• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.606-610
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• 2004

In this paper, we would like to explain about the structure analysis of wheel set as variation of contact position between wheel and rail. Measurement of interacted force between wheel and rail is necessary for running safety evaluation as important factor of derailment mechanism. It's necessary to running safety evaluation of rolling stock. Wheel unload and lateral force change as variation of contact position between wheel and rail. Interacted force between wheel and rail got as each contact position through computer simulation. This is necessary process as first research for evaluation of derailment phenomenon and running safety.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.7 s.262
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• pp.756-763
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• 2007

The majority of catastrophic wheel failures are caused by surface opening fatigue cracks either in the wheel tread or wheel flange areas. The inclined cracks at railway wheel tread are initiated and the cracks are caused by wheel damage-spatting after 60,000 km running. Because the failured railway wheel is reprofiled before regular wheel reprofiling, the maintenance cost for the railway wheel is increased. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the mechanism for initiation of crack. In the present paper, the combined effect on railway wheels of a periodically varying contact pressure and an intermittent thermal braking loading is investigated. To analyze damage cause for railway wheels, the measurements for replication of wheel surface and the effect of braking application in field test are carried out. The result shows that the damages in railway wheel tread are due to combination of thermal loading and ratcheting.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.314-321
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• 2002

An endoscope is usually inserted into the human body for the inspection of the gullet, stomach, and large intestine (colon) and this may cause discomfort to patients and damage to tissues during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. This situation necessitates a self-propelling endoscope. There are many kinds of mechanism to move in a rigid pipe. However, these methods are difficult to apply directly to the endoscope. The main reason is that human intestine cannot be considered as a uniform, straight, and rigid pipe. This paper proposes a flexible loop wheel mechanism, which is adaptable to the human intestine. This mechanism is designed and fabricated by a simple modeling, and tested by an experiment. Finally, the actuator is inserted into the pig colon.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.789-797
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• 2004

The wear and defects on the wheel tread are caused by the interface between wheel and rail, the suspension system on bogie, the track condition and etc, which are interacted with complex mechanism. Because of the difficulty of analysis of wheel and rail interaction, the measuring data are necessary for improvement of wheel design and maintenance of train. On this case study, the pattern of wheel wears and defects are presented and lifetime of wheel and the reprofiling period are estimated on a basis of the measured results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.983-984
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.1000-1004
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• 1995

In the case of the external cylindrical grinding machine, the grinding mechanism can cause a wheel to vibrate due to a wheel cutter. This phenomena will bring about the unsymmetric wear up to high frequency without any relation of rotational speed. So far, when the grinding spindle is analyzed, it is assumed that a wheel is considered as lumped mass at the endof a beam. Nowadays, there is a tendency to use the wheel with a lsrge diameter or CBN wheel to achieve the high speed and accuracy grinding performance. Therefore, this kind of assumption is no longer valid. At the analysis of the grinding spindle, the parameter which dapends on the dynamic characteristics is a combination force between each part. For example, there is the tightness torque of a bolt and taper element in the grindle. In addition, the material property of the wheel can contribute the dynamic characteristics. This paper shows the mode participation of the shell mode of the wheel in the grindle and the dynamic characteristics according to the parameters which are the configuration of the flange and tightness torque of a bolt and taper. Modal parameter of the wheel, flange and the spindle can be extracted through frequency response function obtained by modal test. After that, by changing the tightness torque and kinds of wheel, we could accomplish the test in the whole combined grinding spindle. To perform modal analysis of vibration characteristics in the grinding spindle, we could develop the model of finite element method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1995.06b
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• pp.7-13
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• 1995

