Several specialists had to be hired: a local historian to establish the building's past, an archeologist, an architect, an engineer and even a geologist to analyze the ground soil.
During the construction period, in situ ground settlement was measured in order to analyze the ground subsidence.
The numerical simulation software ANSYS was used to analyze the ground deformation and movements of underground mining for different values of the soil layer to bedrock ratio.
In this sense, force platforms have become an important tool to quantify and accurately analyze the ground reaction forces during physical activities.
Various micro-samples were taken in order to distinguish the materials and, in particular: (i) to analyze the ground layer and study its function; (ii) to typify the organic binders and the pigments of the polychrome films.
Before we analyze the ground deformation caused by the volcanic activity at Shinmoe-dake volcano, we need to pay attention to the regional deformation in southern Kyushu, because many previous studies have suggested a complicated ground-deformation field near Shinmoe-dake volcano.
