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Happy New Year 2018

By K. Maruyama

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Special Issue: State-of-the-art and Latest Technologies of Inspection and Monitoring for Concrete Structures

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1. Overview

   1.1 Monitoring for Infrastructure Maintenance

   By K.Nishikawa

   1.2 The Utilization of Monitoring Technologies for Infrastructure Maintenance and Research Examples

   By T.Nagayama

   1.3 Expectation for Sophistication of Inspection and Monitoring of Buildings by Utilizing Sensor Technology

   By T.Ohkubo

2. Road Structures

   2.1 Development Trend of Inspection and Monitoring Technology in Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited

   By H.Kitagawa, K.Morishita and T.Fujino

   2.2 New Smart Infrastructure Management System of Metropolitan Expressway

   By H.Dobashi, Y.Nagata, M.Takano and T.Osada

   2.3 Application of Monitoring Technology to Maintenance of Social Infrastructure

   By M.Ishida and A.Hiroe

   2.4 Current State of Monitoring for Bridge Managed by Local Government and its Prospect

   By M.Kunieda

3. Railway Structures

   3.1 Inspection and Maintenance Management for Concrete Bridges at JR East

   By M.Hirota, M.Tomori and D.Tsukishima

   3.2 The Development of Monitoring System for Railway Bridges and Viaducts

   By T.Nihei, M.Okamoto and T.Tadokoro

4. Buildings

   4.1 Observation Inside of the Damaged Building by Robot

   By K.Fujii

   4.2 Utilization of Drone Technology for Buildings

   By H.Miyauchi

   4.3 Evaluation the Structural Soundness after the Earthquake based on the Vibration Monitoring at High-Rise Buildings

   By T.Yamamoto, M.Yasui, N.Narita and H.Kosaka

5. Harbor Structures

   5.1 Inspection and Diagnosis System on the Lower Side of the Pier using a Radio Control Boat

   By T.Ogasawara, K.Mizuno, S.Motoyama and T.Sakai

   5.2 Applicability to Cavity Survey and Maintenance by Multichannel Ground Penetrating Radar for Reinforced Concrete

   By S.Yamada and T.Imai

   5.3 Monitoring of Effectiveness of Cathodic Protection Applied to Deteriorated Concrete Structures Caused by Salt Attack

   By Y.Kato, M.Yamamoto, S.Otani and K.Takeko

6. Other Structures

   6.1 Quantitative Evaluation Method for Displacement Data of Dam Body, and its Case of Constant Monitoring Employed in Large Concrete Arch Dams

   By N.Okuma, H.Jinnouchi and T.Nishiuchi

   6.2 Evaluation of Degradation Progress and Rationalization of Inspection Frequency of Thermal Power Plant Equipment by using Markov Chain Model

   By K.Yasuda, S.Onitsuka, Y.Matsuura and T.Nakagawa

   6.3 Regional Implementation Support of SIP Development Technology by "MICHIMORI"

   By H.Matsuda, S.Nakamura, K.Yamaguchi and K.Takahashi

7. Sensor, ICT and Robotics Technologies for Inspection and Monitoring

   7.1 Method of Measuring Tendon Force using Optical Fiber Sensor

   By N.Sogabe, S.Nakaue, K.Chikiri and M.Hayakawa

   7.2 Application of the Bridge Inspection Robotic Camera to Monitoring

   By Y.Fujiwara, K.Umezu, K.Tamaki and K.Tanno

   7.3 R&D of Quantitative Evaluation System of Cracks on Distant Slabs by Digital Image Analysis Technology

   By K.Horiguchi, M.Suzuki, M.Honzawa and J.Sakamoto

   7.4 The Outline Explanation of a Continuous Remote Monitoring System for Bridges with Power-Saving Wireless Sensors

   By K.Takase, H.Nishida, T.Kuroda and E.Sasaki