Detailed Information

Employment Experience

• 2018/04 - 2021/11 Assistant Professor

Research Topics and Results

• Proposal of Design Method for Viscous Micropumps with a Rotating-Disk Using Theory and Simulation 2022/01
• Jet Direction Control Using Circular Cylinder with Tangential Blowing 2021/10
• 境界層特性の異なる迎角におけるClark Y 翼形のキャビテーション発生下の揚抗力 2018/00
• Observation of Inception of Sheet Cavitation from Free Nuclei 2017/06
• Comparison of One-Dimensional Analysis with Experiment for CO2 Two-Phase Nozzle Flow 2014/12

Original Articles

• Design Method for a Bidirectional Ducted Tidal Turbine Based on Conventional Turbomachinery Methods;　2023/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 15, 6, pp. 1-11
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W., Kinoue, Y., Murakami, T., Sakaguchi, M., Shiomi, N., Takao, M.
  
• Research on Capture Performance of an Induction Type Microplastics Recovery Device;　2023/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, 13, 2, pp. 81-91
  AUTHOR;　Tengen Murakami and Wakana Tsuru
  
• Unified Performance Model for S-Shaped Characteristics of Pump–Turbines Considering Reverse Flow;　2023/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems, 16, 1, pp. 129-139
  AUTHOR;　Donghyuk Kang, Wakana Tsuru, Ono Koudai and Kazuhiko Yokota
  
• Stability Analysis of Cavitation Surge in Hydraulic System Considering Response Delay of Cavitating Pump;　2022/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems, 15, 4, pp. 401-410
  AUTHOR;　Kanata Nemoto, Donghyuk Kang, Izuru Kambayashi, Wakana Tsuru, Satoshi Watanabe, Kazuhiko Yokota
  
• Influence of runner leading edge radius on the pump-turbine performance;　2022/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2217, 2022, 012062
  AUTHOR;　Kodai Ono, Wakana Tsuru and Kazuhiko Yokota
  
• Proposal of Design Method for Viscous Micropumps with a Rotating-Disk Using Theory and Simulation;　2022/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-14
  AUTHOR;　Wakana Tsuru; Donghyuk Kang; Kotaro Sato; Kazuhiko Yokota
  
• Jet Direction Control Using Circular Cylinder with Tangential Blowing;　2021/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp.181-188
  AUTHOR;　Zhang, Q.; Takahashi, F.; Sato, K.; Tsuru, W.; Yokota, K.
  
• 境界層特性の異なる迎角におけるClark Y 翼形のキャビテーション発生下の揚抗力;　2018/00
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, Vol. 12, No. 46, pp. 715-722
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• Observation of Inception of Sheet Cavitation from Free Nuclei;　2017/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Thermal Science, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 223-228
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Konishi, T.; Watanabe, S.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Comparison of One-Dimensional Analysis with Experiment for CO2 Two-Phase Nozzle Flow;　2014/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 415-424
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Ueno, S.; Kinoue, Y.; Shiomi, N.
  

General Lectures

• 誘導型マイクロプラスチック回収に関する研究;　2023/09
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• 潮流発電用の往復流型集流装置付きタービンに関する研究;　2023/09
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• 水平軸潮流発電用タービンのキャビテーション限界について;　2023/09
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• Numerical Analysis on Bi-Directional Impulse Turbine and Spiral Flow Collector for Tidal Energy Conversion (Effect of Vane Skew Angle);　2022/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　9th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF2022)
  AUTHOR;　Masaki Sakaguchi, Yoichi Kinoue, Wakana Tsuru, Tengen Murakami, Norimasa Shiomi, Yasutaka Imai, Shuichi Nagata and Manabu Takao
  
• Proposal of Design Method for Large Tidal Current Turbine Incorporating Cavitation Occurrence;　2022/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　9th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF2022)
  AUTHOR;　Wakana Tsuru, Masaki Sakaguchi, Tengen Murakami, Norimasa Shiomi, and Yoichi Kinoue
  
• Research on Capture Performance of an Induction Type Microplastics Recovery Device;　2022/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　9th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF2022)
  AUTHOR;　Tengen Murakami and Wakana Tsuru
  
• Influence of Runner Leading Edge Radius on the Pump-Turbine Performance;　2021/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 16th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery (AICFM16), Paper ID 302
  AUTHOR;　Ono, K.; Tsuru, W.; Yokota, K.
  
• Numerical Analysis of Contraction Geometry Effects on Cavitation Choking in a Piping System;　2019/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the ASME-JSME-KSME 2019 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference (AJKFLUIDS2019)
  AUTHOR;　Nohmi, M.; Kagawa, S.; Tsuneda, T.; Tsuru, W.; Yokota, K.
  
• Experiments and numerical simulations of a flow instability in a low-specific-speed Pump-Turbine;　2018/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 29th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR2018)
  AUTHOR;　Matsumura, K.; Yokota, K.; Kang, D.; Tsuru, W.; Sugiura, H.
  
• The Suppression of Cavitation Surge in a Double-Suction Centrifugal Pump by Using Branch-Type and Slit-Type Accumulations Installed at a Pump Outlet Pipe;　2018/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 29th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR2018)
  AUTHOR;　Maeda, T.; Tsuru, W.; Kang, D.; Tsuneda, T.; An, B.; Kagawa, S.; Nohmi, M.; Yokota, K.
  
• Experimental Study of Disappearance Phenomenon of Unsteady Cavitation on NACA16012;　2018/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on cavitation (CAV2018)
  AUTHOR;　Odaira, Y.; Tsuru, W.; Watanabe, S.; Iga, Y.
  
• Mechanism of Lift Increase of Cavitating Clark Y-11.7% Hydrofoil;　2018/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on cavitation (CAV2018)
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Ehara, Y.; Kitamura, S.; Watanabe, S.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Behaviors of Free Bubble Nuclei in Inception of Sheet Cavitation;　2018/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 10th International Symposium on cavitation (CAV2018)
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Watanabe, S.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Effect of Bubble Nuclei Characteristics on a Cavitating Hydrofoil: Numerical Investigation with Homogeneous Cavitation Model;　2017/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC17)
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Tsuda, S.; Watanabe, S.
  
• Numerical Investigation of Bubble Nuclei Characteristics on Cavitating Flow around a Hydrofoil by Homogeneous Flow Approach;　2017/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Numerical Methods in Multiphase Flows
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Watanabe, S.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Effects of Free Nuclei and Dissolved Air Content on Formation of Sheet Cavitation;　2017/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Experimental and Computational Aerothermodynamics of Internal Flows
  AUTHOR;　Konishi, T.; Tsuru, W.; Fukumizu, A.; Watanabe, S.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Cavitation Simulation using a New Simple Homogeneous Cavitation Model;　2016/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of 16th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC16)
  AUTHOR;　Watanabe, S.; Tsuru, W.; Yamamoto, Y.; Tsuda, S.
  
• Experimental Investigation of Internal Flow of Carbon Dioxide Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Nozzle;　2014/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Proceedings of the 5th Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science 2014
  AUTHOR;　Tsuru, W.; Ueno, S.; Kinoue, Y.; Shiomi, N.; Setoguchi, T.