• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.151-159
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• 2012

Finite element simulations were conducted to investigate the influence of grain growth in the superplastic blow forming process. A microstructure-based constitutive model considering grain growth effects is proposed and used in the simulations. Also, a grain growth rate equation accounting for both static and dynamic grain growth is implemented. The simulations were made using a 2D plane-strain model for constrained blow forming and an axisymmetric model for free bulging. These two models showed different features during the forming stages. However, the forming pressure-time curve and the thickness distribution obtained by both simulations explained well the deformation hardening induced by the grain growth during superplastic forming. This study shows that grain growth is an important factor in determining the material behavior during superplastic deformation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.733-736
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• 2004

Actual trends in automotive industry lead to an increase use of lightweight structures imposing the need for high strength aluminum alloys with complex shape. In the electromagnetic stirring process, it has many merits which are the exact control ability about material processing and a good point of the protection of environment comparison with the mechanical stirring. The interface of cells consisting of primary particle formed by the electromagnetic stirring due to particle regrowth during cooling the alloy. By electromagnetic stirring process, the microstructure of material has a good point, also it can control the material processing exactly.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.25-25
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• 2003

마그네슘 합금은 결정구조가 HCP구조로 슬립면이 제한되어있어 상온에서의 가공이 용이하지 않다. 따라서 최근 마그네슘 합금의 미세 조직을 제어하기 위해 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 구조용 재료 및 기능성 재료로 기대되는 마그네슘 합금(AZ3l)을 이용하여 주조로부터 압출·압연 과정으로의 연속적인 판재 성형공정을 실행하였다. 모든 공정에 대한 전형적인 기계적 특성을 평가하기 위하여 각 공정에서 재료의 인장실험을 실시하였으며 각 공정 후에 향상된 기계적 특성들을 규명하기 위하여 경도시험을 실시하였다 또한 각 공정에서의 대표적인 미세 조직을 관찰하여 결정립 미세화에 따른 기계적 물성의 향상을 확인하였다. 주조재, 압출판재, 압연판재의 인장강도는 189.3㎫, 257.9㎫ 그리고 234.㎫로 증가하였다가 다소 감소하지만, 연신율은 상대적으로 16.26%, 24.99% 그리고 27.16%의 50%에 가까운 주목할만한 증가를 나타낸다. 인장실험의 실험결과로부터 얻어진 가공경화지수로부터 대상 재료인 마그네슘 합금(AZ3l)에 대하여 DRX의 거동을 예측할 수 있었으며, 압출후 압연 판재의 경우 연한 재결정 조직으로 인하여 연신율의 대폭적인 증가를 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.90-99
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• 1997

Densification behavior and grain growth of tool steel powder compacts during pressureless sintering, sinter forging, and hot isostatic pressing were investigated. Experimental data were compared with results of finite element calculations by using the constitutive model of Abouaf and co-workers and that of McMeeking and co-workers. Densification and deformation of tool steel powder compacts were studied by implementing power-law creep, diffusional creep, and grain growth into the finite element analysis. The shape change of a powder compact in the container during hot isostatic pressing was also studied. The theoretical models did not agree well with experimental data in sinter forging, however, agreed well with experimental data in hot isostatic pressing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1990.04a
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• pp.76-82
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• 1990

근년에 들어 우리 인류 사회는 우주 개발, 원자력 산업, 일렉트로닉스 산업 분야등에 걸친 눈부신 발전을 이루게 되며서 보다 극한적인 가혹한 환경 조건하에서도 뛰어난 내열성, 내식성, 기계적 강도, 전.자기적 특성등을 가지며 칫수의 정밀도가 좋은 재료를 필수로 하게 되었다. 이에따라 최근 새로이 등장하게 된것이 전기.전자 기능 등의 기능성을 지닌 기능 재료, 내열 구조 재료, 고강도 재료 등으로서 우수한 성능를 갖는 화인 세라믹스인데 이는 요즘 전세계적 으로 미래지향적 고부가가치의 전기.전자 부품, 기계 부품, 광학 부품 및 그 밖의 기타 첨단 산업 분야의 전반에 걸쳐 주목받고 있는 신소재이다. 즉, 종래의 전통적인 세라믹스로서 인식 되어 왔던 세라믹스 재료를 전혀 새로운 생각을 갖고 미래지향적 신소재로 만든 화인 세라믹스 재료가 등장하게 된것이다. 그러나 화인 세라믹스 부품의 제조에 있어서는 소결과정에서의 재료 수축을 피할 수 없는바, 단순 성형, 소결 과정으로만 끝나 실용화되는 제품을 제외한 정밀 기계, 구조용 부품등으로의 활용을 위해선 최종적인 재료의 정도를 내기 위한 기계 제거가공의 후가공 공정을 필수로한다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.93.1-93.1
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• 2012

