• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2008

Corrugated flexible joint with bellows shape is widely used in many industrial fields as it provides a relatively simple means of absorbing mechanical vibration and deformation due to its inherent flexibility. In this study, an effective equivalent beam modeling technique of corrugated flexible joint bend using a commercial CAE software is proposed to reduce the excessive efforts and costs required for three dimensional shell modelling in vibration analysis of bellows shape structure. When this simple and practical technique, based on the strain energy concept, is employed to modify the beam sectional properties of the flexible joint bend, quite satisfactory results can be obtained.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 가스배관용 플렉시블 조인트의 응력과 변형거동 특성을 유한요소법으로 해석하였다. 이러한 특성결과는 나선 주름관이나 직각 주름관 및 평면관으로 구성된 플렉시블 조인트의 강도안전성을 고찰할 수 있다. FEM 계산결과에 의하면, 최적의 나선 주름관은 $4.7^{\circ}$의 경사각도와 1.5mm의 주름높이를 갖는 주름관 모델인것으로 나타났다. 또한, $90^{\circ}$의 주름을 갖는 직각 주름관 모델이 경사각도를 갖는 나선 주름관보다는 강도안전성이 더 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 주름관의 강도안전성을 높이기 위해서는 주름관의 피치와 곡률반경을 줄이는 것이 바람직함을 알 수 있다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2008

Bellows are commonly used in piping systems to absorb expansion and contraction in order to reduce stress. Unlike most piping components, bellows consist of a thin-walled shell of revolution with a corrugated meridian, in order to provide the flexibility needed to absorb mechanical movements. It is a composite shell structure consisting of at least one toroidal shell, an annular plate or conical shell. It is difficult to analyze the behavior of bellows because of its complex geometry. Simplified formulas for variable mechanical behaviors of bellows are provided by a standard called EJMA. An automatic design software for bellows is programming by using VBA(Visual Basic for Application) based on EJMA. Bellows engineers can effectively make a decision for bellows geometries because this software provides graphically design results in its post-processor. Bellows design software is expected to give quite a good guidance to practical design. The characteristics of bellows are also investigated through the automatic design process in bellows design software.