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Satoru Komori

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  • Profession
    • Emeritus professor of fluids engineering.
  • Birth
    • Jan. 18, 1951.
  • Education
    • BS: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, 1974
    • MS: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, 1976
    • PhD: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, 1980
  • Career
    1979－1980:
    Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    1980－1986:
    Research Scientist, Division of Atmospheric Environment, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
    1985－1986:
    Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoritical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge, U.K.
    1986－1996:
    Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
    1996－1999:
    Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
    1998－2005:
    Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2005－2016:
    Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2010－2012:
    Dean, Graduate School of Engineering and Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    Vice president, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2016－        :
    Emeritus Professor of Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2016－2021:
    Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Doshisha Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2016－2022:
    Visiting Senior Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology(JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Japan
    2016－2023:
    Part-time Scientist, Organization for Research Initiatives and Development, Doshisha Univ., Kyoto, Japan
    2022－        :
    Visiting Scientist, Univ. of Hyogo, Himeji, Japan
  • Awards
    Recipient Fluid Science Research Award:
    • Fluid Science Foundation, 2012.
    Recipient JSME Fluid Division Award:
    • Japan Soc. Mech. Engrs., 2011.
    Recipient Costal Eng. Outstanding Paper Award:
    • Japan Soc. Civil. Engrs., 2010.
    Recipient Outstanding Paper Award:
    • Japan Soc. Fluid Mechanics, 2008.
    Recipient Medal for Outstanding Paper:
    • Japan Soc. Mech. Engrs., 2006.
    • Japan Soc. Mech. Engrs., 1996.
    Recipient Frontier Award:
    • JSME Fluids Eng., Division, 2006.
    Recipient Scientific Contribution Award:
    • Japan Soc. Heat Transfer, 2002.
    Recipient Best Paper Award:
    • Japan Soc. Color Material, 1991.
  • Membership
    • Honorary member, Japan Soc. Fluid. Mech.
  • E-mail
    • komori (at) mech.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Major Publications

  1. H. Ueda, R. Moller, S. Komori and T. Mizushina,
    "Eddy Diffusivity near the Free Surface of Open Channel Flow",
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.11, pp.1127-1136 (1979).
    [Online version]
  2. T. Mizushina, F. Ogino, H. Ueda and S. Komori,
    "Application of Laser Doppler Velocimetry to Turbulence Measurement in Non-Isothermal Flow",
    Proceedings of Royal Society of London, Series A, Vol.366, No.1724, pp.63-79 (1979).
    [Online version]
  3. H. Ueda, S. Mitsumoto and S. Komori,
    "Buoyancy Effects on the Turbulent Transport Processes in the Lower Atmosphere",
    Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, Vol.107, No.453, pp.561-578 (1981).
    [Online version]
  4. S. Komori, H. Ueda, F. Ogino and T. Mizushina,
    "Turbulence Structure and Transport Mechanism at the Free Surface in an Open Channel Flow",
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.25, No.4, pp.513-521(1982).
    [Online version]
  5. S. Komori, H. Ueda, F. Ogino and T. Mizushina,
    "Turbulence Structure in Unstably-Stratified Open-Channel Flow",
    The Physics of Fluids, Vol.25, No.9, pp.1539-1546 (1982).
    [Online version]
  6. S. Komori, H. Ueda, F. Ogino and T. Mizushina,
    "Turbulence Structure in Stably Stratified Open-Channel Flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.130, pp.13-26 (1983).
    [Online version]
  7. S. Komori and H. Ueda,
    "Turbulent Effects on the Chemical Reaction for a Jet in a Non-Turbulent Stream and for a Plume in a Grid-Generated Turbulence",
    The Physics of Fluids, Vol.27, No.1, pp.77-86 (1984).
    [Online version] [Erratum]
  8. H. Ueda, S. Komori, T. Miyazaki and H. Ozoe,
    "Time-dependent thermal convection in a stably stratified fluid layer heated from below",
    The Physics of Fluids, Vol.27, No.11, pp.2617-2623 (1984).
    [Online version]
  9. S. Komori and H. Ueda,
    "The Large-Scale Coherent Structure in the Intermittent Region of the Self-Preserving Round Free Jet",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.152, pp.337-359(1985).
    [Online version]
  10. S. Komori and H. Ueda,
    "Turbulent Flow Structure in the Near Field of a Swirling Round Jet",
    The Physics of Fluids, Vol.28, No.7, pp.2075-2082 (1985).
