• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.453-455
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• 2008

경제발전이 가속화 되고 인간의 삶의 질이 향상되면서 차량보유가 증가함에 따라, 유아용 카시트의 사용이 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 주 5일제 확대 및 가정을 중요시 하는 사회적 문화의 변화에 따라 유아와의 이동이 편리한 유모차의 사용이 증대되고 있다. 이와 같이 이동 편의성을 고려한 유모차의 사용이 증대되고 있다. 기존의 유모차는 세로로 접어지는 접철식이 대부분으로 접어서 이동시와 차량에 보관할 때와 프레임이 무거운 경우 여성이나 고령자가 사용 시 많은 힘을 필요로 하므로 불편함을 호소하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 사용자가 불편함을 느끼는 중량문제와 이동시 편의성 고려를 위한 접이방식을 개선하는 방안을 연구 하고자 한다. 이를 위하여 유모차의 프레임의 경량화 설계방안 및 폴딩 접이구조에 대한 연구를 수행 하였다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.163-170
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• 1999

Engine valve seat is a functionally important part for maintaining engine performance. The progress of automotive technology has increased the severity of conditions to which it is exposed, especially as regards LPG fuel engines and turbocharger. Therefore, it requires excellent heat and wear resistance to meet the severe condition inside the engine. In the present study, effects of solid lubricants such as CaF$_2$, MnS and MoS$_2$ on microstructure and mechanical properties of sintered Fe alloys for valve srats have been investigated for the development of valve seat material with high temerature wear resistance. As a results of engine simulation test, 0.5 wt% CaF$_2$ specimen showed the most excellent property, but in the overall aspect of view valve recession has increased with increasing the amount of solid lubricants.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.25 no.7
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• pp.64-71
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• 2008

Burr generated on plate holder should be removed through additional process, because it has an influence on the function of automotive seat recliner. The process layout to perform simultaneously embossing and half blanking of plate holder has been developed in this study in order to minimize the influence of burr formation. The optimal process condition to satisfy the required dimensional accuracy of plate holder has been determined using Taguchi method and finite element analysis. It has been shown from experimental results that the proposed method is decidedly superior to the previous FCF method from the aspect of sheared surface, roll-over, flatness and burr height.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.443-450
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 safework 소프트웨어를 이용하여 쾌적한 운전좌석에 대한 3차원 모델링을 하였다. 자동차 시트와 운전대의 조절 범위 및 레이아웃(layout), 그리고 운전자의 눈의 위치 등을 결정하기 위하여, 한국인과 미국인 체형의 95th percentile의 성인 남자와 5th percentile의 성인 여자, 그리고 50th percentile의 성인 남자에 대한 최적 운전상태에서의 엉덩이 점(hip point), 운전대 중심(steering wheel center), 눈의 위치(eye point) 등의 3차원상의 위치를 측정하였다. 인간의 모든 치수와 형태학적 윤곽 뿐만 아니라. 신체의 유동성, 기능적 제한 등이 충실히 반영된 safework 마네킹(mannequin)을 이용하 였으며, 여러 신체 부위의 복합적 움직임을 결정하는 역기구학(inverse kinematics)에 근거하여운전좌석을 모델링 하였다. Safework을 이용함으로써 기존의 마네킹이나 실물모형(mockup)의 제작에필요한 시간과 비용을 절약할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 인간의 신체 특성과 유사한 마네킹을 이용하여 인간과 환경사이의 인터페이스를 보다 효율적으로 모델링 할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06b
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• pp.398-403
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• 2001

A simplified modeling approach of forced vibration for occupied car seats was demonstrated by using a mathematical model presented in previous paper. Nonlinear and linear equations of motions were rederived for forced vibration, and the transfer function was used to calculate the frequency response function. The experimental apparatus were set up and hydraulic shaker was used to obtain the system responses. Through the tests, mannequin's head had a lot of problems, and the responses with a head and without a head were measured. To explore the effects of linear dampings and friction moments at the joints, linear analyses were performed. New sets of linear spring and damping coefficients, and torsional dampings at the joints were calculated through parameter study to match up with experimental results. Good agreement between experimental and simulation frequency response estimates were obtained both in terms of locations of resonances and system deflection shapes at resonance, indicating that this is a feasible method of modeling seated occupants.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.605-611
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• 2016

Mg alloy sheet exhibits significant differences in tensile and compressive yield stress depending on the temperature, as well as variations in its hardening behavior. Such unusual behavior makes it difficult to simulate the forming process of Mg alloy sheets. Results of analysis tend to deviate significantly from the experimental data because commercial software do not completely implement the unusual hardening behavior, yield asymmetry and temperature dependent changes in the Mg alloy's material properties. In the previous study, an in-plane tension-compression cyclic tester was developed to predict the cyclic behavior of Mg alloy sheets at an elevated temperature of up to $250^{\circ}C$. A new constitutive equation was suggested to analyze the unusual behavior, and was implemented in the commercial software in the form of user subroutine. In this paper, a stamping process of Mg seat cushion panel for automotive parts was simulated using the experimental data and user subroutine. Based on the analysis, an optimal temperature condition was determined and a stamping die shape at each step was suggested in the non-isothermal stamping of Mg alloy sheets.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2012.03a
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• pp.19-19
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• 2012

