• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.142-142
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• 2016

무전해 니켈 도금은 산업기계 부품, 자동차 부품, 항공 및 전자 통신 부품 등에 이르기까지 산업 전반에서 폭넓게 사용되고 있다. 이는 무전해 니켈 도금 층이 우수한 균일성, 내마멸성, 내식성 등을 지녀 관련 연구가 지속적으로 활발하게 진행되어 왔기 때문이다. 특히, 최근에 이르기까지 도금 층이 얇고, 우수한 내마멸성 및 낮은 마찰계수를 활용한 무전해 니켈 도금은 산업현장에서 기계 부품들의 수명을 연장시키고, 그 성능을 개선시키는데 용이하게 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같이 무전해 니켈 도금 층의 우수한 특성을 활용하여 해수 부식과 캐비테이션-침식 복합 환경 하에 놓여 있는 금속 재료의 손상을 방지하고자 하였다. 이는 선박의 경우 최근 고속화, 대형화 추세에 따라 부품의 내구성 향상과 연비 효율성이 더욱 강조되고 있으며, 그에 따라 해수 속에서 고속 회전으로 더욱 가혹해진 캐비테이션 침식-부식 환경하에 놓인 선박의 프로펠러, 펌프 임펠러 및 케이싱 등의 금속재료 자체를 보호할 수 있는 고성능 재료의 개발이 요구되고 있기 때문이다. 또한 해양환경 하에서 무전해 니켈 도금 층에 대한 캐비테이션 침식 손상에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 회주철 표면에 무전해 니켈 도금을 실시하여 캐비테이션 침식 손상을 방지하고자 하였다. 무전해 니켈 도금을 실시하기 전 도금 층을 균일하게 형성하기 위해 샌드 페이퍼 #1200까지 연마 후 알칼리 탈지 실시하고, 산세(10% HCl)와 수세를 순차적으로 실시하여 전처리하였다. 이후 무전해 니켈 도금은 황산니켈, 차아인산나트륨, 구연산, 아세트산나트륨 그리고 미량의 질산납으로 구성된 도금욕에서 pH 4-6, $80-90^{\circ}C$의 조건으로 실시하였으며, pH는 NaOH를 이용하여 조정하였다. 이렇게 제작된 무전해 니켈 도금 층에 대하여 천연 해수 속에서 ASTM-G32 규정에 의거한 캐비테이션 침식실험을 통해 내구성을 평가하였다. 캐비테이션 실험 후에는 무게 감소량, 표면 손상깊이, 침식 손상 경향 등을 종합적으로 분석 비교하였다. 그 결과, 회주철에 대하여 무전해 니켈 도금을 실시할 경우 현저한 캐비테이션-침식 저항성 향상이 관찰되었다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.146-155
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• 2014

In this study, we conduct fretting corrosion tests on tin-plated brass coupons to investigate the effect of temperature on fretting corrosion for various span amplitudes. We prepare a coupled fretting corrosion specimens using a tin-plated brass coupon with a thickness of $10{\mu}m$. One specimen is a flat coupon and the other specimen is a coupon with a protuberance in 1 mm radius, which is produced using 2 mm diameter steel ball. We conduct fretting corrosion tests at $25^{\circ}C$, $50^{\circ}C$, $75^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$ by rubbing the coupled coupons together at the contact between the flat and protuberance coupons. We measure electric resistance of the contact during the fretting corrosion test period. There is increase in resistance with fretting cycles. It is found that rate of increase in electric resistance becomes faster with increase in testing temperature. Magnitude of friction coefficient increases with fretting span amplitudes. And, change in friction coefficient becomes desensitized to the increment in span amplitude. Assuming that failure cycle is the cycle with an electric resistance of $0.01{\Omega}$, we find that failure lifetime ($N_f$) decreases with increase in testing temperature. Furthermore, based on the assumption that the damage rate of the connector is inversely related to the failure cycle, we calculate the activation energy for fretting damage to be 13.6 kJ/mole by using the Arrhenius equation. We propose a method to predict failure cycle at different temperatures for span amplitudes below $30{\mu}m$. Friction coefficients generally increase with increase in span amplitude and decrease in testing temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.214-219
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• 1997

The mechanical seals, which are installed in rotating machines like pump and compressor, are generally used as sealing devices in the many fields of industries. The failure of mechanical seals such as leakage, crack, breakage, fast and severe wear, excessive torque, and squeaking results in big problems. To identify abnormal phenomena on mechanical seals and to propose the proper monitoring parameter for the failure of mechanical seals, sliding wear experiments were conducted. Acoustic emission, torque, and temperature were measured during experiments. Optical microstructure was observed for the wear processing after every 10 minute sliding at rotation speed of 1750 rpm and scanning electron microscopy was also observed. Except for the initial part of every experiment, the variation of acoustic emission was well coincided with torque variation during the experiments. This study concludes that acoustic emission and torque are proper monitoring parameters for the failure of mechanical seals. The intensity of acoustic emission signals is measured in root mean square voltage. Temperature of sealing face will be used as a parallel parameter for increasing the reliability of monitoring system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1853-1856
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• 2003

Multi-layer printed circuit board(PCB) is being used widely for the product with relatively complex circuits such as TV, VTR and FAX. With the rapid enlargement of electronic and IT industry, the hole machining technology on multi-layer PCB is increasingly required to improve. Thus, the micro drilling with ultrasonic vibration can be a good method for hole machining. Unlike conventional drilling, ultrasonic vibration applied drilling introduces less wear and fracture of not only tool but also internal surface of workpiece due to little cutting resistance, thus, machinability can be improved. The experiment is conducted through the comparison between the results of conventional drilling and ultrasonic micro drilling as well as among each results by the variation according to not only feed rate of drill but also amplitude and frequency of ultrasonic vibration. The multi-layer PCB consists of 6 layers and ${\Phi}$0.3 diameter drill was used. As a result, it was found that the state of internal surfaces of holes on multiple layer PCBs is improved by the application of ultrasonic vibration.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.261-270
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• 2001

This study was performed to evaluate wear characteristics of light-cured composites when opposed by human enamel. Seven light-cured restorative composites were selected and enamel cusps sectioned from premolars. All samples were stored in distilled water at $37^{\circ}C$ for 10 days. 68.6 N of weight was loaded during the test. The measurements of vertical loss of enamel cusps, weight loss and volume loss of composites, and SEM observations of the polished and abraded surfaces were made after 30,000 cycles. The results obtained were summarized as follows; 1. The highest hardness value of 70.4 was observed in the Spectrum group and the lowest value of 19.8 was observed in the Heliomolar group. Results of Tukey test showed that an overall significant difference was indicated except the Spectrum, Z100 and Clearfil AP-X groups(p<0.05). 2. Enamel showed the good abrasion resistance against the Heliomolar group of microfilled composite and the Palpique Toughwell group containing the submicron hybrid type spherical fillers. 3. The abrasive wear resistance of hybrid composites was improved with the decrease of mean particle size and hybrid of submicron particle fillers. 4. SEM observation of worn surfaces revealed the protrusion, attrition and missing of fillers, cracks developing and delamination in the matrix.