• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.324-330
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• 2016

A magnetic contactor is a switching device widely used for electric circuits. For the operation of magnetic contactors, magnetic coils are essential; these coils create and interrupt the electric circuit. In this paper, the finite element analysis model was developed to reflect the experimental data, and was verified through alteration of the applied voltages and the numbers of turns. Effects of electromagnetic force on the geometrical variations of the facing poles for fixed and moving cores of two magnet coils were investigated. In addition, effects of slope and air gap size between two facing poles on the electromagnetic force were explored through the distribution of the magnetic flux density in the magnetic coils of a push-type solenoid. Through this analysis, the characteristics of the electromagnetic force against the facing poles were explored.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1994.06a
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• pp.56-64
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• 1994

탄성유체윤활 (elastohydrodynamic lubrication : EHL)이론은 구름 베어링, 기어 및 캠기구 등과 같이 집중 하중을 받는 기계 요소에서의 윤활 현상을 설명하는 이론으로서, 윤활부분에서 금속 접촉이 발생하지 않도록 기계요소를 설계하기 위하여 필요한 최소유막두께를 결정하는 데 사용된다. 그리이스는 대표적인 윤활제로서 구름 베어링의 윤활에 있어서 중요한 위치를 점하고 있다. 현재 집중 하중을 받는 기계 요소의 윤활에는 윤활 구조의 간편화, 보수의 용이성, 먼지나 이물의 침입 방지 등에 유리한 그리이스 윤활의 사용이 확대되고 있다. 현재 전동기, 가정용 전기기기, 측정기 등에 쓰이는 구름 베어링의 경우는 거의 전량 그리이스 윤활이 사용되고 있다. 지금까지의 연구는 유동특성상의 복잡성 때문에 무한장 선접촉 등온 EHL 문제에 대한 해석이었고, 아직까지는 그리이스 윤활 TEHL 해석에 관한 연구는 발표된 바 없다. 본 연구에는 Herschel-Bulkley 모델 그리이스 EHL문제를 열탄성유체윤활해석하여 보다 정확한 접촉부의 압력분포와 유막형상을 예측하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.53-58
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a new method to debond between mixed finite elements for porous media in ABAQUS (2014). ABAQUS just provides debonding algorithm for the u-p model using cohesive elements in standard version. However, this approach has a drawback that it is hard to simulate complex debonding problems like element separation, rigid body motion, and contact between separated elements in standard version. ABAQUS-explicit can resolve these complex problems, but cohesive elements for the u-p model cannot be applied. We introduce a new algorithm for debonding for porous media instead of using cohesive elements. In this method, subroutines VUMAT to apply constitutive models and VDISP to separate elements in ABAQUS are used to simulate debonding problems. In addition, a simple 2-D example is demonstrated in the ABAQUS-explicit solver.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.51-55
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• 2014

This paper was analyzed for a sealing characteristics of single lip contact type o-ring and multiple lip contact type packing for a swivel joint using the finite element method. According to the FE analysis, a conventional o-ring produces a maximum contact normal stress of 2.5MPa for a supplied LP gas pressure of 1.8MPa, which is related to the sealing performance. But, a sealing performance of newly invented multi-lip packing produces a maximum contact normal stress of 3.01MPa, which is 20.4% higher than that of a conventional o-ring. And an extrusion of a conventional o-ring, which is strongly related to the sealing endurance safety, was occurred at a supplied gas pressure of 1.62MPa. But, a multi-lip packing does not produce up to the gas pressure of 1.8MPa. This means that a new type of multi-lip packing may have excellent sealing characteristics because of no extrusion for high gas pressure. Thus, multi-lip packing with multiple lip contacts may be useful for high sealing and endurance safety compared to that of the conventional o-ring with a single lip contact.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.19 no.1 s.71
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• pp.47-54
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• 2006

In this study, an optimum support design problem is considered to minimize displacement of stacked plates under self weight condition. During the displacement analysis, several kinds of contact arise between the plates themselves and support bar. These can be easily considered if commercial analysis software, which provides capability to solve the contact problem, is used. It is found, however, that the computing time is extraordinarily long due possibly to the generality of the software and also to the ignorance of the control parameters used in the software. In this paper, the contact condition is imposed directly by the authors, while the software is used only to solve the ordinary displacement analysis problem. In this way, the computing time is decreased remarkably by more than 30 times, while yielding the same accurate results. Optimization is conducted based on this efficient analysis method to find minimum number of supporting bars using the response surface algorithm.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.50.2-50.2
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• 2010

