• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2003

For improving high-safety, convenience, and ride comfort, the automotive design suffers from radical increase of the weight, the recycling-related rules, regulations on the waste gas, and environmental protection of the resources. Among them, it is well known that the weight increase is the most critical. Thus, in order to minimize the weight of the body-in-white that takes up 20-30% of the whole weight of the automobile, most automotive manufacturers have attempted to develop the aluminum intensive body-in-white using aluminum space frames. In this research, the crush test and simulation for aluminum extrusions are performed to evaluate the collapse characteristics of that light weighted material. Also. the same test and simulation was done for aluminum extrusions filled with structural foam. Then, these results are analyzed and compared. From these studies, the effectiveness of structural foam is evaluated in improving automotive crashworthiness. Finally, the design strategy and guideline of the structural form are suggested in order to improve the crashworthiness for aluminum space frame in the vehicle.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.496-503
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• 2003

An experimental study has been performed on thermal transport from an aluminum foam heat sink under a confined impinging air jet. Three kinds of aluminum foam heat sinks with 10, 20 and 40 PPI and a conventional pin-fin heat sink are tested in the present study. The jet Reynolds number is varied in the range of Re=667～5672 The effect of the confinement disk diameter and the distance between the confinement disk and the heater surface on the averaged Nusselt number is investigated in detail. The results are also compared with those of the unconfined impinging air jet. The critical distance, at which thermal performance shows a minimum compared to the unconfined jet impinging, will be described in terms of the Reynolds number and the pore density of the aluminum foam.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.229-241
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• 2021

This work focused on aluminum foam sandwich (AFS) with different foam core densities and different face-sheet thicknesses subjected to constant amplitude three-point bending cyclic loading to study its fatigue performance. The experiments were conducted out by a high frequency fatigue test machine named GPS-100. The experimental results showed that the fatigue life of AFS decreased with the increasing loading level and the structure was sensitive to cyclic loading, especially when the loading level was under 20%. S-N curves of nine groups of AFS specimens were obtained and the fatigue life of AFS followed three-parameter lognormal distribution well. AFS under low cyclic loading showed pronounced cyclic hardening and the static strength after fatigue test increased. For the same loading level, effects of foam core density and face-sheet thickness on the fatigue life of AFS structure were trade-off and for the same loading value, the fatigue life of AFS increased with aluminum foam core density or face-sheet thickness monotonously. Core shear was the main failure mode in the present study.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.396-402
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• 2000

Porous structures of aluminum foam have been studied. The apparent foam shape, foam hight, density, pore size, shape, and their distributions in various section areas of the experimental samples have been investigated. The sample have been cast into metallic mold, using aluminum foam prepared from a precursor based on pure Al ingot mixed with various amount of 1-2wt% increasing viscosity and foam agent materials. The process provides for flexibility in design of foam structures via relatively easy control over the amount of hydrogen evolution and the drainage processes which occur during foam formation. This is facilitated by manupulating parameters such as the foaming agent, thermal histories during solidification and mix melt viscosities. The acoustical performance of the panel made with the foamed aluminum is considerably improved; its absorption coefficient shows NRC 0.6-0.8. It has been found that the Al foam is very preferable for the compactness of the thermal system.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 The 6th International Symposium of East Asian Resources Recycling Technology
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• pp.198-201
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• 2001

Porous structures of aluminum foam have been studied by using return aluminum scrap. The apparent foam shape, foam height, density, pore size and their distributions in various section areas of the experimental samples have been investigated. The sample have been cast into metallic mold, using aluminum foam prepared from a precursor based on pure Al ingot and return aluminum scrap mixed with various amounts of 1-2wt% increasing viscosity and foam agent materials. The process provides for flexibility in design of foam structures via relatively easy control over the amount of hydrogen evolution and the drainage processes which occur during foam formation. This is facilitated by manipulating parameters such as the foaming agent, thermal histories during solidification and mix melt viscosities. A metal for producing the foamed are decomposing a foaming agent in a molten metal such that there is an initial and a subsequent expansion due to foaming agent. It has been found that the Al porous foaming with variation amount of 1∼2wt% foam agent and at 2min holding time, which melting temperature has appeared homogeneous pore size at 650∼700$^{\circ}C$. The compression strength were 10-13 kg/min at 125ppi, and increased by higher pore density. The acoustical performance of the panel made with the foamed aluminum is considerably improved; its absorption coefficient shows NRC 0.6-0.8. It has been found that the Al foam is very preferable for the compactness of the thermal system.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.19-24
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• 2003