    [Online version]
  11. S. Komori,
    "Turbulence Structure and Scalar Diffusion in the Thermally-Stratified Open-Channel Flow",
    Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics, Gulf Publishing Co., Cambridge, Vol.2, Chapter 3, pp.47-70 (1986).
  12. H. Ueda, S. Komori and K. Fukui,
    "A Laboratory Experiment on Lateral Diffusion of Scalar Quantities in the Stratified Surface Layer",
    Atmospheric Environment, Vol.20, No.5, pp.707-713 (1986).
  13. S. Komori and Y. Murakami,
    "Turbulent Mixing in Baffled Stirred Tanks with Vertical-Blade Impellers",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.34, No.6, pp.932-937 (1988).
    [Online version]
  14. S. Komori, K. Takata and Y. Murakami,
    "Flow Structure and Mixing Mechanism in an Agitated Thin-Film Evaporator",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.21, No.6, pp.639-644 (1988).
    [Online version]
  15. S. Komori, Y. Murakami and H. Ueda,
    "Detection of Coherent Structures Associated with Bursting Events in an Open-Channel Flow by a Two-Point Measuring Technique Using Two Laser-Doppler Velocimeters",
    The Physics of Fluids A, Vol.1, No.2, pp.339-348 (1989).
    [Online version]
  16. S. Komori and Y. Murakami,
    "Effect of Highlly-Viscous Recirculating Flow on Particle Concentration in a Two-Roll Mill",
    Powder Technology, Vol.57, No.2, pp.119-126 (1989).
    [Online version]
  17. S. Komori, T. Kanzaki, Y. Murakami and H. Ueda,
    "Simultaneous Measurements of Instantaneous Concentrations of Two Species being Mixed in a Turbulent Flow by Using a Conbined Laser-Induced Fluorescence and Laser-Scattering Technique",
    The Physics of Fluids A, Vol.1, No.2, pp.349-352 (1989).
    [Online version]
  18. S. Komori, Y. Murakami and H. Ueda,
    "The Relationship between Surface-Renewal and Bursting Motions in an Open-Channel Flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.203, pp.103-123 (1989).
    [Online version]
  19. T. Tenda, S. Komori and Y. Murakami,
    "Particle Behavior in a Horizontal Gas-Solid Agitated Vessel with Two Parallel Axes",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.22, No.3, pp.241-246 (1989).
    [Online version]
  20. S. Komori, K. Takata and Y. Murakami,
    "Flow and Mixing Characteristics in an Agitated Thin-Film Evaporator with Vertically-Lined Multiple-Blades",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.22, No.4, pp.346-351 (1989).
    [Online version]
  21. S. Komori, R. Nagaosa and Y. Murakami,
    "Mass Transfer into a Turbulent Liquid Across the Zero-Shear Gas-Liquid Interface",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.36, No.6, pp.957-960 (1990).
    [Online version]
  22. T. Tenda, S. Komori and Y. Murakami,
    "Modeling of Mixing of Solid Particles in a Horizontal Gas-Solid Agitated Vessel with Paddle-Blades on Double Parallel Axes",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.23, No.3, pp.339-343 (1990).
    [Online version]
  23. S. Komori, K. Takada, R. Nagaosa and Y. Murakami,
    "The Effects of Multiple Inclined Blades on Flow and Mixing Characteristics in an Agitated Thin-Film Evaporator",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.23, No.5, pp.550-555 (1990).
    [Online version]
  24. S. Komori, T. Kanzaki and Y. Murakami,
    "Simultaneous measurements of instantaneous concentrations of two reacting species in a turbulent flow with a rapid reaction",
    The Physics of Fluids A, Vol.3, No.4, pp.507-510 (1991).
    [Online version]
  25. S. Komori, J. C. R. Hunt, T. Kanzaki and Y. Murakami,
    "The Effects of Turbulent Mixing on the Correlation between Two Species and on Concentration Fluctuations in Non-Premixed Reacting Flows",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.228, pp.629-659 (1991).
    [Online version]
  26. S. Komori,
    "A Lagrangian Stochastic Model for Non-Premixed Reacting Flows",
    Advanced Combustion Science, Springer-Verlag Chapter 2, Section 2.3, pp.48-54 (1993).
