• Composites Research
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.48-52
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• 2023

Fiber-reinforced composites have anisotropic material properties, so the mechanical properties of composite structures can vary depending on the stacking sequence. Therefore, it is essential to design the proper stacking sequence of composite structures according to the functional requirements. However, depending on the manufacturing condition or the shape of the structure, there are many cases where the designed stacking angle is out of range, which can affect structural performance. Accordingly, it is important to analyze the stacking angle in order to confirm that the composite structure is correctly fabricated as designed. In this study, the stacking angle was predicted from real cross-sectional images of fiber-reinforced composites using convolutional neural network (CNN)-based deep learning. Carbon fiber-reinforced composite specimens with several stacking angles were fabricated and their cross-sections were photographed on a micro-scale using an optical microscope. The training was performed for a CNN-based deep learning model using the cross-sectional image data of the composite specimens. As a result, the stacking angle can be predicted from the actual cross-sectional image of the fiber-reinforced composite with high accuracy.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.881-887
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• 2012

CFRP composite materials have been widely used in various fields of engineering because of their excellent properties. They show high specific stiffness and specific strength compared with metallic materiasl. Woven CFRP composite materials are fabricated from carbon fibers with two orientation angles ($0^{\circ}/90^{\circ}$), which influences the mechanical properties. Therefore, woven CFRP composite materials show different types of fracture behavior according to the load direction. Therefore, the fracture behavior of these materials needs to be evaluated according to the load direction when designing structures using these materials. In this study, we evaluate the fracture strength of plain-woven CFRP composite materials according to the load direction. We performed tests for six different angles (load direction: $0^{\circ}/90^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}/-60^{\circ}$, $+45^{\circ}/-45^{\circ}$) and estimated the fracture strength for an arbitrary fiber angle by using the modified Tan's theory and harmonic function.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.795-804
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• 1997

전면재를 알루미나, 후면재를 Kevlar또는 S-2 유리 섬유강화 복합재료로 접합한 이종재료 장갑에 대하여 알루미나의 두께 변화와 복합재료의 적층구조에 따른 고속충격 특성 변화에 대하여 연구하였다. 또한 시험재료의 동적 관통현상을 분석하기 위하여 고속촬영기법이 이용되었다. 시험결과, 전면재인 알루미나는 충격탄자 직경의 80% 상당하는 두께(본 실험에서는 6nm)인 경우 양호한 방탄성능을 보였다. 후면재인 복합재료는 섬유를 alternating 주조로 적층한 경우가 laminar구조로 적층한 것에 비하여 더 우수한 방탄성능을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.349.2-363
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• 2001

안전성의 측면에서 기계설비 및 구조물의 파손을 유발할 수 있는 재료손상에 대한 평가는 매우 중요하기 때문에, 사용 목적에 부합되는 우수한 첨단재료의 개발과 그 특성을 파악할 필요성이 있다 그 중에서 섬유강화 복합재료는 금속재료보다 높은 비강도와 비강성을 가지며 적층각도, 적층순서 및 경화방법에 따라서 원하는 강도와 강성을 가질 수 있다 특히, 탄소섬유강화복합재료(CFRP)는 스포츠용품에서 최신 항공기의 구조재료에 이르기까지 경량화 관점에서 기존의 재료를 대체해 나가고 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.05a
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• pp.139-142
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• 1992

• Composites Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.20-27
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• 2006

The hybrid composite materials with non-woven tissue (NWT) was developed to improve the mechanical properties of conventional FRP composite materials. The hybrid prepreg with NWT consists of FRP prepreg and NWT prepreg. The NWT prepreg consists of NWT and polymer resin. The NWT has short fibers, discretely distributed with in-plane random orientation fibers. The purposes of this study of hybrid prepreg with NWT are (i) to increase the interlaminar properties(the fracture toughness and strength), (ii) to improve the mechanical properties and reliability, while maintaining a low cost, (iii) to introduce a tough and strong interlayer at critical positions to be required of strength in the laminate. To accomplish the above purposes, a production technique to decrease voids in NWT layers was proposed in this paper. The interlaminar failure characteristics of laminated composite materials was tremendously improved by hybrid concept with NWT.

