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 Explosion and Shock Waves Group

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 Energetic Materials Group
  • Subject of Study : Chemical Investigation into Explosive Phenomena
  • Secondary Subjects
    1. The prediction of explosiveness of chemical substances
    2. Research on risk evaluation and neutralization of fireworks composition
    3. Research on deterioration of gunpowders
    4. Research on safe treatment of chemical wastes
    5. The search for new energetic materials
  • Current main projects
    • Development of the evaluation method of dangerousness of ammonium nitrate emulsion
    • Society of National Explosives Security (Corp.) : A project on fireworks
      • sensitivity and power test
      • experiment on the fireworks shell
      • experiment on "tezutsu"fireworks (Japanese traditional fireworks)
    • Research on pollution control
      • experiment in a hot chamber
      • construction of a website on explosion safety
    • Joint research
      • Toyo Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.
      • Japan Soap and Detergent Association
      • Sumitomo Chemical
      • Tanaka Kikinzoku Group
      • Kobe Steel, Ltd.
      • Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

 Industrial Safety and Physical Risk Analysis Group

 Ex-Gas Phase Explosion Research Group
  • Entrusted Researches
    1. A basic study of technology for safety use of hydrogen (NEDO project: Development of basic technology for safety use of hydrogen)
    2. Research on safety technology of hydrogen (A trust fund for developing technology of upgrading energy demand structure)
    3. Research on evaluation of ignitionability and explosiveness of DME (The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan)
    4. Research on preventing dust explosion hazard at disposal factories of recycled goods or wastes (Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research from Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)
    5. Research on safety of high density ozone gas (Water Re-use Promotion Center)
    6. Development of QSAR analysis method and decomposition process technology of dioxin halide (Contract research of Ministry of the Environment)
    7. Development of technology for the system of separation or decomposition of wastes (Contract research of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Development of technology for processing environmental loading materials with low energy consumption)
  • Joint Research : Research on highly concentrated ozone


 Ex-Application and Environmental Protection Research Group
  • Project Researches
    1. Research on environmental low loading demolition of radiated concrete buildings (Special Institute of Atomic Energy)
    2. Development of the method of developing or producing methane hydrate resources (Contract Research)
    3. Investigation into measures of safety technology of mining (Contract Research)
    4. Basic study of high accurate rock digging technology considering characteristics of dynamic destructibility of bedrock (JSPS)
    5. Basic study of technology for safety utilization of hydrogen (Contract Research of NEDO)
    6. Research on evaluation of ignitionability or explosiveness of DME (Joint Research: The High Pressure Gas Safety Institute of Japan)
    7. Research on shock absorbers of blasts with detonation process of land mines (Joint Research: NSK Engineering Co., Ltd.)
    8. Research on blasting, demolishing technique of steel structures (Joint Research: PENTA-OCEAN construction Co., Ltd.)
    9. Safety research on High-performance powder magazines (Contract Research)
    10. Development of databases of accidents
      http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/accident/welcomee.html
    11. RIODB: Hazard and Accident Database
      http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/cgi-pub019/DB019_top_eng.html
    12. Relational Information System for Chemical Accidents Database (Joint Research: JST)
      http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/RISCAD/PHP_EN/index.php

  • External Researches
    1. Construction of the risk evaluation system, Physical risk evaluation (Contract Research of NEDO)
    2. Databases of information of failure, In the fields of chemical materials, plant (Contract Research of JST) http://shippai.jst.go.jp/en/index.html
    3. Web Learning System, Field of chemical safety (Contract Research of JST)
  • Other Researches
    1. Research on the development of new molding explosives
    2. Research on waste air bags of cars
    3. Study of analyzing accident cases of explosives (Japan Explosives Society)
    4. Research on the mechanism of shock initiation of energetic materials
    5. research on detonating spread of ammonium nitrate explosives
    6. Research on preserving stability of DME
    7. Research on next generation igniters of gas generating agents
    8. Research on measurement and evaluation with numeric analysis of characteristics of dynamic destruction of rocks
    9. Research on evaluation with numeric analysis of ground vibration of bench blasting



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