• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.411-418
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• 2005

This paper expounds the development of a user-friendly expert system for the optimal stacking sequence design of composite laminates subjected to the various rules constraints. The expert system was realized in the graphic-based design environment. Therefore, users can access and use the system easily. The optimal stacking sequence is obtained by means of integration of a genetic algorithm, finite element analysis. These systems were integrated with the rules of design heuristics under an expert system shell. The optimal stacking sequence combination for the application of interest is drawn from the discrete ply angles and design rules stored in the knowledge base of the expert system. For the integration and management of softwares, a graphic-based design environment that provides multi-tasking and graphic user interface capability is built.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.904-909
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• 2002

This paper contains the tension-tension and the tension-tension bearing fatigue characteristics of glass fabric/phenol composite laminates. The experimental results show that the bearing fatigue characteristics of the material is so excellent compared with the simple tension fatigue characteristics, that there are no needs of additional strengthening for mechanical joint parts when the parts are properly designed. The experimental data are also compared with the results of glass fabric/epoxy composite laminates.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.657-674
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• 2009

In this paper a 3-D continuum damage mechanics formulation for composite laminates and its implementation into a finite element model that is based on the layer-wise laminate plate theory are described. In the damage formulation, each composite ply is treated as a homogeneous orthotropic material exhibiting orthotropic damage in the form of distributed microscopic cracks that are normal to the three principal material directions. The progressive damage of different angle ply composite laminates under quasi-static loading that exhibit the free edge effects are investigated. The effects of various numerical modeling parameters on the progressive damage response are investigated. It will be shown that the dominant damage mechanism in the lay-ups of [+30/-30]s and [+45/-45]s is matrix cracking. However, the lay-up of [+15/-15] may be delaminated in the vicinity of the edges and at $+{\theta}/-{\theta}$ layers interfaces.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2014

Automatic fiber placement (AFP) has become a popular processing technique for composites in the aerospace industry, due to its ability to place prepregs or tapes precisely in the exact position when complex parts are being manufactured. This paper presents the design, analysis, and manufacture of an AFP mandrel for composite aircraft fuselage skin fabrication. According to the design requirements, an AFP mandrel was developed and a numerical study was performed through the finite element method. Linear static load analyses were performed considering the mandrel structure self-weight and a 2940 N load from the AFP machine head. Modal analysis was also performed to determine the mandrel's natural frequencies. These analyses confirmed that the proposed mandrel meets the design requirements. A prototype mandrel was then manufactured and used to fabricate a composite fuselage skin. Material load tests were conducted on the AFP fuselage skin curved laminates, equivalent flat AFP, and hand layup laminates. The flat AFP and hand layup laminates showed almost identical strength results in tension and compression. Compared to hand layup, the flat AFP laminate modulus was 5.2% higher in tension and 12.6% lower in compression. The AFP curved laminates had an ultimate compressive strength of 1.6% to 8.7% higher than flat laminates. The FEM simulation predicted strengths were 4% higher in tension and 11% higher in compression than the flat laminate test results.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2004

Composites are a material class for which nondestructive material property characterization is as important as flaw detection. Laminates of fiber reinforced composites often possess strong in-plane elastic anisotropy attributable to the specific fiber orientation and layup sequence when waves are propagating in the thickness direction of composite laminates. So the layup orientation greatly influences its properties in a composite laminate. It could result in the part being .ejected and discarded if the layup orientation of a ply is misaligned. A nondestructive technique would be very beneficial, which could be used to test the part after curing and requires less time than the optical test. Therefore a ply-by-ply vector decomposition model has been developed, simplified, and implemented for composite laminates fabricated from unidirectional plies. This model decomposes the transmission of a linearly polarized ultrasound wave into orthogonal components through each ply of a laminate. Also in order to develop these methods into practical inspection tools, motorized system have been developed for different measurement modalities for acquiring ultrasonic signals as a function of in-plane angle. It is found that high probability shows between the model and tests developed in characterizing cured layups of the laminates.

