A two-day meeting exploring the frontiers of Mechanical Science, held at Tohoku University, as a part of their 21st Century Centre of Excellence Programme which is now in the fifth year.
Professor Sadahiro Tsurekawa and Vicky Yardley (Cantab) |
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Mechanical Science |
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A creep testing facility equipped with in situ observation microscope |
Vicky's car |
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Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |
Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |
Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University |
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Rocket engine and Vicky |
Shinkansen shaft made from steel |
Shinkansen shaft made from steel |
Snow plough |
Steam turbine |
Steam turbine |
Steam turbine |
Steam turbine |
Steam turbine |
Steam turbine |
Fick's second law of diffusion with an additional term due to hydrostatic pressure |
Vicky and Steels |
Machine for the creep testing of metals |
Machine for simulating irregularities in the flow of blood |
laser surface topography instrument |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Harry |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Sadahiro |
Fountain for washing hands |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
ZuiHo Den |
Japanese swords, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
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Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
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An original photograph, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
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Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai |
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Bridge in Sendai |
Bridge in Sendai |
Celebrating Vicky's birthday and fourteen other items. |
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Vicky about to begin her lecture on the crystallography of creep-resistant steels |
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At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai |
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |
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On the mountain in Yamagata prefecture |
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Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars |
The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan |
The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan |
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The cable-car infrastructure |
The cable-car infrastructure |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan |
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |
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The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |
Icicles |
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost. |
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Non-slip surface |
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The script on the right (vertical) can be interpreted as "Harry" |
The corresponding Katakana script for Bhadeshia |
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Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain. |
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Bronze bell |
Bronze statue of a student of a famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it. |
Bronze statue of the famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it. |
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Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain. |
Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |
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Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |
Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |
Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |
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Yamadera, the surrounding scenary. |
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The team which scaled the mountain. |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. This is at the summit of the mountain. |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. |
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. |
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At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |
At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |
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At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house. |
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