• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2011

It has been shown in the literature that active adjustment of the intake area of a jet engine has potential to improve its fuel efficiency. This paper presents the design and control of a novel proof-of-concept active jet engine intake using Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti or Nitinol) shape memory alloy (SMA) wire actuators. The Nitinol SMA material is used in this research due to its advantages of high power-to-weight ratio and electrical resistive actuation. The Nitinol SMA material can be fabricated into a variety of shapes, such as strips, foils, rods and wires. In this paper, SMA wires are used due to its ability to generate a large strain: up to 6% for repeated operations. The proposed proof-of-concept engine intake employs overlapping leaves in a concentric configuration. Each leaf is mounted on a supporting bar than can rotate. The supporting bars are actuated by an SMA wire actuator in a ring configuration. Electrical resistive heating is used to actuate the SMA wire actuator and rotate the supporting bars. To enable feedback control, a laser range sensor is used to detect the movement of a leaf and therefore the radius of the intake area. Due to the hysteresis, an inherent nonlinear phenomenon associated with SMAs, a nonlinear robust controller is used to control the SMA actuators. The control design uses the sliding-mode approach and can compensate the nonlinearities associated with the SMA actuator. A proof-of-concept model is fabricated and its feedback control experiments show that the intake area can be precisely controlled using the SMA wire actuator and has the ability to reduce the area up to 25%. The experiments demonstrate the feasibility of engine intake area control using an SMA wire actuator under the proposed design.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2010

퇴적금속분체의 입경 변화에 따른 화염전파 거동과 발화특성을 자체 제작한 실험장치와 열중량분석 시험장치를 활용하여 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 평균입경이 다른 Mg, Ti를 포함한 Zr, Ta, Mg-Al(90:10 wt%)의 금속분진과 PMMA 시료를 사용하였다. 그 결과, 금속 퇴적층의 두께가 5 mm 이상의 경우에는 화염전파속도의 퇴적층 두께에 대한 의존성이 나타나지 않았다. 평균 입경이 작을수록 Ti는 화염전파속도가 증가하지만 Mg의 경우에는 화염전파속도가 감소하였다. 평균입경 $51{\mu}m$에 있어서 Mg퇴적분체는 Mg-Al(90:10%wt)합금 퇴적분체에 비하여 화염전파속도가 약 50%가 감소하였다. 본 연구에서 조사한 금속분체 산화물층 두께는 화염전파속도와 반비례하는 경향을 보였으며 입경 변화에 따른 영향은 나타나지 않았다. 또한 Ti와 Mg의 열중량 분석시험 결과, Mg는 $550^{\circ}C$, Ta는 $578^{\circ}C$에서 발화에 의한 연소로 판단되는 중량 증가가 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.890-899
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• 2014

오스테나이트계 스테인리스강은 우수한 내식성으로 인해 다양한 산업에 널리 적용되는 재료이다. 그러나 열처리나 용접 실시 후 입계에 크롬 탄화물 생성으로 크롬 결핍대가 형성되어, 입계의 내식성이 상대적으로 취약해지는 문제점이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 Ti 또는 Nb과 같은 탄소 안정화 원소를 첨가하여 크롬 탄화물 생성을 억제한다. 이러한 안정화된 스테인리스강에 대한 해수환경하에서의 내식성에 관한 연구는 적은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 안정화 원소(Ti 및 Nb)를 함량 변수로 첨가한 스테인리스강에 대해 해수환경하에서 전기화학적 특성을 평가하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 합금원소 첨가에 따른 미세조직의 변화를 관찰하였으며, 자연전위 측정과 동전위분극 실험을 통해 전기화학적 특성을 파악하였다. 미세조직 관찰 결과, 모든 시편에서 오스테나이트 기지상 이외에 합금원소 첨가에 따른 개재물이 관찰되었다. 이러한 개재물은 기지 조직과 상이한 전기화학적 특성을 가지는 것으로 판단되며, 안정화 원소의 종류 및 함량에 따라 뚜렷한 전기화학적 특성 차이를 나타냈다. 본 연구 결과 오스테나이트계 스테인리스강에 내식성 향상을 위해 첨가되는 Ti 또는 Nb은 첨가량에 따라 서로 다른 전기화학적 특성을 나타내므로, 이를 고려한 합금 설계가 중요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.377-388
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 다양한 부식 환경하에서 니켈티타늄 파일에 대한 부식 경향을 전기화학적 검사와 시각적 검사를 이용해 비교 평가하였다. 각 45개의 21 mm ProTaper Universal 52와 21 mm #25/0.06의 Hero642 file을 기계적 하중 여부, 저장 용액(증류수 및 차아염소산나트륨), 저장 온도(22$^{\circ}C$ 및 55$^{\circ}C$), 파일 종류에 따라 18개의 그룹(n = 5)으로 나누었다. 40개의 발거 치아 근관을 성형한 후 18시간 동안 저장 용액에 조건에 따라 보관하였다. 부식 산물의 생성 여부나 변색 등을 관찰하고 주사전자현미경을 이용해 각 시편을 다양한 배율에서 관찰하였으며 에너지 분산형 X선 분광기로 성분 분석을 하였다 전기화학적분극시험을 통하여 새 파일과 근관 성형에 사용한 파일의 부식저항성을 검사하였다. 본 실험 조건하에서는 저장 용액의 종류와 보관 온도가 니켈 티타늄 파일의 부식에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 이종 금속이 존재하는 경우 갈바닉 부식의 영향으로 인해니켈 티타늄 파일의 부식 경향이 증가할 수도 있음을 보였다.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2015

