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Tanahashi-Shimura Lab
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The lab uses laser measurement and numerical simulation to uncover how turbulence and flames work.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring turbulent flow and flames through experiments and computation
The Tanahashi-Shimura Lab studies turbulence and the combustion phenomena that occur within it.
By combining experiments, theory, and numerical simulation, the lab clarifies the underlying mechanisms and develops models for use in simulations.
It also works on reducing the frictional drag that fluids experience at walls, and on developing measurement systems that measure flows without touching them.
Some faculty members also conduct research that aims to understand fire phenomena and to consider efficient firefighting methods and environmental impacts.
Key terms
- Turbulence
- Irregular flow in which eddies of many sizes are mixed together. It promotes mixing, but also increases friction against walls
- Direct numerical simulation
- A computational method that solves the equations of flow and chemical reactions on a computer without simplifying them, down to fine eddies
- Particle image velocimetry (PIV)
- A measurement technique in which fine particles are mixed into a flow and lit with a laser, and their motion is recorded to obtain the distribution of flow speed
NewsLab news
Presented research at Science and Engineering Campus Visit 2026
Held a lab tour for undergraduates who plan to join the lab
A master's program student received multiple awards at the Thermal Engineering Conference 2025
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses experiments, theory, and numerical simulation to uncover the phenomena of reacting and non-reacting turbulence and to build models of them. It also works on reducing wall friction drag in fluids and on developing measurement systems that measure flows without touching them.
*Illustrative imageNear-Wall Turbulence and Friction Drag
The lab investigates turbulent flow in pipes using particle image velocimetry (PIV), a laser-based measurement technique. Its aim is to clarify the phenomena of wall friction drag and gain insights that lead to drag-reduction technologies.
*Illustrative imageDirect Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion
Using computational codes developed in the lab, it reproduces through direct numerical simulation how turbulence and combustion chemical reactions affect each other. Based on the results, the lab develops combustion models used in combustor design.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Inside Flames with Lasers
The lab visualizes turbulent flames by combining planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF), which uses a laser to make molecules in a flame glow, with stereo PIV, which measures velocity. It compares the results with numerical simulations so that each approach compensates for the other's weaknesses.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Tanahashi-Shimura Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMamoru TanahashiPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorMasayasu Shimura
- Associate ProfessorSayaka SuzukiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYe WangPublications ↗
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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: “Meker-Fisher burner 001” jasonwoodhead23 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Near-Wall Turbulence and Friction Drag: “PIV vectors of counter rotating vortices” Sanjibgurung / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Combustion: “DNS Velocity Field” Charlesreid1 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Inside Flames with Lasers: “PIV through stagnation flame” Photo by Sean Salusbury for Alternative Fuels Lab, McGill University, uploaded by AFLmcgill at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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