  27. S. Komori, R. Nagaosa, Y. Murakami, S. Chiba, K. Ishii and K. Kuwahara,
    "Direct Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Open-Channel Flow with Zero-Shear Gas-Liquid Interface",
    The Physics of Fluids A, Vol.5, No.1, pp.115-125 (1993).
    [Online version]
  28. S. Komori, R. Nagaosa and Y. Murakami,
    "Turbulence Structure and Mass Transfer Across a Sheared Air-Water Interface in Wind-Driven Turbulence",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.249, pp.161-183 (1993).
    [Online version]
  29. S. Komori, R. Nagaosa and Y. Murakami,
    "Turbulence Structure and Heat and Mass Transfer Mechanism at a Gas-Liquid Interface in a Wind- Wave Tunnel",
    Applied Scientific Research, Vol.51, No.2, pp.423-427 (1993).
    [Online version]
  30. S. Komori, K. Nagata, T. Kanzaki and Y. Murakami,
    "Measurements of Mass Flux in a Turbulent Liquid Flow with a Chemical Reaction",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.39, No.10, pp.1611-1620 (1993).
    [Online version]
  31. S. Komori, T. Kanzaki and Y. Murakami,
    "Concentration Correlation in a Turbulent Mixing Layer with Chemical Reactions",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.27, No.6, pp.742-748 (1994).
    [Online version]
  32. S. Komori, T. Shimada and Y. Murakami,
    "Laboratory Estimation of CO２ Transfer Velocity Across the Air-Sea Interface",
    Biogeochemical Processes and Ocean Flux in the Western Pacific, Terra Sci. Pub., pp.69-81 (1995).
    [Online version]
  33. S. Komori,
    "Turbulence Structure and CO２ Transfer at the Air-Sea Interface and Turbulent Diffusion in Thermally-Stratified Flows",
    CGER'S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT, Vol.1, pp.1-51 (1996).
    [Online version]
  34. S. Komori, K. Nagata, Y. Murakami,
    "Heat and Mass Transfer in a Stable Thermally-Stratified Flow",
    Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol.23, No.1, pp.235-245 (1996).
    [Online version]
  35. S. Komori, K. Nagata,
    "Effects of Molecular Diffusivities on Counter-Gradient Scalar and Momentum Transfer in Strongly Stable Stratification",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.326, pp.205-238 (1996).
    [Online version]
  36. Y. Wang, S. Komori and Z. Xu,
    "Design and Performance Prediction of Centrifugal Impellers",
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Part A Journal of Power and Energy, Vol.210, pp.463-476 (1997).
  37. Y. Wang, S. Komori and M.K. Chung,
    "Numerical Simulations on Thermal Turbulent Flows with a Second-Order Closure Model",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.30, No.3, pp.448-460 (1997).
    [Online version]
  38. Y. Wang, S. Komori and M.K. Chung,
    "A Two-Fluid Turbulence Model for Gas-Solid Two-Phase Flows",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.30, No.3, pp.526-534 (1997).
    [Online version]
  39. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "Prediction of Duct Flows with a Pressure-Based Procedure",
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol.33, pp.723-748 (1998).
    [Online version]
  40. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "Simulation of the Subsonic Flow in a High-Speed Centrifugal Compressor Impeller by the Pressure-Based Method",
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; Part A Journal of Power and Energy, Vol.212, pp.269-287 (1998).
    [Online version]
  41. R. Kurose and S. Komori,
    "Drag and Lift Forces on a Rotating Sphere in a Linear Shear Flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.384, pp.183-206 (1999).
    [Online version]
  42. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "Application of a Second-Moment Closure Model to Simulate the Turbulent Dispersion from an Elevated Line Source",
    Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.34, pp.429-436 (1999).
    [Online version]
  43. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "Comparison of Using Cartesian and Covariant Velocity Components on Non-Orthogonal Collocated Grids",
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol.31, pp.1265-1280 (1999).
    [Online version]
  44. S. Komori, T. Shimada and R. Misumi,
    "Turbulence Structure and Mass Transfer at a Wind-Driven Air-Water Interface",
    Wind over Wave Couplings: Perspectives and Prospects, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, pp.273-285 (1999).
  45. K. Nagata and S. Komori,
    "The Effects of Unstable Stratification and Mean Shear on the Chemical Reaction in Grid Turbulence",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.408, pp.39-52 (2000).
