Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18188
Thanisorn SRIKULRUANGROJ, Atsushi MIKAMI
{"title":"EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI INTERACTION DIAGRAM CONSIDERING TWO DIFFERENT LIMIT STATES","authors":"Thanisorn SRIKULRUANGROJ, Atsushi MIKAMI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18188","url":null,"abstract":"This study further develops the earthquake–tsunami interaction diagram by considering two different limit states simultaneously: inter-layer deformation angle and foundation uplift. The study considered a three-story building on a mat foundation as a building typically damaged by tsunami. Six different variously scaled ground motions recorded during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and a tsunami hydrodynamic force were applied to generate the diagram. The results indicate that the resulting dominant limit state depends on the characteristics of the input ground motions.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135910079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18089
Mustarakh GELFI, Takayuki SUZUKI
{"title":"INVESTIGATION OF TSUNAMI INDUCED LANDWARD SCOUR WITH XBEACH","authors":"Mustarakh GELFI, Takayuki SUZUKI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18089","url":null,"abstract":"XBeach is a numerical model for simulating coastal processes, including beach morphodynamics, dune evolution, and overwash processes. It is designed to simulate the response of the beach to various environmental factors, including waves. XBeach uses advanced numerical algorithms to solve the equations of motion and sediment transport and is capable of modeling the complex interactions between the ocean and the beach. Landward scour is the sediment’s hole behind the structure which is induced by overflowing flow during the extreme event, such as tsunamis and storms, which have high water depth and large velocity flow. This research is about modeling of landward scour phenomenon. The simulation results were compared against experimental results. This study shows that XBeach can model the morphodynamics shape of the scour hole. However, the scour depth as also suggested by other researchers for extreme overflowing setting is overestimated. Hydrodynamics parameters (water level) can be reproduced by the model with good agreement against the experiment although simulated flow velocity is slightly overestimated. It was also found that in a very short time scale phenomenon, as in the landward scour experiment, the model is sensitive to governing equation of sediment transport. An attempt to enhance the result by implementing artificial erosion limiter by using soil dilatancy improves the results, especially for erosion volume (Verr).","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135911444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00351
Naotoshi YASUDA, Ying CUI
{"title":"APPLICABILITY OF A TUNNEL DEFORMATION ESTIMATION FROM A POINT CLOUD ADOPTING ELLIPTIC FOURIER ANALYSIS","authors":"Naotoshi YASUDA, Ying CUI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00351","url":null,"abstract":"The estimation of tunnel deformation from the change in the profile is expected to improve the efficiency of inspection. This paper considers the applicability of a tunnel deformation estimation from a point cloud adopting elliptic Fourier analysis. Tunnel deformation is estimated from the difference in the Fourier series representations of the outline before and after deformation. The deformation of a Shinkansen tunnel calculated in the numerical analysis is estimated to evaluate the method’s accuracy. The numerical results show that the estimation of the normal displacement is highly reliable, with the estimation error being roughly proportional to the measurement error. The estimated displacement fluctuates around the true value. In contrast, the reliability of the estimation of the tangential displacement tends to be low because this displacement does not contribute to the change in the outline. The estimation error increases rapidly with the measurement error, and the estimated displacement tends to be independent of the true value. The proposed estimation method is applicable even when the outline is not closed.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135057015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EVALUATION OF THE UPSTREAM WATER LEVEL OF THE FLOW OVER FINITE-LENGTH WEIRS WITH RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION IN THE FLOW DIRECTION","authors":"Kesayoshi HADANO, Kenji TATARA, Hiroyuki NAGANO, Kazumitsu MURAOKA","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-00138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-00138","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to formulate the upstream water level of the flow over finite-length weirs with rectangular cross-section in the flow direction in order to obtain basic information for flood management planning of rivers with weir(s). Experimental data by Govinda Rao and Muralidhar, which gave the discharge coefficient related to the flow pattern over the crest, were selected as base data. Equations for the upstream water level were obtained as the functions of the critical depth, hc, with application ranges almost correspondent to those of the formula by Govinda Rao and Muralidhar. The obtained formula gave proper evaluation for the upstream water level of Bazin’s experimental data obtained for a wide range of hydraulic condition.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135549453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18100
