To draw out the best deformation characteristics and strengths of solid materials

All of the machines are made of solid materials such as metals and polymers. Therefore, it is important to improve the mechanical properties and derive the full potential of the solid materials in order to produce human- and nature-friendly machine systems. The strength of materials laboratory works on the exploration of new functional materials, development of methods for mechanical property evaluation, improvement of mechanical properties based on the optimization of microscopic structures, by means of experimental techniques using various instruments, computational simulation techniques, development of new testing apparatuses and so on.