• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.499-505
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• 2015

To properly design and assess a piezoelectric vibration energy harvester, it is necessary to consider the application of an efficiency measure of energy conversion. The energy conversion efficiency is defined in this work as the ratio of the electrical output power to the mechanical input power for a piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with an impedance-matched load resistor. While previous research works employed the electrical output power for approximate impedance-matched load resistance, this work derives an efficiency measure considering optimally matched resistance. The modified efficiency measure is validated by comparing it with finite element analysis results for piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters with three different values of the electro-mechanical coupling coefficient. New findings on the characteristics of energy conversion and conversion efficiency are also provided for the two different impedance matching methods.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.34-41
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• 1987

This work concerns with a comparison of the 1-dimensional (or 1-D) load follow analysis method with reference to the detailed 3-dimensional (or 3-D) computations. For this purpose a 1-D two-group finite difference code, HLOFO, and a 3-D coarse-mesh code based on the modified Borresen's method, CMSNAC, are developed. The CMSNAC code is used to obtain the 3-D power peaks and reactivity parameters in response to power swing from 100 to 50 and back to 100% in the 12-3-6-3 load cycle for the BOL of the KORI Unit 1 PWR core. The 3-D result is then compared with the 1-D HLOFO computations, the cross section and buckling inputs of which are obtained by combining the flux-volume weighting scheme with the approximate flux from the auxiliary 3-D computations. It is shown that the 1-D computation has a limited accuracy, yet it is confirmed that it can describe the core axial average behavior which is fairly consistent with the detailed 3-D computation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.11
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• pp.963-970
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• 2015

In this study, the pressurization characteristics of the small piezoelectric hydraulic pump for a brake system has been analyzed through modeling the full hydraulic pump components; the pump chamber, check valve, pump load, pump drive controller etc. To analyze the pressurization characteristics, the process of charging pressure in the chamber with stacked-layer piezoelectric actuator were firstly modeled. Secondly, the flow coefficient of the check valve in terms of valve opening has been calculated after computational fluid dynamics analysis, such as the pressure distribution around check valve and the flow rate, was conducted. Also the pump driving controller, which controls the input voltage to the actuator, was designed to make the load pressure follow the input pressure command. The simulation results find that it takes about 0.03ms to reach the operating load pressure required for the braking system. The simulation result was also verified through comparison to the result of the pump performance test.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.228-239
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• 2008

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the strain induced in the cortical bone surrounding an orthodontic microimplant during insertion. Methods: A 3D finite element method was used to model the insertion of a microimplant (AbsoAnchor SH1312-7, Dentos Co., Daegu, Korea) Into 1 mm thick cortical bone with a pre-drilled hole of 0.9 mm in diameter. A total of 1,800 analysis steps was used to simulate the 10 turns and 5 mm advancement of the microimplant. A series of remesh in the cortical bone was allowed to accommodate the change in the geometry accompanied by the implant insertion. Results: Bone strains of well higher than 4,000 microstrain, the reported upper limit for normal bone remodeling, was observed in the bone along the whole length of the microimplant. At the bone in the vicinity of the screw tip, strains of higher than 100% was recorded. The insertion torque was calculated at approximately 1.2 Ncm which was slightly lower than those measured from the animal experiment using rabbit tibias. Conclusions: The insertion process of a microimplant was successfully simulated using the 3D finite element method which showed that bone strains from a microimplant insertion might have a negative impact on physiological remodeling of bone.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.379-384
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• 2014

This article describes the dynamic behaviors of a rubber tired gantry crane(RTGC) under typical load conditions which are used in the design of gantry cranes. In order to investigate the dynamic characteristics of an RTGC, we developed a finite element crane model for its huge structure. The finite element model was validated with the modal test results, e.g., natural frequencies and normal modes. And other components of RTGC were converted into detailed 3D CAD models and finally transformed to rigid body models in a dynamic simulation program ADAMS. The load conditions considered in this paper were a normal operating condition(OP1) and container hanging condition with no external loads. As a result, we could find there was large influence of crane's vibration owing to its structural stiffness and deformation. And the vibration of crane could made the movements of RTGC, which occurs crash or malfunction of crane works.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.952-962
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• 2015

