• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.185-188
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• 2004

Regarding some of the components of the Korean Tilting Train eXpress(TTX), the lightweight-vehicle development was mainly focused to this study, and so as using the materials, the existing material, steel or aluminum carbody was changed to the composite carbody with both design and manufacturing methods. Therefore the evaluation of the performance of joint strength between composite and metallic boundary area, especially the under frame and the carbody was required, and the compressive and the bending tests were conducted as the sub-scale specimen. In this evaluation, there was involved the sufficient strengths at the joint area between the underframe and the carbody, and is resulted as the increment of the safety factor through the observation of failure conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.212-215
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• 2004

The hybrid composite carbody structures were considered as the carbody system of Korean Tilting Train eXpress(TTX) to achieve the lightweight design. The TTX carbodies are composed of the carbody shell made of the sandwich composite structure and the undeframe made of the metal structure. The sandwich structures were used to minimize the weight of carbody, and the metal underframe was used to modify the design easily and to keep the strength of underframe by the installation of the electrical equipments. The sandwich carbody structures will be cured in an autoclave. In this paper, the manufacturing processes of the TTX carbody structures were introduced briefly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.264-267
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• 2005

Impact damages are very important in the perspective of residual strength of composite structures such as aircrafts, ships, and trains because those damages are sometimes not visible on the surface of the point of impact and the impact resistance of laminated composites is usually not so high. Thus, the impact characteristics of laminated composites should he investigated for the safety of composite structures. This paper investigates the low-velocity impact and damage detection conducted on woven carbon/epoxy laminates. Experimental results show that the type of damage is dependent on the impact energy level and the delamination area becomes larger as the impact energy increases.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.41.1-41.1
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• 2011

풍력블레이드는 가벼워야 하며 강도면에서 신뢰성이 확보되어야한다. 최근 들어 복합소재를 적용한 블레이드가 많이 선보이고 있다. 현재 가장 많이 사용되는 유리섬유/에폭시는 경제성 및 강도면에서 우수하여 많이 사용되어왔다. 본 논문에서는 유리섬유(80%)-탄소섬유(20%)/에폭시를 사용하여 강도를 높이고 무게를 경감시켜 효율을 증가시키고자 연구하였다. 국내 풍황에 적합한 1kW급 풍력블레이드의 Airfoil을 개발하여 강도를 평가하고 블레이드를 최적화 설계하였다. 유리섬유(80%)-탄소섬유(20%)가 적용된 복합재를 적층방법에 따라 실험하고 이를 블레이드 강도평가에 적용하였으며 FSI (Fluid-Structure Interaction)를 사용하였다. 이를 통해 블레이드의 무게경감 및 강도가 향상되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.9-12
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• 2004

Presented is a preliminary design concept of the carbon-glass hybrid composite rebars for the application in the construction field. A glass fiber rod with indentation is used for the core of the rebar. Carbon fibers are placed over the glass core by pultrusion. To increase the mechanical locking force and bonding surface, carbon filament windings are added in the hoop direction over the carbon face. Finite element analysis and test were conducted to evaluate the effective stiffness and strength of the rods. The results show that the effective axial stiffness of the rebar with indentation are about $50\%$ of the straight rebar.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.9
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• pp.1099-1107
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• 2013

This study proposes a weight reduction design for urban transit, specifically, a Korean EMU carbody made of aluminum extrusion profiles, according to size optimization and useful material changes. First, the thickness of the under-frame, side-panels, and end-panels were optimized by the size optimization process, and then, the weight of the Korean EMU carbody could be reduced to approximately 14.8%. Second, the under-frame of the optimized carbody was substituted with a frame-type structure made of SMA 570, and then, the weight of the hybrid-type carbody was 3.8% lighter than that of the initial K-EMU. Finally, the under-frame and the roof-panel were substituted with a composite material sandwich to obtain an ultralight hybrid-type carbody. The weight of the ultralight hybrid-type carbody was 30% lighter than that of the initial K-EMU. All the resulting carbody models satisfied the design regulations of the domestic Performance Test Standard for Electrical Multiple Unit.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.4 s.97
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• pp.13-18
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• 1999

