• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.46-54
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• 1993

In order to develop a fuel-efficient gasoline engine oil, an experimental study was conducted using an engine dynamometer, a passenger car and the SRV machine. Oil samples with different viscosity were prepared by adding several friction modifiers to select the best one and also to investigate the effect of the viscosity grade. From the study, we have developed engine oils which result in good fuel economy. The viscosity grade of 7.5W/30 was best among the oils investigated with respect to fuel economy and a fatty amine type friction modifier had the good fuel-economy property.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.160-164
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• 2014

Recently, there has been an active study about friction force of moving parts for automotive. This study is development and evaluation of oil pockets for journal bearing and tappet valve for range extended electric vehicle. Specially, oil pockets are effect on friction force depend on pitch, size, depth. In this study, fine oil pocket was formed using by etched texturing on the journal bearing and tappet valve. And oil pocket analyzed by SEM and friction force test was carried out by tensile tester. Finally, in this study, it was suggested by round and plane part which journal besring and tappet valve.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.7-13
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• 1992

Wear experiments were conducted using the SRV machine on the lubricated conditions of the several temperature and load. Oil samples were prepared by adding several friction modifiers into both paraffinic base oil and engine oil. Friction and wear characteristics of the oils were determined and are discussed in connection with the friction modifiers contained, the testing temperature and the load applied. From the study, it was found the MoDTC and the MoDTP, added into the engine oil, caused drastic increase in wear and had a tendendy to lose the friction-reducing property on some specific conditions of temperature and/or load, though they had the good property on other conditions. Ashless friction modifiers and dispersed $MoS_2$ investigated showed the good friction-reducing property, but the loads, where they became active, were different.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.451-457
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• 2014

Surface roughness of mechanical components is an important factor which affects the tribological phenomena. Various surface patterns have been applied to surfaces to improve the tribological characteristics of mechanical components. In this work, the friction reduction effect of micropatterns on silicon was investigated. For this purpose, micro-dimple patterns were fabricated on silicon wafer by DRIE process. In the friction experiments silicone oil was used as lubricant. Also, the lubricant was cleaned to simulate a lubricant depleted condition. In depleted lubricated condition, friction coefficient of micro-pattern specimens was lower than specimens without micro-patterns. It was found that friction reduction effect of micro-pattern could be successfully maintained even after cleaning the lubricant on the surface.

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2016

In hydraulic machinery, the hydraulic fluid acts primarily as working fluid and secondarily as a lubricant. Hence, the viscous friction force acting on the sliding components should be reduced to improve the mechanical efficiency. It is now well known that the surface texturing is a useful method for friction reduction. In this study, using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT, the lubrication characteristics of a surface textured slider bearing under high boundary pressure difference is studied. The streamlines, velocity profiles, pressure distributions, load capacity, friction force and leakage flowrate are highly affected by the film thickness ratio and the textured region. Partial texturing at the inlet region of the inclined slider bearing can reduce both friction force and leakage flowrate than in the untextured case. The present results can be used to improve the lubrication characteristics of hydraulic machinery.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.241-247
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• 2017

Railway bridges with continuously welded rail have a limitation of span length due to track-bridge interaction. In order to overcome this, a sliding slab track system has been developed that comprises with a low-frictional sliding layer between the bridge deck and the track slab to isolate the longitudinal behavior between the bridge and the track. In this study, a real scale track system is prepared to experimentally evaluate the longitudinal frictional behavior. Applied loading rates were 0.2, 1.0, 5.0 and 10mm/min; vertical mass on the track are track slab only, 5,000 and 10,000kg added mass, respectively. Test results showed that the resulting frictional coefficients varied from 0.22 to 0.33. In addition, 10,000 cycle loadings were applied to simulate repetitive sliding to represent 30 years of service life. The frictional coefficient increase was measured and found to be 7% of that of the initial loading stage, which means that the sliding layer is adequate to provide low-frictional behavior for the sliding slab track system. Effects of changes of the frictional coefficient of the sliding layer were analyzed by rail-structure interaction analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.847-853
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• 2013

Micro-dimples on sliding surfaces have been investigated to reduce the frictional forces on metal bearing surfaces; however, for an elastomer, such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), this has not been studied. The material properties of an elastomer are affected by temperature, and this can shorten the life of the elastomer. In this paper, micro-dimples were applied on the surface of an elastomer in order to reduce the frictional heating, which was experimentally investigated using pin-on-disk apparatus while the surface temperature was measured. To obtain optimal design parameters, the design of the experiment was applied, and the shape of the section, size, depth and density of micro-dimples were selected as the design parameters. The results show that the size of the dimple is the most important design parameter.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2017

Brake squeal noise has been a challenging problems for a long time. It is very annoying to passengers and residents near tracks. Two methods have been applied to reduce or eliminate brake squeal noise. One is to improve frictional materials; the other is to optimize the topology and structures of brake pads. In this study, we developed two kinds of brake pads; one is a pad whose frictional material is different from the KTX brake pad friction material; the other is a flexible pad that has the same frictional material as that of the KTX brake pad, but a different structure. Squeal noise and friction coefficients were measured and analyzed using a full-scale brake dynamometer. It was found that the dynamometer test can simulate the squeal noise of KTX trains at stations. The squeal frequency of the KTX at 4500Hz was exactly reproduced; this value of 4500Hz was one of the natural frequencies of the KTX brake disc. It was also found that the squeal noise depended on the caliper pressure, initial disc temperature and braking speed. The average friction coefficient was 0.35~0.45. The new pad lowered the squeal noise by 17.3~21.6dB(A).

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1995.06a
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• pp.25-30
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 건식 구름접촉시 발생하는 tribological한 현상들을 plate on ball tester를 이용하여 실험적으로 고찰하였다. 실험의 주된 관심은 각 열처리 방법으로 제작한 시편에 대하여 건식 구름접촉시 cycle수에 따른 plate의 표면 거칠기, 트랙의 형상, 졍도 및 구름저항의 변화이며 이런 자료를 토대로 열처리공정의 차이에서 오는 정도수명 및 피로수명에 대한 상대평가를 통해 마찰, 마멸의 저감에 적합한 열처리방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.469-475
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• 1988

연료소비율의 향상은 점차 감소되어 가는 경향에 있다. 그 원인은 3원촉매변환기 채용에 의한 이론공기연료비의 사용, 기관의 연소개선이 발전하여 고압축비화에 의한 연료소비율 향상이 더 이상 어렵게 되었다는 점을 들 수 있다. 한편, 고압축비화의 역효과로는 연소실내 최고압력이 증가하여 각부의 강도나 기관 소음의 문제가 대두된다. 이들 역효과를 타파하여 충분한 연료 소비 향상을 얻을 수 있는 수단이 단기적인 과제가 될 것이다. 전자제어, 희박연소, 마찰저감 등 통상의 엔진의 개량에 대한 노력이 계속될 것이다.