Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
-Geotechnical Engineering for Agriculture-
− Research Paper −
The following are research paper topics and authors.

【2024 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  • Sonoda, Y., Sawada, Y., Ling, H.I., Li, Liming, Kawabata, T.(2024): Centrifuge model studies on mechanical behavior of buried pipe with voids surrounding bottom and effectiveness of EPS as countermeasure, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, doi.org/***.
  • Nagatani,T., Sawada,Y., Inoue,Y., Ito,S., Ling,H.I., Kawabata,T.(2024): New geocell utilisation as a pipe uplifting countermeasure and its validation using model experiments, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol.52, Issue 3, pp.319-331, doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2023.11.004

【2023 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Sonoda, Y., Sawada, Y., Ling, H.I., Li, Liming, Kawabata, T.(2024): Centrifuge model studies on mechanical behavior of buried pipe with voids surrounding bottom and effectiveness of EPS as countermeasure, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, doi.org/***.
  2. Nagatani,T., Sawada,Y., Inoue,Y., Ito,S., Ling,H.I., Kawabata,T.(2023): New Geocell Utilisation as a Pipe Uplifting Countermeasure and Its validation using model experiments, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2023.11.004
  3. Oda,T., Sawada,Y., Maeda,M., Nomura,S., Fukunaga,J., Izumi,A., Hori,T.(2023) :Stability Evaluation of Upstream Cover Soil of Earth Dam Embankments with Geosynthetic Clay Lioners, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol. 38, pp.56-61.
  4. Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Hori,T., Abe,H., Ikebata,R.(2023): Modelling a Geosynthetic Clay Liner in a Centrifuge and Its Application to the Dynamic Stability of Small-sized Earth-fill Dams, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol.175, Article No.108258(14 pages)
  5. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Furuichi,N.(2023): Strategic coastal dike shape for enhanced tsunami overflow reduction, Plos One, Vol.18, Issue 10, Article No.0292930(17 pages), doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292930
  6. Sawada,Y., Kitada,M., Ling, H.I., Kawabata,T.(2023): Lateral Force-displacement Relationships for Shallowly Buried Pipe Reinforced by Geocells, Geosynthetics International(14 pages), doi.org/10.1680/jgein.22.00325
  7. Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Kitada,M., Kawabata,T.(2023): Improved thrust restraint design considering displacement of pipe bend and joint separation, Journal of pipeline systems engineering and practice. 14(2), Article No.04023006, pp.1-13.

【2022 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Kitada,M., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2023) : Geocell Reinforcements for Pipe Bends under Lateral Loading, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Vol.10, Issue 1, pp.82-97. doi.org/10.1007/s40515-021-00209-z
  2. Ohta,Y., Nagatani,T., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2022):Effectiveness of Existing Channel Wall on Thrust Restraint for Pipe Bends and Effect of Geogrid on Reinforcement of Channel, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol. 37, pp.1-8.
  3. Sonoda,Y., Sawada,Y., Ikawa,C., Takahara,G., Kawabata,T.(2022): Model Tests on Effectiveness of EPS Foundation as a Countermeasure against Insufficient Compaction around Buried Pipe, Vol.37, pp.85-92.
  4. Sonoda,Y., Kawamura,M., Sawada,Y., Kudo,H. , Kawabata,T.(2022): Small-sized Buried Model Tests on Effectiveness of EPS Pipe Foundation. Proceedings of the 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic on Hazard’s Risk Management, Innovation, and Sustainability, Reference No. N-009 (4 pages)
  5. Ohta,Y., Nagatani,T., Kitada,M., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T,(2022):Model Experiments on Resistant Mechanisms of Thrust Countermeasures for Pipe Bends in Liquefied Ground, Proceedings of the 7th Asian Regional Conference on Geosynthetic on Hazard’s Risk Management, Innovation, and Sustainability.
  6. Tokiyoshi,M., Hinobayashi,J., Kawabata,T., Kuriyama,T.(2022):Bending Deformation Characteristics and Performance Limitation of Polyethlene Reinforced with Short Glass Fiber Pipes and Electrofusion Joints, No.315(90-2) I_229 - I_237. (in Japanese)
  7. Tokiyoshi,M., Hinobayashi,J., Kawabata,T., Kuriyama,T.(2022):Bending Deformation Characteristics of Polyethylene Reinforced with Short Glass Fiber Pipe, No.315(90-1) I_93 - I_99. (in Japanese)
  8. Matsumoto,T., Sawada,Y., Shimizu,M., Kawabata,T.(2022): Improvement of Calculation for Phreatic Lines in Small Earth Dams, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.90-2, I_259 - I_266, doi.org/10.11408/jsidre.90.i_259 (in Japanese)
  9. Sonoda,Y., Sawada,Y., Ono,K., Ohta,Y., Kawabata,T.(2022): Three-dimensional Deformation Behavior for Buried Pipe Joints Subjected to Local Differential Settlement Using Three-direction Strain Measurement, , Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, doi.org/10.1007/s40515-022-00253-3
  10. Kanamori,T., Arita,J., Asano,I., Kawabe,S., Aoyanagi,K., Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mori,M.(2022):Development and Performance Evaluation of Rotary Underwater Abrasion Tester, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.314(90-1) I_139 - I_148. (in Japanese)

【2021 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(2022.03): Effects of gravel layer as thrust restraint for pipe bends subjected to earthquake loading, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp.99-110, doi.org/10.1680/jphmg.20.00072.
  2. Sawada,Y., Arita,J., Omori,M., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T.(2022.02) : Development of flexible structural precast concrete conduits for earth dams, Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, ASCE ,Vol.13, Issue1, doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000623
  3. Sonoda,Y., Tokumasu,M., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2021.12) : Changes of Deformation and Earth Pressure for Flexible Pipe during Sheet-Pile Extraction and Effect of the Breadth of Sheet-Pile, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.313(89-2) I_379 - I_386. (in Japanese)
  4. Sawada,Y., Matsumoto,T., Inoue.K., Urabe,T., Kawabata,T.(2021.12) : Determination of Phreatic Lines in Small Earth Dams Using Geosynthetic Clay Liners, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.313(89-2) I_363 - I_369. (in Japanese)
  5. Sonoda,Y., Tokumasu,M., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2021.12) :Effect of Geogrids on Suprresing the Suprresing the Pipe Deformation During Pipe Deformation During Sheet-pile Extraction, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.36, pp.37-44. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  6. Kitada,M., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2021.10) : Geocell Reinforcements for Pipe Bends under Lateral Loading, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology. doi.org/10.1007/s40515-021-00209-z
  7. Izumi,A., Sawada,Y., Hori,T., Maki,R.(2021.09) : Centrifuge Modelling of Small Earth Dams Subjected to the Combined Effects of Rainfall and Earthquakes, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, pp.106963.
  8. Ariyoshi,M., Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y., Izumi,A., Kawabata,T.(2021.07) : Dynamic Centrifuge Experiments on Thrust Restraint for Pipe Bend Using Consolidation Method for Backfill Material, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.313(89-2) I_235 - I_241. (in Japanese)
  9. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2020.06) : Scour Reduction in Sand Beds against Vertical Jets by Applying Sheet-like Countermeasures, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, Vol.39, Issue 6, pp.649-658.

