Curriculum Vitaes

Akira Maekawa

  (前川 晃)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Professor, Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University
Degree
Ph.D.(Sep, 2007, Osaka Prefecture University)

Researcher number
50763794
J-GLOBAL ID
202201021077230660
researchmap Member ID
R000035591

広島県尾道市(旧 因島市)出身.広島県立因島高等学校卒業.1988年大阪府立大学工学部卒業.1990年大阪府立大学大学院博士前期課程修了.2007年博士(工学)取得.1990年関西電力株式会社に入社.関西電力では一貫して原子力発電事業に携わる.発電所および研究所,原子力事業本部,経営監査室にて,耐震設計および設備保全,規格基準,高経年化対策,原子力監査などの業務に従事した後,2022年大阪産業大学工学部機械工学科教授.専門は,振動工学,耐震・制振工学,設備保全工学,規格基準,原子力工学.


Committee Memberships

 23

Papers

 88
  • Akira MAEKAWA, Michiaki SUZUKI
    Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese), 90(936), Aug, 2024  Peer-reviewedLead author
  • Akira Maekawa, Takashi Tsuji, Tsuneo Takahashi
    Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 144(4), Aug, 2022  Peer-reviewedLead author
    Abstract This paper proposes an improved contactless measurement method for vibration stress of piping systems, by which the measurement time is shorter and the measuring works are more simple. The proposed method includes two processes, in which the bending mode shape of piping vibration is identified by a transmission-type light emitting diode (LED) displacement sensor and the vibration stress is calculated based on beam theory using the approximated curve of the bending mode shape. The proposed method uses one advanced LED displacement sensor to measure the vibration stress in contrast to multiple conventional LED sensors, which must be used in the previous method developed by the authors. Therefore, the measuring system could be reduced in size and a light-weight and portable measurement instrument was developed. The measurement accuracy and reliability of the new method were validated by the vibration experiment using a mockup piping system.
  • Akira Maekawa, Michiyasu Noda, Masanori Shintani, Michiaki Suzuki
    OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING, 151, Apr, 2022  Peer-reviewed
    The purpose of this study is to verify the applicability of the proposed noncontact measurement method of vibration stress using multiple laser displacement sensors. In order to demonstrate its applicability, the factors that influence the measurement accuracy were investigated. Since the proposed method has a simple measurement theory and few restrictions on measurement conditions, it can be applied to vibration measurement of various beam-shaped structures such as pipes. However, in actual vibration measurement, it is expected that an inherent error will occur due to the basic principle of the proposed method. Identification and quantitative evaluation of the influential factors that cause the error are important basic findings for determining the practical application of the proposed method. First, based on the basic principle of the proposed method, the influential factors that can occur due to the use of the laser displacement sensor were clarified. Second, the errors caused by the identified influential factors were quantitatively evaluated. Third, a vibration test was performed to verify the identified influential factors and the errors caused by those factors. Finally, from the obtained results, the applicability of the proposed method was demonstrated, and measures for further improving the accuracy were suggested.
  • Akira Maekawa, Tsuneo Takahashi
    JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 143(6), Dec, 2021  Peer-reviewed
    This study presents the response mitigation effect of piping systems by inelastic seismic design based on elastic-plastic property of steel pipe supports. The inelastic seismic design to control vibration by absorbing energy using elastic-plastic properties of materials can be one of useful ideas. The design idea to use the elastic-plastic behavior of pipe supports is addressed in Technical Code for Seismic Design of Nuclear Power Plants (JEAC4601) published by the Japan Electric Association in Japan. Here, the component named an elastic-plastic pipe support is proposed as an energy-absorbing element. However, in order to put the inelastic seismic design using the elastic-plastic pipe supports into practical use, it is necessary to accumulate more findings related to the seismic response and the application range. This study aims to investigate the applicability of the inelastic seismic design taking the elastic-plastic pipe supports in the piping systems and to increase the basic findings. In this study, the seismic response analysis using three-dimensional piping system with an elastic-plastic pipe support was conducted. As a result, it was found that the elastic-plastic pipe support affected the seismic response largely. Additionally, the vibration characteristics, the response acceleration, and the load generated in the piping system were discussed relating to the plastic deformation and the plasticity rate of the elastic-plastic pipe support.
  • Akira Maekawa, Tsuneo Takahashi
    JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 141(1), Feb, 2019  Peer-reviewed
    This study describes inelastic seismic design of piping systems considering the damping effect caused by elastic-plastic property of a pipe support which is called an elastic-plastic support. Though the elastic-plastic support is proposed as inelastic seismic design framework in the Japan Electric Association code for the seismic design of nuclear power plants (JEAC4601), the seismic responses of the various piping systems with the support are unclear. In this study, the damping coefficient of a piping system is focused on, and the relation between seismic response of the piping system and elastic-plastic behavior of the elastic-plastic support was investigated using nonlinear time history analysis and complex eigenvalue analysis. The analysis results showed that the maximum seismic response acceleration of the piping system decreased largely in the area surrounded by pipe elbows including the elastic-plastic support which allowed plastic deformation. The modal damping coefficient increased a maximum of about sevenfold. Furthermore, the amount of the initial stiffness of the elastic-plastic support made a difference in the increasing tendency of the modal damping coefficient. From the viewpoint of the support model in the inelastic seismic design, the reduction behavior for the seismic response of the piping system was little affected by the 10% variation of the secondary stiffness. These results demonstrated the elastic-plastic support is a useful inelastic seismic design of piping systems on the conditions where the design seismic load is exceeded extremely.

