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Professor Hiroshi Suemasu

Department of Engineering and Applied Science
Faculty of Science and Technology
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Education:
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN BS, Aeronautics 1975
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN MS, Aeronautics 1977
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN Dr, Aeronautics 1980

Current and Previous Academic Positions:
Professor, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Sophia University, 2008
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sophia University, 1994~2008
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sophia University, 1986∼1994
Research Associate, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Tokyo, 1981∼1986
Research Associate, Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics, University of Tokyo, 1980∼1981

Honors and Awards:
Hayashi Prize, Japan Society for Composite materials, May, 1989
Prize for Research Paper, Japan Society for Composite materials, June, 2001
Prize for Research Paper, Japan Society for Aeronautical and space Sciences, June, 2004
Kimpara Prize, Society for Study of Composite Interfaces, May, 1989
Prize for Research Paper, Japan Society for Composite materials, June, 2008

Research Interests:
Stress analysis; Buckling and postbuckling; Impact response; Vibration, Damping and Random vibration; Fracture mechanics; Finite element analysis and its theory

Selected Publications:
Wang, S. S., Zahlan, N. M. and Suemasu, H. (1985) Compressive stability of delaminated random short-fiber composites, Part I - Modelling and methods of analysis. Journal of Composite Materials, 19, 296–316.
Wang, S. S., Zahlan, N. M. and Suemasu, H. (1985) Compressive stability of delaminated random short-fiber composites. Part II-Experimental and analytical results. Journal of Composite Materials, 19, 317–33.

Suemasu H. “Postbuckling Behaviors of Composite Panels with Multiple Delaminations”, Journal of Composite Materials 27 (1993): 1077-1096

Hiroshi Suemasu, “Effects of multiple delaminations on compressive buckling behaviors of composite panels”, Journal of Composite Materials, Vol. 27, No. 12, pp 1172-1192, December 1993

Suemasu, H., K. Gozu and K. Hayashi, 1995. Compressive buckling of rectangular composite plates with a free edge delamination. AIAA J., 33: 312-319.

Hiroshi Suemasu, Masateru Kawauchi, Katsuhisa Gozu, Kunio Hayashi and Takashi Ishikawa, “Effects of a free edge delamination on buckling of rectangular composite plates with two fixed loading and one simply-supported side edges”, Advanced Composite Materials, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 185-200, 1996

Suemasu, H., Sasaki, W., Ishikawa, T., and Aoki, Y. A numerical study on compressive behavior of composite plates with multiple circular delaminations considering delamination propagation. Composites Science and Technology, 68, 2562–2567 (2005)

Toshio Nagashima and Hiroshi Suemasu, “X-FEM analyses of a thin-walled composite shell structure with a delamination”, Computers & Structures, Vol. 88, Nos. 9-10, May 2010, pp. 549-557

Hiroshi Suemasu, Makoto Ichiki and Yuichiro Aoki, “Analytical study on low compressive strength of composite laminates with impact damage: Experiment and Finite Element Analysis”, UK-Japan Workshop, Bristol, UK, March 24-27, 2013

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