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Analysis of Bending characteristics of Autoclave Forming CFRP Structural Members

  • Kim, Jung-Ho;Kim, Ji-Hoon
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.175-178
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    • 2008
  • 우주선, 항공기, 수송차량 등은 기능은 집적 다양화 그리고 성능의 고도와 됨에 따라 에너지 효율성을 위해 구조부재의 경량화가 중요성은 증가되고 있다. 경량화 구조부재 재료 중에는 알루미늄 합금, 세라믹, 복합재료 등이 개발되어 우주선, 항공기, 수송차량 구조부재에 적용하기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 이들 중, 20세기 초 알루미늄합금이 초 경량화 구조부재로서 많이 이용되었다. 본 논문에서는 경량화 재료 중 이방성을 가지는 복합재료를 구조부재에 적용하였다. 그러나 구조부재에 적용되기 위한 이방성 복합 재료는 강한 충격 이후 취성의 특징 때문에 하중과 흡수에너지가 급속히 감소하는 단점을 가지고 있다. 그래서 이방성 복합재료의 각 층간을 완전히 접합하여 성질이 매우 우수한 부재를 제작할 수 있는 Autoclave 성형법으로 제작하였다. 이방성 복합재료 중 CFRP를 설계 메커니즘 변수에 따라 Autoclave 성형을 하고 하중과 흡수에너지가 높음 평가하기 위해 굽힘실험을 하였다.

A Study on the Process Optimization by a Beadless Stamping (노비드스탬핑 공법을 이용한 공정최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, S.H.;Shim, H.B.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.485-492
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    • 2012
  • As the shape of stamped part is complicated and as the trend toward light weight continues, the higher level of difficulty is required in making stamping die because of inevitably poor formability. The poor formability can be improved if the material flow during the stamping is carefully controlled. Application of drawbead became commonsense used to retard metal flow of blank into the die cavity at the region where wrinkle is expected. In the study, the concept of beadless stamping process is proposed and the method how to realize the beadless stamping process is presented. The validity of the proposed method is confirmed by the application of the real auto part.

Prediction Fracture Strength on Adhesively Bonded scarf Joints in Dissimilar Materials (이종재료의 경사접착이음에 대한 파괴강도의 예측)

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    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.50-60
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    • 1995
  • Recently advantages joining dissimiliar materials and light weight material techniques have led to increasing use of structural adhesives in the various industries. Stress singulartiy occurs at the interface edges of adhesively bonded dissimilar materials. So it is required to analyze its stress singularity at the interface edges of adhesively bonded joints indissimilar materials. In this paper, the analysis method of stress singularity is studied in detail. Also, effects of the stress singularity at the interface edge of adhesively bonded scarf joints in combinations of dissimilar materials are investigated by using 2-dimensional elastic program of boundary element method. As the results, the strength evaluation method of adhesively bonded dissimilar materials using the stress singularity factor, $\Gamma$,is very useful. The fracture criterion, method of strength evaluation and prediction of fracture strength by the stress singularity factor on the adhesively bonded dissimilar materials are proposed.

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A Study on the Characteristics of New Type of Composite Bipolar Plate for the PEM Fuel Cell (고분자전해질 연료전지용 새로운 타입의 복합재료 분리판의 특성연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Wan;Lee, Jin-Sun;Sun, Kyung-Bok;Lee, Joong-Hee
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.180-183
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    • 2009
  • Composite bipolar plates offer several advantages of low cost, light weight, and ease of manufacturing compared to traditional graphite plate. However, it is difficult to achieve both high electrical conductivity and high flexural strength. In this study, the hybrid carbons filled epoxy composite bipolar plates were fabricated to test electrical conductivity and flexural properties. Graphite powders were used as the main conducting filler and continuous carbon fiber fabrics were inserted to improve the mechanical properties of the composite. This hybrid composite showed improved in-plane electrical conductivity and flexural property. The moldability of the hybrid composite was also improved comparing to the continuous prepreg composite. This study suggested that the continuous carbon fiber inserted graphite/epoxy composites can be a potential candidate material to overcome the disadvantages of conventional graphite composite or continuous prepreg composite bipolar plates.

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Structural lightweight concrete containing expanded poly-styrene beads; Engineering properties

  • Vakhshouri, Behnam
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.581-597
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    • 2020
  • Light-Weight Concrete containing Expanded Poly-Styrene Beads (EPS-LWC) is an approved structural and non-structural material characterized by a considerably lower density and higher structural efficiency, compared to concrete containing ordinary aggregates. The experimental campaign carried out in this project provides new information on the mechanical properties of structural EPS-LWC, with reference to the strength and tension (by splitting and in bending), the modulus of elasticity, the stress-strain curve in unconfined compression, the absorbed energy under compression and reinforcement-concrete bond. The properties measured at seven ages since casting, from 3 days to 91 days, in order to investigate their in-time evolution. Mathematical relationships are formulated as well, between the previous properties and time, since casting. The dependence of the compressive strength on the other mechanical properties of EPS-LWC is also described through an empirical relationship, which is shown to fit satisfactorily the experimental results.