Md Shofiqul ISLAM, Takayuki SUZUKI
{"title":"EFFECT OF SEDIMENT SIZE ON SANDBAR MORPHOLOGY IN DIFFERENT COMPACTION CONDITIONS","authors":"Md Shofiqul ISLAM, Takayuki SUZUKI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18100","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents the effect of sediment size on the morphological change of a sandbar under loose and medium-dense compaction. An artificial cross-shore beach profile was designed with a small-scale sandbar on the offshore side of a 2D wave flume. A total of 12 regular wave cases were tested on two different sandbars setup using medium sand (D50 = 0.33 mm) and very fine sand (D50 = 0.08 mm). Experimental results revealed that very fine sand was more susceptible to erosion than medium sand in the mechanism of wave breaking to impinging. The maximum erosion zone for medium and very fine sand was found at the offshore sharp edge of the sandbar and at the impinging point, respectively. In loose compaction, a strong inverse correlation (R2 = 0.80) was found between the net erosion volume and wave steepness for the medium sand, whereas a sharp peak of net erosion volume existed at the medium wave steepness in very fine sand. In medium-dense compaction of very fine sand, the reduction of net erosion volume was 67 %, 57 %, and 82 % at low, medium, and high wave steepness, respectively. At the middle depth of the sandbar, very fine sand yielded an average increase in shear strength that was five times higher than medium sand. At this depth, a strong inverse correlation (R2 = 0.84) was established between the change in average shear strength and wave steepness under loose compaction of medium sand, however, similar to net erosion volume, a sharp peak was found at the medium wave steepness of very fine sand. Furthermore, datasets assessed in the laboratory would be useful for numerical simulation.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135911253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18101
Salika THILAKARATHNE, Takayuki SUZUKI, Martin MÄLL
{"title":"APPLYING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR PREDICTING BEACH VULNERABILITY TO STORM-INDUCED EROSION","authors":"Salika THILAKARATHNE, Takayuki SUZUKI, Martin MÄLL","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18101","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the potential of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) in predicting beach vulnerability to storm-induced erosion. Long-term morphology and hydrodynamic data (24 years) from Hasaki beach in Japan were used to identify storm events and quantify beach erosion. First, to compare the performance of an ANN model with a Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model in predicting the shoreline change (dSL) during storms, we used initial shoreline position, storm power, maximum surge, and beach slope as input variables. Next, the model predictions of the dSL were utilized to quantify the beach vulnerability on a scale of 1 to 5, resulting in the creation of the Beach Vulnerability Index: BVIANN for the ANN model and BVIMLR for the MLR model. While MLR performed well for short-term beach erosion predictions (8 years) as Thilakarathne et al. (2022) showed, our results indicate that it was less effective when using long-term storm data. In contrast, ANN demonstrated superior performance, resulting in more accurate predictions of beach vulnerability. Specifically, the Mean Absolute Errors for BVIMLR were 1.33, 0.83, 0.78, 0.90, and 1.07, while for BVIANN were 1.00, 0.20, 0.69, 1.05, and 0.57 for indexes 1-5, respectively. The ANN model also achieved higher R2 Scores for both training (0.65) and testing (0.62) data in predicting dSL, compared to the MLR model (0.26 on training and 0.35 on testing). The study findings suggest that using ANN or other Machine Learning (ML)-based algorithms for coastal/beach vulnerability studies has significant potential for capturing and representing the dynamic nature of beach morphology changes with increased accuracy. The study's contribution adds to the growing body of research on using ANN and ML algorithms for predicting coastal morphology changes and beach vulnerability, highlighting the potential of these methods for future coastal engineering applications.