Laboratory for Flow Control-Fluid mechanics experiment for science & technology-
Staff
Visit.Assoc.Prof.T.Yanagisawa
Takatoshi Yanagisawa
Secretary Y.Miyazaki
Yui Miyazaki
Prof.Emeritus Y.Takeda
Yasushi Takeda
Technician Emeritus T.Sampo
Toshiyuki Sampo
History
Our laboratory was launched in 1955 as the second laboratory of applied mechanics when the Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in School of Engineering, Hokkaido University. In 1960, Prof. Mikio Arie took the chair of the laboratory and renamed to the first laboratory of fluid engineering. Prof. Arie, who became the president of university later, constructed a large wind tunnel facility in 1969, preparing for Sapporo Winter Olympic Game held in 1972. Team Japan occupied all the three medals in ski-jump then, and it became an important historical record of our laboratory. In 1982, the successor, Prof. Masaru Kiya, renamed to Laboratory for Flow Control, and attained great results in finding the vortical wake structures of various objects as well as flow noise production, which are well known internationally. In 2002, Prof. Yasushi Takeda was invited as a new chair after he accumulated a long research carrier in Switzerland over 20 years. Prof. Takeda spread ultrasound Doppler method for experimental fluid mechanics and it became one of the main tools responding to industrial demands of the laboratory. Prof. Takeda also established LFC’s international network with European countries, which continues to date. In 2010, Prof. Yuichi Murai got promoted and strengthened the field of multiphase flows and particle image velocimetry. In 2011, Yuji Tasaka got promoted to associate professor and has been leading the projects on liquid metal, convection, and rheology. In 2016, Hyun Jin Park joined as assistant professor and promoted development of marine ships, wind power and mineral resources. In 2020, Yasufumi Horimoto joined as project assistant professor, who expanded flow control techniques using polymer solutions and microbubbly fluids.