【2020 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Sawada,Y., Arita,J., Omori,M., Kawabata,T.(2021.01) : Damage characteristics of conduits in irrigation earth dams, Paddy and Water Environment, Vol.19, Issue 1, pp.239–247.
  2. Toda,M., Miyazaki,N., SAWADA,Y., Kawabata,T. (2020.12) : Mechanical Behavior of Shallowly Buried Pipeline Using Geogrids during Sheet-Pile Extraction, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal Japan, Vol.35, pp179-184. (in Japanese)
  3. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2020.11) : Mitigating Tsunami Damage by Promoting Ground Erosion, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, Vol.15, Issue 2, 2150007-1 - 2150007-17.
  4. Nakazawa,H., Ishizawa,T., Danjo,T., Sawada,Y., Onoue,Y.(2020.09) : Model tests on the deformation and collapse processes of small earth dams due to earthquakes and rainfall, Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 4c-0026-(12pages).
  5. Inoue,K., Tokiyoshi,M., Hinobayashi,J., Karino,T., Kawabata,T., Kuriyama,T.(2020.09→will be held in 2021.09) : New Challenging Application as Used Peat Land -High Performance PE-SGF Pipeline System for Internal Pressure Application as Large Diameter-, Proceedings of the 20th Plastic Pipes Conference, PPXX, Amsterdam, Netherland
  6. Tokumasu,M., Sawada,Y., Ishikawa,T., Ohta,Y., Kawabata,T.(2020.08) : Model Experiments for Influence of Sheet Pile Characteristics on Mechanical Behavior of Buried Flexible Pipes, Proceedings of the Pipelines 2020 Conference: Utility Engineering, Surveying, and Multidisciplinary Topics. pp.31-39.
  7. Jeong,K., Shibuya,S., Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H.(2020.04) : Seismic performance and numerical simulation of earth-fill dam with geosynthetic clay liner in shaking table test, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 48, Issue 2, pp.190-197.

【2019 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2020.01) : Geogrid-based countermeasures against scour behind coastal dikes under tsunami overflow, Marine Georesources & Geotechnology,Vol.38, No.1, pp.64-72.
  2. Sawada,Y., Maki,R., Kaminobu,K., Tanimoto,M., Nakazawa,H., Kawabata,T.(2019.12) : In Situ Water Level Measurement in a Small Earth Dam Repaired with Geosynthetic Clay Liners, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.309(87-2), pp.I_357-363. (in Japanese)
  3. Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H.,Take,W.A., Kawabat,T.(2019.12) : Effect of installation geometry on dynamic stability of small earth dams retrofitted with a geosynthetic clay liner, Soils and Foundations, Vol.59, Issue 6, pp.1830-1844.
  4. Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawamura,M., Ono,K., Kawabata,T.(2019.06) : Shaking table tests for buried pipe bends with thrust restraints using geogrid and gravel in liquefied ground, Proceedings of the 29th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2019, Honolulu, USA, pp.2373-2377.
  5. Toda,M., Sawada,Y., Miyazaki,N., Ishikawa,T., Kawabata,T.(2019.06) : Model Experiments on Influence of Sheet-pile Extraction on Mechanical Behavior of Twin Buried Flexible Pipes, Proceedings of the 29th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2019, Honolulu, USA, pp.2383-2387.
  6. Kawamura,M., Sawada,Y., Ohta,Y., Ono,K., Kawabata,T.(2019.06) : Effects of angle and interface friction of buried pipe bend on lateral resistance force, Proceedings of the 29th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2019, Honolulu, USA, pp.2378-2382.
  7. Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H., Take,W.A., Kawabat,T.(2019.03 Online) : Full scale investigation of GCL damage mechanisms in small earth dam retrofit applications under earthquake loading, Geotextiles and Geomembranes

【2018 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Ohta, Y., Sawada, Y., Ono, K., Kawamura, M., Kawabata, T. (2018.12) :Effects of Shape Dimensions of the Lightweight Thrust Restraint Method for Buried Pipe Bend on Additional Lateral Resistance, Geosynthetics Engineering Jpurnal, Vol.33, pp.55-60. (in Japanese)
  2. Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H., Oda,T., Kobayashi,S., Shibuya,S., Kawabata,T.(2018) : Seismic performance of small earth dams with sloping core zones and geosynthetic clay liners using full-scale shaking table tests, Soils and Foundations, Vol.58, Issue 3, pp.519-533.
  3. Jeong,K., Shibuya,S., Kataoka,S., Baek,J., Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H.(2018.09) : Seismic Behavior and Numerical Simulation of Earth-fill Dam with Geosynthetic Clay Liner in Shaking Table Test, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Seoul, Korea.
  4. Ariyoshi,M., Izumi,A., Kawabata,T.(2018.06) : Evaluation of Circumferential Strain of Low Stiffness Buried Pipe Subjected to Both Internal Pressure and External Load, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.306(86-1), pp.I_95-103. (in Japanese)
  5. Shigemoto,R., Sawada,Y., Maki,R., Kawabata,T.(2018.06) : Shear Strength Characteristics of Internal Bentonite Layer of GCL Used in Small Earth Dams under Cyclic Loading, 5th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Austin, USA.
  6. Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Ono,K., Hoe I. Ling, Kawabata,T.(2018.06) : Model Experiments on Influence of the Bending Angles on Lateral Resistance Acting on Buried Pipe Bends, Proceedings of the 28th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2018, Sapporo, Japan. pp.589-593.
  7. Ono,K., Terada,K., Sawada,Y., Ling H.I., Kawabata,T.(2018.02 published Online) : Fluid Coupled-DEM Simulation of Lateral Loading Experiment for Buried Pipe in Saturated Sand, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology. Vol.5 No.2
  8. Ariyoshi,M., Tanaka,Y., Izumi,A., Kawabata,T.(2018.01 Published Online) : In Situ and Laboratory Testing of Small Diameter PVC Irrigation Pipes for Investigation of Fatigue Failure, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology.