    [Online version]
  46. Y. Wang, K. Nagata and S. Komori,
    "Strongly Stably Stratified Grid Turbulence Using Second-Moment Closure",
    AIAA Journal, Vol.38, pp.1419-1425 (2000).
    [Online journal]
  47. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "On the Improvement of the SIMPLE-Like Method for Flows with Complex Geometry",
    Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.36, pp.71-78 (2000).
    [Online version]
  48. K. Nagata and S. Komori,
    "The difference in turbulent diffusion between active and passive scalars in stable thermal stratification",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.430, pp.361-380 (2001).
    [Online version]
  49. R. Kurose and S. Komori,
    "Turbulence structure over a particle roughness",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.27, No.4, pp.673-683 (2001).
    [Online version]
  50. R. Kurose, R. Misumi and S. Komori,
    "Drag and lift forces acting on a bubble in a linear shear flow",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.27, pp.1247-1258 (2001).
    [Online version]
  51. Y. Wang and S. Komori,
    "Simulation of Turbomachinery Flows Using Second Moment Closure on Quasi-Staggerd Grid",
    AIAA Journal, Vol.39, pp.1411-1413(2001).
    [Online journal]
  52. R. Kurose, H. Makino and S. Komori,
    "Particle Trajectories in a Turbulent Boundary Layer at High Particle Reynolds Number",
    ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol.123, pp.956-958 (2001).
    [Online version]
  53. R. Kurose, H. Makino, T. Michioka and S. Komori,
    "Large Eddy Simulation of a Non-premixed Turbulent Reacting Mixing Layer: Effects of Heat Release and Spanwise Fluid Shear",
    Combustion and Flame, Vol.127 pp.2157-2163 (2001).
    [Online version]
  54. M-J. Ni and S. Komori,
    "General Second-Order Projection Formulas for Unsteady Flows",
    AIAA Journal, Vol.40, No.7, pp.1464-1467 (2002).
    [Online journal]
  55. Y. Ito, K. Nagata and S. Komori,
    "The effects of high-frequency ultrasound on turbulent liquid mixing with a rapid chemical reaction",
    Physics of Fluids, Vol.14, No.12, pp.4362-4371 (2002).
    [Online version]
  56. D. Zhao, Y. Toba, Y. Suzuki and S. Komori,
    "Effect of Wind Waves on Air-Sea Gas Exchange: Proposal of an Overall CO2 Transfer Velocity Formula as a Function of Breaking-Wave Parameter",
    Tellus B, Vol.55, pp.478-487 (2003).
    [Online version]
  57. R. Kurose, H. Makino, S. Komori, M. Nakamura, F. Akamatsu and M. Katsuki,
    "Effects of Outflow from the Surface of a Sphere on Drag, Shear Lift and Scalar Diffusion",
    Physics of Fluids, Vol.15, pp.2338-2351 (2003).
    [Online version]
  58. M-J. Ni, S. Komori and N. Morley,
    "Projection Methods for the Calculation of Incompressible Unsteady Flows",
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, Vol.44, pp.533-551 (2003).
    [Online version]
  59. M-J. Ni, M. Abdou and S. Komori,
    "A Variable-Density Projection Method for Interfacial Flows",
    Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, Vol.44, pp.553-574 (2003).
    [Online version]
  60. T. Michioka and S. Komori,
    "Large-Eddy Simulation of a Turbulent Reacting Liquid Flow",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.50, No.11, pp.2705-2720 (2004).
    [Online version]
  61. R. Onishi and S. Komori,
    "Thermally-Stratified Liquid Turbulence with a Chemical Reaction",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.52, No.2, pp.456-468 (2006).
    [Online version]
  62. D. Zhao, Y. Toba, K. Sugioka, and S. Komori,
    "New sea spray generation function for spume droplets",
    Journal of Geophysical Research-oceans, Vol.111(c2), pp.C02007, (2006).
    [Online version]
  63. K. Qu, S. Komori, and Y. Jiang,
    "Local variation of frost layer thickness and morphology",
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol.45, pp.116-123, (2006).
    [Online version]
  64. Y. Ito and S. Komori,
    "A vibration technique for promoting liquid mixing and reaction in a microchannel",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.52 No.9, pp.3011-3017 (2006).
    [Online version]
  65. K. Sugioka and S. Komori,
    "Drag and lift forces acting on a spherical water droplet in homogeneous linear shear air flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.570, pp.155-175 (2007).