• Composites Research
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.42-54
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• 1999

FMLC(Fiber-Metal Laminate Composites) is a new structural material combining thin metal laminate with adhesive fiber prepreg, it nearly include all the advantage of metallic materials, for example: good plasticity, impact resistance, processibility, light weight and excellent fatigue properties. This research studied the optimum design of the FMLC subject to various loading conditions using genetic algorithm. The finite element method based on the shear deformation theory was used for the analysis of FMLC. Tasi-Hill failure criterion and Miser yield criterion were taken as fitness functions of the fiber prepreg and the metal laminate, respectively. The design variables were fiber orientation angles. In genetic algorithm, the tournament selection and the uniform crossover method were used. The elitist model was also used to be effective evolution strategy and the creeping random search method was adopted in order to approach a solution with high accuracy. Optimization results were given for various loading conditions and compared with CFRP(Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic). The results show that the FMLC is more excellent than the CFRP in point and uniform loading conditions and it is more stable to unexpected loading because the deviation of failure index is smaller than that of CFRP.

• Journal of Korea Ship Safrty Technology Authority
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• s.26
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• pp.4-23
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• 2009

선체용 복합재료 및 구조용 접착제와 신공법인 진공 성형법으로 건조한 레저선박에 강화플라스틱 구조기준을 그대로 적용하기에는 무리가 있으며, 따라서 복합재료, 수지, 접착제 및 진공 성형법 등 현장조사를 토대로 복합소재 및 접착제를 이용한 시험편을 제작하여 복합재료의 기계적 특성, 구조용 접착제에 대한 신뢰성 평가 및 국내외 기준 비교 검토를 통한 국내 실정에 적합한 검사기준을 제안하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.4 s.97
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• pp.13-18
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• 1999

섬유강화금속적층재(Fiber Reinforced Metal Laminates. FRMLs)는 고강도금속과 섬유강화복합재료(Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials)를 적층한 새로운 종류의 하이브리드 재료이다. 국산 아라미드 섬유인 헤라크론(Heracron, 코오롱)과 국내 복합재료 제작기술(한국화이바)을 사용하여 섬유강화금속적층재를 제작하고, 이를 HERALL(Heracron Reinforced Aluminum Laminate)이라 명명하였다. HERALL(Heracron Reinforced Aluminum Laminate)의 피로균열성장특성 및 피로균열진전 방해기구를 ARALL(Aramid-fiber Reinforced Aluminum alloy Laminates) 및 Al 2024-T3과 비교해석하였다. HERALL과 ARALL은 균열진전을 저지하는 아라미드 섬유로 인해 뛰어난 피로균열성장특성 및 피로저항성을 보여주었다. 아라미드 섬유의 균열브리드징으로 인한 $K_{max}$의 감소량과 Al 2024-T3의 균열닫힘으로 인한 $K_{max}$의 증가량을 구할 수 있는 응력-COD법을 사용하여 실제로 균열성장에 영향을 준 유효응력확대계수범위를 측정하였다. 균열선단으로부터 균열을 가공하면서 COD 변화량을 측정하여 균열브리징 영역을 구하였다.

• Composites Research
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2005

The fiber-reinforced composite materials have been advanced for various applications because of their excellent mechanical and electromagnetic properties. On their manufacturing processes, however, thermo-curing inherently produces the undesired thermal deformation mainly from temperature drop from the process temperature to the room temperature, so called spring-back. The spring-back must be understood especially in the hybrid composites in order to design and fabricate desired shape. In this research, (glass fiber / epoxy) + (carbon fiber / epoxy) unsymmetric hybrid composites were fabricated under various conditions such as cure cycle, laminate thickness, stacking sequence and curing sequence. Coupons were made and spring-back were measured using coordinate measuring machine (CMM). Using the Classical Lamination Theory (CLT) and finite element analysis (ANSYS), the behavior of spring-back were predicted and compared with the experimental data. The results from CLT and FEA agreed well with the experimental data. Although, the spring-back could be reduced by lowering curing temperature, at any case, the spring-back could not be removed completely.