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Watanabe, Takahiro; Yamamoto, Yusuke; Kitamura, Akihisa*
Chigaku Zasshi, 132(5), p.417 - 437, 2023/10
To improve a geochemical discrimination method of paleotsunami deposit, quantitative analysis of major and trace elements in boring cores from the Shizuoka plain on the Pacific coast of middle Japan was performed using a portable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry system (portable XRF). Geochemical approaches by the portable XRF contribute to study of the simple and rapid methods for detecting paleotsunami deposits. Most of our quantitative data by portable XRF were good agreement with reported values measured by stationary-type energy dispersive XRF in previous studies. Therefore, the portable XRF can be applied to geochemical study in the samples from Shizuoka plain in our case.
Kitamura, Akihisa*; Okazaki, Sota*; Kondo, Mitsuru*; Watanabe, Takahiro; Nakanishi, Toshimichi*; Hori, Rie*; Ikeda, Masayuki*; Ichimura, Koji; Nakagawa, Yuki; Mori, Hideki*
Shizuoka Daigaku Chikyu Kagaku Kenkyu Hokoku, (49), p.73 - 86, 2022/07
On July 3 2021, a debris flow caused by a landslide from a landfill occurred along the Aizome River in the Izusan area of Atami City, Shizuoka. In this study, debris flow deposits and soil samples were characterized in terms of their sedimentology and geochemically analyzed.
Watanabe, Takahiro; Tsuchiya, Noriyoshi*; Kitamura, Akihisa*; Yamasaki, Shinichi*; Nara, Fumiko*
Geochemical Journal, 55(6), p.325 - 340, 2021/00
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：32.31(Geochemistry & Geophysics)Geochemical signatures of natural samples could be an effective proxy to identify paleo tsunami deposits. However, less geochemical approach has been applied in the Pacific coast of middle Japan. Therefore, geochemical characteristics of the paleo tsunami deposits were studied using geological samples from the Shizuoka plain in the Pacific coast of middle Japan, and this paper shows the first geochemical dataset of paleo tsunami deposits from the area. In this study, typical geochemical biplots and ternary diagrams were applied to discriminate the paleo tsunami deposits from other layers. Additionally, vertical and horizontal distributions of titanium normalized values and statistical methods of geochemical data could provide the information for characteristic of the deposits to detect prehistorical tsunami inundation.
Yamamoto, Tomohiko; Kitamura, Seiji; Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Okamura, Shigeki*
Proceedings of 2017 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP 2017) (CD-ROM), 10 Pages, 2017/07
To design fast reactor (FR) components, seismic response must be evaluated in order to ensure structural integrity. Therefore, a sophisticated analysis method has to be developed to study the seismic response of FR core. The fast reactors are made of several hundred core assemblies in hexagonal arrangement. When a big earthquake occurs, large horizontal displacement and impact force of each core assembly may cause a trouble for control rod insertability and core assembly intensity. Therefore, a seismic analysis method of fast reactor core considering horizontal nonlinear behavior, such as impact, fluid-structure interaction, etc. is needed. Validation of the core assembly vibration analysis code in three dimension (REVIAN-3D) was conducted by a full scale experiment. In this validation, the vertical behavior (raising displacement) and horizontal behavior (Impact force, horizontal response) of the analysis result agreed very well with the experiments.
Kitamura, Seiji; Okamura, Shigeki*; Sawa, Naoki*; Iwasaki, Akihisa*
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Kitamura, Seiji; Sawa, Naoki*; Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Monde, Masatsugu*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Okamura, Shigeki*
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Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Sawa, Naoki*; Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Monde, Masatsugu*; Okamura, Shigeki*; Kitamura, Seiji
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Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Sawa, Naoki*; Monde, Masatsugu*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Okamura, Shigeki*; Kitamura, Seiji
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Monde, Masatsugu*; Sawa, Naoki*; Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Okamura, Shigeki*; Kitamura, Seiji
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Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Monde, Masatsugu*; Sawa, Naoki*; Ikarimoto, Iwao*; Taniguchi, Yoshihiro*; Kitamura, Seiji
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The three-dimensional seismic analysis technology of a reactor core is developed. The vibration test of 1/2.5 scale test assembly in triangular arrangement was carried out, and the three-dimensional response behavior has been grasped.
Monde, Masatsugu*; Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Sawa, Naoki*; Ikarimoto, Iwao*; Taniguchi, Yoshihiro*; Kitamura, Seiji
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The three-dimensional analysis method of a reactor core is developed. The outline of the analysis method and the applicability of the method by comparison with a vibration test of 1/2.5 scale test assembly are reported.
Iwasaki, Akihisa*; Sawa, Naoki*; Matsubara, Shinichiro*; Kitamura, Seiji; Okamura, Shigeki*
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A fast reactor core consists of several hundred core elements, which are hexagonal flexible beams embedded at the lower support plate in a hexagonal arrangement, separated by small gaps, and immersed in a fluid. Core elements have no support for vertical fixing in order to avoid the influence of thermal expansion and swelling. These days, in Japan, larger earthquake vibrations are postulated in seismic evaluations. So, it is necessary to consider vertical displacements (rising) and horizontal displacements of the core elements simultaneously because vertical seismic vibrations are larger than the acceleration of gravity. The 3D vibration behavior is affected by the fluid force of the ambient coolant and contact with the surrounding core elements. In this study, single-model vibration tests using a full-scale test model were conducted, and the basic characteristics of 3D vibration behavior of the core element were examined. In addition, structures restricting vertical displacements (dashpot structure) were devised, and their effectiveness was verified. As a result of the tests, the effects of the ambient condition (in air, in static water, and in flowing water), gap between the pads, vibration directions, vibration waves, and dashpot structures on the vibration behavior of the core element were examined. As regards the ambient condition, the vertical displacements were larger in flowing water that simulates the coolant flow than in air and in static water, because of upward fluid force in flowing water. As regards the gap between the pads, the larger the gaps was, the stronger the interferences due to horizontal displacements, and the smaller the vertical displacements were. The dashpot structure was verified to be suitable for reducing vertical displacements.
Nakanishi, Toshimichi; Nanayama, Futoshi*; Hori, Kazuaki*; Niwa, Yuichi*; Komatsubara, Junko*; Kitamura, Akihisa*; Hong, W.*
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To identify chronological and spatial changes in the radiocarbon (
C) marine reservoir effects, the C ages of eight pairs of marine shells and terrestrial plants were measured from the same horizons of one core of Holocene sediments around Japan. To determine the direct chronological changes of the marine reservoir effect between the Kuroshio and Oyashio Currents, radiocarbon ages were measured from the same stratigraphic horizons within Holocene sediment cores alomg the Pasific coast of Japan (eastern Hokkaido; Nanayama et al., 2003, Nanayama, 2020, Sanriku Coast; Niwa et al., 2017, 2019, Arakawa Lowland; Komatsubara et al., 2009, 2010, Shimizu Plain; Kitamura and Kobayashi, 2014; Nobi Plain) and Taiwan.
