Machine Learning

Droplet Combustion

Microgravity Science

Triple Flame

Partial Premixed Combustion

Gas Engine

Knocking

Internal Combustion Engine

Combustion

Droplet

Microgravity

Aerospace, marine, and maritime Engineering, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace engineering

Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering), Thermal engineering, Thermal engineering

Apr. 2020 - Present
Nihon University, College of Science and Technology, Associate Professor

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
Nihon University, College of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2017
Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd.(IHI Power Systems Co., Ltd.), Engineering & Technology Center

Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2015
Nihon University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Aerospace Engineering Major

Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2012
Nihon University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Aerospace Engineering Major

Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2010
Nihon University, College of Science and Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering

Apr. 2025 - Present
Organizing committee, 69th Space Sciences and Technology Conference, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Apr. 2025 - Present
Executive committee of JASMAC-37, The Japan Society of Microgravity Application

Apr. 2025 - Present
Director, The Japan Society of Microgravity Application

Apr. 2024 - Present

Apr. 2023 - Present
Representative of Engine System Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Apr. 2023 - Present
IJMSA Editorial Committee, The Japan Society of Microgravity Application

Apr. 2023 - Present
宇宙利用部門委員会幹事, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

2023 - Present
JCSJ Editorial Committee, Combustion Society of Japan

Sep. 2024 - Aug. 2025

Sep. 2024 - Mar. 2025
先進的燃焼技術の調査小委員会委員, 日本燃焼学会

2024 - 2025
Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Space Technology and Science

2024 - 2025
Program chair, Chemical Propulsion and Air-breathing Engines, International Symposium on Space Technology and Science

Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2024

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
The executive committee of the 60th symposium (Japanese) on combustion, Combustion Society of Japan

Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
The Executive Committee of Thirtieth Symposium (ILASS-Japan) on Atomization, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems -Japan

Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
広報委員会, 日本航空宇宙学会

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022
エンジンシステム部門部門賞委員会幹事, 日本機械学会

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2022
論文編集委員会, 日本航空宇宙学会

Sep. 2020 - Mar. 2021
先進的燃焼技術の調査研究小委員会委員, 日本燃焼学会

Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018
先進的燃焼技術の調査研究小委員会委員, 日本燃焼学会

2016 - 2018
エンジンシステム部門講習会企画委員会幹事, 日本機械学会

Nov. 2024
Combustion Society of Japan, Paper Award
Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Cool Flame Oscillation Phenomenon Occurred Around a Fuel Droplet Array by using Variational Auto-encoder
K. Iemura;M. Saito;Y. Suganuma;M. Kikuchi;Y. Inatomi;H. Nomura;M. Tanabe

The Japan Society of Microgravity Application, 研究奨励賞

Study on Knocking Intensity and Autoignitive Propagation Velocity with the Same Methane Number Mixtures of Methane/Ethane and Methane/n-Butane
Masanori Saito; Ryo Kato; Yuma Komatsu; Keigo Takagi; Masaki Otani; Mitsuaki Tanabe
SAE Technical Paper Series, Oct. 2023

Comparative Analysis of Cool Flame Oscillation Occurred Around a Single Fuel Droplet and a Droplet Pair Using a Phase Space
Kazuki IEMURA; Yusei TAKAHATA; Rintaro SAITO; Masanori SAITO; Mitsuaki TANABE
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Oct. 2023

Study on Nonlinear Dynamics Using the State Space of Combustion Oscillation in a Rocket Combustor
Fumiya ARAI; Kazuki IEMURA; Masanori SAITO; Mitsuaki TANABE
TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, 2023

Analysis of spatial-temporal dynamics of cool flame oscillation phenomenon occurred around a fuel droplet array by using variational auto-encoder
Kazuki Iemura; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Masao Kikuchi; Yuko Inatomi; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Nov. 2022

Numerical Prediction of the Spontaneous Ignition of Cool Flame for the Microgravity Experiment by Using Sounding Rocket
Masanori SAITO; Yurie OHNO; Hirotaka KATO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Akiyo TAKAHASHI; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Yuko INATOMI; Kenichi TAKAHASHI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Aerospace Technology Japan, Jul. 2021

Study on Hysteresis of Combustion Oscillation in Continuously Variable Resonance Combustor using Deep Neural Network
Kazunori MOTOHASHI; Masanori SAITO; Mitsuaki TANABE
Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Science, Aerospace Technology Japan, Jul. 2021

Numerical Study on the Cool Flame Dynamics of n-Decane Fuel Droplets by 2D Simulation with Gas-Liquid Equilibrium
Masanori SAITO; Yurie OHNO and Mitsuaki TANABE
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Oct. 2020

Scope of PHOENIX-2 Sounding Rocket Experiment, "Cool Flame Dynamics in Multi-droplet Ignition"
Mitsuaki TANABE; Masanori SAITO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE and Hiroshi NOMURA
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Oct. 2020

Hardware Development for Cool Flame Combustion Experiment of Fuel Droplets using Sounding Rocket
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Yoshimasa GOTO; Yoshiyuki YAMAMURA; Shin YAMAMOTO; Masaki NOKURA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA and Mitsuaki TANABE
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Oct. 2020

