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Inue Lab
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The lab creates extreme-environment materials for use under harsh conditions.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating innovative extreme-environment materials and putting them to practical use in society
The Inue Lab studies high-temperature structural materials and coatings for jet engines and similar applications, as well as lightweight composite materials for automobiles and infrastructure structures.
Through composite technologies that combine metals, ceramics, and plastics, the lab aims to bring out properties that a single material cannot achieve.
For CMCs used in aircraft engines and CFRPs used in automobiles and aircraft, the lab investigates strength mechanisms and the processes of damage and degradation through experiments and numerical simulation.
The lab welcomes not only those specializing in mechanical engineering but also people with a wide range of interests and strengths.
Key terms
- CMC
- Ceramic matrix composite: a composite material in which ceramics are reinforced with fibers. It overcomes brittleness and can accumulate damage internally.
- CFRP
- Carbon fiber reinforced plastic: a high-performance, lightweight material used in automobiles, aircraft, and infrastructure structures.
- Melt infiltration
- A method in which molten metal is infiltrated into a porous body and reacts with a carbon source to form the matrix.
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Best presentation awards at the 11th International Congress on Ceramics
A master's student received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Autumn Symposium of the Ceramic Society of Japan
Results on three-dimensional analysis of defects during sintering were accepted by the Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Results on evaluating the heat resistance of ultra-high-temperature ceramic composite materials were accepted by the Journal of Composite Science
Results on three-dimensional multiscale analysis were accepted by Ceramics International
ResearchResearch themes
The lab targets high-temperature structural materials and coatings for jet engines and similar applications, and lightweight composite materials for automobiles and infrastructure structures. Its research falls broadly into three types: basic research that creates new materials, measurement and evaluation techniques that capture changes in materials, and practical research that verifies whether the developed materials are usable.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment and Evaluation of CMCs for Jet Engines
CMCs are ceramics reinforced with woven ceramic fibers, and their application to high-temperature components such as turbine blades in jet engines of commercial aircraft is about to advance. The lab works on simulating manufacturing processes and on establishing life prediction and reliability assurance technologies.
*Illustrative imageCMCs and Coatings for Atmospheric Re-entry Environments
Components of reentry vehicles and supersonic aircraft are exposed to temperatures above 2000°C. The lab develops composite materials that combine carbon fibers with ultra-high-temperature ceramics, along with heat-resistant coatings. It conducts wind tunnel tests at the JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, and uses both experiments and analysis to understand phenomena in environments where oxidation and mechanical loads from dynamic pressure occur at the same time.
*Illustrative imageSimulation of CMC Manufacturing Processes
The lab reproduces how metal infiltrates a porous body in the melt infiltration process, using fluid simulation that accounts for interfacial reactions, and searches for optimal manufacturing conditions. By developing this into process informatics, the lab aims for manufacturing that does not depend on intuition or tacit know-how.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Inue Lab are faculty, master's students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Ryo Inue
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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: “UV Cured Powder Coating on Carbon Fiber” Speedoflight1 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Development and Evaluation of CMCs for Jet Engines: “Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 jet engine” Jorge Láscar / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- CMCs and Coatings for Atmospheric Re-entry Environments: “Opportunity heat shield Sol335B P2364 L456-B339R1” NASA/JPL/Cornell / Public domain (cropped)
- Simulation of CMC Manufacturing Processes: “Composite 3d” PerOX / Public domain (cropped)
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