2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Environmental and Structural Engineering Laboratory I
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yutaka Yokoyama / Koshiro Nishimura / Shintaro Fukuda / Hisato Hotta / Kikuo Ikarashi / Kazuhiro Yuasa / Naoki Kagi / Kazuya Mitsui / Wataru Umishio / Yutaro Fujii / Zelin Wang
- Class Format
- Experiment (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-8 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.A302
- Number of credits
- 001
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Experience the basic characteristics of building environment, structure and materials which cannot feel in the desk works, for better understanding of the theories and design methods.
For the building environment, measurements of air conditioning, and illuminance are carried out.
For the building stricture, experiments on reinforced concrete structures and material properties are carried out.
For the building material, tests on workability and strength of concrete, strength of timber materials and building coating materials are carried out.
Course description and aims
I This course provides a method for obtaining the fundamental performance on the environmental engineering, structural engineering and building materials. Additionally it provides a technique for calibrating properties of the specimens.
II Experience the following items.
1．Environmental Engineering （Air condition, Illuminance）
2．Structural Engineering （Reinforced Concrete Structure, Material Property）
3．Building Materials （Workability and Strength of Concrete, Strength of Timber Materials and Building Coating Materials）
Keywords
Enviromental Engineering, Structural Engineering, Building Materials
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students carry out experiments and measurements under the guidance of faculties and teaching assistants. Students have to submit reports of the experiments.
Students are divided into 4 groups in order to accomplish experiments.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Orientation (All Faculties) | Understanding the outline of the experiment and notes. |
| Class 2 | Shear-bending test for simply supported Reinforced Concrete beam; production of beam specimen (Nishimura, Hotta, and Wang) | Understand the construction of Reinforced Concrete beam through the production of a small scale specimen. |
| Class 3 | Shear-bending test for simply supported Reinforced Concrete beam; loading test (Nishimura, Hotta, and Wang) | Understand the collapse characteristics of reinforced concrete beams through the loading test. |
| Class 4 | Workability experiment of concrete material (Mikami) | Understand the construction methods of concｒete material through the formulation |
| Class 5 | Strength test of concrete material and polymer material (Mikami, Yokoyama) | Understand the relationship between the composition and the strength of concrete materials through material tests. Evaluation of mechanical characteristics of polymer material |
| Class 6 | Fundamental test of environmental engineering (Yuasa and Kagi) | Capable to perform the measurement of temperature, relative humidity, particle matter and carbon dioxide concentration. Capability to perform the measurement of illumination level in a room, and to evaluate the light environment. |
| Class 7 | Strength test of timber material (Mikami and Yokoyama) | Understand the relationship between the species and the strength of timber materials through material tests. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Institute of Science Tokyo Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京科学大学学修規程) and the Institute of Science Tokyo Rules on Graduate Learning (東京科学大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course documents are provided during each class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' course scores are evaluated on the basis of the reports of experiments. Full attendance and completion of all experiments are basically compulsory.
Related courses
- ARC.A303 ： Environmental and Structural Engineering Laboratory II
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.