• Composites Research
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.243-248
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• 2019

As demand of light weight in the automotive industry has increased, the cowl cross member has been investigated using various methods to change the material. Conventionally, a cowl cross member has been made of steel and aluminum, but recently researchers tested multi-material such as aluminum and plastic. We studied a new model of the cowl cross member made of composite and non ferrous materials. For products with a high degree of freedom in design, generally, the method of topology optimization is advantageous and for the partial bracket part of the cowl cross member had a degree of freedom in the design, a topology optimization is appropriate. Considering the characteristics of the cowl cross members, we need research to minimize the weight while having the performance of noise, vibration and harshness(NVH). Taking the mounting status of the product into consideration, we used an assembly model to optimize the cowl cross member. But this method took too much time so we considered simple cowl cross member assemble conditions using the direct matrix input method(DMI) with the Craig-Bampton Nodal Method. This method is capable of considering the status of the assembly without assembling the model, which reduced the solving time and increased the accuracy comparison with a cowl cross member without DMI.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2008년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.517-519
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• 2008

2007, Pedestrian protection test is operated by Korea ministry of construction & transportation. This paper focused on small size vehicle cowl structure type for reducing pedestrian head injury.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2007

현재 개발 중인 KSLV-I은 2단으로 구성된 발사체이며, 1/2단은 어댑터 링을 사용하여 연결한다. 단 조립 후에 1/2단 통신을 위해 사용되는 케이블은 외부로 노출된다. 또한 1/2단 분리를 위하여 어댑터 링에 장착되는 8개의 파이로 볼트도 외부로 노출된다. 이처럼 외부로 노출되는 케이블이나 작동 시 파편 및 충격으로 인한 피해가 우려되는 부분에는 부품과 구조물을 보호하기 위해 일반적으로 카울을 사용하고 있다. KSLV-에서는 용도에 따라 2종의 카울(엄비리컬 카울, 파이로 볼트 카울)을 설계하였다. 카울은 외부로 노출되었기 때문에 공기 유동으로 발생되는 열과 압력 하중을 받게 된다. 따라서 카울은 열과 압력 하중에 대한 구조 강도를 해석을 통하여 검증하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 열 하중을 제외한 압력 하중에 대한 구조 해석을 수행하였다. 구조 해석 결과 파이로 볼트 카울은 구조해석 결과로부터 구조 강도면에서 안전함을 확인하였지만, 엄비리컬 카울의 경우 주어진 압력하중으로 인해 파손됨을 확인하였다. 하중 조건을 만족시킬 수 있도록 엄비리컬의 카울의 형상을 변경하였으며 추가적으로 구조 해석을 수행하여 하중 조건을 만족함을 확인하였다.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.538-543
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• 2009

The cowl cross bar of an automobile is a frame component that is installed inside the cockpit module to provide a guide surface, to which functional components for electricity and air condition are attached. In the recent years, the geometries of cowl cross bars are getting more complex in order to meet the demands of a wide variety of embedded functional components and the reduced weight of frame parts with enhanced mechanical and noise/vibration characteristics. There for, welding processes between tubes with different diameters are widely conducted while the welded parts are experiencing various problems such as undermined appearance, low production efficiency and poor mechanical characteristics. Therefore, this paper seeks to develop an one-piece forming process which eliminate welding process for the cowl cross bar by applying the tube drawing process. However, it was predicted that a conventional tube drawing can not be applied directly to the current part since the area reduction ratio of the drawing process reaches 51.7% which exceeds the general limiting value. Therefore, in this study, a combined drawing process which adds a compressive force to a tensile force of the conventional drawing process was proposed and 2-stage drawing process was designed by using CAE analyses. In addition, drawing tryouts were carried out by using the manufactured combined drawing machine in order to verify the designed process.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2014

Two shot molding is one of the injection method which uses two materials or two color materials simultaneously in one mold. Two shot molding is good rate of productivity and economical because of no extra-progress necessary. The cowl grille is located in the bottom of wind shield glass and rolls as a passage of air inlet to inside of vehicle. It consists of body and seal. Firstly, the body is injected with PP. Next seal is extruded with EPDM and engineered and then assembled with body. These procedures lead high cost of production and the quality of part has problems. Therefore, it has effects on saving production cost and being a solution of the quality problems with the development of two shot molding cowl grille. It is guaranteed that two shot molding will be widely used in the vehicle parts industry afterwards.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2023

