• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.32-39
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• 2001

This paper presents the synchronous vibration control of a rotor system using an Active Air Bearing(AAB). In order to suppress the synchronous vibration, it is necessary to actively control the air film pressure or the air film thickness. In this study, active pads are used to control the air film thickness. Active pads are supported by the pivots containing piezoelectric actuators and their radial positions can be actively controlled by applying voltage to the actuators. Disturbances and various kinds of external force can cause the shaft vibration as well as the change of the air film thickness. The dynamic behaviors of a rotary system supported by two tilting-pad gas bearings and its active stabilization using the tilting-pads as actuators are investigated numerically. The PID controller is applied to the tilting-pad gas bearing system with three pads, two of which contain piezoelectric actuators. To test the vapidity of the theoretical method, the performance of this control method is evaluated through experiments. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the control system for suppressing the unbalanced response of the rigid modes.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2001

This paper presents an experimental study on active control of self-excited vibration for a high speed turbomachinery. In order to suppress the self-excited vibration, it is necessary to actively control the air film pressure or the air film thickness. In this study, active pads are used to control the air film thickness. Active pads are supported by pivots containing piezoelectric actuators and their radial position can be actively controlled by applying voltage to the actuators. The transfer characteristics from actuator inputs to shaft vibration outputs are experimentally investigated. In a tilting-pad gas bearing (TPGB), a shaft is supported by the pressurized air film. Four gap sensors were used to measure the vibration of the shaft and PID was used in the feedback control of the shaft vibration. The experimental results show that the self-excited vibration of the rotor can be effectively suppressed if the PID controller gains are properly chosen. As a result we find that the feedback control is effective for suppressing the self-excited vibration of a rotor system using stack-type PZT actuators.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2022

This study presents experimental measurements of the rotordynamic performance of a motor-driven small turbocompressor supported by gas beam foil journal bearings (GBFJBs) and compares the test results with the predictions of a computational model. The experiments confirmed that the rotational synchronous frequency component dominates the behavior of the overall rotor vibrations, whereas the nonsynchronous components are insignificant, indicating the rotor-bearing system remains stable up to 100 krpm. The undamped natural frequency and imbalanced response of the rotor-bearing system are predicted when integrating the finite element model of the rotor-bearing system with the predictions of the bearing dynamic coefficients. The results are in good agreement with the experimental results. In addition, base excitation test results show that the small turbocompressor can endure large external forces and demonstrate limited rotor amplitudes. A simple single degreeof-freedom rotor model using the nonlinear stiffness of the GBFJBs can effectively predict the test results.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2022

이 논문은 LPG 자동차의 캠축베어링 시일의 오일누설, 컴퓨터커넥터 핀 손상에 의한 접촉불량, 베이퍼라이저 배부불량으로 인한 고장사례에 대하여 현상을 분석, 연구한 것이다. 첫 번째 사례는 실린더 헤드를 분해하여 확인한 결과 타이밍 시스템에서 가까운 엔진의 흡기캠축의 베어링과 시일의 조립부 손상으로 인해 이 부위로 엔진오일이 누설되는 것을 확인하였다. 두 번째 사례는 엔진컴퓨터로 공급되는 자동차의 시동을 제어하는 전원선의 커넥터 핀이 손상되어, 전원이 공급되지 않아 시동이 꺼진 것을 확인하였다. 세 번째 사례는 베이퍼라이저 내부에 이물질의 퇴적으로 인해 가스의 흐름이 원활하지 못하여 엔진의 부조화현상이 발생되었다. 결국, 베이퍼라이저에서 믹서로 적은 양의 가스를 공급하게 되고, 믹서의 스로틀 열림량을 제어하는 컴퓨터는 그 열림량만큼 공기를 공급하게 됨으로써 연소실에서 혼합기는 희박한 상태가 되어 엔진의 적정출력을 내지 못하는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서, 자동차가 최적의 운전조건이 될 수 있도록 자동차관련 시스템의 관리를 철저하게 해야한다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2004

최근 가스관용으로 압력손실이 큰 동관의 사용은 점차 줄어들고 있는 추세이며, 한편으로는 폴리에틸렌관이 신소재배관재료로서 사용되어 지고 있다. 폴리에틸렌관은 화학적으로 안정성이 높아 부식에 강하고 반영구적으로 사용할 수 있으며, 유연성이 좋아 설치와 유지관리가 편한 장점이 있다. 그러나 외부에 노출되었을 때 쉽게 열화되므로, 주로 저압가스용 매설배관으로서 사용하고 있는 실정이다 그러나 매설배관으로 사용되는 폴리에틸렌관의 사용 중에 발생하는 결함에 대한 비파괴적 평가에 대한 연구는 거의 없다. 본 연구에서는 폴리에틸렌 배관의 건전성을 평가하기 위해 다양한 결함을 상정하여 볼 베어링 충격시험에 따른 음향방출에 의한 신호특성을 평가하였다. 폴리에틸렌 배관의 결함 형상에 따라 파형 및 중심주파수의 구별이 가능하였다. 특히, 노치결함이 있는 경우 노치의 각도와 깊이에 따라 AE신호의 특성이 다르게 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.166.2-166.2
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• 2016

