Kazuki Shibanuma’s Laboratory,
The University of Tokyo
Fracture Mechanics
& Structural Integrity

Why Study
Fracture Mechanics?

Understanding and preventing fractures in materials and structures has been a hot topic since the early days of human civilization. Fracture phenomena are closely linked to building and device safety. Therefore, predicting and controlling such fractures is essential not only for designing high-performance novel materials and structures but also for minimizing the risk to human lives.

Today, fracture mechanics is an active area of study in engineering, and knowledge in this field is highly valued by the industry. Our group seeks to develop innovative methods and strategies to understand fracture phenomena better. The extremely complex physical processes underlying fracture hold answers to fundamental engineering questions like “How can we create fracture-resistant materials?” and “How can we use a given material or component without causing it to fracture?”

Message
from Kazuki Shibanuma, Laboratory Head

Fracture mechanics is fundamental to gauging the integrity of structures and components. It spans a wide range of engineering fields, including mechanical engineering, materials engineering, marine engineering, aerospace engineering, and civil engineering.

Our aim is to establish novel strategies for explaining fracture phenomena using a combination of methods spanning theoretical, experimental, computational, and data sciences.

Do feel free to contact us if you are interested in joining our research group or conducting collaborative research!

Publications

No. Authors Title Journal Volume (Year), Pages Categories
75 Shengwen Tu
Naoki Morita
Tsutomu Fukui
Kazuki Shibanuma*

The s-version finite element method for non-linear material problems

Applied Mathematical Modelling

126 (2024), 287-309.

Beyond FEM Verification
74 Hongchang Zhou
Zijie Liu
Shoichi Kikuchi
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Analysis of fatigue performance of austenitic stainless steels with bimodal harmonic structures based on multiscale model simulations

Materials & Design

226 (2023), 111657.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Material characterisation
73 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Taiga Fukada
Hideo Yasumoto
Kenji Tokuda
Byung-Nam Kim
Kamran Nikbin

Representative volume element model for quantitatively predicting the influence of 3D polycrystalline morphology on Coble creep deformation

Materials & Design

226 (2023), 111635.

Multiscale Multiphysics Validation Creep

Awards

No. Winner(s) Title Organisation Month, Year
30 Hongchang Zhou
Zijie Liu
Masao Kinefuchi
Kazuki Shibanuma

Fatigue Award for Scientific Paper
(日本材料学会 疲労部門委員会 論文賞)

JSMS Committee on Fatigue of Materials May. 2023
29 Taiga Fukada

Dean’s Award (Best Master Thesis of Department)
(工学系研究科長賞 (研究)・システム創成学専攻 最優秀修士論文)

School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Mar. 2023
28 Shengwen Tu
Shota Suzuki
Zhuocheng Yu
Kazuki Shibanuma

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Advances In Engineering Oct. 2022

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Department of Systems
Innovation,
School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo

7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, JAPAN
Eng. Bldg. No. 3, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo

Associate Professor: Room 334
Laboratory Office: Room 348

7 min walk from Nezu Station (Chiyoda Line)
8 min walk from Todaimae Station (Namboku Line)
13 min walk from Hongo-sanchome Station (Marunouchi Line and Oedo Line)

Contact

Feel free to contact us if you are
interested in
joining our group or
conducting collaborative research.

Tel. +81-3-5841-6565