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About Nakajo Lab. at AIT

Researches at Nakajo Lab.


 We study mainly in two fields. One is structural mechanics and the other is small scale solar thermal application. The followings are the titles of bachelor theses at Nakajo Lab.

1989


  Creep Buckling of a Visco-elastic Columns
  Determination of Constitutive Equations of Visco-elastic Materials by the Optimization Technique and its Application to Creep Buckling
  Relations between Visco-elastic Properties of Japanese Udon Noodle and its Textures

1990


  Optimization Algorism for Buckling of Rectangular Laminated Composites
  Relations between Visco-elastic Properties of Japanese Udon Noodle and its Textures
  Design of a Fish Robot
  Creep Buckling of a Visco-elastic Columns

1991


  Creep Buckling Analysis by Using a Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation Language
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Design and Manufacture of a Solar Cooker

1992


  Buckling Analyses of Laminated Composites by a Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation Language
  Design of a Fron-End Processor for FEM
  Creep Buckling of a Plastic Rectangular Strip
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot

1993


  Experimental Analyses of Creep Buckling and Post Creep Buckling of a Plastic Rectangular Strip
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Optimal Design of a Concentrator Type Solar Cooker
  Creep Buckling Analysis by Using a Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation Language
  Experimantal Analyses of Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodles

1994


  Visco-elastic Creep Bucling Analyses
  Development of a FEM Program as Educational Material
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Experiments on Visco-elastic Creep
  Optimal Design of a Concentrator Type Solar Cooker
  Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodle

1995


  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Creep Buckling of Plastic Strips
  Development of a FEM Program as Educational Material
  Design of a Box Type Solar Cooker and its Perfomance Measurement
  Visco-elastic Creep Buckling Analysis by Using a Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation Language

1996


  Elastic Properties of Violin Bows
  Experimental Analyses of Creep of Plastic Strips
  Small Solar Cooker with an Automatic Sun Tracking System
  Visco-elastic Creep Buckling
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Development of a FEM Program as Educational Material

1997


  Optimization of a Tower for Wind Power Generation System by FEM
  Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodle
  Development of a FEM Program as Educational Material
  Experimental Analyses of Performance of a Box Type Solar Cooker
  Design of an Experimental Equipment for Elastic and Creep Bucklings
  Design and Manufacture of a Fish Type Robot
  Elastic Properties of Violin Bows

1998


  Design of an Experimental Equipment for Creep Buckling
  Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodle
  Computer Assisted Education on Mechanics of Materials
  Improvement of a Box Type Solar Cooker
  Optimization of Tower Type Structures Employing the Characteristic Frequencies as Objective Functions

1999


  Manufacture of a Concentrator Type Solar Cooker
  Design of a Panel Type Solar Cooker
  Design and Manufacture of Material Property Simulator

2000


  Evaluation of Visco-elastic Properties of Foods by a Creep Meter
  Manufacture of a Small Scale Tensile Testing Machine for the Material Property Simulator
  Analyses of Psycho-rheology by Material Property Simulator and FEM
  Optimization of a Tower Structure for Middle Scale Wind Power Generation System
  Matrix Type Laser Lighting System for the Visualization of Concentrations of Solar Cookers

2001


  Manufacture of a Small Scale Tensile Testing Machine for the Material Property Simulator
  Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodle
  Manufacture of a Multi-Mirror Type Solar Cooker
  Automatic Sun Tracking System for a Box Type Solar Cooker

2002


  Automatic Adjustment of Booster Mirror of a Box Type Solar Cooker
  Fabrication of a Heliostat Type Solar Cooker
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp
  Vibration of a cantilever subject to Rapid Heating
  Four Leg Walking Mechanism by Simple Linkage
  Down-Sizing of the Material Property Simulator
  Determination of Visco-elastic Properties of Udon Noodle by Hanging it in Catenary

2003


  Reproduction of Plastic Properties by the Material Property Simulator
  Improvement on Small Scale Material Property Simulator
  Automatic Sun Tracking of the Compact Heliostat Type Solar Cooker
  Safety Analyses of a Concentrative Reflector with Short Focal Length
  Automatic Adjustment of Booster Mirror of a Box Type Solar Cooker
  Psycho-Rheological Criterion for Hardness
  Contact Problem and FEA for Bulge Processing
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp by FEM

2004


  Manufacture of Solar Rice Cooker
  Large Telkes Type Solar Cooker
  Application of Box Type Solar Cooker with High Robustness
  Solar Cooker as Pasteurizer
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp by FEM

2005


  Stress Analyses of a Wind Turbine Blade Subject to Gyroscopic Forces
  Psycho-Rheological Criterion for Hardness of Viscotic Materials
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp Made with Plastic
  Solar Cooker with a Variable Focal Length
  Design of a Simple Telkes Type Solar Cooker