This study is about a hybrid lightweight cowl crossbeam structure with high rigidity and ability to absorb collision energy to support the cockpit module, which is an automobile interior part, and to absorb energy during a collision. It is a manufacturing process in which composite material bracket parts are inserted and injected into existing steel bars. When considering the mounting condition of a vehicle, the optimization of the fastening condition of the two parts and the mechanical properties of the composite material is acting as an important factor. Therefore, this study is about a composite material having a volume content of Polyamide(PA) and Glass Fiber used as a composite material for a composite material-metal hybrid cowl crossbeam. As a result of analyzing the physical properties of the PA/GF composite material, experimental data were obtained that can further enhance tensile strength and flexural strength by using PA66 rather than PA6 used as a base material for the composite material. And based on this, it contributed to securing the advantage of lightening by using high-stiffness composite material by improving the high disadvantage of the weight of the cowl crossbeam material, which was made only of existing metal materials.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.525-531
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• 2014

A cowl cross is a part of the car's instrument panel used to maintain the rigidity of the vehicle body side. The application of laser welding has the benefits of speed and thermal deformation compared to arc welding. An ultra-high strength steel sheet is used to reduce the weight of the vehicle body parts. Generally, formability of such a steel sheet is poor because its elongation is very low. For this reason, a method for cold forming of an ultra-high strength steel sheet is required. This paper describes how to improve the formability and weldability of the ultra-high strength steel sheet. Mechanical tests of this material were also performed to evaluate the welding properties of $CO_2$ (GMAW) and those of laser welding.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

에어로 스파이크 핀틀 노즐의 구동으로 인한 탈설계 조건에서의 추력 감소를 저감하고자 설계인자 분석 연구를 수행하였다. Close (NPR 100), open (NPR 11) 스트로크 모두 부족팽창 조건으로 고정되었다. 설계인자로 핀틀 형상, 핀틀 헤드 반경 (R), 덮개 각도 (θ), 덮개 출구 길이 (L)를 선정하였다. 검증된 수치해석 기법으로 설계인자로 인한 추력 변화를 분석하였다. 먼저 핀틀 헤드 반경과 덮개 출구 길이는 추력에 미치는 영향이 적었다. 덮개 각도는 유효 노즐목 면적에 영향을 주어 질량 유량을 변화시키고, 덮개 출구에서의 역압력 구배를 생성하였다. 이중 에어로 스파이크 형상을 적용한 결과, 탈설계 조건에서의 추력이 기준 case 대비 약 1.2%, 가장 악조건인 case 대비 약 3.4% 증가하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.699-702
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• 2004

In this study, the affect of mounting axisymmetrical supersonic inlet to airfoil, which has 65 degree swept angle was numerically investigated. The parameter for this calculation are tree stream Mach number M=2.0 and 2.5, the distance between inlet spike and airfoil lower surface $L_{sw}$/$R_{cowl}$ = 1.21-1.54 and angle of attack to the airfoil 0-4. The mass capture ratio improved 3points in M=2.0 condition and 1points in M=2.5 while the mass capture ratio without airfoil surface was 57% and 71 % for each case. These are the result from increase of density and change of velocity deflection by the shock wave structure formed between inlet and airfoil surface. On the other hand, the distortion of Mach number at cowl lip plane increased by 13% in M=2.0, 3% in M=2.5 condition. The effects of the angle attack on the mass capture ratio is greater than that of the shock wave interaction between inlet and cowl, but the effects to the distortion is smaller in the range of this calculation condition. In the condition of M=2.0 with 4 degrees of angle of attack, inlet distortion of Mach number is mainly caused by the affects of the shock wave interaction between inlet and airfoil surface, while the largest angle of the velocity vector in the radial direction at cowl lip plane is caused by the affect of angle of attack. This large velocity vector made the flow inside the cowl subsonic and caused spillage, which interfere with the boundary layer of airfoil surface.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2019

In this paper, in order to improve the formability and quality of the injection molded parts in the molds for molding the motorcycle rear cowl injection molded parts with different volumes at the same time, the flow of the molded parts is changed through the injection molding CAE analysis by changing the gate position, runner size and position. It is to find the optimum gate position, the diameter of the runner and the position where the balance is equal. The molded article formed by the optimization resulted in the uniformity of the molten resin at the same time at the corner of the product, thereby maintaining the flow balance favorable for mass production at lower injection pressure.