• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2008

Surface-void defects observed on the galvannealed(GA) steel sheets in Interstitial-free high-strengthened steels containing Si and Mn have been investigated using the combination of the FIB(Focused Ion Beam) and FE-TEM(Field Emission-Transmission Electron Microscope) techniques. The scanning ion micrographs of cross-section microstructure of defects showed that these defects were identified as craters which were formed on the projecting part of the substrate surface. Also, those craters were formed on the Si or Mn-Si oxides film through the whole interface between galvannealed coating and steel substrate. Interface enrichments and oxidations of the active alloying elements such as Si and Mn during reduction annealing process for galvanizing were found to interrupt Zn and Fe interdiffusion during galvannealing process. During galvannealing, Zn and Fe interdiffusion is preferentially started on the clean substrate surface which have no oxide layer on. And then, during galvannealing, crater is developed with consumption of molten zinc on the oxide layer.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2015

With using adaptive control of the resistance spot welding machine, the advantage on electrode life time for galvanized steels has been addressed. This study was aimed to evaluate the electrode life time of galvanized steels with applying the constant current control and the adaptive control resistance spot welding process for a comparison purpose. The growth in diameter of electrode face was similar for both the constant current and the adaptive control up to 2000 welds. The button diameter was decreased with weld numbers, however, sudden increase in button diameter with use of the adaptive control after 1500 welds was observed. The peak load was continuously decreased with increasing number of welds for both the constant current and the adaptive control. The current compensation during a weld was observed with using the adaptive control after 1800 welds since the ${\beta}$-peak on dynamic resistance curve was detected at later weld time. The current compensation with adaptive control during resistance spot welding enhanced the nugget diameter at the faying interface of steel sheets and improved the penetration to thinner steel sheet.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.369-375
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• 2009

The spot weldability of dissimilar metal joints between stainless steels (AISI316) and interstitial free (IF) steels were investigated. This study was aimed to determine the spot welding parameters for a dissimilar metal joint and to evaluate the dissimilar metal joint's weldability, including its welding nugget shape, tensileshear strength, hardness, and microstructure. The fracture surface was investigated by using a Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The experimental results showed that the shape of nugget was asymmetric, in which the fusion zone of the STS316 sheet was larger due to the higher bulk-resistance. The microstructure of the fusion zone was fully martensite. In order to evaluate the microstructure further, dilution of stainless steels were calculated and imposed onto the Schaeffler diagram. The predicted microstructure from the Schaeffler diagram was martensite. In order to confirm the predicted microstructure, XRD measurements were carried out. The results showed that that initial weld nugget was composed of austenite and martensite.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1265-1273
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• 1999

PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry) velocity field measurements inside the snout of a1/10 scale model of the Zn plating process were carried out at the strip speed $V_s=1.5m/s$. Aluminum powder particles ($1{\mu}m$) and atomized olive oil ($3{\mu}m$) were used as seeding particles to simulate the molten Zinc flow and deoxidization gas flow, respectively. A pulsed Nd:Yag laser and a $2K{\times}2K$ high-resolution CCD camera were synchronized for the PIV velocity field measurement. From flow visualization study, it is found that the liquid flow in the Zn pot is dominantly governed by the uprising flow caused by the rotating sink roll, with its effect on the steel strip inside the snout largely diminished by installing of the snout. The deoxidization gas flow in front of the strip inside the snout can be characterized by a large-scale vortex rotating clockwise direction formed by the moving strip. In the rear side of the strip, a counter-clockwise vortex is formed and some of the flow entrained by the moving strip impinges on the free surface of molten zinc. The liquid flow in front of the strip is governed by the flow entering the snout, caused by the spinning sink roll. Just below the free surface a counter-clockwise vortex is formed near the snout wall. The moving strip affects dominantly the flow behind the strip inside the snout, and large amount of the liquid flow follows the moving strip toward the sink roll. The thickness of the flow following the strip is very thin in the front side due to the uprising flow, however thick boundary layer is formed in the rear side of the strip. Its thickness is increased as moving downstream toward the sink roll. Inside the snout, the deoxidization gas flow above the free surface is much faster than the liquid flow in the zinc pot. Due to the larger influx of the flow following the moving strip in the rear side of the strip, higher percentage of imperfection can be anticipated on the rear surface of the strip.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2016