    [Online version]
  66. S. Komori, N. Takagaki, R. Saiki, N. Suzuki, K. Tanno,
    "The effects of raindrops on interfacial turbulence and air-water gas transfer",
    Transport at the Air Sea Interface - Measurements, Models and Parameterizations, eds. C. S. Garbe, R. A. Handler & B. Jahne, pp.169-180 (2007).
  67. N. Takagaki, S. Komori,
    "Effects of rainfall on mass transfer across the air-water interface",
    Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.112, C06006, doi:10.1029/2006JC003752 (2007).
    [Online version]
  68. K. Nagata, Y. Sakai, S. Komori and T. Kubo,
    "Velocity and Passive Scalar Cross Spectra in Stably and Unstably Stratified Grid Turbulence",
    Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, Vol.2, No.1, pp.109-119 (2007).
    [Online version]
  69. H. Watanabe, R. Kurose, S. Komori, H. Pitsch,
    "Effects of radiation on spray flame characteristics and soot formation in a counter flow",
    Combustion and Flame, Vol.152, pp.2-13 (2008).
    [Online version]
  70. R. Kurose, T. Imashiro, S. Komori,
    "The effects of swell on turbulence over wavy walls",
    International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol.29, pp.774-782 (2008).
    [Online version]
  71. Y. Toba, N. Suzuki, S. Komori,
    "Discrimination of spurious self-correlation in nondimensionalized analyses of fluid dynamical data",
    Journal of Oceanography, Vol.64, No.3, pp.393-397 (2008).
    [Online version]
  72. K. Nagata, T. Sato, S. Komori,
    "Effect of Molecular Diffusivities on Countergradient Scalar Transfer in a Strong Stable Stratified Flow (Study on the Linear and Nonlinear Processes by using RDT) (translated paper)",
    Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, Vol.3, No.2, pp.232-240 (2008).
    [Online version]
  73. R. Onishi, K. Matsuda, K. Takahashi, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Retrieval of collision kernels from the change of droplet size distributions with linear inversion",
    Physica Scripta, T132, 014050 (2008).
    [Online version]
  74. Y. Ito, S. Komori,
    "Mass Transfer Across Gas-Liquid Interface in a Capillary Tube",
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol.41, No.10, pp.947-952 (2008).
    [Online version]
  75. H. Watanabe, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Large-eddy simulation of swirling flows in a pulverized coal combustion furnace with a complex burner",
    Journal of Environment and Engineering, Vol.4, No.1, pp.1-11 (2009).
    [Online version]
  76. R. Kurose, A. Fujita, S. Komori,
    "Effect of relative humidity on heat transfer across the surface of an evaporating water droplet in air flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.624, pp.57-67 (2009).
    [Online version]
  77. K. Sugioka, S. Komori,
    "Drag and lift forces acting on a spherical gas droplet in homogeneous linear shear liquid flow",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.629, pp.173-193 (2009).
    [Online version]
  78. R. Onishi, K. Takahashi and S. Komori,
    "Influence of gravity on collisions of monodispersed droplets in homogeneous isotropic turbulence",
    Physics of Fluids, Vol.21, 125108 (2009).
    [Online version]
  79. A. Fujita, R. Kurose and S. Komori,
    "Experimental study on Effect of Relative Humidity on Heat transfer of an Evaporating Water Droplet in Air Flow",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.36, No.3, pp.244-247 (2010).
    [Online version]
  80. K. Tanno, H. Makino, R. Kurose, S. Komori, H. Shimada and SM, Hwang,
    "Effects of Turbulent-Laminar Flow Transition on Degradation of De-NOx Catalyst",
    Fuel, Vol.89, No.4, pp.855-858 (2010).
    [Online version]
  81. S. Komori, R. Kurose, K. iwano, T. Ukai and N. Suzuki,
    "Direct Numerical Simulation of Wind-Driven Turbulence and Scalar Transfer at Sheared Gas-Liquid Interfaces",
    Journal of Turbulence, Vol.11, No.32, pp.1-32 (2010).
    [Online version]
  82. N. Suzuki, Y. Toba and S. Komori,
    "Examination of Drag Coefficient with Special Reference to the Windsea Reynolds Number: Conditions with Counter and Mixed Swell",
    Journal of Oceanography, Vol.66, pp.731-739 (2010).
