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Superplasticity of Magnesium Alloys and SPF Applications (마그네슘합금의 초소성 특성과 응용)

  • Shim, Jae-Dong;Byun, Ji-Young
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.53-61
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    • 2017
  • Magnesium alloys are of emerging interest in the automotive, aerospace and electronic industries due to their light weight, high specific strength, damping capacity, etc. However, practical applications are limited because magnesium alloys have poor formability at room temperature due to the lack of slip systems and the formation of basal texture, both of which characteristics are attributed to the hcp crystal structure. Fortunately, many magnesium alloys, even commercialized AZ or ZK series alloys, exhibit superplastic behavior and show very large tensile ductility, which means that these materials have potential application to superplastic forming (SPF) of magnesium alloy sheets. The SPF technique offers many advantages such as near net shaping, design flexibility, simple process and low die cost. Superplasticity occurs in materials having very small grain sizes of less than $10{\mu}m$ and these small grains in magnesium alloys can be achieved by thermomechanical treatment in conventional rolling or extrusion processes. Moreover, some coarse-grained magnesium alloys are reported to have superplasticity when grain refinement occurs through recrystallization during deformation in the initial stage. This report reviews the characteristics of superplastic magnesium alloys with high-strain rate and coarse grains. Finally, some examples of SPF application are suggested.

TWO-STEP THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLES FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION WITH DISH TYPE SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEM (접시형 태양열 집광 시스템을 이용한 열화학 사이클의 수소생산)

  • Kwon, Hae-Sung;Oh, Sang-June;Seo, Tae-Beom
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.169-176
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    • 2011
  • The two-step water splitting thermochemical cycle is composed of the T-R (Thermal Reduction)and W-D (Water Decomposition)steps. The mechanism of this cycle is oxidation-reduction, which produces hydrogen. The reaction temperature necessary for this thermochemical cycle can be achieved by a dish-type solar thermal collector (Inha University, Korea). The purpose of this study is to validate a water splitting device in the field. The device is studied and fabricated by Kodama et al (2010, 2011). The validation results show that the foam device, when loaded with $NiFe_2O_4/m-ZrO_2$powder, was successfully achieved hydrogen production with 9 (10 with a Xe-light solar simulator, 2009, Kodama et al.) repeated cycles under field conditions. Two foam device used in this study were tested for validation before an experiment was performed. The lab scale ferrite-conversion rate was in the range of 24~76%. Two foam devices were designed to for structural stability in this study. In the results of the experiments, the hydrogen percentage of the weight of each foam device was 7.194 and $9.954{\mu}mol\;g^{-1}$ onaverage, and the conversion rates 4.49~29.97 and 2.55~58.83%, respectively.

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Analysis on a Hip Joint System of New RGO Using Accelerometers (가속도계를 이용한 왕복보행보조기의 고관절 시스템 해석 -인체 진동해석과 FEM 해석을 중심으로-)

  • 김명회;장대진;장영재;박영필
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.882-887
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    • 2003
  • This paper presented a design and control of a new RGO(reciprocating gait orthosis)and its simulation. The new RGO was distinguished from the other one by which had a very light-weight and a new RGO(reciprocating gait orthosis) system. The vibration evaluation of the hip joint system on the new RGO(reciprocating gait orthosis)was used to access by the 3-axis accelerometer with a low frequency vibration of less than 30 ㎐. The gait of the new RGO depended on the constrains of mechanical kinematics and the initial posture. The stability of dynamic walking was investigated by analyzing the ZMP (zero moment point) of the new RGO. It was designed according to the human wear type and was able to accomodate itself to the environments of S.C.I. Patients. The joints of each leg were adopted with a good kinematic characteristics. To analyse joint kinematic properties, we made the hip joint system of FEM and the hip joint system by 1-axis and 3-axis Accelerometers.

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Experimental and Numerical Assessment of the Service Behaviour of an Innovative Long-Span Precast Roof Element

  • Lago, Bruno Dal
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.261-273
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    • 2017
  • The control of the deformative behaviour of pre-stressed concrete roof elements for a satisfactory service performance is a main issue of their structural design. Slender light-weight wing-shaped roof elements, typical of the European heritage, are particularly sensitive to this problem. The paper presents the results of deformation measurements during storage and of both torsional-flexural and purely flexural load tests carried out on a full-scale 40.5 m long innovative wing-shaped roof element. An element-based simplified integral procedure that de-couples the evolution of the deflection profile with the progressive shortening of the beam is adopted to catch the experimental visco-elastic behaviour of the element and the predictions are compared with normative close-form solutions. A linear 3D fem model is developed to investigate the torsional-flexural behaviour of the member. A mechanical non-linear beam model is used to predict the purely flexural behaviour of the roof member in the pre- and post-cracking phases and to validate the loss prediction of the adopted procedure. Both experimental and numerical results highlight that the adopted analysis method is viable and sound for an accurate simulation of the service behaviour of precast roof elements.

Development of Cable for Towed Array Sonar System (예인 음탐기용 케이블 개발)

  • Yang, Seung-Yun;Kim, Jung-Suk;Kim, Chul-Min;Lee, Jin-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.559-566
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    • 2016
  • Cables for Towed Array Sonar System(TASS) were developed. In order to verify the performance of cables, environmental and operational conditions as well as functional requirements were investigated during design stage. Double armored high and low voltage integrated cable for towed body and two kinds of cables, armored and light weight power and optic hybrid cables for towed array sensor system were developed by modeling and simulation. Customized manufacturing process and test method, such as foam extrusion and dynamic fatigue test were applied to this development. In conclusion, underwater towed hybrid cable with high tensile strength and compact structure were developed.

