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Updated: April 4, 2007

Atsushi SHIRAYORI, DR. ENG.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Systems Engineering

Research area:
Tube hydraulic bulging

E-mail : shira"at"cc.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
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Distinctions

2003 Budding Engineer Award ( by The Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity)

2002 NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award

Publications in English (all the publications here)

Atsushi Shirayori, Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Michiharu Narazaki
"FE analysis of spontaneous axial shortening of tubes under free hydraulic bulging
"
STEEL-GRIPS 2 Suppl. Metal Forming 2004, (2004)
, 655-659.

Atsushi Shirayori, Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Michiharu Narazaki
"
A DESIGN METHOD OF LOADING PATHS FOR TUBE HYDROFORMING
USING FEM SIMULATOR
"
Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME
Vol
. 32(2004), 629-636.

Atsushi Shirayori, Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Michiharu Narazaki
"A Trial Design Method of Loading Paths by FEM Simulator for Free Hydraulic Bulging"
Proceedings of the TUBEHYDRO 2003 (International Workshop on Tube Hydroforming)
(2003), 18-21.

Atsushi Shirayori
"Dealing with internal pressure in free hydraulic bulging"
The Tube & Pipe Journal Vol. 14, No. 3 (April/May 2003), 56-60.

A. Shirayori, S. Fuchizawa, H. Ishigure, M. Narazaki
"Deformation Behavior of Tubes with Thickness Deviation in Circumferential
Direction during Hydraulic Free Bulging"
Journal of Material Processing Technology, Vol. 139(2003), 58-63.

A.Shirayori, S.Fuchizawa, M.Narazaki, H.Ishigure
"Free Hydraulic Bulging of Tube by Inflow Control of Pressure Medium"
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical
Simulation of 3D Sheet Forming Processes Vol. 1 (2002), 441-446..

A. Shirayori, S. Fuchizawa, M. Narazaki
"Influence of Initial Thickness Deviation on Tube Deformation during
Free Hydraulic Bulging"
Advanced Technology of Plasticity Vol.2 (2002), 1459-1464.

Atsushi Shirayori, Sadakatsu Fuchizawa, Michiharu Narazaki
"Influence of Initial Thickness Deviation in Tube Periphery on Tube Deformation
during Free Hydraulic Bulging
"
Transactions of North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME
Vol
. 30(2002), 111-118.

A. Shirayori, S. Fuchizawa, H. Ishigure, M. Narazaki
"Deformation Behavior of Tubes with Thickness Deviation in Circumferential
Direction during Hydraulic Free Bulging"
Proceedings of IMCC'2000(2000), 99-100.

A. Shirayori, S. Fuchizawa, M. Narazaki
"Experimental Investigation into a Tube Forming Method for Providing Tubes with
Thickness Distribution in Axial Direction"
Advanced Technology of Plasticity Vol.2(1999), 1223-1228.