    [Online version]
  83. R. Onishi, K. Matsuda, K. Takahashi, R. Kurose and S. Komori,
    "Linear and Nonlinear Inversion Schemes to Retrieve Collision Kernel Values from Droplet Size Distribution Change",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.37, No.2, pp.125-135 (2011).
    [Online version]
  84. K. Nagata, Y. Sakai and S. Komori,
    "Effects of Small-scale Freestream Turbulence on Turbulent Boundary Layers with and without Thernal Convection",
    Physics of Fluids, Vol.23, No.6, 065111 (2011).
    [Online version]
  85. R. Kurose, T. Michioka, N. Kohno, S. Komori and Y. Baba,
    "Application of Flamelet Model to Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Liquid Flows",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.57, No.4, pp.911-917 (2011).
    [Online version]
  86. R. Kurose, N. Takagaki, T. Michioka, N. Kohno and S. Komori,
    "Subgrid Scale Scalar Variance in HIgh-Schmidt-Number Turbulence",
    AIChE Journal, Vol.58, No.2, pp.377-384 (2012).
    [Online version]
  87. R. Kurose, M. Anami, A. Fujita and S. Komori,
    "Numerical Simulation of Flow Past a Heated/Cooled Sphere",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.692, pp.332-346 (2012).
    [Online version]
  88. K. Matsuda, R. Onishi, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Turbulence effect on cloud radiation",
    Physical Review Letters, Vol.108, 224502 (2012).
    [Online version]
  89. Takagaki, N., S. Komori, N. Suzuki, K. Iwano, T. Kuramoto, S. Shimada, R. Kurose, and K. Takahashi (2012),
    Strong correlation between the drag coefficient and the shape of the wind sea spectrum over a broad range of wind speeds,
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L23604, doi:10.1029/2012GL053988.
    [Online version]
  90. A. Fujita, H. Watanabe, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Two dimensional direct numerical simulation of spray flames.
    Part 1: Effects of equivalence ratio, fuel droplet size and radiation, and validity of flamelet model",
    Fuel, Vol.104, pp.515-525 (2013).
    [Online version]
  91. T. Kitano, T. Nakatani, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Two-dimensional direct numerical simulation of spray flames.
    Part 2: Effect of ambient pressure and lift, and validity of flamelet model",
    Fuel, Vol.104, pp.526-535 (2013).
    [Online version]
  92. T. Kitano, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Effects of internal pressure and inlet velocity disturbances of air and fuel droplets on spray combustion field",
    Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, Vol.8, pp.269-280 (2013).
    [Online version]
  93. K. Tanno, R. Kurose, T. Michioka, H. Makino, S. Komori,
    "Direct numerical simulation of flow and surface reaction in de-NOx catalyst",
    Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.24, pp.879-885 (2013).
    [Online version]
  94. H. Moriai, R. Kurose, H. Watanabe, Y. Yano, F. Akamatsu, S. Komori,
    "Large-eddy simulation of turbulent spray combustion in a subscale aircraft jet engine combustor
    - Predictions of NO and soot concentrations -",
    Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol.135, 091503 (2013).
    [Online version]
  95. K. Iwano, N. Takagaki, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Mass transfer velocity across the breaking air-water interface at extremely high wind speeds",
    Tellus B, Vol.65, 21341 (2013).
    [Online version][Erratum]
  96. T. Kitano, J. Nishio, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Effects of ambient pressure, gas temperature and combustion reaction on droplet evaporation",
    Combustion and Flame, Vol.161, pp.551-564 (2014).
    [Online version]
  97. N. Takagaki, S. Komori,
    "Air-water mass transfer mechanism due to the impingement of a single liquid drop on the air-water interface",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.60, pp.30-39 (2014).
    [Online version]
  98. N. Takagaki, R. Kurose, Y. Baba, Y. Nakajima, S. Komori,
    "Relationship between momentum of an impinging drop and intensities of vortex rings generated below free surface",
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.65, pp.1-10 (2014).
    [Online version]
  99. T. Kitano, J. Nishio, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Evaporation and combustion of multicomponent fuel droplets",
    Fuel, Vol.136, pp.219-225 (2014).
    [Online version]
  100. H. Watanabe, R. Kurose, M. Hayashi, T. Kitano, S. Komori,
    "Effects of ambient pressure and precursors on soot formation in spray flames",
    Advanced Powder Technology, Vol.25, pp.1376-1387 (2014).
