Malaysian students attend Disaster Management workshop
Students from the ICE student chapter at University of Nottingham Malaysia campus were recently invited to attend the one day workshop on Disaster Management and Mitigation and Performance Based Design of Coastal Structures.
The workshop was presented by Professor Hazarika from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
He covered the effects of the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) disaster. Many examples of damage to structures were shown and he discussed the strategies adopted by the Central Disaster Management Council of the Government of Japan in the aftermath of GEJET disaster. According to the new plan, major coastal civil engineering structures such as breakwater, seawalls, sea dikes, etc. need to be designed considering two different types of tsunami. A comparison of case studies from the 1995 earthquake which affected Kobe port was given.
Prof Hazarika also gave an introduction to performance based design. It defines potential earthquake motion and identifies the corresponding acceptable levels of structural damage. The predicted earthquake motion is site specific depending on the local seismological and soil characteristics of the site.
Download the full report from the student chapter on the workshop