2013 | Achievement and Award
Developed a super computing technique to evaluate the flotsam mixed tsunami damage in each building (Power plants, factories, scale modeling and simulation).
Professor Jun Ishimoto, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University and his collaborate researchers have been developed a super computing technique to evaluate the impact force of the flotsam mixed tsunami induced by earthquake disaster debris.
It is possible to apply to the relatively small area including power plants, and the factories. The simulation reproduces actual tsunami behavior that the drifted vehicles collided in the building by digitalizing data with an animation of the computer graphics. This technique is useful for the design of the building or its location, such as a protective barrier.
It is common that the conventional tsunami simulation technique roughly estimates wave height and inundation level of the tsunami over several hundred km region. By using new simulation technology, it is possible to predict the detailed tsunami damage by each building in small geographic region. If this simulation will be combined with the traditional way of tsunami prediction, the accuracy of tsunami damage prediction would be further improved.
When the local government, an electric power company, or a plant company want to use this technique, it is relatively easy to use this system by inputting the topography and the design data of the building placement. This new technology and obtained numerical results will contribute for defense and refuge measures of the tsunami in the future.
Simulate a tsunami rides the dike, trying to wash away the vehicle
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[Contact]
Professor Jun Ishimoto
Reality-Coupled Computation Laboratory
Targeted Research Division
Transdisciplinary Fluid Integration Research
Center Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University
TEL： +81-22-217-5271
E-mail: ishimotojun*ieee.org (Replace * with @)