POD Analysis of Oscillation Mode of Triple Flame in Standing Acoustic Field by using Cross-Sectional Image
Kohei Hamano; Akira Shiomi; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Aug. 2020

Spontaneous Ignition Behavior of n-Decane Fuel Droplet Array near Ignition Limit
Masanori SAITO; Yurie OHNO; Hirotaka KATO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA and Mitsuaki TANABE
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application, Apr. 2019

Analysis of Triple Flame Features under Acoustic Oscillations by using a Deep Auto-Encoder
Masanori Saito; Kazunori Motohashi; Tetsuo Iezumi and Mitsuaki Tanabe
AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, Jan. 2019

Study on Knocking Characteristics for High-Efficiency Operation of a Super-Lean Spark Ignition Engine
Takeshi Nishiyama; Keito Agui; Masaaki Togawa; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe; and Akira Iijima
SAE Technical Paper, Nov. 2018

Influence of Autoignition and Pressure Wave Behavior on Knock Intensity Based on Multipoint Pressure Measurement and In-Cylinder Visualization of the End Gas
Takahiro Yamashita; Shuhei Takahata; Hiroki Kudo; Takuya Izako; Takahiro Ishikawa; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe; and Akira Iijima
SAE Technical Paper, Nov. 2018

Response of Triple Flame to Acoustic Oscillations
Sugiu; N.; Motohashi; K.; Saito; M.; Tanabe; M.
Aerospace Technology Japan, May 2016

Self-Excited Non-Linear Acoustic Wave in a Single-Element Model Rocket Combustor and Its Influence on Flame
Tanabe; M.; Saito; M.; Hallum; Z. W.; Meier; J. E.; Fuller; L. T.; Anderson; E. W.
Aerospace Technology Japan, Feb. 2016

Effect of Acoustic Oscillations on the Upstream Mixing Layer of Triple Flames
Saito; M.; Sugiu; N.; Motohashi; K.; Tanabe; M.
51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Jul. 2015

Anchoring Location of Triple Flame under Acoustic Oscillations
Saito; M.
Mar. 2015

Influence of Acoustic Oscillations on Curvature and Lift-Off Height of Triple Flame
Masanori SAITO; Nobuaki SUGIU; Yuki YAMAMOTO and Mitsuaki TANABE
日本航空宇宙学会論文集, 2015

Flame Stabilization Method Using Thermo-Acoustic Oscillation
Saito; M.; Minei; W.; Ishii; K.; Akita; S.; Tanabe; M.
Aerospace Technology Japan, Jul. 2014

Effect of acoustic oscillations on change in curvature and lift-off height of triple flame
M. Saito; N. Sugiu; Y. Yamamoto; M. Tanabe
50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference 2014, 2014

A Novel Flame Stabilization Method Using Standing Acoustic Fields
Saito; M.; Yamada; H.; Katsumata; M.; Tanabe; M.
51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Jan. 2013

PHOENIX-2 Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets – Report of FY2023 –
NOMURA, Hiroshi; SUGANUMA, Yusuke; TANABE, Mitsuaki; SAITO, Masanori; TAKAHASHI, Akiyo; TAKAHASHI, Kenichi; MORIUE, Osamu; MIKAMI, Masato; GOTO, Yoshimasa; YAMAMURA, Yoshiyuki; NOKURA, Masaki; YAMAMOTO, Shin; EIGENBROD, Christian; ISHIKAWA, Takehiko; KIKUCHI, Masao; SHIMADA, Toru; INATOMI, Yuko
Space Utilization Research, Vol. 38 2023: Proceedings of The Thirty-eighth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2024

Combustion Research and Analysis Method for Contribution on the Engines of Next Generation Airplanes and Rockets
Masanori SAITO
Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, 05 Apr. 2023

Dynamics of Cool Flame Occurred around Multi-Droplets
SAITO Masanori; IEMURA Kazuki; TANABE Mitsuaki
Journal of the Combustion Society of Japan, Feb. 2023

複数液滴の冷炎ダイナミクスに関する観測ロケット実験 “PHOENIX-2”, 2022年度進捗報告—FY2022 Status Report of the Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets, "PHOENIX-2"
田辺, 光昭; 齊藤, 允教; 菅沼, 祐介; 野村, 浩司; 髙橋, 晶世; 髙橋, 賢一; 森上, 修; 三上, 真人; 後藤, 芳正; 山村, 宜之; 野倉, 正樹; 山本, 信; EIGENBROD, Christian; 石川, 毅彦; 菊池, 政雄; 嶋田, 徹; 稲富, 裕光; TANABE, Mitsuaki; SAITO, Masanori; SUGANUMA, Yusuke; NOMURA, Hiroshi; TAKAHASHI, Akiyo; TAKAHASHI, Kenichi; MORIUE, Osamu; MIKAMI, Masato; GOTO, Yoshimasa; YAMAMURA, Yoshiyuki; NOKURA, Masaki; YAMAMOTO, Shin; ISHIKAWA, TAKEHIKO; KIKUCHI, Masao; SHIMADA, Toru; INATOMI, Yuko
宇宙環境利用シンポジウム 第37回： 令和四年度 = Space Utilization Research, Vol. 37 2022: Proceedings of The Thirty-seventh Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2023