【2017 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2018.02) : Model Experiments on Sand Erosion from an Open Channel Joint, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Vol.74,No.4,pp.I.703-708,(in Japanese).
  2. Shigemoto,R., Sawada,Y., Maki,R., Kawabata,T.(2017.12) : Shear Strength Characteristics of Interfaces between GCLs and Embankment Soils of Small Earth Dams, Geosynthetics Enjineerig Journal, Vol.32, pp.73-80.(in Japanese)
  3. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2017.10) : Prediction for Scour Profile as Landward Toes of Coastal Dikes due to Tsunami Overflow, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B2, Vol.73, No.2, pp.I_1045-1050. (in Japanese)
  4. Nakazawa,H., Sawada,Y., Oda,T., Furubayashi,T., Kobayashi,S., Kawabata,T., Shibuya,K., Kataoka,S., Yamashita,T.(2017.09) : Investigation of Residual Deformation of Small Earth Dams in Full-Scale Shaking Tests, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers A1, Vol.73, No.4, (in Japanese)
  5. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2017.06) : Effect of Scour Protections against Tsunami Overflow at a Landward Toe of Coastal Dikes, Proceedings of the 27th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference ISOPE2017, pp.976-980. San Francisco, California, USA.
  6. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Itani,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2017.06) : Influence of Hydraulic Gradient and Loading Rate on Lateral Resistance Force of Buried Pipe, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.304(85-1), pp.I_29-35. (in Japanese)
  7. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Ohta,Y., Sawada,Y., Ling,H.I., Kawabata,T.(2017.08) : Lateral Loading Experiments for Pipe-Soil Interactions in Liquefied Sandy Soil, Proceedings of the Pipelines 2017 Conference, ASCE, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, pp.44-53. (Planning and Design)

【2016 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2017.02. Published Online) : Lateral Force-displacement prediction for buried pipe under different effective stress condition, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Vol.12, No.4.
  2. Jeong,K., Shibuya,S., Kataoka,S., Baek,J., Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y.(2016) : Seismic Behavior and Numerical Simulation of a Small-Sized Earth-Fill with Bentonite Sheet Observed in Shaking Table Test, Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, Vol.4, No.2, pp.27-30.
  3. Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H., Kataoka,S., Kobayashi,S., Oda,T., Kobayashi,T., Shibuya,S., Yamashita,T., Tani,K., Kajiwara,K., Kawabata,T.(2016.12) : Full-scale Shaking Table Tests for Small Earth Dams with Sloping Core Zone and Geosynthetic Clay Liner, Geosynthetics Enjineerig Journal, Vol.31, pp.167-174.(in Japanese)
  4. Oda,T., Sawada,Y., Nakazawa,H., Kobayashi,S., Shibuya,S., Kawabata,T.(2016.12) : Influence of Geosynthetic Clay Liner Laid in a Staircase Shape in Embankment on Seismic Behavior of Small Earth Dam, Geosynthetics Enjineerig Journal, Vol.31, pp.175-182.(in Japanese)
  5. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.12) : Lateral Loading Test for Buried Pipe on Reinforcing Effect of Geogrid for Shear Resistance of Liquefied Soil, Geosynthetics Enjineerig Journal, Vol.31, pp.261-268.(in Japanese)
  6. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Murai,K., Kawabata,T.(2016.10 Published Online) : Influence of Liquefaction on Scour behind Coastal Dikes due to Tsunami Overflow, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol.12, No.1, pp.40-45.
  7. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Itani,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.09) : Lateral Loading Experiments for Buried Pipe in Reinforced Ground with Geogrids under Different Hydraulic Gradient, Proceedings of the 6th European Geosynthetics Congress, pp.1322-1331. Ljubljana, Slovenia
  8. Takegawa,N., Sawada,Y., Murai,K., Kawabata,T.(2016.09) : Model experiments and simulations on influence of liquefaction on scour at a landward toe of coastal dykes due to tsunami overflow, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, ICSE2016, pp.343-348. Oxford, UK
  9. Tokiyoshi,M., Vanspeybroeck,P., Inoue,K., Fullgrabe,S., Kuriyama,T., Kawabata,T., Hinobayashi,J.(2016.09) : Long-Term Behavior of Glass fiber Reunified Polyethylene, Proceedings of the 18th Plastic Pipes Conference, ID47, CD, Berlin, Germany
  10. Izumi,A., Miki,T., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.08) : Behavior of Buried Rehabilitated Pipe with Shear Deformation of Grounds, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.84, No.3, pp.I_241-I_249.(in Japanese)
  11. Itani,Y., Fujita,N., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.08) : Design Method of Flexibly Jointed Pipeline with a Bend in Liquefied Ground, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.84, No.2, pp.Ⅳ_5 -6. (in Japanese)
  12. Izumi,A., Hinobayashi,J., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T.(2016.08) : Characteristic Dynamic Behavior for Flexible Pipes Having Different Thickness and Equivalent Bending Ring Stiffness, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.84, No.2, pp.I_113-120. (in Japanese)
  13. Terada,K., Ono,K., Takahara,S., Miki,T., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.07) : DEM Analysis on the Mechanical Behavior of Buried Pipe during Sheet-Pile Extraction, Proceedings of the International Conference of Pipelines 2016, ASCE, pp.1207-1217. Kansas City, USA
  14. Takahara,S., Ono,K., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.07) : Model Experiments for Mechanical Behavior of Buried Rehabilitated Pipes under Eccentric Loading, Proceedings of the International Conference of Pipelines 2016, ASCE, pp.1698-1709. Kansas City, USA
  15. Ono,K., Yokota,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.07) : Lateral Loading Test for Buried Pipe under Different Hydraulic Gradient, Proceedings of the 26th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2016, pp.664-669. Rhodes, Greece.
  16. Sawada,Y., Takegawa,N., Murai,K., Kawabata,T.(2016.06) : Influence of Effective Stress of Soil on Scour at Landward Toe of Coastal Dykes under Tsunami Overflow, Proceedings of the 26th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2016, pp.843-847. Rhodes, Greece
  17. Suzuki,M., Kotake,N., Kawabata,T.(2016.05) : Development of Biodegradable Resin Concrete toward Geo-Environmental Load Reduction, Proceedings of the 15th Japan-Korea-France-Canada Joint Seminar on Geoenvironmental Engineering, pp.91-98, Nantes, France
  18. Xe,Lei, Ling,Hoe I., Collin,James G., Han,Jie, Leshchinsky,Dov, Tanyu,Burak, Li,Liming, Kawabata,T., Rimoldi,Pietro(2016.04) : Centrifugal Modeling of Gabion Facing Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls, Geo America Congress. Miami

