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Journal Articles

  1. Akira Saito and Masato Tanaka, “Data-driven model order reduction for structures with piecewise linear nonlinearity using dynamic mode decomposition”, Nonlinear Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s11071-023-08958-x (20 pages), 2023. [link][SharedIt]
  2. Ryo Sugai, Akira Saito, and Hidetaka Saomoto, “Damage identification based on topology optimization and Lasso regularization”, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 93, pp.3827–3850, 2023. [link][SharedIt]
  3. Akira Saito, Ryo Sugai, Zhongxu Wang, and Hidetaka Saomoto, “Damage identification using noisy frequency response functions based on topology optimization”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 545, 117412 (12 pages), 2023. [link]
  4. Kohei Noguchi, Akira Saito, Meng-Hsuan Tien and Kiran D’Souza, ”Bilinear Systems with Initial Gaps Involving Inelastic Collision: Forced Response Experiments and Simulations”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 144(2), 021001 (9 pages), 2022.[link]
  5. Masami Matsubara, Akira Saito and Shozo Kawamura, “Estimation of modal parameters by using the ratios of imaginary to real parts of frequency response functions”, 91, pp. 1179-1191, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2020. [link]
  6. Akira Saito and Tomohiro Kuno, ”Data-driven Experimental Modal Analysis by Dynamic Mode Decomposition”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 481, 115434 (17 pages), 2020. [link]
  7. Akira Saito and Hideyoshi Suzuki, “Dynamic Characteristics of Plastic Plates with Bolted Joints”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 142(1), 011002 (7 pages), 2020. [link]
  8. Akira Saito, “Nonlinear resonances of chains of thin elastic beams with intermittent contact”, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 13(8), 081005-081005-10, 2018. [link]
  9. Masakatsu Kuroishi and Akira Saito, “Effects of Magnetostriction on Electromagnetic Motor Vibration at Sideband Frequencies”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 54(2), Article No. 8200308, 2018. [link]
  10. Shintaro Yamasaki, Atsushi Kawamoto, Akira Saito, Masakatsu Kuroishi and Kikuo Fujita, “Grayscale-Free Topology Optimization for Electromagnetic Design Problem of In-Vehicle Reactor”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 55(3), pp. 1079–1090, 2017. [link]
  11. Akira Saito, Atsushi Kawamoto, Masakatsu Kuroishi, Hideo Nakai, and Shintaro Yamasaki, “Estimation of Measurement Errors in Orthotropic Elastic Moduli Determined from Natural Frequencies”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 55(3), pp. 987-999, 2017. [link][SharedIt]
  12. Akira Saito, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Empirical Vibration Synthesis Method for Electric Machines by Transfer Functions and Electromagnetic Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 31(4), pp. 1601–1609, 2016. [link]
  13. Akira Saito, Yasunari Nishikawa, Shintaro Yamasaki, Kikuo Fujita, Atsushi Kawamoto, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Equivalent Orthotropic Elastic Moduli Identification Method for Laminated Electrical Steel Sheets”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 72-73, pp.607–628, 2016. [link]
  14. Akira Saito, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Efficient Forced Vibration Reanalysis Method for Rotating Electric Machines”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 334, pp. 388–403, 2015. [link]
  15. Chulwoo Jung, Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Detection of Cracks in Mistuned Bladed Disks using Reduced Order Models and Vibration Data”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 134(6), pp. 061010, 2012. [link]
  16. Kiran D’Souza, Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Reduced-Order Modeling for Nonlinear Analysis of Cracked Mistuned Multistage Bladed-Disk Systems”, AIAA Journal, 50(2), pp. 304– 312, 2012. [link]
  17. Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Bilinear Modal Representations for Reduced-Order Modeling of Localized Piecewise-linear Oscillators”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 330(14), pp. 3442– 3457, 2011. [link]
  18. Akira Saito, Bogdan I. Epureanu, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Node Sampling for Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Structures with Intermittent Contact”, AIAA Journal, 48(9), pp. 1903–1915, 2010. [link]
  19. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Estimation and Veering Analysis of Nonlinear Resonant Frequencies of Cracked Plates”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 326(3-5), pp. 725–739, 2009. [link]
  20. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Effects of a Cracked Blade on Mistuned Turbine Engine Rotor Vibration”, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 131(6), 061006, 2009. [link]
  21. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier, Christophe Pierre, and Olivier Poudou, “Efficient Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of the Forced Response of Rotating Cracked Blades”, Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 4(1), 011005, 2009. [link]
  22. Yosuke Nakagawa, Akira Saito, and Takashi Maeno, “Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Traveling Wave-Type Ultrasonic Motors”, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 55(3), pp. 717–725, 2008. [link]

