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Research projects on fatigue are being conducted by using:
・ Fatigue testing technologies in low-, high- and giga-cycle regions.
・ Measurements of fatigue crack growth rates (not only for large cracks but also for small cracks).

Members

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  Yoshiyuki Furuya

  Group Leader, Fatigue Property Group, Materials Evaluation Field, Research Center for Structural Materials

  Keyword : fatigue, metallic materials, gigacycle, ultrasonic fatigue testing, standardization

  NIMS Now (2023) No.1

  You Tube
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  Hideaki Nishikawa

  Principal Researcher, Fatigue Property Group, Materials Evaluation Field, Research Center for Structural Materials

  Keyword : metal fatigue, crack propagation, in-situ observation, high-throughput, additive manufacturing, 3D analysis

  Latest Research Result

Fatigue testing machines

Low- and High-cycles fatigue testing machine

Ultrasonic fatigue testing machine (gigacycle)

Measurements of fatigue crack growth rates

In-situ small fatigue crack observation system