【2015 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Izumi,A., Ono,K., Takahara,S., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2016.03) : Axial Behavior of Buried Rehabilitated Pipe in Liquefaction Ground, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Vol. 3, Issue2, pp.60-73.
  2. Izumi,A., Sawada,Y., Miki,T., Kawabata,T.(2016.02) : Behavior of Buried Rehabilitated Pipe with Shear Deformation of Grounds, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.71, No.2, pp.I_869-877. (in Japanese)
  3. Itani,Y., Fujita,N., Ariyoshi,M., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T. : Dynamic Behavoir of Flexibly Jointed Pipeline with a Bend in Liquefied Ground. Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.84, No.1, pp.I 1-8. (in Japanese)
  4. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Kawabata,T. : Statistical Deterioration Prediction of Biodegradable Resin Concrete, Concrete Research and technology, Vol.27, pp.1-6. (in Japanese)
  5. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Kawabata,T. : Comparison of Degradation of Biodegradable Resin Concrete Made from PBSA or PLA, Concrete Research and Technology, Vol.27, pp.7-12. (in Japanese)
  6. Itani,Y., Fujita,N., Yokota,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Mohri,Y., Kawabaya,T.(2015.12) : Mechanical Behavior of Flexibly Jointed Pipeline with a Bend on Lateral Loading Tests. Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.83, No.6, pp.I_177-183. (in Japanese)
  7. Sawada,Y., Miyake,M., Miyamoto,J., Kawabata,T.(2015.11) : Evaluation of Stability of Caisson-type Breakwaters with Reinforced Embankment under Tsunami Attacks, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.71, No.4, pp.352-364. (in Japanese)
  8. Izumi,A., Ono,K., Kawabata,T.(2015.08) : Shaking Table Test for Axial Behavior of Buried Inner Rehabilitated Pipes Affected by Aging Pipes in Liquefied Ground, Proceedings of International Conference, Pipelines 2015, ASCE, Baltimore, MD, USA
  9. Miyamoto,J., Miyake,M., Tsurugasaki,K., Sumida,H., Sawada,Y., Maeda,K., Matsuda,T. (2015.06) : Instability of Breakwater Foundation during Tsunami in a Drum Centrifuge, Proceedings of the 25th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Hawaii, USA., pp.846-850.
  10. Ono,K., Sonoda,Y., Sawada,Y., Ling,H.I., Kawabata,T.(2015.06) : Centrifuge Modeling for Mechanical Behavior of Liners in Damaged Host Pipes, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp.139-154.
  11. Sawada,Y., Miyake,M., Miyamoto,J., Kawabata,T.(2015.06) : Numerical Analysis on Stability of Caisson-Type Breakwaters under Tsunami-Induced Seepage, Transportation Infrastructure Geotechnology, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp.128-138. 
  12. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Kawabata,T.(2015.04) : Mechanical Study on Biodegradable Resin Concrete Pipes for Application to Propulsion Method. Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.83, No.1, pp.Ⅳ 5-6. (in Japanese)
  13. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Suzuki,T., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2015.04) : Effect of Different Exposure Conditions on Degradation Characteristics of Biodegradable Resin Mortar, Transactions of the JSIDRE, No.296, pp.I_19-24.
  14. Sawada,Y., Miyake,M., Miyamoto,J., Kawabata,T.: Evaluation of Stability of Caisson-type Breakwaters with Reinforced Embankment under Tsunami Attacks, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.71, No.4, pp.352-364.( in Japanese)

【2014 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Itani,Y., Fujita,N., Sawada,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Mori,Y., Kawabata,T.(2015.02) : Model Experiment on the Horizontal Resistance Force of Buried Pipe in Liquefied Ground, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.83, No.1. pp.77-83.(in Japanese)
  2. Ibata,T., Itani,Y., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2015.02) : A Study of Diagnosis Technique Using Shear Wave Resonating Method for Irrigation Pipelines, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.83, No.1, pp.31-38. (in Japanese)
  3. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2014.10) : Influence of Scour Behind Breakwater on Lateral Resistance, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3, Vol.70, No.2, pp.I_510-I_515. (in Japanese)
  4. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2014.09) : DEM analyses on L-shaped breakwaters subjected to lateral loads, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, pp.1779-1784.
  5. Ono,K., Inoue,K., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Sonoda,Y., Miki,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I., Li,L., Hinobayashi,J., Kawabata,T.(2014.08) : Centrifuge Model Test for Buried Inner Rehabilitated Pipes Affected by Aging Pipes with Different Damage Level, Proceedings of the International Conference of Pipeline Engineering, ASCE, pp.1040-1048, Portland, USA
  6. Izumi,A., Sawada,Y., Hinobayashi,J., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T.(2014.08): Characteristic Mechanical Behavior for Flexible Pipes Having Different Thickness and Equivalent Bending Ring Stiffness, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.82, No.4, pp.231-239.( in Japanese)
  7. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Suzuki,T., Kawabata,T.(2014.07) : Mechanical Approach to Eco-Friendly Biodegradable Resin Concrete, Concrete Research and Technology, Vol.25, pp.119-124. (in Japanese)
  8. Sawada,Y., Sonoda,Y., Ono,K., Inoue,K., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T.(2014.06) : Influences of Damage Levels of Outer Aging Pipes on Mechanical Behavior of Rehabilitated Pipes, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.82, No.3, pp.25-31. (in Japanese)
  9. Ono,K., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Miki,T., Sonoda,Y., Inoue,K., Kawabata,T., Ling, H.I., Li,L., Hinobayashi,J.(2014.06) : Finite Element Analyses on Mechanical Behavior of Inner Rehabilitated Pipes Affected by Outer Aging Pipes, Proceedings of the 24th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, pp.709-714.
  10. Suzuki,M., Kubo,K., Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2014.06) : Mechanical Characteristics of Environmetally-friendly Biodegradable Resin Concrete, Concrete Innovation Conference, Oslo, Norway.
  11. Ling,H., Ling,H.I., Kawabata,T.(2014.05) : Revisiting Nigawa landslide of the 1995 Kobe earthquake. “Geotechnique" Vol.64, Issue 5, pp.400-404.
  12. Sawada,Y., Miyake,M., Sumida,H., Kawabata,T.(2014.04) : Pore Water Pressure and Liquefaction in Saturated Sand Bed Induced by Tsunami, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 82, No. 2. pp.55-62.


【2013 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T.(2014.03) : Lateral Behavior of L-Shaped Breakwaters Subjected to Scour, RCUSS, Kobe University, Vol.18, pp.198-202.
  2. Sonoda,Y., Kawabata,T., Morikami,H., Dodo,H., Asao,H.(2013.09) : Influence of Non-uniform Bedding on the Mechanical Behavior of Buried Flexible Pipe, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers A2, Vol.69, No.2, pp.I_779-I_786.(in Japanese)
  3. Sawada,Y., Sumida,H., Tsurugasaki,K., Maeda,K., Imase,T. : Redundancy and Ductility for The Breakwater Head Subjected to Tsunami, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3, Vol.69, No.2, pp.I_461-I_466.( in Japanese)
  4. Tsurugasaki,K., Sawada,Y., Sumida,H., Hishinuma,Y., Tsuchida,T. : Stability of Submerged Breakwater Using Geotextile Bag Fielled with Clay Soil in Artificial Tidal Flat, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3, Vol.69, No.2, pp.I_1066-I_1071.( in Japanese)
  5. Kawabata,T., Sonoda,Y., Ono,K., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Ling,H.I.(2013.07) : Mechanical Behavior of Buried Inner Rehabilitated Pipes Affected by Aging Pipes with Different Damage Level, Proceedings of the 23rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2013, Anchorage, USA
  6. Kawabata,T., Sonoda,Y., Asao,H., Morikami,H., Nakashima(2013.07) : Experiments for Buried Flexible Pipe Supported by Non-Uniform Bedding, Proceedings of the 23rd International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2013, Anchorage,USA
  7. Sonoda,Y., Kawabata,T., Asao,H., Morikami,H., Ling,H.I.(2013.06) : The Influence of Non-uniform Bedding on the Mechanical Behavior of Buried Flexible Pipe, Proceedings of International Conference for Pipeline Engineering, ASCE, Forth worth, USA.
  8. Suzuki,M., Kawabata,T., Uchida, K. : Muddy Soil and Old Banking Material Reuse Technique for the Core Zone of Small Earth-fill Dams - A case study of aging small earth-fill dam in Hyogo Prefecture- No.284. pp.171-176.( in Japanese)


