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Tomoaki Fuji
Assistant Professor
Department of Design Strategy
Faculty of Design

Graduate School

Department of Design Strategy
Graduate School of Design

Undergraduate School

Department of Industrial Design
School of Design

E-Mail

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Design

Field of Specialization

Machine Design

Outline Activities


1. Studies on Ball Motion of Ball Bearings for Performance Improvement
2. Development of Apparatus for Rehabilitation and Support of Gait Function
3. Development of Crib for Supporting Child-care


Machine Design, Basic Engineering Drawings, Exercise in Machine Design, etc..

Research

Research Interests

  • Development of the Crib for Child Care Support.
    keyword : Chile Care, Crib, Machine Design
    2004.04.
  • Development of Apparatus for Rehabilitation and Support of Gait Function
    keyword : Rehabilitation, Welfare, Gait, Machine Design
    1995.04.
  • A Study of Ball Bearing for Improving its Performance.
    keyword : Machine Elements, Ball Bearing, Motion, Hall Element, Angular Velocity
    1990.04.

Current and Past Project

  • Workshop on Design and Technical Drawings Education
  • Workshop on Design and Technical Drawings Education
  • Workshop on JIS Standards of Technical Drawings

Academic Activities

Reports

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1. A Study of a Ball Motion Measurement in a Ball Bearing and Accuracy Improvement on Ball Rotation Angular Velocity Calculation.
2. Lessons of "AutoCAD LT 2002" for Beginners.
3. A Study of Three-Dimensional Motion Analysis of a Ball in a Thrust Ball Bearing Using the Hall Elements.

Papers

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1. Development of Apparatus for Rehabilitation and Support of Gait Function
(2nd Report, Construction of the Apparatus and Safety Devices, and an Example of Trial Tests).
2. A Simplified Method to Analyze the Angular Velocity Components of Ball Rotation in Ball Bearing.
3. Development of Apparatus for Rehabilitation and Support of Gait Function
(1st Report, Specification and Mechanism for the Apparatus and Its Performance Simulation).
4. K. TAKENOUCHI, T. FUJI, T. TAKEYARI, N. WATANABE, A. IWAMA, K. KAWAKITA,Measurement of Ball Motion in a Ball-Type Limited Slip Differential Gear,Applied Mechanics and Engineering -Proceedings of the International Conference: Problems of Non-Conventional Bearing Systems-,Vol.4, pp.321-328,1999.09.
5. T. FUJI, K. TAKENOUCHI, S. ARIYOSHI, K. KAWAKITA,Experimental Study on Ball Motions in Thrust Ball Bearings,Applied Mechanics and Engineering -Proceedings of the International Conference: Problems of Non-Conventional Bearing Systems-,Vol.4, pp.311-316,1999.09.
6. An Engineering Aid for Active Range-of-Motion Exercise
- Development of Rehabilitation Apparatus for Contracture of Ankle Joints and Characteristics in Active Dorsi Flexion -.
7. Development of a New Rehabilitation Apparatus for ROM Exercise of all Joints Necessary at Walking Motion.
8. Kazuki Takenouchi, Kazuaki Kawakita, Tomoaki Fuji, Shogo Ariyoshi,Measuring Characteristics and Motion of a Ball in Thrust Ball Bearings,Proceedings of International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions and Mechanisms,pp.1060-1064,1997.07.
9. Tomoaki Fuji, Kazuaki Kawakita, Kazuki Takenouchi, Shogo Ariyoshi,Development of Experimental System for Thrust Ball Bearings,Proceedings of International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions and Mechanisms,pp.1056-1059,1997.07.
10. Kazuaki Kawakita, Kazuki Takenouchi, Tomoaki Fuji, Shogo Ariyoshi,Improved Measuring Method for Motion of a Ball in Ball Bearings,Proceedings of International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions and Mechanisms,pp.1047-1050,1997.07.

Works, Software and Database

1. "TimeKeeper" and "TimeKp Pro"; PalmWares for Presentation..

Presentations

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1. Improvement of Resulting Measurement Accuracy of Angular Velocity Vector of Ball Rotation
Kazuki TAKENOUCHI, Tomoaki FUJI, Shogo ARIYOSHI and Akiko KAJIHARA
Proceedings of JSEM 2006 Annual Conference on Experimental Mechanics, pp.297-300..
2. Experimental Considerations on Guiding Principles for Valid Angular Velocity Evaluation of Three-Axes Rotation.
3. Experimental Considerations on Reliability Improvement of Ball Rotation Evaluated from Magnetic Measurement by Hall Element.
4. Mechanical Aid for Recovery and Maintenance of Walking Function with Measurement of Joint Characteristics in Flexion.
5. A Proposal of an Simple Analysing Mehod of Ball Motion in Ball Bearings.
6. Consideation for Improvement of Ball Motion Measurement - Effects of Atomizing Error on Evaluated Ball Rotation Vector.
7. Development of Rehabilitation Apparatus Offering Simultaneous Flexion to Foot Joints for Walking Motion.
8. Ball Motion in Retainer Pocket in Operating Ball Bearing.
9. Consideation for Improvement of Ball Motion Measurement with Hall Element.
10. Experimental Study on Ball Motion in a Ball-Type Limited Slip Differenctial Gear.
11. Development of Rehabilitation Aid Offering Passive Flexion to Foot Joints for Walking Motion.
12. Measurement of Ball Motion in a Ball-Type Limited Slip Differenctial Gear.
13. Effects of Magnetized Condition of Ball on Ball Motion Detection.
14. On Rehabilitation Aid for Guit Motion - Joint Moment in Simultaneous Flexion of Hip, Knee and Ankle Joints.
15. On Rehabilitation Aid for Guit Motion - Measurement System of Dynamic Characteristics of Joints in Flexion.
16. Measurement of Three Axces Rotation of Ball in Thrust Ball Bearing.
17. Experimental Study on Ball Motion in Thrust Ball Bearing.
18. On Measurement Characteristics of Rotating Motion of Magnetized Ball.
19. Engineering Aid for Rehabilitation on Guit Function - Characteristics of Ankle Joint in Dorsi Flexion.
20. Engineering Aid for Rehabilitation on Guit Function - Development of Rehabilitation Apparatus for Guit Training.
21. Engineering Aid for Rehabilitation on Guit Function - Applicability of Engineering Technique to Development of New Apparatus.
22. Crossing Monitoring System Using the Image Processing Technology.
23. The Development of a Railroad Crossing Observation System Using Image Processing Technique.
24. Precision Improvement of Ball Motion Measurement in Ball Bearings.

Membership in Academic Society

  • The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Japanese Society of Tribologists
  • Japan Society for Design Engineering
  • Japan Society for Graphic Science
  • The Society for Human Support Science

Awards

  • Award for Excellent Presentation
  • Award for Excellent Presentation
  • Award for Excellent Presentation
  • Award for Encouragement of Research

Educational

Educational Activities

Machine Design, Basic Drawing, Exercise in Machine Design.
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