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Overview

Kohji Tokimatsu is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on engineering, with a particular emphasis on civil and structural engineering as well as computational mechanics. This interdisciplinary approach allows for the exploration of complex engineering challenges through both theoretical and practical lenses.

The main topics in Tokimatsu's work include earthquake and tsunami effects, alongside fluid dynamics simulations and interactions. These areas reflect the intersection of natural hazard analysis and advanced computational methods to understand and predict behaviors in civil engineering contexts.

  • Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions

Kohji Tokimatsu has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Michitaka Ishida and Shusaku Inoue, indicating a research network that supports interdisciplinary and cooperative studies.

  • Michitaka Ishida
  • Shusaku Inoue

While specific publication venues and paper titles are not listed, Tokimatsu's engagement with engineering disciplines is further reflected in their contribution across related subfields and ongoing partnership with peers in the community. Their work supports developments in understanding fluid-structure interactions as well as the dynamics of seismic events impacting civil infrastructure.

Best Publications

  • Influence of SPT Procedures in Soil Liquefaction Resistance Evaluations

    H. Bolton Seed;K. Tokimatsu;L. F. Harder;Riley M. Chung

  • Moduli and Damping Factors for Dynamic Analyses of Cohesionless Soils

    H. Bolton Seed;Robert T. Wong;I. M. Idriss;K. Tokimatsu

  • STANDARD PENETRATION TEST-BASED PROBABILISTIC AND DETERMINISTIC ASSESSMENT OF SEISMIC SOIL LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL

    K. Onder Cetin;Raymond B. Seed;Armen Der Kiureghian;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • Evaluation of Settlements in Sands Due to Earthquake Shaking

    Kohji Tokimatsu;H. Bolton Seed

  • EMPIRICAL CORRELATION OF SOIL LIQUEFACTION BASED ON SPT N-VALUE AND FINES CONTENT

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Yoshiaki Yoshimi

  • S-Wave Velocity Profiling by Inversion of Microtremor H/V Spectrum

    Hiroshi Arai;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • Geotechnical site characterization using surface waves

    K Tokimatsu

  • Effects of Multiple Modes on Rayleigh Wave Dispersion Characteristics

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Shuji Tamura;Hisaya Kojima

  • Shear-Wave Velocity–Based Probabilistic and Deterministic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Potential

    R. Kayen;R. E. S. Moss;E. M. Thompson;R. B. Seed

  • LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE OF A PARTIALLY SATURATED SAND

    Yoshiaki Yoshimi;Keizo Tanaka;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • Effects of Liquefaction-induced Ground Displacements on Pile Performance in the 1995 Hyogoken-Nambu Earthquake

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Yoshiharu Asaka

  • S-Wave Velocity Profiling by Joint Inversion of Microtremor Dispersion Curve and Horizontal-to-Vertical (H/V) Spectrum

    Hiroshi Arai;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • Building Damage Associated with Geotechnical Problems

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Hatsukazu Mizuno;Masaaki Kakurai

  • Effects of inertial and kinematic interaction on seismic behavior of pile with embedded foundation

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Hiroko Suzuki;Masayoshi Sato

  • CORRELATION BETWEEN LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE AND SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Akihiko Uchida

  • Settlement of Buildings on Saturated Sand During Earthquakes

    Yoshiaki Yoshimi;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • Elastic and Large-Strain Nonlinear Seismic Site Response from Analysis of Vertical Array Recordings

    Eric Yee;Jonathan P. Stewart;Kohji Tokimatsu

  • UNDRAINED CYCLIC SHEAR STRENGTH OF A DENSE NIIGATA SAND

    Yoshiaki Yoshimi;Kohji Tokimatsu;Osamu Kaneko;Yorio Makihara

  • Building damage associated with geotechnical problems in the 2011 Tohoku Pacific Earthquake

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Shuji Tamura;Hiroko Suzuki;Kota Katsumata

  • Soil Liquefaction–Induced Uplift of Underground Structures: Physical and Numerical Modeling

    Siau Chen Chian;Kohji Tokimatsu;Santana Phani Gopal Madabhushi

  • Use of Short‐Period Microtremors for Vs Profiling

    Kohji Tokimatsu;Kenichiro Shinzawa;Shinichi Kuwayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond B. Seed
Raymond B. Seed University of California, Berkeley
Ahmed Elgamal
Ahmed Elgamal University of California, San Diego
Misko Cubrinovski
Misko Cubrinovski University of Canterbury
Jonathan P. Stewart
Jonathan P. Stewart University of California, Los Angeles
Tarek Abdoun
Tarek Abdoun Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Armen Der Kiureghian
Armen Der Kiureghian University of California, Berkeley
Kenji Ishihara
Kenji Ishihara Chuo University
Ross W. Boulanger
Ross W. Boulanger University of California, Davis
Ricardo Dobry
Ricardo Dobry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
H. Bolton Seed
H. Bolton Seed University of California, Berkeley

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