세라믹 고온초전도체는 에너지 저장장치의 핵심소재로 사용된다. 초전도 플라이휠 에너지 저장장치(Superconductor flywheel energy storage system)는 전기 에너지를 운동 에너지로 변환하여 저장하는 친환경, 고효율 에너지 저장장치이다. 에너지를 최소화하는데 사용되는 초전도 베어링은 고온초전도체와 영구자석으로 구성된다. 베어링에는 희토류계 초전도 물질(RE-Ba-Cu-O, RE:Rare-earth elements)가 사용된다. 베어링의 효율은 영구자석의 자력크기, 초전도체의 자기부상력과 포획자력에 비례한다. 에너지 저장효율을 높이려면 고온 초전도체의 임계전류밀도(초전도체 내부에 흘릴 수 있는 전기량)를 높이고, 초전도 결정립의 크기를 키워야 한다. 결정크기를 키우는 공정으로 종자결정성장법(Seed growth process)이 사용된다. 초전도체 제조공정은 분말의 성형, incongruent melting을 포함하는 부분 용융, 액상에서의 입성장, 포정반응을 통한 초전도 결정의 성장과정을 포함한다. 본 발표에서는 초전도 에너지 저장장치의 기본 원리, 초전도 베어링의 구성, 베어링용 초전도체의 제조방법과 특성(자기부상력과 포획자력) 평가기술, 차세대 에너지 저장장치로서의 초전도 플라이휠 에너지 저장장치의 전망에 대해 요약하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.129-138
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• 1998

The objective of this study is to demonstrate the ability of a computer simulation of microstructural evolution in hot forging of C-Mn steels. The development of microstructure is strongly dependent on process variables and metallurgical factors that affect time history of thermodynamical variables such as temperature, strain. and strain rate during deformation. Then finite element method is applied for the prediction of microstructural evolution, and it should be coupled with heat transfer analysis to consider the change of thermodynamical properties during forming process. In this study, Yada's recrystallization model and rigid-thermoviscoplastic finite element method are employed in order to analyze microstructural evolution during hot forging process. To show the validity and effectiveness of the proposed method, experiments are accomplished and the results of experiments are compared with those of simulations.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.50 no.12
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• pp.883-889
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• 2012

Carbon diffusion of ultra low carbon steel treated at $880^{\circ}C$ and $930^{\circ}C$ for 10, 30, 60 and 120 minutes was investigated using optical microscopy, SAM, EPMA, and Micro Vickers. The martensite patterns of the specimens treated at $880^{\circ}C$ and $930^{\circ}C$ were different. Martensite in the ferrite region was found in the specimen treated at $880^{\circ}C$ because of grain boundary diffusion. Such phenomena is explained by a carbon diffusion model.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.34-40
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• 2002

In order to improve the microstructure of the strip cast Nd-Fe-B alloys that are frequently used for production of high energy sintered magnets, influence of various strip casting conditions on the microstructure and phase formation and distribution were investigated. Nd-Fe-B strips consisting of microstructures suitable for preparation of high energy sintered magnets could be obtained when the wheel speed was below 5 m/s. The compositional limit that can avoid the crystallization of free iron in the as-cast state was estimated to be Nd$\_$14/Fe$\_$79/B$\_$7/. Regardless of the compositional variation, <001> preferred orientation of Nd$_2$Fe$\_$14/B normal to the strip surface was always occurred below 5 m/s, which would eventually enhance the grain alignment during pressing the powder under a magnetic field. While the coercivity of the strip cast alloys increased with the increase of the wheel speed, mainly due to the refinement of Nd$_2$Fe$\_$14/B grains, it decreased with the reduction of Nd content in the alloy composition as the formation of free iron increased.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.195-203
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• 1995

Carbon and small amounts of alloying elements were added in Fe-5.7% Al ferromagnetic damping alloy. The specific damping capacities(SDC) of these alloys were investigated in relation to the grain size and the magnetic hysteresis loops. The behavior of carbon was analysed by XRD and EDS. These alloys showed characteristic damping nature of ferromagnetic damping materials. The alloying elements decreased SDC and especially the carbon was remarkable. The SDC was observed to be not related with the grain size but with the magnetic hysteresis loop area. The remarkable decrease of SDC by carbon addition was attributed to the locking migration of $90^{\circ}$ magnetic domain wall by the interstitial carbon in Fe-Al solid solution. However, the carbides also seems to decrease the SDC.