Graduate School of
Science and Engineering

We are aiming at the realization of a micro power source of an ultra-small turbo machine etc. by putting micro machine system technology to practical use. The micro power source has been assumed to be a propulsion engine loaded on an ultra-small flying object. We are implementing element design and test production of centrifugal compressor, a can type premixing hydrogen combustor, a radial flow turbine and gas bearing etc configured with an impeller diffuser based on the thermodynamic cycle required for the propulsion engine. We are also implementing structural fluid design by dealing with the centrifugal force, thermal stress and heat conduction problems from the point of view of solid mechanics and the transonic fluid problem of the low Reynolds number from the point of view of aeromechanics. We are also aiming at resolving the electronic/dynamic behavior of piezoresistant material in which the application of a micro mechanical rate sensor like an acceleration sensor is expected, by applying micro mechanics to it.