• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.279-285
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 임계간 온도 범위에서 열처리한 구상흑연주철의 열처리 온도에 따른 물성 예측을 위해, 인장강도 450 MPa 급 구상흑연주철을 다양한 온도에서 열처리한 후 공냉하여 물성 예측에 필요한 미세조직을 분석하고 브리넬 경도를 측정하였다. 임계간 온도 구간에서 열처리 온도가 증가할수록 구상흑연주철 내 페라이트 분율은 감소함과 동시에 펄라이트 분율은 증가하였으나, 흑연 구상화율 및 구상흑연입수는 주방상태에서 측정된 값과 유사하였다. 열처리한 구상흑연주철의 브리넬 경도는 열처리 온도가 증가할수록 점점 증가하였다. 측정된 합금 조성 및 각 안정상의 분율, 그리고 문헌에 알려진 구상흑연주철의 브리넬 경도 예측 모델을 활용하여 열처리 온도 별 구상흑연주철의 경도 값을 계산해 본 결과, 측정값과 매우 유사한 값을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 열역학 계산을 통해 예측된 상분율을 활용하여 정확한 경도 예측이 가능할지 확인해보기 위해, 열처리 온도 별로 구상흑연주철 내 흑연, 페라이트 및 오스테나이트의 부피를 계산한 후, 이를 면적으로 변환하여 동일한 구상흑연주철의 경도 예측 모델에 적용하였다. 이렇게 열역학 계산과 경도 예측 모델을 동시에 활용하여 계산된 구상흑연주철의 경도 값은 실제 측정한 브리넬 경도 대비 최대 27의 오차 범위 내에서 유사한 값을 나타내었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.578-585
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• 2004

Hardness test is performed for determination of the other properties, such as strength, wear resistance and deformation resistance, as well as hardness itself. And it is performed for prediction of residual lifetime by analysis of hardness reduction or hardness ratio. However, hardness test has limitation that observation of residual indent is needed for determination of hardness value, and that is the reason for not to be widely used in industrial field. Therefore, in this study, we performed researches to obtain Brinell hardness value from quantitative numerical formula by analysing relationship between indentation depths from indentation load-depth curve and mechanical properties such as work hardening exponent, yield strength and elastic modulus.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.378-384
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• 2020

The friction surfaces of mechanical parts are heat-treated or coated with hard materials to minimize wear. Increasing the hardness is a very useful way to reduce abrasive wear. The general Brinell hardness test, which is widely used for metallic materials, is not suitable because it hardly shows any change in hardness when coated with thin films. In this study, we propose a basis for the application of the new Brinell hardness test method to the coated friction surface. An indentation analysis of the rigid sphere and elastic-perfectly plastic materials is performed using a commercial finite element analysis software. The results indicate that their loadto-diameter ratio is the same; the Brinell hardness test method can be applied even when the indenter diameter is on the micrometer scale. In the case of hard coating, it is difficult to calculate Brinell hardness using the diameter of the indentation, but the study revealed, for the first time, that it can be calculated using the depth of the indentation regardless of coating. The change in hardness owing to thin film coating over a wide load range implies that the hardness evaluation method is appropriate. Additional studies on various properties related to the substrate and coating material are required to apply the proposed method.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2021

The most cost-effective method of reducing abrasive wear in mechanical parts is increasing their hardness with thin hard coatings. In practice, the composite hardness of the coated substrate is more important than that of the substrate or coating. After full unloading of the load applied to an indenter, its indentation hardness evaluated based on the dent created on the test piece was almost dependent on plastic deformation of the substrate. Following the first part of this study, which proposes a new Brinell hardness test method for a coated surface, the remainder of the study is focused on practical application of the method. Indentation analyses of a rigid sphere and elastic-perfect plastic materials were performed using finite element analysis software. The maximum principal stress and plastic strain distributions as well as the dent shapes according to the substrate yield stress and coating thickness were compared. The substrate yield stress had a significant effect on the dent size, which in turn determines the Brinell hardness. In particular, plastic deformation of the substrate produced dents regardless of the state of the coating layer. The hardness increase by coating behaved differently depending on the substrate yield stress, coating thickness, and indentation load. These results are expected to be useful when evaluating the composite hardness values of various coated friction surfaces.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.240-245
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• 2021

Ceramic coatings with high hardness and excellent chemical stability have been successfully applied to various machine elements, tools, and implants. However, in the case of monolayer coating on soft substrates, a high-stress concentration at the interface between the coating and the substrate causes delamination of the coating layer. Recently, to overcome this problem, multilayer coatings with a metal layer with a low modulus of elasticity added between the ceramic and the substrate have been widely applied. This study presents the third part of a recent study and focuses on the effect of the number of coating layers on the Brinell hardness of multilayered coating with TiN/Ti, following the two previous studies on a new Brinell hardness test method for a coated surface and on the influence of substrate and coating thickness. Indentation analyses are performed using finite element analysis software, von Mises stress and equivalent plastic strain distributions, load-displacement curves, and residual indentation shapes are presented. The number of TiN/Ti layers considerably affect the stress distributions and indentation shapes. Moreover, the greater the number of TiN/Ti layers, the higher is the Brinell hardness. The stress and plastic strain distributions confirm that the multilayer coatings improve the wear resistance. The results are expected to be used to design and evaluate various coating systems, and additional study is required.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2012