최근 생산 장비의 발달로 인해 절삭공구, 전기전자 부품, 항공 및 자동차 부품 생산에 필요한 생산 장비의 수명연장, 고속 절단 및 고성능화가 중요시 되면서 우수한 내구성, 내마모성 및 고온 안정성을 갖는 기계부품 및 공구를 요구하게 되었다. 내마모성을 가지는 표면을 얻기 위해서는 TiN, TiC, AlN, Al2O3, CrN, ZrO2와 같은 경도 높은 물질을 증착하여 특성을 개선시키는 방법이 있다. 특히 AlN은 비교적 우수한 경도와 고온 안정성을 가지고 있어, 생산 장비의 고속 절단 및 반복되는 정밀 작업으로 인한 열충격과 마모를 완화시키는 역할을 하는 코팅재로 사용하기 적합하다. 본 실험에서는 RF-magnetron sputtering 방법을 이용하여 AlN 박막을 파워 150W, 질소가스 분압비에 따라 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%의 조건으로 금속기판 위에 증착하였다. 금속 기판 위에 제작된 AlN막은 XRD (X-ray Diffraction)을 사용하여 배향성을 확인하였고, HM-220 (Micro-vickers hardness tester)을 사용하여 AlN박막의 경도를 측정하였으며, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), AFM (Atomic Force Microscope)을 이용하여 표면의 구조와 거칠기를 측정하였다. 이 실험을 통하여 우수한 물성과, 치밀한 조직의 AlN박막이 고속 절삭 공구, 유공압 실린더, 베어링과 같은 금속부품의 코팅소재로 적용가능 할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2012

Performance evaluation of a compressor is conducted to develop 500W class ultra-micro gas turbine (UMGT) for power generation. The performance evaluation is essential to check the performance of the components of UMGT, a radial turbine, a centrifugal compressor, an angular combustor and a shaft, which have been already designed in previous researches. The purpose of this study is to introduce the development process of the performance testing equipments of the UMGT and to present the results of compressor performance test. For the performance evaluation of the compressor, two test equipments are developed and the initial test equipment uses commercial static air bearings with long shaft. In the improved test equipment, static air bearing is improved to increase rotating speed and compressed nitrogen gas is used for utility gas of the static air bearing to supply compressed air in a stable and steady way. To increase rotating speed to 320,000 rpm, 80% speed of design speed, compressed air is provided to the turbine. The performance map of the compressor with the 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% speed of design point is presented. The results of the performance test of compressor show a good agreement with the results of 3D CFD.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 1997

The lubrication characteristics of high-speed ball bearings at oil-starvation have been investigated empirically using the bearings employed in small industrial gas turbine engines. For the close structural simulation, experiments carried our with bearing mounting supports of real engines, such as bearing housings and oil nozzle assemblies with squeeze film dampers. Thus the results of tests can be applied to the design and the development of gas turbine engines. Testing was done by simulating the oil-starvation conditions in engines, such as stopping the oil-supply to the bearing during normal operating, starting without oil-supply at atmospheric temperature, and accelerating with oil-supply at atmospheric temperature. From this study, the relative comparison of the frictional resistance and the resistance due to the bearing cavity oil was demonstrated visually, and the resistance due to the bearing cavity oil was dominant in the resistance of bearing at high speed.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.76-81
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• 1997

The lubrication characteristics of high-speed roller bearings at oil-starvation have been investigated empirically using the bearings employed in small industrial gas turbine engines. Testing was done by simulating the oil-starvation conditions in engines, such as stopping the oil-supply to the bearing during normal operating, starting without oil-supply at atmospheric temperature, and accelerating with oil-supply at atmospheric temperature. During testing, the temperature of bearing, the power consumption, and the rotating resistance of the bearing were measured. From this study, on the contrary to the ball bearing, it was found that the resistance of the bearing was higher at the regime of without oil-supply than that at the regime of with oil-supply, despite less power consumption.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2001

Feasibility study of gas-lubricated bearing in micro gas turbine was performed. Based on Reynolds equation, finite difference method with coupled boundary was developed to analyze bearing characteristics, such as load capacity, mass flow rates and stiffness. By the bearing force and mass flow rates analysis with the variation of supply pressure, bearing clearance and capillary radius, acceptable range of design parameters were suggested in terms of load capacity and stiffness of bearings. Additionally, coupled boundary effect on pressure distribution was investigated and it is stated that coupling could reduce an excitation force due to narrow pressure distribution.