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Akira Kawasaki

Akira Kawasaki

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Materials Science

D-Index
50
Citations
9796
World Ranking
10184
National Ranking
625

Overview

Akira Kawasaki is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan, specializing in the field of engineering with a strong focus on aerospace engineering and related disciplines. Their research portfolio encompasses several interconnected subfields including aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, safety, risk, reliability and quality, statistics, probability and uncertainty, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, notably combustion and detonation processes, energetic materials and combustion, fire dynamics and safety research, risk and safety analysis, rocket and propulsion systems research, aluminum alloys composites properties, and additive manufacturing materials and processes.

Akira Kawasaki has published extensively in several prominent academic venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Some recent publications by Akira Kawasaki illustrate the breadth of their research interests and contributions:

  • Experimental study of internal flow structures in cylindrical rotating detonation engines, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Numerical analysis of the mean structure of gaseous detonation with dilute water spray, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Space Flight Demonstration of Rotating Detonation Engine Using Sounding Rocket S-520-31, 2022, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Experimental investigation on a rotating detonation cycle with burned gas backflow, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Design of high-performance Al4C3/Al matrix composites for electric conductor, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, and Akira Kawasaki frequently coauthors with several researchers within their field. Their most frequent collaborators include:

  • Ken Matsuoka
  • Jiro Kasahara
  • Akiko Matsuo
  • Noboru Itouyama
  • Ikkoh Funaki

The research conducted by Akira Kawasaki integrates experimental, numerical, and theoretical approaches to advance the understanding of combustion phenomena and propulsion systems. Their involvement in studies on rotating detonation engines and combustion safety reveals an engagement with both foundational science and applied engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Functionally Graded Materials

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  • Combination of hot extrusion and spark plasma sintering for producing carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix composites

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  • Concept and P/M fabrication of functionally gradient materials

    Akira Kawasaki;Ryuzo Watanabe

  • Effectively enhanced load transfer by interfacial reactions in multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced Al matrix composites

    Weiwei Zhou;Tatsuya Yamaguchi;Keiko Kikuchi;Naoyuki Nomura

  • Compression behavior of porous NiTi shape memory alloy

    Ying Zhao;Minoru Taya;Yansheng Kang;Akira Kawasaki

  • Interface and interfacial reactions in multi-walled carbon nanotube- reinforced aluminum matrix composites

    Weiwei Zhou;Sora Bang;Hiroki Kurita;Takamichi Miyazaki

  • Investigation of carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix composite materials

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  • Highly Conductive Few‐Layer Graphene/Al2O3 Nanocomposites with Tunable Charge Carrier Type

    Yuchi Fan;Wan Jiang;Akira Kawasaki

  • Multiwalled carbon nanotubes as a contributing reinforcement phase for the improvement of thermal conductivity in copper matrix composites

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  • Effect of heat-treatment temperature on microstructures and mechanical properties of Co–Cr–Mo alloys fabricated by selective laser melting

    Yuka Kajima;Yuka Kajima;Atsushi Takaichi;Nuttaphon Kittikundecha;Takayuki Nakamoto

  • Effective control of nanodefects in multiwalled carbon nanotubes by acid treatment

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  • Interfacial reaction induced efficient load transfer in few-layer graphene reinforced Al matrix composites for high-performance conductor

    Weiwei Zhou;Pavlina Mikulova;Yuchi Fan;Keiko Kikuchi

  • Physicomechanical properties of spark plasma sintered carbon nanotube-reinforced metal matrix nanocomposites

    Abolfazl Azarniya;Amir Azarniya;Saeed Sovizi;Hamid Reza Madaah Hosseini

  • On the role of amorphous intergranular and interfacial layers in the thermal conductivity of a multi-walled carbon nanotube-copper matrix composite

    Seungchan Cho;Keiko Kikuchi;Akira Kawasaki

  • The homogeneous dispersion of surfactantless, slightly disordered, crystalline, multiwalled carbon nanotubes in α-alumina ceramics for structural reinforcement

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  • In-situ characterization of interfacial shear strength in multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced aluminum matrix composites

    Weiwei Zhou;Go Yamamoto;Yuchi Fan;Hansang Kwon

  • Worldwide trends in functional gradient materials research and development

    Nabih Cherradi;Akira Kawasaki;Michael Gasik

  • The effect of homogeneously dispersed few-layer graphene on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al2O3 nanocomposites

    Yuchi Fan;Mehdi Estili;Ginga Igarashi;Wan Jiang

  • Load-bearing contribution of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on tensile response of aluminum

    Hiroki Kurita;Mehdi Estili;Hansang Kwon;Takamichi Miyazaki

  • Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Stress of the Metal/Ceramic Multi-Layer Composites with Controlled Compositional Gradients

    Akira Kawasaki;Ryuzo Watanabe

  • In situ formation of uniformly dispersed Al4C3 nanorods during additive manufacturing of graphene oxide/Al mixed powders

    Weiwei Zhou;Mingqi Dong;Zhengxin Zhou;Xiaohao Sun

  • Engineering Strong Intergraphene Shear Resistance in Multi‐walled Carbon Nanotubes and Dramatic Tensile Improvements

    Mehdi Estili;Akira Kawasaki

  • Ferroelectric and Photostrictive Properties of Fine-Grained PLZT Ceramics Derived from Mechanical Alloying

    Kenta Takagi;Shoko Kikuchi;Jing Feng Li;Hiroshi Okamura

  • Spark plasma sintering behavior of pure aluminum depending on various sintering temperatures

    Hansang Kwon;Dae Hoon Park;Yongha Park;Jean François Silvain

  • Graphene promoted oxygen vacancies in perovskite for enhanced thermoelectric properties

    Xiaopeng Feng;Yuchi Fan;Naoyuki Nomura;Keiko Kikuchi

  • Creation of individual few-layer graphene incorporated in an aluminum matrix

    Weiwei Zhou;Yuchi Fan;Xiaopeng Feng;Keiko Kikuchi

  • Highly Concentrated 3D Macrostructure of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in a Ceramic Environment

    Mehdi Estili;Akira Kawasaki;Yoshio Sakka

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing-Feng Li
Jing-Feng Li Tsinghua University
Wan Jiang
Wan Jiang Donghua University
Yongfeng Lu
Yongfeng Lu University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Minoru Taya
Minoru Taya University of Washington
Junji Saida
Junji Saida Tohoku University
Takao Hanawa
Takao Hanawa Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Lianjun Wang
Lianjun Wang Donghua University
Seeram Ramakrishna
Seeram Ramakrishna Tsinghua University
Stefan Adams
Stefan Adams National University of Singapore
M. V. Reddy
M. V. Reddy Hydro-Québec

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