• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.531-536
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• 2003

Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) has been employed to produce materials with ultra-fine grains that have high strength and high corrosion resistance properties. In order to obtain super plastic deformation during ECAP, multipass angular pressing is frequently employed. In this paper, three-dimensional finite element analyses have been performed to investigate the deformation behavior of pure-Zr specimen and the effects of process parameters for equal channel multi-angular pressing (ECMAP) process. The results have been compared with some experimental results

• 소성∙가공
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.382-386
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• 2006

Preform design is an effective means of achieving the homogeneous deformation of workpiece materials and decreased load in metal forming. However, this approach has not been applied to equal channel angula. pressing (ECAP). In this paper, plastic deformation behavior of workpieces having four different preform shapes during ECAP was investigated using finite element analyses. The results indicated that a preform design of the workpiece head has a beneficial effect on homogeneous deformation, reducing the maximum pressing load at the initial stage and eliminating folding defects at strain concentration points.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.119-122
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• 2006

In this study, bottom-up type powder processing and top-down type SPD (severe plastic deformation) approaches were combined in order to achieve full density of 1 vol.% carbon nanotube (CNT)-metal matrix composites with superior mechanical properties by improved particle bonding and least grain growth, which were considered as a bottle neck of the bottom-up method using the conventional powder metallurgy of compaction and sintering. ECAP (equal channel angular pressing), the most promising method in SPD, was used for the CNT-Cu powder consolidation. The powder ECAP processing with 1, 2, 4 and 8 route C passes was conducted at room temperature. It was found by mechanical testing of the consolidated 1 vol.% CNT-Cu that high mechanical strength could be achieved effectively as a result of the Cu matrix strengthening and improved particle bonding during ECAP. The ECAP processing of powders is a viable method to achieve fully density CNT-Cu nanocomposites.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.177-180
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• 2002

The effects of pressing temperatures on the formability and the microstructural evolution during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) of lamellar Ti-6Al-4V alloy were investigated in this study. ECAP above isothermally 600$^{\circ}C$ was successful without producing any noticeable segments at the specimen surfaces after a single pass of pressing. After 4 passes of ECA pressing, lamellar microstructures were significantly refined revealing equiaxed grains of 0.3$\mu\textrm{m}$ in diameter consisting of high angle grain boundaries. Also these ultrafine grains were relatively stable with little grain growth when annealed up to 600$^{\circ}C$ for 1hour.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2004

In this paper processing and mechanical properties of Al-20 wt％ Si alloy was studied. A bulk form of Al-20Si alloy was prepared by gas atomizing powders having the powder size of 106-145 ${\mu}m$ and powder extrusion. The powder extrudate was subsequently equal channel angular pressed up to 8 passes in order to refine grain and Si particle. The microstructure of the gas atomized powders, powder extrudates and equal channel angular pressed samples were investigated using a scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. The mechanical properties of the bulk sample were measured by compressive tests and a micro Victors hardness test. Equal channel angular pressing was found to be effective in matrix grain and Si particle refinement, which enhanced the strength and hardness of the Al-2OSi alloy without deteriorating ductility in the range of experimental strain of 30％.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.519-528
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• 2002

The microstructural evolution during the equal channel angular pressing of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated using the transmission electron microscopy (TEM). ECA pressing was carried out isothermally with route C at $600^{\circ}C$ for two types of initial microstructure, i.e., equiaxed and Widmanstatten microstructures. At an initial stage of ECA pressing, the equiaxed microstructure showed more uniform flow than the Widmanstatten microstructure. However, both microstructures were significantly refined revealing nearly equiaxed grains of 0.3$mu extrm{m}$ in diameter with high angle grain boundaries after 4 passes of ECA pressing. These ultrafine gains were found to be stable with little grain growth, when annealed up to $600^{\circ}C$ for 1hr.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2000

Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is a convenient forming process to extrude material without substantial changes in the sample geometry and this deformation process gives rise to produce ultrafine grained materials. The properties of the materials are strongly dependent on the plastic deformation behaviour during ECAP. The major process variables during ECAP are 1) die geometries, such as a channel angle and coner angles, and 2) the processes variables, such as lubrication and deformation speed. In this study, the plastic deformation behaviour of materials during the ECAP has been theoretically analysed by the finite element method (FEM). The effect of the die friction on the plastic deformation behaviour during the pressing is discussed by means of FEM calculations.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2002

최근 구속전단가공(Equal-Channel Angular Pressing)이라는 가공법을 이용하여 결정립을 미세화시키는 유효한 수단이 널리 이용되어지고 있다. 이러한 구속전단가공법을 이용해서 알루미늄합금의 결정립을 submicrometer 수준으로 미세화가 가능하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 인장시험, 경도시험, 미세조직 관찰, 초음파탐상 및 음향방출 시험을 통해 알루미늄합금의 결정립 미세화 정도를 평가하였다. ECAP 가공 후 결정립 미세화에 의하여 강도 및 경도가 확실히 증가하였다. 초음파 탐상으로부터 초음파 음속은 ECAP 가공 후의 음속이 빠르게 나타났으며, 시간 -주파수 분석에서는 ECAF 가공 전의 시험편이 고주파수의 감쇠가 컸다. 그리고 ECAP 가공 후의 시험편에서 음향방출의 높은 중심주파수 대역이 나타났다. 본 논문은 비파괴적인 기법을 사용하여 결정립 미세화를 판단하는데 기초적인 자료로서의 활용이 기대된다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2002년도 춘계 학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.88-88
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• 2002

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2009

Magnesium and its alloys are attractive as light weight structural/functional materials for high performance application in automobile and electronics industries due to their superior physical properties. In order to obtain high quality products manufactured by the magnesium powders, it is important to control and understand the densification behavior of the powders. The effect of the sheath surrounding the magnesium powders on the plastic deformation and densification behavior during equal channel angular pressing was investigated in the study by experimental and the finite element methods. A modified version of Lee-Kim's plastic yield criterion, notably known as the critical relative density model, was applied to simulate the densification behavior of magnesium powders. In addition, a new approach that extracts the mechanical characteristics of both the powder and the matrix was developed. The model was implemented into the finite element method, with which powder compaction under equal channel angular pressing was simulated.