Report for Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2018 Study Tour Grant Program Supported by International Scientific Exchange Fund- ISEF
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Japan Society of Civil Engineers Report for Japan Society of Civil Engineers 2018 Study Tour Grant Program Supported by International Scientific Exchange Fund- ISEF Prepared by Anindya Samya Saha 2018 STG Participant Department of Civil Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Recommended by The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 1 LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 About Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) ..................................................................................... 5 1.2 About Study Tour Grant (STG) ............................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Selection Procedure ............................................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Participants of JSCE STG 2018 ............................................................................................................. 6 2. JSCE STG 2018 PROGRAM ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 JSCE 2018 Study Tour Grant Schedule .......................................................................................... 8 2.2 Day 1: Arrival at Narita International Airport ............................................................................. 10 2.3 Day 2: Meeting STG participants, visit to Kajima Technical Research Institute and Tokyo Outer Ring Road ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.3.1 Shaking Table Laboratory ........................................................................................................... 14 2.3.2 Base Isolation Building ............................................................................................................... 15 2.3.3 Concrete Laboratory .................................................................................................................. 15 2.3.4 Wind Tunnel Laboratory ............................................................................................................ 16 2.3.5 Large-size Structural Testing Laboratory ................................................................................... 17 2.3.6 Tokyo Outer Ring Road JCT North Ramp Project ....................................................................... 17 2.4 Day 3: Visit to Railway Technical Research Institute, Shimizu Institute of Technology and fly to Hokkaido ................................................................................................................................................. 19 2.4.1 Full Scale Roadbed Apparatus ............................................................................................. 20 2.4.2 Rolling Stock Test Plant ....................................................................................................... 21 2.4.3 Large Scale Rainfall Simulator ............................................................................................. 21 2.4.4 Shimizu Institute Of Technology ......................................................................................... 21 2.4.5 Geotechnical Centrifuge Laboratory ................................................................................... 22 2.4.6 Wind Tunnel Testing Laboratory ......................................................................................... 23 2.4.7 Advanced Earthquake Engineering Laboratory .................................................................. 23 2.4.8 Materials Laboratory ........................................................................................................... 23 2.5 Day 4: Participate in the International Summer Symposium, JSCE Annual Meeting at Hokkaido University, visit Kawano Museum and others, attending Networking Reception .................................. 25 JSCE – 2018 STG Program 1 2.5.1 International Summer Symposium ............................................................................................ 25 2.5.2 River Museum ............................................................................................................................ 27 2.6 Day 5: Visit to Ishikari Port Ishikari LNG Terminal Station, Toya – Unesco Global Geopark and fly to Tokyo ............................................................................................................................................. 29 2.6.1 Ishikari Port Ishikari LNG Terminal Station ......................................................................... 29 2.6.2 Toya – UNESCO Global Geopark ................................................................................................ 31 2.7 Day 6: Sightseeing in Tokyo........................................................................................................ 34 2.8 Day 7 – End of STG 2018 Program .................................................................................................... 37 3. MY FEELINGS AS A CIVIL ENGINEER .................................................................................................... 38 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS ..................................................................................................................... 38 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................................................... 39 JSCE – 2018 STG Program 2 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Participants in STG 2018………………………………………………………………………………………. …..7 Figure 2: Journey to the land of the Rising Sun………………………………………………………………………...9 Figure 3: At Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok……………………………………………………………………… ….10 Figure 4: Arrival at Narita Airport, Tokyo……………………………………………………………………………. ….10 Figure 5: Arriving at Nishitetsu Innn and roaming around……………………………………………………....11 Figure 6: (a) Shinjuku Station (b) Journey by train to Kamakura (c) At Hase Kannon (Hase-dera) (d) Visiting Kotoku-in (Kamakura's Great Buddha)…………………………………………………………………..12 Figure 7: Meeting my Bangladesh friend, Ms. Zahura Chowdhury Abonti, roaming around Shinjuku and getting hold of the Shinjuku Map……………………………………………………….……………..13 Figure 8: (a) KAJIMA Technical Research Institute (b) Group photo with Ms. Umehara at KaTRI ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….14 Figure 9: Shaking Table Laboratory………………………………………………………………………………………..15 Figure 10: Wind Tunnel Laboratory…………………………………………………………………………………………16 Figure 11: Site Visit to Tokyo Outer Ring Road JCT North Ramp Project, group photo before and after visit…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 Figure 12: General View of the Structure of Tokyo Outer Ring Road JCT North Ramp Project….18 Figure 13: Roaming around Shinjuku with the STG participants………………………………………………19 Figure 14: Visiting Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) (a) Maglev exposition (b) Full Scale Roadbed Apparatus……………………………………………………………………………………………………....20 Figure 15: Rolling Stock Test Plant…………………………………………………………………………………………..21 Figure 16: Large Scale Rainfall Simulator…………………………………………………………………………………21 Figure 17: Geotechnical Centrifuge at the SHIMIZU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY……………………22 Figure 18: (a) Wind Tunnel Testing Laboratory (b) Advanced Earthquake Engineering Laboratory ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….23 Figure 19: Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower…………………………………………………………………………………24 Figure 20: Before departure at the SHIMIZU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY………………………………24 Figure 21: Evening walk around the Sapporo City…………………………………………………………………..25 Figure 22: Participating in the International Summer Symposium, JSCE Annual Meeting at Hokkaido University………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..26 JSCE – 2018 STG Program 3 Figure 23: Lunch at the cafeteria of Hokkaido University…………………………………………………………27 Figure 24: View from the River Museum………………………………………………………………………………….27 Figure 25: Ishikari River Museum…………………………………………………………………………………………….28 Figure 26: At the end of the beautiful wooden trail through the Makunbetsu Marsh, followed by visit to the Canal Sluice……………………………………………………………………………………………………………28 Figure 27: Attending the Networking Reception and meeting with Ms. Yukiko……………………….29 Figure 28: Site Visit at Ishikari Port Ishikari LNG Terminal Station (a) Roof of the Power Station (b) Steam turbine, Power Generator and Gas Turbine (c) Ship for transferring fuel – natural gas (d) LNG Storage Tank………………………………………………………………………………………………………………30 Figure 29: Site Visit to Toya – Unesco Global Geopark (a) The damaged steel bridge due to Mt. Usu volcanic eruption at the back (b) Infront of the Tokyo Visitor Center and Volcano Science Museum………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….32 Figure 30: Affected railway track, vehicles and buildings due to Mt. Usu volcanic eruption and sheet pile to prevent mudslide from entering the locality in case of future calamities…………….33 Figure 31: Sensoji Kannon temple……………………………………………………………………………………………34 Figure 32: Visit to Sensoji Kannon