• Composites Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2001

유한한 곡률을 가진 적층복합재 구조의 저속충격손상을 평가하기 위하여 곡률반경이 각각 50, 150, 300, 500 mm인 쉘 형태의 시편을 CFRP로 제작하여 충격실험을 행하고, 충격거동과 충격손상을 평판의 경우와 비교하여 고찰하였다. 실험결과는 비선형 유한요소해석의 결과와 비교하였다. 충격손상의 평가를 위해 충격거동을 측정한 결과 강성과 곡률반경이 쉘의 동적 충격거동에 큰 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였으며, 충격거동과 충격손상은 밀접한 상호관계가 있으므로 구조의 곡률반경을 독립변수로 선정하여 충격손상을 평가하였다. 곡률반경이 감소하면서 복합재 쉘에는 동일한 충격조건에서 더 큰 최대 접촉력이 발생하였고, 가장 곡률이 심한 곡률반경 50 mm의 쉘에서는 평판의 약 1.5배에 이르는 최대 접촉력을 나타내었다. 따라서 동일한 충격조건 하에서 곡률반경 50 mm의 쉘에서는 평판의 경우보다 약 2.7때정도 더 큰 층간분리가 내부에 발생하였으며, 층간분리의 분포 또한 평판의 경우와는 달리 충격면에 가까운 계면에도 광범위하게 발생하는 경향이 곡륜반경이 감소할수록 더욱 현저하였다. 이는 곡률을 가진 구조가 평판 구조보다 손상저항성이 더 작은 것을 의미하므로 복합재료 설계 시 구조의 기하학적 형상을 반드시 고려하여야 한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.944-951
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• 1988

본 연구에서는 두꺼운 복합적층판에 대한 응력해석을 할 수 있는 통합-세부 변분 모델(globallocal Variational Model)을 이용하여, 이 방법으로 섬유각도와 적 층순서가 다른 여러 유한폭을 가진 복합적층판의 층간응력해석을 수행하여 층간수직 응력의 거동을 살펴 보았다. 그리고 0, 90, 45, -45도 층들로 이루어진 준등방성 (quasiisotropic) 복합적층판에 대한 응력해석 결과로 층간수직응력의 근사해에 의한 결과와 상호 비교하며 근사해의 한계성을 검토 설명하였다. 또한, 층간분리에 큰 영향을 주는 층간수직응력을 고려한 두꺼운 복합적층판에 대한 최적의 적층방법으로 포와송 비에 대하여 대칭인 부적층판을 반복하는 적층방법을 제시하였으며, 통합-세부 변분 모델을 이용한 해로 이 적층방법에 의한 적층판의 층간수직 응력의 거동을 살펴 보았다. 그리고 이 적층방법에 의한 적층판과 다른 적층순서를 가진 적층판의 층간 수직응력을 서로 비교하여, 이 적층방법에 의한 적층판의 층간수직응력의 감소를 조사 하여 그 유용성을 보였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.3148-3154
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 충격손상 복합재료의 피로수명 저하 특성과 이의 변동성을 통계적으로 분석하였다. 충격손상 복합재료의 잔류강도는 2모수 Weibull 분포에 잘 적합되었으며 충격에너지의 증가에 따라 잔류강도의 변동성은 감소 하였다. 복합재료의 피로수명은 충격손상에 의하여 크게 저하되었으며 또한 이의 피로수명에 대한 충격손상의 영향은 작용 응력진폭에 따라 변화함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 2모수 Weibull 분포를 이용하여 충격손상 복합재료의 피로수명의 변동성을 추정하였으며 충격에너지의 증강 및 응력진폭의 감소에 따라 피로수명의 변동성은 점차 감소하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.28-36
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 얇은 탄소섬유/에폭시 복합적층판(두께 1mm)의 냉각열응력으로 인한 자유경계단 근처의 파손을 유한요소 수치해석과 초음파 C-scan, 광학 및 전자현미경 관찰을 통하여 검토하였다. 수치해석 결과, 복합적층판의 자유단 근처의 내부층에서 층냄 및 층간응력이 크게 나타났다. 액체질소에 의한 저온담금질 실험결과, 적층강도가 $[0_2/90_2]_s,\;[45_2/-45_0]_s,\;[0_2/60_2]_s$인 적층판의 층간근처의 내부층 쪽에서만 모재 및 계면부에서 진전하는 층내균열이 발생하였다. 이들 결과는 위의 수치해석 결과와 일치했다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.111-121
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• 2018

It has been argued that fracture energy of composite laminates depends on their thickness and number of layers. In this paper a modified direct energy balance approach (DEBA) has been developed to evaluate the mode-II shear fracture energy for E-glass/Epoxy laminates from finite element model at an arbitrary thickness. This approach considers friction and damage/plasticity deformations using cohesive zone modeling (CZM) and nonlinear finite element modeling. The presence of compressive stress and resulting friction was argued to be a possible cause for the thickness dependency of fracture energy. In the finite element modeling, CZM formulation has been developed with bilinear cohesive constitutive law combined with friction consideration. Also ply element have been developed with shear plastic damage model. Modified direct energy balance approach has been proposed for estimation of mode-II shear fracture energy. Experiments were performed on laminates of glass epoxy specimens for characterization of material parameters and determination of mode-II fracture energies for different thicknesses. Effect of laminate thickness on fracture energy of transverse crack tension (TCT) and end notched flexure (ENF) specimens has been numerically studied and comparison with experimental results has been made. It is shown that the developed numerical approach is capable of estimating increase in fracture energy due to size effect.