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Yanagimoto Lab
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The lab studies metal forming, which deforms metals to create shape and function at the same time.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating shape and creating function
The Yanagimoto Lab studies metal forming, in which force is applied to metals and other materials to deform them and form shapes.
The lab works on "advanced functional forming," which creates a shape while also controlling the internal microstructure of the material to produce its properties.
Its basic research includes theoretical analysis of deformation processing, development of new processing systems, and control of material microstructure.
The lab also has programs for accepting undergraduate thesis students and master's students from other universities, as well as researchers from companies.
Key terms
- Metal forming
- Processing that shapes metal and other materials by applying large force to cause permanent deformation that does not return to the original shape. Examples include rolling and pressing.
- CAE
- A technology that uses computers to calculate and predict the behavior of products and manufacturing processes so that they can be examined.
- Dislocation
- A linear disorder in a crystal where the arrangement of atoms is shifted. Metals deform when dislocations move.
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Advanced functional forming is a processing technology that aims to create shape and function at the same time, and it sits at the boundary between mechanical engineering (manufacturing technology) and materials technology. The lab pursues basic research such as theoretical analysis of deformation processing, development of deformation processing systems, and control of material microstructure.
*Illustrative imageAnalyzing Processing by Computer (CAE)
The lab researches CAE, which reproduces manufacturing processes on a computer. Its three pillars are simulation of nucleation and plastic deformation starting from the atomic level, 3D elastic-plastic FEM analysis of forming, and elastic-plastic theory.
*Illustrative imageMicrostructure Changes in High-Temperature Processing
The lab studies how the internal microstructure of a metal changes when it is deformed at high temperature, from two sides: an experimental method of reading the "material genome," and a method of analyzing microstructural change based on dislocation density.
*Illustrative imageManufacturing Systems for Composite Materials
The lab studies a wide range of manufacturing systems for mechanical materials, and has recently focused on composite materials. Its research has included hybrid thin sheets that combine thin sheets with resin or CFRP cores made by 3D printers.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Yanagimoto Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, collaborative researchers, visiting researchers and joint researchers, senior collaborators, specialist staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorJun Yanagimoto
- Assistant ProfessorYuji SatoPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Hengersor08” Original uploader was Szalax at hu.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Analyzing Processing by Computer (CAE): “Crossed tubes in contact calculation with GetFEM++” Logari81 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Microstructure Changes in High-Temperature Processing: “EBSD orientation map of ferrous lath martensite” Tiberio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Manufacturing Systems for Composite Materials: “Carbon fibre weave” Christine Twigg / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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