| The 2nd FORUM8 Design Conference | 
           
          
            
            
              
                
                  | Overview (Up&Coming Novemer, 2008) | 
                 
                
                  
                  
                    
                      
                        Presenting Diverse Subjects on Structures from Maintenance to Natural Disasters
                        and Environment with Advanced Solutions  
                         
                        FORUM8 held the 2nd FORUM8 Design Conference at Tokyo Conference Center
                        Shinagawa on September 19, 2008.  
                         
                        FORUM8 released a 3D analysis program for space-framed structures "UC-win/FRAME (3D)" in 2002. Following this, we held the first "UC-win/FRAME (3D)
                        Conference" in October 2003 for the purpose of hearing opinions from
                        the users and presenting new products and versions. Since then, the Conference
                        took hold as an important event in autumn. It has been expanded since 2007,
                        as the "Design Conference" held in parallel with "UC-win
                        / UC-1 User Conference". | 
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                  This year, it is planned to release "Engineer's Studio", three-dimensional
                  analysis CAD that has been developed as our new strategic product. A developer
                  of "Maekawa Concrete Model" that is supported by Engineer's Studio,
                  Professor Koichi Maekawa, Dept. of Civil Engineering, the University of
                  Tokyo gave a special lecture at the beginning of the 2nd FORUM8 Design
                  Conference on recent subjects relating to maintenance of concrete structures. 
                   
                  Technology Session was held in the afternoon, consisting of 4 main areas
                  of "Civil Engineering", "Architecture", "Design
                  CAD", and "Hydraulic Engineering" like the last time. Lectures
                  on the subjects set according to each area and explanation on our relevant
                  solutions were given in 4 different rooms, followed by sessions under the
                  individual subjects.  
                   
                  Simultaneous interpretation service in three languages (English, Japanese,
                  and Chinese) was provided for some of the lectures to help audience and
                  speakers from abroad. Moreover, TV conference system was used for participants located at Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Shanghai,
                  and Seoul to take part in the sessions in the main room (Hall A). 
                   
                  
                  
                    
                      
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                          Special lecture (Large hall) | 
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                          Prof. Koichi Maekawa, the University of Tokyo | 
                       
                    
                   
                  
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                    Special Lecture for Design Conference 
                  The Conference started in Hall A at 11:00 in the morning with Sponsor's
                  Greetings by Yuji Ito, President of FORUM8.  
                   
                  Next, aforementioned Professor Koichi Maekawa from the University of Tokyo
                  gave the opening special lecture on "Nonlinear analysis and maintenance
                  of existing deteriorated RC / PC structures". Traditionally in the
                  performance assessment of an existing structure, resistance to earthquakes
                  has been a major element. Nowadays however, besides this it is more and
                  more required to estimate residual strength, fatigue life, or others. Focusing
                  on various cases that attracted attention in recent years, he explained
                  from the perspective of numerical analysis. 
                   
                  First, he listed many factors causing damage and deterioration in concrete
                  bridges, mentioning necessity of repair according to the patterns of damage. 
                   
                  Specific examples he listed included: 1) earthquake-proof repair conducted
                  for the pier with few problems of deterioration of steel; 2) verification
                  of earthquake resistance performance on the case of a railway bridge completed
                  over 100years before, to which seismic retrofit was applied by now after
                  suffering damage due to uneven settlement; 3) verification of earthquake
                  resistance performance on a seawater duct in an atomic power plant, on
                  the assumption that the structure of a complicated shape had caused critical
                  deformation; 4) an experiment on the residual performance of a pier when
                  horizontal force, torsion, and shear act at the same time. Through these
                  cases, he pointed out that it is important how to express cracking in concrete
                  and mechanical characteristics of reinforcement. 
                   
                  Next, with respect to the corrosion rate model of steel that "UC-win/WCOMD"
                  also supports, he explained the difference from the conventional model
                  and the advancement in simulation of steel corrosion. In specific, he made
                  a detailed presentation about the mechanism of how the strength rather
                  increases in the respective cases that the steel in the axial direction
                  like a beam gets corroded and has already cracks, and that of experiment
                  to apply shearing force to a large-scale beam with a crack previously produced
                  in the axial direction of the member due to thermal stress. He also mentioned
                  the influence of a huge earthquake on a seawater duct with steel corrosion. 
                   
