• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1229-1242
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• 2005

When natural rubber is used for a long period of time, it becomes aged; it usually becomes hardened and loses its damping capability. This aging process affects not only the material property but also the (fatigue) life of natural rubber. In this paper the aging effects on the material property and the fatigue life were experimentally investigated. In addition, several fatigue life prediction equations for natural rubber were proposed. In order to investigate the aging effects on the material property, the load-stretch ratio curves were plotted from the results of the tensile test, the compression test and the simple shear test for virgin and heat-aged rubber specimens. Rubber specimens were heat-aged in an oven at a temperature ranging from $50^{\circ}C$ to $90^{\circ}C$ for a period ranging from 2 days to 16 days. In order to investigate the aging effects on the fatigue life, fatigue tests were conducted for differently heat-aged hourglass-shaped and simple shear specimens. Moreover, finite element simulations were conducted for the specimens to calculate physical quantities occurring in the specimens such as the maximum value of the effective stress, the strain energy density, the first invariant of the Cauchy-Green deformation tensor and the maximum principal nominal strain. Then, four fatigue life prediction equations based on one of the physical quantities could be obtained by fitting the equations to the test data. Finally, the fatigue life of a rubber bush used in an automobile was predicted by using the prediction equations, and it was compared with the test data of the bush to evaluate the reliability of those equations.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1155-1156
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• 2013

• 소성∙가공
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2020

This paper is concerned with the influence of the plastic property of the rivet on the numerical prediction of the Self-Piercing Rivet (SPR) Joining. In order to predict the plastic property of the rivet, a ring compression specimen was directly fabricated from the rivet used for the mechanical joining of dissimilar materials, and the FE analysis together with the ring compression test was iteratively carried out by changing the plastic property of the rivet. For reliable FE analysis, a friction coefficient was estimated based on a friction calibration curve, measuring the reductions in inner diameter and height of the ring specimen after the compression test. From each simulation result, the force-displacement curves were then compared from each other so as to obtain the rivet plastic property that shows good agreement with the experimental result. The SPR joining between GA590 1.0t and Al5052 2.0t was conducted, and the numerical prediction was performed with the use of the plastic property evaluated based on the inverse analysis and the one referred from Mori et al. [11]. Comparison of the experiment and the numerical predictions in terms of the interlock and bottom thickness revealed that the reliable evaluation of the plastic property of the rivet is necessary for the trustworthy numerical prediction of the SPR joining.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2004

This paper presents a new approach with meso scale structure models to express mechanical property, such as stress - strain relationships, of concrete. This approach is successful to represent both uniaxial tension and uniaxial compression stress - strain relationship, which is in macro scale. The meso scale approach is also applied to predict degraded mechanical properties of frost-damaged concrete. The degradation of mechanical properties with frost-damaged concrete was carefully observed. Strength and stiffness in both tension and compression decrease with freezing and thawing cycles (FTC), while stress-free crack opening in tension softening increases. First attempt shows that the numerical simulation can express the experimentally observed degradation by introducing changes in the meso scale structure in concrete, which are assumed based on observed damages in the concrete subjected to FTC. At the end applicability of the meso scale approach to prediction of the degradation by combined effects of salt attack and FTC is discussed. It is shown that clarification of effects of frost damage in concrete on corrosion progress and on crack development in the damaged cover concrete due to corrosion is one of the issues for which the meso scale approach is useful.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 1991

3종류의 AC-20 아스팔트 시멘트의 분자입자분포를 고압-겔투수 크로마토그래프(HP-GPC)를 이용하여 관찰하였다. 건조상태의 습윤상태의 인장강도와 뤠질리언계수 측정을 위하여 한종류의 골재와 아스팔트 시멘크를 사용하여 실험실에서 역청콘크리트 공시체를 제조하였다. 이들의 역학적 성질시험결과와 아스팔트 시멘트 크로마토그램의 형태를 분석하여 상호간의 관계를 조사하였다. 희귀분석 결과는 역학적 성질과 크로마토그램의 분할면적비율간에 강한 상관관계가 있음을 보여주었다. 이 희귀분석 결과로부터 수학적 추정모델이 얻어졌다. 연구결과 아스팔트 크로마토그램의 특성이 정해진 아스팔트콘크리트의 역학적 성질추정이 잘 사용될 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2005

In this study, cross-cultural comparison of sound sensation for Korean traditional silk fabrics between Korea and America was performed and prediction models for sound sensation by objective measurements including sound parameters such as level pressure of total sound (LPT), Zwicker's psychoacoustic characteristics, and mechanical properties by Kawabata Evaluation System were established for each nation to explore the objective parameters explaining sound sensation of the Korean traditional silk. As results, Koreans felt the silk fabric sounds soft and smooth while Americans were revealed as perceiving them hard and rough. Both Koreans and Americans were pleasant with sounds of Gongdan and Newttong and especially Newttong was preferred more by Americans in terms of sound sensation. In prediction models, some of subjective sensation were found as being related mainly with mechanical properties of traditional silk fabrics such as surface and compressional characteristics.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.708-713
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• 2014

대부분의 플라스틱 제품은 사출성형을 통해 생산된다. 사출성형에서 성형수축은 피할 수 없으며 이는 제품에 휨이나 뒤틀림을 유발하여 제품의 치수정밀도를 떨어뜨리는 요인으로 작용한다. 사출성형 시 발생하는 휨이나 뒤틀림은 성형조건이나 제품의 형상에도 영향을 받지만 수지의 물성에 따라서도 다양하게 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 제품의 휨을 제어하기 위해 폴리카보네이트를 유리섬유로 보강하여 물성을 예측하였으며, 이를 이용하여 사출성형해석을 실시하였다. 사출성형해석을 통해 유리섬유로 보강된 수지에서 제품의 휨이 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구방법의 타당성과 신뢰성을 검증하기 위하여 사출실험을 실시하여 수지의 물성에 따른 휨 값을 분석하였으며 해석과 실험에서 유사한 경향의 휨이 발생하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 결론적으로 본 연구에서 수행한 바와 같이 해석 프로그램을 통해 수지의 물성을 설계하고 이를 통한 휨의 제어가 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.173-176
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• 2009

A great emphasis has been placed on the design of heat treatment process to achieve desired microstructure and mechanical property of final product. In this study, finite element analysis was carried out to predict temperature, microstructure and hardness of eutectoid steel after water quenching. Convective heat transfer coefficients were determined by inverse analysis using surface temperatures measured with three different installation methods of thermocouples. Finally, the effect of convective heat transfer coefficients on the prediction of temperature history and hardness was analyzed by comparing experimental and simulation results.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2012

In this study, a more practical and simulation approach which can predict the mechanical properties of aluminum alloys is proposed. First, cooling rate, micro-structure, and mechanical properties of casting product were measured through casting experiment. The relation between cooling rate and SDAS decrease exponentially and the linearly decreasing relation exist between SDAS and mechanical properties. Then, the cooling rate was calculated by casting process simulation and the mechanical properties were predicted by using the relations that were derived through experiment. Experimentally measured mechanical properties and predicted values by simulation were in the range of relatively small difference. The mechanical properties of various Al alloys are expected to be predicted by the casting process simulation before actual casting.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 1999년도 특별강연 및 추계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.178-178
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• 1999