Equipment

Fabrication hardware

UV-laser cutting system: OLMUV-355-7W-K, OPI (Specs: DPSS YVO4 355 nm, 7W)

Desktop high-precision NC milling machine: MC-1, PMT

Desktop hot press: H300-15, AS-ONE

3D printers: S5, Ultimaker, etc.

Portable 3D scanner: Space Spider, Artec

High-speed video camera x 3: FASTCAM Mini AX-100, Photron

6-axis high-sensitivy load cells:Nano17 Titanium, ATI, etc.

Data aquisition unit: DL850E ScopeCoder, Yokogawa

Water tunnel: Personal tank, West Japan Fluid Engineering Laboratory （Specs: W300 D200 L1000 mm, Max 2 m/s）

2-axis high-sensitivy load cell: LMC-21426-10N, Nissho-Electric-Works

PIV laser: G4000, Kato Koken (Specs: CW YVO4 532 nm, 4W)

Digital microscope: VHX-6000, Keyence (Specs: VH-ZST x20-2000 lens)

3D motion analysis: DIPP-Motion V/3D, Ditect

2D3C PIV software: FlowExpert2D3C, Kato Koken

3D CAD: Rhinoceros, Robert McNeel & Associates

University-licensed software: Matlab; ANSYS Fluent; ANSYS Mechanical; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft Office, etc.