• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.9
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• pp.1077-1082
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• 2011

Ball joint is a rotating and swiveling element that is typically the interface between two parts. In an automobile, the ball joint is the component that connects the control arms to the steering knuckles by playing a role of bearing. The ball joint can also be installed in linkage systems for motion control applications. This paper describes the simulation strategy for a ball joint analysis, considering manufacturing process. Its manufacturing process can be divided into plugging and spinning. Then, the interested response is selected as the stress distribution generated between its ball and bearing. In this paper, a commercial code of NX DAFUL 2.0 using an implicit integration method is introduced to calculate the response. In addition, the gap analysis is performed to investigate the fitness. Also, the optimum design is suggested through case studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.648-652
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• 1994

Lower Arm은 전차축식 현가장치에 사용되는 자동차부품으로 바퀴에서 발생되는 제동력이나 코너링력 등을 지탱하는 장치이다. V형의 상하 2개의 서스펜션암의 축에 의해 츠레임에 장착되고 좌우에 있는 Lower Arm끝부분은 볼조인트 및 부싱에 의해 스티어링 너클에 부착된다. 압입부품들은 자동차의 주행중 발생하는 외력에 의하여 이탈될 수 있는 위험성에 항상 노출되어 있어 자동차에 사용하는 압입부품들의 이탈력은 매우 중요하지만 한번 이탈시킨 Lower Arm은 이탈력이 현저히 저하되기 때문에 이탈력 측정에 의한 품질관리는 전량검사가 불가능하게 된다. 본 연구는 Lower Arm에 압입되는 볼조인트의 압입력을 압입거리에 따라 측정하여 Lower Arm에 뚫어진 볼조인트 압입구멍의 크기와 압입력의 상관관계를 실험적으로 구할수 있는 크기와 압입력의 상관관계를 실험적으로 구할 수 있는 모니터링 시스템을 개발하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.7
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• pp.779-784
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• 2014

This study provided the analytical model describing the friction-induced noise in the ball joint system under the edge loading condition. The frictional and conformal contact kinematics between the spherical bearing and the hemispherical socket was derived and the dynamic equations of the perturbed motion were established. The numerical results revealed that the bending modes of the ball joint system can become unstable due to friction, and the axial load and contact stiffness strongly influenced the dynamic instability. In contrast, the tilting angle of the socket was not found to significantly contribute to the dynamic instability of the ball joint.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.705-713
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• 2018

An automotive ball joint connects the suspension system to the steering system and helps to enable rotational and linear motion between the two elements for steering. This study examines a ball joint used in medium and large-sized pickup trucks. Ball joints consist of a stud, socket, bearing, and plug. The main structural performance metrics of ball joints are the pull-out strength and push-out strength. These structural parameters must meet certain criteria to avoid serious accidents. Test and simulation methods are used to investigate the design requirements, but tests are time-consuming and costly. In this study, we modeled ball joints in SolidWorks and performed a finite element analysis in Abaqus to predict structural performance. The analysis was used to obtain the structural performance required for the static analysis of a 2D axisymmetric model. The uncertainties in the manufacturing of the ball joint were assumed to be the manufacturing tolerances, and the dimensional design variables were identified through case studies. The manufacturing tolerances at each level were defined, and the results were compared with experimental results.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

A major failure mode for wafer level chip size package (WLCSP) is thermo-mechanical fatigue of solder joints. The mechanical strains and stresses generated by the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the die and printed circuit board (PCB) are usually the driving force for fatigue crack initiation and propagation to failure. In a WLCSP process peripheral or central bond pads from the die are redistributed into an area away using an insulating polymer layer and a redistribution metal layer, and the insulating polymer layer affects solder joints reliability by absorption of stresses generated by CTE mismatch. In this study, several insulating polymer materials were applied to WLCSP to investigate the effect of insulating material. It was found that the effect of property of insulating material on WLCSP reliability was altered with a solder ball layout of package.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.603-610
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• 2013

Finite element analysis is performed to evaluate stress and deformation of a wrinkle-type dust cover for the ball joints of tie rods of automotive steering system. Results of the analysis for assembly and operation condition show that sealing capability is good and the maximum stress on the body is smaller than the tensile strength. An optimal shape of the dust cover is obtained using the Taguchi method to reduce the maximum stress. The maximum stress of the optimal design under the operation condition is reduced by 22 per cent of that of the initial design. Results of the research show that performance evaluation and design of the dust covers can be effectively done using the proposed method.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.53-60
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• 2007

The hole for the insertion of the pin in the shank is exist at ball joint connection of the space frame. It brings about the brittle fracture caused by stress concentration. Consequently it cannot expect the deformation performance or energy absorption performance from ball joint connection. In this study we developed a new connection details which will increase the plastic deformation performance at ball joint connection and can absorb the error in construction, which expect the plastic deformation performance at the reduced shank without brittle fracture at the screw of bolt and pin. Also it's capacity is verified by the performance in numerical analysis and test. We confirmed bolt's plastic deformantion performance through controled shank and pin's area.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.1297-1303
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• 2013

A nonlinear finite element analysis is performed to evaluate the sealing capability and stress of dust covers for the ball joint of an automotive steering system. The analysis is performed for two types of dust covers: wrinkle type and pot type. The assembly condition and operation condition are analyzed, and the maximum stress and contact normal stress at the ribs are evaluated. It is confirmed that the sealing capability of both types is fairly good, but the wrinkle type is better than the pot type in terms of the maximum stress.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.933-937
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• 2005

FCBGA가 마더보드에 실장된 후 솔더 조인트에 균열이 생기면 단선이 발생한다. 솔더 조인트의 신뢰성을 평가하기 위한 방법 중 전단강도시험(shear test)은 약한 솔더 조인트를 판별하기 어려워 양품 로트와 불량 로트를 구별할 수 없으며, 인장강도시험(pull test)은 솔더 볼의 위치별 산포가 크고, peel test는 품질을 정량적으로 나타낼 수 없는 등의 문제가 있다. 새로운 시험 방법은 Area Pull Test(이하 APT)라 명명했으며 peel test와 pull test를 합한 개념으로서, 시험 샘플을 만드는 과정은 peel test와 동일하다. 솔더 조인트의 인장강도 측정은 지그를 만들어서 FCBGA 전체를 당겨서 측정하였다. 샘플은 Ni도금 두께를 3, 5, 8 ${\mu}m$로 제작하여 불량(3${\mu}m$), 양품으로 구분하였고, 양품 또한 품질 수준을 두가지(5,8${\mu}m$)로 나누었다. 그 결과 peel test 기준에 의거한 불량, 양품을 정량적인 수치(인장강도)로 판별할 수 있었으며, 솔더 조인트의 파괴모드별 인장강도를 구분 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1561-1564
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• 2003

In the dynamic analysis model of full vehicles, the ball joint is usually modeled as an ideal joint. Searching a ball joint, the engineering plastic covers metal and the plastic has little compliance. It is expected that the compliance will physically have an influence on load transfer. This thesis presents a dynamic model considering the compliance of a ball joint, and studies an influence related to load transfer. It models the compliance of a ball joint to 3 directional spring. Likewise, it researches the load of a ball joint via a four-post simulation of a full vehicle, comparing with a model considered compliant and the model of an ideal joint. As a result, the difference between the compliance and the ideal joint model was determined. For this reasons, to conduct precision load prediction for durability analysis, dynamic analysis considering the compliance of bali joint should be required.