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135913879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A NOVEL PARTICLE SIZE CLASSIFICATION-BASED METHOD FOR ANALYZING TOTAL MERCURY CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION OF SEDIMENT IN THE YATSUSHIRO SEA","authors":"Baixin CHI, Akito MATSUYAMA, Shinichiro YANO, Michiaki KINDAICHIA, Yoko TANIGUCHI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-18037","url":null,"abstract":"After the outbreak of Minamata Disease, highly mercury-polluted sediment was dredged from Minamata Bay. Nevertheless, some studies indicated that trace mercury (Hg) migrated from Minamata Bay to the Yatsushiro Sea with the movement of sediments. Mercury was considered to adsorb on sediment particles and realized the transport. However, the influence of particle size as a crucial factor affecting adsorption is barely considered in the analysis of mercury migration.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135913891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00315
Mario TONOSAKI, Atsunori NUMATA, Shigeru TAKAHARA, Kana YAMASHITA, Yoshitaka KUBOJIMA
{"title":"DEGRADATION AND MASS LOSS OF JAPANESE CEDAR CYLINDRICAL PILES BURIED FOR 10 YEARS WITH THEIR HEADS AT THE GROUND SURFACE","authors":"Mario TONOSAKI, Atsunori NUMATA, Shigeru TAKAHARA, Kana YAMASHITA, Yoshitaka KUBOJIMA","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.22-00315","url":null,"abstract":"Timber piles for ground improvement have many potential applications, and increasing carbon storage by expanding their usage is expected to contribute to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. For this contribution to be reported by the Government of Japan, the rate of mass loss of underground wood must be estimated quantitatively; however, the rate of mass loss is currently unknown. In this paper, a study was performed of Japanese cedar cylindrical piles that were excavated after being buried with their heads at the ground surface for about 10 years in the Inashiki plateau, Japan. The rate of mass loss was analyzed, assuming that no wood decay occurred at depths below the lower limit of the groundwater level. The part of the piles in the range of groundwater fluctuation did not have recognizable mass loss. However, at depths above the upper limit of the groundwater level, the half-life of the mass loss of the parts of the piles where the outer peripheral shape remained was about 50 years, and that of the parts with cross-sectional loss was less than about 10 years.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135056666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17036
Yutaka HAYASHI
{"title":"CORRECTION OF APPLIED EQUATIONS USED TO ASSESS THE AMPLIFICATION BETWEEN OFFSHORE AND COASTAL TSUNAMI HEIGHTS","authors":"Yutaka HAYASHI","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17036","url":null,"abstract":"Onshore tsunami height is often forecasted or estimated by multiplying an amplification factor by the calculated tsunami height at corresponding offshore sampling points, especially for scenario-based tsunami databases used for real-time tsunami forecasting. However, the maximum tsunami heights at the offshore sampling points are often affected by waves reflected from the shore. To reduce the overestimation or underestimation of the coastal tsunami amplitude, a simplified corrected maximum tsunami height (SCTH), which is the root mean square of the maximum tsunami height and normalized maximum velocity, is defined in this study. After numerical tests and a case study of the tsunami caused by the earthquake that occurred in Fukushima Prefecture on November 22, 2016, SCTH has been confirmed to reduce prediction errors caused by minor differences in the sampled location when applying an empirical relation on coastal tsunami heights between offshore and corresponding onshore points.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Journal of JSCEPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17139
Baixin CHI, Shinichiro YANO, Akito MATSUYAMA, Lin HAO
{"title":"VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MERCURY IN BOTTOM SEDIMENTS AND PARTICLE SIZE EFFECT ON MIGRATION OF MERCURY-CONTAINING SEDIMENTS IN THE YATSUSHIRO SEA","authors":"Baixin CHI, Shinichiro YANO, Akito MATSUYAMA, Lin HAO","doi":"10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-17139","url":null,"abstract":"In 1977, the Minamata Bay Pollution Prevention Project was initiated to dispose of sedimentary sludge containing over 25 ppm of total mercury (T-Hg) after the outbreak of Minamata Disease. The sediments containing the high concentration Hg were dredged, but nevertheless, the residual Hg in Minamata Bay has attracted much attention. Moreover, some studies have even indicated that the Hg remaining in the sediments near the bay has migrated to the Yatsushiro Sea.","PeriodicalId":311811,"journal":{"name":"Journal of JSCE","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135267165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}