As an application of holography, we adopted it to analyze vibration charactaristics of rectangular model plates. We attemped to analyze natural frequencies using rectangular model plates, of which boundary conditions are controled by the depth of supported edges and by changing the stress on them. Furthermore, We obtained static deflections of model plates with various edge conditions by holography. The results of the experiments proved that natural frequencies changed according to edge conditions of the stress which varied continuously from simple supported to clamped one, and clamped and sasturation of supported edges were predicted by natural frequencies and static deflections.

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In the previous papers, the author presented identification equations of thermal diffusivity by the finite differential method (FD 32), the spline function method which uses the P-spline (SF 33), the divided differences (SFD 33) and the natural cubic spline (SNP 33) as the end conditions. Then the identification equation by the spline method (SF 33) was better than by the finite differential method (FD 32). In this paper, it is concluded that the spline method which uses the P-spline (SF 33) as the end conditions is better than th other spline methods (SFD 33, SNP 33) by the numerical experiments. And then the modified identification equation (ISF 33) of the spline method (SF 33) is presented and the conditions and accuracy are discussed by the experiment on a laboratory scale using polycarbonate specimen. According to the experiment, it is concluded that the system identification of thermal diffusivity by means of the suggested identification equations is possible with adequate accuracy. Additional conclusions of the study are as follows : Identification of thermal diffusivity by the equation ISF 33 is more accurate than those by the equation SF 33 or FD 32. Identifiable domain (αΔt/(Δx)^2) in case of ISF 33, where identification error (ε) is ε= -1.5- +1.0 %, is defined as αΔt/(Δx)^2=0.2-5.0. Identifiable domain in case of SF 33, where identification error is ε = -2.5- + 1.0 %, is defined as αΔt/(Δx)^2= 0.2-4.0. Identifiable domain in case of FD 32, where identification error is ε = - 1.0 - + 3.5 %, is defined as αΔt/(Δx)^2 =0.4 - 3.0.

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The study is carried out to clear the phenomenon of the flow of self-shiphonage, which is the main cause of the water seal loss in the trap. The drainage system for the experiments are attached an S trap to each sanitary fixture. The experiments were performed by changing some factors which seem to have influences on the characteristics of the drainage flow, and carried out for the case of washing in filled water and washing with running water. The influences fo these factors are qualitatively analyzed, and the phenomenon of the flow just before the finish of discharge was analyzed by the experiments which an S trap is attached to the sanitary fixture. This report is suggested four actual models of the discharge flow, as follows ; (1) the case of generating the initial water head in the inlet of the trap. (model 1) (2) the case of the inflow equal to discharge. (model 2) (3) the case of generating the initial water head by return water from the weir of the trap. (mode 13) (4) the case of the plug flow is occured just before the finish of discharge. (model 4) Depending on assuming those models, the authors consider that a theoretically analysis will be able to be produced in future.

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The classification and the distribution of building systems and the relation between climate, vegetation and distribution are reported in former reports. This is a report of the theory of the way of existence of building systems. We can recognise the species of building system as same as the biological world, when we survey the styles of building systems. The species of building systems exist as a community as a botanical community. So, some phenomenons of the way of existence of building systems are explained by the assistance of biological and ecological theory. The family tree of the species of building systems and even a kind of evolution in the historical change of the species are recognised. Then a new classification system of building systems unifying material, system, form is formed according to the theory, and 6 fundamental styles of building systems are abstructed. And at final stage, the 3 law of the distribution of building systems are explaned. 1. density- there are some high density communities called city. 2. similarity of nabours- nabour building systems have some similarity. 3, continuation and symmetry of distribution- styles of building systems change continuously and symmetrically.

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A well-conceived system of internal circulation of users is crucial for the proper functioning of mixed-use developments. Providing for this should ideally involve both movement systems and physical design which together make possible the integration of facilities which is so important. This study is to classify the degree of integration of physical configuration and to evaluate these characteristics from user's behavior and the degree of user's satisfaction. The results are summarized as follows : (1) Combining in a compact physical configuration allows squeezing the building upward and using less site area. In physical configuration of three or more facilities (uses), whenever one facility has no actual functional relationship with the others it will become excluded from the other facilities. (2) The systems of internal circulation in configurations involving three or four facilities break down into the same relationships as those with two facilities in the configuration. (3) The relation between functional model and space model in mixedor multiple-use buildings can be found by analysing the correlation of functional similarity with distance between rooms. (4) The ratio of users who use both facilities in a physical configuration is higher where there is common space between the facilities than where there is no common space. (5) Those who made use of both facilities evaluated mixed-use buildings highly and desired that the managements of the facilities should cooperate more effectively.

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An investigation of outbreak and spreading fires caused by an earthquake is considered much of protecting our city from earthquake damage. This paper deals with not only the outbreak fire estimated by making use of totally destroyed wooden houses and dangerous articles, but also the spreading fire based on the available factors inferred from big fires relating to spreading fire in the past. Especially, the effect of fire water supply is taken into consideration for the estimation of spreading fires at the standerd 500 m×500 m mesh in Nagoya city. The estimated results are summarized as follows ; (1) A number of outbreak fires is estimated in the area of the Nishi-ku, Nakagawa-ku and Nakamura-ku in the northern and north-western part of Nagoya city. (2) The area of spreaded fire damage is estimated at about four per cent of the 500 m^2 mesh area, under the conditions of 60 minutes after the outbreak fire and the wind velocity of 3. 7 m/s which is the mean valus. (3) The spreading fire damage in the case of the assumed Nobi earthquake, under the conditions of 60 minutes after outbreak fires and the wind velocity of 3.7 m/s and 10.0 m/s, is estimated at 10.9 and 20.1 per cent of the subject area of the present investigation, respectively. (4) In considering the damaged premise from the results of this paper, it is closely related with both the wind velocity and the general wooden houses percentage of the total wooden houses including fireretardant wooden houses. The damage seems to increase much more repidly with values over 65 par cent of the general wooden houses percentage.

