Engineering for earthquake disaster prevention based on observations, experiments, and analyses

Abstract

NTT FACILITIES has established three unique earthquake resistant techniques used for observations, experiments, and analyses in order to provide a reliable telecommunications infrastructure. We aim to realize a resilient society and are therefore working on developing new technology for earthquake disaster prevention by further advancing and linking these existing techniques. We introduce in this article an overview of these techniques and also describe the concept of structural health monitoring that has been a recent focus of development.