| 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 |
| 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, |
| 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 |