최근 산업환경 변화에 순응하는 환경 친화적 소재를 사용하여 자동차, 선박, 철도 등 수송용 인테리어 내장재를 구성하는 기술로서, 난연성 및 기계적 물성 유지 기술, 그리고 실내 쾌적감을 부여하기 위한 감성기술 및 심미적 요소를 부여하는 디자인 기술이 가미된 복합 기능화 기술개발이 구되고 있다. 기존의 자동차용 시트 제품은 대부분 PU Foam을 시트원단에 불꽃으로 Lamination 하는 방식으로 제조되었으며, 이러한 제조 방식은 많은 공정을 거치게 되고 PU Foam을 제조하는 공정 및 불꽃으로 Lamination 하는 공정에서 많은 환경유해가스가 발생하는 등 환경적으로도 많은 문제점을 감수하면서 생산하는 방식이다. 또한 각종 원단의 표피재로 많이 사용되고 있는 PU와 PVC의 경우 제조과정에서 용제와 가소제 사용 등으로 인해 환경적으로 많은 문제점이 있으며, 이를 대체하기 위한 노력이 많은 부분에서 이루어지고 있지만, 마땅히 대체할 소재를 찾지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 실리콘수지는 기존의 PU와 PVC를 대체할 수 있는 소재로서 각광받고 있으며, 응용기술 개발을 통해 충분히 적용이 가능한 소재라고 판단된다. 본 연구에서 개발하고자 하는 기술은 난연성을 가진 실리콘 내장 표피재에 불꽃으로 Lamination하는 공정을 배제한 친환경 PUD Foam을 바로 Back Coating함으로써 일체형 고 기능 친환경 제품을 개발함으로써 친환경 복합화 기술 및 SEAT 원단과 표피재의 일체형 모듈화 공법개발을 이루고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.137-142
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• 2017

Recently, the reduction of vehicle weight has been increasingly studied, in order to enhance the fuel efficiency of passenger cars. In particular, the seat frame is being studied actively, owing to considerations of driver safety from external impact damage. Therefore, this study focuses on high strength steel sheet (SPFC980)/polymer heterojunction hybrid materials, and their performance in regards to impact energy absorption. The ratio of impact energy absorption was observed to be relatively higher in the SPFC980/polymer hybrid materials under the impact load. This was found by calculating the equivalent flexural rigidity, which is the bending effect, according to the Castigliano theorem. An efficient wire-web structure was investigated through the simulation of different wire-web designs such as triangular, rectangular, octagonal, and hexagonal structures. The hexagonal wire-web structure was shown to have the least impact damage, according to the simulations. This study can be utilized for seat frame design for passengers' safety, owing to efficient impact absorption.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.44-49
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• 2021

Seats in autonomous vehicles must be able to rotate to fully utilize the interior space. Generally, ultra-high strength steel is used for the rotation module because it should have high strength and high rigidity. In addition, the rotating parts are difficult to form because they have complex shapes. In this study, the upper plate of the rotating module, whose complex shape makes it difficult to form, was formed by applying the hot stamping method. The drawing method and the form-drawing method, which are generally used to form components of complex shapes, were compared. We showed that the form-drawing method increased the degree of freedom of the material flow to improve the formability, thus enabling the forming of the plate. In addition, the die and blank shapes were found to be important factors in determining the success of the hot stamping. The validity of the analysis results was confirmed through forming analysis and experiments.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.200-207
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• 2016

The automotive seat is an important component that moves in sync with the driver and is actively being developed with various new functions. The aim of this work is to develop a lightweight seat cushion extension module using a lightweight material. To this end, a structural strength analysis, vertical strength test, and durability test were conducted. In the structural analysis, the maximum value of deformation under vertical load was 4.98 mm at the front of the upper panel. The maximum stress was approximately 105 MPa, which occurred at the point of contact between the upper and lower panels of the module. The vertical strength test showed a maximum vertical deformation of 5.31 mm under a vertical load, which differed from the analysis results by approximately 6.45%. The structural safety of the product was verified by the fact that it showed no harmful deformation or damage during operation after the vertical strength test and a durability test for 20,000 cycles. Furthermore, the use of engineering plastics made it possible to reduce the weight by approximately 30% compared to existing products. The lack of damage after tests verified the passenger safety, strength, and rigidity of the product. The results are expected to be applied for improving environmental and fuel efficiency regulations and preventing accidents due to driver fatigue. The applications of this module could be expanded various types of vehicles, as well as other industries in which eco-friendly and lightweight materials are used.