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Shinji Nishiwaki

Shinji Nishiwaki

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
48
Citations
10102
World Ranking
1273
National Ranking
20

Overview

Shinji Nishiwaki is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly within civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, and computational theory and mathematics. Their research spans various subfields including electrical and electronic engineering and computational mechanics.

The scientist's main research areas focus on topology optimization in engineering, composite structure analysis and optimization, composite material mechanics, multi-objective optimization algorithms, advanced mathematical modeling in engineering, advanced numerical analysis techniques, and applications of metamaterials and metasurfaces.

Frequent coauthors of Nishiwaki include:

  • Kazuhiro IZUI
  • Kozo Furuta
  • Hao Li
  • Takayuki Yamada
  • Tsuguo Kondoh

Publication activity covers a range of scholarly venues where Nishiwaki has contributed multiple papers. These venues include:

  • Sekkei Kougaku, Shisutemu Bumon Kouenkai kouen rombunshuu/Sekkei Kogaku, Shisutemu Bumon Koenkai koen ronbunshu
  • Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
  • The Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Congress Japan
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Recent publications by Nishiwaki include the following:

  • Three-dimensional topology optimization of a fluid-structure system using body-fitted mesh adaption based on the level-set method, 2021, Applied Mathematical Modelling
  • Full-scale 3D structural topology optimization using adaptive mesh refinement based on the level-set method, 2021, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
  • Optimum design and thermal modeling for 2D and 3D natural convection problems incorporating level set-based topology optimization with body-fitted mesh, 2022, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • FreeFEM++ code for reaction-diffusion equation-based topology optimization: for high-resolution boundary representation using adaptive mesh refinement, 2020, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
  • An 89-line code for geometrically nonlinear topology optimization written in FreeFEM, 2020, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Best Publications

  • A topology optimization method based on the level set method incorporating a fictitious interface energy

    Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki;Akihiro Takezawa

  • Topological synthesis of compliant mechanisms using multi-criteria optimization

    M. I. Frecker;G. K. Ananthasuresh;S. Nishiwaki;N. Kikuchi

  • Topology optimization of compliant mechanisms using the homogenization method

    Shinji Nishiwaki;Mary I. Frecker;Seungjae Min;Noboru Kikuchi

  • Shape and topology optimization based on the phase field method and sensitivity analysis

    Akihiro Takezawa;Shinji Nishiwaki;Mitsuru Kitamura

  • Heaviside projection based topology optimization by a PDE-filtered scalar function

    Atsushi Kawamoto;Tadayoshi Matsumori;Shintaro Yamasaki;Tsuyoshi Nomura

  • A topology optimization method for a coupled thermal–fluid problem using level set boundary expressions

    Kentaro Yaji;Takayuki Yamada;Seiji Kubo;Kazuhiro Izui

  • Topology optimization for thermal conductors considering design-dependent effects, including heat conduction and convection

    A. Iga;S. Nishiwaki;K. Izui;M. Yoshimura

  • Matlab code for a level set-based topology optimization method using a reaction diffusion equation

    Masaki Otomori;Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki

  • A Survey of Structural Optimization in Mechanical Product Development

    Kazuhiro Saitou;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki;Panos Y. Papalambros

  • A Level Set-Based Topology Optimization Method for Maximizing Thermal Diffusivity in Problems Including Design-Dependent Effects

    Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki

  • Topology optimization design of flextensional actuators

    E.C.N. Silva;S. Nishiwaki;N. Kikuchi

  • Structural topology optimization of vibrating structures with specified eigenfrequencies and eigenmode shapes

    Y. Maeda;Shinji Nishiwaki;K. Izui;M. Yoshimura

  • Unified topology design of static and vibrating structures using multiobjective optimization

    Seungjae Min;Shinji Nishiwaki;Noboru Kikuchi

  • Design optimization method for compliant mechanisms and material microstructure

    Noboru Kikuchi;Shinji Nishiwaki;Jun S.Ono Fonseca;Emílio C.Nelli Silva

  • A topology optimization method based on the level set method for the design of negative permeability dielectric metamaterials

    Masaki Otomori;Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki

  • Topology optimization of an acoustic metamaterial with negative bulk modulus using local resonance

    Lirong Lu;Takashi Yamamoto;Masaki Otomori;Takayuki Yamada

  • A structural optimization method based on the level set method using a new geometry‐based re‐initialization scheme

    Shintaro Yamasaki;Shinji Nishiwaki;Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui

  • Topology optimization in thermal-fluid flow using the lattice Boltzmann method

    Kentaro Yaji;Takayuki Yamada;Masato Yoshino;Toshiro Matsumoto

  • Structural topology optimization for the design of broadband dielectric resonator antennas using the finite difference time domain technique

    Tsuyoshi Nomura;Kazuo Sato;Kenji Taguchi;Tatsuya Kashiwa

  • Topology optimization using the lattice Boltzmann method incorporating level set boundary expressions

    Kentaro Yaji;Takayuki Yamada;Masato Yoshino;Toshiro Matsumoto

  • Optimal structural design considering flexibility

    Shinji Nishiwaki;Seungjae Min;Jeonghoon Yoo;Noboru Kikuchi

  • Topology optimization using a reaction-diffusion equation

    Jae Seok Choi;Takayuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Izui;Shinji Nishiwaki

  • Topology optimization of grating couplers for the efficient excitation of surface plasmons

    Jacob Andkjær;Shinji Nishiwaki;Tsuyoshi Nomura;Ole Sigmund

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhiro Izui
Kazuhiro Izui Kyoto University
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva
Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva Universidade de São Paulo
Kenjiro Terada
Kenjiro Terada Tohoku University
Noboru Kikuchi
Noboru Kikuchi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hisataka Moriwaki
Hisataka Moriwaki Gifu University
Mary Frecker
Mary Frecker Pennsylvania State University
John E. Renaud
John E. Renaud University of Notre Dame
Ole Sigmund
Ole Sigmund Technical University of Denmark
Steven M. Smith
Steven M. Smith Texas A&M University
John W. Halloran
John W. Halloran University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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