This paper deals with application of instrumented indentation technique for quality inspection methodology for automobile component. For this, the instrumented indentation tests were performed the normal and cracked compressor journal, which is made from spheroidal graphite cast iron and utilized in air-conditioning system. And the Brinell hardness was estimated using the unloading slope and maximum indentation force. With the aid of Normal distribution, this Brinell hardness was statistically compared and analyzed with hardness measured by indentation hardness tests. Also, application possibility of reliability-based quality inspection criteria for compressor journal was evaluated through the probabilistic analysis for the Brinell hardness estimated by instrumented indentation technique.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.142-148
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• 2004

It is already known that hardness number of cold-forged product is in close conjunction with its effective strain. This paper presents the method to predict the relation between effective strains and hardness by using FE-simulation of hardness test from the conception that hardness indicates resistance to plastic deformation. The results of FE-simulation for the materials are compared with those of experiments and also compared with those of experiments in reference to show the feasibility of the proposed method. In addition, the present method was applied to the cold-forged product to verify the relation between hardness and effective strain. As a result, the predicted hardness number by the present method is in good agreement with experimental values. Prediction of hardness fur a cold-forged product comes to be possible by estimating the relation between effective strain and hardness using the proposed method in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2003

국산 간벌재 3수종을 이용하여 밀도 및 수지첨가량을 달리해서 톱밥보드를 제조한 후 감압 후 상압, 감압·초음파 병행 후 상압으로 20분씩 3반복 함침하여 밀도 및 수지첨가량에 따른 함침 보드의 물성을 측정하고, 함침 시 초음파처리 효과를 조사하였다. 밀도 및 수지첨가량이 증가함에 따라 함침 보드의 밀도, 휨강도 및 브리넬 경도는 증가하였으나, 수지 함침율은 감소하였다. 감압·초음파 병행 후 상압 함침에 의한 함침보드의 밀도, 수지함침율, 휨강도 및 브리넬 경도가 감압 후 상압에 의한 함침 보드 보다 컸다. 보드 함침 시 초음파처리를 병행함으로써 수지 함침율이 증가되어 함침 보드의 물성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.337-346
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 Al-7Si-(0.3~0.5)Mg-(0~0.5)Cu 합금의 용체화 처리 조건 최적화를 위해 545℃ 온도 조건에서 최대 7시간까지 용체화 처리를 수행한 후 광학현미경 및 FE-SEM을 활용한 미세조직 관찰 및 브리넬 경도 측정을 수행하였다. 합금 내 공정 Si 상은 용체화 처리 초반 3시간 동안 급격한 조대화 현상을 나타내었으며, 이후에는 용체화 처리가 진행되어도 Si 상 크기는 크게 변화하지 않았다. 한편 공정 Si 상의 구상화의 경우, 용체화 처리 시간이 7시간에 도달할 때 까지 지속적으로 진행되었다. Cu가 첨가된 합금의 주방상태에서는 Q-Al₅Cu₂Mg₈Si₆ 상과 θ-Al₂Cu 상이 확인되었으나, 545℃에서 3시간 동안 진행된 용체화 처리 이후에는 모두 분해되었다. 주방상태에서 확인된 π-Al₈FeMg₃Si 상은 5시간의 용체화 처리 이후에 사라지거나(0.3wt%Mg) 혹은 7시간의 용체화 처리 이후에도 존재(0.5wt%Mg)하였다. 초정 α상 내 Mg 및 Cu 함량은 용체화 처리 시간이 5시간에 도달할 때 까지 증가하였으며, 이는 Mg 및 Cu를 함유한 금속간 화합물의 용체화 시간에 따른 분해 거동과 일치하였다. Al-7Si-Mg-Cu 합금의 용체화 처리 과정에서 확인한 미세조직 변화를 종합적으로 고려할 때, 본 연구에서 다룬 합금의 석출강화 효과 극대화를 위해서는 545℃ 조건에서 최소 5시간의 용체화 처리가 필요한 것으로 판단되며, 용체화 처리 조건 별로 측정된 브리넬 경도 데이터로부터 동일한 최적 용체화 처리 조건을 도출할 수 있었다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.294-302
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• 1999

Evaluation of Brinell standard hardness tester was carried out to secure its application as a national standard for Brinell hardness. Accuracies and reliabilities in load application, indenter diameter and indentation measurement were tested through evaluation of these components. The accuracies of load application for various loading conditions were within the limit of ISO and KS specifications. Errors in the indentation measurement due to the difference in personnel characters were successfully removed by utilising automatic indentation measurement system. In overall, the tester and the indentation measuring system were found to be eligible as a national standard of Brinell hardness.