Professors:Ogawa & Ichikawa Laboratory

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  • Prof. Kazuhiro OGAWA

    Major Field:
    Reliability engineering on Strength for high temperature materials, Surface modification and coating engineering
    Research Area:
    In order to maintain long-term reliability and safety of energy converting machines and its construction materials for power-generating units such as thermal power plants or solar cells etc., it has been carrying out that elucidation of degradation mechanisms for the power-generating units focusing on nano/microstructures and development of high sensitivity and high accuracy non-destructive evaluation techniques. Moreover, in order to prolong lifetime of the energy converting machines, it has been developing high performance coating and repairing techniques.
    Research Achievement:
    Academic Research Staff at Tohoku University: Kazuhiro OGAWA
    TEL:
    +81-22-795-7542
    FAX:
    +81-22-795-4311
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  • Associate Prof. Yuji ICHIKAWA

    Major Field:
    Surface modification, Thermal spray, Strength of materials, Fatigue
    Research Area:
    Cold spray technique such as new surface modification technology has received considerable attention in recent year. In order to extend the application field of this deposition, I pursue research on deposition mechanism of it and understanding the relatioh ship between mechanical properties and microstructure. Understanding of material strength properties such as fatigue and fracture is necessary to ensure the reliability of the infrastructures and equipment large structures. It aims to develop testing and evaluation methods and the elucidation of the fatigue fracture phenomenon.
    Research Achievement:
    Academic Research Staff at Tohoku University: Yuji ICHIKAWA
    TEL:
    +81-22-795-4826
    FAX:
    +81-22-795-4311
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  • Assistant Prof. Chrystelle BERNARD

    Major Field:
    Thermomechanical behavior of polymers under extreme conditions, Numerical simulations
    Research Area:
    Recently, the cold-spray technique has been extended to polymer materials to obtain coatings that are able to protect metallic structures against erosion, corrosion, cavitation, etc. However, polymer coatings are difficult to process because of lack of understanding of coating formation mechanisms, especially its viscoelastic behavior. Thus, improving the quality of polymer coating requires the development of constitutive equations to predict and simulate by FEM the thermomechanical behavior of polymers during the cold spray process.
    TEL:
    +81-22-795-6933
    FAX:
    +81-22-795-4311
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  • Assistant Prof. Hiroki SAITO

    Major Field:
    Coating process, Magnetohydrodynamics
    Research Area:
    To develop a high-quality coating technique that contributes to extend the lifetime of the structure and achieves advanced performance, I aim to elucidate the mechanism of the physical chemistry process to improve the joining of materials of different kinds. My research revolves around the development of cold spray assisted by laser or low-temperature plasma using experiments and numerical simulations to produce a coating with strong adhesion strength using dissimilar materials.
    TEL:
    +81-022-795-6933
    FAX:
    +81-022-795-4311
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