The automotive manufactures increase their use of lightweight materials to improve fuel economy and energy usage has a significant influence on the choice of developing materials. To meet this requirements manufacturers are replacing individual body parts with lightweight metals, for these the process treating and painting surfaces is changing. The pre-coated steels are newly developed to avoid the conventional complex and non-environmental painting process in the body-in-white car manufacturing. The development of new joining techniques is critically needed for pre-coated steel sheets, which are electrically non-conductive materials. In the present study, dissimilar combination of pre-coated steel and galvanized steel sheets were joined by the self-piercing rivet, adhesive bonding and hybrid joining techniques. The tensile shear test and free falling high speed crash test were conducted to evaluate the mechanical properties of the joints. The highest tensile peak load with large deformation was observed for the hybrid joining process which has attained 48% higher than the self-piercing rivet. Moreover, the hybrid and adhesive joints were observed better strain energy compared to self-piercing rivet. The fractography analyses were revealed that the mixed mode of cohesive and interfacial fracture for both the hybrid and adhesive bonding joints.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2019

우리는 선행연구로 다기능 마찰력 측정기를 개발해 왔고 본 논문에서는 적응화 평활화 방법을 적용하여 마찰력 측정기의 성능을 개선하고자 하였으며, 스크래치 테스트를 통해 시편에 대한 마찰력과 마찰면의 모니터링 기능을 심도 있게 분석하였다. 일반적으로 강판을 가공하여 사용하고자 할 때 마찰을 줄이기 위해서 윤활유를 사용하지만, 윤활유는 환경오염의 큰 원인이기 때문에 본 연구에서는 윤활강판을 사용하였다. 특히, 윤활강판의 마찰계수는 유기, 무기 등의 시편의 종류 및 코팅층의 상태에 따라 변화하기 때문에 합금화 용융아연도금강판과 같은 다양한 시편에 대한 정밀한 실험을 통해 분석하였다. 이를 토대로 적응화 평활화법을 이용하여 잡음이 제거된 정확한 마찰계수를 측정할 수 있는 측정기의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있음을 검증하였다. 그 결과로서 마찰계수 0.16에 대하여 적응화 평활화법을 이용한 경우 저감률이 0.0417%임을 보였다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.289-295
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• 2008

The effect of the alloy elements(Si/Mn) ratio on the coating quality including wettabilty with molten zinc, galvannealing kinetics and crater has been investigated in interstitial-free high strength steel(IFHSS) containing Si and Mn. When the Si/Mn ratio was below 0.75, IF-HSS exhibited a good wettability leading to a good galvannealed coating quality after annealing at $800^{\circ}C$ for 40s in $15%H_2-N_2$ mixed gas with dew point $-60^{\circ}C$. In contrast, the wettability and galvannealed coating quality were deteriorated in the Si/ Mn ratio above 0.75. It is shown that they have relevance to oxides forms by selective oxidation on the steel surface. The oxide particles dispersed on the steel surface with a surface coverage of below 40% resulted in good wettability and galvannealed coating quality. The oxide particle is mainly consisted of $Mn_2SiO_4$ with low contact angle in molten zinc. On the other hand, the continuous oxide layer on the steel surface, such as network- and film-type,caused to poor wettability and galvannealed coating quality. The coverage of oxide layer was above 80%, and its chemical species was $SiO_2$ with high contact angle in molten zinc. Consequently, the Si/Mn alloy ratio played an importance role in galvannealed coating quality of IF-HSS.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권8호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2008

