• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권spc1호
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• pp.292-304
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• 2005

In this paper we present the linearized equations of motion for a bicycle as a benchmark. The results obtained by pencil-and-paper and two programs are compared. The bicycle model we consider here consists of four rigid bodies, viz. a rear frame, a front frame being the front fork and handlebar assembly, a rear wheel and a front wheel, which are connected by revolute joints. The contact between the knife-edge wheels and the flat level surface is modelled by holonomic constraints in the normal direction and by non-holonomic constraints in the longitudinal and lateral direction. The rider is rigidly attached to the rear frame with hands free from the handlebar. This system has three degrees of freedom, the roll, the steer, and the forward speed. For the benchmark we consider the linearized equations for small perturbations of the upright steady forward motion. The entries of the matrices of these equations form the basis for comparison. Three diffrent kinds of methods to obtain the results are compared : pencil-and-paper, the numeric multibody dynamics program SPACAR, and the symbolic software system Auto Sim. Because the results of the three methods are the same within the machine round-off error, we assume that the results are correct and can be used as a bicycle dynamics benchmark.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1995년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.389-395
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• 1995

The bicycle production process mainly consists of welding process of pipes and its quality is determined by geometrical symmetry of arrangement of welded pipes. Hence, manual quality control of bicycle frames was very ineffecient and required much time in dimensional inspection and does not reserve high precision. In this paper we introduce a method of fast and accurate dimensional inspection of bicycle frame, using the Stereo Vision system and related some image processing techniques.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.271-276
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• 2018

자전거를 타는 운전자가 자전거를 탑승하게 되면 그 프레임에 실리게 되는 위치에 따라서 운전자의 하중이 다르게 나타난다. 자전거 프레임의 접합 부분에서 가장 많은 하중이 작용하게 되며, 프레임의 중간 부분에서 다른 부분 보다 하중이 적게 작용하게 된다. 그래서 자전거 하중이 많이 작용하지 않는 부분을 두께를 얇게 제작함으로서 프레임의 무게를 줄이고, 하중이 크게 작용하는 부분에는 두껍게 제작하여 하중을 잘 버틸수 있게 한다. CATIA 프로그램을 사용하여 일반 프레임, 더블 버티드, 트리플 버티드의 형상으로 모델링하였고, 구조해석 및 피로해석을 진행하여 탑승자의 하중에 의해 각각의 모델의 내구성을 검토하였다. ANSYS 해석 프로그램을 사용하여 확인하여 본 연구 결과로는 일반 프레임의 변형이 가장 많이 일어났고, 트리플 버티드의 변형이 가장 적었다. 이러한 시뮬레이션 해석 데이터를 사용하여 실제 자전거 프레임을 설계 및 제작 시에 가장 효율적인 방법으로 설계할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2015

The thickness of a stable and economical frame has been designed in order to reduce costs. Therefore, this study applied structural analysis and vibration analysis based on a comparison of the thicknesses of frames. Four types of frames (1mm, 2mm, 3mm, and 5mm) were modeled on a bicycle frame that has a length of 842mm, a width of 100mm, and a height of 400.5mm, and all of these frames generated the stress and maximum deformation amount in the state and around the saddle. The maximum stress shown was 25.732 MPa in 1mm, 11.79 MPa in 2mm, and 8.2015 MPa in 3mm, and the maximum deformation amount shown was 0.063611mm in 1mm, 0.031978mm in 2mm, and 0.022319mm in 3mm. The natural frequency of the frame thicknesses 1mm, 2mm, and 3mm was estimated as within 270 Hz. The critical frequency of conditions of 3mm was the biggest at 118.1Hz compared with the 3-mm model; thus, 3mm was shown to have the most satisfactory resistance.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2013

