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Thermophysical Engineering Lab
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The lab uses numerical simulation to unravel heat, mass transfer, and combustion in turbulent flows.
AboutAbout the lab
Tracing heat and mass flows in turbulence
The Thermophysical Engineering Lab studies how heat and mass are transported and how they react in turbulent flows.
Its subjects range from combustion inside aircraft and rocket engines to heat exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean.
Using numerical simulation as its main tool, the lab uncovers the mechanisms of complex phenomena and turns them into models that can be used in computation.
The lab covers a wide range of subjects, including microscale thermofluid phenomena and how energy is transmitted inside solids.
Key terms
- Turbulence
- A state in which a flow becomes irregular and chaotic, with eddies of many different sizes mixed together
- Cyclorotor
- A propulsion mechanism that rotates blades arranged in a cylinder and produces thrust while changing the angle of the blades. It is attracting attention as a new thrust mechanism for flying cars
- Transport phenomena
- A collective term for phenomena in which heat, mass, and momentum are carried from one place to another by flow or diffusion
NewsLab news
Professor Ryoichi Kurose, together with JAXA and AIST, received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Award (Paper)
Professor Ryoichi Kurose and a Program-Specific Assistant Professor received the 23rd APT Award of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan
A doctoral student received the JSME Miura Award
A master's student received the Kyoto University Kuno Award
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how heat and mass are transported, mixed, and reacted in turbulent flows, with numerical simulation at the core of its approach. Its subjects are wide-ranging, from combustion in industrial equipment to transport phenomena in the atmosphere and ocean and microscale thermofluid phenomena.
*Illustrative imageReaction and Combustion in Turbulence
Focusing on liquid-phase reactions and the combustion of gas, sprays, and pulverized coal, the lab clarifies how reactive substances mix and react in turbulence and builds models of these processes.
*Illustrative imageDroplets and Bubbles Moving in Turbulence
The lab clarifies the motion of solid particles, droplets, and bubbles dispersing in turbulence by linking it to the turbulent structure of the fluid, and develops numerical models for prediction.
*Illustrative imageHeat and Mass Between the Atmosphere and the Ocean
The lab aims to clarify the transport phenomena that appear at the boundary between the atmosphere and the ocean, and to build reliable physical models that can be incorporated into climate models.
*Illustrative imageComplex Turbulence Created by Moving Bodies
Cyclorotors, which replace propellers, are attracting attention as a new thrust mechanism for flying cars. The lab aims to clarify the physics of the flow fields they produce and to improve their performance.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Thermophysical Engineering Lab consist of faculty, researchers, secretaries, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.
- ProfessorRyoichi Kurose
- Associate ProfessorMitsuhiro Matsumoto
- Associate ProfessorPILLAI Abhishek L.
- Assistant ProfessorHidenobu Wakabayashi
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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: “3D Turbulence Infinitesimal Fluid Element Stretching Orientation Map” Terry Brannigan / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Reaction and Combustion in Turbulence: “Bunsen burner flame types” Arthur Jan Fijałkowski / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Droplets and Bubbles Moving in Turbulence: “Water droplet and splash” Stanislav.nevyhosteny / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Heat and Mass Between the Atmosphere and the Ocean: “Breaking waves (Pacific Ocean shoreline at Heceta Head beach, Oregon, USA) 13” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Complex Turbulence Created by Moving Bodies: “Karman vortex street off Alejandro Selkirk Island” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmental Thermo-Fluid Engineering Lab): “Kelvin-Helmholtz waves” Astronautilus / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nano and Micro Systems Engineering Lab): “A MicroVision MEMS mirror” S2upidOnReddit / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Structural Materials and Strength Lab): “XCARAT Overview Optimization Methods” FEMopt Studios / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Biomechanics Lab): “Expérimentation sur l'influence des courbures rachidiennes hautes sur la biomécanique du membre supérieur, en lien avec le risque de troubles musculosquelettiques” Sophie Jeannin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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