섬유강화금속적층재(Fiber Reinforced Metal Laminates. FRMLs)는 고강도금속과 섬유강화복합재료(Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials)를 적층한 새로운 종류의 하이브리드 재료이다. 국산 아라미드 섬유인 헤라크론(Heracron, 코오롱)과 국내 복합재료 제작기술(한국화이바)을 사용하여 섬유강화금속적층재를 제작하고, 이를 HERALL(Heracron Reinforced Aluminum Laminate)이라 명명하였다. HERALL(Heracron Reinforced Aluminum Laminate)의 피로균열성장특성 및 피로균열진전 방해기구를 ARALL(Aramid-fiber Reinforced Aluminum alloy Laminates) 및 Al 2024-T3과 비교해석하였다. HERALL과 ARALL은 균열진전을 저지하는 아라미드 섬유로 인해 뛰어난 피로균열성장특성 및 피로저항성을 보여주었다. 아라미드 섬유의 균열브리드징으로 인한 $K_{max}$의 감소량과 Al 2024-T3의 균열닫힘으로 인한 $K_{max}$의 증가량을 구할 수 있는 응력-COD법을 사용하여 실제로 균열성장에 영향을 준 유효응력확대계수범위를 측정하였다. 균열선단으로부터 균열을 가공하면서 COD 변화량을 측정하여 균열브리징 영역을 구하였다.

• Composites Research
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.295-302
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• 2013

In this study, Al5052/CFRP composites were fabricated for an automobile component by compression molding process inside a U-channel mold. Al5052 sheet were treated by sand blasting with two different particle sizes. Accordingly, surface roughness (Ra) values of $4.25{\mu}m$ and $1.85{\mu}m$ were obtained for the treated Al5052 sheets. The effect of surface roughness of Al5052 sheets on the adhesion and mechanical properties of Al5052/CFRP composites have been evaluated. Shear lap test and 3-point bending test were conducted. Results showed that the shear load for the composite fabricated by using the treated Al5052 sheets with Ra value of $1.85{\mu}m$ and $4.25{\mu}m$ were 3 and 5 times higher than Ra value of $0.73{\mu}m$ of the composite fabricated by using the untreated sheet. The bending stress of 200MPa was obtained for the composite fabricated with untreated Al5052 sheets. The bending stress increased to 400MPa when the composite fabricated from treated sheets. However, the bending stress was not influenced by treating condition through sand blasting.

• Composites Research
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

In this study, the energy absorption capabilities and failure modes of four different kinds of circular tubes made of carbon, Kevlar and carbon-Kevlar hybrid composites with epoxy resin have been evaluated. In order to achieve these goals, these tubes were fabricated with unidirectional prepregs and compressive tests were conducted for the tubes under 10mm/min loading speed. From the test results, carbon/epoxy tubes were collapsed by brittle fracturing mode and showed the best energy absorption capabilities, while Kevlar/epoxy tubes were crushed by local buckling mode and worst. The hybrid [$90_C/0_K$] tubes were failed in a local bucking mode and showed good post crushing integrity, whereas [$90_K/0_C$] tubes were failed in a lamina bending mode and bad post crushing integrity.

• Composites Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.58-66
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• 2000

CARALL(Carbon fiber reinforced aluminum laminates) was fabricated with CFRP prepreg and A17075, using a autoclave. The mechanical properties of three samples i.e. A17075, CFRP and CARALL were also investigated as a function of size in circular holes. Theoretical approach into analysing mechanical behaviors near the circular hole notch was carried out to compare with experimental data, furthermore. By the adhesive bonding of A17075 to CFRP, abrupt strength reduction was prevented. From the consideration of modified point stress failure criterion, predicted results was well consistent with the experimental one.