최근 경량 자전거에 대한 요구가 지속적으로 증가함에 따라 탄소섬유 복합재료가 자전거 프레임 및 부품 제작에 널리 활용되고 있다. 복합재료는 일반적인 등방성 재료와는 달리 적층판의 방향과 순서에 따라 그 구조적인 특성이 변화하기 때문에 복합재료 자전거의 디자인을 검증하기 위해서는 구조 해석을 수행하는 것이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 CFRP 소재를 적용하여 자전거 프레임을 설계하였고, 유한요소해석을 통하여 그 구조적 성능을 분석하였다. 다양한 적층 순서와 하중조건 하에서 섬유와 매트릭스의 파손지수를 측정함으로써 복합재의 적층 조건이 자전거의 구조 강도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 또한 취약 부분은 추가적인 복합재 적층판을 이용하여 보강함으로써 자전거 프레임의 구조적 안전성을 확보할 수 있었다.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2019

The superplastic forming/diffusion bonding process has been developed to fabricate a core frame structure with joint nodes out of tubes, for the development of a titanium high performance bicycle. The hydroforming process has been applied for bulging of a tube in the superplastic condition before, and during the diffusion bonding process. In this experiment, a commercial Ti-3Al-2.5V tube was selected as raw material for the study. The forming experiment has been performed using a servo-hydraulic press with a capacity of 200 ton. Next, nitrogen gas was used to acquire necessary pressure for the bulging and bonding of the tubes to fabricate the joint nodes. The pertinent processing temperature was $870^{\circ}C$ for the superplastic hydroforming/diffusion bonding (SHF/DB) process, using the Ti-3Al-2.5V tube. The bonding quality and the progress of bulging and diffusion bonding have been observed by the investigation of the joining interfaces at the cross section of the joint structure. The control of the nitrogen pressure throughout the SHF/DB process, was an important factor to avoid any significant defects in the joint structure. The whole progress stage of the diffusion bonding could be observed at a joint interface. A core structure with 5 joint nodes to manufacture a titanium bicycle could be obtained in a SHF/DB process.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.211-216
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• 2015

Recently, because of the growth in the leisure industry and interest in health, the demand for bicycles has increased. In this research, considering the vertical load on a bike frame under static state conditions, the deflection and mass of the bike frame were minimized by satisfying the service condition and performing optimization. The thickness of the bicycle-frame tube was set to a design variable, and its sensitivity was confirmed by an analysis of means (ANOM). To optimize the solution, a response-surface-method (RSM) model was constructed using D-Optimal and central composite design(CCD). The optimization was performed using a non-dominant sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II), and the optimal solution was verified by finite-element analysis.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2013

The bicycle is one of the most important eco-friendly transport methods which can mitigate global warming. The portability of a bike on public transportation systems is essential for the wide spread use of bicycles by people in urban environments. In this study, a lightweight urban folding bike was developed with careful consideration of the association with public transport. A folding frame using a moving slide link mechanism made from AL6061 is proposed. Numerical analysis was conducted to evaluate structural safety of the bike in both vertical and pedal loading tests. The proposed urban folding bicycle weights only 10kg and summation of its width, length, and height in the folded configuration is under 158cm.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.466-471
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• 2019

Road photovoltaic power generation is a technology that combines photovoltaic power generation while maintaining the function of the existing road by installing special photovoltaic modules on it. In this paper, we developed three types of modules and structures suitable for sidewalk blocks and element technology for the development of a solar road module for a sidewalk and bicycle road. The road solar potential in Korea is 10 GW. After analyzing the daily data obtained after the construction of a 10 kW solar road testbed, it was found that its utilization rate compared to the general photovoltaic energy is 80%.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1993년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); Seoul National University, Seoul; 20-22 Oct. 1993
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• pp.970-974
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• 1993

This paper is concerned with an automatic generation of BOM (Bill Of Material) for a bicycle frame set using a knowledge based system. The major components module system includes : (1) Part information retrieval in CAD drawing, (2) BOM code generation rule, and (3) Database interface. The knowledge based system includes a rule base and a fact base. The fact base consists of basic, variant, and optional components of the standard BOMs of frame sets. The rule contains rules for generating new BOM code in case that the specified is not in the database. The system was implemented on a SUN workstation under Open Windows environments. AutoCAD for CAD drawing was also used.