2006


  Effect of Surface Roughness on Solar Cookers
  Design of a Solar Cooker of Various Sizes by Combining Single Reflector Units
  Shock Absorption Properties of a Ken-do Protectors
  Wind Turbine Blade Subject to Gyroscopic Forces
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp  

2007


  Design of Panel Type Solar Cooker with High Concentration and Robustness
  Design of a Solar Cooker of Various Sizes by Combining Single Reflector Units
  FEA of Wind Turbine Blade Subject to Gyroscopic Forces
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp by FEM

2008


  Concentrator Type Solar Cooker with Obscure Focal Area
  Small Concentrator Type Solar Cooker with Pseudo Parabolic Reflector as Educational Material
  Acoustic Properties of an Aeolian Harp
  Lateral Buckling of Strip Beams
  Educatianl Materials for Beginners on Mechanics of Materials

2009


  Reproduction of Goto Solar Rice Cooker and its Performance
  Box Type Solar Cooker Made of Cotton Cloths
  Psycho-Rheological Criterion for Hardness of Viscotic Materials
  Simple Design of a Box Type Solar Cooker

2010


  Concentrator Type Solar Cooker Made of Plastics
  Manufacture of a Solar Dryer
  Design of Small and Light-weight Box Type Solar Cooker
  Reproduction of Goto Solar Rice Cooker and its Performance
  Simple Method to Fablicate a Heliostat Type Solar Cooker

2011


  Small Concentrator Type Solar Cooker Made of Plastics for Educational Material
  Small Solar Dryer for Educational Material
  Possibility of Lateral Buckling of a Small-scale Wind Turbine Blade due to Gyroscopic Effect
  Design of a Swimming Machine by Pseudo Coupled Vibration of Fin
  Simple Method to Fablicate a Heliostat Type Solar Cooker
  Automatic Sun Tracking for Small Solar Furnace
  Box Type Solar Cooker as an Educational Material
  Design of a Solar Still

2012


  Design of a Solar Dryer with Large Heat Capacity
  Solar Dryer as an Educational Material
  Foldable Concentrator Type Solar Cooker
  Panel Type Solar Cooker Adaptable for the Large Change in Sun Elevation
  Wick Type Solar Distiller
  Numerical Analysis for the Lateral Buckling of the Blades of Small Scale Wind Turbines
  Design of a Swimming Machine by Pseudo Coupled Vibration of Fin
  Small Scake Solar Furnace as Educationa Material

2013


  Design of a Swimming Machine by Pseudo Coupled Vibration of Fin
  Durable Panel Type Solar Cooker for the Developing Countries
  Panel Type Solar Cooker made from a Cardboard Box for Packing
  Design of a Swimming Machine by Pseudo Coupled Vibration of Fin
  Simple Method to Fablicate a Heliostat Type Solar Cooker
  Automatic Sun Tracking for Small Solar Furnace with Lego Mindstorm
  Simple Sun Tracking by Shape Memory Alloy
  Design of a Solar Still

Verious Types of Automatic Sun Tracking for Small Solar Furnace as Educational Material

2014


  Panel Type Solar Cooker Which Can Be Used as a Carton
  Panel Type Solar Cooker for the Use in Developing Countries
  Mechanism to Change the Flexion‐Extension Movement of Feet to the Sweep Movement of a Fin
  Less Expensive Panel Type Solar Cooker for the Educational Use
  Design of a Collector to Activate the Photocatalyst

2015


  Panel Type Solar Cooker for the Use in Developing Countries
  Concentrator Type Solar Cooker Made of Corrugated Plastic
  Design of a Box Type Solar Cooker Which Works for Low Sun Elevation
  Evaluation Method for the Solar Cookers in Classrooms

2016


  Improvement of the Concentrator Type Solar Cooker Made of Corrugated Plastic
  Requirements for the Panel Type Solar Cooker in the Developing Countries
  New Design of a Panel Type Solar Cooker Which Can Be Used as a Carton
  Design of a Box Type Solar Cooker Which Works for Low Sun Elevation
  Design, Fabrication and Analysis of Solar Dryer for Mid Lattitude Application

2017


  Light and Low-Cost Parabolic Solar Cooker Made of Corrugated Plastic
  How to Avoid Using Plastic Bags for the Panel Type Solar Cookers
  Design of a Vacuum Tube Solar Cooler
  Improvement and Application of the Inverse Optical Test to Evaluate the Performance of Solar Cookers
  Improvement of a Panel Type Solar Cooker for Its Use in Developing Countries Located
   in Equatorial and Tropical Regions Such as Cote d'Ivoire
  Design and Performance Analysis of Solar Dryer for Use in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Kenya

  
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