In this study, multilayered rings with a large outer diameter have been developed using a hot ring rolling process. The ring rolling process has been analyzed by rigid plastic finite element analyses (FEA) using the AFDEX2D and AFDEX3D/HEXA/RING simulators, where the finite element meshes received severe plastic deformation are remeshed into a fine mesh-size using a dual-mesh system. According to the simulated results, the design variables of the multilayered rings were determined and real tests were conducted to check the validity of the simulation results. By adopting the hot ring rolling process, the input weight of raw materials was reduced by 40% against the conventional hot forging process and that the recovery rate was increased by 24%. The measurement of the averaged roundness was satisfied within 0.5 mm for both the inner and outer diameters. Moreover, the hot ring rolling processes yielded 1.49 Cpk for the outer-diameter and 0.84 Cpk 0.84 for the inner-diameter.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.878-879
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 10극 12슬롯의 분수슬롯을 가지는 영구자석 동기전동기의 권선방법을 알아보고자 한다. 권선방법은 수학적인 수식을 통해 계산되었고 권선법에 따른 결과는 2차원 유한요소법으로 검증을 하였다. 무부하 역기전력과 토크 파형을 비교하여 분수슬롯 권선법의 최적화된 설계방법을 찾고자 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1087-1088
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• 2011

영구자석형 전동기는 높은 출력밀도를 가지므로 현재까지 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 일반적으로 매입형 영구자석 동기전동기는 영구자석의 사용량이 많을수록 돌극비를 향상 시킬 수 있으므로 발생토크 성분 중 릴럭턴스 토크의 비중을 키울 수 있다. 이는 토크 발생 시 입력전류를 저감시켜 동손이 감소하고 효율을 증가시키는 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 매입형 영구자석 동기전동기의 등가자기회로법를 이용한 설계에 대해 다루고자 한다. 등가자기회로법은 계산시간이 빠르고 전동기 구성인자들의 영향을 신속하게 살펴 볼 수 있으므로 초기설계에 많이 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 등가자기회로법을 이용하여 공극자속밀도를 산정한 후 슬롯을 고려한 relative permeance, 그리고 무부하 역기전력을 산정하고 최종적으로 유한요소법을 이용하여 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.227-230
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• 2004

A self-compensated water-hydrostatic bearing has advantages in bearing stiffness. In this paper, the mechanism is applied to hydrostatic journal bearing for achieving the high bearing stiffness. The finite element method is applied to analyze the load characteristics of the self-compensated journal bearing. From the analyzed results, it is confirmed that though the self-compensated journal bearing has higher load capacity and stiffness than conventional fixed capillary journal bearing, the merit is decreased in the case of high eccentricity, that is, a spindle system with self-compensated journal bearing must be designed to have the load capacity large enough. For improving the practicality, a rectangular type capillary is introduced and discussed. Theoretically analyzed results show that it has more advantages than the conventional annular type capillary in the practical usage. The experimental verification on the analysis method is performed, and the experimental results show good agreement with theoretical results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.79-81
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• 2003

최근 전력계통에 연결된 비선형 장치가 부하의 큰 부분을 차지하고 있다. 비선형 장치는 계통전류에 고조파를 발생시키고 기본파 전류에 의한 도체 손실에 고조파 전류손이 더해져서 도체의 온도를 상승시킨다. 도체의 온도 상승에 관한 연구는 주로 정현파 60Hz 전류에 기초해서 통전 용량을 계산하고 그에 따른 손실을 계산하였다. 본 논문에서는 GIS 모선에 고조파 전류가 포함되는 경우 고조파의 영향에 따른 통전 용량을 계산한다. 즉, GIS 모선에 주파수의 영향에 따른 손실비를 구하고, 유한 요소 해석을 통해 계산된 GIS 모선의 고조파에 따른 손실값을 정현파 60Hz 전류일 때에 계산된 손실값과 비교한다. 이 결과는 GIS 모선의 정확한 통전용량을 예측하는데 사용될 것이다.