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Akira Saito and Tatsuya Suzuki, ”Forced response vibration analysis of induction motor stators induced by electromagnetic forces”, In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control (MoViC 2022), Paper ID: 145, Los Angeles, September 2022.
  2. Akira Saito, “Model Order Reduction for a Piecewise Linear System Based on Dynamic Mode Decomposition” In proceedings of the ASME 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2021-70764, Virtual conference, August 2021.
  3. Akira Saito, Junta Umemoto, Kohei Noguchi, Meng-Hsuan Tien and Kiran D’Souza, “Experimental Forced Response Analysis of Two-degree-of-freedom Piecewise-linear Systems with a Gap”, In proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2020-22289, Virtual conference (St. Louis MO, USA), August 2020.
  4. Ryo Sugai, Akira Saito and Hidetaka Saomoto, “Damage Identification using Static and Dynamic Responses based on Topology Optimization and Lasso Regularization”, In proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2020-22279, Virtual conference (St. Louis MO, USA), August 2020.
  5. Akira Saito, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Vibration Prediction Method of Electric Machines by using Transfer Functions and Magnetostatic Analyses”, In proceedings of 13th International Conference on Motion and Vibration Control/12th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics (MoViC&RASD 2016), paper-2254, Southampton, UK, July 2016.
  6. Akira Saito, Yasunari Nishikawa, Shintaro Yamasaki, Kikuo Fujita, Atsushi Kawamoto, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Elastic Moduli Identification Method for Orthotropic Structures based on Vibration Data”, In proceedings of 11th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, paper 1208, Sydney, Australia, June 2015.
  7. Shintaro Yamasaki, Atsushi Kawamoto, Akira Saito, Masakatsu Kuroishi and Kikuo Fujita, “Electromagnetic Design of In-vehicle Reactor using a Level-set based Topology Optimization Method”, In proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2014-34345, Buffalo NY, August 2014.
  8. Chulwoo Jung, Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Detection of Cracks in Mistuned Bladed Disks using Reduced Order Models and Vibration Data”, In proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2011-47780, Washington DC, August 2011.
  9. Kiran D’Souza, Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Reduced-order Modeling for Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Mistuned Multi-stage Bladed Disks with a Cracked Blade”, In proceedings of 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, paper AIAA 2011-2065, Denver, April 2011.
  10. Akira Saito and Bogdan I. Epureanu, “Bilinear Reduced Order Models”, In B.H.V. Topping, J.M. Adam, F.J. Pallarés, R. Bru, M.L. Romero, (Editors), Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 248, 2010.
  11. M. P. Castanier, S. K. Hong, Akira Saito, B. I. Epureanu and D. J. Gorsich, “Sensor Placement for Detection of Cracks in Structures Exhibiting Nonlinear Dynamics”, in Structural Health Monitoring 2009 (Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 9-11, 2009), Vol. 1, pp. 721-729, DES tech Publications, Lancaster, PA, 2009.
  12. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “An Efficient Reduced Order Modeling Technique for Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Structures with Intermittent Contact”, In proceedings of 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, paper AIAA-2009-2493, Palm Springs, California, May 2009.
  13. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Vibration Response of Cracked Cantilevered Plates Near Natural Frequency Veerings”, In Proceedings of 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, paper AIAA-2008-1872, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 2008.
  14. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Effects of a Cracked Blade on Mistuned Turbine Engine Rotor Vibration”, In Proceedings of ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, paper DETC2007- 35663, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 2007.
  15. Akira Saito, Matthew P. Castanier and Christophe Pierre, “Efficient Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of the Forced Response of Rotating Cracked Blades”, In proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, paper IMECE2006-15426, Chicago, Illinois, November 2006.

