Masahiko Saito, Dr. Eng., Assistant Professor

Field of Instruction and Research:
Hydraulics
Groundwater Engineering

Research Activities:
Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers
Two-Phase Flow of Air and Water through Porous Media
Pumping operation in a leaky confined aquifer

Main Publications:

Masahiko SAITO; “Numerical Study on Fingering Flow in Non-Uniform Porous Media”, Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.25/No.1, 21-30, (2007)

Masahiko SAITO and Takeshi KAWATANI; “Two-Phase Flow Simulation of Rainfall Infiltration and Seepage Processes Considering Heterogeneity of Hydraulic Conductivity”, Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.23/No.1, 67-76, (2005)

Masahiko SAITO and Takeshi KAWATANI; “Scale Effects on Two-phase Flow of Air and Water through Porous Media”, Proc. 2nd Asian conference on Unsaturated Soils, 305-308, (2003)

Masahiko SAITO and Takeshi KAWATANI; “Simple Method for Generation of 1-D and 2-D Random Permeability Field by Using Stochastic Fractal Model”, Proc. 4th International conference on CALIBRATION AND RELIABILITY IN GROUNDWATER MODELING, vol.1, 176-179, (2002)

Masahiko SAITO and Takeshi KAWATANI; “Theoretical Study on Spatial Distribution of Hydraulic Conductivity”, Journal of geotechnical engineering, No.645, 3/50, pp.103-114, (2000)

Takeshi KAWATANI and Masahiko SAITO; "Two-phase Flow Simulation of Water-Sealing of Compressed Air Storage under Cyclic Pressure Change in Unlined Rock Cavern ", Proc. International conference on CALIBRATION AND RELIABILITY IN GROUNDWATER MODELING, Volume 1, pp.119-124 (1999)

Takeshi KAWATANI, Masahiko SAITO; "Numerical study of Feasibility of Compressed Air Storage in Soft Rock Cavern", Proc. 3rd International conference on Hydro-Science and -Engineering Volume 3, CD-ROM (1998)

Masahiko SAITO and Takeshi KAWATANI; "Estimation of Hydraulic Conductivities of a Leaky Aquifer System from Observed Drawdown", Proc. 3rd International conference on Hydro-Science and -Engineering Volume 3, CD-ROM (1998)

Takeshi KAWATANI, Masahiko SAITO and Jiro TSUCHIYAMA; "Inverse Analysis of Estimating Permeability of Semipervious Confining Layer", Proc. 27th IAHR Congress, Groundwater:An Endangered Resource, pp.45-50 (1997)

Takeshi KAWATANI, Masahiko SAITO and Jiro TSUCHIYAMA ;"Numerical study on Effects of Leakage from Phreatic Aquifer on Flow in Confined Aquifer", Proc. 27th IAHR Congress, Groundwater:An Endangered Resource, pp.355-360 (1997)