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Advanced Composite Materials Lab
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The lab researches how carbon fiber composites can be used in the structures of aircraft and automobiles.
AboutAbout the lab
Light, strong composites for aircraft and automotive structures
The Advanced Composite Materials Lab studies advanced composite materials, centered on carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).
Through both experiments and analysis, the lab investigates the design of CFRP structures and the mechanisms by which the material is damaged and fails.
The goal is to make composites usable in aerospace and automotive structures.
The lab conducts its research in close collaboration with the National Composite Center (NCC), the university's industry-academia collaboration hub.
Key terms
- Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)
- A material made of thin carbon fibers bonded with resin. It is light and strong, and is used in aircraft bodies and more
- Multiscale analysis
- A computational method that handles, at the same time, scales of very different sizes, from a single fiber to an entire component
- Nondestructive inspection
- A method of examining the inside of a material or component for flaws and defects without damaging it
- Fracture mechanics
- A field of mechanics that deals with how cracks and flaws grow and how materials break
NewsLab news
A paper by a doctoral student was published in Composites Part C: Open Access
A doctoral student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 16th Exchange Event for Companies and Doctoral Talent
A doctoral student received the Young Researcher Encouragement Award at the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences Symposium on Structural Strength
ResearchResearch themes
With applications to aircraft, automobiles, and more in view, the lab studies light, strong advanced composite materials. Besides investigating the design of CFRP structures and the mechanisms of damage and fracture through experiments and analysis, it also works on how resin reinforced with short fibers fractures and on new inspection methods using X-rays.
*Illustrative imageApplying CFRP to Aerospace Structures
To use CFRP in aerospace structures, the lab works, through both experiments and analysis, to clarify how structures should be designed and how the material is damaged and fails.
*Illustrative imageMultiscale Analysis
The lab studies multiscale analysis techniques that analyze multiple scales simultaneously, such as the fine scale of individual fibers and the large scale of an entire component.
*Illustrative imageNondestructive Inspection Using X-rays
The lab studies new nondestructive inspection methods that use X-rays to examine the inside of CFRP without damaging it.
*Illustrative imageFracture of Short-Fiber-Reinforced Resin
Targeting materials such as injection-molded short-fiber-reinforced plastics, the lab investigates how they fracture through fracture mechanics experiments and analysis, together with observation of fracture surfaces (fractography). It also works on reusing the residue left after shredding automobiles (automotive shredder residue) and on applying statistics and machine learning to materials with large variability.
MembersFaculty
The Advanced Composite Materials Lab consists of faculty and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorAkinori Yoshimura
- Assistant ProfessorYuki Fujita
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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: “Forged Composite look on prototype engine bay cover” Bw570 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Applying CFRP to Aerospace Structures: “Ikarus L-1 wing structure L'Aéronautique August,1929” L'Aéronautique magazine / Public domain (cropped)
- Multiscale Analysis: “Finite element mesh” Bruno Sudret / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nondestructive Inspection Using X-rays: “Industrial Computed Tomography - Failures - Void” Jgarant / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Fracture of Short-Fiber-Reinforced Resin: “Mold for plastic injection with workpiece” Bricetofly / CC0 (cropped)
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