2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Environmental and Structural Engineering Laboratory II
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yutaka Yokoyama / Kikuo Ikarashi / Shuji Tamura / Kazuhiro Yuasa / Naoki Kagi / Takashi Asawa / Tsubasa Okaze / Shintaro Fukuda / Yuki Terazawa / Wataru Umishio / Yutaro Fujii / Kazuya Mitsui
- Class Format
- Experiment
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.A303
- Number of credits
- 001
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students will get first-hand experience with basic characteristics of building environments, structure, and materials which cannot be experienced at their desk, as well as deepen their understanding of various theories and design methods.
For the building environment, as basic tests of sound, air, heat, and water, students will carry out noise measurement, wind speed distribution measurement, thermal distribution measurement, and water quality measurement. For the building structure, buckling experiments of steel member and truss structure, liquefaction tests, and vibration experiments are carried out.
For the building material, a sliding test of floors that utilizes the psychological reactions of building end users are carried out.
Course description and aims
I This course provides a method for how to obtain the fundamental performance in environmental engineering, structural engineering, and building materials. Additionally this course provides a technique for how to calibrate properties of the specimens.
II Learn about the following items.
1．Environmental Engineering (Sound, Air, Heat, Water)
2．Structural Engineering (Steel member, Truss structure, Ground, Dynamics)
3．Building Materials (Sliding performance of floors)
Keywords
Environmental 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 | Noise measurement | Measuring noise levels outside buildings using a sound-level meter. |
| Class 3 | Measurement of airflow distribution in indoor | Analyzing airflow distribution in indoor environment and measurement of air ventilation volume in a room. |
| Class 4 | Measurement of temperature distribution | Making a thermocouple and measurement distribution of temperature. |
| Class 5 | Water quality measurement | Learning the method for the water quality test and measurement of water, such as tap water. |
| Class 6 | Soil liquefaction | Evaluation of effective stress during soil liquefaction. |
| Class 7 | Response of a two masses vibration system | Evaluation of natural periods of a two mass structure based on shaking table tests. |
| Class 8 | Response of a multi-mass vibration system | Evaluation of natural periods of a multi mass structure based on microtremor measurements. |
| Class 9 | Experimental test steel members, Preparation and tensile test | Understand experimental procedures and tension test. |
| Class 10 | Experimental test of steel members, Compression test | Understand compression test and explain the buckling behavior of steel bars. |
| Class 11 | Preparation of Experiment on Truss Structure | Learn about the connection system and how to use the measurement instruments through assembly and strain-gauge attachment on truss beam and material test specimen. |
| Class 12 | Tension Coupon Test of Steel Material and Quasi-static Loading Test of Truss Beam | Understand the fracture mechanism of steel material and buckling of truss beam through the tensile coupon test and quasi-static test of truss beam. |
| Class 13 | Slip resistance test against floor materials | Studying the method for evaluating floor slipperiness considering human psychology. |
| Class 14 | Supplementary experiments and summary of the classes | Summarizes the experienced experiments, and perform additional experiments if necessary. |
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 Toyko Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京科学大学学修規程) and the Institute of Science Toyko 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.A302 ： Environmental and Structural Engineering Laboratory I
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary, but enrollment in the related courses is desirable.