Professor Emeritus Takashi YOKOYAMA
Associate Professor Kenji NAKAI
Recent Research Topics
- Evaluation of High-Strain Rate Properties of Composite Materials
- Constitutive Modeling of Polymers over a Wide Range of Strain Rates
- Wave Propagation Experiments in Bars and Beams
- Impact Response of Friction Stir Welds and Adhesively Bonded Joints
- Development of New Impact Testing Apparatus
- Evaluation of Stress-Strain Properties of Paper and Paperboard
- Identification of Heavy Damping Ratios for a Single Degree-of-Freedom Model
International Academic Research Activities
Membership of Overseas Academic Societies
- The Society for Experimental Mechanics (USA)
- The British Society for Strain Measurement (UK)
- The American Academy of Mechanics (USA)
- SEM Member of Technical Division on Dynamic Behavior of Materials
- Member of the UK Impact Club (UK)
Keynote and Invited Lectures at Overseas Academic Conferences
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Advances
@in Experimental Mechanics (The British Society for Strain Measurement), York, (2004).
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@The 7th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Quebec, (2011).
Academic Services for International Journals and Conferences
Member of Editorial Board of Strain, UK (1998`)
Associate Technical Editor for Experimental Mechanics, USA (2005`2008)
Member of Judging Panel in BSSM Young Stress Analyst Competition, UK (2008)
Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2011`)
Fellow of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (2013`)
Coeditor of Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Impact Engineering (2014)
- Member of the Organizing Committeei3rd International Symposium on Impact Engineeringj, Singapore (1998)
- Member of the Organizing CommitteeiInternational Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental MechanicsjCUbe (1999)
- Member of the Organizing Committee (Asian Pacific Conference on Fracture and Strength and International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics), Sendai (2001)
- Member of the Organizing Committeei4th International Symposium on Impact Engineeringj, Kumamoto (2001)
- Member of the Organizing CommitteeiJSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processingj, Honolulu (2001)
- Member of the Technical Committee (International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), Stratford-Upon-Avon (2002)
- Joint Organizer of Track 2 Symposium gRecent Advances in Dynamic Failure and Fracture Studiesh (2003 SEM Annual Conference and Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics), Charlotte (2003)
- Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee (2nd JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2005), Seattlle (2005)
- Member of the Technical Committee (4th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), Southampton (2005)
- Member of the Technical Committee (6th International Conference on Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis), Bath (2006)
- Member of the Steering Board (International Symposium on Advanced Fluid/Solid Science and Technology in Experimental Mechanics), Sapporo (2006)
- Member of the Technical Committee (13th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics), Alexandroupolis (2007)
- Member of the Steering Board (2nd International Symposium on Advanced Fluid/Solid Science and Technology in Experimental Mechanics), Osaka (2007)
- Member of the Technical Committee (5th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), Manchester (2007)
- Member of the Technical Committee (6th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), London (2008)
- Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee (3rd JSME/ASME International Conference on Materials and Processing 2008), Evanston (2008)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (7th International Conference on Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis), Cambridge (2009)
- Member of the Technical Committee (7th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), Liverpool (2010)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics: Integrating Simulation and Experimentation for Validation), Edinburgh (2011)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (8th International Conference on Modern Practice in Stress and Vibration Analysis), Glasgow (2012)
- Member of the International Advisory Board (Joint International Conference of 2nd ISEM - 11th ACEM - 2012 SEM Fall Conference - 7th ISEM '12-Taipei), Taipei (2012)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (IUTAM Symposium on Recent Development of Experimental Techniques under Impact Loading), Xifan (2013)
- Member of the Technical Committee (9th BSSM International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics), Cardiff (2013)
- Guest Co-Editor for Special Issue on High Strain Rate Mechanical Behavior of Polymers and Polymer-Based Materials in "Advances in Materials Science and Engineering" (2013)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (16th International Conference for Experimental Mechanics), Cambridge (2014)
- Member of the Program Committee (11th International DYMAT Conference), Lugano (2015)
Manuscript Reviewer for the Following International Journals (1990`2017):
- Mechanics Research Communications (USA) 1990
- Journal of Engineering Mathematics (USA) 1994
- International Journal of Solids and Structures# (USA) 1996, 1998, 2001
- Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures# (USA) 2006, 2007, 2008
- Structural Engineering and Mechanics (USA) 2005
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (UK) 2006C2013