冷炎ダイナミクス解明に向けた観測ロケットによる微小重力実験“PHOENIX-2”プロジェクト活動報告—Report on the Microgravity Experiment“PHOENIX-2” by using Sounding Rocket for the Clarification of Cool Flame Dynamics
齊藤, 允教; 大野, 友利恵; 菅沼, 祐介; 髙橋, 晶世; 三上, 真人; 嶋田, 徹; 菊池, 政雄; 石川, 毅彦; 稲富, 裕光; 髙橋, 賢一; Eigenbrod, Christian; 森上, 修; 野村, 浩司; 田辺, 光昭; Saito, Masanori; Ohno, Yurie; Suganuma, Yusuke; Takahashi, Akiyo; Mikami, Masato; Shimada, Toru; Kikuchi, Masao; Ishikawa, Takehiko; Inatomi, Yuko; Takahashi, Kenichi; Moriue, Osamu; Nomura, Hiroshi; Tanabe, Mitsuaki
宇宙環境利用シンポジウム 第34回： 令和元年度 = Space Utilization Research, Vol. 34 2019: Proceedings of The Thirty-fourth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2020

Hardware Development for Cool Flame Combustion Experiment of Fuel Droplets using Sounding Rocket
菅沼祐介; 齊藤允教; 後藤芳正; 山村宜之; 山本信; 野倉正樹; 三上真人; 菊池政雄; 稲富裕光; 森上修; 野村浩司; 田辺光昭
International Journal of Microgravity Science and Application (Web), 2020

微小重力場における燃料液滴の自発点火モデルに関する研究—Study on Spontaneous Ignition modeling of Fuel Droplets under Microgravity
髙橋, 晶世; 齊藤, 允教; 菅沼, 祐介; 三上, 真人; 嶋田, 徹; 菊池, 政雄; 石川, 毅彦; 稲富, 裕光; Christian, Eigenbrod; 森上, 修; 髙橋, 賢一; 野村, 浩司; 田辺, 光昭; Takahashi, Akiyo; Saito, Masanori; Suganuma, Yusuke; Mikami, Masato; Shimada, Toru; Kikuchi, Masao; Ishikawa, Takehiko; Inatomi, Yuko; Eigenbrod, Christian; Moriue, Osamu; Takahashi, Kenichi; Nomura, Hiroshi; Tanabe, Mitsuaki
宇宙環境利用シンポジウム 第33回： 平成30年度 = Space Utilization Research, Vol. 33 2018: Proceedings of The Thirty-third Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2019

燃料液滴列の自発点火限界近傍の点火挙動に関する研究（液滴列燃焼実験装置の開発）—Research on spontaneous ignition of fuel droplet array near ignitable limit (Development of droplet array combustion unit)
菅沼, 祐介; 齊藤, 允教; 三上, 真人; 菊池, 政雄; 石川, 毅彦; 稲富, 裕光; 森上, 修; 野村, 浩司; 田辺, 光昭; Suganuma, Yusuke; Saito, Masanori; Mikami, Masato; Kikuchi, Masao; Ishikawa, Takehiko; Inatomi, Yuko; Moriue, Osamu; Nomura, Hiroshi; Tanabe, Mitsuaki
宇宙環境利用シンポジウム 第33回： 平成30年度 = Space Utilization Research, Vol. 33 2018: Proceedings of The Thirty-third Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2019

Preliminary Study for the TEXUS Rocket Experiments on Inter-droplet Interference at Spontaneous Ignition
Tanabe Mitsuaki; Saito Masanori; Suganuma Yusuke; Mikami Masato; Kikuchi Masao; Ishikawa Takehiko; Inatomi Yuko; Eigenbrod Christian; Moriue Osamu; Nomura Hiroshi
宇宙環境利用シンポジウム 第32回： 平成29年度 = Space Utilization Research, Vol. 32 2017: Proceedings of The Thirty-second Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2018

TEXUSロケットを用いた燃料液滴列の自発点火現象に関する微小重力実験-液滴列燃焼実験装置の開発-
菅沼祐介; 野村浩司; 齊藤允教; 田辺光昭; 三上真人; 森上修; 菊池政雄; 稲富裕光
日本大学生産工学部学術講演会講演概要(CD-ROM), 2018

TEXUS ロケット 60 号機を用いた微小重力環境における燃料液滴列の蒸発および自発点火
Yusuke Suganuma; Masanori Saito; Florian Meyer; Christian Eigenbrod; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The Thirty-Ninth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2025

Cool Flame Spread along n-Decane Droplet Arrays under Microgravity Enviroment by the Sounding Rocket TEXUS-60
Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Kazuki Iemura; Noelia Martínez Figueira; Florian Meyer; Christian Eigenbrod; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The Thirty-Ninth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2025

