• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.15-20
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• 2006

It is well-known that the corrosive behavior of PMC (polymer matrix composite) structure is much better than the metal structure in the marine environment. The understanding of fracture behavior of PMC in the deep-sea environment is essential to expand its use in the marine industry. For a present study, fracture tests have been performed under low different pressure levels such as 0.1 MPa, 100 MPa, 200 MPa, and 270 MPa using the seawater-absorbed carbon/epoxy composite samples. Fracture toughness was determined from the work factor approach as a function of hydrostatic pressure. It was found that fracture behavior was a linear elastic far all pressure levels. The fracture toughness increased with increasing pressure.

• Composites Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.61-68
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• 2022

Composite materials have been used in aerospace industry and many applications because of many advantages such as specific strength and stiffness and corrosion resistance etc. However, it is vulnerable to impacts, these impact lead to formation of cracks in composite laminate and failure of structures. In this paper, we analyzed Mode I fracture toughness of Carbon/Epoxy laminates using acoustic emission signal. DCB test was carried out to analyze Mode I failure characterization of Carbon/Epoxy laminates, and AE sensor was attached to measure AE signal induced by failure of specimen. Fracture toughness was calculated using cumulative AE energy and measured crack length using camera. The calculated fracture toughness was applied in FE model and the result of FE analysis compared with DCB test results. The results show good agreement with between FEM and DCB test results.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.339-347
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• 1996

Mechanical properties(flexural strength hardness fracture toughness) of alumina ceramics were evaluated. Alumina products of four companies were selected and three of those were made in Korea and one of those was made in Japan. The large differences according to manufacturing companies had resulted from flexural strength and weibull modulus which had a wide ranges of 300 to 400 MPa and 5 to 15 respectively. Critical indenstation load which could be neglected the effect of elastic recovery was about 9.8N and Vickers' hardness were about 15 GPa. Fracture toughnesses were evaluated by IF and ISB method. It was more preferable to the average at one indentation load that fracture toughness were obtained from the slope of the relationship between indentation load and crack length in IF method and between indentation load and fracture load in ISB method and fracture toughness was about 4 MPa·m1/2.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.424-430
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• 2000

In order to develop an ultrasonic evaluation method for properties degradation of high temperature materials, a number of Cr-Mo-V steel samples were heat-treated and their damage mechanism was examined. Ultrasonic parameters such as velocity, attenuation, and more recently developed nonlinear acoustic parameter were measured. The nonlinear acoustic parameter was found to be most sensitive to material degradation mainly attributed to the precipitation of impurities in grain boundaries. When compared to the electrical resistivity results, the nonlinear parameters showed similar behavior. There existed a relatively good correlation between the nonlinear parameter and the fracture appearance transition temperature (FATT) obtained by Charpy V-notch impact test. Based on the relationship between the FATT and the fracture toughness ($K_{IC}$), correlation between the nonlinear parameter and $K_{IC}$ was established.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.52-57
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• 1997

국제 열 핵융합로 (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) 의 중앙 솔레노이드(solenoid) 초전도 전자석의 피복관 (conduit) 으로서 가장 유력한 후보 재료인 니켈-철 기저 초합금에 대한 개선된 파괴역학적 거동 예측 모형을 개발하기 위하여 피로균열 성장과 파괴 인성 치의 측정이 사용되었다. 유한 요소법을 사용하는 상용 구조해석 코드인 ANSYS 제 5.2판에 의해 초전도 전자석 피복관 재료에 대한 탄소성 파괴역학적 거동을 살펴보았다. 정확한 파괴 기준을 개발하기 위하여 삼차원 J 적분 인자에 의한 결과를 사용하였다. 얇은 피복관재의 경우에 절대온도 4도에서의 적합한 파괴 인성치는 실제 단면효과를 고려한 표면균열 인장시험 결과를 토대로 J 적분으로 도출한 150 MPaㆍm$^{1}$2/ 로 제시되었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.25-37
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• 1993

