国际水利与环境工程学会中国分会 - Prof. Norio Tanaka

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Prof. Norio Tanaka

Saitama University

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Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering and the International Institute for Resilient Society, Saitama University

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Harmony between aquatic environment engineering and disaster prevention/risk reduction

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Asia and Pacific Division	Chair	2023-01-01	Now
IAHR Council	Division Chair	2023-01-01	Now
Japan Chapter	Vice Chair	2019-01-01	Now
Asia and Pacific Division	Member	2015-01-01	2022-12-31
Japan	Director	2012-01-01	2018-12-31

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Experimental Study on Sediment Deposition on Middle Flood Channel Under Different Vegetation Heights and Surface Eddies Structures	2025
Assessing the Impact of Debris Accumulation around varying configuration of Riparian Vegetation in Dike Breaching During Extreme Flooding Events	2024
Experimental Study on Sediment Deposition Considering Surface Eddies and Local Separated Flow Structure Around Vegetation Patches on Sloping Middle Flood Channel	2024
Experimental Study on the Transport and Trapping of Floating Debris by Standing Trees During a Flood Event	2024
Changes in the Flow Structure and Energy Loss of a Tsunami Current Through Forest with a Gap	2020
Energy Reduction in Tsunami Through a Defense System Comprising an Embankment and Vegetation on a Mound	2020
Historical River Course Changes and Paddy Fields Developments in the Arakawa River Basin, Japan and the Role of Second Embankments in the Recent 2019 Flooding Event	2020
Improved Numerical Simulation Against Overflow from Embankment Under Steady and Unsteady Flow Conditions by Considering Non-Hydrostatic Pressure	2020
Inland Forest Model Design Considering Tsunami Borne Large Driftwood	2020
Effects of Existing Historical Second Embankments in the Floodplain for River Flood Inundation Control	2019
International contributions in advancing ecohydraulics	2019
Tsunami Mitigation Effect and Tree Breaking Situation of Dahurian Larch Coastal Forest at Six Growth Stages Under Thinning Management of Trees	2019
Change in Flow Structures Inside an Armor Layer by the Layer Thickness and the Existence of Periphyton Mat	2018
Development of a Numerical Simulation Model in an Armored Channel with Gravel Downstream of a Dam	2018
Effect of a Hybrid Defense System Consist of a Step and Coastal Forest on the Reduction of Tsunami Force	2018
Effective Compound Defense System Comprise of Embankment, Moat and Coastal Forest for Tsunami Energy Reduction and the Delay in Arrival Time	2018
Experimental Study on the Effective Tsunami Energy Reduction Utilizing a Front Space of Existing Coastal Forest	2018
Experimental Study on the Energy Reduction of a Solitary Wave Using a Sand Dune-Coastal Lagoon System	2018
Physical Modelling of Tsunami Energy Reduction Through Vertically Two Layered Rigid Vegetation	2018
Study of a Hydraulic Jump Formed on Ustream Vegetation in a Steady Super-Critical Flow	2018
Study on Applicability of Horizontal Two-Dimensional River Bed Variation Analysis to Dynamic Model of Vegetation Colonization in Sediment Bars of a Regulated River	2018
The Role of Mangroves Against Tsunami in Coastline of Sri Lanka	2018
Understanding Trapping of Debris by Coastal Bioshield: A First Step into Modelling Debris Movement and Trapping	2018
Estimation of Tsunami Force Reduction and the Breaking Mode of Coastal Trees Applicable to Coastal Forest Management as a Bioshield	2017
Modeling the Sediment Dynamics of Supplied Sand and Gravel in Armored River Downstream of a Dam	2017
Effect of Transverse Slope on Sedimentation and Turbulent Flow Structure in Vegetated Floodplain of Compound Water Channels	2016
Multiple Defense for Tsunami Inundation by Two Embankment System and Prevention of Oscilaltion by Trees on Embankment	2016
Optimization of Inland Forest for Trapping Tsunami Driftwood	2016
Boundary Layer Development in Roughness Layer at Modeled Armored Gravel Bed Stream and the Sand Movement in the Region	2015
R Einforcing Riverbank Stability by Vegetation Under Boat-Generated Wave Attacks	2014
Turbulent Structures in Form-Induced Sublayer and Subsurface Layer of Modeled Armoured Gravel-Bed Stream, and Sand Movement	2014
Comparison Between Drag Force on a House Behind Coastal Forest and Impulsive Force by Tsunami-Driven Woody Debris from the Forest at the Great East Japan Earthquake	2013
Quantitative Analysis on the Damage of River Embankment and Hinterland Along the Abukumagawa River at the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami	2013
An Experimental Study on the Effect of Under-Scouring Depth and Horizontal Spacing Between Two Bed Protection Blocks on the Stability of Frontal Block	2011
Boulder Transport by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Numerical Assessment of Field Observations at Lhok Nga Bay, Sumatra, Indonesia	2011
Definition of Middle Class Flood Disturbance for Increasing Biodiversity at Gravel Bar	2011
Experimental Investigation for the Effects of Tree Arrangement in a Forest on Mitigating Tsunami	2011
Indicators for Classifying the Possibility of Forestation on a Gravel BAR in a River	2010
Indices for Evaluating the Breaking and Wash-Out Condition of Trees on Gravel Bar at Flood Events	2009
Limitations of Coastal Vegetation in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2006 Java Tsunami	2007
Evaluation of Expansion Threshold for Typha Angustifolia in River	2005
Flow Structures and Sand Deposition Behind a Colony-Type Grass on a Gravel BAR	2005
Study of Colony-Type Grass for Wind-Blown Sand Control: Width and Spacing Considerations	2005
Multiblock-Parallel Computation of Turbulent Flows and Their Effects on Cohesive Sediment in Intake Channel	1999
Promotion of Sediment Suspension Utilizing Coherent Eddies Around an Obstaclein Front of a Weir	1991

My Videos

Title	Year

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
IAHR-APD Best Paper Award	2018