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Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Osaka University
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
	Group Name	Evaluation and Design
Research Theme		Nondestructive Evaluation
Brief Explanation		Nondestructive evaluation of structures, elements and components is getting more and more important due to the fact that the number of aged plants and structures is rapidly increasing and high reliability is required to even for newly manufactured structures. In this study, nondestructive measurement techniques for damage identification from thermal or electric response are studied. Inverse analysis schemes are introduced to make the identification effective and efficient.
Research Steps		1. Literature survey (one month) 2. Numerical analysis of the effect of the existence of damage on thermal or electric response (two months) 3. Measurements of electric and thermal response (one month) 4. Comparison of measured and numerical data, and inverse analysis for damage identification (one month)
Period		5 months, but can be extended as a 10-month project, by including hardware experiments.
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Fundamental knowledge about computer programming skills. If necessary, some references can be specified.
Further Information		http://
Contact Person		Prof. Dr. Shiro Kubo (kubo@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp) Dr. Takahide Sakagami (sakagami@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp)