• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2022

This study investigates the effect of the deformation on the sensitivity of a flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane sensor. A PDMS membrane sensor was developed to measure the impact force of a water droplet using a silver nanowire (AgNW). The initial deformation of the membrane was confirmed with the application of a tensile force (i.e., tension) and fixing force (i.e., compressive force) at the gripers, which affects the sensitivity. The experimental results show that as the tension applied to the membrane increased, the sensitivity of the sensor decreased. The initial electrical resistance increased as the fixing force increased, while the sensitivity of the sensor decreased as the initial resistance increased. The movement of the membrane due to the impact force of the water droplet was observed with a high-speed camera, and was correlated with the measured sensor signal. The analysis of the motion of the membrane and droplets after collision confirmed the periodic movement of not only the membrane but also the change in the height of the droplet.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.139-148
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 유체가 채워진 착저식 유연막 구조물과 파와의 상호작용 문제를 유탄성 이론을 사용하여 살펴보았다. 먼저 동역학적 문제를 풀기에 앞서 유체로 채워진 유연막 내부에 일정한 압력이 작용하였을 때, 유연막의 형상과 막에 작용하는 초기장력을 정역학문제를 풀어 구한다. 동역학적 문제를 풀기 위하여 유체영역을 내부영역과 외부영역으로 나누어, 내부영역을 유연막을 경계로 영역 1과 영역 2로 다시 나눈다. 내부영역에서는 경계요소법을 사용하여 파동장을 풀고, 외부영역에서는 고유함수전개법을 사용하여 해를 구한다. 두 영역이 만나는 정합면에서 이미 구한 해를 정합시켜 완전한 해를 구한다. 유연막의 거동은 원주 좌표계를 사용하여 유도된 선형화된 막방정식을 사용하여 이때 외력은 영역 1과 영역 2의 압력차로 주어지므로 영역 1과 영역 2의 해는 막방정식을 통하여 연성된다. 유체가 채워진 착저식 유연막 방파제의 성능에 미치는 중요한 변수로는 유연막의 형상(폭, 높이)과 유연막 내부압력, 유체의 밀도이다. 설계변수들을 바꿔가면서 유연막에 의한 파랑제어 효과를 투과율을 통하여 살펴보았다. 또한 파의 입사각도에 따른 파랑제어 효과를 함께 고찰하였다. 수치계산결과는 Ohyama의 실험결과와 비교하였고 두 결과는 정량적인 값 차이가 나지만 정성적으로 일치하고 있음을 확인하였다. 적절히 설계된 유연막은 소형어항 보호용이나 레저용 방파제로 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 발견하였다.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1997년도 추계 총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.69-70
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• 1997

Polyimides and related polymers, when synthesized from aromatic monomers, have generally rigid chain structures resulting in a low gas permeability. The rigidity of polymer chains reduces the segmental motion of chains and works as a good barrier against gas transport. To overcome the limit of use as materials of gas separation membranes due to low gas permeability, block copolymers with the incorporation of flexible segments like siloxane linkage and ether linkage have been studied. These block copolymers have microphase-separated structures composed of microdomains of flexible poly(dimethylsiloxane) or polyether segments and of rigid polyimides segments. In case of rigid-flexible block copolymers, the characteristics of both phases for gas permeation are of great difference. The permeation of gas molecules occurs favorably through microdomains of flexible segments, whereas those of rigid segments hinder the permeation of gas molecules. Accordingly the increase of content of flexible segments in a rigid polymer matrix will increase the gas permeability of the membrane linearly. However, this prediction does not satisfy enough many experimental results and in particular the drastic increase of the permeability is observed in a certain volume fraction. It was proposed that the gas transport mechanism is dominated by diffusion rather than gas solubility in a certain content of flexible phase if solution-diffusion mechanism is adopted. However, the transition from solubility-dependent to diffusion-dependent cannot be explained by the understanding of mechanism itself. Therefore, we consider an effective chemical path which permeable phase can form in a microheterogenous medium, and percolation concept is introduced to describe the permeability transition at near threshold where for the first time a percolation path occurs. The volume fraction of both phases is defined as V$_{\alpha}$ and V$_{\beta}$ in block copolymers, and the volume of $\beta$ phase in the threshold forming geometrically a traversing channel is defined as V$_{\betac}$. The formation mechanism of shortest chemical channel is schematically depicted in Fig. 1.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.383-411
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• 2011

Roof is an integral part of building envelope. It protects occupants from environmental forces such as wind, rain, snow and others. Among those environmental forces, wind is a major factor that can cause structural roof damages. Roof due to wind actions can exhibit either flexible or rigid system responses. At present, a dynamic test procedure available is CSA A123.21-04 for the wind uplift resistance evaluation of flexible membrane-roofing systems and there is no dynamic test procedure available in North America for wind uplift resistance evaluation of rigid membrane-roofing system. In order to incorporate rigid membrane-roofing systems into the CSA A123.21-04 testing procedure, this paper presents the development of a load cycle. For this process, the present study compared the wind performance of rigid systems with the flexible systems. Analysis of the pressure time histories data using probability distribution function and power spectral density verified that these two roofs types exhibit different system responses under wind forces. Rain flow counting method was applied on the wind tunnel time histories data. Calculated wind load cycles were compared with the existing load cycle of CSA A123.21-04. With the input from the roof manufacturers and roofing associations, the developed load cycles had been generalized and extended to evaluate the ultimate wind uplift resistance capacity of rigid roofs. This new knowledge is integrated into the new edition of CSA A123.21-10 so that the standard can be used to evaluate wind uplift resistance capacity of membrane roofing systems.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.116-129
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• 2000

