• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.245-248
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• 2001

미성형은 수지 점도가 높거나 유동경로가 너무 제한적이거나 혹은 용융 수지가 일찍 고화되어 금형내에 수지가 완전히 충전되지 않고 냉각 및 고화되는 현상을 말한다. 일반적으로 수지의 유동성이 부족하기 때문에 금형 전체에 수지가 미치지 못하여 일어난다고 생각되는 수가 많으나 반드시 그것만이 아니고 그 외에 여러 가지 원인이 있을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 실제 현장에서 미성형이 발생한 제품을 대상으로 이를 해결하기 위해 여러 가지 공정조건을 바꾸어서 시뮬레이션을 여러번 반복해 봄으로써, 사출압력, 금형온도, 사출속도, 용융수지온도와 같은 공정조건들이 미성형에 미치는 영향을 각각 시뮬레이션을 통하여 고찰하여 보았다.

• Composites Research
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2004

In the vacuum assisted RTM (VARTM) process that has become the center of attention for manufacturing massive composite structures, a good evacuation of air in the fiber preform is recognized as the prime factor. The microvoids, or the dry spots, are formed as a result of improper gate/vent locations and the mold geometry. The non-uniform resin velocity at the flow front leads to the formation of microvoids in the fibers, whereas the air in the microvoids can migrate along with the resin flow during mold filling. The residual air in the internal voids of a composite structure may cause a degradation of the mechanical properties as well as the structural failure. In this study, a unified macro- and micro analysis methods were developed to investigate the formation and transport of air in resin during VARTM process. A numerical simulation program was developed to analyze the three-dimensional flow pattern as well as the macro- and microscopic distribution of air in a composite part fabricated by VARTM process.

• Composites Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.70-81
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• 1999

Resin transfer molding(RTM) as a composite manufacturing process is currently of great interest in the aerospace industry requiring high performance composite parts. In this study, an analysis of mold filling in the RTM process was carried out by numerical simulation using finite element/control volume technique. Experimental work for the visualization of resin flow through fibrous preform was also conducted in order to quantitatively measure the permeabilities of the fiber mats and to evaluate the validity of the developed numerical code. The different types of fiber mats and silicon oils were selected as reinforcements and resin materials, respectively. The effects of fibrous preform structure, mold geometry, and preplaced insert on the flow front patterns during mold filling were examined by integrating the model predictions and experimental results. The flow fronts predicted by numerical simulation were in good agreement with those observed experimentally. However, according to the regions of the mold, some deviations between predicted and observed flow fronts could be found because of non-uniform fiber volume fraction. Weldline locations for the resin flow through round insert preplaced in the mold could be qualitatively deduced based on predicted flow fronts.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.289-301
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• 2003

To develop a chemical-looping combustion technology, conceptual design of 50 kW thermal chemical-looping combustor, which is composed of two interconnected pressurized circulating fluidized beds, was performed by means of mass and energy balance calculations. A riser type fast fluidized bed was selected as an oxidizer and a bubbling fluidized bed was selected as a reducer by mass balance for the chemical-looping combustor. Calculated values of bed mass, solid circulation flux, and reactor dimension by mass and energy balance calculations were suitable for construction and operation of chemical-looping combustor. It is concluded from the comparison of the design results and operating values of commercial circulating fluidized bed that the process outline is realistic. Moreover, the previous results support that oxygen carrier particle, NiO/bentonite, fulfills the conversion rates needed for the proposed design. The effects of system capacity, metal oxide content in a oxygen carrier particle, amount of steam input, gas velocity, and solid depth on design values were investigated and the changes in the system performance can be estimated by proposed design tool.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1950-1954
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 제주도 지역에서 지속가능한 범위 내에서 지하수의 효율적인 개발과 이용을 위하여 대수층내 에서 발생하는 지형 및 지질 특성인자의 상호 관련성을 규명하고, 화산도서유역에서의 지하수 유동해석을 통하여 적용가능성을 파악하고 지하수의 효과적인 관리와 이용에 적합한 방법을 제시하는데 목적을 두고 있다. 화산도서유역에서의 지하수 유동해석을 위하여 지하수 함양량은 물수지 분석에 의해 산정하였으며, 대상유역에 유한차분모델인 GMS-MODFLOW를 중심으로 지하수두 분포를 산정하고 실제 관측수도와 비교 분석하였다. 또한 분석대상 유역에 지하수 관정의 양수기간에 따른 지하수두 변동포를 계산하였다. 분석 결과 분석관정에서 일시에 양수할 경우 유속벡터가 초기의 정류상태에 대한 유속벡터와 다소 큰 차이가 있는 결과를 나타내고 있으나, 이후로 안정된 수두결과를 보이고 있으며, 지하수 유동경로 각 방향으로 분석되어 유출되는 것으로 판단된다.

