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Investigation to Metal 3D Printing Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process Simulation Technology (I) (금속 3D 프린팅 적층제조(AM) 공정 시뮬레이션 기술에 관한 고찰(I))

  • Kim, Yong Seok;Choi, Seong Woong;Yang, Soon Yong
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.42-50
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    • 2019
  • 3D printing AM processes have advantages in complex shapes, customized fabrication and prototype development stage. However, due to various parameters based on both the machine and the material, the AM process can produce finished output after several trials and errors in the initial stage. As such, minimizing or optimizing negative factors for various parameters of the 3D printing AM process could be a solution to reduce the trial-and-error failures in the early stages of such an AM process. In addition, this can be largely solved through software simulation in the preprocessing process of 3D printing AM process. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate a simulation technology for the AM software, especially Ansys Inc. The metal 3D printing AM process, the AM process simulation software, and the AM process simulation processor were examined. Through this study, it will be helpful to understand 3D printing AM process and AM process simulation processor.

Investigation to Metal 3D Printing Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process Simulation Technology (II) (금속 3D 프린팅 적층제조(AM) 공정 시뮬레이션 기술에 관한 고찰(II))

  • Kim, Yong Seok;Choi, Seong Woong;Yang, Soon Yong
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2019
  • The objective of this study was to investigate a simulation technology for the AM field based on ANSYS Inc.. The introduction of metal 3D printing AM process, and the examining of the present status of AM process simulation software, and the AM process simulation processor were done in the previous study (part 1). This present study (part 2) examined the use of the AM process simulation processor, presented in Part 1, through direct execution of Topology Optimization, Ansys Workbench, Additive Print and Additive Science. Topology Optimization can optimize additive geometry to reduce mass while maintaining strength for AM products. This can reduce the amount of material required for additive and significantly reduce additive build time. Ansys Workbench and Additive Print simulate the build process in the AM process and optimize various process variables (printing parameters and supporter composition), which will enable the AM to predict the problems that may occur during the build process, and can also be used to predict and correct deformations in geometry. Additive Science can simulate the material to find the material characteristic before the AM process simulation or build-up. This can be done by combining specimen preparation, measurement, and simulation for material measurements to find the exact material characteristics. This study will enable the understanding of the general process of AM simulation more easily. Furthermore, it will be of great help to a reader who wants to experience and appreciate AM simulation for the first time.

Adjacency-Based Mapping of Mesh Processes for Switch-Based Cluster Systems of Irregular Topology (비규칙 토폴로지 스위치 기반 클러스터 시스템을 위한 메쉬 프로세스의 인접 기반 매핑)

  • Moh, Sang-Man
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2010
  • Mapping virtual process topology to physical processor topology is one of the most important design issues in parallel programming. However, the mapping problem is complicated due to the topology irregularity and routing complexity. This paper proposes a new process mapping scheme called adjacency-based mapping (AM) for irregular cluster systems assuming that the two-dimensional mesh process topology is specified as an interprocess communication pattern. The cluster systems have been studied and developed for many years since they provide high interconnection flexibility, scalability, and expandability which are not attainable in traditional regular networks. The proposed AM tries to map neighboring processes in virtual process topology to adjacent processors in physical processor topology. Simulation study shows that the proposed AM results in better mapping quality and shorter interprocess latency compared to the conventional approaches.

High Char-Yield in AN-AM Copolymer by Acidic Hydrolysis of Homopolyacrylonitrile

  • Cheng, Run;Zhou, You;Wang, Jing;Cheng, Yumin;Ryu, Seungkon;Jin, Riguang
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.34-39
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    • 2013
  • Acrylonitrile (AN)-acrylamide (AM) copolymers were prepared by nitric acidic hydrolysis of homopolyacrylonitrile. The acrylamino group increased as a function of hydrolysis time, while crystallinity decreased. Differential scanning calorimetry and a thermal gravimetric analysis indicated that the acylamino introduced by acidic hydrolysis effectively enhanced the cyclization reaction at low temperature due to the change of the cyclization reaction mechanism. Char-yield of AN-AM copolymers also gradually increased with increasing hydrolysis time. The maximum char-yield was 49.48% when hydrolized at $23^{\circ}C$ in 65% nitric acid solution for 18 h, which was 30% higher than that of non-acidic hydrolysis of homopolyacrylonitrile. Simulation of the practical process also showed an increase of char yields, where the char yields were 55.43% and 62.60% for homopolyacrylonitrile and copolyacrylonitrile, respectively, with a hydrolysis time of 13 h.

