Japanese

Professor: Makoto KIMURA

Research Topics

・Mechanical behavior of structure foundation,
　tunnel, reinforced soil wall and arch culvert
・New development of construction
　material and method
・Technical approach for poverty reduction
　from geotechnical engineering view point

Lectures

[Undergraduate Course of Civil Engineering]
・Soil Mechanics Ⅱ & Exrcise
・Geoenvironmental Engineering
[Graduate School]
・Fundamental Geofront Engineering
・Construction of Geotechnical Infrastructures

E-mail

kimura.makoto.8r_at_kyoto-u.ac.jp (please change "_at_" to "@")

Education

1982

Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

1985

Master of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

1993

Ph.D., Kyoto University

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Academic Experience

1985 - 1994

Assistant Professor, Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

1994 - 1996

Associate Professor, Department of Transportation and Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

1996 - 1997

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering Systems, Kyoto University

1997 - 2003

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyoto University

1998 - 1999

Fellow Geo Delft, Netherland

2003 - 2006

Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Kyoto University

2006 - 2007

Professor, International innovation Center, Kyoto University

2007 - 2010

Professor, Innovative Collaboration Center(ICC), Kyoto University

2010 - present

Professor, Department of Earth Resource Engineering, Kyoto University

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Selected Publications

• Inazumi, S., Wakatsuki, T., Kobayashi, M. and Kimura, M.: Material properties of water swelling material used as water cut-off treatment material at waste landfill sites, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Springer JAPAN, JSMCWM, Vol.12, No.1, pp.50-56, 2010-4.
• Cui, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Mechanism of Phenomenon of Accompanied Settlement Occurring in Tunnel Excavation under Shallow Overburden Condition, Proc. of the fourth Japan-China Geotechnical Symposium, JGS, Okinawa, pp.226-229, 2010-4.
• Cui, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Analytical Study on the Control of Ground Subsidence Arising from the Phenomenon of Accompanied Settlement Using Foot Reinforcement Side Pile, ASCE GSP in the proceeding of Geo Shanghai 2010, Shanghai, China, 2010-6.
• Abongo, K., Kimura, M. and Kitamura, A.: Design and Construction of reinforced Steel Chain Wall, Proc. of　Deep and Underground Excavation, ASCE GSP No. 206, pp. 1-8, 2010-6.
• Abongo, K., Boonyatee, T., Kimura, M. and Kitamura, A.: Mechanisms that generate pullout resistance of chain in non-cohesive soils, Proc. of Earth Retention 2010 Conference, ASCE, GSP, pp. 548-555, WA, USA, 2010-8.
• Kimura, M. and Fukubayashi, Y.: Rural road maintenance for extending the socio-economic benefits to the road side communities, The 3rd Seminar on Infrastructure Technologies for Sustainable Development, Kyoto, 2010-9.
• Inazumi, S., Kimura, M., Nishiyama, Y. and Kojima, K.: Leachate control technology using H-jointed steel pipe sheet piles with H-H joints at coastal landfills, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, ISSN1934-8932, David Publishing Company USA, Vol.4, No.11, pp.65
• Cui, Y. and Kimura, M.: Model test and numerical analysis methods in tunnel excavation problem, Soils and Foundations, Vol.50, No.6, pp.915-923, 2010-12．
• Abongo, K., Kimura, M., Boonyatee, T., Kimura, M. and Kishida, K.: An Investigation into The Mechanisms That Generate Pullout Resistance of Steel Chain in Non-cohesive Soils, JSCE, C(Geotechnical) Vol.67, No.1，pp.1-15，2011-1．
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Numerical approach on dynamic interactive behavior between embankment and installed multi-arch culverts, Proc. of the 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Melbourne, pp.798-803, 2011-5.
• Isobe, K., Ohtsuka, S. and Kimura, M.: Numerical simulation on seismic performance of steel pipe pile foundation using inclined pile, Proc. of the 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Melbourne, pp.957-963, 2011-5.
• Cui, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Maintaining ground subsidence with FRSP during shallow overburden tunnel excavations, Proc. of the 13th Int. Conf. on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Melbourne, pp.1043-1048, 2011-5.
• Cui, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Surface settlement maintenance using FRSP during tunnel excavation, 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong, Paper No.232, 2011-5.