【2012 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Imase,T., Maeda,K., Ito,Y., Miyake,M., Turugasaki,K., Sawada,Y., Sumida,H. : Experimental Study on the Scouring Mechanism due to Open-Channel Flow and Overflow Focusing on Change in Pore Pressure, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B2, Vol.68, No.2, pp.I_836-I_840.( in Japanese)
  2. Imase,T., Maeda,K., Miyake,T., Sawada,Y., Tsurugasaki,K., Sumida,H., Feng Zhang : Destruction of Caisson-Type Breakwater due to Bearing Capacity by Tsunami with Seabed Soil Damage by Earthquake and Overflow, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B2, Vol.68, No.2, pp.I_866-I870.( in Japanese)
  3. Yamasaki,T., Sawada,Y., Isogai,Y., Furuichi,K., Nonomura,C., Yamada,K., Kataoka,M. : Centrifuge Model Tests and FEM Analyses for a Waste Repository Using Sand Mastics, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3 Vol.68,No.2,pp.I_474-I_479.( in Japanese)
  4. Imase,T., Maeda,K., Miyake,T., Sawada,Y., Sumida,H., Tsurugasaki,K. : Development of Estimation Method for Marine Srtucture Damage due to Tsunami Using Centrifuge Model Test and the SPH Method, Geotechnical Engineering Magazine, Vol.60, No.3.pp.16-19.( in English)
  5. Ariyoshi,M., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(2012.09) : Lateral response of buried bend restrained by reinforcement using geogrid, Proceedings of Euro-Geo 5, Valencia, Spain
  6. Kawabata,T., Sonoda,Y., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Iwasaki,Y.(2012.08) : Dynamic Behavior of Buried Flexible Pipes of Varying Thickness Using the Shaking Table Test, Proceedings of International Conference for Pipeline Engineering, ASCE, Miami Beach, FL, USA.
  7. Suzuki,M., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Suzuki,T.(2012.06) : Deposited Muddy Soil Reuse Technique Using Industrial Waste for Reconstruction of Small Earth fill Dams, Proceedings of the the 22nd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2012, Rhodes, Greece
  8. Kawabata,T., Sonoda,Y., Iwasaki,Y., Mohri,Y.(2012.06) : Dynamic behavior for buried flexible pipe subjected to ground shear deformation, Proceedings of the 22nd International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2012, Rhodes, Greece
  9. Suzuki,M., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K.(2012.04) : Fundamental Study of Muddy Soil Reuse Technique for Reconstruction of Old Earth Fill Dam, Kobe University city security research center, Vol.16, pp.339-343. (with English Abstract)
  10. Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T.(2012.02) : Damage to Large scale buried pipeline by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake - State of damage and Reconstruction work -, Japanese Geotechnical Journal, Vol,7, No.1, pp.185-194.

【2011 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Tsurugasaki,K., Yamasaki,T., Sawada,Y., Kondo,M., Torii,K. : Mechanical Property of Bending Area of Waterproof Sheet Made of LLDPE, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.26,pp.127-130.( in Japanese)
  2. Miyake,M., Sawada,Y., Tsurugasaki,K., Kikuchi,Y. : Centrifuge Model Tests For Stability of L-shape Breakwater, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3, Vol.67. No.2, pp.I_94-I_99.( in Japanese)
  3. Yamasaki,T., Sawada,Y., Yokoi,A. : Influence of Temperature and Shearing Speed on Strength Characteristic of Sand Mastic, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers B3, Vol.67, No.2,pp.I_406-I_410.( in Japanese)
  4. Imase,T., Maeda,K., Miyake,M., Tsurugasaki,K., Sawada,Y., Sumida,H. : Stability of Coastal Structure Against Tsunami with Account for Seepage in Coastal Mound Structure and Sea-bed, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers A2, Vol.67, No.1, pp.133-144.( in Japanese)
  5. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I.(2011.09) : Dynamic Behavior of Buried Bend with Thrust Restraint in Liquefying Ground, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers C, Vol.67,No.3, pp.399-406.( in Japanese)
  6. Kawabata,T., Suzuki,M., Uchida,K., Suzuki,T.(2011.09) : Mechanical behavior of blended geo-materials for impermeable core zone of small earth-fill dams using recycled materials, International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Seoul, Korea
  7. Kawabata,T., Iwasaki,Y., Dodo,H., Ling,H.I. Mohri,Y.(2011.06) : Dynamic Behavior of Buried Circular Structures During Earthquake by Discrete Element Method, Proceedings of the 21st International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2011, Hawaii, USA
  8. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Kashiwagi,A., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M. : Numerical Analysis for Lateral Behavior of Buried Pipeline by Distinct Element Method. Water Land and Environmetal Engineering, Vol.79, No.5, pp.11-14.( in Japanese)
  9. Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M., Kawabata,T., Tanaka,T. : Finite Element Analysis Considering Construction Process for Buried PipeLine, Water Land and Environmetal Engineering,Vol.79, No.5, pp.7-10.( in Japanese)

