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Abe Lab
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A lab that uncovers and applies complex coupled phenomena through aeronautical physics.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on complex coupled phenomena through aeronautical physics.
Abe Lab uses "aeronautical physics" as its keyword and aims to uncover and apply complex coupled physical phenomena related to aeronautical engineering and neighboring fields.
Its research is divided into four areas: unsteady fluid analysis, aeroelastic analysis and design of aircraft, multiphysics analysis of advanced aircraft materials, and data-driven coupled mathematical models.
The lab also works on aircraft design using CFRP and on the aeroelastic design of offshore wind turbine blades.
Students from other universities are also welcome when joining the lab in the master's and doctoral programs.
Key terms
- Coupled phenomena
- Phenomena in which multiple physical effects occur while influencing one another, such as fluid flow and structural deformation.
- Aeroelasticity
- The phenomenon in which aerodynamic forces and structural deformation influence each other. The bending of a wing changes the flow, and that flow in turn exerts force on the wing again.
- CFRP
- A composite material made of plastic reinforced with carbon fibers. It is treated as a material used in aircraft design.
NewsLab news
Press release on research results on the aeroelastic design of large offshore wind turbine blades
Press release on a design framework for CFRP aircraft main wings
Associate Professor Abe received the Frontier Award of the Fluids Engineering Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
A master's student received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 2025 Lecture Meeting of the Northern Branch of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Press release on research results on multi-objective optimization of CFRP aircraft main wings
ResearchResearch themes
Abe Lab aims to uncover and apply phenomena in which multiple physical effects influence one another, in aeronautical engineering and neighboring fields. Its research proceeds in the areas of unsteady fluid analysis, aeroelasticity and design of aircraft, analysis of advanced materials, and data-driven coupled models.
*Illustrative imageFluid analysis with the latest hardware
In numerical analysis of compressible flow, the lab works on computational methods such as shock-capturing schemes. It also tackles direct numerical simulation of low-pressure turbine blades using GPUs, deflection control of airfoil wakes, and clarifying the lock-in phenomenon of an airfoil placed in a cylinder wake.
*Illustrative imageAeroelastic analysis and optimal design of aircraft
The lab works on the design of aircraft using CFRP, covering static aeroelastic analysis and transonic flutter analysis of the main wing, and buckling-tolerant design of the fuselage. For offshore wind turbines, it also carries out aeroelastic design of wind power blades.
*Illustrative imageMultiphysics analysis of advanced aircraft materials
The lab analyzes the thermophysical properties of highly reactive materials, for example by measuring the properties of molten metals with the gas-jet levitation method. For composite materials, it works on 3D printing of CFRP materials by FDM (fused deposition modeling) and on SPH analysis in generalized coordinates.
*Illustrative imageData-driven models that connect different physics
The lab aims to create data-driven coupled mathematical models that connect different physical phenomena. It uses reduced-order models for unsteady fluid–structure interaction analysis, and a fully decoupled solution method to analyze the main wing in static aeroelastic analysis of aircraft.
MembersFaculty
The members of Abe Lab consist of faculty members, project researchers, technical assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students. There are also Professors holding concurrent appointments.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorYoshiaki Abe
- Professor (Concurrent)Shigeru Obayashi
- Professor (Concurrent)Tomonaga Okabe
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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: “Offshore wind turbines with helicopter pads” Wikideas1 / CC0 (cropped)
- Fluid analysis with the latest hardware: “End-of-life” Dennis van Zuijlekom / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Aeroelastic analysis and optimal design of aircraft: “Kentish Flats Wind Farm - KE12 - blades - geograph.org.uk - 6242090” Rob Farrow / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Multiphysics analysis of advanced aircraft materials: “Composite 3d” PerOX / Public domain (cropped)
- Data-driven models that connect different physics: “A6-EEB, Airbus A380 of Emirates at Manchester Airport, )” Riik@mctr / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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