Prof.Dr.Tatsunori  Matsumoto

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,  Kanazawa University,
2-40-20 Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Japan 920-8667.     
Phon (+81) (0)76-234-4625    Fax (+81) (0)76-234-4625
E-mail  matsumot@t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Educational and Professional Experience

1974 - 1978  Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa University.
                     Awarded the degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering.
1978 - 1979  Research student of Department of Civil Engineering,  Kanazawa University.
1979 - 1981  Master Course of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Kanazawa                      University.Awarded the degree of Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering.
1981 - 1991  Research Associate at the Department of Civil Engineering,
                     Kanazawa University.
1991-1998   Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering,
                     Kanazawa University.
1999-present  Professor at Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Natural                      Science and Technology and College of Scicence and Engineering,                       Kanazawa University.

1989             Awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering for a thesis entitled
                     "Estimation of Dynamic and Static Bearing Capacity of Steel Pipe Piles"
                     (in Japanese) from Kyoto University.

March to November, 1994
                     Stay at Geotechnical Laboratory, Technical University of Delft, Department                      of Civil Engineering as an Overseas Fellowship by Japanese Ministry of                      Education and Science

Membership of academic societies

                        International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering  (ISSMGE).
Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS).
Japan Society of Civil Engineering (JSCE).
Architectural Institute of Japan.

Prof. Matsumoto is now with Kanazawa University in Japan for nearly 32 years. He was educated at the Kanazawa University and received his Doctoral Degree from Kyoto University for his work on steel pipe piles in 1989. He has extensive research and practical experience on piled foundations and piled raft foundations. Prof. Matsumoto has a Shake Table Facility for the study of dynamic and earthquake type of behaviour of piled foundations. He has also worked on the centrifuge with pile groups and piled raft foundations in collaboration with Taisei Corporation.

His research work on piled raft foundations range from the simplified calculation methods of Poulos-Davis and Randolph (PDR Method), Burland’s method to approximate computer based methods such as the strip on spring and plate on spring approaches and hybrid methods. He has also worked on more rigorous method using boundary elements and finite elements.
From his vast practical experience, Prof. Matsumoto has selected more than ten case histories involving piled raft foundations in Japan. These foundations are under various soil conditions. These studies involve the long term performance as well.

Prof. Matsumoto also has wide experience in the seismic design of raft and piled raft foundations. Prof. Matsumoto is one of the authors of the computer software PRAB—Piled Raft Analysis with Batter Piles. With this software piled raft foundation can be analyzed with vertical and horizontal loads as well as moment .Prof. Matsumoto has travelled very widely and have lecture red in Piled foundation and Piled Raft Foundations. He has also published his research work in numerous journals and conferences.

He is a member of Editorial Committee of SEAGS/AGSSEA Journal.

He is the Chariman of IS-Kanazawa 2012: The 9th International Conference on Testing and Design Methods for Deep Foundations held in Kanazawa, Japan, from 18 to 20 September, 2012.