Abstract
In the Great East Japan Earthquake, many coastal and port structures were damaged by tsunami wave forces exceeding the design tsunami forces. For that reason, various kind of structures based on the concept of "resilient structure" in which deformation does not progress rapidly even if a tsunami exceeding the design one acts, have been proposed and some of them have already been practically applied. In this special session, four research papers were presented and a panel discussion was held for the purpose of reconsidering the fundamental concept of resilient structure, introducing design and construction cases considering resilient structure, and proposing new type structures. Through paper presentations and discussions, important findings and issues were extracted to adopt "resilient structure" in practical design and construction.
