• Composites Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 하이브리드 복합재 철도차량차체에 적용되는 복합적층판에 대한 저속충격시험을 수행하였다. 이를 위해 2.4J, 2.7J 및 4.2J의 세 가지 충격에너지 조건에서 세 가지의 다른 적층구조를 갖는 적층판에 대한 저속충격시험을 수행하였다. 시험에 적용된 직조된 카본/에폭시 적층판의 크기는 $100mm\times100mm$ 이다. 충격시험 후 충격하중이력, 흡수된 에너지 및 손상면적 등이 각 충격에너지와 적층순서에 따라 고찰되었다. 손상면적은 육안검사와 C-scan을 이용하여 동시에 검사하였다. 시험결과 흡수된 에너지는 $[fill]_8$, 적층판이 가장 높았고 $[fill_2,/warp_2)_s$ 적층판이 가장 낮았다. 또한 손상면적은 $[fill]_8$, 적층판에서 가장 넓은데 이것은 상대적으로 흡수에너지가 높기 때문이다.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.124-126
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• 2009

Energy savings can be achieved with optimum energy consumptions, brake energy regeneration, efficient energy storage (onboard, line side), and primarily with light weight vehicles. Over the last few years, the rolling stock industry has experienced a marked increase in eco-awareness and needs for lower life cycle energy consumption costs. For rolling stock vehicle designers and engineers, weight has always been a critical design parameter. It is often specified directly or indirectly as contractual requirements. These requirements are usually expressed in terms of specified axle load limits, braking deceleration levels and/or demands for optimum energy consumptions. The contractual requirements for lower weights are becoming increasingly more stringent. Light weight vehicles with optimized strength to weight ratios are achievable through proven design processes. The primary driving processes consist of: $\bullet$ material selection to best contribute to the intended functionality and performance $\bullet$ design and design optimization to secure the intended functionality and performance $\bullet$ weight control processes to deliver the intended functionality and performance Aluminium has become the material of choice for modern light weight bodyshells. Steel sub-structures and in particular high strength steels are also used where high strength - high elongation characteristics out way the use of aluminium. With the improved characteristics and responses of composites against tire and smoke, small and large composite materials made components are also found in greater quantities in today's railway vehicles. Full scale hybrid composite rolling stock vehicles are being developed and tested. While an "overdesigned" bodyshell may be deemed as acceptable from a structural point of view, it can, in reality, be a weight saving missed opportunity. The conventional pass/fail structural criteria and existing passenger payload definitions promote conservative designs but they do not necessarily imply optimum lightweight designs. The weight to strength design optimization should be a fundamental design driving factor rather than a feeble post design activity. It should be more than a belated attempt to mitigate against contractual weight penalties. The weight control process must be rigorous, responsible, with achievable goals and above all must be integral to the design process. It should not be a mere tabulation of weights for the sole-purpose of predicting the axle loads and wheel balances compliance. The present paper explores and discusses the topics quoted above with a view to strengthen the recommendations and needs for the weight optimization by design approach as a pro-active design activity for the rolling stock industry at large.