YAMASHITA Minoru | ![]() |
Title | Professor |
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Department | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
Course | Mechanical Engineering Course |
Research areas are in impact deformation processing and structural crashworthiness. Their aims are to develop innovative plastic forming process and improvement in energy absorption performance of structural component. Experimental and numerical studies are performed.
Current research topics are as follows:
Plastic forming processes, such as sheet metal drawing and shearing, and material testing under high-rate deformation are of interest. The laboratory equips deep-drawing, drop-hammer impact and split Hopkinson bar testing apparatuses.
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Fig.1 Impact blanking of CFRP plate by impulsive fluid pressure |
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Fig.2 Axial crush deformation of adhesive bonded tubular structure |
Plastic Forming, Impact Deformation, Crashworthiness