Potential applications of foam-filled section are the automotive structures. A foam-filled section can be used for the front rail and firewall structures to absorb impact energy during frontal or side collision. In the case of side collision where bending is involved in the crushing mechanics, the foam filler will be significant in maintaining progressive crushing of the thin-walled structures so that more impact energy can be absorbed. In this study, the manufacturing process of closed cell aluminum alloy foam filled stainless steel tube was studied, and the various foam filled specimens including piecewise fillers were prepared, tested and discussed about the bending behaviors.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

대표적인 경량금속 중의 하나인 알루미늄 폼재의 연구동향을 기계적인 측면에서 고찰하여 보았다. 특히 기공(pore)을 가진 알루미늄재료는 난연성, 감쇠특성, 에너지흡수 성능 등 여러 측면에서 기존의 폴리머 폼재보다 우수한 기계적 성능을 가지고 있고, 더욱이 재활용이 가능하다는 면에서 환경보호에 관심이 집중되고 있는 현 시점에서 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 폼재의 일반적 특성, 에너지 흡수 및 소음흡수 특성에 대해 살펴보고 폼재가 적용된 사례들에 대한 분석을 통해 향후 폼재와 외곽 구조재의 접합문제 등에 대한 제언을 하였다.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2007

Aluminum plates of the same materials as the foam were attached by the casting process inserting the foam as a core to investigate the tensile property of open cell foams. Tensile properties of the open cell 6063 aluminum alloy foam of $10{\sim}30$ PPI were measured before and after heat treatment. Densities of test specimens were between 0.14 and $0.29g/cm^3$. Tensile strength of the 6063 aluminum foam after heat treatment showed little change. C values were in the range of $0.41{\sim}0.87$ for as cast foams and $0.11{\sim}0.27$ for T6 heat treated foams in the eq. of ${\sigma}^* _{pl}/{\sigma}_{ys}=C({\rho}/{\rho}_s)^{1.5}$, and increased with increase in the cell size.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.3802-3807
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 알루미늄 폼 및 허니컴 샌드위치 복합재료의 면내 외 압축실험을 수행하였다. 실험을 통하여 하중-변위의 관계를 분석하고 압축 특성을 비교한다. 시험편은 만능재료시험기를 사용하여 1 mm/min로 압축을 하였다. 실험과정은 카메라로 촬영하고, 로드셀에서 나오는 데이터는 컴퓨터로 저장하였다. 실험결과를 보면 하중이 증가함에 따라 알루미늄 폼 및 허니컴 심재에 좌굴이 발생하였다. 면내 압축실험에서 알루미늄 폼 및 허니컴 샌드위치 시험편의 압축 최대하중은 비슷하였다. 그러나 비중을 고려하면 허니컴이 폼보다 압축 특성이 더 우수하다. 면외 압축실험에서도 알루미늄 허니컴 샌드위치 복합재료의 압축 최대하중이 알루미늄 폼 샌드위치 복합재료보다 높게 나왔다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.478-484
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다공성 심재를 갖는 샌드위치 복합재료의 압축해석을 수행하였다. 알루미늄 폼 및 허니컴 코어 샌드위치 복합재료의 유한요소모델은 솔리드 요소를 적용하였다. 알루미늄 폼 코어의 경우에는 유효등가손상모델을 적용하였다. 면내 압축해석에서 알루미늄 폼 및 허니컴 코어 샌드위치의 압축 최대하중이 비슷했다. 그러나 알루미늄 허니컴 코어 샌드위치의 하중 지지구간이 더 길었다. 면외 압축에서는 알루미늄 허니컴 코어 샌드위치의 압축 최대하중이 알루미늄 폼 코어 샌드위치보다 높게 나왔다. 시뮬레이션 해석을 통하여 샌드위치 복합재료의 압축 거동을 얻을 수 있었다.