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Miyagawa Lab
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The lab studies turbomachinery, such as pumps and hydraulic turbines, which convert between fluid flow energy and rotational energy.
AboutAbout the lab
The mechanisms that convert the power of flow and rotation
The Miyagawa Lab studies turbomachinery, which converts between flow energy and rotational energy.
Its subjects include pumps that feed fuel to rocket engines, pumps used in power plants and water supply and sewage systems, and turbines for hydroelectric power generation.
Using both simulation and experiments, the lab investigates optimal blade shape design and the mechanisms of internal flow.
Key terms
- Turbomachinery
- Machines that convert between the energy of a fluid flow and the energy of a rotating shaft (such as pumps and turbines)
- Cavitation
- A phenomenon in which small bubbles form in a liquid when the pressure drops
- Bearing
- A component that supports a rotating shaft and allows it to rotate smoothly
NewsLab news
Prof. Miyagawa received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the Reiwa 7 (FY2025) New Energy Awards
A student won an award at the Matsue Lecture Meeting of the Turbomachinery Society of Japan
A student won an award at AICFM18
Prof. Miyagawa received the Best Audience Award at JSME D&D 2025
A student won an award at IAHR-Asia 2025
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies turbomachinery, which converts between flow energy and rotational energy. Targeting pumps for rocket engines, pumps for power generation and water supply and sewage systems, and turbines for hydroelectric power, it uses simulation and experiments to research impeller design, the elucidation of cavitation, and the evaluation of bearing stability.
*Illustrative imageFlow Instabilities in Diffusers
The lab studies the phenomenon in which flow becomes unstable inside diffusers (the section where the flow passage widens) used in pumps and other machines.
*Illustrative imageFluid Excitation Forces in Tidal Current Turbines
The lab studies the prediction of flow-induced vibration forces that arise in tidal current turbines with counter-rotating blades, and the reliability evaluation of the turbine system.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis of Particle Behavior
The lab studies how spherical and non-spherical particles behave as they move in a liquid flow.
*Illustrative imageForeign-Object Clogging in Hydraulic Machinery
The lab studies the mechanisms by which foreign objects clog hydraulic machinery such as pumps and hydraulic turbines.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Miyagawa Lab are faculty, visiting researchers, researchers, invited researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorKazuyoshi Miyagawa
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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: “Cavitating-prop” U.S. Navy / Public domain (cropped)
- Flow Instabilities in Diffusers: “Hydraulic jump on Naramatagawa River's stream” aokomoriuta / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Fluid Excitation Forces in Tidal Current Turbines: “ORPC RivGen® 2.0 Power System” Igiugig Village Council and ORPC / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of Particle Behavior: “Sediment plume at sea” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
- Foreign-Object Clogging in Hydraulic Machinery: “Laufkraftwerk Hart - rake bar screen” Herzi Pinki / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Ohta Lab): “Blades of an axial compressor rotor, Deutsches Museum” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fujisawa Lab): “CFM56 High Pressure Compressor Rotor” Nubifer / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sato Lab): “J58 AfterburnerT” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Naitoh Lab): “1-50 Scale Model Of The 80X120 Foot Wind Tunnel Model (NFAC) In The Test Section Of The 40X80 Wind Tunnel At Nasa Ames (A76-0635)” NASA Ames Research Center / Public domain (cropped)
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