• Fukubayashi, Y. and Kimura, M.: Do-nou Technology for Rural Road Maintenance in Developing Countries, 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong, Paper No.287, 2011-5.
• Kimura, M. and Fukubayashi, Y.: Applications of Participatory Road Maintenance using “Do-nou” Technology in Kenya, 15th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Maputo, Mozambique, pp.476-481, 2011-7.
• Inazumi, S., Kimura, M., Kakuda, T. and Kobayashi, M.: Water cut-off performance of H-jointed steel pipe sheet piles with H-H joints attaching water-swelling materials, Soils and Foundations, JGS, Vol.51, No.6, pp.1019-1035, 2011-12.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Numerical study on dynamic interaction between embankment and consecutive culverts, Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Transportation Geotechnics, IS-Hokkaido, Sapporo, pp.454-459, 2012-9.
• Kimura, M. and Fukubayashi, Y.: Rural road maintenance using geotextile available in developing countries, Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Transportation Geotechnics, IS-Hokkaido, Sapporo, pp.486-491, 2012-9.
• Isobe, K., Ohtsuka, S., Kimura, M.: Applicability of reinforcing method for existing caisson foundation by steel pipe sheet piles, Proc. of Testing and Design Method for Deep Foundations, IS-Kanazawa, Kanazawa, pp.639-646, 2012-9.
• Ying Cui, Yurie Hirasaka, Kiyoshi Kishida and Makoto Kimura: Experiments on Mechanical Behavior of Shallow NATM Tunnels in Improved Ground, Advanced Underground Space Developement, Proc. of the 13th World Conference of ACUUS, pp.113-124, 2012-11.
• Cui. Y., Kishida, K., Wako, M. Kimura, M: Mechanical behaviors of shallow conventional tunnels installed the previous ground improved auxiliary method, World Tunnel Congress 2013 Geneva, Underground - the way to the future, G. Anagnostou & H. Ehrbar (eds), Taylor & Francis
• Teramoto, S., Kimura, M., Akutsu, T., Kubota, S., Nishizaki, T. and Niimura, T.: In-situ Static Lateral Loading Test on 9×7 Group Pile Foundation, Proc. of the Int. Conf. on State of the Art of Pile Foundation and Pile Case Histories, C1-1-6, Bandon, Indonesia, 2013-6.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Dynamic behavior of multi-arch culverts embankment considering the installation interval of consecutive arch culverts, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, pp.1591-1594, 2013-9.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Centrifuge Model Test and FEM Analysis of Dynamic Interactive Behavior between Embankments and Installed Culverts in Multiarch Culvert Embankments, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000361, 04014050, 2013-9.
• Teramoto, S., Kimura, M. and Boonyatee, T.: Centrifuge model test on pile group foundations subject to negative friction and differential settlement, Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, pp.813-818, Perth, 2014-1.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Dynamic Centrifuge Model Tests on Culvert Embankment with Perpendicular Wall in Culvert Longitudinal Direction, Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, pp.883-889, Perth, 2014-1.
• Fukubayashi, Y. and Kimura, M.: Improvement of rural access roads in developing countries with initiative forself-reliance of communities Soils and Foundations, JGS, Vol.54 No. 1 (IS-Hokkaido特集号), pp.23-35, 2014-2.
• Isobe, K., Kimura, M. and Ohtsuka, S.: Design approach to a method for reinforcing existing caisson foundations using steel pipe sheet piles, Soils and Foundations, JGS, Vol.54 No.2, pp.141-154, 2014-04.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K. and Kimura, M.: Evaluation of dynamic behavior of culverts and embankments through centrifuge model tests and a numerical analysis, Proc. of the 14th Int. Conf. of the International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, pp.743-748, Kyoto, 2014-9.
• Teramoto, S., Boonyatee, T. and Kimura, M.: Parametric FEM analysis on mechanical behavior of incompletely end-supported pile, Proc. of the 14th Int. Conf. of the International Association for Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics, pp.979-984, Kyoto, 2014-9.
• Sawamura, Y., Kishida, K., and Kimura, M.: Experimental study on seismic resistance of a two-hinge precast arch culvert using strong earthquake response simulator, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, Vol.2, No.48, pp.1684-1687, 2015-11.
• Fukubayashi, Y., Daito, Y. and Kimura, M..: Locally available geotextile for maintaining unpaved roads in developing countries to enhance community resilience, Procedia Engineering, ICSDEC 2016 ? Integrating Data Science, Construction and Sustain ability, Vol.145, pp.348-355, 2016-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.087

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