Outline of the Droplet Cool Flame Experiment (Phoenix-2) Using TEXUS Sounding Rocket #60
Mitsuaki Tanabe; Yusuke Suganuma; Hiroshi Nomura; Kazuki Iemra; Osamu Moriue; Shion Ando; Masato Mikami; Yoshimasa Goto; Nobuyuki Yamamura; Masaki Nokura; Shin Yamamoto; Noelia M. Figueira; Florian Meyer; Christian Eigenbrod; Takehiko Ishikawa; Masao Kikuchi; Yuko Inatomi
The Thirty-Ninth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2025

Readability of Local Homeomorphism Processes Using Deep Neural Network on Combustion Oscillation in a Rocket Combustor
ARAI, Fumiya; FUKUTA, Hikaru; MIZUTANI, Tsugumu; IEMURA, Kazuki; OOMORI, Hikaru; MUNEISHI, Atsushi; SAITO, Masanori; TANABE, Mitsuaki
The Sixty-Second Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2024

Study on the Cool Flame Dynamics Using a Mathematical Model of Fuel Droplet Pair
IEMURA, Kazuki; SAITO, Masanori; TANABE, Mitsuaki
The Sixty-Second Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2024

Influence of Ambient Temperature and Fuel Droplet Diameter on Cool Flame Diameter
TAKAHATA, Yusei; USUZAWA, Naoki; SUZUKI, Taisei; SAITO, Masanori; TANABE, Mitsuaki
The Sixty-Second Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2024

Cool Flame Spread Behavior along n-Decane Droplet Array under Microgravity by a TEXUS Rocket
Masanori SAITO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Kazuki IEMURA; Yusei TAKAHATA; Noelia MARTÍNEZ FIGUEIRA; Florian MEYER; Christian EIGENBROD; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-36, Sep. 2024

Multiple Droplet Cool Flame Ignition Experiment under Microgravity using TEXUS Rocket ‐Droplet evaporation and ignition‐
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Florian MEYER; Christian EIGENBROD; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-36, Sep. 2024

Outline of the Microgravity Experiments on Droplet Cool Flame (Phoenix-2) Using TEXUS Sounding Rocket #60
Mitsuaki TANABE; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Kazuki IEMURA; Akiyo TAKAHASHI; Kenichi TAKAHASHI; Osamu MORIUE; Shion Ando; Masato MIKAMI; Yoshimasa GOTO; Nobuyuki YAMAMURA; Masaki NOKURA; Shin YAMAMOTO; Noelia M. FIGUEIRA; Florian MEYER; Christian EIGENBROD; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Masao KIKUCHI; Toru SHIMADA; Yuko INATOMI
JASMAC-36, Sep. 2024

Experiments on droplet evaporation and ignition of dimethyl carbonate as an e-fuel candidate
Koki KAMIJO; Hiroshi NOMURA; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-36, Sep. 2024

Influence of Ambient Temperature and Inter-Droplet Spacing on Cool Flame Spread Limit Around Fuel Droplet Array
Y. Takahata; K. Iemura; M. Saito; M. Tanabe
45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Jul. 2024

Influence of ambient temperature and inter-droplet spacing on cool flame behavior of fuel droplet pair under microgravity conditions
R. Saito; K. Ebashi; H. Imanaka; M. Saito; M. Tanabe
45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Jul. 2024, Not invited

Modeling of mode switching in cool flame occurrences around a fuel droplet pair
K. Iemura; M. Saito; M. Tanabe
45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Jul. 2024, Not invited

"PHOENIX-2" Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets
Hiroshi Nomura; Yusuke Suganuma; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito; Akiyo Takahashi; Kenichi Takahashi; Osamu Moriue; Masato Mikami; Yoshimasa Goto; Yoshiyuki Yamamura, Masaki; Nokura; Shin Yamamoto; Christian Eigenbrod; Takehiko Ishikawa; Masao Kikuchi; Toru Shimada; Yuko Inatomi
The Thirty-Eighth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2024, Not invited

Mechanism for Spontaneous Ignition Promotion of n-Heptane/Ethanol/N2/O2 Mixture by Reforming with Non-Equilibrium Plasma
Masaki Otani; Keigo Takagi; Yuma Komatsu; Kazuki Iemura; Taiyo Saga; Katsunori Takahashi; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 34th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2023, Not invited

Influence of converging deflagration on knock intensity
Keigo Takagi; Masaki Otani; Yuma Komatsu; Ryo Kato; Kazuki Iemura; Ayumu Matsuoka; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 34th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2023, Not invited

Study on Autoignitive Propagation Velocity and Knocking Intensity of Natural Gas Fuel of Different Composition with the Same Methane Number
Ryo Kato; Yuma Komatsu; Masaki Otani; Keigo Takagi; Kazuki Iemura; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito
The 34th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2023, Not invited

Analysis of the Combustion Oscillation Field in a Rocket Combustor Using Dimension Reduction of the Orthogonal Mode Space by Deep Learning
TAKESHI, Shoya; FUKUTA, Hikaru; ARAI, Fumiya; IEMURA, Kazuki; SAITO, Masanori; TANABE, Mitsuaki
The Sixty-First Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2023, Not invited

