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Laboratory Profile

Name of Professor Shinji Kumai
E-mail Address kumai.s.aa
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About Laboratory http://g3www.materia.titech.ac.jp/~kumai/index_e.html
Members Professor: Shinji Kumai
Assistant professor: Yohei Harada
Others: Students
Current Research Areas
  • Similar/dissimilar metallic material joining using advanced methods and elucidation of joining mechanism.
  • Development of new metallic alloys and high quality recycle using high-speed twin-roll casting technique.
  • Microstructural control and improvement of mechanical properties of hybrid materials.
Recent Major Publications
  • Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Shinji Kumai, Go Hagimoto, Qingsheng Zhang and Koji Nakayama: Interfacial Microstructure of Aluminum/Metallic Glass Lap Joints Fabricated by Magnetic Pulse Welding; Materials Transactions, 50 (2009) 1279-1285.
  • Mitsuhiro Watanabe and Shinji Kumai: Interfacial Morphology of Magnetic Pulse Welded Aluminum/Aluminum and Copper/Copper Lap Joints; Materials Transactions, 50 (2009) 286-292.
  • Toshio Haga, Shinji Kumai and Hisaki Watari: Strip Casting by a Vertical Type High Speed Twin Roll Caster; Aluminium Alloys, 1 (2008) 413-420.
  • Shinji Kumai, Kwang-Jin Lee and Mitsuhiro Watanabe: Characteristic Interfacial Microstructure of Aluminum/Steel Lap Joints Fabricated by Several Advanced Welding Methods; Aluminium Alloys, 2 (2008) 1945-1951.
  • Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Shinji Kumai, Keigo Okagawa and Tomokatsu Aizawa: In-situ Observation of Magnetic Pulse Welding Process for Similar and Dissimilar Lap Joints Using a High-Speed Video Camera; Aluminium Alloys, 2 (2008) 1992-1997.
  • Kwang-Jin Lee, Shinji Kumai, Naonori Kawamura, Nobuhiro Ishikawa and Kazuo Furuya: Growth Manner of Intermetallic Compounds at the Weld Interface of Steel/Aluminum Alloy Lap Joint Fabricated by a Defocused Laser Beam; Materials Transactions, 48 (2007) 1396-1405.
  • Kwang-Jin Lee, Shinji Kumai, Takashi Arai and Tomokatsu Aizawa: Interfacial Microstructure and Strength of Steel/Aluminum Alloy Lap Joint Fabricated by Magnetic Pressure Seam Welding; Materials Science and Engineering A, 471 (2007) 95-101.
  • Kenji Tokuda, Shinji Kumai, Kenta Suzuki, Takeshi Miyazaki, Akiko Ishihara, Yusuke Nagata and Toshio Haga: Influence of Casting Conditions on the Occurrence of Internal Cracks for 6022 Aluminum Alloy Fabricated by High-Speed Twin-Roll Caster; Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, 57 (2007) 119-124.
  • Kenji Tokuda, Shinji Kumai, Kenta Suzuki, Akiko Ishihara and Toshio Haga: Mechanical Properties of 6022 Aluminum Alloy Sheets with High Iron Content Fabricated by High-Speed Twin-Roll Caster; Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, 57 (2007) 444-449.
  • Shinji Kumai, Hiromasa Sato, Kenta Suzuki, Takeshi Ookawa, Kwang-Jin Lee and Mitsuhiro Watanabe: Effects of Probe Tip Position on Microstructure and Bonding Strength of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum Alloy/Steel Lap Joint; Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, 57 (2007) 529-535.
  • Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Takeshi Ookawa and Shinji Kumai: Formation of Laminate Structure at the Friction Stir Welded Interface of Aluminum Alloy/Steel Lap Joint; Journal of Japan Institute of Light Metals, 57 (2007) 536-541.
  • Shinji Kumai and Akira Mukaiyama: New Expression Method for Tear Toughness of Cast and Die-Cast Aluminum Alloys; Journal of Japan Foundry Engineering Society, 79 (2007) 671-675.
  • Shinji Kumai, Yusuke Nagata and Akira Mukaiyama: Improvement of Tear Toughness of ADC12 Aluminum Alloy by Refined Solidification Structure; Journal of Japan Foundry Engineering Society, 79 (2007) 536-541.
   
 
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