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High-Performance Computing for Structural Mechanics and Earthquake/Tsunami Engineering

  • Practical method of high-performance computing for finite element analysis
  • Precise seismic simulation using a large-scale and high-fidelity solid model
  • Precise tsunami simulation using a large-scale model
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering (STME)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
  2. Fundamentals of High-Performance Computing for Finite Element Analysis

    • Hiroshi Kawai, Masao Ogino, Ryuji Shioya, Shinobu Yoshimura
    Pages 1-21
  3. Simulation of Seismic Wave Propagation and Amplification

    • Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, Kohei Fujita
    Pages 23-70
  4. Seismic Response Analysis of Infrastructure

    • Muneo Hori, Tsuyoshi Ichimura, P. Errol Quninay, M. Lalith L. Wijerathne
    Pages 71-104
  5. Seismic Response Simulation of Building Structures

    • Makoto Ohsaki, Tomoshi Miyamura, Masayuki Kohiyama, Takuzo Yamashita, Hiroshi Akiba
    Pages 105-139
  6. Seismic Response Simulation of Nuclear Power Plant

    • Tomonori Yamada, Shinobu Yoshimura
    Pages 141-155
  7. Tsunami Run-Up Simulation

    • Kohei Murotani, Seiichi Koshizuka, Eiichi Nagai, Toshimitsu Fujisawa, Akira Anju, Hiroshi Kanayama et al.
    Pages 157-177
  8. Inundation Simulation Coupling Free Surface Flow and Structures

    • Naoto Mitsume, Shinobu Yoshimura, Kohei Murotani, Tomonori Yamada
    Pages 179-199

About this book

Huge earthquakes and tsunamis have caused serious damage to important structures such as civil infrastructure elements, buildings and power plants around the globe.  To quantitatively evaluate such damage processes and to design effective prevention and mitigation measures, the latest high-performance computational mechanics technologies, which include telascale to petascale computers, can offer powerful tools. The phenomena covered in this book include seismic wave propagation in the crust and soil, seismic response of infrastructure elements such as tunnels considering soil-structure interactions, seismic response of high-rise buildings, seismic response of nuclear power plants, tsunami run-up over coastal towns and tsunami inundation considering fluid-structure interactions. The book provides all necessary information for addressing these phenomena, ranging from the fundamentals of high-performance computing for finite element methods, key algorithms of accurate dynamic structural analysis, fluid flows with free surfaces, and fluid-structure interactions, to practical applications with detailed simulation results. The book will offer essential insights for researchers and engineers working in the field of computational seismic/tsunami engineering.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Shinobu Yoshimura

  • Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Muneo Hori

  • Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Makoto Ohsaki

About the editors

Professor Shinobu Yoshimura is professor at the Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He has been working on high-performance and intelligent computational mechanics with real world’s applications for 25 years. He has published 220 peer reviewed journal papers, 54 review papers and 6 books.

Professor Muneo Hori is currently working at the Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo. His major interest is applied mechanics, applying it to establish a new research field of computational earthquake engineering. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed journal papers, 10 monographs and 2 books.

Professor Makoto Ohsaki is teaching as a professor at the Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University. He has been working on structural optimization, building engineering, structural stability and high-performance computing for 25 years. He has published 160 peer reviewed journal papers (including 84 SCI journal papers), 44 review papers and 9 books.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: High-Performance Computing for Structural Mechanics and Earthquake/Tsunami Engineering

  • Editors: Shinobu Yoshimura, Muneo Hori, Makoto Ohsaki

  • Series Title: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21048-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21047-6Published: 04 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36591-6Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21048-3Published: 26 October 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2195-9862

  • Series E-ISSN: 2195-9870

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: V, 199

  • Topics: Solid Mechanics, Building Construction and Design, Simulation and Modeling

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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