                  Another case he explained was about the problem that alkali-aggregate reaction
                  occurred in a bridge structure, causing fracture of bending work in the
                  steel. It was a question whether it should be removed or maintained by
                  reinforcing. Then he introduced various kinds of examinations on impact
                  assessment method in a simple case, earthquake resistance performance in
                  the case without fixation of stirrup, impact on the structural performance
                  depending on the position of corrosion, and so on. He made an explanation
                  about some cases with numerical analysis. For example, when there is damage
                  in the fixed area, the situation can be worsened by repairing blindly,
                  while on the contrary the strength increases by covering the whole with
                  taping etc.  
                   
                  On the other hand, he said that earthquake and fatigue are only different
                  in the patterns such as of the number or level of loads, and that originally
                  nonlinear analysis technology can be applied to fatigue. It depends on
                  whether or not the material model can deal with the situation of high cycle,
                  as he explains. 
                   
                  Regarding this, it will be possible to deal with high-cycle cyclic stress
                  by adding a partial term to the traditional constitutive rule. He showed
                  a numerical analysis and other simulation cases by reflecting this with
                  a tool (UC-win/WCOMD). 
                   
                  In this context, Japan Society of Civil Engineers conducted calculation
                  to see the difference between the cases of sound situation and the situation
                  having damage in advance, when fatigue is applied. Compared with the case
                  of no damage, the case with a little damage showed obvious rapid decrease
                  of fatigue life. On the contrary, it was concluded that there was no significant
                  difference in the case of only one-time loading and deflection. He appealed
                  that the analysis result is open to public for the purpose of having the
                  third party examine its correctness by experiments.  
                   
                  Besides, he also mentioned verification of performance on an existing bridge
                  having initial degradation, forecasting of deflection and fatigue life
                  of the bridge superstructure against moving loads, and application cases
                  of analysis/simulation in design confirmation of a floating structure that
                  suffers salt splash and fatigue at the same time, etc. Among these studies,
                  he asserted that the answers would definitely be drawn as to whether the
                  results about durability or life are correct or not. However, since an
                  earthquake may not lead to verification even by monitoring for as long
                  as 50 or 100 years, he expects that with regard to earthquake damage, related
                  technology will be improved more and more by giving feedback of information
                  to engineers every time it is obtained.  
                   
                  Lastly, he again put an emphasis on the importance of an approach of developing
                  technology by combining estimate in the laboratory and verification based
                  on the reality, assuming that these cited examples were not fully verified. | 
                 
                
                   
                    Technology Session 
                  <Technology Session> started at 1:00 in the afternoon. As written
                  above, it was divided into four areas of "Civil Engineering",
                  "Architecture", "Design CAD", and "Hydraulic Engineering".
                  For each area, different sessions were held in each room for four hours.
                  The following are the points of Special Lecture, User's Special Lecture,
                  and presentations by the developer as well as developing groups of our
                  company. | 
                 
                
                   
                  
                    
                      
                           Civil Engineering Session | 
                       
                    
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Geotechnical Analysis 
                        Professor Keizo Ugai, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering, Gunma University
                        gave the first lecture of Civil Engineering Session, "Disasters in
                        Intermediate and Mountainous Areas Caused by Recent Inland Earthquakes
                        -- the Results of Research and Applications of Dynamic FEM Analysis for
                        2004 Chuetsu earthquake -- 2007 Chuetsu Offshore earthquake -- 2008 Sichuan
                        earthquake -- 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Inland earthquake". Focusing on four
                        earthquakes that had occurred in recent years in Japan and China, he explained
                        their outlines, as well as the mechanism and characteristics of earth and
                        soil disasters accompanied with them. He paid attention to the fact that
                        the case of Sichuan earthquake is characteristic of rock slope failure
                        on a large scale, unlike the cases in Japan in which earth and weathered
                        soft rock occupy the large part of the landsliding mass. He pointed out
                        the importance of understanding the mechanism of landslide caused by earthquake,
                        and mentioned that numerical simulation such as FEM is essential in order
                        to prove the mechanism of slope failure in more detail. Since the studies
                        on earthquake disasters are mainly targeted on urbanized areas, emphasis
                        should be put also on intermediate and mountainous areas, as he claimed.
                         