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Our object in this paper is to find a new service area of the park for children. In this paper, we named "the base point of playing" for the child's house that is the nearest to the playing place among houses of a child own and of his friends' whom play with. By the distribution of distances from the base points of playing to the playing places and by the percentage of the number of plays in the parks to the total number of plays (in parks, on roads, in vacant lots), at intervals of 20 meters from parks, we try to show that we can recognize the existence of a new service area smaller than the service area that have been recognized, and that we can recognize the different tendensy of using parks between inside of a new service area and outside of it. The resolts in this study are as follows ; (1) In cases that children play in the parks, the most of basic points of playing are included in a circle area (a radius of 80 meters from the park). (2) In cases that the distances from the basic points to the park are shorter than 80 meters, the number of play in the parks is larger than both the number of play on the roads and the number of play in vacant lots. And, in cases that the distances from the basic points to the park are longer than 80 meters, the number of play in the parks is smaller than both the number of play on the roads and the number of play in vacant lots. (3) The service area of the park for children is about 80 meters from the park.

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The main subjects argued in this article are as follows. 1. Characteristics of the "Fushin Oboecho" and "Sakuryo Kanjocho". 2. Contents of the Fushin Oboechos which include the expenses of the master carpenter, Hikozaemon, as well as names, working days and wages of carpenters and apprentices. 3. Profits and expenses in some building works by contract. 4. Contents of the Sakuryo Kanjocho, a sort of paying notes of the wages of carpenters and apprentices.

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The object of the present paper is to obtain the method for specifying the image of the space for Japanese traditional architecture and is to evaluate these spaces. Thirty-five traditional spaces were evaluated by thirty students with fifty rating scales, about fifteen years ago. Factor analysis had been applied to the data and yielded three main factors, which were interpreted as (i) gorgeousness, (ii) hardness and (iii) strictness. This time, twenty spaces of various types of buildings and of various ages was selected for the test : half of them were the exterior of buildings and the others the interior. The people who obsearved the spaces were thirty students whose major were architecture. The three rating scales written in Chinese character, which mean gorgeousness, hardness and strictness were used for the test, as well as fifty rating scales mentioned above. Image factor analysis was also applied to the data matrix of 20 samples × 50 scales and yielded two main factors, which were interpreted as (i) gorgeousness and (ii) hardness. Then the coefficients of correlation of the scores of three Chinese rating scales and the factor scores from the factor analysis were obtained. The score of the first factor was found to be strongly correlated with the score of Chinese gorgeousness scale and the score of second factor with the score of Chinese hardness scale. Therefore, Japanese traditional spaces can be simply and easily evaluated by rating the two scales : Chinesegorgeousness and Chinese-hardness. The twenty architectural spaces were plotted on the semantic space of gorgeousness and hardness axes.

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Puisqu' on peut voir une serie des motifs de "la main" chez ses oeuvres artistiques, l'important place de "LA MAIN OUVERTE" a Chandigarh devant la chaine de l'Himalaya se trouve pour l'interpretation de l'oeuvre de Le Corbusier. Pour y decouvrir l'idee de l'Art Moderne, il faut que se presenter surtout K. A. Fiedler et R. G. Collingwood. Or "la semiologie" par F. Saussure et R. Barthes partage "un langage primitif" avec l'idee de l'Art Moderne dans "LA MAIN OUVERTE". Il faut le souligner. Car, c'est la qu'on puisse tirer 1'interpretation cosmique et, en meme temps, concevoir l'expression corporelle de l'emotion de Le Corbusier. Dans ce contexte, il evoque le dechiffrement de "LA MAIN OUVERTE" comme ce qui suit : Par le bapteme de "La Marn Ouverte" l'espace de Le Corbusrer devient "tout pres". C'est a dire, il y est saisi comme par la main. En s'y formant ce langage primitif, une action active du corps appuie ce phenomene cosmique. A savoir, on peut dire ici que a "La Main Ouverte" Le Corbusier a gagne une liberte du corps humain a travers ses oeuvres artistiques. Elle y signifie une Personnification de l'idee de l'Art Moderne, d'un cote, definie par K.A. Fiedler.

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G.Takeda was ordered to go to England, France, and Germany for the study of design from March 1901 to July 1903. He stayed in London and Paris for relatively long terms, and then visited south France, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Vienna. In his study abroad he became familiar with the Art Nouveau and Modern Movements in European architecture. This meeting between a Japanese architect and the new architectural movements in Europe was a significant event in the history of Modern Architecture in Japan. Tracing Takeda's life in Europe, this paper deals with his interpretation of Art Nouveau and his ideas of Modern Architecture. In conclusion, it seems to be obvious that he intended to create a so to speak "Japanese Secession" based on nationalism and rationalism.

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