Papers by Author: Yukio Miyashita

Abstract: This study aims at experimentally revealing the effects of damages/fractures in HAp coating layer of acetabular cups on loosening behavior of the acetabular cups. Aseptic loosening is occurred due to degradation of fixing force of acetabular cups by biological effects or mechanical loading. However, effects of mechanical loading on loosening behaviour have not been observed yet. In order to simulate cyclic loading conditions of gaits, a testing system which can load entire components of joint including acetabular cups and stem parts was designed. Moreover, by applying two positions of AE sensors during fatigue testing, it was possible to observe the damage behavior of HAp coating. AE measurement detected different failure modes of HAp coating, which were locally occurred at an edge part of the acetabular cup due to stress singularity at that region. In the cases of changing fixation angles, even though damages in simulated cancellous bone surrounding acetabular cups were less occurred, extents of rotational displacements were compatible with the one in an original fixation angle.

Abstract: Effect of the applying twin laser beam on the welding of AZ31 / A5052 dissimilar metals lap joint was studied. The direct welding and the welding with Al12Si filler wire were carried out. Flow behavior of the molten metal was analyzed by FEM simulation. For both welding methods, failure load of the joints increased by applying twin laser beam with reasonable beam distance. Twin laser beam technique could control temperature distribution and flow behavior of the molten metal.

Abstract: The crack propagation along the bond coat / topcoat interface of a TBC system has been studied in a previous work under a certain mode ratio (K2/K1). In order to discuss a parameter that describes the crack propagation, the growth behavior of a crack has to be studied under various K2/K1 ratios. In this work, BEM was used to determine the modifications that change K2/K1 ratios of the specimen employed in the previous study. Six characteristics of the specimen were modified: location of the applied load; height; length, position and direction of the notch, and its separation from the bond coat / topcoat interface. Among these modifications, the change of location of load point can effectively change K2/K1 ratio to values greater and smaller than those of the previous study. Crack propagation tests with three different positions of load point were performed using specimens with topcoat porosity of 5%, 15% and 20%. The results indicated that, independently of K2/K1 ratio, the parameter Ki dominated the crack growth behavior for an interface crack under mixed mode.