Effect of Interaction Phenomena Due to Diffusion on Cool Flame Oscillation Occurred Around Multiple Fuel Droplets
IEMURA, Kazuki; TAKAHATA, Yusei; SAITO, Rintaro; SAITO, Masanori; TANABE, Mitsuaki
The Sixty-First Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2023, Not invited

Cool flame spread of a fuel droplet array in a high-temperature atmosphere in microgravity
Yuki Fujieda; Yusuke Suganuma; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Hiroshi Nomura
JASMAC-35, Oct. 2023

Influence of Dimensionless Numbers in a Dynamics Model of a Droplet Pair on the Cool Flame Oscillation
Kazuki IEMURA; Rintaro SAITO; Yusei TAKAHATA; Masanori SAITO; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-35, Oct. 2023, Not invited

Influence of Differential Terms in the Governing Equation on the State Identification of the Combustion Field of a Rocket Combustor with a Single Coaxial Injector
Shoya Takeshi; Keigo Takagi; Hikaru Fukuta; Kazuki Iemura; Fumiya Arai; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 11th Asian Joint Conference in Propulsion and Power, Mar. 2023, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Not invited

FY2022 Status Report of the Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets, "PHOENIX-2"
Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Hiroshi Nomura; Akiyo Takahashi; Kenichi Takahashi; Osamu Moriue; Masato Mikami; Yoshimasa Goto; Yoshiyuki Yamamura; Masaki Nokura; Shin Yamamoto; Christian Eigenbrod; Takehiko Ishikawa; Masao Kikuchi; Toru Shimada; Yuko Inatomi
The Thirty-Seventh Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2023

Study on Driving Mechanism of Non-linear Pressure Waves in a Rocket Combustor with a Single Coaxial Injector
ARAI; Fumiya; TAKESHI; Shoya; FUKUTA; Hikaru; SHIGENO; Yusuke; IEMURA; Kazuki; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
The 60th Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2022, 日本燃焼学会

Study on Pre-Ignition from a Single Deposit Particle Using the Super Rapid Compression,Machine
Yuma KOMATSU; Ryo KATO; Tsubaki MIYADAI; Hideaki UCHIDA; Koichi GOMI; Mitsuaki TANABE; Tatsuya KUSUMOTO; Moritsugu KASAI; Masanori SAITO
The 33rd Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Nov. 2022, 日本機械学会，自動車技術会，日本燃焼学会共催

Study on cool flame oscillation occurred around a fuel droplet pair
IEMURA; Kazuki; SAITO; Rintaro; TAKAHATA; Yusei; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
The 60th Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2022

Elucidation of cool flame dynamics of multiple droplets under microgravity -PHOENIX2 project status report-
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Masato MIKAMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA and Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-34, Sep. 2022

Study on cool flame oscillation occurred around a fuel droplet pair using phase space
Kazuki IEMURA; Rintaro SAITO; Yusei TAKAHATA; Masanori SAITO; and Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-34, Sep. 2022

Observation of Cool Flame Spreading Phenomenon by Forced Ignition Device
Yuki Fujieda; Iku Saito; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Mitsuaki Tanabe and Hiroshi Nomura
JASMAC-34, Sep. 2022

Analysis of spatial-temporal dynamics of cool flame oscillation phenomenon occurred around a fuel droplet array by using variational auto-encoder
Kazuki Iemura; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Masao Kikuchi; Yuko Inatomi; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
39th International Symposium on Combustion, Jul. 2022

Influence of Difference in Ambient Temperature and Inter-Droplet Distance on Cool Flame Spread Behavior of Fuel Droplet Array
Hideaki Ikezawa; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Mitsuaki Tanabe and Hiroshi Nomura
44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Jul. 2022

Study on the Combustion Oscillation in a Rocket Combustor Using Readable Neural Network
Fumiya Arai; Kazuki Iemura; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
第61回航空原動機・宇宙推進講演会, Mar. 2022, The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Not invited

Status Report of the Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets, "PHOENIX-2"
Suganuma Yusuke; Masanori Saito; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Akiyo Takahashi; Kenichi Takahashi; Osamu Moriue; Masato Mikami; Yoshimasa Goto; Yoshiyuki Yamamura; Shin Yamamoto; Masaki Nokura; Christian Eigenbrod; Masao Kikuchi; Toru Shimada; Yuko Inatomi
The Thirty-Sixth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2022

Influence of Difference in Natural Gas Fuel Composition on Autoignitive Propagation Velocity
Tsubaki Miyadai; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito
The 32nd Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2021

Study on Dynamics of Combustion Oscillation in a Rocket Combustor Using Phase Plane,by a Variational Auto-Encoder
ARAI; Fumiya; IEMURA; Kazuki; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
The 59th Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2021

Investigation on the Oscillation Phenomenon and the Droplet Interaction Effect of Cool Flame,Occurred from a Fuel Droplet Array Using a Variational Auto-Encoder
IEMURA; Kazuki; ARAI; Fumiya; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
The 59th Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2021

PHOENIX-2, -Cool Flame Dynamics of Mltipe Droplets-, Project Status Report
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Masato MIKAMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; and Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-33, Oct. 2021

Numerical Analysis of Cool Flame Propagation in Fuel Droplet Array
Hideaki IKEZAWA; Kazuki IEMURA; Masanori SAITO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Mitsuaki TANABE; and Hiroshi NOMURA
JASMAC-33, Oct. 2021

