ROAD FIELD RESEARCH AND ITS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF PWRI, JAPAN

Koichi Noguchi Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Japan

EUTRAIN Regional Workshop September 6, 2012

Beijing, China 1

RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF MLIT

Public Works Research Institute

(PWRI)

National Maritime Research Institute

(NMRI)

Building Research Institute (BRI)

National Traffic Safety and Environment

Laboratory (NTSEL) Port and Airport

Research Institute (PARI)

Electronic Navigation Research Institute

(ENRI)

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

Head Quarter Branches

National Institute for Land and

Infrastructure Management (NILIM)

R&D on Technology Policies for

Infrastructures

Incorporated Administrative

Agencies R&D that the national government doesn’t

have to execute directly, but that the private

sector may not be done

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

Head Quarter Branches

Public Works Research Institute

(PWRI)

Ship Research Institute (SRI)

Building Research Institute (BRI)

Traffic Safety and Nuisance Research

Institute (TSNRI) Port and Harbor

Research Institute (PHRI)

Electronic Navigation Research Institute

(ENRI)

Administrative Reform in 2001

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PWRI AND NILIM PWRI Investigations, tests and analyses to obtain knowledge and data

NILIM Planning and drafting of standards and design methods

MLIT Decision and notice of standards and design methods

Central and Local Governments, Other Organizations Construction and maintenance

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Other Institutes

Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI)

Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI)

Nippon Expressway Research Institute (NEXCO RI)

Highway Technology Research Center

INSTITUTES FOR TRANSPORT RESEARCH IN JAPAN

Institutes Belonging to MLIT National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM) •Road Department •Research Center for Advanced Information Technology

Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) •Road Technology Research Group •Cold-Region Road Engineering Research Group •Center for Advanced Engineering Structural Assessment and Research (CAESAR)

Sister Institutes Sister Institutes

Universities Private Sector 4

RESEARCH GROUPS OF PWRI

Tsukuba Central Research Institute

Construction Technology Research Department Materials and Resources Research Group Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Research Group Water Environment Research Group Hydraulic Engineering Research Group Erosion and Sediment Control Research Group Road Technology Research Group

Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region

Cold-Region Construction Engineering Research Group Cold-Region Maintenance Engineering Research Group Cold-Region Hydraulic and Aquatic Environment Engineering Research Group Cold-Region Road Engineering Research Group Cold-Region Agricultural Development Research Group Machinery Technology Research Team

International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) Water-related Hazard Research Group

Center for Advanced Engineering Structural Assessment and Research (CAESAR) Bridge and Structural Engineering Research Group

PWRI has wide research fields:

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16 PRIORITY PROJECTS OF PWRI (1)

1 Prevention and mitigation of intensifying water disasters due to climate change

2 Reduction and early restoration technologies against large-scale sediment disasters

3 Securing the functional performance of diversified structures based on seismic performance

4 Technologies for reducing snow and ice disasters

5 Efficient utilization techniques for disaster prevention and disaster information

6 Technologies for utilizing and introducing to communities renewable energy sources and fertilizers derived from waste modified biomass

7 Development of low-carbon and low environmental-load construction materials and technologies through recycling

8 Technologies for river-channel design and management that are effective in preserving and regenerating the river ecosystem

PWRI carries out the following 16 priority projects during the medium-term plan period (2011-2015). Projects shown with red relate to the road research.

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16 PRIORITY PROJECTS OF PWRI (2)

9 Characteristics of river soil behavior and the impact on river environment and preservation techniques

10 Nutrient dynamics and water quality control techniques on a watershed scale

11 Conservation technologies for ecosystems appropriate for local environments

12 Functional strengthening for food supply infrastructure that adapts the environmental changes and establishment of a sustainable system

13 Maintenance and management technologies to help use infrastructure stock longer

14 Maintaining functions of structures in cold environments

15 Technology to increase infrastructure performance and enhance durability

16 Performance improvement technologies for winter roads in cold regions

PWRI carries out the following 16 priority projects during the medium-term plan period (2012-2016). Projects shown with red relate to the road research.

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TOPICS PWRI FINDS INTERESTING TO COOPERATE

Field Topics Bridge

Asset management system Inspection methods of existing bridges

Tunnel

Application of ITS to traffic safety in tunnel Application of risk analysis to evaluate tunnel safety Inspection and maintenance of existing road tunnels

Pavement

Asset management system Criteria about road surface conditions Use of recycled materials

Winter road

Winter road maintenance Road safety Influence of climate change to winter road Blowing snow and avalanche control

PWRI expects the international research cooperation on fields as follows:

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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATION OF PWRI

Country Institute Research Field

Asia

Korea Korea Institute of Construction Technology

Concrete Structure, Pavement Management

China Heilongjiang Institute of Highways & Transport Research Road, Traffic

Thailand Department of Rural Roads Bridge

Europe

Sweden Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

Road Science Technology, Bridge

France Laboratoire Central des Pont Set Chausses Advanced Road Technology

Germany Federal Highway Research Institute Pavement, Tunnel North America U.S.A The U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program

in Natural Resources (UJNR) Wind and Earthquake Resisting Structure

Russia Russia Far Eastern State Transport University Structures, Materials, Pavement, Road Design in cold regions

PWRI has concluded international research cooperation agreements with many institutes of various countries. The form of the cooperation is mainly information exchange including seminars and workshops, and cooperation using RI has been scarcely performed.

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30 MN Large-scale Universal Testing Machine Multifunctional testing machine which enables static

loading and low cycle repetition load testing Maximum loaded force Compressed : 30MN Extended : 10MN Positive bend during testing : 12MN Negative bend during testing : 3MN

3-Dimensional Large-scale Shaking Table This facility enables examination and research of

earthquake conditions and the earthquake resistance levels of structural materials through the reproduction of actual vibratory conditions that occur during major earthquakes.

MAIN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF PWRI (1) PWRI has performed various experiments for advanced technology

development through using the following testing facilities.

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Test Facility for a Full-Scale Tunnel Lining Half-circular shape with an outside diameter of 9.7m 34 of oil pressure cylinder with a loading up to 500kN

per cylinder

Pavement Test Field A facility to evaluate the durability of road surfaces

using an automatically operated vehicle. Four trucks that are unmanned and autonomously

controlled can travel simultaneously along loops.

MAIN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF PWRI (2) PWRI has performed various experiments for advanced technology

development through using the following testing facilities.

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Cold-Region Test Track in Tomakomai Frozen snow road surface making is possible in winter

for the large scale test use of the road research. Total Area of Test Track 21ha Length of Track 2,700m

Ishikari Blowing-Snow Test Field Tests under blowing-snow are possible on a real scale at

the time of snowstorm weather. The following experiment and observation facilities are

at the field. Weather station, ITV cameras, Road lighting, Video recorder,

Variable message board, Fixed-post delineators with arrow-shaped pointers, Visibility boards, Snow particle counter, Snowdrift Experiment Road, Snowfence Experiment Facilities

MAIN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF PWRI (3) PWRI has performed various experiments for advanced technology

development through using the following testing facilities.

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百闻不如一见

EXPERIMENTS OF PWRI 百聞は一見に如かず

hundred hearing not equal one seeing

Hearing hundred times doesn’t equal to seeing one time.

Seeing is believing

Band Pavement Skid Resistance Round About Tsunami 13

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

• Tsukuba Central Research Institute

• Center for Advanced Engineering Structural Assessment and Research (CAESAR)

• International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM)

• Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region (CERI)

Sapporo City Tsukuba City

90th Anniversary Public Works Research Institute

PWRI, Japan Established in 1922

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