Mechanical Sciences Meeting, Tohoku University, Japan

H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia

A two-day meeting exploring the frontiers of Mechanical Science, held at Tohoku University, as a part of their 21st Century Centre of Excellence Programme which is now in the fifth year.

Professor Sadahiro Tsurekawa and Vicky Yardley (Cantab)		Mechanical Science
		A creep testing facility equipped with in situ observation microscope
Vicky's car
Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University	Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University	Winter flowers in the campus of Tohoku University
	Rocket engine and Vicky	Shinkansen shaft made from steel
Shinkansen shaft made from steel	Snow plough	Steam turbine
Steam turbine	Steam turbine	Steam turbine
Steam turbine	Steam turbine	Fick's second law of diffusion with an additional term due to hydrostatic pressure
Vicky and Steels	Machine for the creep testing of metals	Machine for simulating irregularities in the flow of blood
laser surface topography instrument	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Harry
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai. Vicky and Sadahiro	Fountain for washing hands	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai	ZuiHo Den	Japanese swords, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
		Bronze dragon, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
	An original photograph, Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Shrine to the Date Masamune who boosted the status of Sendai
Bridge in Sendai	Bridge in Sendai	Celebrating Vicky's birthday and fourteen other items.
	Vicky about to begin her lecture on the crystallography of creep-resistant steels
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai	At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai	At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai
At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai	At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai	At the Namashkar Indian restaurant in Sendai
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars	Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars	Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars
Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars		On the mountain in Yamagata prefecture
	Yamagata prefecture: pearlitic steel ropes used for the cable cars	The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan
The temperature was -12 centigrade, mountain in Yamagata prefecture, Japan		The cable-car infrastructure
The cable-car infrastructure
	The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan	The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow.
		The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow.
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow.		The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees here are cocooned in heavy snow.
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow.
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost.
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost.	The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost.
The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost.	Icicles	The temperature was -12 centrigrade, with a strong wind, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The trees, covered in snow and frost.
	Non-slip surface
	The script on the right (vertical) can be interpreted as "Harry"	The corresponding Katakana script for Bhadeshia
	Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain.
Bronze bell	Bronze statue of a student of a famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it.	Bronze statue of the famous poet who travelled Japan and wrote about it.
Yamadera, a Bhuddist temple. Yama stands for 'mountain' and 'dera' for temple. The sanctuary has some 40 buildings on the mountain.	Yamadera, the surrounding scenary.
		Yamadera, the surrounding scenary.
Yamadera, the surrounding scenary.	Yamadera, the surrounding scenary.
Yamadera, the surrounding scenary.
The team which scaled the mountain.	Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan	Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan	Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan	Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan. This is at the summit of the mountain.
Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan.	Bronze at the Yamadera Bhuddist temple, Japan.
At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house.	At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house.
At Professor and Mrs Watanabe's house.