Misc.

 40
  • MUTOH Shota, AOKI Shigeru, KURITA Katsumi, KOSHIMIZU Shigeomi, MAEKAWA Akira
    2016(53) "1002-1"-"1002-5", Mar 1, 2016  
  • MUTO Shota, AOKI Shigeru, KURITA Katsumi, KOSHIMIZU Shigeomi, MAEKAWA Akira
    2015 "GS0114-346-1"-"GS0114-346-3", Nov 21, 2015  
    In welding, material is heating locally. Therefore, it generates tensile residual stress in the heat affected zone and changes the quality of material. Those will be causes problem of stress corrosion cracking in SUS304. One of the conventional prevention is to use material that hardly occur heat sensitization, but stress corrosion cracking is observed in that material. Therefore, it is desired to reduce or remove the tensile residual stress generated by welding. Accordingly, we have been proposed a method that adds ultrasonic vibration during welding. The method can reduce the tensile residual stress easily in a shorter time than conventional methods. Experimentally, it has ever been shown that this method can reduce the tensile residual stress on heated zone for thin plate of SUS304. In this study, it is examined that acceleration amplitude influences to reduction of the tensile residual stress for welding of thin plate of SUS304.
  • NOSE Masahiro, OKADA Hiroshi, YUSA Yasunori, MAEKAWA Akira
    The Computational Mechanics Conference, 2015(28) "110-1"-"110-3", Oct 10, 2015  
  • MAEKAWA Akira, TSUJI Takashi, TAKAHASHI Tsuneo
    Dynamics and Design Conference : D & D, 2015 "723-1"-"723-12", Aug 25, 2015  
    The present paper proposes an efficient contactless measurement method for vibration stress of piping systems, by which the measuring works are performed for an extreme short time and the measured stress can be evaluated immediately after the measurement. The proposed method uses only one LED-optical sensor to measure the vibration stress though multiple sensors must be used in the previous method developed by the authors. Therefore, the measuring system could be reduced in size and a light-weight and portable measurement instrument was developed. The measurement accuracy and reliability of the new method were verified by vibration experiments using a mock-up piping.
  • INSS journal : Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Safety System, 22 186-198, 2015  

Books and Other Publications

 17

Presentations

 113

Industrial Property Rights

 3

Academic Activities

 3

Social Activities

 11

研究テーマ

 5
  • 研究テーマ(英語)
    液体貯蔵タンクの耐震性と振動特性に関する研究
    研究期間(開始)(英語)
    2003
  • 研究テーマ(英語)
    機器・配管系の弾塑性地震応答に関する研究
    研究期間(開始)(英語)
    2010
  • 研究テーマ(英語)
    機器・配管系の地震応答低減に関する研究
    研究期間(開始)(英語)
    2010
  • 研究テーマ(英語)
    配管振動の計測法と評価法に関する研究
    研究期間(開始)(英語)
    2004
  • 研究テーマ(英語)
    配管内圧力脈動に関する研究
    研究期間(開始)(英語)
    2008