With the high proportion of zinc coated steels in body-in-white assembly, newly developed surface roughness textured galvannealed steel sheets have been introduced. In this study, zinc coated and surface roughness textured steel sheets were welded by resistance spot welding to investigate its weldability including electrode wear test. Based on the results of tensile-shear test, nugget diameter changes, and electrode tip growth test, it was clear that both surface roughness textured steels (GA-T and GA-E) showed good weldability. Also, there was no large difference in weldability and electrode wear behavior between GA-T and GA-E steels which have different surface roughness morphology. An analysis of electrode degradation showed Fe and Zn penetration through the electrode tip surface at 2400 welds reached $55{\sim}60{\mu}m$ and $75{\sim}80{\mu}m$, respectively. Therefore, there is no significant effect of surface roughness morphology on spot weldability of surface roughness textured galvannealed steel sheets. However, slight difference in thickness of alloying layers existing on electrode tip was found between GA-T and GA-E steels.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2023

We investigated the effects of Al and Mg on the microstructure and hardness of the coating layer of galvanized steel sheets, by thermodynamic calculations, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and Vickers hardness tests of Zn-0.2Al, Zn-6Al-2Mg, and Zn-10Al-5Mg coating layers. Regardless of the alloy composition of the galvanizing bath, a Fe-Al layer was observed between the coating layer and steel sheet. The Zn-0.2Al coating layer consists of major h.c.p. Zn phase and minor f.c.c. Al phase. The fraction of f.c.c. Al phase (containing a significant amount of Zn) of the coating layer increases with increasing the chemical composition of Al of the galvanizing bath. The h.c.p. MgZn₂ phase was formed in the Al/Mg-containing Zn-6Al-2Mg and Zn-10Al-5Mg coating layers, forming Zn-Al-MgZn₂ eutectic microstructure. The primary MgZn₂ phase was additionally formed in the Zn-10Al-5Mg coating layers containing high concentrations of Al and Mg. The Vickers hardness values of Zn-0.2Al, Zn-6Al-2Mg, and Zn-10Al-5Mg coating layers were 59.1 ± 1.2 HV, 161.2 ± 5.7 HV, and 215.5 ± 40.3 HV, respectively. The addition of Al and Mg increased the hardness of the coating layer by increasing the fraction of the Al phase (containing Zn) and MgZn₂ intermetallic compound, which were harder than the Zn phase.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2008

악취가스의 대기확산을 방지하고, 액비의 발효를 위한 폭기장치의 가동을 정상화하여 액비저장조의 활용도를 높이고, 내식성 자재를 사용하여 구조적 안전성을 개선하기 위한 목적으로 액비저장조 밀폐형 지붕구조 모델을 개발하였으며, 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 액비저장조 및 지붕구조의 이용실태 조사결과, 악취가스의 발생으로 인한 민원 때문에 폭기장치 가동을 중단하고 있거나 특정시기에 한해 가동하는 농가가 대부분이었으며, 일반구조용 아연도금강관을 사용한 지붕 구조재의 부식이 다른 시설보다 빠르게 진행되고 있음을 확인하였다. 2. 구조자재의 강도시험 결과, 5년 동안 사용한 밀폐형 지붕 구조재의 경우 초기 강도의 34%까지 강도가 감소되는 등 부식에 의한 구조물의 강도저하가 심각하였으며, 내식성자재로 선발된 스테인리스(STS439)강의 경우 일반구조용강에 비해 1.4배 높은 강도를 나타내었다. 3. 직경 9.5m인 원형 액비저장조에 대하여 기존의 자재를 사용한 지붕모델과 내식성 자재를 사용한 지붕모델에 대하여 적설에 대한 구조안전성 분석 결과, 기존 자재를 사용한 경우에 비해 동일한 단면크기를 갖는 내식성 자재를 사용한 경우 적설에 대한 안전성이 약 2.3배까지 향상된 것으로 나타났다. 이상과 같이 본 연구에서 개발된 액비저장조 지붕모델은 밀폐형이므로 폭기시 발생하는 악취가스가 대기중으로 확산되지 않으며, 그 골조를 내식성이 우수한 스테인리스강, 아연용융도금강, FRP수지피복강을 사용하여 내구년한을 증가시킴으로써 구조적 안정성이 크게 향상되었다. 단, 금속재료의 부식에 대한 문제는 좀 더 장기간의 관찰과 실험을 통해 액비저장조 및 축산시설 고유의 부식속도를 구명하는 연구가 필요한 것으로 판단된다.