Yasufumi YAMAMOTO

Professor, Dr. Engng
Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Kansai University
e-mail: yamayasu'at'kansai-u.ac.jp
Fluid Engineering Lab.
ex- Visual Information Engineering Lab.
last update: 2022/12/09

Research Interest

Multiphase flow simulations and measurements by particle-tracking

Selected Publications

· Kawakami, K., Kita, Y., Yamamoto, Y.,
"Front-tracking simulation of the wetting behavior of an impinging droplet using a relaxed impermeability condition and a generalized Navier boundary condition",
Computers & Fluids, Vol.251, (2023), 105739.

· Yamamoto, Y., Otomo, R., Tanaka, Y., Harada, S.,
"Effect of terminal velocities on macroscopic and microscopic hydrodynamic mixing of stratified suspensions",
Physical Review E, Vol.106, (2022), 045109. pdf

· Yamamoto, Y., Yamada, K., Tanaka, Y., Harada, S.,
"Macroscopic and microscopic hydrodynamic mixing of stratified suspensions",
Physical Review E, Vol.104, (2021), 025111. pdf

· Mori, M., Tai, T., Nishimura, K., Harada, S., Yamamoto, Y.,
"Possibility of non-Fickian mixing at concentration interface between stratified suspensions",
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.571, (2020), pp.13-20.

· Yamamoto, Y., Ito, T., Wakimoto, T., Katoh, K.,
"Numerical and theoretical analyses of the dynamics of droplets driven by electrowetting on dielectric in a Hele-Shaw cell",
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.839, (2018), pp.468-488.
recognized as a key scientific paper by Advances In Engineering

· Yamamoto, Y., Higashida, S., Tanaka, H., Wakimoto, T., Ito, T., Katoh, K.,
"Numerical analysis of contact line dynamics passing over a single wettable defect on a wall",
Physics of Fluids, Vol.28, (2016), 082109.

· Yamamoto Y., Hisataka, F., Harada, S.,
"Numerical simulation of concentration interface in stratified suspension: Continuum-particle transition",
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.73, (2015), pp.71-79.

· Yamamoto Y., Tokieda K., Wakimoto T., Ito T., Katoh K.,
"Modeling of the dynamic wetting behavior in a capillary tube considering the macroscopic-microscopic contact angle relation and generalized Navier boundary condition",
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.59, (2014), pp.106-112.

· Yamamoto Y., Ito T., Wakimoto T., Katoh K.,
"Numerical simulations of spontaneous capillary rises with very low capillary numbers using a front-tracking method combined with generalized Navier boundary condition",
International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.51, (2013), pp.22-32.

· Yamamoto Y., Yasuoka T., Uemura T.,
"Front-Tracking Simulation of a Drop Actuation Utilizing Temperature Dependency of Wettability and of Surface Tension",
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series B, Vol.79, No.800, (2013), pp.567-576.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flows by Level Contour Reconstruction Method (Improvement of Volume Conservation Property)",
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series B, Vol.77, No.774, (2011), pp.237-246.

· Yamamoto Y., Taniguchi T., Uemura T.,
"A Coupled Implicit Interface and Level Contour Reconstruction Method for Multiphase Flow Simulation",
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series B, Vol.75, No.758, (2009), pp.2003-2010.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"Robust particle image velocimetry using gradient method with upstream difference and downstream difference",
Experiments in Fluids, Vol.46, No.4, (2009), pp.659-670.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"3D particle measurements by single beam two-views magnified digital in-line holography",
Experiments in Fluids, Vol.45, No.5, (2008), pp.813-821.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"Numerical Experiment of Drop Spreading by Front-Tracking Method -Accurate Representation of Interfacial Tension at Contact Line-",
Journal of the Japanese Society for Experimental Mechanics, Vol.8,Special_Issue, (2008), pp.s43-s48.

· Yamamoto Y., Yamauchi M., Uemura T.,
"Numerical Simulation of a Contaminated Water Drop Sinking in Oil by a Front-tracking Method",
Journal of Computational Science and Technology, Vol.2 No.1, (2008), pp.246-257.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"Numerical Simulation of a Water Drop Sinking in Oil by Adaptive Mesh Refinement Front-Tracking Method",
Progress in Multiphase Flow Research, Vol.2, (2007), pp.165-171.

· Yamamoto Y., Uemura T.,
"A New Super-Resolution PIV Accelerated by Characteristic Pixel Selection",
Journal of Visualization, Vol.6, No.3 (2003) pp.263-272.

· Yamamoto Y., Potthoff M., Tanaka T., Kajishima T., Tsuji Y.,
"Large-eddy simulation of turbulent gas--particle flow in a vertical channel: effect of considering inter-particle collisions",
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 442, (2001), pp.303-334.
cited over 300 times from Web of Science.

· Wells J.C., Yamamoto Y.,
"Experimental spatio-temporal structure of vortical and straining regions near the wall of open-channel flow",
Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.45, (2001), pp.523-528.

· Wells J.C., Yamane Y., Yamamoto Y., Egashira S., Nakagawa H.,
"Dye visualization and P.I.V. analysis of streamwise vorticity structure in a smooth-bed open channel flow",
Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol 44, (2000), pp.491-496.

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