                         
                        Subsequently, FORUM8 staff introduced "GeoFEAS3D", a software
                        program for 3D elast-plastic analysis of ground to be newly released. This
                        is the successor of the existing "GeoFEAS2D" for two-dimensions.
                        Showing pile foundation as an example, the staff explained the operation
                        procedures and functions of the new product aimed for creation and analysis
                        of a pile group ground model. | 
                         
                          
                          Prof. Keizo Ukai, Gunma University | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Environment and Energy 
                        Next, Professor Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental
                        Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University gave a special
                        lecture, entitled "Computerization of Civil Engineering Improved by
                        Environment and Energy". He gave a commentary on computerization of
                        the civil engineering field in Japan from the points of view of CALS/EC,
                        standardization of information on construction, adoption of three dimensions
                        such as CAD, product models, and VR in civil engineering, and computerized
                        construction. He paid attention to environment and energy as keys for promoting
                        them. For this reason, he mentioned the different problems relating to
                        environment and energy, as well as the stream towards building up a low-carbon
                        and recycling-oriented society. He cited "national land infrastructure
                        model" as a solution for those problems ranging in a wide variety,
                        depicting the idea of cyber infrastructure based on 3D product models,
                        links with the actual social infrastructure, and a picture of diverse applications
                        for environmental and energy problems. He cited "The Third Wave"
                        written by Alvin Toffler as a base for these ideas, and explained the impact
                        that the progress of information communication technology (ICT) has on
                        the society. He further showed his observation that computerization of
                        civil engineering that had been centered on 2D drawings is going to evolve
                        into 3D, system integration with data models, and making the real world
                        intelligent by integrated simulation, with response to environmental and
                        energy problems as a turning point. | 
                         
                          
                          Prof.Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Osaka University | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Bridge Design Analysis 
                        As a user's special lecture, Mr. Mitsuhiro Tokuno, CEO of Asahi Engineering
                        Co., Ltd. gave a speech on "Examples of Design Analysis of Easy Slab
                        Bridges". Headquartered in Ishikawa Prefecture, the Company is a construction
                        consultant with bridge design occupying about 90 % of its business. He
                        divided easy slab bridges into simple bridges and rigid-frame bridges,
                        and explained the structures and applicable conditions for each type. He
                        further listed the characteristics of an easy slab bridge in terms of the
                        construction method, as follows:  
                        1) Simple structure and low girder height 
                        2) Supporting diverse planar structure 
                        3) Easy construction and short work period 
                        4) Capable of construction at a narrow and small space because of light
                        dead weight of the girder 
                        5) Capable of divided execution considering existing roads at the time
                        of reconstruction of an existing bridge 
                        6) Easy maintenance. 
                         
                        He also listed the characteristics of an easy rigid-frame bridge as follows: 
                        1) Adopting an easy slab bridge for the superstructure 
                        2) Improved earthquake proofness 
                        3) Reduced size of the substructure by unifying superstructure and substructure 
                        4) Mitigated impact on the surroundings because of minor influence of excavation. 
                        5) Reduced cost because of no need for such devices as a bearing, an expansion
                        apparatus, and a falling prevention device. 
                         
