New Releases by Osamu Takahashi

The high damping force of oil damper vibration control systems in buildings offers relative safety during earthquakes and at a low environmental cost. The oil damper is connected using braces in series and is installed with pins to the building structure, which minimizes the impact on the building structure and allows installation and removal with ease. This is the first book detailing experimental work and cases of the use of oil dampers in buildings. It shows their effectiveness by detailing the testing and analysis of buildings with them placed at braced positions, exposed to small amplitude vibration, and without them. • The only comprehensive presentation of oil damper vibration control • Covers analysis and design, with case studies and details of testing and experimental results The book is organized systematically to suit students and junior professionals in structural design as well as more specialist engineers. An additional Python code sample is available online for learning the behaviors of oil dampers (Jupyter Notebook environment required). Osamu Takahashi is a professor at Tokyo University of Science, founder of Science Kozo Inc., and an advisor to the New International Structural Design & Engineering Challenge Association, in Japan. Atsuki Yokoyama works in the Research and Development Department of Sanwa Tekki Corporation and has a PhD in Engineering from Tokyo University of Science.

The most popular Evangelion spinoff ever returns to finish the story! While a school play starring Rei and Asuka as star-crossed lovers makes some ponder just where Shinji fits in, the question of whether he can make up his mind may become moot as SEELE makes their final bid to seize the Magi System with a ruthless scheme—taking Rei’s own memories hostage! Collects Neon Genesis Evangelion—The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Volumes 16–18.

After catching Souta cheating on her with not one, not two, but three other women, a devastated Rikka starts to avoid him completely. And with the help of the demon Gremory, she finds that she doesn’t need him to feel pleasure anyway! What Rikka doesn’t realize, however, is that her fantasies aren’t all what they seem to be...Can Souta uncover the reasons behind her strange new behavior before it’s too late?

As the curse spreads, Souta, Makoto, and Shino are continuing their twisted relationship when a new student, Koyuki Nonomiya, transfers to their school. She has a contract with the demon Gremory, a friend and rival of Zepar, and wants in on all the fun! Having caught a photo of Souta in the act, Koyuki uses it to blackmail him into further depravity...

Souta Takatsuki and his neighbor Rikka Amanome have been like brother and sister since they were kids, but his feelings for her run much deeper. With her birthday coming up, he wants to find the perfect gift, which presents itself in the form of a book from a mysterious shop he happens across. The owner doesn’t even charge him, saying he’ll return to pay eventually...Souta is wholly unprepared for the insatiable passion the book inspires in Rikka, and it seems the ultimate price of this gift may be hefty indeed...

The aim of this experimental study was to determine if the indirect tensile (IDT) strength test results for Marshall cylindrical specimens are associated with a laboratory evaluation parameter for the rutting resistance of wearing course hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures. We investigated a wide range of HMA mixtures with various aggregate gradations; the specimens consisted of seven Vietnamese and six Indonesian HMA mixtures with a 12.5-mm nominal maximum particle size. Three different fine aggregates from two sources (natural sand and manufactured screening) were used to fabricate these HMA specimens. Wheel tracking tests were also conducted to verify the validity of the IDT strength test as a potential indicator of rutting resistance in HMA mixtures. The experimental results showed that the IDT strength test using Marshall cylindrical specimens has potential applications for evaluating rutting resistance, regardless of aggregate source. The study also explored the effects of fine aggregate on the resistance of HMA mixtures to permanent deformation. Overall, fine aggregate significantly influenced the rutting resistance of mixtures when the aggregate gradations were controlled to achieve the same gradations. In contrast, fine aggregates with different gradations were not strongly associated with the rutting resistance of HMA mixtures.

SEELE''s frustrations with Gendo''s plans leads their agent inside the school to abduct Shinji and place him under their mental control...which means Rei and Asuka must put aside their own rivalry long enough to join forces and rescue him!

In Book Three, Shinji, Rei, and Asuka at last begin to train as a team for real combat, weapons in hand...stalking a giant gelatinous creature with a spherical "core" they must take out. If this kind of mission sounds strangely familiar, you''re right--but if things go as usual, it''s poor Shinji who''ll get called the slimeball! And even as the lab deals with the fallout of the Jet Alone affair, can they stand the stress of a relaxing game of company baseball with Gendo...?

If Rei and Asuka fear they''re never going to get anywhere with Shinji...why not cut out the middleman? Cast as star-crossed lovers in the school play, the two girls are going to share a kiss on stage in front of the entire school, but is it really just an act? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet! Khara, Inc. is a Japanese animation studio best known for its work on the Rebuild of Evangelion film tetralogy. Studio Khara is the primary an animation production studio. It was founded by Hideaki Anno in May 2006. Anno remains president of the studio. The name khara comes from the Greek word χαρα, meaning joy. The author lives in Japan.

Book Two introduces Mana Kirishima, the mysterious transfer student who might be more capable than even Rei and Asuka...and who''s definitely more capable when it comes to making moves on Shinji! The four of them will get a chance to show their elders what they can do (and hopefully not kill each other in the process) when Yui takes them all on a field trip to a facility run by her greatest rival from school¬--to see Japan''s newest, nuclear-powered giant robot! What could possibly go wrong?