자유수면 아래 일정한 초기장력이 작용한 원형 박막이 수평으로 놓여있을 때 3차원 선형 유탄성 이론을 적용하여 파와 구조물의 상호작용문제를 고찰하였다. 속도포텐셜을 회절포텐셜과 방사포텐셜로 분리하여 각각의 경계치 문제를 푼다. 유체영열을 3개의 영역으로 나누어 각 영역에서 회절포텐셜과 방사포텐셜을 Bessel 함수의 전개식으로 표현하고 부족한 경계조건으로 생기는 미지수는 인접한 영역이 만나는 정합면에서 속도와 압력이 같다는 정합조건식을 적용하여 구해진다. 원형막의 크기와 잠긴 깊이 그리고 추기장력이 변함에 따라 원형 유연막 주위의 파의 형태가 달라짐을 볼 수 있었다. 즉, 적절히 설계된 몰수형 원형 유연막은 파 에너지를 집중시키는데 활용될 수 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.71-83
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• 2014

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the flexible structure of parabolic shell using photostrictive actuators. The analysis is made to know its dynamic behavior and light-induced control forces for coupled parabolic shell. The effects of an actuator location as well as membrane and bending components under the control action have been analyzed considering the approximate spherical model. The parabolic membrane shell accuracy is being mathematically approximated and validated comparing the light induced control forces using approximate equivalent spherical shell model. The parabolic shell with kapton smart material and photostrictive actuators has been used to formulate the governing equation in the transverse direction. The Kirchhoff-Love assumptions are used to obtain the governing equation of shell with actuator. The mechanical membrane forces and bending moments for parabolic thin shell with actuator is used to analyze the dynamic effect. The results show that membrane control action is much more significant than bending control action. Photostrictive actuators oriented along circumferential direction (actuator-2) can give better control effect than actuators placed along longitudinal direction (actuator-1). The slight difference is observed between spherical and parabolic shell for a surface with focal length to the diameter ratio of 1.00 or more than unity. Space applications often have the shape of parabolical shells or shell of revolution, due to their required focusing, aiming, or reflecting performance. The present approach is focused that photostrictive actuators can effectively control the vibration of parabolical membrane shell. Also, the actuator's location plays an important role in defining the control force.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2008년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.75-77
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• 2008

Flexible electronics devices such as plastic display, thin film battery, membrane switch, organic memory for smart card applications will be presented. The performance and power consumption of various display technologies will be compared for OTP requirement in smart cards. Wireless power transmission by RF coupling through an antenna provides a potential power solution to smart cards. Finally, the general trend of smart card future developments will be discussed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.745-762
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• 2014

As an important part, the connections generally are important for the overall behavior of the structure and the strength and serviceability of the connection should be ensured. This paper presents the mechanical properties of membrane connections in tensioned membrane structure. First, the details of common connections used in the membrane structure are introduced. Then, the common connections including membrane seam, membrane-flexible edge connection and membrane-rigid edge connection are tested and the corresponding failure mechanisms are discussed. Finally, the effects of connection parameters on the connection strength are investigated and proper connection parameters are proposed. The strength reduction factors corresponding to different connection types are proposed, which can be references for the design and analysis of membrane structures.

• 센서학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.247-251
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• 2016

Au/PDMS membranes are widely used to fabricate strain sensors which can detect input signals. An interfacial adhesion between metal films and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrates is one of the important factors determining the performance of strain sensors, in terms of robustness, reliability, and sensitivity. Here, we fabricate Au/PDMS membranes with (3-mercaptopropyl) trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) treatment. PDMS membranes were fabricated by spin-coating and the thickness was controlled by varying the spin rates. Au electrodes were deposited on the PDMS membrane by metal sputtering and the thickness was controlled by varying sputtering time. Owing to the MPTMS treatment, the interfacial adhesion between the Au electrode and the PDMS membrane was strengthened and the membrane was highly transparent. The Au electrode, fabricated with a sputtering time of 50 s, had the highest gauge factor at a maximum strain of ~0.7%, and the Au electrode fabricated with a sputtering time of 60 s had the maximum strain range among sputtering times of 50, 60, and 120 s. Our technique of using Au/PDMS with MPTMS treatment could be applied to the fabrication of strain sensors.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.116-120
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• 2013

This paper proposes a novel RF MEMS dc-contact switch with stiff membrane on a quartz substrate. The uniqueness of this work lies in the utilization of a seesaw mechanism to restore the movable part to its rest position. The switching action is done by using separate pull-down and pull-up electrodes, and hence operation of the switch does not rely on the elastic recovery force of the membrane. One of the main problems faced by electrostatically actuated MEMS switches is the high operational voltages, which results from bending of the membrane, due to internal stress gradient. This is resolved by using a stiff and thick membrane. This membrane consists of flexible meanders, for easy movement between the two states. The device operates with an actuation voltage of 6.43 V, an insertion loss of -0.047 dB and isolation of -51.82 dB at 2 GHz.