【2010 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Kawabata,T., Iwasaki,Y., Ling,H., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2011.03) : Experiments and Numerical Analyses for Spillway on Small Earth Dam Subjected to Simple Shear, Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers, ASCE, Dallas, USA
  2. Miyake,M., Sawada,Y., Sumida,H., Tsurugasaki,K. : Centrifuge Tests for a Movable L-shape Breakwater Subjected to Tsunami,Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers,Vol.66, No.1, pp.791-795.(in Japanese)
  3. Kawabata,T., Okuno,S., Kashiwagi,A., Mohri,Y., Kimoto,M. : Behabior of Shallowly Buried Pipe Using Geogrid for Lateral Loading, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.25, pp.27-32.( in Japanese)
  4. Kawabata,T., Iwasaki,Y., Mohri,Y., Dodo,H. : Dynamic Behavior for Spillway with Geosynthetics Subjected to Simple Shear, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.25,pp.127-132.( in Japanese)
  5. Kawabata,T., Kashiwagi,A., Sawada,Y., Okuno,S., Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y.(2010.08) : Lateral Loading Experiment on Buried Pipe Using Liquefied Stabilized Soil as Backfill Material for Thrust Restraint, Proceedings of International Conference of Pipeline Engineering, ASCE, pp.1241-1254. Colorado Springs, USA
  6. Ling,H.I., Ling,H., Li,L., Kawabata,T.(2010.06) : Centrifuge Modeling of Slope Failures Induced by Rainfall, Proceedings of 7th International Conference of Physics Modeling and Centrifuge , Zurich, ETH, Switzerland
  7. Kawabata,T., Izumi,A., Hanazawa,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I., Ariyoshi,M., Hanazawa,T.(2010.06) : Vertical Loading Tests for Buried Flexible Pipes with Equivalent Ring Stiffness, Proceedings of the 20th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2010, Beijing, China
  8. Kawabata,T., Iwasaki,Y., Shoda,D., Mohri,Y.(2010.06) : Clarification of Dynamic Behavior of Spillway on Small Earth Dam Subjected to Simple Shear, Proceedings of the 20th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2010, Beijing, China
  9. Kawabata,T., Okuno,S., Kashiwagi,A., Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y.(2010.06) : Lateral Loading Experiments on Thrust Restraint for Shallowly Buried Pipelines using Geogrids, Proceedings of the 20th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2010, pp.629. Beijing, China
  10. Kawabata,T., Suzuki,M., Suzuki,T., Uchida,K.(2010.06) : Creation of the Soil for Impermeable Core Zone for Earth-fill Dams, Proceedings of the 20th International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2010, pp.462. Beijing, China
  11. Shoda,D., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K. : Mechanical Behavior on Pile with Multi-Stepped Two Diameters under Combined Load, Irrigation,Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.267, pp.17-25.( in Japanese)
  12. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Hanazawa,T., Okuno,S., Suzuki,M.(2010.05) : Field verification test for buried bend with lightweight thrust restraint using geogrid, Proceedings of the 9th International Geosynthetics Society, Grajua, Brazil

【2009 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y. : Design for Ligtweight Thrust Restraint of Pipe Bend, Irrigation,Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, No.265, pp.33-40.( in Japanese)
  2. Kawabata,T., Kashiwagi,A., Mohri,Y., Okuno,S.(2009.12):Lateral Loading Model Tests for Buried Pipe against Thrust Force Backfilled with Liquefied Stabilized Soil, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.24, pp.171-176. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  3. Kawabata,T., Hanazawa,T., Mohri,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A.(2009.12):Bending Test for Liquefied Stabilized Soil with Reinforcement for Improvement the Brittleness, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.24, pp.91-96. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  4. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Hanazawa,T.(2009.12):Field Verification Test for Lightweight Thrust Restraint Using Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.24, pp.165-170.(in Japanese with English Abstract)
  5. Uchida,K., Matsuda,K., Iwade,I., Miyakawa,T., Kawabata,T., Inoue,K.(2009.12) : Experimental Study of Permeability for Reinforced Ground with Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.24, pp.49-54.(in Japanese with English Abstract)
  6. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y.(2009.08) : Large Scale Experiments on Lightweight Thrust Restraint for Buried Bend under Internal Pressure, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 262, pp.111-117. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  7. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Shimura,N., Hanazawa,T., Kashiwagi,A., Izumi,A., Kanda,M.(2009.06) : Full scale loading tests of liquefied stabilized soil reinforced with geosynthetics, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka
  8. Kawabata,T., Hanazawa,T., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Shigenaka,A., Banno,I. (2009.06) : Field Test on Lightweight Thrust Restraint for Buried Bend, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka
  9. Kawabata,T., Nadamoto,Y., Shoda,D., Izumi,A., Shimamoto,C., Inoue,K., Uchida,K., Mohri,Y. , Ariyoshi,M. (2009.06) : Effect of pipe thickness on the behavior of flexible pipes with equivalent bending ring stiffness, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka
  10. Kashiwagi,A., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Okuno,S., Shimura,K., Uchida,K. (2009.06) : Evaluation of Lateral Resistance for Buried Conditions around Pipe with Horizontal Loading, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka
  11. Uchida,K., Matsuda,K., Kawabata,K., Inoue,K., Iwade,I., Miyakawa,T., Matsukawa,T.(2009.06) : Evaluation of Permeability for Reinforced Ground with Geogrid, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka
  12. Shoda,D., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Numata,A., Motoyama,H.(2009.06) : Distinct element analysis for group piles subjected to vertical loading, Proceedings of the 19th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2009, Osaka

[2008 academic year]

[Research Paper]

  1. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2009.02) : Evaluation for Additional Resistance by Lightweight Thrust Restraint on Pressure Pipe Bend, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 259, pp.43-51. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  2. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y., Izumi,A., Ariyoshi,M., Hirai,T., Saito,K.(2008.12) : Characteristic of Dynamic Behavior for Buried Bend with Lightweight Thrust Restraint Using Geogrids, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.23, pp.133-138.(with English Abstract)
  3. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Kashiwagi,A., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2008.12) : Reinforcement of Passive Area against Thrust Force for Buried Bend Using Geosynthetics,Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.23, pp.127-132.(with English Abstract)
  4. Kawabata,T.(2008.11) : Applied techniques using Geosynthetics to the agriculture facilities, Geosynthetics Technical Information, Vol.24, No.3, pp.26-31.
  5. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Ariyoshi,M., Uchida,K.(2008.09) : Dynamic Behavior of Buried Pipe Bend with Lightweight Thrust Restraint during Liquefaction, Proceedings of EuroGeo 4, Edinburgh, Scottland
  6. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y., Kashiwagi,A., Izumi,A., Uchida,K.(2008.09) : Lateral Loading Tests for New Thrust Restraint Technique Using Liquefied Stabilized Soil with Geosynthetics, Proceedings of EuroGeo 4, Edinburgh, Scottland
  7. Shoda,D., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K.(2008.08) : Evaluation of Ultimate Bearing Capacity for Base of Convex Part of Pile with Multi-Stepped Two Diameters, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 256, pp.1-8. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  8. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Oda,T., Shoda,D., Ariyoshi,M., Nakashima,H.(2008.07) : Field Measurement and Numerical Analysis for Buried Large Diameter Steel Pipes, Proceedings of the International Conference, Pipeline 2008, Atlanta GA, USA
  9. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Ariyoshi,M., Uchida,K.(2008.07) : Shaking Table Experiments on Lightweight Thrust Restraint for Buried Bend, Proceedings of the International Conference, Pipeline 2008, Atlanta GA, USA
  10. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Sawada,Y., Kashiwagi,A., Izumi,A., Hanazawa,T., Uchida,K.(2008.07) : New Thrust Restraint Technique Using Geosynthetics for Buried Bend, Proceedings of the International Conference, Pipeline 2008, Atlanta GA, USA
  11. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Izumi,A., Kashiwagi,A., Uchida,K., Mohri,Y., Ariyoshi,M.(2008.06) : Lateral Loading Tests for Buried Bend with Light-Weight Thrust Restraint in Liquefaction, Proceedings of the 18th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2008, Vancouver, Canada
  12. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Kashiwagi,A., Izumi,A., Uchida,K., Mohri,Y., Nakashima,H.(2008.06) : The Effect of Liquefied Stabilized Soil with Geosynthetics against Thrust Force of Buried Bend, Proceedings of the 18th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2008, Vancouver, Canada
  13. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Kitano,T., Watanabe,K., Mohri,Y.(2008.05) : Dynamic Behavior for Lightweight Spillway with Geosynthetics on Small Earth Dam, Proceedings of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, USA