    [Online version]
  101. K. Matsuda, R. Onishi, M. Hirahara, R. Kurose, K. Takahashi, S. Komori,
    "Influence of microscale turbulent droplet clustering on radar cloud observations",
    Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vo.71, pp.3569-3582 (2014).
    [Online version]
  102. N. Suzuki, Y. Toba, S. Komori, N. Takagaki, Y. Baba, T. Kubo, K. Shintaku, M. Yamamoto,
    "Variation of the Drag Coefficient Investigated by Using Tower-based Long Period Measurements-Condition of High Wind Speed with Following and Cross Swell",
    International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.24, pp.168-173 (2014).
    [Online version]
  103. M. Muto, H. Watanabe, R. Kurose, S. Komori, S. Balusamy, S. Hochgreb,
    "Large-eddy simulation of pulverized coal jet flame -effect of oxygen concentration on NOx generation-",
    Fuel, Vol.142, pp.152-163 (2015).
    [Online version]
  104. N. Takagaki, R. Kurose, Y. Tsujimoto, S. Komori, K. Takahashi,
    "Effects of turbulent eddies and Langmuir circulations on scalar transfer in a sheared wind-driven liquid flow",
    Physics of Fluids, Vol.27, 016603 (2015).
    [Online version]
  105. N. Suzuki, M.A. Donelan, S. Komori, N. Takagaki,
    "Estimation of the global air-sea CO2 gas flux considering wave breaking",
    Journal of Oceanography, doi:10.1007/s10872-015-0271-y (2015).
    [Online version]
  106. T. Kitano, T. Tsuji, R. Kurose, S. Komori,
    "Effect of pressure oscillations on flashback characteristics in a turbulent channel flow",
    Energy & Fuels, Vol.29, pp.6815-6822 (2015).
    [Online version]
  107. N. Takagaki, S. Komori and N. Suzuki,
    "Estimation of Friction Velocity from the Wind-Wave Spectrum at Extremely High Wind Speeds",
    IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.35(1), 012009 (2016).
    [Online version]
  108. R. Kurose, N. Takagaki, A. Kimura and S. Komori,
    "Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Heat Transfer across a Sheared Wind-Driven Gas-Liquid Interface",
    Journal of Fluid mechanics, 804, 646-689 (2016).
    [Online version]
  109. N. Takagaki, S. Komori, N. Suzuki, K. Iwano, and R. Kurose,
    "Mechanism of Drag Coefficient Saturation at Strong Wind Speeds",
    Geophysical Research. Letters, Vol.43, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070666 (2016).
    [Online version]
  110. N. Takagaki, R. Kurose, A. Kimura and S. Komori,
    "Effect of Schmidt Number on Mass Transfer across a Sheared Gas-Liquid Interface in a Wind-Driven Turbulence",
    Scientific Reports, Vol.6, No. 37059, doi: 10.1038/srep37059 (2016).
    [Online version]
  111. J.P. Matthews, L. Ostrovsky, Y. Yoshikawa, S. Komori and H. Tamura,
    "Dynamics and Early Post-Tsunami Evolution of Floating Marine Debris near Fukushima Daiichi",
    Nature Geoscience, Vol.10, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2975 (2017).
    [Online version]
  112. N. Takagaki, S. Komori, M. Ishida, K. Iwano, R. Kurose and N. Suzuki,
    "Loop-Type Wave-Generation Method for Generating Wind Waves under Long-Fetch Conditions",
    Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol.34, No.10, pp.2129-2139 (2017).
    [Online version]
  113. N. Takagaki, K. Iwano, E. Ilyasov, S. Komori and Y. Shirakawa,
    "Development of an Optical Imaging Technique for Particle Number Density",
    Journal of Fluid Science and Technology, Vol.13, Issue 1, JFST0001 (2018).
    [Online version]
  114. S. Komori, K. Iwano, N. Takagaki, R. Onishi, R. Kurose, K. Takahashi and N. Suzuki,
    "Laboratory Measurements of Heat Transfer and Drag Coefficients at Extremely High Wind Speeds",
    Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol.48, No.4, pp.959-974 (2018).
    [Online version]
  115. K. Matsuda, S. Komori, N. Takagaki and R. Onishi,
    "Effects of surface tension reduction on wind-wave growth and air-water scalar transfer",
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 960, A22, doi:10.1017/jfm.2023.144 (2023).
    [Online version]
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