Applicability of Variational Auto-Encoder for Numerically Simulated Cool Flame Dynamics Occurred arua Fuel Droplet Array
Kazuki IEMURA; Fumiya ARAI; Masanori SAITO; and Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-33, Oct. 2021

Study on Cool Flame Dynamics at Spontaneous Ignition of Droplet Pairs with Transient Heating
Y. Ohno; M. Saito; M. Tanabe and C. Eigenbrod
COSPAR 2021, Jan. 2021

Status Report of the Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets, “PHOENIX-2”
Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Hiroshi Nomura; Akiyo Takahashi; Kenichi Takahashi; Osamu Moriue; Masato Mikami; Yoshimasa Goto; Yoshiyuki Yamamura; Shin Yamamoto; Masaki Nokura; Eigenbrod Christian; Takehiko Ishikawa; Masao Kikuchi; Toru Shimada; Yuko Inatomi
The Thirty-fifth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2021

Sounding Rocket Experiments on Cool Flame Dynamics of Multi-Droplets, "PHOENIX-2" (Development of Droplet Combustion Unit)
Yusuke Suganuma; Masanori Saito; Yoshimasa Goto; Yoshiyuki Yamamura; Shin Yamamoto; Masaki Nokura; Masao Kikuchi; Yuko Inatomi; Masato Mikami; Osamu Moriue; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The Thirty-fifth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2021

Analysis of Cool Flame Oscillation at Spontaneous Ignition on Droplet Pair using Numerical Calculation with Transient Heating
Yurie Ohno; Hideaki Ikezawa; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
JASMAC-32, Oct. 2020, Not invited

Combustion Under Microgravity Environment and Its Applicability for Planetary Habitation
Masanori SAITO
JASMAC-32, Oct. 2020, Not invited

PHOENIX-2, -Cool Flame Dynamics of Multiple droplets-, Status Report
Mitsuaki TANABE; Masanori SAITO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; and Hiroshi NOMURA
JASMAC-32, Oct. 2020, Not invited

Activity report on the microgravity experiment "PHOENIX-2" by using sounding rocket for the clarification of cool flame dynamics
Masanori Saito; Yurie Ohno; Yusuke Suganuma; Akiyo Takahashi; Masato Mikami; Toru Shimada; Masao Kikuchi; Takehiko Ishikawa; Yuko Inatomi; Kenichi Takahashi; Christian Eigenbrod; Osamu Moriue; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The Thirty-fourth Space Utilization Symposium, Jan. 2020, Not invited

Study on Oscillation Mode of Triple Flame in Standing Acoustic Field
HAMANO Kohei; SHIOMI Akira; SAITO Masanori; TANABE Mitsuaki
Fifty-Seventh Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2019, Not invited

Study on Combustion Oscillation Mode in Continuously Variable Resonance Combustor Using Reduced Dimension Analysis by Convolutional Auto-Encoder
SAKATA Yoshifumi; SHIMOMURA Isahiro; SAITO Masanori; TANABE Mitsuaki
Fifty-Seventh Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2019, Not invited

Influence on Difference in Gas Composition on Knock Intensity
SHIBATA Yuji; HASEGAWA Hiroki; KUMAGAI Hiroki; SAITO Masanori; TANABE Mitsuaki
Fifty-Seventh Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2019, Not invited

Numerical Prediction of the Spontaneous Ignition of Cool Flame for the Microgravity Experiment by Using Sounding Rocket
Masanori SAITO; Yurie OHNO; Hirotaka KATO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Akiyo TAKAHASHI; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Yuko INATOMI; Kenichi TAKAHASHI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; and Mitsuaki TANABE
32nd ISTS & 9th NSAT, Jun. 2019, Not invited

Aircraft Parabolic Flight Experiments on Spontaneous Ignition of Cool Flame for Sounding Rocket Space Experiments
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA and Mitsuaki TANABE
32nd ISTS & 9th NSAT, Jun. 2019, Not invited

Study on Feasibility of Supersonic Flight by SOFC Motor Jet Engine
Takanori Shirai; Kota Nakajima; Masanori Saito and Mitsuaki Tanabe
第59回航空原動機・宇宙推進講演会, Mar. 2019, Not invited

Research on spontaneous ignition of fuel droplet array near ignitable limit (Developement of droplet array combustion unit)
Yusuke Suganuma; Masanori Saito; Masato Mikami; Masao Kikuchi; Takehiko Ishikawa; Yuko Inatomi; Osamu Moriue; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
第33回宇宙環境利用シンポジウム, Jan. 2019, Not invited

Study on Spontaneous Ignition Modeling of Fuel Droplets under Microgravity
Akiyo Takahashi; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Masato Mikami; Toru Shimada; Masao Kikuchi; Takehiko Ishikawa; Yuko Inatomi; Eigenbrod Christian; Osamu Moriue; Kenichi Takahashi; Hiroshi Nomura; Mitsuaki Tanabe
第33回宇宙環境利用シンポジウム, Jan. 2019, Not invited

