• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.297-301
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• 2004

세탁기의 Shaft Ass'y는 모터로부터 동력을 전달 받아 세탁 및 탈수행정의 제어 기능을 수행하는 세탁기의 핵심부품으로 사용 중 브레이크 밴드소음을 유발하여 소비자의 불만족 요소로 작용하고 있다. 그러나 드럼과 브레이크 페드의 정확한 마찰소음 현상 규명이 안되어 불량 개선에 많은 어려움이 있다. 이를 해결하고자 소음, 진동, 소재 분석 및 ESPI(Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry) 분석을 통해 고장원인을 규명하였다. 특히 ESPI는 비접촉, Full Field 정밀 변형 가시화 장치로 Shaft Ass'y의 동작 중 공진소음 발생 부위를 변형 가시화를 통해 정확하게 찾을 수 있었다. 밴드소음 원인은 브레이크 Lever의 공진에 의해 발생하였고 브레이크 밴드 패드의 접촉면적 불균일로 인한 국부적 마찰력 증대가 소음원으로 작용하였다. 밴드소음의 정확한 고장 메커니즘 규명을 통해 개선안을 도출하여 적용하였고 밴드소음 개선효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.849-850
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• 2006

최근 자동차 브레이크의 전기적 시스템에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이와 관련하여 본 논문에서는 자기 엑추에이터 브레이크 시스템(MABS)을 분석하였다. 주행 도중 차량의 이상 및 긴급 상황 발생시 MABS는 전기적 메커니즘을 통해 차량을 제동할 수 있다. MABS는 회전하고 있는 휠에 초당 수십회 작용하여 점차적이고 효율적으로 휠을 제동한다. 이는 제동시간의 단축과 안정성에 있어 향상된 성능을 보인다. 본 연구에서는 유한요소법을 적용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 MABS의 동작 특성을 분석하고, 실제 자동차의 상황을 가정하여 제동하는데 소요되는 시간 및 작동 회수 등에 대해 분석하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.8-18
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• 2010

According to the needs of change to hybrid, fuel cell and electric vehicle, and to the increasing demand for safety and eco-friendliness, the necessity of Electro-Mechanical Brake(EMB) is being increased. But, one of the most important problems for realizing EMB to the practical use is that the required motor power for braking is too high. So the high braking efficient EMB is required. In recent years, the Electronic Wedge Brake(EWB) is noticeable for the high braking efficiency. In this research, we examine the improvable matter of the recent published EWB, and we propose the improved mechanism and the cost effective control method using this mechanism. And we test these feasibility by experiment and discuss these meaning and effect.

• Composites Research
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.40-45
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• 2008

Rubber hose assembly for automotive hydraulic brake during operation is subject to combined stresses of cyclic pressure, cyclic bending and torsion as well as thermal load. The rubber hose is composed of ethylene-propylene diene monomer(EPDM) rubber layers reinforced by polyvinyl acetate(PVA) braided fabrics. A durability tester with loading rigs for inducing the above cyclic stresses was used to investigate failure mechanisms in the rubber hose assembly. Failure examination was performed at every 100 thousands cycles of bending and torsion. Hose samples were sectioned with a diamond-wheel cutter and then polished. The polished surface was observed by optical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Some interfacial delamination with a length of about 1mm along the interface between EPDM rubber and PVA fabrics was shown at the test cycles of 400,000. The delamination induced some cracking into the outer rubber skin layer to leading the final rupture of the hose.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.432-439
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• 2020

Brake judder has been identified in some operating military units of Korean Light Tactical Vehicles(KLTV) with In-board brake systems to improve braking performance. Severe vibration generated while driving the vehicle may reduce the KLTV's driving stability and further lead to accidents. For the prevention of this, this study analyzes the root cause through the failure analysis on the vehicles with the brake judder identified. Furthermore, the improvement factor was derived by identifying a vibration transmission path by analyzing the vibration transmission mechanism. The study analysis confirmed that the vibration of the frame during braking in the tactical vehicle is a cold judder phenomenon, which is caused by an increase in disk thickness variation due to rust and foreign substances under excessive brake disc's run-out. In addition, it was confirmed that such vibration can be reduced by improving the mounting structure. So, an improvement method for each factor was suggested and its effectiveness was verified by comparison test. Finally, it is expected that the improvement plans derived through this study can be used in the development of a next military vehicle.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.125-130
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• 2013

According to the law revision of TPMS mounting obligations in Korea, researches about energy harvester which is the alternative of the battery are actively performed by many groups. Because WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) has the proposition of "Install and forget" and the power supplier also has the same performance as the vehicle's lifetime. In this paper, electromagnetic induction type of energy harvester through the relative motion between the rotating wheel and the fixed brake disc is introduced by using the most efficient source as the rotating motion in the view of vehicle's mechanism. The coil on the wheel and the permanent magnet at the brake disc are arranged in several ways. These various arrangements are the number of coil turns are consisted of design variables. By using the orthogonal array to reduce the experimental cost, the optimal composition is verified through the experiment. Finally the validity of the module is considered by measuring the level of storable electrical energy.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.1067-1076
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• 2016

This paper describes the development of a hybrid-powered wheelchair (HPW) for the elderly. The proposed HPW has novel mechanical and control features compared with conventional powered wheelchairs. An ergonomic back-braking mechanism was designed in order to stop the wheels easily. In terms of control features, the HPW remarkably reduces the muscle power required by combining various assistive functions, such as wheel torque assistance, friction/inertia compensation, gravity compensation, and the one-hand driving algorithm. For wheel torque assistance, strain gauges were attached to the hand-rim in order to measure the wheel torque applied by a human. Gyroscopes and an accelerometer were attached to the wheel and chair respectively for friction and inertia compensation. An inclinometer was attached for gravity compensation and the one-hand driving algorithm was included for patients who can only use one hand. The one-hand driving algorithm controls the angular velocity of the uncontrolled wheel by using a gyroscope and pressure sensors attached to the bottom of the seat. Finally, the performance of the proposed motion assisted algorithm was verified through various experiments.