The famous final episode of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime TV show imagined the show''s main characters in an alternate world where friendship and romance could be as important as their task to pilot the Evangelion. That premise forms the storyline of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project! Stunning, hot-headed Asuka Langley Soryu has been friends with Shinji Ikari since they were little. And she always sort of assumed they''d stay together--until the day the beautiful, brilliant Rei Ayanami showed up in class! When Shinji starts to get curious about Rei, Asuka needs to figure out if she wants to be just friends with Shinji, or something more. But why are so many people keeping an eye on these relationships--people like homeroom teacher Misato, school nurse Ritsuko, and Shinji''s mother--NERV''s chief scientist, Yui Ikari...?

Shinji Ikari remembers having met the charming, mysterious Kaworu during childhood. But that’s not all–Kaworu has more shocking truths to share about Shinji’s own father, Gendo! Shinji and Kaworu, along with their friends Asuka and Rei, must do battle to put an end to Gendo’s crazed rampage! Can four teenagers put a stop to the destruction of the Y’ggdrasil, the Life-Tree, the pillar sustaining our dimension and reality? The ultimate fight is on! * The saga concludes in this astonishing volume! * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse is a new, original adaptation of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series. • Featuring exceptional artwork, color pages, notes from first-time creator Mingming, and your letters!

The most famous anime/manga franchise of the last 20 years, Neon Genesis Evangelion has aired in the US on Adult Swim. Of all the unbelievable things that have happened in The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, perhaps the most shocking is that Yui has finally managed to dig Kyoko out from her laboratory to join the crew on a forest retreat! Asuka and Shinji are bound to get close by accident, but wait — are they actually getting closer? Then it''s back to target training for the students but this time the arena is their school, and the targets are shooting back!

Accompanied by his high-strung “frenemy” Asuka Langley, Shinji sets out to locate Misato Katsuragi. On a journey through the underground tunnel beneath the school abbey, Shinji sees something that shouldn’t-couldn’t-exist! Suddenly, before his eyes, the sinister role played by Shinji’s father Gendo in the whole conspiracy becomes shockingly clear! * A new take on the internationally successful Neon Genesis Evangelion mythos from creator Mingming! * Interest in the Evangelion series is reaching new heights with the theatrical release of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. * Each volume contains gorgeous color artwork, creator notes, and your fan mail!

Take me out to the brawl game! Gendo’s latest scheme for fatherly bonding should have seen another draft before putting baseball bats in the hands of his employees. Then, a mysterious hack into the MAGI system brings out all the brilliant mothers in force: not only Shinji’s and Asuka’s, but also the system’s creator...Ritsuko’s mom, Naoko Akagi! * Includes your fan art, letters, and special giveaways! * Bonus color pages begin each volume. * Interest in the Evangelion series is reaching new heights with the theatrical release of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies.

Shinji is never quite sure whether he''s in a relationship or just some sort of bizarre lab experiment, and he probably didn''t need yet another cute, mysterious individual to arrive in his homeroom. But that''s just what he''s going to get in the person of Mana Kirishima. Will she prove to be a girlfriend of steel... or more of an iron maiden?

You didn''t really think all this raising being inflicted on Shinji by his parents and guardian was without constructive purpose, did you... a purpose, perhaps, related to giant robotlike things? As Yui deals with the fallout from the Jet Alone affair, her son tries to mind his own affairs... but usually just ends up falling.

Now, it''s important for a father to participate when it''s time for a parent-teacher conference, but you''re still going to feel a little nervous as the student — or, if your father''s name is Gendo Ikari, a lot nervous! While Shinji''s girl troubles continue to be a public spectacle, Kaworu and Ritsuko are going behind his back... straight to SEELE. Love, comedy, and mystery continue in Volume 3!

Even as Gendo plots to submit his entire staff to aerobics training, the sinister SEELE has sent Kaworu Nagisa to sabotage Gendo and Yui''s more private objectives... which means he''s soon enrolling in Shinji''s class! Such a pretty boy starts turning heads inside homeroom 2-A, even Shinji''s — which causes Rei and Asuka to agree to join forces, on the grounds that Kaworu''s presence could cause trouble for NERV. The irony is that, even if that''s just their excuse, they''re right!

Don''t say "crazy"! The campus culture festival is coming up for the students of Class 2-A, and in manga these days that means not only cosplay, but starting an all-girl band! But what are they supposed to do about the fact that the keyboardist, Shinji, isn''t, um, a girl? Well, that''s when it''s time for a little crossplay! Plus, a special bonus 4-koma (four panel gag strip) feature!

Face the thing that should not be! At last, Shinji, Rei, and Asuka are being trained for actual combat, gats in hand - stalking a giant gelatinous creature with a spherical "core" they must take out. If this kind of mission sounds strangely familiar, you''re right - but if things go as usual, it''s poor Shinji who''ll get called the slimeball!

Au jour le jour, Asuka observe l''intimité grandissante entre Rei et Shinji. Pour conserver sa place en tant qu'' " amie d''enfance ", elle tourne inlassablement autour de Shinji. Mais un jour, elle assiste à un moment crucial de la relation entre Shinji et Rei, celui où tout bascule. Voici le tome 4 de la version " écolière " d''Evangelion, plus que jamais théâtre de nombreux bouleversements !