• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.239-247
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• 2020

This study is about design and verification of stress reduction of bearings for wind turbines. In a slewing bearing having a typical four-contact structure, the contact point moves to the end of the raceway due to a large moment load, resulting in a stress concentration. A bearing was designed to reduce such contact point movement. The deformation behavior of typical ball bearings and newly designed bearings was calculated through finite element analysis under ultimate load by replacing the ball with a spring element. The contact stress between the ball and the raceway was calculated by finite element analysis by inputting the deformation behavior analysis result as a boundary condition. The effectiveness of the bearing stress analysis method using spring elements was verified through comparison of the contact stress according to the bearing structure.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.345-352
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• 2017

In this study, squeal noise with respect to pressure variation is measured by a lab-scaled brake dynamometer and estimated by a complex finite element (FE) eigenvalue analysis. From the FE eigenvalue sensitivity analysis, unstable frequencies occur due to a mode-coupling mechanism and are found to change with variation in contact stiffness. In the experiment, squeal frequencies near 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 3.5 kHz, and 4 kHz are increased with pressure variation. The sensitivity of squeal modes to contact stiffness variation obtained from the FE analysis is shown to approximate the variation of squeal frequencies under pressure variation in the experiment.

• 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 computational fluids engineering
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.66-72
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• 2004

전도 열전달 분야에서 두 물체가 접해 있는 경우, 접촉 열저항은 고려해야 할 중요한 요소이다. 특히 최근에는 전자부품의 과열방지를 위한 열 소산과 관련하여 접촉 열저항 문제는 중요하게 대두되고 있으며 이에 관련한 많은 이론적 연구와 응용연구가 수행되고 있다. 접촉 열저항은 주로 거친 두 물체표면의 불완전접촉에 기인한다. 본 연구에서는, 접촉하는 두 물체사이의 접촉면을 이상화시킨 비교적 간단한 문제를 이론적으로 해석함으로써 접촉면의 틈새 형상 및 비접촉면적비(비접촉면적/외관접촉면적)의 크기에 따른 접촉 열저항의 크기를 구하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.10 no.2 s.31
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• pp.27-32
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• 2006

In this paper, the contact stress and friction force between multi-balls and rolling friction contact surfaces of two cylinders have been presented using a finite element analysis. The multi-balls for a rolling friction motion may be contacted with a reciprocating mechanism of a parallel cylinder and a misaligned cylinder in a LPG filling unit. The FEM computed results indicate that SiC ceramic and SUS 304 balls show a high contact stress and friction force on the contact spot of rolling balls. But the PEEK balls show a low contact stress and friction loss due to a high flexibility of a PEEK polymer. In this study, we may recommend SiC and SUS 304 balls for high compressive loadings between a multi-ball and a cylinder contact mechanisms and PEEK balls for a low compressive force. And the misalignment between two cylinders should be restricted for a low contact stress and friction loss, especially.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.546-553
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• 2007

The objective of the present paper is to evaluate the effect of the evolution of contact surface profile by fretting wear on the contact stress distribution and fatigue crack initiation site of press-fitted shaft by means of an analytical method based on experimental data. A finite element analysis was performed to analyze the stress states of press-fitted shaft, considering the worn contact surface profiles of shaft. The evolutions of contact stress as wearing of contact surface were analyzed by finite element analysis and fatigue crack nucleation sites were evaluated by fretting fatigue damage parameter (FFDP) md multiaxial fatigue criteria. It is found that the stress concentration of a contact edge in press-fitted sha손 decreases rapidly at the initial stage of total fatigue life, and its location shifts from the contact edge to the inside due to fretting wear as increasing of fatigue cycles. Thus the transition of crack nucleation position in press-fitted shaft is mainly caused by stress change of a contact edge due to the evolution of contact surface profile by fretting wear. Therefore, it is suggested that the nucleation of multiple cracks on fretted surface of press fits is strongly related to the evolution of surface profile at the initial stage of total fatigue life.

• 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.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.185-192
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• 1988

Computation of the elasto-plastic solution of ball indentation was carried out by the quadratic programming method. The problem was formulated as an elasto-plastic contact problem under the assumption of small displacement and small deformation and then transformed into a minimization problem. Finite element approximation resulted in a quadratic programming problem. Numerical and experimental study were done with aluminium Al 2024-T351 and commercially pure copper. The computed load-displacement curves were in good agrement with those obtained from experiments. Tabor's relationship for representative strains was also examined. Stress distributions were found to resemble closely those results available in the literature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1992.11a
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• pp.50-56
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• 1992

공업재료의 표면은 수많은 돌기들로 구성되어 있으며 이러한 돌기들의 접촉으로 진실접촉이 이루어진다. 그러므로 마찰은 겉보기 접촉면적과는 무관하며 진실접촉면에서 일어난다. 표면의 한 돌기가 접촉면과 상대운동을 함으로 인하여 마찰열이 발생된다. 이러한 마찰에너지 발산의 결과로서 진실접촉면적 주위의 국부적인 표면 온도가 상승되며 따라서 표면의 평균온도가 상승된다. 이러한 표면온도를 결정하기 위한 이론적 및 실험적인 방법이 많이 제시되어왔다. 정적상태에서의 표면온도는 Block(1937)과 Jaeger(1942)에 의해 이론적으로 소개하였다. Jaeger는 열원의 위치와 상대적인 접촉운동 그리고 크기 및 경계조건 등의 특정한 조건 하에서 진실접촉점의 온도를 계산하였다. 이에 Bany와 Baber(1984)는 그들의 경계조건이 잘목 정의되었음을 지적하고 더욱 세분화된 경계조건으로 온도분포를 유도한 바 있다. Ling(1969)은 접촉점에서의 온도가 주변의 겉보기 접촉면적의 온도보다 훨씬 높다는 것을 수치해석으로 밝혀냈다. 본 연구는 고속정밀촬영기를 이용하여 진실접촉점에서 발생하는 Hot spot의 온도분포를 실험을 통하여 규명하고 그 결과를 Geoim과 Winer의 이론식에 적용하므로 식의 유용성을 검증하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.437-447
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• 2016

In a nuclear power plant, the fuel assembly, which is composed of fuel rods, burns, and the high temperature can generate power. The fuel rod consists of pellets and a cladding that covers the pellets. It is important to understand the pellet-cladding mechanical interaction with regard to nuclear safety. This paper proposes simulation of the PCMI. The gap between the pellets and the cladding, and the contact pressure are very important for conducting thermal analysis. Since the gap conductance is not known, it has to be determined by a suitable method. This paper suggests a solution. In this study, finite element (FE) contact analysis is conducted considering thermal expansion of the pellets. As the contact causes plastic deformation, this aspect is considered in the analysis. A 3D FE module is developed to analyze the PCMI using FORTRAN 90. The plastic deformation due to the contact between the pellets and the cladding is the major physical phenomenon. The simple analytical solution of a cylinder is proposed and compared with the fuel rod performance code results.