• Composites Research
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of salt water on the mechanical properties of a carbon-epoxy composite material. Specimens were made of a carbon-epoxy composite USN125 and tested under inplane tension and shear after 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months immersion in 3.5% salt water. Waterproof painting and acceleration technique were not applied. The tensile strengths and moduli in fiber and matrix directions did not show any remarkable degradation until 12 months immersion. In contrast to the tensile properties, shear strength and modulus started to degrade from the early stage of the immersion time and gradually decreased to 36% and 46% of dry values, respectively, after 12 months immersion.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.9
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• pp.663-670
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• 2020

A study on mechanical property characterization and modeling technique was carried out to approximate the behaviour of structures with 2.5D C/SiC material. Several tensile tests were performed to analyze the behaviour characteristics of the 2.5D C/SiC material and elastic property was characterized by applying a mathematical homogenization and a modified rule of mixture. SiC matrix representing the elasto-plastic behavior approximates as a bilinear function. Then the equivalent yield strength and equivalent plastic stiffness were calculated by minimizing errors in experiment and approximation. RVE(Representative Volume Element)was defined from the fiber and matrix configuration of 2.5D C/SiC and a process of calculating the effective stiffness matrix by applying the modified rule of mixture to RVE was implemented in the ABAQUS User-defined subroutine. Finite element analysis was performed by applying the mechanical properties of fiber and matrix calculated based on the proposed process, and the results were in good agreement with the experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.155-156
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• 2013

본 연구는 사용후핵연료 수송 저장 용기인 저합금강(SA350 LF3)에 일정의 감마선을 조사하고 감마선 조사 전후 물성 및 내식 특성 변화와 표면처리에 의한 내식성 개선 효과에 관하여 연구하였다. 상온 항복강도 및 인장강도의 기계적 물성은 감마선 조사 여부에 따라 물성의 차이는 보이지 않았지만, 저온충격 특성은 감마선 조사를 하지 않은 충격 흡수에너지에 비교하여 조사후 시험편의 충격 흡수 에너지가 감소되었다. 양분극 곡선에 측정에 의해 관찰된 저합금강의 내식성은 감마선 조사된 시험편에서 감마선을 조사하지 않은 시험편 보다 낮은 부식전위를 나타내었다.

• Composites Research
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.463-468
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• 2022

The high porosity of the infill pattern of carbon chopped fiber-reinforced Nylon composite structures fabricated by the fused filament fabrication (FFF) type 3D printers determines the mechanical performance of the printed structures. This study experimentally evaluated the mechanical performance of Onyx composite specimens fabricated with a rectangular infill structure under the hot-pressing condition to improve the mechanical properties by reducing the porosity of the infill pattern of the printed structure, and evaluated the best mechanical performance. The hot-pressing conditions (145℃, 4 MPa, 12 min) that induce the most appropriate mechanical properties were found. As a result of microscopic observation, it was confirmed that the infill porosity of the composite specimens subjected to post hot-pressing treatment was effectively reduced. In order to confirm the mechanical performance of the post-treated specimen, a tensile test and a three-point bending test were performed with a control specimen without post-treatment and a specimen printed with the same density and dimensions after post-treatment to evaluate the mechanical properties. As a result of comparison, it was confirmed that the mechanical properties were effectively improved when the post-treatment of hot-pressing was performed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.9
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• pp.769-774
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• 2016

Epoxy polymer exposed to solar radiation on long-term is required to a long-term environmental test in order to ensure the reliability of operation performance. In this paper, the solar aging experiment is performed for 7, 14, 28, 56, and 84 cycles, using solar simulator designed according to MIL-STD-810. After the aging experiment, measuring RGB values and using the CIE1976 color space, each RGB decreasing rates and total color shift are calculated. In addition, using a universal testing machine, mechnical properties according to ASTM-D638 are measured. As a result, by increasing solar aging period, total color shift is increased, and the tensile strength and elongation are decreased, but the elastic modulus and the poisson's ratio are slightly changed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.6 s.261
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• pp.644-650
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• 2007

Mechanical property evaluation of micrometer-sized structures is necessary to help design reliable microelectromechanical systems(MEMS) devices. Most material properties are known to exhibit dependence on specimen size and such properties of microscale structures are not well characterized. This paper describes techniques developed for tensile testing of thin film used in MEMS. Epi-polycrystalline silicon is currently the most widely used material, and its tensile strength has been measured as 1.52GPa. We have developed a tensile testing machine for testing microscale specimen using electro-magnetic actuator. The field magnet and the moving coil taken from an audio-speaker were utilized as the components of the actuator. Structure of specimen was designed and manufactured for easy handling and alignment. In addition to the static tensile tests, it is described that new techniques and procedures can be adopted for high cycle fatigue test of a thin film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.53-53
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• 2004

최근 자동차/항공기 등의 판재나 구조물을 첨단기능성 재료로 제작하여 연료소비량을 감소시키는 동시에 승객의 안정성을 현저히 향상시키는 초경량/고강도/고강성/고내충격성 재료에 대한 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 국내에서는 두개의 금속 박판사이에 3차원 금속 구조체를 대면적에 분포시킨 후, 판재와 구조체를 접합하여 재료의 무게를 현저히 감소시키는 반면 강도/강성/내충격성을 향상시키는 ISB(Internally Structured Bonded)판재 개발에 대한 연구가 시작되고 있다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.7-13
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• 2004

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.421-426
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• 2017

In this study, we propose a method for predicting the mechanical properties of the printed circuit board (PCB) that has transversely isotropic characteristics. Unlike the isotropic material, there is no specific test standard for acquisition of the transversely isotropic properties. In addition, common material test methods are not readily applicable to that type of laminated thin plate. Utilizing the natural frequency obtained by a modal test and the sizing optimization technique provided in $OptiStruct^{(R)}$, the mechanical properties of a PCB were derived to minimize the difference between test and analysis results. In addition, the validity of the predicted mechanical properties was confirmed by the MAC (Modal Assurance Criteria) value of each of the compared mode shapes. This proposed approach is expected to be extended to the structural analysis for the design verification of the top product that includes a PCB.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.41.1-41.1
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• 2007