A Study on Friction stir welding Properties of Extruded Aluminum Panels for Rolling Stock (철도차량용 알루미늄 압출 패널의 마찰교반용접 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Young-Bin;Goo, Byeong-Choon;Koo, Jeong-Seo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.2053-2058
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    • 2008
  • Extruded aluminium panels have been widely used for railway vehicle structures because of their light specific weight and other merit. In the past, GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) and GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) were mainly used to join aluminium panels. But recently friction stir welding (FSW) is widely used. due to its lots of advantage. In this study aluminium A6005-T6 which are used for car body structures was chosen. The influence of main parameters such as : pin rotating speed, welding speed, shoulder diameter, pin length and tilting angle on mechanical properties was examined. Optical microscope observation, micro hardness test and tensile test were carried out. Tensile strength of the stir welded plates is 74% of that of the base material.

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Study on Design of the Cooling System Used for the Propulsion System of the High-Speed EMU (동력분산형 고속전철의 추진시스템용 냉각장치의 설계 연구)

  • Ryoo, Seong-Ryoul;Kim, Sung-Dae;Ki, Jae-Hyung;Yim, Kwang-Bin;Kim, Chul-Ju
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.1221-1226
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    • 2008
  • Present, the cooling method of using a phase-change heat transfer such as immersed type, heat pipe etc is applied in cooling of high-capacity power semiconductors of the main power system for the high speed train with the concentrated traction. In order to apply these phase-change cooling system to the high speed EMU to be developed, needed are technological researches of consideration of installing space, air passage, light weight material and miniaturization. Although this research establishes design specifications through theoretical analysis and computational analysis from the basic design process of the cooling system of the propulsion system for the high-speed EMU, when details design is completed, present improvement subject and optimum design before manufacturing the prototype of the cooling system on the basis of analysis results. And then, carried out will be the performance tests through prototype manufacture and reliability estimation by components of cooling system.

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Safety Analysis of Carbon Composite-body Against Lightning Strikes (탄소섬유 복합차체의 낙뢰에 대한 안전성 분석)

  • Kim, Sung-Wook;Park, Dae-Won;Kil, Gyung-Suk;Mok, Jae-Kyun;Han, Ju-Seop
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.321-326
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    • 2008
  • Light weight of vehicles by composite materials makes possible high speed, energy saving, and low repair cost. As Bimodal Tram and Tilting Train eXpress(TTX) use carbon composite material for their bodies, safety for passengers and electrical devices against unexpected failures has been issued more than ever. Lightning strike which generates high voltages and large currents is the worst case for the safety of passengers and devices. With this background, we experimentally investigated the insulation breakdown phenomena on carbon composite materials by the application of lightning surge voltage and current. From the experimental results, we could estimate whether the composite body is safe or not for the inside passengers and devices against lightning strikes.

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Hot Air forming Analysis of Aluminum Tube (알루미늄 튜브의 열간가스 성형해석)

  • Kim, H.Y.;Lim, H.T.;Hwang, S.H.;Lee, K.D.;Lee, W.S.;Kim, D.Y.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.116-119
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    • 2007
  • The application of light weight materials, such as aluminum alloy, has been limited due of their poor formability. Especially, aluminum alloy tube has limited expansion capability at most 15% at room temperature. New manufacturing process, called hot air forming, is introduced to apply aluminum tube to the automotive suspension components which have complex shape and require high expansion ratio about 40%. The process is carried out at the elevated temperature above $500^{\circ}C$, so numerous material properties and process parameters related to the high temperature should be investigated and determined to get a sound product. In this study, the effect of thermal properties and forming parameters such as the temperature of tool, axial feeding and gas pressure are analyzed by using explicit finite element method.

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Electric Field Analysis Method of Polymer arrester (폴리머 피뢰기의 해석기법)

  • Hwang, M.K.;Kim, K.H.;Park, N.S.;Lim, I.T.;Heo, C.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07a
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    • pp.303-305
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    • 1997
  • The advantage of application polymer instead of conventional porcelain as the housing material for arrester is that light weight, shorter section length of arrester would be possible due to the use of an insulated hanger (mold compound). also, polymer arrester has very good characteristics in design versatility as well as excellent resistance to moist ingress and pollution performance. The finite element method is widely used to calculate for electromagnetic devices. In this paper, we perform the each conditional analysis of PC with an advanced graphical user interface(GUI) using the vector fields simulator. And we try to analyze electromagnetic fields through the conventional two dimensional analysis in case of high voltage contamination on the electrode of a arrester.

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