日本大学生産工学部　生産工学部研究報告A51-2

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─ 34 ─Biographical Sketches of the AuthorTadashi Abe is a Professor with the College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University. He was born in Iwate, Japan on May 16, 1948. Dr. Abe received his Bachelor of Engineering in 1972 and Doctorate of Engineering in 2004 from Nihon University. He specializes in the study of structural engineering, bridge engineering and maintenance management engineering, having authored a number of technical papers. Dr. Abe is a member of JSCE, JSMS and JCI. His main research themes are: (1) study of the evaluation of load carrying capacity and fatigue resistance of RC slabs for highway bridges; (2) effects of load uctuation on fatigue resistance of RC slabs; (3) development of replacement slabs for damaged RC slabs.