• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.51-59
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• 2002

Manifold physical properties of PASCON cable trough were evaluated, and its suitability of domestic test for flammability of plastic materials was examined. Particularly, suitability of PASCON material was investigated through study on the legal propriety of PASCON cable trough used for highspeed rail line and on a fire safety. As results, domestic test for flammability of PASCON cable trough material(KS M3015) was similar to UL 94 flammability testing and from the test outstanding capability of PASCON cable trough material was proved. Besides, possibility of fire enlargement would be very low in case of fire in PASCON cable trough installed around train express. Also, fire safety of PASCON cable trough was shown to be credible.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2010

In this paper, we present some results of technical surveys, power analyses, and weight estimation on electric propulsion systems for 1-ton class Personal Air Vehicles(PAV) applications. When hybrid electric propulsion is adopted, its power performance using fuel cells and batteries in inferior to that of internal combustion engines. However, hybrid electric propulsion systems may replace IC engines when energy density and power density reach 0.75 kW$^*$hr/kg and 2.5 kW/kg, respectively.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.170-175
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• 2016

An internal combustion engine is the most widely used power source for an automobile. In order to resolve environmental problems resulting from the use of internal combustion engines, environmentally friendly automobiles such as hybrid, electric, and air-engine vehicles are being developed. The share of hybrid vehicles using battery or pure electric vehicles, which are not popular, is gradually increasing. Compared to an electric vehicle, which uses an electric motor, air-engine vehicles, which use compressed air, have hardly been developed. In this study, a compressed air engine with a scroll expander is introduced, and the potential mileage of an automobile utilizing this engine is theoretically calculated.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.9-17
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• 2009

In this study we investigated the characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer within a coolant passage in the cylinder head assembly of an internal combustion engine by using a commercial CFD code, CFX The complex coolant passage of the cylinder head assembly was modelled by suitable choice of a grid system and careful attention was paid in the construction of meshes near the walls where significant cooling occurs. To treat the simultaneous heating and cooling of the combustion walls we invented a methodology allowing a heat source within the solid wall and the convective cooling at the interface between the solid and the fluid. We managed to reproduce the experimental results by adjusting parameters appropriately. We have found that high temperature was concentrated at the surface of the cylinder jacket. It turned out that the effect of oil cooling from the piston head was unexpectedly significant. On the other hand the effect of cooling from the ambient air is almost negligible. The CFD method proposed in this study is believed to be useful in the early stage of the design of the engine-cooling system.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.69-75
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• 2000

Investigators who study on combustion in the cylinders of reciprocating piston type internal combustion engines have been encountered embarrassments due to the difficulties of adjusting specific parameter without interfacing other parameters such as cylinder wall temperature, composition of gas in the cylinder, existence of cylinder lubricant etc. Rapid compression expansion machine, the position and speed of piston of which are able to be controlled by means of a system controlled electrically, and actuated hydraulically could be utilized as one of the most preferable countermeasures against those difficulties. Several units of rapid compression expansion machines were developed but the speed up of frequency of piston movement still is the problem to be improved to copy with actual speed of internal combustion engines. Authors designed and manufactured a new rapid compression-expansion machine electrically controlled, hydraulically actuated, and computer programed and then examined the performance of one. Results of a set of experiments revealed acquirements of certain improvement on frequency of piston movement preserving the stability of system response and reproducing accurate compression ratio of cylinder, those are the key function for the in-cylinder combustion experiments on internal combustion engines.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.74-81
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• 2002

Recently tube hydroforming has been widely applied to the automotive industries due to its several advantages over conventional methods. In this paper, attention is paid to comparison of an implicit and an explicit finite element method widely used for numerical simulation of a hydroforming process. For an explicit FEM, a huge amount of computational time is required because of the very small time increment to solve a quasi-static problem. Hence, when an explicit FEM is used fDr a hydroforming process, it is general to convert the real problem to a virtual problem with a different processing time and mass density by appropriate scaling factor. However it is difficult to figure out how large the scaling should be adopted enough to ignore the dynamic effects and maintain the desired accuracy. In this paper, the comparison of the results obtained from both methods focus on the accuracy of the predicted geometrical shape and the stress with various scaling factors which are applied to analyze hydroforming process of an automobile lower arm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.870-870
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• 2013