Influence of Autoignitive Propagation Velocity on Pressure Amplitude in Ethanol-Air Mixture
YOSHIDA; Koki; SHIBATA; Yuji; TAKANO; Yuki; SAITO; Masanori; IIJIMA; Akira; TANABE; Mitsuaki
Fifty-Sixth Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2018, Not invited

Study on Rayleigh Index in Continuously Variable Resonance Combustor (CVRC) using Deep Learning
Kazunori Motohashi; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
Fifty-Sixth Symposium (Japanese) on Combustion, Nov. 2018, Not invited

Preliminary Study on the Cool Flame Occurrence of n-Decane Droplet Array using the TEXUS Rocket (Prediction of the Spontaneous Ignition of Droplet Array using CFD)
Masanori SAITO; Yurie OHNO; Hirotake KATO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Takehiko ISHIKAWA; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-30, Oct. 2018, Not invited

Preliminary Study on the Cool Flame Occurrence of n-Decane Droplet Array using the TEXUS Rocket (Development of droplet array combustion unit)
Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masanori SAITO; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-30, Oct. 2018, Not invited

Study on the Relationship Between Pressure Wave at Spontaneous Ignition and Autoignitive Propagation Velocity Using Rapid Compression Machine
Masanori Saito; Ryohei Toyoda; Koki Yoshida; Kohei Honda; Akira Iijima; Mitsuaki Tanabe
37th International Symposium on Combustion, Jul. 2018, Not invited

Preliminary Study for the TEXUS Rocket Experiment on Inter-droplet Interference at Spontaneous Ignition
Mitsuaki Tanabe; Masanori Saito; Yusuke Suganuma; Masato Mikami; Masao Kikuchi; Takehiko Ishikawa; Yuko Inatomi; Christian Eigenbrod; Osamu Moriue; Hiroshi Nomura
第32回 宇宙環境利用シンポジウム, Jan. 2018, Not invited

A Study of High-speed Knocking by using Supercharged Optically Accessible Engine
Akira Iijima; Takuya Izako; Takahiro Ishikawa; Takahiro Yamashita; Hiroki Kudo; Shuhei Takahata; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Hideo Shoji
The 28th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2017, Not invited

Analysis of Knocking Characteristics in High Compression Ratio Supercharged Lean Combustion
Keito Agui; Masaaki Togawa; Takeshi Nishiyama; Masanori Saito; Akira Iijima; Mitsuaki Tanabe; Hideo Shoji
The 28th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2017, Not invited

Influence of Change in Spontaneous Ignition Characteristics of Premixed Gas by Pressure on Pressure Wave Generation at Spontaneous Ignition
Ryohei Toyoda; Kohei Honda; Koki Yoshida; Masanori Saito; Akira Iijima; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 28th Internal Combustion Engine Symposium, Dec. 2017, Not invited

Study on the Suppression of Pressure Wave at Spontaneous Ignition of Gasoline Surrogate Mixture in a Rapid Compression Machine
Kohei Honda; Yusuke Miyauchi; Yusuke Usami; Ryohei Toyoda; Koki Yoshida; Masanori Saito; Akira Iijima; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 23rd Small Engine Technology Conference, Nov. 2017, Not invited

Knocking Characteristics in a Rapid Compression Machine
M. Tanabe; M. Saito; A. Iijima
Fourteenth International Conference on Flow Dynamics, Nov. 2017, Not invited

Preliminary Study on the Experiment for the Spontaneous Ignition of Fuel Droplets using TEXUS Rocket
Masanori SAITO; Yusuke SUGANUMA; Masato MIKAMI; Masao KIKUCHI; Yuko INATOMI; Osamu MORIUE; Hiroshi NOMURA; Mitsuaki TANABE
JASMAC-29, Oct. 2017, Not invited

Analysis Method on Flame with Acoustic Forcing Using Neural Network
Motohashi; K.; Saito; M.; Tanabe; M.
6th Pacific-Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 2017, Not invited

Performance Analysis of SOFC Moter Jet Engine Under Flight Conditions
Shirai; T.; Akiyama T.; Nakajima; K.; Hashimoto; Y.; Saito; M.; Tanabe; M.
6th Pacific-Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 2017, Not invited

Performance Estimation of Jet Engine System Containing SOFC Using Steam-Reforming
Kazunori Motohashi; Yuya Koyama; Ryo Sekiguchi; Masanori Saito; Mitsuaki Tanabe
The 55th Conference on Aerospace Propulsion and Power, Mar. 2015, Not invited

Influence of Eddy Scale of In-Cylinder Flow on SI Knock
WATANABE; Naoya; KOHATA; Takashi; NAKAGAWA; Aiko; SAITO; Masanori. TANABE; Mitsuaki
第52回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2014, Not invited

Effect of Fluid Oscillation on Fuel Concentration Gradient in Front of Triple Flame Formed in a Mixing Layer
SAITO; Masanori; SUGIU; Nobuaki; MOTOHASHI; Kazunori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第52回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2014, Not invited

Effect of Acoustic Oscillations on Flow Field Upstream of Triple Flame
SUGIU; Nobuaki; MOTOHASHI; Kazunori; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第52回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2014, Not invited