- Materials Science and Technology (UK) 2013, 2014
- Experimental Mechanics# (USA) 2007, 2009, 2015
- Experimental Techniques# (USA) 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
- Strain# (UK) 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
- Materials Letters (USA) 2004
- Mechanics of Materials (USA) 2005
- Materials Science and Engineering A# (USA) 2007, 2011
- Journal of Materials Science (UK) 2007
- Materials Chemistry and Physics# (USA) 2008, 2010
- International Journal of Fracture (USA) 2009
- Journal of Alloys and Compounds (The Netherlands) 2009
- Composites: Part A (USA) 2010
- Composites: Part B (USA) 2013
- Journal of Composite Materials (USA) 2013, 2015
- Engineering Transactions (Poland) 2011
- Journal of Nuclear Materials (USA) 2011
- Polymer Composites (USA) 2011, 2015
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture (UK) 2012
- The Measurement Science and Technology# (UK) 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives (UK) 2013
- Journal of Testing and Evaluation (USA) 2013
- Construction and Building Materials (USA) 2013
- Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE (USA) 2013
- Materials and Design (USA) 2013
- Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials (USA) 2013
- Journal of Adhesion (USA) 2013
- Polymer Testing (UK) 2014
- Polymer Bulletin (UK) 2014
- Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials (USA) 2015
- Wave Motion (USA) 2016
- Measurement (USA) 2016
- Journal of Wood Science (Japan) 2013, 2014
- Materials Science Research International (Japan)
- JSME International - Series A (Japan) 2002
- JSME Mechanical Engineering Journal (Japan) 2014
- JSME Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering # (Japan) 2011, 2012
- Transactions of Materials Research International # (Japan) 2005, 2008, 2011
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (Japan) 2010
- Bulletin of the JSME (Japan) 2017
# indicates a frequent reviewer
Publications for the past five years (excluding Proceedings papers)
2015
- K. Nakai and T. Yokoyama
Uniaxial Compressive Response and Constitutive Modeling of Selected Polymers over a Wide Range of Strain Rates
Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2015), pp. 15-27. - T. Yokoyama and K. Nakai
Determination of the Impact Tensile Strength of Structural Adhesive Butt Joints with a Modified Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Vol. 56 (2015), pp. 13-23.
2014
- E. Sukedai, T. Yokoyama and M. Song
Microstructure and Tensile Properties of a Friction Stir Welded Al-Mg-Si Alloy
International Journal of Material Research, Vol. 105, No. 7 (2014), pp. 883-893.
2013
- T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and Y. Komatsubara
Constitutive Modeling of Mechanical Behavior of Friction Stir Welded AA2024-T3 Butt Joints under In-plane Tension and Through-thickness Compression
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 13, Special Issue (2013), pp. S114-S119.
2012
- T. Iwamoto and T. Yokoyama
Effects of Radial Inertia and End Friction in Specimen Geometry in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Tests: A Computational Study
Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 51 (2012), pp. 97-109. - K. Nakai and T. Yokoyama
High Strain-Rate Compressive Properties and Constitutive Modeling of Selected Polymers
Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 6 (2012) pp. 731-741. - T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and N. H. Mohd Yatim
High Strain-Rate Compressive Properties and Constitutive Modeling of Bulk Structural Adhesives
The Journal of Adhesion, Vol. 88, Nos. 4-6 (2012), pp. 471-486. - T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and N. H. Mohd Yatim
High Strain-Rate Compressive Behavior of Bulk Structural Adhesives: Epoxy and Methacrylate Adhesives
Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012), pp. 131-143.
2011
- T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai, E. Sukedai and K. Katoh
Tensile Properties and Constitutive Modeling of Friction Stir Welded AA6061-T6 Butt Joints
Journal of Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 12 (2011), pp. 780-792. - T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and N. H. Mohd Yatim
High Strain-Rate Compressive Stress-Strain Response of Bulk Epoxy Structural Adhesive
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 11, Special Issue (2011), pp. SS204-SS209. - T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and E. Sukedai
Effect of Welding Speed on Tensile Properties and Fracture Behavior of Friction Stir Welded AA6061-T6 Joints
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 11, Special Issue (2011), pp. SS210-SS215.
2010
- T. Yokoyama, K. Nakai and K. Katoh
High Strain-rate Compressive Response of Friction Stir Welded AA6061-T6 Joints: Effect of Welding Parameter
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 10, Special Issue (2010), pp. 168-173. - E. Sukedai and T. Yokoyama
Investigation of Tensile-Compressive Yield Asymmetry and the Role of Deformation Twin in Extruded Pure Magnesium
International Journal of Materials Research, Vol.101 (2010), pp. 736-740. - T. Yokoyama and K. Nakai
Effects of Strain Rate on the Compressive Stress-Strain Loops of Several Engineering Plastics
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 10, Special Issue (2010), pp. 98-103. - Mohd Firdaus Omar, Hazizan Md Akil, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, A.A.M. Mazuki and T. Yokoyama
Dynamic Properties of Pultruded Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Technique
Materials and Design, Vol. 31 (2010), pp. 4209-4218.