• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.321-329
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• 2006

The use of tapered structural members was first proposed by Ami rikian for the economical use of materials.Generaly, tapered members are used in single-story structures with one or more bays and in cantilevered sections of ate architectural representation. If only focused on the section performance, however, the width-to-thickness ratio or t apered ratio can exced regulations. Such a case requires a study on the behavior of tapered members. To investigate the plastic and local buckling behavior of web-tapered beams, seven steel beams were the tapered ratio and the width-to-thicknes ratio. The results of maximum strength, strength deterioration, and stiffnes deterioration were compared.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.60-65
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• 2008

The high-technology industries including a semi-conductor and an information communication need an ultra-precision technology from the technological points of view. Nano technology based on an ultra-precision technology is being studied to overcome the delicate technology that may occur in the semi-conductor fields. Then, the transferring equipment with high resolution and long displacement becomes an important technology. The goal of this study is to analyze the displacement magnification mechanism driven by piezoelectric actuator which has high resolution and fast response characteristics using flexure hinge with the merits of soft displacement, negligible back-lash and stick-slip, and no-lubrication. The analyses to reduce the magnification losses occurred during the magnification process are performed using ANSYS software based on FEM. The five design variables such as arm thickness, thickness of hinge, radius of hinge, length of input side at the 1st lever and magnification ratio of 1st lever are optimized to induce the maximum magnification ratio using Taguchi method.