by the earthquake, but the most impressive partwas to learn how government and society worked
together to rebuilt the city and hand down theexperience with others through this institute, in order tocreate a disaster management culture, improve local capacities and build safe
and secure communities. In addition, we visited the E-Defense laboratory,
which conducts full-scale building test using the world largest shaking table,
which helps to improve the structural and seismic behavior of buildings against
earthquakes.

(3) Mr. Manuel Arturo SALAZAR NAVIDAD (El Salvador)
During the development of our Course we had the opportunity to improve ourknowledge regarding concrete and masonry industrial preparation process. Inorder to do that, we visited two different factories, and they both taught andshowed us the industrial process to make concrete andmasonry with a high quality level following JIS(Japanese Industrial Standards), and with the main
objective and vision of guarantee a good performance ofthe structures against static and dynamic loads.
We also made some cyclinder specimens in BRI in the
middle of June to apply compression and tensile tests.

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As the mixture of concrete, in order to increase
compression strength, two additives which reduce water content and air excess
were added to the cement and aggregates. Before we cast concrete for thespecimens, we executed some testing such as slump and air content to theunhardened concrete.
After one month from the concrete casting, with a good method of curing likeJIS standard that specifies the considerable increase of the specimens'
compression strength, we executed compression and tensile tests to them..

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(4) Ms. Ileana Margarita SILVA ESPINOZA (Nicaragua)
In our study trip, the participants of the Latin American Course visited in July
3rd 2014 Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center which is the major
section of Full Scale Three-Dimensional Earthquake Testing Facility; named EDefense, which is the 15 m x 20 m shaking table,
creates the same three-dimensional motion in the actual
earthquakes. This visit was very important for me
becausetheinstitutepromotes
theresearch,development in disaster mitigation with the collapse
mechanism of the structures, and it promotes helps tothe local government to implement measures throughthe diffusion and dissemination to the communities.

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It was a big opportunity and a big experience that I won’t forget. I wish that
our countries learn about the country’s vision, for a better future for all. We
have big challenges, we are change’s agent in the society.

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Attendance to the Annual Convention of JCI
By Dr. Masanori Tani, IISEE Research Engineer

I attended to the Annual Convention of Japan Concrete Institute which was heldon July 9th to 11st in Takamatsu City,Kagawa Prefecture. Over 600 papers werereported related to concrete technology andI made a presentation of my paper titled“Full-scale Experiment on Non-structural
R/C Walls Focused on Failure Modes andDamage States.”

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Four E-course participants (Emdadul, Ergun,Onur, and Pamela) also attended to theParticipants in Technicalconvention. There was a technical exhibition
Exhibition of the Convention
that nearly 60 companies and research
institutes introduce the latest technologies, construction methods, products,etc. Participants were listening to the explanation on the various fields including
construction and materials as well as structure from staffs with great interestand asking to them studiously. At mealtimes, we enjoyed real Sanuki-Udon
noodle in Kagawa Prefecture which self-claimed “Udon Prefecture” as birthplace

of Udon noodle. I hope participants will fully utilize the obtained knowledge
during this stay in their individual study and after going back to their own
countries.

In Memoriam: Dr. Daisuke Shimozuru (Japan)
It was with profound sorrow that we received the sad news of the passing awayof Dr. Daisuke Shimozuru, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo on
June 25, 2014. He was a former Director General of Earthquake ResearchInstitute of the University of Tokyo and a former chairperson of theCoordinating Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions of Japan
Meteorological Agency. Dr. Shimozuru devoted himself to the IISEE trainingprogram, too. He was a lecturer on Physical Volcanology of the Seismology
Course and a member of the IISEE Curriculum Committee from 1960s to1980s. We would like to extend the sincerest sympathy from all of us at IISEE
to his family.

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