운송수단은 시대별로 요구되는 성능과 기술 수준 그리고 사용 가능한 에너지의 형태에 따라서 변화되어 왔습니다. 1900년대 초 전기자동차의 고질적인 제한적 운행 거리 문제는 내연기관의 발명으로 인해서 쉽게 해결되었다. 이 후 내연기관의 급속한 보급과 도심 과밀화로 인해서 공해 문제가 대두되었는데, 공해 문제 역시 배기 가스 환원 촉매의 발달과 자동차 전자 제어 기술의 발달로 대부분 해결된 상태이다. 최근에는 사용 가능한 화석에너지의 절대량 측면에서 하나의 커다란 시대적 전환점에 서게 되었다. 즉 아직도 사용 가능한 석유의 절대적인 양적 측면에서는 적당한 공급이 이루어지고 있으나 그 가격 면에서는 급격한 상승이 이어지고 있으며 이는 석유의 채굴이 점점 어려워지고 있음에 기인한다. 에너지의 현황을 객관적으로 살펴 보기 위해서 자동차에 있어서 절대적인 오일을 중심으로 그리고 통계자료 위주로 문제를 분석해 본다. 그리고 수소 연료 전지와 전기자동차 등 여러 가지 대체 에너지 운송기술이 많이 거론되고 있으나 널리 대중화 되고 있지 못하는 근본적인 문제점들이 어디에 있는지 분석해 본다. 이어서 소위 대체 에너지들이 자동차에 있어서 석유의 대체 수단으로 적합하지 않다면 과연 에너지를 가장 많이 쓰는 영역중의 하나인 운송 분야의 현재와 미래의 나아갈 방향은 무엇인지 그 해법을 생각해 본다. 석유를 대체할 에너지의 공급 방안이 충분하지 않다면 마지막으로 생각할 수 있는 것은 에너지의 소비 측면이다. 다행히도 그간 소비 측면의 개선 방안이 많이 소홀하게 취급되어져 왔다. 즉 에너지의 효율을 향상시킬 수 있는 여력이 충분하고도 많이 있다는 희망적인 소식이다. 이에 따라 에너지 효율 향상에 유용하게 사용할 수 있는 다양한 제어 기술을 소개한다. 에너지와 운송수단의 문제를 거시적이고 동시에 현실적으로 바라볼 수 있는 안목을 갖게 되기를 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.86-98
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• 1996

An combined implicit/explicit scheme for the analysis of sheet forming problems has been proposed in this work. In finite element simulation of sheet metal forming processes, the robustness and stability of computation are important requirements since the computation time and convergency become major points of consideration besides the solution accuracy due to the complexity of geometry and boundary conditions. The implicit scheme dmploys a more reliable and rigorous scheme in considering the equilibrium at each step of deformation, while in the explict scheme the problem of convergency is elimented at thecost of solution accuracy. The explicit approach and the implicit approach have merits and demerits, respectively. In order to combine the merits of these two methods a step-wise combined implici/explicit scheme has been developed. In the present work, the rigid-plastic finite element method using bending energy augmented membraneelements(BEAM)(1) is employed for computation. Computations are carried out for some typical sheet forming examples by implicit, combined implicit/explicit schemes including deep drawing of an oil pan, front fender and fuel tank. From the comparison between the methods the advantages and disadvantages of the methods are discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2023

Although low-carbon vehicles are recognized as leading the automobile market in the future, there are still many difficulties in expanding supply due to obstacles such as higher prices than conventional internal combustion engine vehicles and lack of related infrastructure. This study compares the current status of low-carbon vehicle sales and policy responses in Korea and Japan, which are ahead of the maturity of advanced Asian countries and automobile markets. The results of this study are intended to provide implications for academia and related industries and policies for the future direction of next-generation low-carbon vehicles.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 2024

The propulsion technology used in unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)—which represent one of the most important development directions in aviation—is significantly related to their flight performance. This review paper discusses the different types of propulsion technologies used in unmanned aerial vehicles, namely the internal combustion engine (reciprocating, rotary, and gas turbine engines), the hybrid system, and the pure electric system. In particular, this paper presents and discusses the classification, working principles, characteristics, and critical technologies of these types of propulsion systems. These findings are expected to be helpful in establishing a development framework, comprehensive views, and multiple comparisons of future UAV propulsion systems.