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Yoshiaki Kodama, Dr. Eng.
Chief of Ship Hydrodynamics Section
Ship Performance Division
Ship Research Institute, The Ministry of Transport
Shinkawa 6-38-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0004, Japan
Phone: +81-422-41-3041
Fax: +81-422-41-3053
E-Mail : kodama@srimot.go.jp

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Drag reduction devices

Motto:

Simple is Best.

The Society of Naval Architecture of Japan
The Kansai Society of Naval Architecture
The Seibu Zosenkai
The Japan Society for Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
The American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

1949.02.20	Born in Suita City, Osaka
1964.04〜1967.03	Kitano High School, Osaka
1967.04〜1969.12	1st Science Category, Univ. of Tokyo
1969.12〜1971.06	Batchelor course, Aeronautics Dept., Univ. of Tokyo
1971.07〜1973.03	Master course, Aeronautics Dept., Univ. of Tokyo
1973.04〜1975.08	1st Design Dept., Boat Division, Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd.
1976.04〜1979.03	Doctor course, Dept. of Naval Architecture, Univ. of Tokyo, Doctor of Engineering
1979.04〜Present	Ship Performance Division, Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Transport
1981.09〜1982.09	Visiting Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Stanford University

1971.07〜1973.03	Master thesis: Gas-Surface Interaction in Rarefied Gas Dynamics
	Advisor : Prof. Yasuhiko Aihara
1976.04〜1979.03	Doctor thesis : Study on Cavitation Inception
	Advisor : Prof. Hiroharu Kato
1979.04〜1981.09	Propeller cavitation
1981.09〜Present	CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics)
1995.04〜Present	Skin friction reduction devices

"Grid Generation around a Practical Ship Hull Form Using the Implicit Geometrical Method", J. of the Society of Naval Architecture, Japan, vol. 169, June 1991.
"Computation of Ship's Resistance Using an NS Solver with Global Conservation -- Flat Plate and Series 60 Hull ---" J. of the Society of Naval Architecture, Japan, vol. 172, December 1992.
"Generation of 2D, 3D, and Surface Grids Using the Implicit Geometrical Method", AIAA 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meetings, AIAA 95-0218, 1995.01

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