• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.4 no.6
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• pp.27-38
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• 1996

A two-dimensional FEM program, which considers bending effects in the membrane fromulation, was developed under plane strain assumption for analyzing forming processes of an arbitrarily shaped draw-die of automotive panels. For the evaluation of bending effects with membrane elements, the bending equivalent forces and stiffnesses are calculated from the bending moment computed using the changes in curvature of the formed shape of two membrane ones. The curves depicted with 3 nodes are described by a circle, a quadratic equation, and a cubic equation, respectively, and in the simulation of the stretch/draw sections of an automotive inner panel, three different description results are compared each other. Also, the bending results are compared with membrane results and measurements in order to verify the validity of the developed program.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.123-132
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• 2016

This study is the result of performing structural analysis in accordance with the new ambulance design of inside space using the new vehicle's bodywork. 3D design works were performed based on international standards and designed ambulance. And then it was tested by a shock of 10G to the ambulance car inside with respect to the vehicle body after that we looked into the consequences. At this time, it was carried out in consideration of its own weight and the weight of components according to the EN regulation. From the result of structural analysis, the internal frame and configured handrail in a variety of pipe did not have a relatively large stress load, but internal panel and cabinets has been interpreted to receive a large stress load at least over 50 MPa. When carried out reinforcement design in accordance with this analysis, the modification of thickness and shape could be necessary. On the basis of these findings, it is also expected that there could be a useful information to produce a more secure vehicle for paramedics and patients using a ambulance inside the vehicle.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.48-59
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• 1990

A finite element program was developed using line elements for simulating the stretch/draw forming operation of an arbitrarily-shaped plane-strain section. An implicit, incremental, updated Lagrangian formulation is employed, introducing a minimum plastic work path assumption for each time step. Geometric and material nonlinearities are also considered within each time step. The finite element equation is based on the mesh-normal, which compatibly describes arbitrary tool surfaces and FEM meshes without depending on the explicit spatial derivatives of tool surfaces. The membrane approximation is adopted under the plane stress assumption. The sheet material is assumed to obey a rigid-viscoplastic constitutive law. The developed program was tested in the die-tryout of typical automotive inner panels. In order to determine a single friction coefficient and boundary length, FEM results and measurements of thinning for a stretched section of final die were compared. After finding analysis parameters, the sheet forming operations of original and final die designs were simulated. Excellent agreement between measured and computed thickness strains was obtained and the developed program was able to identify die designs which were rejected during die tryout.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.628-631
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 당사인 경신공업(주)와 스미토모전장(주)와의 기술제휴를 통한 신제품 개발 프로젝트를 통하여 진행 한 연구 내용이다. 현재 자동차의 주요 부품 중 하나인 Dash-Grommet는 실외에서 실내부로 직부되는 부분으로 방수성이 주요한 성능이다. 이에 따라 현재 방수성 향상을 위해 볼팅으로 씰링을 하는 구조로서 브라켓트를 적용하고 있으며, 볼팅 툴 사용에 따른 홀 위치가 센터로 이동함에 따라 와이어 하네스 성형성을 위해 프로텍터를 적용하고 있다. 이와 관련하여 작업자의 툴 사용에 따른 산업재해(근골격계)요인 및 원가 상승의 원인이 되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 그로멧 씰링구조를 최적화하여 브라켓트를 삭제시키고, 인간 공학적 구조 검토를 통한 저삽입력 구조의 Dash-Grommet 개발에 그 목적을 두었다. 그로멧 3중 씰링 구조를 이용하여 주요 성능인 방수(침수/살수) 성능에 대한 문제를 해결하였으며, 내부 파이프 구조를 이용하여 와이어를 통한 수분 유입에 대한 수밀 대책이 마련 되도록 하였다. 또한, 돌기부 구조를 이용하여 차량 장착시 판넬 접촉면을 최소화 함으로써 실제차량 장착 작업시 저삽입력을 가능하게 하였으며, 이와 더불어 홈부 구조를 이용하여 차량 장착시 그로멧의 수축을 용이하게 함으로써 새로운 그로멧 삽입 메커니즘을 구현하여 기존 대비 40~50%의 저 삽입력 그로멧을 개발할 수 있었다.