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Kawada Lab
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A lab that experimentally investigates how composite materials in aircraft and spacecraft fail.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying how lightweight, strong materials fail.
Kawada Lab studies how composite materials used in aircraft and spacecraft fail.
The lab conducts experiments that apply various environments and loads to composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) to examine how they fail.
The lab also conducts joint research with JAXA and companies, aiming to propose new ways of using materials and new design methods.
Key terms
- CFRP
- A lightweight, strong composite material made by combining carbon fibers with plastic
- FRP
- A general term for lightweight, strong composite materials in which plastic is reinforced with fibers
- Fatigue properties
- The property describing how much more prone a material becomes to failure when it is repeatedly subjected to the same force
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Kawada Lab experimentally studies fracture problems in lightweight, high-performance composite materials, whose use is expanding in the aerospace field. It investigates the durability of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) in extreme environments, aiming to propose new ways of using materials and new design methods.
*Illustrative imageFatigue Evaluation of CFRP Laminates
The lab studies the fatigue properties and failure mechanisms of interlayer-toughened CFRP laminates used in aircraft when repeated loads are applied in the through-thickness direction.
*Illustrative imageLife Prediction of FRP in Seawater
The lab conducts tests in which fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) is kept under sustained load while immersed in seawater, and researches how to predict its service life in marine applications.
*Illustrative imageImpact Properties of FRP
The lab investigates the strength and failure behavior of FRP used in aircraft and automobiles at a range of loading rates, from slow loads to high-speed impact loads.
*Illustrative imageEAM, a New Functional Material
Using EAM, a new rubber-like material whose resistance changes when voltage is applied, the lab researches the practical application of a brake whose resistance can be adjusted through the applied voltage.
MembersFaculty
Kawada Lab consists of faculty members, master's and undergraduate students, and visiting researchers.As of 2022
- ProfessorHiroyuki Kawada
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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 fibre tows” Christine Twigg / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Fatigue Evaluation of CFRP Laminates: “Drilled hole in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sample” Andrew Hrechuk / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Life Prediction of FRP in Seawater: “Barnacles 3013” Chris Light / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Impact Properties of FRP: “Water drop impact on a water-surface - (4)” Davide Restivo / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- EAM, a New Functional Material: “Dionaea muscipula trap” che / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
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