• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2008

Bellows are commonly used in piping systems to absorb expansion and contraction in order to reduce stress. Unlike most piping components, bellows consist of a thin-walled shell of revolution with a corrugated meridian, in order to provide the flexibility needed to absorb mechanical movements. It is a composite shell structure consisting of at least one toroidal shell, an annular plate or conical shell. It is difficult to analyze the behavior of bellows because of its complex geometry. Simplified formulas for variable mechanical behaviors of bellows are provided by a standard called EJMA. An automatic design software for bellows is programming by using VBA(Visual Basic for Application) based on EJMA. Bellows engineers can effectively make a decision for bellows geometries because this software provides graphically design results in its post-processor. Bellows design software is expected to give quite a good guidance to practical design. The characteristics of bellows are also investigated through the automatic design process in bellows design software.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권3호통권96호
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• pp.30-37
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• 1999

This paper represents the development of the brake system for the inline skate using bellows. The inline skate that is used at present has defects due to frequent impulse, which weakens the breaking force by damaging the parts. Therefore to solve these problems a break system for the inline skates using hydraulics is suggested. To solve the oil leakage problems, bellows is used. Also to prevent the breaks from not touching the ground when skating the bellows is placed at the heel, high as possible. To obtain fast response speed, the ratio of inner diameter of the bellows is changed so that with only a small displacement from the bellows the rubber pad attached to the bellows will touch the ground fast. The performance of the break system using bellows depends on the optimal design of the bellows. Therefore the parameters that changes the form of the bellows are tested and also the interaction between the forces are investigated. The performance of new model brake system with bellows and old model system with only a rubber pad without bellows was estimated through observation of braking posture.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1439-1450
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• 1995

Bellows is a familiar component in piping systems as it provides a relatively simple means of absorbing thermal expansion and providing system flexibility. In routine piping flexibility analysis by finite element methods, bellows is usually considered to be straight pipe runs modified by an appropriate flexibility factor; maximum stresses are evaluated using a corresponding stress concentration factor. The aim of this study is to develop a bellows finite element, which similarly includes more complex shell type deformation patterns. This element also does not require flexibility or stress factors, but evaluates more detailed deformation and stress patterns. The proposed bellows element is a 3-D, 2-noded line element, with three degrees of freedom per node and no bending. It is formulated by including additional 'internal' degrees of freedom to account for the deformation of the bellows corrugation; specifically a quarter toroidal section of the bellows, loaded by axial force, is considered and the shell type deformation of this is include by way of an approximating trigonometric series. The stiffness of each half bellows section may be found by minimising the potential energy of the section for a chosen deformation shape function. An experiment on the flexibility is performed to verify the reliability for bellows finite element.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2008

Bellows is an important component in Joule-Thomson cryocooler, which minimize the excessive flow of the cryogenic gas. The bellows is made of Monel 400 and its geometry is an axial symmetric shell. During cool-down process, the pressure and volume within bellows must be satisfied with Benedict-Webb-Rubin state equation. Moreover, Poisson's ratio of Monel 400 is nearly constants, but its Young's modulus varies for a drop in temperature. Under these conditions, bellows contracts in the axial direction like a spring. To evaluate deformation of bellows at cryogenic temperature, the numerical calculation of the volume within bellows and finite element analysis are iteratively used in this research. the numerical results show that deformation of the bellows is approximately linear for change of temperature.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.121-129
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• 1997

Bellows are suggested as energy absorbing elements for automotive steering systems. A metallic bellows has nearly constant axial collapse load which is desirable as an energy absorbing element for a steering column. Axial collapsability and bending flexibility of bellows can be utilized to reduce upward tilting and backward displacement of steering columns in the early stage of high speed crash. Since bending flexibility of bellows has negative effects on the vibration characteristics of steering columns it is necessary to maximize the first natural frequency of a bellows while maintaining its plastic bending flexibility and axial collapse load. An effort is made to attain optimum design of bellows based upon the Taguchi method. A general guideline for design of bellows is suggested.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.152-157
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• 2014

Pro-program function of Pro/E has been utilized to expedite the design process of bellows. Design parameters selected for bellows design are manipulated to obtain the shapes user specified. User-oriented function may automate the bellows design process and this function may enable to reduce the design time remarkably. Generated bellows solid model has been applied to study of design sensitivity and optimum design. Among the selected design parameters, thickness of bellows affects system response most. Control-ring installed bellows may reduce the stress and prove to be an effective element for heavy load. The finite element analysis results combined with 3D model generated by pro-program may provide the feasible design directions to the bellows designer.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.277-280
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• 2008

Multi layer bellows are being manufactured for commercial vehicle because of the characteristic of high durability compared with single iaγor bellows used to passenger vehicle. Finite Element Method (FEM) study and optimization about single layer bellows are actively progressed, but FEM study about multi layer bellows which have gap between layer is rarely processed. Therefore, this article presents finite element modeling of multi layer bellows for the improvement of simulation reliability. For the shape optimization of multi layer bellows, design of experiment and Taguchi method are used.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.347-358
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• 1994

The purpose of the study is to form $\Omega$-type bellows without any defect by specific rollers which are designed based on the volume distribution technique. In the present paper, we proposed a forming process of existing U-type bellows to a value-added $\Omega$-type in a progressive manner. It was developed to shape a perfect $\Omega$-type bellows after preforming from initial U-type bellows to final U-type bellows. To examine the suggested 'processing condition design' some experiments were performed in a real scale. It was found out that the spring back effect played a major role in deviating the geometry of formed bellows from the predicted one. The problems found in the experiment can be used as important information in manufacturing equipment for forming $\Omega$-type bellows.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.2379-2384
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• 2015

벨로우즈 제품은 플랜트 엔지니어링, 조선, 석유 화학의 분야에서 중요한 부분이다. 안전성 및 내구성을 위해 벨로우즈를 설계 할 때 많은 요인들을 고려할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 EJMA 9th Edition 설명서를 기초로 하여 U자형 금속 벨로우즈 전용 설계 소프트웨어를 개발했다. 이 GUI 소프트웨어는 매트랩 소프트웨어를 사용하여 개발되었으며, 비보강 단일 벨로우즈, 비보강 복식 벨로우즈, 보강 단일 벨로우즈, 보강 복식 벨로우즈를 설계할 수 있다. 이 소프트웨어를 검증하기 위해 이미 검증된 벨로우즈 모델을 설계하고 두께를 변화시키면서 벨로우즈의 거동을 고찰하였다. 두께가 증가함에 따라 스프링상수, 추력, 응력은 증가하고 피로수명은 감소함을 알 수 있었다. 이 소프트웨어는 설계 엔지니어의 시간과 노력을 절약해 줄 것이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2008

A miniature metal bellows is used to minimize the excessive flow of the cryogenic gas in Joule-Thomson micro cryocooler. It is made of metal alloy and its geometry is axisymmetric. The bellows is filled with high pressure gas. It contracts or expands in the axial direction for a wide change of temperature, because the pressure and volume inside the bellows must be satisfied with state equation of the gas. Therefore, in order to design the bellows in Joule-Thomson micro-cryocooler, it is important to evaluate deformation of the bellows under internal pressure exactly. Considering geometric nonlinearity, deformations analysis of the bellows were obtained by a commercial finite element code ANSYS, The bellows was modeled by 3-node axisymmetric shell elements with reduced integration. Experiments were also performed to prove the validity of proposed numerical analysis. The results by numerical analysis and experiments were shown in good agreements.