                        With respect to the above points, our staff in charge presented the overview
                        of the latest development of a design calculation program for portal rigid-frame
                        bridges. He listed some points such as adopting a 3D model for an analysis
                        model and aiming at labor reduction of a person doing actual work as an
                        exclusive design tool. He then explained main functions and characteristics
                        such as scope of support, corresponding basic loads, and analysis model. | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Mitsuhiro Tokuno, Asahi Engineering Co., Ltd. | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Engineer's Studio Ver.1 
                        Brent Fleming, Director in charge of development in FORUM8 presented developer's
                        lecture on "Engineer's Studio" entitled "Presentation of
                        New Product - Engineer's Studio". At the opening, he listed two main
                        functions of Engineer's Studio as follows: 1) Mindlin plate element equipped
                        with Maekawa concrete model 2) user interface completely renewed. Then
                        he explained functions and characteristics of individual editors including
                        material, outline, section, frame element, spring element, and Mindlin
                        plate. Next, he demonstrated its operation with specific explanation about
                        functions ranging from table editor to copy/paste, redo/undo, and data
                        generation. The release of Engineer's Studio is planned within the year
                        of 2008. | 
                         
                          
                          Brent Fleming, Director in charge of development | 
                       
                    
                   
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                           Architecture Session | 
                       
                    
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          3D Building Construction Analysis 
                        Mr. Jason Yang, Senior Structural Engineer, Formation Design Systems Pty
                        Ltd. (Australia) gave developer's lecture, "Development of New Version
                        of Multiframe". First, he explained the overview of "Multiframe",
                        a 3D structural analysis program developed by the company and marketed
                        by FORUM8 in Japan. Next, he talked about various new functions of the
                        latest Ver.11 in detail with demonstration and movies. Lastly, he mentioned
                        the new functions to be added for the next version. 
                         
                        Following this, FORUM8 staff in charge of localizing foreign products gave
                        a presentation entitled "3D Analysis / CAD of Steel Structures --
                        Data Model Exchange and Latest Development", introducing the overviews
                        of "AdvanceSteel" (2D/3D CAD for steel structure as our solution
                        for steel structure-related issues), "MultiSTEEL" (simple version
                        of 2D / 3D CAD for steel structures), "UC-win/FRAME (3D)", "Multiframe",
                        and "AFES" (integrated solution for design of architecture and
                        plant foundation. He also explained the link of data between applications.
                        In addition, he mentioned "A SteelPlate" (for sheet metal girder
                        bridges) and "A SteelBox" (for box girder bridges), both of which
                        are the automatic design solutions for superstructure of steel highway
                        bridges (sheet metal girder bridges and box girder bridges). | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Jason Yang, Formation Design Systems Pty Ltd. | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Home Building Cost Estimation 
                        Mr. Shuichi Yamada, Manager, Division of Architecture and Planning, Computer
                        System Technology Company Ltd., gave a special lecture entitled "VST5:
                        Supporting House Building / Renovation". "VST5" is a presentation
                        tool for housing developed by the company, and FORUM8 deals in it. It supports
                        from presentation for housing marketing to cost estimating. Its features
                        include rich options such as the one capable of creating 3D house models
                        easily. After summarizing these features, he showed the operating procedure
                        and such by demonstration.  
                         
                        Next, Forum8 staff presented "UC-win/Road for VST5", which aims
                        at linking this VST5 with our 3D real-time VR "UC-win/Road". This is a tool to import the house model exported by the output
                        function of VST5 to UC-win/Road. It is expected to bring about a number
                        of advantages such as capacity of reproducing the surrounding situation
                        of a house more realistically, covering a wide range of areas. Then, he
                        explained its simple procedure and presentation method through demonstration. | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Shuichi Yamada, Computer System Technology Company Ltd. | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          BIM in Architecture / Evacuation Analysis 
                        Mr. Ryuta Ieiri, Manager of "Ieiri Construction IT Lab", Planning
                        and Editing Committee, Construction Bureau, Nikkei Business Publications,
                        Inc. gave a special lecture entitled "Latest Information on BIM --
                        3D is Changing Construction Production Process". In his opinion, the
                        BIM (Building Information Modeling) model, which consists of 3D geometries
                        and attribute information, can be a solution for the challenges that the
                        construction industry have, such as improvement in productivity and CO2
                        reduction, based on the idea that the model serves for various uses beyond
                        phases. Next, he cited characteristic cases of utilizing BIM both in Japan
                        and the USA. In addition, he commented on what kind of added value could
                        be brought about to architecture design by utilizing BIM. He further stated
                        that a wide range of efforts and movement in introducing BIM were on progress.
                         
