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Masaki Hojo

Masaki Hojo

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
7614
World Ranking
7236
National Ranking
151

Overview

Masaki Hojo is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in the field of Engineering with a particular focus on Mechanics of Materials. Their research addresses various aspects of composite materials, especially fiber-reinforced polymer composites and the mechanical behavior of composites.

Their main research topics include:

  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Epoxy Resin Curing Processes
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Structural Analysis of Composite Materials

Hojo's work contributes to subfields such as:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

Frequent publication venues where Hojo has published include:

  • Composites Science and Technology
  • Advanced Composite Materials
  • Journal of the Japan Society for Composite Materials
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Hojo include:

  • "Nanoscale in situ observations of crack initiation and propagation in carbon fiber/epoxy composites using synchrotron radiation X-ray computed tomography" (2020, Composites Science and Technology)
  • "Nanoscale in situ observation of damage formation in carbon fiber/epoxy composites under mixed-mode loading using synchrotron radiation X-ray computed tomography" (2022, Composites Science and Technology)
  • "Mechanical properties and failure mode of thin-ply fiber metal laminates under out-of-plane loading" (2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing)
  • "Steel foil reinforcement for high performance bearing strength in Thin-Ply composites" (2020, Composites Part C Open Access)
  • "Effect of rheological transitions in matrix resin on flow mechanism of carbon Fiber/Epoxy prepreg" (2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing)

Regular collaborators with whom Hojo frequently co-authors research papers include Masaaki Nishikawa, Naoki Matsuda, Masao Kimura, Toshiki Watanabe, and Yasuo Takeichi. These repeated collaborations indicate a research network centered on composite materials and their mechanical properties.

Best Publications

  • Failure behavior of an epoxy matrix under different kinds of static loading

    B Fiedler;M Hojo;S Ochiai;K Schulte

  • Framework for optimal design of porous scaffold microstructure by computational simulation of bone regeneration

    Taiji Adachi;Yuki Osako;Mototsugu Tanaka;Masaki Hojo

  • Modes I and II interlaminar fracture toughness and fatigue delamination of CF/epoxy laminates with self-same epoxy interleaf

    Masaki Hojo;Tadashi Ando;Mototsugu Tanaka;Taiji Adachi

  • Mode I delamination fatigue properties of interlayer-toughened CF/epoxy laminates

    Masaki Hojo;Satoshi Matsuda;Mototsugu Tanaka;Shojiro Ochiai

  • Effect of stress ratio on near-threshold propagation of delimination fatigue cracks in unidirectional CFRP

    Masaki Hojo;Keisuke Tanaka;Claes Göran Gustafson;Ryuichi Hayashi

  • Computer simulation of trabecular remodeling in human proximal femur using large-scale voxel FE models: Approach to understanding Wolff's law

    Ken-ichi Tsubota;Yusuke Suzuki;Tomonori Yamada;Masaki Hojo

  • Evaluation of interfacial strength in CF/epoxies using FEM and in-situ experiments

    Thomas Hobbiebrunken;Masaki Hojo;Taiji Adachi;Claas De Jong

  • Rate dependence of mode I fracture behaviour in carbon-fibre/epoxy composite laminates

    Takayuki Kusaka;Masaki Hojo;Yiu-Wing Mai;Tomoaki Kurokawa

  • Prestandardization study on mode II interlaminar fracture toughness test for cfrp in japan

    Masaki Hojo;Kazuro Kageyama;Kiyoshi Tanaka

  • Glass fibre strength distribution determined by common experimental methods

    J. Andersons;Roberts Joffe;M. Hojo;S. Ochiai

  • Effect of fiber array irregularities on microscopic interfacial normal stress states of transversely loaded UD-CFRP from viewpoint of failure initiation

    Masaki Hojo;Masaaki Mizuno;Thomas Hobbiebrunken;Taiji Adachi

  • Calcium response in single osteocytes to locally applied mechanical stimulus: differences in cell process and cell body.

    Taiji Adachi;Yuki Aonuma;Mototsugu Tanaka;Masaki Hojo

  • Experimental determination of the true epoxy resin strength using micro-scaled specimens

    Thomas Hobbiebrunken;Bodo Fiedler;Masaki Hojo;Mototsugu Tanaka

  • Comparison of test configurations for determination of mode II interlaminar fracture toughness results from international collaborative test programme

    P. Davies;G.D. Sims;B.R.K. Blackman;A.J. Brunner

  • Finite-element modeling of initial matrix failure in CFRP under static transverse tensile load

    B Fiedler;M Hojo;S Ochiai;K Schulte

  • Empirical model for stress ratio effect on fatigue delamination growth rate in composite laminates

    J. Andersons;M. Hojo;S. Ochiai

  • Deformation and fracture behavior of an Al2O3/YAG composite from room temperature to 2023 K

    S. Ochiai;T. Ueda;K. Sato;M. Hojo

  • Microscopic yielding of CF/epoxy composites and the effect on the formation of thermal residual stresses

    Thomas Hobbiebrunken;Bodo Fiedler;Masaki Hojo;Shojiro Ochiai

  • Delamination Fatigue Crack Growth in Unidirectional Graphite/Epoxy Laminates

    Claes-Göran Gustafson;Masaki Hojo

  • Osteocyte calcium signaling response to bone matrix deformation.

    Taiji Adachi;Yuki Aonuma;Shin ichi Ito;Mototsugu Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Kozo Osamura
Kozo Osamura Kyoto University
Karl Schulte
Karl Schulte Hamburg University of Technology
Masahiro Sokabe
Masahiro Sokabe Nagoya University
Hitoshi Kitaguchi
Hitoshi Kitaguchi National Institute for Materials Science
Hiroaki Kumakura
Hiroaki Kumakura National Institute for Materials Science
Suong-Hyu Hyon
Suong-Hyu Hyon Kagoshima University
Hiroyuki Hamada
Hiroyuki Hamada Kyoto Institute of Technology
Takashi Nishino
Takashi Nishino Kobe University
Satoshi Kimura
Satoshi Kimura University of Tokyo
Tetsuzo Ueda
Tetsuzo Ueda Panasonic (Japan)

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