Conference Presentations

  1. Yusuke Kaji and Akira Saito, ”Electromagnetic vibration of switched reluctance motors”, The 7th Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Dynamics & Control, Nagoya, Japan, August 2023.
  2. Kiichi Hayamizu and Akira Saito, ”Design optimization of meta-structures with embedded dynamic vibration absorbers”, The 7th Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Dynamics & Control, Nagoya, Japan, August 2023.
  3. Akira Saito, Zhongxu Wang, and Hidetaka Saomoto, ”Application of Topology-Optimization Based Damage Identification Method to Three-Dimensional Structures”, 35th Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB), International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC), Boston, USA, August 2023.
  4. Marisa Nagata and Akira Saito, ”Dynamics of a helical spring involving intermittent frictional contact with an oscillating barrier”, The 52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2023), Chiba, Japan, August 2023.
  5. Yusuke Kaji, Hirofumi Inoue and Akira Saito, ”Effects of power-assist and load torque on vibration characteristics of electric bicycles”, The 52nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (Inter-Noise 2023), Chiba, Japan, August 2023.
  6. Ryosuke Kanki and Akira Saito, ”Automatic Generation of Governing Equations for Mechanical Systems with Piecewise-Linear Systems using Sparse Regression”, IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics for design of mechanical systems across different length/time scales, PS28, Tsukuba, Japan, August 2023.
  7. Takumi Furihata and Akira Saito, ”Oscillator design for energy harvesters with nonlinear snap-through motion”, IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynamics for design of mechanical systems across different length/time scales, PS39, Tsukuba, Japan, August 2023.
  8. Zhongxu Wang, Akira Saito and Hidetaka Saomoto, ”Damage identification strategies using topology optimization and frequency response functions”, Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ACSMO) 2022, May 2022.
  9. Akira Saito, Ryo Sugai, and Hidetaka Saomoto, “Damage identification from noisy frequency responses using topology optimization and lasso regularization”, 14-th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-14), ID: 356, online, June 2021.
  10. Jun Isshiki and Akira Saito, “Effects of mode shapes on crack identification based on finite-element model updating and inverse eigenvalue analysis”, 14-th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (WCSMO-14), ID: 288, online, June 2021.
  11. Jun Isshiki, Ryo Sugai and Akira Saito, ”Development of Crack Identification Method based on Finite- Element Model Updating and Inverse Eigenvalue Analysis”, Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisci- plinary Optimization (ACSMO) 2020, M3B-3, Seoul, Korea (online), November 2020.
  12. Ryo Sugai, Akira Saito and Hidetaka Saomoto, ”Damage Identification using Topology Optimization with Lasso Regularization”, Asian Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ACSMO) 2020, W1A-2, Seoul, Korea (online), November 2020.
  13. Kiichi Taguchi, Yoshinobu Aoshima, and Akira Saito, “Electromagnetic energy harvesting from ambient vibration using permanent magnet linear oscillator”, The 49th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (inter-noise 2020 e-congress), No. 2_5_581, Seul, Korea (online), August 2020.
  14. Takumi Namatame, Tatsuya Suzuki, and Akira Saito, “Electromagnetic noise and vibration generated by induction motors”, The 49th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering (inter- noise 2020 e-congress), No. 7_3_588, Seul, Korea (online), August 2020.
  15. Kohei Noguchi, Akira Saito, Meng-Hsuan Tien and Kiran D’Souza, “Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Two Degrees of Freedom Piecewise-linear Nonlinear Systems with Gaps under Harmonic Excitation”, ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, No. IDETC2019-97319, Anaheim, California, USA, August 2019.
  16. Ryo Sugai and Akira Saito, “Inverse Identification of Crack Location and Length using Modal Parameters”, 13th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, paper A160644, Beijing, China, May 2019.
  17. Akira Saito and Daichi Sakamoto, “Optimal Sensor Placement for Vibration-Based Damage Detection”, 13th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, paper A160675, Beijing, China, May 2019.
  18. Akira Saito, “A Model Order Reduction Method for Electro-Magnetic Vibration Analysis of Electric Motors”, IUTAM Symposium on Model Order Reduction of Coupled Systems (MORCOS 2018), Stuttgart, Germany, May 2018.
  19. Ryo Ohnishi, Shintaro Yamasaki, Atsushi Kawamoto, Akira Saito, Masakatsu Kuroishi and Kikuo Fujita, “Multidisciplinary topology optimization method for vibration-proof design of in-vehicle reactor”, Asian Conference on Design and Digital Engineering, Kitakushu, Japan, November 2015.
  20. Akira Saito, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Masakatsu Kuroishi, and Hideo Nakai, “Efficient forced vibration analysis method for rotating electric machines”, In proceedings of the International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering (ISMA 2014), paper 64, Leuven, Belgium, September 2014.
  21. Akira Saito, Bogdan I. Epureanu, Matthew P. Castanier, and Robert Morris, “Advanced Nonlinear Vibration Analysis for Next-Generation Crack Propagation Algorithms”, 20th Advanced Aerospace Materials and Processes Conference and Exposition, Dayton, Ohio, June 2009.
  22. Akira Saito, Bogdan I. Epureanu, and Matthew P. Castanier, “Advanced Vibration Analysis Framework for Turbomachinery Structures with a Crack”, In Proceedings of Propulsion — Safety and Affordable Readiness (P-SAR) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 2009.
  23. Akira Saito, Yosuke Nakagawa, and Takashi Maeno, “Nonlinear Transient Response Analysis of Traveling Wave Type Ultrasonic Motors”, In Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, Vol. 3, pp. 23–28, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 2008.
  24. Yosuke Nakagawa, Akira Saito and Takashi Maeno, “Transient Analysis of Bar-Type Ultrasonic Motors”, In Proceedings of 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 1263–1268, Sendai, Japan, October 2004.

Grants

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), “Inverse crack identification and optimal sensor placement for mechanical structures based on normal modes of vibration” (PI), April 2020 – March 2023.
  2. Tsugawa Foundation, “Development of accurate and efficient numerical methods for the prediction of electro-magnetic vibration of induction machine stators” (PI), January 2019 – December 2019.