                         
                        Following this, FORUM8 staff presented the overviews of "EXODUS",
                        an evacuation analysis simulation program, and "SMARTFIRE", a
                        fire simulation program. Showing case studies of using them including the
                        one in buildings, he explained its capability of various types of simulation
                        and analysis. | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Ryuta Ieiri, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          CAD for Steel Structures 
                        Mr. Ulrich SCHULZE, International Marketing Application Engineer, Graitec
                        Inc. (France) gave a special lecture entitled "Supported BIM 3D civil
                        engineering and construction CAD". First, he explained its concept
                        from the perspective of BIM for his company, saying that utilization and
                        linking of data is done among different tools via one database. In addition,
                        he presented its diverse functions that help to improve the productivity
                        of "Advance Steel 2009", a CAD for 3D steel structure of the
                        company, including the multi-user function, with several specific cases.
                         
                         
                        Forum8 staff made a commentary on the Japanese version of "Advance
                        Steel". Good usability in its drawing function is remarkable, e.g.
                        in that a lot of members are registered by default as plug-in software
                        for AUTOCAD for creation of models and design documents for steel structures.
                        Then he went on to further explanation, showing actual procedures of operation. | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Ulrich SCHULZE, Graitec Inc. | 
                       
                    
                   
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                           Design CAD Session | 
                       
                    
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          UC-win/FRAME(3D) 
                        The Design CAD session was opened up by User's special lecture by Mr. Minoru
                        Maejima, Deputy Manager, Development and Sales, Bridge and Civil Engineering,
                        Construction Engineering Dept., Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., entitled
                        "Examples of Aseismic Reinforcement Design of Steel Deck Arch Bridges
                        Using Buckling Restraint Brace". He explained examples of using UC-win/FRAME (3D) for deck arch bridges in order to evaluate aseismic capacity of existing
                        bridges. First, he presented the overview of the subjects, the analysis
                        procedure, and the actual analysis result. Then he showed the analysis
                        result of the case of setting up buckling restraint braces as a measure
                        for improving aseismic capacity as well, stating that he confirmed its
                        validity. 
                         
                        FORUM8 staff introduced the recent tendency of analysis support service
                        as the latest information on analysis technology of UC-win/FRAME (3D).
                        At the same time, he expounded on modeling and analysis procedure etc.
                        of river structures, bridges, or buildings with UC-win/FRAME (3D). | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Minoru Maejima, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Substructure / Foundation 
                        Mr. Tomonori Sugano, Underground Construction Method Group, Division of
                        Foundation, Dept.of Research of Construction Technology, Takenaka Research
                        and Development Institute, Takenaka Corporation gave a special lecture
                        entitled "Design Methods Steel pipe-sheet-pile-well Foundation using
                        3D Frame Analysis". First, he explained the overview of steel-pipe-sheet-pile-well
                        foundation and its design analysis methods. Next, he expounded on the problems
                        of traditional methods, the reasons why 3D Frame Analysis approach did
                        not spread, and the necessity of 3D Frame Analysis approach. Then he mentioned
                        advantages of the approach, assuming the tool under joint development with
                        FORUM8, that it is capable of modeling a complicated structure as it is,
                        that it can reproduce complicated behavior accurately, that it corresponds
                        to flexible condition setting, and others. He also expected that it would
                        lead into rationalized design as well as adoption of new materials and
                        construction methods.  
                         
                        Following his speech, FORUM8 staff introduced "Design Calculation
                        of Steel-pipe-sheet-pile Foundation" under development. Along with
                        the product overview and principal characteristics, he expounded on its
                        specific functions while showing the operation procedure. | 
                         
                          
                          Mr. Tomonori Sugano, Takenaka Corporation | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          CALS/CAD 
                        Associate Professor Etsuji Kitagawa, Faculty of Management Information,
                        Hannan University gave a special lecture entitled "Development of
                        'Logical Image', Comparison of Images". After mentioning different
                        types of supporting tools for electronic delivery developed by Kansai Information
                        Institute Co., Ltd. he belongs to, he presented one of those tools, "Logical
                        Image". First, he expounded on the concept of the image difference
                        that is a core for the tool, along with its necessity, and former existing
                        restrictions. Then, he explained the principal functions of Logical Image
                        that solved these restrictions while showing examples.  
                         