The effects of Sc and Sr elements on the modification of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase and the castability were investigated in the Al-4wt%Mg-0.9wt%Si-0.3wt%Mn-0.15wt%Fe alloy. Measurements of the cooling curve and microstructure observations were performed to analyze the additional effects of Sc and Sr minor elements during the solidification process. A prominent effect found on the modification of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase with additions of the Sr and Sc elements. Here, a fine eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase and a decrease in the growth temperature of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase were evident with an addition of Sc element up to 0.2 wt%. The growth temperature of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase decreased and the effect on the modification of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase increased with the addition of Sr element up to 0.02 wt%. The addition of 0.02wt%Sr had the strongest effect on the modification of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase, and the resulting microstructure of the eutectic $Mg_2Si$ phase was found to have a fibrous morphology with a decreased aspect ratio and an increased modification ratio. Fluidity and shrinkage tests were conducted to evaluate the castability of the alloy. The addition of 0.02wt%Sr effectively increased the fluidity of the alloy, while an addition of Sc did not show any effect compared to when nothing was added. The maximum filling length was recorded for 0.01wt%TiB-0.02wt%Sr owing to the effect of the fine ${\alpha}$-Al grains. The macro-shrinkage ratio decreased, while the micro-shrinkage ratio increased with the addition of various eutectic modifiers. The highest ratio of micro-shrinkage was recorded for the 0.02wt%Sr condition. However, the total shrinkage ratio was nearly identical regardless of the amounts added in this study.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2012

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether increasing the Ti6Al4V surface oxide negative charge through heat ($600^{\circ}C$) or radiofrequency plasma glow discharge (RFGD) pretreatment, with or without a subsequent coating with fibronectin, stimulated osteoblast gene marker expression in the MC3T3 osteoprogenitor cell line. Methods: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to measure changes over time in the mRNA levels for osteoblast gene markers, including alkaline phosphatase, bone sialoprotein, collagen type I (${\alpha}1$), osteocalcin, osteopontin and parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTH-rP), and the osteoblast precursor genes Runx2 and osterix. Results: Osteoprogenitors began to differentiate earlier on disks that were pretreated with heat or RFGD. The pretreatments increased gene marker expression in the absence of a fibronectin coating. However, pretreatments increased osteoblast gene expression for fibronectin-coated disks more than uncoated disks, suggesting a surface oxide-mediated specific enhancement of fibronectin's bioactivity. Heat pretreatment had greater effects on the mRNA expression of genes for PTH-rP, alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin while RFGD pretreatment had greater effects on osteopontin and bone sialoprotein gene expression. Conclusions: The results suggest that heat and RFGD pretreatments of the Ti6Al4V surface oxide stimulated osteoblast differentiation through an enhancement of (a) coated fibronectin's bioactivity and (b) the bioactivities of other serum or matrix proteins. The quantitative differences in the effects of the two pretreatments on osteoblast gene marker expression may have arisen from the unique physico-chemical characteristics of each resultant oxide surface. Therefore, engineering the Ti6Al4V surface oxide to become more negatively charged can be used to accelerate osteoblast differentiation through fibronectin-dependent and independent mechanisms.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

Amorphization and crystallization behaviors of $Ti_{50}Cu_{50}Ni_{20}Al_{10}$ powders during high-energy ball milling and subsequent heat treatment were studied. Full amorphization obtained after milling for 30 h was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope. The morphology of powders prepared using different milling times was observed by field-emission scanning electron microscope. The powders developed a fine, layered, homogeneous structure with prolonged milling. The crystallization behavior showed that the glass transition, $T_g$, onset crystallization, $T_x$, and super cooled liquid range ${\Delta}T=T_x-T_g$ were 691,771 and 80 K, respectively. The isothermal transformation kinetics was analyzed by the John-Mehn-Avrami equation. The Avrami exponent was close to 2.5, which corresponds to the transformation process with a diffusion-controlled type at nearly constant nucleation rate. The activation energy of crystallization for the alloy in the isothermal annealing process calculated using an Arrhenius plot was 345 kJ/mol.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 1983

