Gaku FUKUSHIMA
Doctor of Engineering (Nagoya University, Japan, 2023)
Information as of April 2024
Affiliation
Postdoctoral researcher
Faculté de génie, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
News
2024.04.15 I start working at Université de Sherbrooke as postdoc.
2024.04.10 Our paper has been published in Physics of Fluids.
2023.11.19 I presented our study at 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics (Washington, DC).
2023.10.01 I started working at Yokohama National University as specially appointed researcher (JSPS-PD fellow).
2023.07.20 I presented our study at 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves (Daegu, Korea).
2023.04.01 I started working at Yokohama National University as JSPS postdoctoral fellow.
Research topics
Shock wave formation
Shock-turbulence interactions
Numerical simulation of shock wave (CFD)
Control of compressible fluids and shock waves
Compressible multiphase flow, gas-particle flow
Skills
Experimental technique (shock tube, supersonic wind tunnel, flow visualization, hot-wire anemometer)
Computational fluid dynamics technique (numerical scheme for compressible flows, shock wave computation, multiphase flows, programming)
Publications
G. Fukushima*, and K. Kitamura, "Improved hybrid approach of monotonic upstream-centered scheme for conservation laws and discontinuity sharpening technique for steady and unsteady flows," Physics of Fluids 36, 046110 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0198163
G. Fukushima*, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura, and A. Sasoh, "Petal formation law in a cellophane diaphragm subjected to a pressure difference," Physical Review E 106, L043001 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L043001
D. Ichihara, G. Fukushima, D. Kuwabara, and A. Sasoh, “Energy conversion efficiency of electrical exploding foil accelerators,” AIP Advances 11, 095203 (2021). doi: 10.1063/5.0061699
G. Fukushima*, S. Ogawa, J. Wei, Y. Nakamura and A. Sasoh, ” Impacts of grid turbulence on the side projection of planar shock waves,” Shock Waves 31, 101-115 (2021). doi: 10.1007/s00193-021-01000-2
G. Fukushima*, J. Wei, S. Ogawa, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura and A. Sasoh, “Losing the shock wave front profile due to interaction with turbulence,” Fluid Dynamics Research 53(2), 025504 (2021). doi: 10.1088/1873-7005/abeda4 (Fluid Dynamics Research highlights of 2021)
G. Fukushima*, T. Tamba, A. Iwakawa, and A. Sasoh, “Influence of cellophane diaphragm rupture processes on the shock wave formation in a shock tube,” Shock Waves 30, 545–557 (2020). doi: 10.1007/s00193-020-00951-2
T. Tamba, G. Fukushima, M. Kayumi, A. Iwakawa, and A. Sasoh. “Experimental investigation of the interaction of a weak planar shock with grid turbulence in a counter-driver shock tube,” Physical Review Fluids 4, 073401 (2019). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.073401
* corresponding
Conference (international)
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, "MUSCL and THINC hybrid scheme for strong and very weak shock waves in steady and unsteady flows," 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, J15.00007, Washingtons DC, USA, 2023.
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, A. Sasoh, "Improvement of Very Weak Shock Capturing Using Hybrid MUSCL-THINC," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T11-0373, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
T. Yamaguchi, N. Shigeta, G. Fukushima, D. Custodio, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, "Shock Wave Mitigation through Magic Fence," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T20-0242, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
N. Shigeta, G. Fukushima, T. Yamaguchi, J. Hagiwara, D. Custodio, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, "Shock Wave Mitigation due to Forward Flow Nudge," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T22-0142, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, A. Sasoh, "On Peculiar Behaviors of Captured Very-Weak Moving Shockwaves," AIAA Aviation Forum 2022, AIAA 2022-4127, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2022. (AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Student Paper Competition 1st Place) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4127
〇G. Fukushima, S. Ogawa, J. Wei, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura, and A. Sasoh, “Moderation of Shock Wave Profile in Grid Turbulence,” AIAA Aviation Forum 2021, AIAA 2021-2608, Virtual event, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2608
〇G. Fukushima, T. Tamba, S. Ogawa, A. Iwakawa, and A. Sasoh, “Experimental investigation of planar shock wave-grid turbulence interaction using counter driver shock tube,” AIAA Aviation Forum 2019, AIAA 2019-3074, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3074
A Sasoh, T. Tamba, and G. Fukushima, “Visualization of shock wave–grid turbulence interaction in the counter–driver shock tube,” 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, BAPS.2018.DFD.E03.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2018.
Conference (domestic, in Japanese)
Please see Japanese page
Prizes and honors
AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Student Paper Competition 1st Place, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2022 Chicago IL, Jul 2022
Nagoya University outstanding graduate student award, Jun 2022
Best Presentation Award, Symposium on Shock Waves in Japan, Mar 2021
Outstanding presentation award, Chubu branch conference of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, Nov 2019
Funding and scholarship
Oversea research funds, Yokohama Academic Foundation, 2023
JSPS (Japan society for the promotion of science) PD research fellow, 2023-present
JSPS (Japan society for the promotion of science) DC2 research fellow, 2021-2023
The DII Collaborative Graduate Program for Accelerating Innovation in Future Electronics, 2018-2023
Takenaka Scholarship Foundation, 2015-2018
Education
PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, Mar. 2023 (supervised by Professor Akihiro Sasoh)
Contact
Email: gaku.fukushima (Please add "[at]usherbrooke.ca")