                        With respect to this subject, FORUM8 staff made a presentation on new products
                        of a CALS / CAD series. First, she explained our support to address construction
                        CALS aiding document information, drawing information, and electronic delivery
                        respectively. Then she expounded on "F8DocServ", "UC-Draw",
                        and "Electronic Delivery Aiding Tool Ver.8" which had reflected
                        the standard revision published in May this year by showing demonstration.
                        She also mentioned the expansion of the series implementing not only Logical
                        Image (for images and photos) but also Logical Smart (CAD drawings) and
                        Logical Document (documents). | 
                         
                          
                          Associate Prof. Etuji Kitagawa, Hannan University | 
                       
                    
                   
                   
                  
                    
                      
                          Civil Engineering / Temporary Work Design 
                        To close the session, Assistant Professor Fei CAI, Social Environmental
                        Design Engineering Major, Graduate School of Gunma University gave a special
                        lecture entitled "Sheathing Work Design and Utilization of FEM Analysis".
                        First, he indicated the concept of the basic plan flow of soil retaining
                        works, and went on to explain boiling analysis, heaving analysis, and calculation
                        of stress and deformation based on examples of using a number of tools
                        including FEM analysis. He said that as a result of these, it was made
                        clear that 1) with conventional methods, safety factors for boiling come
                        to be dangerous without considering 3D effect. 2) Both 3D effect and embedment
                        effect are conservative without considering heaving. 3) Regarding calculation
                        of stress and deformation, it is important to consider that it depends
                        on the strain level of the deformation coefficient.  
                         
                        Following this, FORUM8 staff made a presentation on "Temporary Sheathing
                        Work Design Ver.6" supporting FEM analysis. He put a special emphasis
                        on the main revised points including 1) support for standard design of
                        land improvement projects, 2) support for hat-shaped steel sheet pile and
                        light-weight steel sheet pile, 3) support for concrete sheet pile, 4) support
                        for walls of equal thickness SMW, and 5) support for double waling. | 
                         
                          
                          Assistant Prof. Fei CAI, Gunma University | 
                       
                    
                   
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                           Hydraulic Engineering Session | 
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                    The 2nd Technology Seminar on Prevention of Inundation 
                  Unlike other sessions, the engineering session was held as a technology
                  seminar on prevention of inundation. Mr. Isao Dodo, Chairman of SWMM Users'
                  Association (President of Nihon Suiko Sekkei Co., Ltd) gave opening greetings. | 
                 
                
                  | First, Professor Yoshihisa Kawahara, Dept. of Social and Environmental
                  Engineering, Hiroshima University gave a keynote lecture entitled "Issues
                  and Directions of Flood Analysis in Urban Areas". He expounded on
                  the characteristics of torrential rains and urban flood damage in recent
                  years, the present situation and improvement of flood analysis technology,
                  the concept of the integrated flood analysis model and issues to be solved.
                  Through these points, he showed his observation that 1) Comprehensive flood
                  analysis is necessary when a torrential rain occurs; 2) For analysis considering
                  the urban structure, it is required to build up a inundation model in the
                  underground space along with acquisition of detailed data and verification;
                  3) It is required to analyze both networks of sewers and rivers. | 
                    
                    Prof. Yoshihisa Kawahara, Hiroshima University | 
                 
                
                  | Next, Mr. Takaki Ishikawa, Water Environment Creation Club (an NPO corporation)
                  presented a report on ICUD (11th International Conference on Urban Discharge)
                  held in Edinburgh, Scotland from August 31 to September 5 this year. He
                  explained that discussions were made on countermeasures against climate
                  change, countermeasures against heavy metals and hazardous materials contained
                  in rains and wastewater, new technology of run-off analysis, new monitoring
                  technology and how to utilize it, rain forecasting with a precipitation
                  radar and asset management etc. He also mentioned the tasks for technology
                  of SWMM or Japan to be widespread throughout the world. | 
                    