In order to determine the feeding distance of aluminiun alloys (Alsi7Mg and AlCu4Ti) bar castings in the sand mold, the distance of the sound castings has been observed by radiograph for various risers, melt treatment, and casting design. Variation of porosity and hardness with the distance from the riser were also measured in order to determine the casting soundness. The results obained were as follows; 1) The modulus of riser should be 1.4 times of the casting`s 2) The maximum distance which can be made sound is greatly dependent on chemical composition and ingate location, and follows the rules given by the formula; a) When the melt flows into the casting first, and the riser afterward, D = 37.7 ${\sqrt{T}}$ for AlSi7Mg D = 31.2 ${\sqrt{T}}$ for pure aluminium D ${\ge}$ 54.8 ${\sqrt{T}}$ for AlCu4Ti Where T = casting thickness in mm Of this maximum distance, $aa{\sqrt{T}}$ for AlSi7Mg and 7.5 ${\sqrt{T}}$ for pure aluminium is made sound by the chilling effect of the casting edge. b) When the melt flows into the casting passing through the riser, $30{\times}30{\times}600mm$ bars can be made sound in all cases 3) Percentage of porosity is higer in AlCu4Ti than AlSi7Mg. And it is increased gradually by moving closer to the riser in case of $30{\times}30{\times}600mm$ bars, but for the $30{\times}30{\times}600mm$ bars it is increased gradually by moving closer to the center of bars. 4) Hardness variation is similar to the tendency of porosity. And it decreased gradually with approaching to the center in case of $30{\times}30{\times}600mm$ bars.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.157-157
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• 2017

Titanium and its alloys that have a good biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and mechanical properties such as hardness and wear resistance are widely used in dental and orthopedic implant applications. They can directly connect to bone. However, they do not form a chemical bond with bone tissue. Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) that combines the high voltage spark and electrochemical oxidation is a novel method to form ceramic coatings on light metals such as titanium and its alloys. This is an excellent reproducibility and economical, because the size and shape control of the nano-structure is relatively easy. Silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and magnesium (Mg) has a useful to bone. Particularly, Si has been found to be essential for normal bone, cartilage growth and development. Manganese influences regulation of bone remodeling because its low content in body is connected with the rise of the concentration of calcium, phosphates and phosphatase out of cells. Insufficience of Mn in human body is probably contributing cause of osteoporosis. Pre-studies have shown that Mg plays very important roles in essential for normal growth and metabolism of skeletal tissue in vertebrates and can be detected as minor constituents in teeth and bone. The objective of this work was to study nucleation and growth of bone-like apatite formation on Ti-6Al-4V in solution containing Mn, Mg, and Si ions after plasma electrolytic oxidation. Anodized alloys was prepared at 270V~300V voltages. And bone-like apatite formation was carried out in SBF solution for 1, 3, 5, and 7 days. The morphologies of PEO-treated Ti-6Al-4V alloy in containing Mn, Mg, and Si ions were examined by FE-SEM, EDS, and XRD.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2008

The tensile deformation and shape recovery behaviors were studied in Ni-Ti shape memory wires showing different transformation characteristics by annealing at $200{\sim}600^{\circ}C$. Both R phase ${\rightarrow}$ B19' martensitic transformation at lower temperature and B2 ${\rightarrow}$ R phase transformation at higher temperature occurred in the shape memory wires annealed at $200{\sim}500^{\circ}C$. Transformation temperature and heat flow of B19' martensite increase but those of R phase main almost constant even with increasing annealing temperature. In the case of wires annealed and then cooled to $20^{\circ}C$, plateau on stress-strain curves in tensile testing can be observed due to the collapse of R phase variants and the formation of deformation-induced B19' martensite. In the case of wires annealed and then cooled to $-196^{\circ}C$, however, plateau on stress-strain curves does not appear and stress increases steadily with increasing tensile deformation. Comparing shape recovery rate with cooling temperature after annealing, shape recovery rate of the wire cooled to $20^{\circ}C$ is higher than that of the wire cooled to $-196^{\circ}C$ after annealing, and maximum shape recovery rate of 95% appears in the wire annealed at $400^{\circ}C$ and then cooled to $20^{\circ}C$. $R_s$ and $R_f$ temperatures measured during shape recovery tests are higher than $A_s$ and $A_f$ temperatures measured by DSC tests even at the same annealing temperature.