RESEARCH ITEMS (1972)

Basic Engineering Division
 Low Emission Automotive Engines.
 Lubrication for Space Application.
 Application of Fluidics to Marine Engineering.
 Underwater ultrasonic-Wave Application.
 Application of Metallic Films to Machine Parts.
 Engineering Magnetohydrodynamics.
 Application of Electrofluiddynamics.
 Friction, Wear and Lubrication of High Polymer.
 Lubrication with Use of Radioisotopes.
 Application of plastics to Underwater Engineering.

Systems Science Division
 Analysis and Design of Production Systems through Systems Engineering.
 Machine Design Automation.
 Adaptive Control of Machine Tools.
 Information Processing by Holography.
 Optical Information Processing by Compound Eye.
 Process Planning of Automated Manufacturing System.
 Real-Time On-Line Turning System.
 Automatic Programming for Numerically Controlled Machine Tools.
 Rocket-Born Spectrometer.
 3-Dimensional Optical Information Processing.
 Photoelectric Measurement.
 Application of Fluid Control Techniques to Machine Tools.
 Ferromagnetic Thin Film Transducers.
 System Theory and Optimization of Traffic System.
 Diffusion of Auto-Exhaust Gases.

Machinery Division
 Group Technology.
 Machine Noise.
 Ground Vibration as Public Nuisance.
 Performance of Rocket Gears.
 Life of Tap Tools.
 Application of Metallic Films to Machine Parts.
 Performance of Machine Tools.
 Feed Drive System of Machine Tools.
 Rolling Bearings.
 Load Carrying Performance of Gears.
 Traction Wheels.
 Power Transmission System.
 Machine Elements for Underwater Machinery.
 Double-Enveloping Worm Gears.
 Efficient Gear Making.
 Human Augmentation.
 A Survey on Damage of On-Shore Instruments.

Materials Engineering Division
 Optimal Control of Electrochemical Machine.
 Impact Resistance of Non-Metallic Automobile Bodies.
 Plastic Waste Disposal.
 Mechanical Properties of Plastics Composites.
 Planetary-Roller-Leveler.
 Initiation and Propagation of Fatigue Crack.
 Improvement of Dimensional Accuracy in Sheet Metal Forming.
 Coated Electrode and Semiautomatic Arc Welding Process.
 Friction Welding.
 Electro-Hydraulic Forming.
 Vapor Plating.
 Electrolytic Machining Process.
 Electrochemical Phenomena in Electrochemical Machining.
 Electrochemical Machining Process of a Small Hole.
 Corrosion of Machine and Structures by Sea Water.
 Draw-Forming of Sheet Metal.
 Roller-Expanding of Tubes.
 Roll Swaging.
 Bar Cropping.
 Cold Extrusing and Forging of Metals.
 Press Noise.

Production Engineering Division
 Adaptive Control of Machine Tools.
 Data Bank.
 Process Planning of Automated Manufacturing System.
 Real-Time On-Line Turning System.
 Automatic Programming for Numerically Controlled Machine Tools.
 Pipe-Handling System.
 Optimization of Grinding.
 Honing.
 Fundamentals of Metal Machining.
 Belt Grinding.
 Microanalysis of Tool and Machined Surface.
 Behavioral Analysis and Development of Man-Mechanical Hand Systems.

Automobile Division
 Man-Automobile System.
 Control System for Safe Driving of Cars.
 Safety Design of Automobile.
 Air Pollution of Automobiles.
 Test Method of Brake Performance for Passenger Car.
 Standard Dust and Mist.
 Test and Evaluation of Electric Car.
 Electrical Equipments Noise Suppressers for Automobile.
 Application of Electronic Devices to Automobile Auxiliaries.
 Locomotive Mechanism for Machine.
 Pattern Recognition for Locomotion.
 Automobile Brake Elements.
 Dust and Mist.

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ORGANIZATION (1972)

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