Ceramic Stereolithography: Additive Manufacturing for 3D Complex Ceramic Structures

  • Bae, Chang-Jun;Ramachandran, Arathi;Chung, Kyeongwoon;Park, Sujin
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.54 no.6
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    • pp.470-477
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    • 2017
  • Ceramic processing to fabricate 3D complex ceramic structures is crucial for structural, energy, environmental, and biomedical applications. A unique process is ceramic stereolithography, which builds ceramic green objects from CAD files from many thin liquid layers of powder in monomer, which are solidified by polymerization with a UV laser, thereby "writing" the design for each slice. This approach directly writes layers in liquid ceramic suspension and allows one to fabricate ceramic parts and products having more accurate, complex geometries and smooth surfaces. In this paper, both UV curable materials and processes are presented. We focus on the basic material principles associated with free radical polymerization and rheological behavior, cure depth and broadening of cured lines, scattering at ceramic interface and their corresponding simulation. The immediate potentials for ceramic AM to change industry fabrication are also highlighted.

Bursting Failure Prediction in Tube Hydroforming Process (튜브 액압성형 공정에서의 터짐 현상 예측)

  • Kim, Jeong;Lei, Liping;Kang, Sung-Jong;Kang, Beom-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.160-169
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    • 2001
  • To predict busting failure in tubular hydroforming, the criteria for ductile fracture proposed by Oyane is combined with the finite element method. From the histories of stress and strain in each element obtained from finite element analysis, the fracture initiation site is predicted by mean of the criterion. The prediction by the ductile fracture criterion is applied to three hydroforming processes such as a tee extrusion, an automobile rear axle housing and lower am. For these products, the ductile fracture integral I is not only affected by the process parameters, but also by preforming processes. All the simulation results show the combination of the finite element analysis and the ductile fracture criteria is useful in the prediction of farming limit in hydroforming processes.

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Temperature thread multiscale finite element simulation of selective laser melting for the evaluation of process

  • Lee, Kang-Hyun;Yun, Gun Jin
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.31-51
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    • 2021
  • Selective laser melting (SLM), one of the most widely used powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) technology, enables the fabrication of customized metallic parts with complex geometry by layer-by-layer fashion. However, SLM inherently poses several problems such as the discontinuities in the molten track and the steep temperature gradient resulting in a high degree of residual stress. To avoid such defects, thisstudy proposes a temperature thread multiscale model of SLM for the evaluation of the process at different scales. In microscale melt pool analysis, the laser beam parameters were evaluated based on the predicted melt pool morphology to check for lack-of-fusion or keyhole defects. The analysis results at microscale were then used to build an equivalent body heat flux model to obtain the residual stress distribution and the part distortions at the macroscale (part level). To identify the source of uneven heat dissipation, a liquid lifetime contour at macroscale was investigated. The predicted distortion was also experimentally validated showing a good agreement with the experimental measurement.

Economic Life Assessment of Power Transformer using HS Optimization Algorithm (HS 최적화 알고리즘을 이용한 전력용 변압기의 경제적 수명평가)

  • Lee, Tae-bong;Shon, Jin-geun
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.66 no.3
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2017
  • Electric utilities has been considered the necessity to introduce AM(asset management) of electric power facilities in order to reduce maintenance cost of existing facilities and to maximize profit. In order to make decisions in terms of repairs and replacements for power transformers, not only measuring by counting parts and labor costs, but comprehensive comparison including reliability and cost is needed. Therefore, this study is modeling input cost for power transformer during its entire life and also the life cycle cost (LCC) technique is applied. In particular, this paper presents an application of heuristic harmony search(HS) optimization algorithm to the convergence and the validity of economic life assessment of power transformer from LCC technique. This recently developed HS algorithm is conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. The effectiveness of the proposed identification method has been demonstrated through an economic life assessment simulation of power transformer using HS optimization algorithm.

Temperature Analysis of Nozzle in a FDM Type 3D Printer Through Computer Simulation and Experiment

  • Park, Jung Hyun;Lyu, Min-Young;Kwon, Soon Yong;Roh, Hyung Jin;Koo, Myung Sool;Cho, Sung Hwan
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.301-307
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    • 2016
  • Additive manufacturing (AM), so called 3D Printing is a new manufacturing process and is getting attraction from many industries. There are several methods of 3D printing. Among them fused deposition modeling (FDM) type is most widely used by reason of cheap maintenance, easy operation and variety of polymeric materials. Articles manufactured by 3D printing have weak deposition strength compared with conventionally manufactured products. Deposition strength of FDM type 3D printed article is highly dependent of deposition temperature. Subsequently the nozzle temperature in the FDM type 3D printing is very important and it is controlled by heat source in the 3D printer. Nozzle is connected with heat block and barrel, and heat block contains heat source. Nozzle becomes hot through heat conduction from heat source. Nozzle temperature has been predicted for various thermal boundary conditions by computer simulation and compared with experimental measurement. Nozzle temperature highly depends upon thermal conductivities of heat block and nozzle. Simulation results are good agreement with experiment.