Indium Tin Oxide (ITO)는 투과도가 높고, 전기 전도도가 뛰어나 TFT, 태양전지 등 여러 가지 산업에서 전극의 재료로 널리 사용되고 있다. 전극의 재료로써 가장 중요하게 고려되어야 할 사항 중의 하나는 전극과 접촉하는 물질과의 접촉 저항이다. 특히, 태양전지에서 높은 접촉 저항은 셀을 직렬저항 요소를 증가시켜 태양전지의 효율 저하를 가져 온다. 본 연구에서는 ITO를 실리콘 태양전지에 적용하기 위하여, ITO - n-type emitter간, ITO - Ag 간의 접촉 특성을 Transfer Length Method(TLM)을 통하여 분석하였다. p-type 실리콘의 전면을 도핑하여 pn접합을 형성한 후, 그 위에 ITO 패턴을 형성하여 ITO-emitter 간의 접촉 특성을 측정하였고, 두껍게 증착한 SiNx 박막 전면에 ITO를 증착한 후, Ag 패턴을 형성하여 ITO-Ag간의 접촉 특성을 측정 하였다. 측정 결과, ITO와 emitter 간의 접촉 비저항은 $0.9{\Omega}-cm^2 $을 나타내었고, ITO와 Ag와의 접촉 비저항은 $0.096{\Omega}-cm^2 $을 나타내었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.1281-1293
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• 2013

A sophisticated finite element model is illustrated to analyze the behavior of Prefabricated Parallel Wire Strand(PPWS) sockets for main cables of suspension bridges. An orthotropic model is proposed for the casting material by considering both effects of individual wires and a casting alloy, and the contact between surfaces of a socket and a casting alloy is idealized by using the Coulomb friction and the surface-based contact model. The proposed FE model is verified by comparing the strain distributions obtained from the tensile test and FE analysis. The mechanical behavior of a socket is investigated with respect to the variation of the frictional coefficient. The result shows that the friction between surfaces significantly diminishes the stress concentration of a socket and a casting alloy, and the normal stress from the design equation represents the averaged value of the upper and lower quartiles in the distribution of contact stresses between a socket and a casting alloy.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.28-34
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• 2017

Elastomeric o-ring performance and structure when subjected to a foreign object is studied using finite element analysis (FEA). Elastomeric o-rings have been studied using 2D analysis for a long time. Contact pressure is an important factor in o-ring design. When contact pressure is lower than applied pressure, leaking, vibration, and noise can occur; resulting in decreased output. In this study, we compared 2D and 3D analyses of elastomeric o-rings. Similar results were shown for 2D and 3D contact pressure. However, when an o-ring encounters foreign object matter, 3D analysis is required because contact pressure in every direction needs to be considered. We determined the influence of foreign matter on o-ring performance and structure by analyzing 10 cases with different clearances in a 3D model. Therefore, an o-ring encountering foreign object matter must be analyzed in 3D with the result included in the o-ring design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.404-411
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• 2007

new domain/boundary decomposition method is suggested to perform efficient finite element analyses of contact problems. A penalty method is used for connecting an interface or contact interfaces with neighboring subdomains that satisfy continuity conditions. As a result, the derived effective stiffness matrices are always positive definite, and computational efficiency can be improved to a considerable degree. Moreover, any complex-shaped domain can be divided into independently modeled subdomains without considering the conformity of meshes along the interface. Using a computer code based on the present method, these advantageous features are confirmed through a set of numerical examples.

• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.6-15
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• 2011

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical aspects of peri-implant bone upon root contact of orthodontic microimplant. Methods: Axisymmetric finite element modeling scheme was used to analyze the compressive strength of the orthodontic microimplant (Absoanchor SH1312-7, Dentos Inc., Daegu, Korea) placed into inter-radicular bone covered by 1 mm thick cortical bone, with its apical tip contacting adjacent root surface. A stepwise analysis technique was adopted to simulate the response of peri-implant bone. Areas of the bone that were subject to higher stresses than the maximum compressive strength (in case of cancellous bone) or threshold stress of 54.8MPa, which was assumed to impair the physiological remodeling of cortical bone, were removed from the FE mesh in a stepwise manner. For comparison, a control model was analyzed which simulated normal orthodontic force of 5 N at the head of the microimplant. Results: Stresses in cancellous bone were high enough to cause mechanical failure across its entire thickness. Stresses in cortical bone were more likely to cause resorptive bone remodeling than mechanical failure. The overloaded zone, initially located at the lower part of cortical plate, proliferated upward in a positive feedback mode, unaffected by stress redistribution, until the whole thickness was engaged. Conclusions: Stresses induced around a microimplant by root contact may lead to a irreversible loss of microimplant stability.