• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.139-154
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• 2016

The usage of sandwich structure is extensively increasing in lightweight protective structures due to its low density and other useful properties. Sandwich panels made of metal sheets with unfilled cellular cores are found to exhibit lower deflections by comparing to an equivalent monolithic plate of same metal and similar mass per unit density. However, the process of localized impact on solid structures involving plastic deformation, high strain rates, temperature effect, material erosion, etc. does not hold effectively as that of monolithic plate. In present work, the applications of the sandwich plate with corrugated core have been extended to develop optimized lightweight armour using foam as medium of its core by explicit finite element analysis (FEA). The mechanisms of hardened steel projectile penetration of aluminum corrugated sandwich panels filled with foams have been numerically investigated by finite element analysis (FEA). A comparative study is done for the triangular corrugated sandwich plate filled with polymeric foam and metallic foam with different densities in order to achieve the optimum penetration resistance to ballistic impact. Corrugated sandwich plates filled with metallic foams are found to be superior when compared to the polymeric one. The optimized results are then compared with that of equivalent solid and unfilled cores structure to observe the effectiveness of foam-filled corrugated sandwich plate which provides an effective resistance to ballistic response. The novel structure can be the alternative to solid aluminum plate in the applications of light weight protection system.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2007

More diversified and strengthened safety regulations require higher safety vehicle with less weight. The structural foam can play a role for restraining section distortion of main body members undergoing bending collapse at vehicle crash. In this study, using structural foam modeling technology, validated in previous work, the bending collapse characteristics were evaluated for two types of circular and actual vehicle body frame sections. With changing the foam filling method, outer panel thickness and section shape, load carrying capability and absorbed energy were observed. The results indicate valuable design strategy for effectively elevating bending collapse performance of body members with foam filled.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.474-482
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• 2016

가벼운 다공성 구조재로서 널리 사용되는 캘빈 폼(foam) 재료의 탄성특성을 초음파를 이용하여 조사하였다. 캘빈 폼의 구조는 tetrakaidecahedron의 단위 셀(unit cell)이 규칙적으로 3차원 배열된 구조를 갖고 있는데 본 연구에서는 SoildWorks 프로그램에서 캘빈 단위 셀을 설계하고 ABS 플라스틱 재료를 이용하여 3차원 프린터로 제작한 후 초음파시험을 수행하였다. 캘빈 구조체는 기공이 많은 재료이기 때문에 초음파가 투과할 수 없어서 빈 공간을 모두 파라핀 왁스로 충진하여 초음파가 투과할 수 있도록 하였다. 파라핀을 충진한 캘빈 구조체는 초음파의 비행시간(TOF)을 이용하여 초음파 속도를 계산한 후, 이 복합 구조체에 대한 탄성 구조 모델을 기반으로 캘빈 구조체만의 탄성계수를 계산하였다. 측정된 캘빈 구조체의 탄성계수 값은 모재(ABS 플라스틱) 탄성계수의 약 3.4%가 되는 것으로 나타났는데 이 평가 결과는 선행된 연구 결과들에서 나타난 실험값이나 이론 해석 결과와 잘 일치하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.461-470
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• 2018

In this study, the effect of polyurethane foam filler, in addition to surface layer thickness and core material thickness, on vibration characteristics of sandwich structures was investigated. The manufacturing process was carried out according to the Taguchi method. The natural frequencies and damping ratios of the produced samples were determined experimentally for fixed-free boundary conditions. In addition, solid models were developed for test samples and their finite element analyses were performed with $ANSYS^{(R)}$ to obtain their natural frequencies and mode shapes. An acceptably good agreement was found with the comparison of experimental results with the numerically obtained ones. The most effective parameters on the vibration characteristics of the sandwich structure were determined by the Taguchi method.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 하천과 호소로 유입되는 비점오염을 저감하기 위해 자연형 하천조성기술 중에서 활용성이 증가되고 있는 식생 매트에 충진재를 적용하여 수질정화기능을 향상하는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 우수한 충진재 선별을 위하여 제올라이트, 규조토 그리고 이들을 혼합하여 소성한 발포여재에 대한 수질정화기능 실내 평가실험과 제방사면조건에서 강우 유출수를 대상으로 한 식생 매트의 수질정화능 검증 현장실험을 진행하였다. 충진재별 수질정화기능은 발포여재가 SS 46.3%, T-N 29.9%, T-P 33.3%로서 다른 충진재보다 수질정화기능이 우수하였다. 식생 매트의 현장 실험에서는 수질정화능은 SS가 60.1%, T-N이 32.2%, T-P가 20.2%으로서 식생 매트의 우수한 오염저감 능력을 확인할 수 있었다.