【2007 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Ling,H.I., Sun,Lixun, Liu,Huabei, Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(2008.02) : Finite Element Analysis of Pipe Buried in Saturated Soil Deposit Subject to Earthquake Loading, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.1-17.
  2. Mohri,Y., Fujita,N., Kawabata,T.(2008.02) : Earthquake Damage and Countermeasure for Buried Pipeline, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Drainage and Rural Engineering, Vol.76, No.2, pp.3-6.
  3. Kawabata,T., Shoda,D., Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y.(2007.12) : Closed Form Solution and FE.Analysis for Buried Flexible Pipe Under High Fills, Soils and Foundations, Vol.47, No.6, pp.1101-1107.
  4. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2007.11) : Evaluation for Lateral Resistance of Lightweight Thrust Restraint of Pipe Bend Considering Tensile Characteristics of Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.22, PP.253-258. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  5. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Kitano,T., Watanabe,K., Mohri,Y.(2007.11) : Dynamic Behavior of Lightweight Spillway with Geosynthetics, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.22, pp.243-248. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  6. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Totsugi.A., Hironaka,J.(2007.11) : Full-Scale Experiments on Bend of Pressure Pipeline Using Geogrid, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Earth Reinforcement(IS-Kyushu ’07), pp. 545-549.
  7. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K.(2007.06) : Estimation of Incremental Resistance of Lightweight Thrust Restraint for Buried Bend Using Geosynthetics, Proceedings of the 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon, Portugal (submitted)
  8. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Ogushi,K., Uchida,K.(2007.06) : Large Scale Tests of Buried Bend with Lightweight Thrust Restraint Method Proceedings of the 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon, Portugal (submitted)
  9. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Kitano,T., Watanabe,K., Mohri,Y.(2007.06) : Shaking Table Tests for Lightweight Spillway on Small Earth Dam, Proceedings of the 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon, Portugal (submitted)
  10. Shoda,D., Uchida,K., Kawabata,T., Nadamoto,Y.(2007.06) : Analysis of Ultimate Bearing Capacity for Base of Pile with Multi-Stepped Two Diameters, Proceedings of the 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon, Portugal (submitted)
  11. Inoue,K., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Tanaka,T.(2007.06) : An Evaluation of Dispersion Characteristics through a Sandy Mud Soil Layer, Proceedings of the 17th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2007, Lisbon, Portugal (submitted)


【2006 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2006.12) : Estimation Method for Incremental Resistance on Lightweight Thrust Restraint Using Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.21, pp.97-104. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  2. Kawabata,T. Sawada,Y., Ogushi,K., Totsugi,A., Hironaka,J., Uchida,K.(2006.12) : Large-Scale Experiments on Pipe Bend with Lightweight Thrust Restraint Using Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.21, pp.105-110. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  3. Suehiro,T., Nakase,H., Sakaguchi,H., Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y.(2006.11):Uplifting mechanism of pipe laying underground at severe earthquake, 12th JAEE Symposiumu, Vol.12, pp.220-228. (in Japanese with English Abstruct)
  4. Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y., Shoda,D.(2006.10) : The Behavior of Buried Flexible Pipe under High Fills and Design Implications, Journal of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol.132, No.10, pp.1354-1359.
  5. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y., Uchida,K.(2006.08) : Verification of Effectiveness for Lightweight Thrust Restraint Method of Buried Bend and Mechanism of Lateral Resistance by Model Tests, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.244, pp.179-185.(in Japanese with English Abstract)
  6. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Tamura,H., Shoda,D., Oda,T.(2006.07) : Field Test for Buried Large Steel Pipes with Thin Wall, Pipeline 2006, ASCE, Chicago, USA
  7. Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I., Osawa,M., Sawada,Y., Matsukawa,T.(2006.07) : The Behavior of Flexible Pipe in Peat Grund, Pipeline 2006, ASCE, Chicago, USA
  8. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I., Kitano,T.(2006.07) : Model Pit Test and DEM Analysis on Buried Pipe Subject to Lateral Loading, Pipeline 2006, ASCE, Chicago, USA
  9. Shoda,D., Uchida,K., Kawabata,T., Ohara,A.(2006.06) : Lateral Load Capacity for Pile with Multi-Stepped Two Diameters Embedded in Sand, Proceedings of the 16th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2006, San Francisco, CA, USA

【2005 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Shoda,D., Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Imai,M.(2006.02):Mechanism of Bearing Capacity for Pile with Mult-Stepped Two Diameters Subjected to Vertical Load, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.241, pp.79-85. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  2. Sawada,Y., Kawabata,T., Kitano,T., Uchida,K., Hirai,T., Saito,K.(2005.12) : Resistant Mechanism on Thrust Protecting Method for Buried Bend with Geogrid,Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.20, pp.217-222. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  3. Kawabata,T., Ooishi,J. Nakase,H., Uchida,K.(2005.10) : Mechanism of Flotation for Buried Pipe Subjected to Cyclic Simple Shear by D.E.M., Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.239, pp.59-66. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  4. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Kitano,T., Uchida,K.(2005.07) : Examination of aseismic thrust protection for buried pipe using geogrid, Proceedings of International Conference on Energy, Environment and Disasters (INCEED 2005), Charlotte, NC, USA
  5. Ibata,T., Yoshimura,A., Kawabata,T., Ishiguro.S.(2005.06) : Effectiveness of Inquiry in Irrigation Pipelines by Shear Wave Resonating Method.,Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol.237, pp.123-128. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  6. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Ooishi,J., Nakase,H.(2005.06) : Uplift Mechanism of Underground Structures in Dry Sand Subjected to Cyclic Simple Shear by DEM, Proceedings of the 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2005, Seoul, Korea, pp.539-542.
  7. Uchida,K., Kawabata,T., Imai,M., Shoda,D.(2005.06) : Load Bearing Behavior for Pile with Multiple Stepped Two Diameters Embedded in Decomposed Granite SoilI, Proceedings of the 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2005, Seoul, Korea, pp.543-547.
  8. Suehiro,T., Nakase,H., Mohri.Y., Kawabata,T.(2005.06) : Research on the Dynamic Shear Deformation due to Earthquakes Contributing to Uplift of Underground Structures, Proceedings of the 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE2005, Seoul, Korea, pp.746- 749.