Design and Experimental Verification of an Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for High-speed Machines (고속회전기 적용을 위한 매입형 영구자석 전동기의 설계 및 실험적 검증)

  • Kim, Sung-Il;Lee, Geun-Ho;Lee, Chang-Ha;Hong, Jung-Pyo
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.2
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2010
  • On account of small size and light weight, a high-speed machine is regarded as a key technology for many future applications of drive systems. In high-speed applications, permanent magnet synchronous motors have a number of merits such as high efficiency and high power density. Therefore, they are suitable for driving the air-blower of a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) where space and energy savings are critical. Particularly, a surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor (SPMSM) of them is mainly used as a high-speed machine. However, the motor has a fatal flaw due to a retaining can to maintain the mechanical integrity of a rotor assembly. The can results in the increase of magnetic air-gap length in the SPMSM. Thus, in this paper, an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) is applied in order to drive the air-blower of FCEV instead of the SPMSM, and the experimental results of two models are compared to verify the capability of the IPMSM for high-speed applications.

The Safety Assessment of Small WIG Craft in the 20-Passenger Class (20인승급 소형 위그선의 안전성 평가)

  • Lee, Soon-Sup;Lee, Jong-Kap
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2009
  • WIG crafts are a high speed vessel with features of dynamic supported craft. These crafts, which are predominantly of light weight and operate any substantially greater speeds than conventional craft such as bulk carrier, tanker, container ship, etc., could not be accommodated under traditional maritime safety instruments. It means that there is the need for risk and safety levels to be assessed on a holistic basis, recognizing that high levels of operator training, comprehensive and thoroughly implemented procedures, high levels of automation and sophisticated software can all make significant contributions to risk reduction. To response this requirement, the Interim Guideline for WIG craft(MSC/Circ.1054) were developed in the view of the configuration of WIG craft, which fall between the maritime and aviation regulatory regimes. This paper reviews a safety assessment process and methodology to be used in the design phase of a new ship. The process and methodology is based on the risk-based approach and is applied to safety assessment in concept development phase of small WIG craft in the 20-person class.

Performance Evaluation of Polymer Insulator using Tracking Wheel and Multi-Aging Test (트래킹 휠과 복합열화시험에 의한 폴리머 애자의 성능 평가)

  • 조한구;안명상;한세원;허종철;이운용
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2000.07a
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    • pp.119-122
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    • 2000
  • Recently polymer insulators are being used for outdoor high voltage applications. Polymer insulators for transmission line have significant advantages over porcelain and glass insulators, especially for ultra-high voltage transmission lines. Their advantages are light weight, vandalism resistance and hydrophobicity. Polymer insulators are a relatively new technology, but their expected life is still unknown. Therefore these estimating technique are very important. Their life time is related to weathering and operating condition. Multi-aging test is requested because aging factor is occurred by multi-aging than unique aging. The aging test about polymer insulators have mainly carried out by IEC 61109. This paper presents multi-stress chamber experiments and tracking wheel test to examine the tracking and erosion performance of polymer insulator for transmission. Multi-stress testing is able to demonstrate deficiencies of polymer insulator materials and designs, including the nature of interfaces in insulation design. We have investigated IEC 61109 Annex C (5000h aging test) and CEA tracking wheel test as test methods of artificial accelerated aging. The aging degree of polymer insulator is estimated by leakage current, measurement of hydrophobicity degree, damage conditions of insulator surface, withstand voltage test etc.

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Design and Fabrication of Wide Band Receiving Amplifier for VHF (VHF 광대역 수신 증폭기의 설계 및 개발)

  • Jung, Sang-Woon;Kim, Pyonug-Gug;Ju, Seong-Nam;Pag, Chong-Lyong;Kwon, Jin-Yong;Kim, Kab-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.261-264
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, wish to improve reception performance of general receiver manufacturing broadband reception amplifier that can thread easily in VHF transmit-receive equipment into downsize, light weight, low-cost. Manufactured reception amplifier expressed Characteristic that improve reception sensitive 3dBm in 140MHz ${\cdot}$ 170MHz frequency band. Therefore, may use communications equipment that utilize VHF wide-band more efficiently. Also, practical use degree is considered to be very high because telecommunication of good quality is available.

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Light-weight System Design & Implementation for Wireless Intrusion Detection System (무선랜 침입탐지를 위한 경량 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Han-Kil;Kim, Su-Jin;Lee, Hwan-Kyu;Jung, Hoe-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.602-608
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    • 2014
  • Smartphones have become commonplace to use smart, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) spread the trend of domestic WLAN use is intensifying as a result, the security threat will be greatly increased. Even though WLAN vendors such as Cisco Systems Inc,. Aruba networks released WIPS, MDM, DLP etc, however, these solutions can not be easily introduced for small business due to high cost or administrative reasons. In this paper, without the introduction of expensive H/W equipment, in WLAN environments, packet analysis, AP, Station management, security vulnerabilities can be analyzed by the proposed intrusion detection system.