                    Mr. Takaki Ishikawa, NPO Corporation "Water Environment Creation
                  Club" | 
                 
                
                  | Professor Masaru Morita, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College of Civil Engineering,
                  Shibaura Institute of Technology gave a lecture entitled "From Flood
                  Analysis to Risk Management", with special focus on risk analysis
                  and risk management. Taking the Kanda River that is his own research subject
                  for instance, he expounded on the procedure of risk analysis, the model
                  for calculating flooding with inundation, and the flood damage estimation
                  model consisting of the aforementioned model and the model for calculating
                  damage based on it. Then he further made commentaries on the risk analysis
                  using these forecasted results and on studies of optimum flood control
                  measures utilizing them. | 
                    
                    Prof. Masaru Morita, Shibaura Institute of Technology | 
                 
                
                  | After a break, Mr. Anthony Kuch, Vice President of XP-software Pty Ltd.
                  gave a lecture to introduce technology entitled "The Latest Flood
                  Analysis Technologies in xpswmm and Overseas Case Studies". With demonstration,
                  he expounded on the rain run-off analysis software "xpswmm" about
                  the points ranging from its superiority including linkage with GIS to capacity
                  of the 2D engine, integration, case studies of the model in the USA and
                  UK, and planned development in the future. | 
                    
                    Mr. Anthony Kuch, XP-software Pty Ltd. | 
                 
                
                  | Next, Mr. Takehiko Naka, the First Design Section, the First Technology
                  Dept., Tokyo Branch, Nihon Suiko Sekkei Co., Ltd made a presentation on
                  case studies entitled "Evaluation of Retention Facility Against Changing
                  Specifications at Execution Design". He explained the overview of
                  the target basin for which a plan was made using xpswmm, analysis of the
                  present condition in the plan, the overview of the countermeasures at the
                  time of planning, problems that arose when the execution design was examined
                  in detail and the proposal of alternative measures, and the verification
                  of its effect. | 
                    
                    Mr. Takehiko Naka, Nihon Suiko Sekkei Co., Ltd | 
                 
                
                  | Another presentation on case studies was made by Mr. Yu Kikuchi, Nippon
                  Koei Co., Ltd., entitled "Analysis of Flushing Gate Equipped Within
                  Pipes and Drains, Using xpswmm". He explained the efforts of using
                  xpswmm in order to grasp hydraulic behaviors caused by setting up a flushing
                  gate in a pipe or drain, as well as the effect when two or more flushing
                  gates are set up. It is capable of expressing hydraulic behaviors occurring
                  in quite a short time such as the one with a flushing gate. The effects
                  of setting up one or more gates were also confirmed. In future, he would
                  like to study not only flow velocity but also analysis of contamination
                  load quantity and optimization of the position and number of the gates. | 
                    
                    Mr. Yu Kikuchi, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., | 
                 
              
             
              Hydraulic Engineering Design 
            Following the lectures in the hydraulic engineering session, FORUM8 staff
            made a presentation entitled " Introduction of UC-win/Road for xpswmm
            and Approach to Tsunami Analysis". Showing related images, the staff
            explained the tool for incorporating the data obtained through xpswmm into
            UC-win/Road and visualizing them. In addition, he presented examples of
            utilizing it for Tsunami analysis. 
             
            Finally, another Forum8 staff made a presentation entitled "Hydraulic
            Engineering Series and Functions of Sewage CAD", introducing the overviews
            of design support software products for water supply / sewage and river
            design, including "Pipe network design", "Distribution basin
            earthquake resistant design calculation", "Storage pond / Treatment
            pond calculation", "Box culvert design (earthquake-proof sewage
            system)", "Manhole design calculation", "iPipe sewerage
            design CAD system", and "Flexible structure sluiceway design". 
             
            After all the lectures were over, a reception was held to help participants
            to get acquainted, having a large number of attendants. We would like to
            express our hearty thanks to everyone again for sharing this significant
            opportunity. | 
           
        
       
       
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