RESEARCH FACILITIES

Indoor Facilities Outdoor Facilities

Indoor Facilities

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1Wheel Tracking Machine 2 Large dynamic triaxial compression test apparatus
   
3Wheel Running Machine 4 High-speed hydraulic channel
   
5 Wave basin 6 Hydraulic servo examination machine
   
7 Centrifuge 8 Indoor icy-road driving test machine
   
9 Irregular oscillatory water tunnel 10 Hydrogen energy device(Demonstration facilities)

Outdoor Facilities

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1 Concrete Experiment Site on the Rumoi Coast
Location: Mashike-cho, Mashike-gun Area: 196m2
Test facility for influences of sea breeze and damage from salt on concrete
2 Ishikari Hydraulic Experimental Station Ishikari Blizzard Experimental Station
Location: 4, Oyafuru 10-sen, Ishikari City Area: approx. 37 ha
Maximum flow rate for experiment: 1,250 L/s
Cold-region test road: Total length: L = 800 m (straight part: L = 300 m; curves: L = 500 m)
Large-sized facility for tests of water flow, ITS and fissured rocks
3 Kakuyama Experiment Site
Location: 168-47, Kakuyama, Ebetsu City Area: approx. 2.7 ha
Facilities for loading tests of large-sized structures including bridges, tunnels and defense walls
4 Cold-Region Test Driving Course in Tomakomai
Location: Kashiwabara, Tomakomai City Area: approx. 21 ha
Course for driving tests for cold, snowy regions
5 Construction Test Field in Tomakomai
Location: Kashiwabara, Tomakomai City Area: approx. 2.5 ha
Experiment field for filling and frost heave
6 Concrete Frost Damage Experiment Site in Bibi
Location: Misawa, Tomakomai City Area: 1,802m2
Test facility for frost damage influence on concrete
7 Research Facility for the Regional System and Technology for Energy Supply
Location: 108, Nakanishibetsu, Betsukai-cho, Notsuke-gun (attached to Experiment Site for Resource Circulation System in Betsukai)
A series of empirical tests are conducted to generate electricity using fuel cells as part of "research for a regional system and technology for energy supply to facilitate measures against global warming."
The facility is open to the public on the first Tuesday of odd month
8 Experiment Site for Resource Circulation System in Betsukai
Location: 108, Nakanishibetsu, Betsukai-cho Area: approx. 8.5 ha
Site for validation study on resource circulation project for cold, snowy regions
The facility is open to the public on the first Tuesday of odd month
9 Experiment Site for Resource Circulation System in Yubetsu
Location: 135, Fukushima, Yubetsu-cho, Mombetsu-gun Area: approx. 2 ha
Site for validation study on resource circulation project for cold, snowy regions