• Composites Research
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.202-208
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• 2017

Resin transfer molding (RTM) is a mass production process that allows the fabrication of composites ranging in size from small to large. Recently, fast curing resins with a curing time of less than about 10 minutes have been used in the automotive and aerospace industries. The viscosity of resin is bound up with the degree of cure, and it can be changed rapidly in the fast-cure resin system during the mold filling process. Therefore, it is advantageous to experimentally measure and evaluate the degree of cure because it requires much effort to predict the flow characteristics and cure of the fast curing resin. DMA and dielectric technique are the typical methods to measure the degree of cure of composite materials. In this paper, the resin flow and degree of cure were measured through the multi-channel dielectric system. A total of 8 channels of dielectric sensors were used and resin flow and degree of cure were measured and compared with each other under various pressure conditions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2013

In injection molding, the mold temperature is one of most important process parameters that affect the flow characteristics and part deformation. The mold temperature usually varies periodically owing to the effects of the hot polymer melt and the cold coolant as the molding cycle repeats. In this study, a pulsed mold temperature control was proposed to improve the part quality as well as the productivity by alternatively circulating hot water and cold water before and after the molding stage, respectively. Transient thermal-fluid coupled analyses were performed to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of the proposed pulsed mold heating and cooling system. The simulation results were then compared with those of the conventional mold cooling system in terms of the heating and cooling efficiencies of the proposed pulsed mold temperature control system.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.1245-1248
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• 2010

플라스틱은 가공이 용이하기 때문에 우리 생활에 널리 이용되고 있다. 과거에는 단순히 제품의 외장제로 이용되었지만 산업이 발달함에 따라 금속을 대체 할 정도로 사용 범위가 증가하고 있다. 또한 사용량이 증가함에 따라 제품의 생산량을 증가시키기 위해선 다수 캐비티의 금형 사용이 필수적으로 되었다. 다수 캐비티 사출성형에서 각 캐비티 간 제품의 품질 및 물성을 향상시키기 위해선 각 캐비티로 충전되는 수지가 균형을 이루어야 한다. 하지만 기하학적으로 균형을 갖추고 있는 러너를 설계하여도 실제 사출성형에서는 불균형 충전이 일어나게 된다. 이러한 불균형 충전은 미국의 Beaumont에 의해서 처음 규명된 뒤 충전불균형 현상을 해결하기 위해 많은 연구가 진행되었다. 본 논문에서는 다수 캐비티 사출성형에서 균형충전을 위한 러너시스템을 제안하였다. 이 러너시스템은 온도가 불균일한 수지의 흐름을 혼합함으로써 수지의 흐름을 균일하게 하여 균형충전을 이루도록 하였다. 또한 사출성형해석프로그램인 Moldflow를 이용한 유동해석을 통해 그 효과를 나타내 보았다.

• Composites Research
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.310-314
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• 2023

VaRTM(Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding) and VAP(Vacuum assisted process) processes are a type of RTM(Resin transfer molding) process, and are typical out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes that can manufacture large structures at low cost. In this paper, a resin filling test was conducted to compare the VaRTM and VAP processes, and the filling process and dimensional stability were compared. In addition, an analysis method to simulate the filling process was developed, and a dielectric sensor was used to detect the flow front of the resin, which was compared with the analysis results. From the resin filling test, the total filling time of the composite plate was measured to be 48 minutes for the VAP process and 145 minutes for the VaRTM process, and the filling time by the VAP process was reduced by about 67%. In addition, it was confirmed that the VAP process was superior to the VaRTM process in the thickness control ability and uniformity of the composite plate.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.301-304
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 다수 캐비티 금형의 러너 내 불균일한 전단분포로 인해 발생되는 충전불균형에 따른 치수정밀도, 기계적 강도 등 물성의 차이가 발생되는 문제점을 해소하기 위해서 수지가 처음 분기되는 2차 러너의 구조에 변화를 주어 다수 캐비티 사출성형에서 충전균형을 위한 러너시스템을 제시하였다. 이 러너시스템은 전단률차이에 의한 즉, 온도가 불균일한 수지의 흐름을 혼합함으로써 수지의 흐름을 균일하게 하여 충전균형을 이루도록 하였다. PP수지를 대상으로 각 캐비티 간 균형충전에 대해 이 러너시스템이 효과가 있는지 검증하기 위해 CAE프로그램(Moldflow)을 이용한 유동해석을 통해 그 효과를 나타내 보았다.