Research Promotion Board
Chair:Akio Hirose (Osaka University)
Ad-hoc Research Meeting:Prediction of Welding Distortion and Its Application to Actual Structures
ChairEiichi Murakawa (Osaka University)
AIM
Realize high quality assembly of weld structures with high productivity through physical/computational integration of welding/assembling technologies.
Main Activities
- Methodologies for accurate prediction of welding distortion
- Fast calculation technology with high accuracy
Ad-hoc Research Meeting:Advanced Analysis of Welding Phenomena
ChairHidenori Terasaki (Kumamoto University)
Vice-ChairYoshihisa Sechi (Kagoshima prefectural institute of industrial technology)
Vice-ChairYoshihisa Sechi (Kagoshima prefectural institute of industrial technology)
AIM
Serve as the "relay point" between members of Japan Welding Society for advanced analysis of welding phenomena
Main Activities
- Analysis with synchrotron radiation and neutron
- Seminar on advanced analysis method
Strategic Research Meeting:Dissimilar Materials Additive Manufacturing
ChairSoshu Kirihara (Osaka University)
AIM
Obtain knowledge of joining and welding phenomena in three-dimensional processing marked as additive manufacturing.
Main Activities
- Additive manufacturing process of metals and ceramics with functional structures
- Three-dimensional models designed by theoretical concepts for novel processing
Study Group:Interfacial Phenomena in Ultrasonic Welding of Aluminum Alloy
ChairHiromichi T. Fujii (Tohoku University)
AIM
Understand fundamental phenomena during ultrasonic welding of aluminum alloy.
Main Activities
- Mechanism of ultrasonic welding with focus on recrystallization near weld interface, shear deformation of surface asperities, friction with ultrasonic vibration and atomic diffusion in high dislocation density
- Analysis of interfacial phenomena