Kyushu University Academic Staff Educational and Research Activities Database
Researcher information
Eriko Tomokiyo Last modified date:2012.9.24

Assistant Professor / Structural Engineering and Disaster Mitigation Section
Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Faculty of Human-Environment Studies


Graduate School
Undergraduate School


E-Mail
Homepage
http://windwww.arch.kyushu-u.ac.jp/.
Phone
092-642-3367
Fax
092-642-4394
Academic Degree
Doctor of Engineering
Field of Specialization
Building's engineering system
Outline Activities
I mainly do research strong wind disaster and prevention.
・Wind distribution estimation around local terrain using numerical simulation
・Construction of strong wind information database in Kyushu area
・Analysis of factors that have effects on extent of damage to structures
・Investigations and reports about strong wind disaster
Research
Research Interests
  • Research on unsteady winds which cause damage to structures, such as a tornado
    keyword : tornado, gust wind, unsteady wind force
    2010.04.
  • Covariance Structure Analysis on Increase of Residential Damage due to Typhoons
    keyword : Covariance Structure Analysis, Wind Disaster, Residential Damage, Typhoon
    2007.04.
  • A mechanism of gust disasters that be caused due to an interaction between local terrain and air temperature distribution
    keyword : local terrain, stability of atmosphere
    2004.04.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Eriko Tomokiyo, Junji Maeda
,CFD prediction of local winds associated with Typhoon Tokage (2004): effects of atmospheric stability on the increase of strong winds
,Proceedings ofThe Fifith International Symposyum for Computational Wind Engineering
,2010.05.
2. Eriko Tomokiyo, Junji Maeda
,ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCING FACTORS ON WIND DAMAGE USING QUANTIFIED STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS OF HOUSES
,Proceedings of The Seventh Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APCWE-Ⅶ)
,pp.289-292,2009.11.
3. Eriko Tomokiyo, Junji Maeda,Correlation Analysis of Influencing Factors on Rate of Residential Damage due to Strong Winds Considering Structural Conditions of Houses
,Journal of Habitat Engineering,Vol.Vol.1,No.No.1,pp.135-142,2009.12.
4. Eriko Tomokiyo, Junji Maeda, Takanori Uchida
,CFD prediction of wind distribution around Ogi City in Saga Prefecture, Japan
,12th International Conference on Wind Engineering,2007.07.
Awards
  • 2010 Japan Association for Wind Engineering Award for Young Scientists