This paper describes the use of the J-integral, a one parameter of the non-linear fracture mechanics(NLFM), as a means to measure toughness of steel fiber reinforced concrete. This parameter can be conveniently evaluated from experimentally determined load-deflection curves from flexural tests when a maximum-load failure criterion is employed. And, for high strength concrete which was reinforced steel fiber, with two different fiber length in the form of notched beams, were tested under 3-point bending, and $J_{IC}$, as well as the linear elastic fracture mechanics(LEFM) parameters $K_{IC}$ and $G_{IC}$ were evaluated. The results suggest that $J_{IC}$ is a promising fracture criterion for all of these. while $K_{IC}$(or $G_{IC}$) almost certainly are not. Also it was found that a fiber addition of less than 0.5% did not improve the fracture toughness of the high strength concrete. However, at more than 1.0% in fiber contents, $J_{IC}$ showed significant increases. reflecting the changed character of the concrete; $K_{IC}$ and $G_{IC}$ did not.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1358-1361
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• 2003

In this study, intrinsic static/dynamic fracture toughness of Al 7175-T74 are evaluated from the apparent static/dynamic toughness of notched specimen. The notch/crack critical average stress fracture model is suggested to establish the relationship to predict the intrinsic fracture toughness from the apparent fracture toughness of a notched specimen. The notch/crack critical average stress fracture model is established using the relation between the notch root radius and the effective distance calculated by finite element analysis. It is conclude that the true fracture toughness can be estimated from test results of apparent fracture toughness measured by using a notched specimen. Also, critical notch root radius can be predicted by notch/crack critical average stress fracture model.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.145-148
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• 2001

SiC composites were developed by incorporating glass phase into SiC, in the light of improving mechanical properties of material for spectacle lens cutting. Specimens for spectacle lens cutting with glass phase as sintering additives have been fabricated by hot-pressing at $1810^{\circ}C$ for 2 hr under a pressure of 25 MPa. The fracture toughness and hardness of hot-pressed specimens were characterized and compared with previous works. Typical hardness and fracture toughness of materials for spectacle lens cutting were 12 GPa and $5.1MPa{\cdot}m^{1/2}$ respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.9
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• pp.864-870
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• 2000

알루미나 단미의 기계적 성질을 향상시키고자, 185$0^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 동안 열간 가압소결에 의하여 SiC 입자 및 SiC 휘스커를 단독으로 혹은 동시에 첨가한 알루미나 복합재료를 제조하여 기계적 성질과 미세조직을 조사하였다. 20vol%의 SiC 입자 혹은 휘스커 첨가에 의하여, 알루미나 복합재료의 강도는 단미의 360 MPa에서 각각 640 MPa, 650 Mpa로 향상되었다. 20vol%의 SiC 입자 혹은 휘스커를 첨가한 복합재료의 파괴인성은 각각 3.5 MPa.m$^{1}$2/, 5.5 MPa.m$^{1}$2/를 나타내었다. 20vol%의 SiC 휘스커와 2vol%의 SiC 입자를 동시 첨가한 다중강화 복합재료의 강도와 파괴인성은 각각 790 MPa, 5.0 MPa.m$^{1}$2/ 로 증가하였다. 이와 같이 알루미나 단미에 비해 강도 및 파괴인성이 향상된 것은 입자에 의한 결정립 미세화 효과와 휘스커에 의한 균열편향, pull-out의 영향으로 생각된다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.461-472
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• 2010

Objectives: This study evaluated microtensile bond strength (${\mu}TBS$) and short-rod fracture toughness to explain fractural behavior of repaired composite restorations according to different surface treatments. Materials and Methods: Thirty composite blocks for ${\mu}TBS$ test and sixty short-rod specimens for fracture toughness test were fabricated and were allocated to 3 groups according to the combination of surface treatment (none-treated, sand blasting, bur roughening). Each group was repaired immediately and 2 weeks later. Twenty-four hours later from repair, ${\mu}TBS$ and fracture toughness test were conducted. Mean values analyzed with two-way ANOVA / Tukey's B test ($\alpha$= 0.05) and correlation analysis was done between ${\mu}TBS$ and fracture toughness. FE-SEM was employed on fractured surface to examine the crack propagation. Results: The fresh composite resin showed higher ${\mu}TBS$ than the aged composite resin (p < 0.001). Mechanically treated groups showed higher bond strength than non-mechanically treated groups except none-treated fresh group in ${\mu}TBS$ (p < 0.05). The fracture toughness value of mechanically treated surface was higher than that of non-mechanically treated surface (p < 0.05). There was no correlation between fracture toughness and microtensile bond strength values. Specimens having high KIC showed toughening mechanism including crack deviation, microcracks and crack bridging in FE-SEM. Conclusions: Surface treatment by mechanical interlock is more important for effective composite repair, and the fracture toughness test could be used as an appropriate tool to examine the fractural behavior of the repaired composite with microtensile bond strength.