Effect of Standing Acoustic Waves on Curvature and Lift-Off Height of Triple Flame
Saito; M.; Sugiu; N.; Yamamoto; Y.; Tanabe; M.
The 7th Asia Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, Mar. 2014, Not invited

Influence of Standing Acoustic Fields on Curvature and Lift-off Height of Triple Flame
SAITO; Masanori; SUGIU; Nobuaki; YAMAMOTO; Yuki; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第51回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2013, Not invited

Performance Estimation of SOFC/Brayton Combined Cycle Using Electric Compressor
Masanori Saito; Yuya Koyama; Nobuaki Sugiu; Naoya Watanabe; Mitsuaki Tanabe
第24回内燃機関シンポジウム, Nov. 2013, Not invited

Development of Flame Stabilization Method for Partially Premixed Flame Using Standing Acoustic Fields
Masanori Saito; Wataru Minei; Shigefumi Akita; Kota Ishii and Mitsuaki Tanabe
第53回航空原動機・宇宙推進講演会, Mar. 2013, Not invited

Attribute of periodical wrinkling at premixed flame in standing acoustic field
YAMADA; Hironori; MOMII; Takahiko; TAKIZAWA; Wataru; NOMURA; Yuuta; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第50回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2012, Not invited

Flame Holding Mechanism of V-Shaped Burner Flame in Standing Acoustic Fields
Saito; M.; Iwata; N.; Minei; W.; Katsumata; M.; Tanabe; M.
5th Pacific-Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 2012, Not invited

Influence of Fluid Oscillation on Flame Stabilization in Standing Acoustic Fields
Wataru Minei; Nobuaki Iwata; Masanori Saito; Masato Katsumata; Mitsuaki Tanabe
第49回日本伝熱シンポジウム, May 2012, Not invited

Study on Flame Stabilization Mechanism of Burner Flame in Standing Acoustic Field
Saito; M.; Iwata; N.; Minei; W.; Yamada; H.; Tanabe; M.
8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, Mar. 2012, Not invited

Influence of acoustic oscillation on wrinkling of premixed flame
YAMADA; Hironori; TAKIZAWA; Wataru; MANO; Yuma; HIROSAWA; Takuya; SAITO; Masanori; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第49回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2011, Not invited

Study on Flame Stabilization Mechanism of Burner Flame in Standing Acoustic Fields
SAITO; Masanori; IWATA; Nobuyuki; MINEI; Wataru; TANABE; Mitsuaki
第49回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2011, Not invited

定在音場を利用した希薄予混合火炎の保炎に関する研究
齊藤允教,井ノ上貴明,大鐘主丸,松山明憲,桒原卓雄,田辺光昭
第48回燃焼シンポジウム, Dec. 2010, Not invited

2019 - Present
The Japan Society of Microgravity Application

Feb. 2020
Gas Turbine Society of Japan

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Combustion Society of Japan

The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

深層学習を用いた低次元化手法による冷炎ダイナミクスの解明
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2025
齊藤 允教

Study on Cool-Flame Ignition of Single Droplet of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Using Microgravity Conditions
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 01 Apr. 2024 - 31 Mar. 2027
野村 浩司; 田辺 光昭; 菅沼 祐介; 齊藤 允教

日独国際共同による観測ロケットを用いた微小重力環境での燃料液滴列の冷炎ダイナミクス
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Small scale project, Nov. 2019 - Mar. 2025

超急速圧縮装置の熱損失低減による天然ガス燃料自発点火特性計測の精度向上
SASAMURA FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2024

噴霧の保炎機構を再検討するための微小重力環境を利用した冷炎燃え広がりに関する研究
日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 01 Apr. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2023
野村 浩司; 田辺 光昭; 菅沼 祐介; 齊藤 允教

Dimension Reduction Analysis on Combustion Oscillation using Neural Network
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 01 Apr. 2017 - 31 Mar. 2022
TANABE Mitsuaki

天然ガスの組成および燃焼器内の温度分布がノッキング強度に及ぼす影響の調査
SASAMURA FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING, Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021

プラズマ応用による革新的高効率エンジンの実現とその燃焼機構研究
スズキ財団, 課題提案型研究助成, Jun. 2018 - Jun. 2020
Akira Iijima

超急速圧縮装置を用いた天然ガスの組成の違いがノッキング強度に及ぼす影響の調査
SASAMURA FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING, Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019

特開2024-042382, 特願2022-147058, 燃焼対象物保持装置
Masanori Saito, Kanna Yamamoto, Mitsuaki Tanabe, Tatsuya Kusumoto, Moritsugu Kasai

特開2015-161214, 特願2014-036367, モータジェットエンジン
田辺光昭,齊藤允教,小山雄矢

特開2015-010799, 特願2013-137928, 予混合燃焼装置，及び，その火炎制御方法
田辺光昭,齊藤允教,秋田滋文,石井航太

特開2012-225515, 特願2011-90393, 予混合燃焼装置，及び，その火炎制御方法
田辺光昭,桒原卓雄,齊藤允教,井ノ上貴明,大鐘主丸,松山明憲