Position | Associate Professor |
Major Field of Study | Structural Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Maintenance Management Engineering |
Research Interests | Cable-Supported Bridges, Hybrid Structures, Bridge System Using Advanced Composite Material, Repair and Strengthening of Existing Steel Structures Using FRP, Evaluation and Maintenance of Historic Iron and Steel Bridges |
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Society Memberships | Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Japan Society of Steel Construction (JSSC), International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineers (IABSE), International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC) |
Awards |
Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Steel Construction (JSSC), 2006 Best Paper Award, Japan Reinforced Plastics Society (JRPS), 2010 |
Social Activities |
1994- : Japan Steel Bridge Engineering Association |
Papers & Theses | 1.Fatigue Crack Repair Using Drilled Holes and Externally Bonded CFRP Strips Fan LIN (Doctoral Student), Ji Guang SUN (Master’s Course Student), Hitoshi NAKAMURA and Kenichi MAEDA Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2012, pp.1308-1315, Jul.2012 2.Fatigue Life Prediction for Cracked Web Gusset Joints Repaired by Externally Bonded CFRP Strips Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Fan LIN (Doctoral Student), Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI (Meisei Univ.), Takao IRUBE (TTK Corp.) and Yoshihiro FUKUDA (JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.) The 6th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2012, 8 pages (CD-ROM), Jun.2012 3.Improvement of Debonding Strength of Laminated CFRP Stripes by Treatment of end for Steel Bridge Rehabilitations Syota TEZUKA (Master’s Course Student), Fan LIN (Doctoral Student), Ji Guang SUN (Master’s Course Student), Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA and Yoshihiro FUKUDA (JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.) Proc. of the 67th Annual Conference of JSCE, CD-ROM CS3-017, pp.33-34, Sep.2012 [in Japanese] 4.Fundamental Study on Damped Free Vibration Characteristics of Carbon Fiber Composite Cable Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Koji NAKAGAWA (Master’s Course Student), Ryo TAJIMA (Sagamihara City), Kenichi MAEDA, Zhicheng ZHANG (Zhejiang Univ.), Xie XU (Zhejiang Univ.), Tsuyoshi ENOMOTO (Tokyo Rope Mfg.) and Kenichi USHIJIMA (Tokyo Rope Mfg.) Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE, Vol.58A, pp.207-215, Mar.2012 [in Japanese] 5.Influence of Cyclic Load during Curing and Crack Bridging on Repair of Fatigue Crack using CFRP strip Fan LIN (Doctoral Student), Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Yoshihiro FUKUDA (JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.) Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE, Vol.58A, pp.635-646, Mar.2012 [in Japanese] 6.Feasibility Study on Increasing Bending Stiffness of FRP Girders by Bonding CFRP Strips and Bonding Girder Sections Onek Denis OBEDI (PCKK), Shuhei SUGAI (Master's Course Student), Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA and Kenichi YAGINUMA (East Japan Railway Company) The Third Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in Structures, APFIS 2012, 8 pages (CD-ROM), Feb.2012 7. Gusset Joints Repaired by Externally Bonded CFRP Strips Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Fan LIN (Doctoral Student), Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI (Meisei Univ.), Takao IRUBE (TTK Corp.) and Yoshihiro FUKUDA (JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.) The 6th International Symposium on Steel Structures, ISSS2011, pp.671-677, Nov.2011 8.Trial Design and Serviceability of Cable-Stayed Pedestrian Bridge over Railway Using Hybrid Composite Girders Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Takayuki WATABANE (Taisei Corp.), Kenichi YAGINUMA (East Japan Railway Company) and Takahiro MATSUI (Toray Industries) JSSC, Proceedings of Constructional Steel, Vol.19, pp.27-34, Nov.2011 [in Japanese] 9.Design and Serviceability of Slab Type Footbridge Using GFRP Pultrusion Profiles Nobuhiko KITAYAMA (IHI Infrastructure Systems), Kenichi MAEDA, Hitoshi NAKAMURA and Tetsuya WATANABE (AGC Matex) Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. A1 (Structural Engineering & Earthquake Engineering (SE/EE)), Vol.67, No.2, pp.258-271, May 2011 [in Japanese] 10. Fatigue Life Prediction for Fatigue Crack at Out-of-Plane Welded Gusset Joint Repaired with CFRP Strips Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Wei JIANG, Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Takao IRUBE and Yoshihiro FUKUDA Journal of Structural Engineering, JSCE, Vol.57A, pp.842-851, Mar.2011 [in Japanese] 11. Steel Cable-Stayed Bridges – Technologies and Its Progress – (2010 Edition) Masaaki TATSUMI, Hiroshi KATSUCHI, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, et al. (Co-Author) Steel Structures Series 20, Subcommittee for Surveying Technologies and Its Progress of Steel Cable-Stayed Bridges, Committee on Steel Structures, JSCE, pp.8-12, pp.13-21, Feb.2011 [in Japanese] 12. Experimental Study on Adhesion Characteristics of Steel Plates and CFRP Strips under Cyclic Load Fan LIN, Shotaro KITA, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA and Yoshihiro FUKUDA Proceedings of Constructional Steel, Vol.18, JSSC, pp.499-506, Nov.2010 [in Japanese] 13. Development and Experimental Verification of a Pedestrian Slab Bridge Using GFRP Pultrusion Profiles Seigo FUJITA, Kenichi MAEDA, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Nobuhiko KITAYAMA and Tetsuya WATANABE The 5th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2010, pp.168-172, Sep.2010 14. Trial Design of Cable-Stayed Bridges Using Hybrid Composite Girders and Applicability to Free Passage over Railway Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroshi MUTSUYOSHI, Kenichi YAGINUMA and Takahiro MATSUI The 5th International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2010, pp.148-151, Seo.2010 15. CFRP Repair of Fatigue Cracks and Bonding Behavior Subjected to Cyclic Load during Curing Fan LIN, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Hiroyuki SUZUKI and Takao IRUBE Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, IABMAS 2010, pp.2755-2761, Jul.2010 16. Fatigue Strength and Residual Strength after Cyclic Loading in Joints of Steel Plates and CFRP Strips Fan LIN, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA, Yusuke YAMAYA and Hiroyasu IHARA Journal of Constructional Steel, Vol.17, JSSC, pp.659-666, Nov.2009 [in Japanese] 17. Bonded Joint Strength of Steel Plate and CFRP Strips Induced by Temperature Change Wei JIANG, Yuusuke YAMAYA, Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Kenichi MAEDA and Hiroyasu IHARA Journal of Constructional Steel, Vol.17, JSSC, pp.651-658, Nov.2009 [in Japanese] 18. Experimental Study on Repair of Fatigue Cracks at Welded Web Gusset Joint Using CFRP Strips Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Wei JIANG, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Kenichi MAEDA and Takao IRUBE Thin-Walled Structures, Elsevier, pp.1059-1068,Oct.2009 |