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Tomohiro Yokozeki

Tomohiro Yokozeki

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
44
Citations
7032
World Ranking
1637
National Ranking
34

Overview

Tomohiro Yokozeki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has an extensive research record in the field of engineering, with particular emphasis on the mechanics of materials. Their work spans several subfields including mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, aerospace engineering, and polymers and plastics.

The research topics covered by Yokozeki focus predominantly on the mechanical behavior of composites, composite structure analysis and optimization, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, aeroelasticity and vibration control, biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, composite material mechanics, and fatigue and fracture mechanics.

Tomohiro Yokozeki has published in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Composite Structures
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Composites Science and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Yokozeki include:

  • Experimental and numerical study on progressive damage and failure in composite laminates during open-hole compression tests, 2021, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Cooling rate-dependent mechanical properties of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) and carbon fiber reinforced PPS (CF/PPS), 2022, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Evaluation of the in-situ damage and strength properties of thin-ply CFRP laminates by micro-scale finite element analysis, 2020, Advanced Composite Materials
  • Effect of hot water on the mechanical performance of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced nylon 6 composites, 2020, Composites Science and Technology
  • Conductive layer-based multifunctional structural composites for electromagnetic interference shielding, 2020, Composite Structures

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Ryo Higuchi
  • Natsuki Tsushima
  • Masahito Ueda
  • Ryoma Aoki
  • Taro Imamura

Yokozeki's body of work significantly encompasses studies on composite materials and their mechanical properties, contributing to multidisciplinary engineering areas that involve material behavior under various environmental and mechanical conditions.

Best Publications

  • Improved mechanical properties of carbon fiber/graphene oxide-epoxy hybrid composites

    Abhishek K. Pathak;Munu Borah;Ashish Gupta;T. Yokozeki

  • Mechanical properties of corrugated composites for candidate materials of flexible wing structures

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Shin-ichi Takeda;Toshio Ogasawara;Takashi Ishikawa

  • Mechanical properties of CFRP laminates manufactured from unidirectional prepregs using CSCNT-dispersed epoxy

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yutaka Iwahori;Shin Ishiwata;Kiyoshi Enomoto

  • Experimental characterization of strength and damage resistance properties of thin-ply carbon fiber/toughened epoxy laminates

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yuichiro Aoki;Toshio Ogasawara

  • Matrix cracking behaviors in carbon fiber/epoxy laminates filled with cup-stacked carbon nanotubes (CSCNTs)

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yutaka Iwahori;Shin Ishiwata

  • Damage characterization in thin-ply composite laminates under out-of-plane transverse loadings

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Akiko Kuroda;Akinori Yoshimura;Toshio Ogasawara

  • Development of Variable Camber Morphing Airfoil Using Corrugated Structure

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Aya Sugiura;Yoshiyasu Hirano

  • Lightning damage suppression in a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer with a polyaniline-based conductive thermoset matrix

    Yoshiyasu Hirano;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yuichi Ishida;Teruya Goto

  • Fracture toughness improvement of CFRP laminates by dispersion of cup-stacked carbon nanotubes

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yutaka Iwahori;Masaru Ishibashi;Takashi Yanagisawa

  • A comparative study of the mechanical properties and failure behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy and carbon fiber/polyamide 6 unidirectional composites

    Yan Ma;Masahito Ueda;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Toshi Sugahara

  • Factors affecting direct lightning strike damage to fiber reinforced composites: A review

    Vipin Kumar;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Christian Karch;Ahmed A. Hassen

  • Nonlinear behavior and compressive strength of unidirectional and multidirectional carbon fiber composite laminates

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Toshio Ogasawara;Takashi Ishikawa

  • Interleaved MWCNT buckypaper between CFRP laminates to improve through-thickness electrical conductivity and reducing lightning strike damage

    Vipin Kumar;Sushant Sharma;Abhishek Pathak;Bhanu P. Singh

  • Development and characterization of CFRP using a polyaniline-based conductive thermoset matrix

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Teruya Goto;Tatsuhiro Takahashi;Danna Qian

  • Effects of layup angle and ply thickness on matrix crack interaction in contiguous plies of composite laminates

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Takahira Aoki;Toshio Ogasawara;Takashi Ishikawa

  • Simple constitutive model for nonlinear response of fiber-reinforced composites with loading-directional dependence

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Shinji Ogihara;Shunsuke Yoshida;Toshio Ogasawara

  • Effect of through-thickness electrical conductivity of CFRPs on lightning strike damages

    Vipin Kumar;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Takao Okada;Yoshiyasu Hirano

  • Correction method for evaluation of interfacial fracture toughness of DCB, ENF and MMB specimens with residual thermal stresses

    Tomohiro Yokozeki;Toshio Ogasawara;Takahira Aoki

  • Highly conductive graphene oxide/polyaniline hybrid polymer nanocomposites with simultaneously improved mechanical properties

    Xiuyan Cheng;Vipin Kumar;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Teruya Goto

  • Development of variable camber wing with morphing leading and trailing sections using corrugated structures

    Hiroki Takahashi;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Yoshiyasu Hirano

  • Mechanical and electrical properties of PANI-based conductive thermosetting composites:

    V Kumar;T Yokozeki;T Goto;T Takahashi

  • Geometrically nonlinear static aeroelastic analysis of composite morphing wing with corrugated structures

    Natsuki Tsushima;Tomohiro Yokozeki;Weihua Su;Hitoshi Arizono

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjay R. Dhakate
Sanjay R. Dhakate Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Bhanu Pratap Singh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Hiroyuki Hamada
Hiroyuki Hamada Kyoto Institute of Technology
Tomonaga Okabe
Tomonaga Okabe Tohoku University
W. Van Paepegem
W. Van Paepegem Ghent University
Lixin Wu
Lixin Wu Ocean University of China
Rong Wang
Rong Wang Nanyang Technological University
Karl Schulte
Karl Schulte Hamburg University of Technology
Vidya Nand Singh
Vidya Nand Singh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Tong Earn Tay
Tong Earn Tay National University of Singapore

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