Name of your university Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Full name KUWABARA Toshihiko
Year of birth 1959
Current appointment (position and institution)

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Address 2-24-16, Nakacho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
Telephone +81-42-388-7083
Fax +81-42-385-7204
E-mail kuwabara@cc.tuat.ac.jp
URL http://www.cc.tuat.ac.jp/~kuwabara/
Fields of general research Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Solids
Fields of specialization

Theory of elasto-plasticity,
Material testing,
Metal forming

Subject of research work and/or titles of lecture and discussion

Measurement and Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Deformation Characteristics of Tube and Sheet Metals Subjected to Biaxial Tension

Measurement and Analysis of Bauschinger Effect of Sheet Metals

Fracture Prediction for Thin-Walled Metal Tubes Subjected to Combined Tension-Internal Pressure

Springback Simulation in Sheet Metal Forming

Experimental and Analytical Studies on Metal Forming
Research reports (papers and reviews) within recent 5 years

T. Kuwabara, Anisotropic Yield Functions for Sheet Metals, J. JSTP, 41-470 (2000), 199-203. (in Japanese) <Review>

T. Kuwabara, Experimental Methods for Verifying Anisotropic Yield Functions for Sheet Metals, J. JSTP, 41-471 (2000), 313-318. (in Japanese) <Review>

T. Kuwabara, M. Kuroda, V. Tvergaard, and K. Nomura, Use of Abrupt Strain Path Change for Determining Subsequent Yield Surface: Experimental Study with Metal Sheets, Acta Mater., 48-9 (2000), 2071-2079.

D. Banabic, T. Kuwabara, and T. Balan, Evaluation of an Anisotropic Yield Criterion, Proc. Romanian Academy, Series A, 1-3 (2000), 177-181.

T. Kuwabara, A. Van Bael, and E. Iizuka, Measurement and Analysis of Yield Locus and Work Hardening Characteristics of Steel Sheets with Different R-values, Acta Mater., 50/14 (2002), 3717-3729

M. Kuroda and T. Kuwabara, Shear-Band Development in Polycrystalline Metal with Strength-Differential Effect and Plastic Volume Expansion, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, 458 (2002), 2243-2259.

K. Nakamura and T. Kuwabara, Series Books on Leaning Sheet Metal Forming Technology from First Step: Deep-Drawing and Stretch-Forming , (2002), <Book> (Jointly Authored>

T. Kuwabara, Mechanical Properties of If Steels: Yield Locus, Differential Hardening, Bauschinger and Strength Differential Effects, Proc. IF Steel 2003, (2003) <Invited Lecture>

T. Kuwabara, M. Ishiki, M. Kuroda, and S. Takahashi, Yield Locus and Work-Hardening Behavior of a Thin-Walled Steel Tube Subjected to Combined Tension-Internal Pressure, Journal de Physique IV, (accepted)

Research theme of doctor course students in your laboratory

Study on accurate springback analysis method using static explicit finite element code

Measurement and analysis of elastic-plastic deformation characteristics of sheet steels subjected to biaxial tension

Study on simulation methods for the process design in deep-drawing irregularly shaped cylindrical shells
French researchers You collaborated with

Prof. Cristian TEODOSIU: LPMTM ? CNRS, Universite Paris Nord

Assist. Prof. Tudor BALAN: DER ENSAM de Metz