현재 교통인구 비중에 큰 비중을 차지하고 있는 철도 차량은 기술의 발전으로 인한 고속화에 성공하여 300km/h대의 속도를 달성하기에 이르렀다. 열차가 고속화됨으로 인하여 열차 주행시 운동에너지가 더욱 커졌고 이를 소산하기 위한 제동 역시 더욱 중요하게 되었다. 열차의 제동시 중요한 점은 wheel의 skidding을 방지함으로 wheel의 편마멸을 줄이는 것이며 이를 위해선 제동장치의 설계시 wheel과 rail간의 점착현상의 이해가 필수적이다. 제동력이 점착력보다 클 경우는 skidding이 발생하며 제동력이 점착력보다 작은 경우는 충분한 제덩을 하지 못한다는 것을 의미한다. 그러므로 열차의 제동장치를 설계함에 있어서 점착계수는 필수적인 요소가 되었으며 미국, 일본, 독일 등의 선진 각국에서는 점착계수를 측정하여 그 특성을 파악하려는 실험이 실험실 및 실차 차원에서 많이 행하여졌다. 각각 다른 접척조건, 속도 등에 따른 실험이 진행되어 왔으나 각 연구의 결과는 조금씩 다른 결향을 나타내었고, 점착현상에 관한 물리적인 설명은 못하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 wheel과 rail의 접촉인 경우에 있어 점착현상의 변화를 속도, 하중, 접촉조건에 따른다고 보고 점착현상의 특성을 각각 sliding, pure rolling실험을 통해 파악하고 기타 참고문헌에서 발표된 점착계수와 비교하여 물리적으로 이해하고자 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.29-37
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• 1998

In recent years, grinding techniques for precision machining of stainless steel used in shaft, screw parts and clear value have been improved by using the superabrasive wheel and precision grinding machine. The completion of optimum dressing of superabrasive wheel makes possible the effective precision grinding of stainless steel. However, the present dressing system cannot have control of optimum dressing of the superabrasive wheel. In this study, a new system and the grinding mechanism of optimum in-process dressing of superabrasive wheel. Therefore, the optimum in-process electrolytic dressing is a good method to obtain the efficiency and mirror-like grinding of stainless steel (STS304)

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 2018

PURPOSES : In this research, the initiation and development of corrugation on a gravel road with certain wheel and boundary conditions were evaluated using a coupled discrete-element method (DEM) with multibody dynamics (MBD). METHODS : In this study, 665,534 particles with a 4-mm diameter were generated and compacted to build a circular roadbed track, with a depth and width of 42 mm and 50 mm, respectively. A single wheel with a 100-mm diameter, 40-mm width, and 0.157-kg mass was considered for the track. The single wheel was set to run slowly on the track with a speed of 2.5 rad/s so that the corrugation was gradually initiated and developed without losing contact between the wheel and the roadbed. Then, the shape of the track surface was monitored, and the movement of the particles in the roadbed was tracked at certain wheel-pass numbers to evaluate the overall corrugation initiation and development mechanism. RESULTS : Two types of corrugation, long wave-length and short wave-length, were observed in the circular track. It seems that the long wave-length corrugation was developed by the longitudinal movement of surface particles in the entire track, while the short wave-length corrugation was developed by shear deformation in a local section. Properties such as particle coefficients, track bulk density, and wheel mass, have significant effects on the initiation and development of long-wave corrugation. CONCLUSIONS : It was concluded that the coupled numerical method applied in this research could be effectively used to simulate the corrugation of a gravel road and to understand the mechanism that initiates and develops corrugation. To derive a comprehensive conclusion for the corrugation development under various conditions, the driver's acceleration and deceleration with various particle gradations and wheel-configuration models should be considered in the simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.96-101
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• 1997

In recent years, grinding techniques for precision machining of brittle materials used in electric, optical and magnetic parts have been improved by using superabrasive wheel and precision grinding machine. The present dressing system cannot have controll of optimum dressing of the superabrasive wheel. In this study, a new system and the grinding mechanism of optimum in-process electrolytic dressing were proposed. This system can carry out optimum in-process dressing of superabrasive wheel, and give very effective control according to unstable current and gap increase. Therefore, the optimum in-process electrolytic dressing is a good method to obtain the efficiency and mirror-like grinding of brittle materials.