【2004 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Kawabata,T., Sawada,Y., Uchida,K., Tanaka,Y., Hirai,T., Saito,K.(2005.01) : Lateral Loading Experiments on Thrust Protecting Method for Buried Bend with Geogrid, Proceedings of Geofrontiers 2005, ASCE, Austin, USA, GSP140, pp.1-8.
  2. Uchida,K., Kawabata,T., Nakase,H., Imai,M., Shoda,D.(2005.01) : Mechanical behavior of model pile with multiple stepped two diameters, Proceedings of Geofrontiers 2005, ASCE, Austin, USA, GSP132, pp.1-10.
  3. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Sawada,Y., Hirai,T., Saito,K.(2004.12) : Model Tests on Thrust Protecting Method for Buried Bend with Geogrid, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol. 19, pp.59-64. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  4. Kawabata,T., Ariyoshi,M., Uchida,K., Ling,H.I., Nakase,H., Sawada,Y., Mohri,Y.(2004.08) : Distribution of Traffic Loads for Shallowly Buried Pipe by D.E.M. Analyses, Proceedings of International Conference of Pipeline Engineering 2004, ASCE, San Diego, USA
  5. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Ling,H.I., Nakase,H., Sawada,Y., Hirai,T., Saito,K.(2004.07) : Lateral Loading Tests for Buried Pipe with Geosynthetics, Proceedings of GeoTrans, ASCE, LA, USA
  6. Uchida,K., Kawabata,T., Nakase,H., Imai,M., Syoda,D.(2004.05) : Evaluation of Load Bearing Mechanism for Pile with Multiple Stepped Two Diameters, Proceedings of the 14th Int. Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2004, Toulon, France, pp.525-530.

【2003 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Liu,H., Burke,C., Sun,L.(2003.12) : Centrifugal Modeling of Seismic Behavior of Large-Diameter Pipe in Liquefiable Soil, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol.129, Issue 12, pp. 1092-1101.
  2. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Tanaka,Y., Hirai,T., Saito.K., Sawada,Y., Nakase,H., Hirayama,T., Imai,M.(2003.12) : Thrust Protecting Method for Buried Bend Using the Geosynthetics, Geosynthetics Engineering Journal, Vol.18, pp.215-220. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  3. Nakase,H., Honda,A., Suehiro,T., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Yasuda,S.(2003.11) : Shaking Table Test to Underground Structures and Simulation Study on Mechanism of Uplifting Using Distinct Element Method, Vol.38, pp.185-192.
  4. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Ariyoshi,M., Nakase,H., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I.(2003.07) : D.E.M. Analyses on Behavior of Shallowly Buried Pipe Subject to Traffic Loads, New Pipeline Technologies, Security, and Safety, Proc. of Int. Conf. on Pipeline Engineering and Construction, ASCE, Baltimore, MD, USA, Vol.2, pp.1218-1227.
  5. Kawabata,T., Uchida,K., Hirai,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I., Koyama,N.(2003.07) : Experiments on Buried Flexible Pipe Using Backfill of Cover with Geosynthetics, New Pipeline Technologies, Security, and Safety, Proc. of Int. Conf. on Pipeline Engineering and Construction, ASCE, Baltimore, MD, USA, Vol.2, 1271-1278.

【2002 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I.(2002.11) : Field Observation of Buried Flexible Pipe under High Fills, Tsuchi-to-Kiso, Monthly Journal of The Japanese Geotechnical Society, No.50, Vol.11, pp.10-12.(in Japanese with English Abstract)
  2. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y., Ling,H.I.(2002.08) : Earth Pressure Distribution for Buried Pipe Bend Subject to Internal Pressure, Proceedings of PIPELINES 2002, ASCE, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, CD
  3. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I.(2002.04) : Shallowly Buried Pipeline Using Geogrid, Geosynthetics Technical Information, Monthly Journal of Japan Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society, Vol.18, No.1, pp.16-25. (in Japanese with English Abstract)


【2001 academic year】

[Research Paper]

  1. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I.(2001.10) : The Use of Geosynthetic in Mitigating Pipeline Flotation during Soil Liquefaction, Volume of Extended Abstracts of 10th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Philadelphia, USA, p.135.
  2. Ling,H.I., Liu,H., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(2001.09) : Bounding Surface Model for Geosynthetic Reinforcements, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol.127, Issue 9, pp. 963-967.
  3. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Fujita,N.(2001.07) : Large-Scale Experiment on Shallow Cover for Buried Pipeline Reinforced with Geosynthetics, Proceedings of Specialty Conference, Advances in Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, Dir-7C.
  4. Mohri,Y., Fujita,N., Kawabata,T.(2001.07) : A Simulation on Uplift Resistance of Buried Pipe by DEM, Proceedings of Specialty Conference, Advances in Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, Dir-2A.


【1995〜2000 academic years】

[Research Paper]

  1. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Fujita,N.(2000.08) : Verification of Shallow Cover for Buried Pipeline Reinforced with Geogrid, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 208, pp.127-135. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  2. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I., Sun,L.(2000.02) : Model Tests of Uplift Resistance on Buried Pipe, Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Journal, Vol. 205, pp.25-33. (in Japanese with English Abstract)
  3. Ling,H.I., Leshchinsky,D., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(1999.08) : Closure to Discussion by Lee and Park, and Babu on “Estimation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Settlement. “, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 8, pp. 725-726.
  4. Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(1999.07) : Seismic Stability of Sliding Wedge, Extended Francais-Culmann’s Analysis, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 387-393.
  5. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I.(1999.06) : Experimental study on the Effects of Vertical Shaking on the Behavior of Underground Pipelines, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, pp.489-494.
  6. Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T., Ling,H.I.(1998.11) : Experiments on Shallowly Buried Pipelines using Shaking Table, Proceedings of the 10th Earthquake Engineering Symposium, Vol.3, pp.1913-1916. (with English Abstract)
  7. Ling,H.I., Mohri,Y., Kawabata,T.(1998.08) : Tensile Properties of Geogrids under Cyclic Loadings, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124, No.8, pp.782-787.
  8. Kawabata,T., Mohri,Y.(1995.06):Behavior of buried large thin wall flexible pipe, Field Test and Numerical Analysis considered with Stage of Construction of Buried Flexible pipe, Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference. in Advances in Underground Pipeline Engineering, ASCE, Seattle, USA, pp.13-24.