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Inoue-Sakaguchi Lab
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A lab that studies how the materials of machines and structures deform and fail.
AboutAbout the lab
Lifetime strength design of machines and materials.
The Inoue-Sakaguchi Lab studies how materials used in automobiles, aircraft, power plants, and more deform and fail when subjected to force.
The lab tackles a wide range of problems related to mechanics of materials, including elastoplasticity, fracture mechanics, and material strength.
It investigates the mechanisms by which deformation and fracture progress, using information obtained from methods such as stress measurement with infrared light and defect detection with ultrasound.
Based on these results, the lab publishes design guidelines for highly reliable materials and structures.
Key terms
- Stress
- The intensity of the force acting inside an object when it is subjected to force. It is expressed as force per unit area
- Fracture mechanics
- The mechanics that deals with how flaws and cracks inside a material grow under force and eventually lead to failure
- Elastoplasticity
- The mechanics that deals with both deformation that returns to its original state when the force is removed (elastic) and deformation that does not (plastic)
NewsLab news
Paper published in Materials & Design
A master's student received the Excellent Young Presenter Award from the Kanto Branch of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Master's and undergraduate students received the Graduate Research Encouragement Award and other awards
A master's student received the Excellent Young Presentation Award at the Young Researchers' Symposium on High-Temperature Strength of the Society of Materials Science, Japan
The lab received the Paper Award from the Fatigue Division Committee of the Society of Materials Science, Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab tackles a wide range of problems in mechanics of materials, focusing on real phenomena involved in the deformation and fracture of materials under force. Using information obtained through measurement, it delves into the fundamentals of deformation and fracture, and applies this to design guidelines for highly reliable materials and structures.
*Illustrative imageMechanics of material deformation and fracture
The materials in mechanical structures are subjected to forces that depend on the environment and role in which they are used. The lab investigates how such materials deform and fail, using the concepts of elastoplasticity, fracture mechanics, and material strength.
*Illustrative imageMeasurement with infrared light and ultrasound
The lab captures the state of materials through methods such as stress measurement with infrared light and defect detection with ultrasound, and uses this to clarify how deformation and fracture progress.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Inoue-Sakaguchi Lab consist of faculty, administrative assistants, research fellows, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHirotsugu InouePublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorMotoki SakaguchiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYu KurokawaPublications ↗
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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).
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