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Tagawa Lab
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We are a research group working in the field of #FluidDynamics, #MultiphaseFlow, #SoftMatter at #TUAT #Japan. Current topics are on #jets, #bubbles, and #drops.

https://sites.google.com/view/tagawalab
Here is also the link to the published article:

🔗 rdcu.be/e06QE

Check it out!
February 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
We have uploaded a new paper (Kamamoto K et al.) to @arxiv🎉

Check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2601.20558

#jet
January 29, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Our research has been featured on the JST website!
We revealed that a droplet on a soft substrate can behave like a solid sphere.

Read more here 👇 jst.go.jp/pr/announce/...

#JST #ResearchHighlight #FluidMechanics #Droplets #SoftMatter #FundamentalResearch #UniversityResearch
jst.go.jp
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
JSTのWebページで、私たちの研究成果が紹介されました!
液滴が柔らかい材料上で「固体球のように振る舞う」メカニズムを解明した研究です。

詳細はこちら👇 jst.go.jp/pr/announce/...

#JST #研究成果 #流体力学 #液滴 #基礎研究 #大学研究 #NatureCommunications
jst.go.jp
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
New on TUAT website: Our research reveals the underlying mechanism of droplet impact force on soft materials, showing a continuous transition from inertial to Hertzian behavior — with implications for 3D bioprinting, coating, and spray design!

Read more: tuat.ac.jp/outline/disc...
tuat.ac.jp
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 AM
東京農工大学のWebページで、液滴衝突力の本質を解き明かした研究成果が紹介されました!
柔らかい材料上で液滴が固体球のように振る舞う現象を初めて実証し、応用設計への新たな指針を示しています。

詳細はこちら👇
tuat.ac.jp/outline/disc...
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Yokoyama's paper, "Scaling crossover in droplet impact force on elastic substrates" has been published in nature communications!🎊

Check it out: nature.com/articles/s41...
Scaling crossover in droplet impact force on elastic substrates - Nature Communications
Droplet impacts shape technologies from erosion to bioprinting. Here, authors show a scaling crossover in peak impact force on soft substrates, from inertial to Hertzian, unified by a similarity param...
nature.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Kobayashi's paper, "Extending flow birefringence analysis to combined extensional–shear flows via Jeffery–Hamel flow measurements" has been accepted in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science!🎊Check it out: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Jeffery-Hamel #Photoelastic
Extending flow birefringence analysis to combined extensional–shear flows via Jeffery–Hamel flow measurements
This study investigates the relationship between phase retardation and strain rates in combined extensional–shear flows using the Jeffery–Hamel flow f…
sciencedirect.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:14 AM
We are honored to have Dr. Delphis F. Levia from @udelaware.bsky.social give a seminar for us on Monday, January 26th. Please come and join us!
#TUATFluidDynamicsSeminar
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
We are honored to have Dr. Nausheen Basha from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social give a seminar for us on Monday, December 8th. Please come and join us!
#TUATFluidDynamicsSeminar
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our paper (Yamashita et al.) has been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics! 🎉Check it out: doi.org/10.1017/jfm....
#JFM #viscoelastic #FocusingPattern
Focusing patterns of spherical particles in a viscoelastic flow through square channels | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | Cambridge Core
Focusing patterns of spherical particles in a viscoelastic flow through square channels - Volume 1022
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We are honored to have Dr. Gianmaria Viciconte from KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) give a seminar for us on Friday, November 7th. Please come and join us!
#TUATFluidDynamicsSeminar
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
10月21日,三浦拓也准教授(東京農工大学)のセミナーが本研究室にて開催されます!ぜひご参加ください! #TUATFluidDynamicsSeminer
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Our paper (Kusuno et al.) has been published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics! 🎉
Check it out: cambridge.org/core/journal...
#JFM #Bubble #Photoelastic
Kusuno's paper, "Stress field in the vicinity of a bubble/sphere moving in a dilute surfactant solution" has been accepted in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics!🎊Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2502.06373 #JFM #Bubble #Photoelastic
September 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Prof. Y. Tagawa has been invited to give a lecture
@MIT on September 23.
More info: math.mit.edu/pms/index.php
#MIT #WaterHammar #Strouhal
September 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I am pleased to share that our paper “Focusing patterns of spherical particles in a viscoelastic flow through square channels” (Yamashita et al.) has been accepted for publication.
#viscoelastic
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We have uploaded a new paper (Kobayashi M et al.) to
arxiv ! 🎉
Check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2508.20702 #Research #arXiv #Photoelastic #Jeffery-Hamel
September 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Bando's paper was selected as the Frontispiece for Small.
Check it out: dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll...
#hydrogel #ultrasound #microparticles
September 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Kusuno's paper, "Stress field in the vicinity of a bubble/sphere moving in a dilute surfactant solution" has been accepted in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics!🎊Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2502.06373 #JFM #Bubble #Photoelastic
August 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
📢Research review 1: Focused jet is one of our lab's representative studies. In our landmark paper @physrevx.bsky.social on this topic, we reported a method to generate "supersonic #microjets" by irradiating a liquid inside a capillary with a low-energy laser pulse.
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
July 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM