• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2011

It is well known that stiffness of composites depends on layup sequence of CFRP(carbon fiber reinforced plastics) laminates because the layup of composite laminates influences their properties. Ultrasonic NDE of composite laminates is often based on the backwall echoes of the sample. A pair of such transducers was mounted in a holder in a nose-to-nose fashion to be used as a scanning probe on composites. Miniature potted angle beam transducers were used (Rayleigh waves in steel) on solid laminates of composites. Experiments were performed to understand the behavior of the transducers and the nature of the waves generated in the composite (mode, wave speed, angle of refraction). C-scan images of flaws and impact damage were then produced by combining the pitch-catch probe with a portable manual scanner known as the Generic Scanner ("GenScan"). The pitch-catch signal was found to be more sensitive than normal incidence backwall echo of longitudinal wave to fiber orientation of the CFRP composites, including low level porosity, ply waviness, and cracks. Therefore, it is found that the experimentally Rayleigh wave variation of pitch-catch ultrasonic signal was consistent with numerical results and one-side ultrasonic measurement might be very useful to detect the defects.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1345-1350
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 자동차 판스프링을 대상으로 유리섬유 복합재의 적용을 위한 해석적 방법들을 제시하였다. 즉, 판스프링의 정적거동에 영향을 미치는 복합재 재료의 구성 성분비와 섬유각의 변화 등을 고려한 해석을 수행하였다. GFRP 복합재의 기계적 성질들은 ASTM 표준시험 방법을 따라서 직접 측정하였으며, 역해석 방법을 통해서 섬유와 수지 각각의 직교이방성과 등방성 성질들을 시험결과들로부터 재구성하였다. 다음으로 섬유의 방향과 섬유와 수지의 함유량 비와 같은 주요 재료변수들의 변화에 따른 스프링 계수들의 변화를 분석하였다. 마지막으로 초기 파괴하중을 예측하기 위해서 선형 탄성해석과 파손조건식을 이용해서 점진적 파괴해석을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 최초의 손상부위는 전단응력에 의해 판스프링의 모서리 부위에서 발생하였다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2002

본 연구는 탄소섬유 복합재료 사각튜브의 압축 에너지 흡수 특성을 실험적으로 규명하였으며, 유한요소해석을 통해서 그 특성을 예측하였다. 압축 속도는 0.003mm/sec 와 0.3mm/sec로 하여 사각튜브에 가하였으며, 적층각 별로 실험을 하여 각각에 대한 압축 에너지 흡수 특성인 최대 압축하중과 평균하중을 찾았다. [0/90]₄와 [0/±45/90]₂의 특정 적층각을 가지는 사각튜브에 대해 유한요소해석을 수행하여 최대 압축하중을 예측하였다. 유한요소모델은 좌굴해석을 통해서 나온 형상과 원래 형상을 중첩하였으며, 해석방법은 Tsai-Wu criteria를 사용하였다. 실험으로부터 최대 압축하중은 인 사각튜브에서 나타났고 평균 압축하중은에서 나타났으며, 특정각을 가지는 사각튜브에 대한 최대 압축하중 예측은 실험과 거의 일치하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-46
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• 2019

In the present study, the various dynamic properties of MWCNT embedded fiber reinforced polymer uniform and tapered composite (MWCNT-FRP) plates are investigated. Various configurations of a tapered composite plate with ply-drop off and uniform composite plate have been considered for the development of the finite element formulation and experimental investigations. First order shear deformation theory (FSDT) has been used to derive the kinetic and potential energy equations of the hybrid composite plates by including the effect of rotary inertia, shear deformation and non-uniformity in thickness of the plate. The governing equations of motion of FRP composite plates without and with MWCNT reinforcement are derived by considering a nine- node rectangular element with five degrees of freedom (DOF) at each node. The effectiveness of the developed finite element formulation has been demonstrated by comparing the natural frequencies and damping ratio of FRP composite plates without and with MWCNT reinforcement obtained experimentally. Various parametric studies are also performed to study the effect of CNT volume fraction and CNT aspect ratio of the composite plate on the natural frequencies of different configurations of CNT reinforced hybrid composite plates. Further the forced vibration analysis is performed to compare the dynamic response of the various configurations of MWCNT-GFRP composite plate with GFRP composite plate under harmonic excitations. It was observed that the fundamental natural frequency and damping ratio of the GFRP composite plate increase approximately 8% and 37% respectively with 0.5wt% reinforcement of MWCNT under CFCF boundary condition. The natural frequencies of MWCNT-GFRP hybrid composite plates tend to decrease with the increase of MWCNT volume fraction beyond 2% due to agglomeration of CNT's. It is also observed that the aspect ratio of the CNT has negligible effect on the improvement of dynamics properties due to randomly orientation of CNT's.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.427-446
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• 2022

Cutouts in the beams or plates are often unavoidable due to inspection, maintenance, ventilation, structural aesthetics purpose, and sometimes to lighten the structures. Therefore, there will be a substantial reduction in the strength of the structure due to the introduction of the cutouts. However, these cutouts can be reinforced with the different patterns of ribs (stiffener) to enhance the strength of the structure. The present study highlights the influence of the elliptical cutout reinforced with a different pattern of ribs on the stability performance of such stiffened composite panels subjected to non-uniform edge loads by employing the Finite element (FE) technique. In the present formulation, a 9-noded heterosis element is used to model the skin, and a 3-noded isoparametric beam element is used to simulate the rib that is attached around a cutout in different patterns. The displacement compatibility condition is employed between the plate and stiffener, and arbitrary orientations are taken care by introducing respective transformation matrices. The effect of shear deformation and rotary inertia are incorporated in the formulation. A new mesh configuration is developed to house the attached ribs around an elliptical cutout with different patterns. Initially, a study is performed on the panels with different stiffener schemes for various ply orientations and for different stiffener depth to width ratios (d_s/b_s) to determine an optimal stiffener configuration. Further, various parametric studies are conducted on an obtained optimal stiffened panel to understand the effect of cutout size, cutout orientation, panel aspect ratio, and boundary conditions. Finally, from the analysis, it can be observed that the arrangement of the stiffener attached to a panel has a major impact on the buckling capacity of the stiffened panel. The stiffener's depth to width ratio also significantly influences the buckling characteristic.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.959-965
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• 2017

최근 선진항공사에서는 항공기 복합재 구조의 변형률을 평가할 때 적층판 파손이론을 사용한다. 적층판 파손이론은 복합재 구조평가에 적층판의 파손변형률을 사용한다. 본 논문은 적층판 인장파손특성의 시험적 평가 절차를 보여준다. 시험적 평가는 회귀분석법(regression analysis method)을 사용하였다 회귀분석은 적층판의 파손변형률을 응답변수로 하고 적층판 내 $0^{\circ}$, ${\pm}45^{\circ}$층의 비율을 회귀변수로 하는 방법이다. 본 논문에 사용된 복합재료는 $177^{\circ}C(350^{\circ}F)$에서 경화되는 Carbon/Epoxy UD Tape 프리프레그이다. 시편은 $0^{\circ}$, $+45^{\circ}$, $-45^{\circ}$ 및 $90^{\circ}$층으로 적층된 14 종류의 노치없는 적층판으로 총 149개 시편으로 구성하였다. 시험방법은 ASTM-D-3039 규정을 사용하였다.