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Estimation of Compressive Stiffness of Polyurethane Rubber Springs and Its Application

폴리우레탄 고무 스프링의 압축 강성도 추정 및 적용

  • Choi, Eunsoo (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University) ;
  • Park, Seungjin (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University) ;
  • Woo, Daeseung (Department of Civil Engineering, Hongik University)
  • 최은수 (홍익대학교, 토목공학과) ;
  • 박승진 (홍익대학교, 토목공학과) ;
  • 우대승 (홍익대학교, 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.11
  • Accepted : 2017.05.16
  • Published : 2017.06.27
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavior and characteristics of rubber springs and calculate the compressive stiffness by performing dynamic compression tests of rubber springs. In order to carry out the dynamic compression test of rubber spring, total 9 rubber springs were tailored by calculating the shape factor of L80-D55, L90-D58, and L100-D60, and used for the experiments. Experiments were performed by controlling the compression according to the length of the rubber spring, and the compression was increased in the order of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% of the strain. From the experimental results, the force-strain curves were obtained and it was confirmed that strength decrease and strength increase phenomenon occurred as the strain increased. In addition, it was confirmed that the decrease of stiffness and the increase of stiffness were clearly observed according to the size and diameter of the rubber spring, and the effective compression stiffness was estimated using the slope of the force-strain curve. By using the effective compressive stiffness, design values that can be used in actual design were presented.

이 연구에서는 고무스프링의 동적 압축실험을 수행하여 고무스프링의 거동 및 특성을 규명하고 압축 강성도를 계산하여 실제 설계값에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 고무스프링의 동적 압축실험을 수행하기 위하여, L80-D55, L90-D58, L100-D60의 고무스프링의 형상계수를 구하여 총 9개의 고무스프링을 주문 제작 하여 실험에 사용하였다. 실험은 고무스프링의 길이에 따라 기압축을 제어하여 수행하였으며, 기압축은 변형률의 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% 순서로 증가시켰다. 실험결과를 통해 힘-변형률 곡선을 얻을 수 있었고, 변형률의 증가함에 따라 강도감소 현상과 강도증가 현상이 발생함을 확인하였다. 또한 고무스프링의 크기와 지름에 따라 강성저하 및 강성증가 현상이 확연하게 나타남을 확인하였고, 힘-변형률 곡선에서 할선기울기를 이용하여 유효 압축강성도를 추정하였다. 유효압축강성도를 이용하여 실제 설계에 사용할 수 있는 설계값을 제시하였다.

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