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Outfitting Lab
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A lab that uses fiber optic sensors and composite materials to make ships and structures lighter and smarter.
AboutAbout the lab
Lighter and smarter through composites and sensing.
The Outfitting Lab researches how to make structures lighter and smarter, building on composite materials and intelligent materials technologies.
Outfitting (gisō) is the stage of building a ship in which the equipment needed for operation is installed.
The lab aims to create lightweight, smart structures using fiber optic sensors and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).
The lab also conducts research and development on health monitoring, in which fiber optic sensors measure the shape and deformation of a structure to assess its structural integrity.
Key terms
- Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP)
- A composite material made by binding thin carbon fibers with resin. It is light and strong.
- Health Monitoring
- A technology that attaches sensors to a structure and continuously measures its condition to check for damage or deterioration.
- Digital Twin
- A technology that recreates the state of a real object inside a computer, based on information about the object collected by sensors.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to realize lightweight, smart structures using fiber optic sensors and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). It conducts research and development on shape sensing and deformation identification with fiber optic sensors, and on health monitoring (structural integrity assessment).
*Illustrative imageDigital Twin of a Ship Hull
This research concerns digital twins, which recreate the state of a structure on a computer. It estimates the deformation of an entire ship hull from strain measured by fiber optic sensors at a limited number of locations.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Shape with Optical Fibers
Fiber optic sensors can measure the distribution of strain along the fiber. The lab aims to put shape sensors to practical use by solving challenges such as cable twisting and large deformation through advanced modeling and machine learning.
*Illustrative imageStructural Analysis System i-SAS
The lab developed i-SAS, a structural analysis system that estimates the present and future states of a structure from sensor measurements. In tank tests of a model ship at the National Maritime Research Institute, it showed that the system can estimate responses in real time.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Outfitting Lab consist of faculty, administrative staff, researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorHideaki MurayamaPublications ↗
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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: “Carbon fiber roving” Acheolg / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Digital Twin of a Ship Hull: “Bulk carrier Sea Etiquette at the Kwinana Bulk Terminal, August 2021 14” Calistemon / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Shape with Optical Fibers: “Red optical fibers” Tyler Nienhouse / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Structural Analysis System i-SAS: “NewcastleTowingTank” Xtrememachineuk at English Wikipedia / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hirabayashi Lab (Ocean Space Planning Lab)): “Hywind Wind Farm, off Peterhead - geograph.org.uk - 7226685” Mike Pennington / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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