UENISHI Koji
(Professor/Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences)
Department of Advanced Energy/Fracture Dynamics of Solid Materials, Impact Engineering
Career Summary
1993: Graduated, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo
1995: Research associate (Vienna University of Technology)
1997: Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of Science) from Vienna University of Technology
1998: Assistant professor (Kobe University)
2000: Visiting scientist (Harvard University)
2006: Associate professor (Kobe University)
2012: Associate professor (University of Tokyo)
2018: Professor (University of Tokyo)
Educational Activities
Graduate school: Waves and Fracture
Research Activities
Dynamic fracture in solid materials:
We investigate the dynamic behavior of solid materials, particularly dynamic fracture. We treat not only fracture in homogeneous materials but also propagation of waves and cracks in inhomogeneous materials with interfaces (Reference 1), as well as the impact of dynamic fracture on our environment (Reference 2).
A crack propagating faster than the shear wave in a monolithic material.
Literature
1) Uenishi and Rice: J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, cn:2042, pp. ESE 17-1 to 17-14, 2003.
2) Uenishi: Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 93, pp. 28-49, 2017.
Other Activities
Editor, Pure and Applied Geophysics
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS)
Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)
Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Seismological Society of Japan (SSJ)
Future Plan
We aim to deepen our understanding of the physics of fracture and develop technical methods to dismantle structures more safely.
Messages to Students
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