• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.6D
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• pp.809-817
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• 2008

This paper deals with the development of ViscoElastic Continuum Damage Finite Element Program (VECD-FEP++) and its verification with the results from both field and laboratory accelerated pavement tests. Damage characteristics of asphalt concrete mixture have been defined by Schapery's work potential theory, and uniaxial constant crosshead rate tests were carried out to be used for damage model implementation. VECD-FEP++ predictions were compared with strain responses (longitudinal and transverse strains) under moving wheel loads running at different constant speeds. To this end, an asphalt pavement section (A5) of Korea Expressway Corporation Test Road (KECTR) instrumented with strain gauges were loaded with a dump truck. Also, a series of accelerated pavement fatigue tests have been conducted at pavement sections surfaced with four asphalt concrete mixtures (Dense-graded, SBS, Terpolymer, CR-TB). Planar strain responses were in good agreement with field measurements at base layers, whereas strains at both surface and intermediate layers were found different from simulation results due to the complexity of tire-road contact pressures. Finally, fatigue characteristics of four asphalt mixtures were reasonably described with VECD-FEP++.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.385-386
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.18-18
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• 2004

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.68-71
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.449-452
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 전장부품에서 중요한 연결 장치인 커넥터의 고장 모드를 분석하기 위한 방법으로 HALT(Highly Accelerated Life Test)를 이용해 관측된 고장 데이터를 기반으로 ReliaSoft사의 소프트웨어인 ALTA PRO를 이용하여 분석하고자 한다. 커넥터를 이루는 주재료는 플라스틱과 금속으로 구성되어 있어 습도에 대한 반응 보다 열 변화와 진동에 의해 고장이 발생 한다. 이러한 커넥터의 특성을 고려하여 HALT는 온도와 진동 스트레스를 이용한 복합 스트레스 시험을 실시하였다. HALT에 사용된 시료는 20핀 커넥터 5개로 74시간 동안 시험하였으며, 9개의 핀에서 부러지는 고장이 관측 되었다. 관측된 고장 데이터를 단일 스트레스에 의한 고장으로 분석하기위해 시험에 사용된 온도와 진동 스트레스를 개별 스트레스로 하여 ALTA PRO를 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석을 위한 수명-스트레스관계식은 스텝 스트레스에 적합한 Cumulative Damage 선택하였으며 Likelihood Function을 이용 최적 분포는 Weibull 분포임을 확인하였다, ALTA Pro를 이용한 분석 결과 열에 대한 Mean Life는 2444.03 시간이며, 진동에 대한 Mean Life는 1784.27시간으로 진동에 대한 Mean Life가 659.76 시간만큼 작은 것을 확인 하였다. 고장 데이터를 이용한 수명 예측에서 Mean Life가 작다는 것은 스트레스에 의해 고장이 빠르게 발생 했다는 것을 의미한다. 가속수명시험을 통해 관측된 커넥터의 고장은 핀이 부러지는 현상이며, 고장에 대한 주요 원인으로 온도 스트레스 보다 Mean Life가 낮은 진동 스트레스인 것으로 판단된다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.35-41
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• 2017

Materials exposed to outside will deteriorate due to various weathering factors such as sunlight, heat, temperature, humidity and so on. Therefore, predicting speed of degradation and life time is a very important issue. This research uses retro-reflective sheets with white and green which are most commonly used colors to conduct the outdoor exposure test and acceleration test of xenon arc in Arizona state in the United States, Chennai in India, Sanary in France and Seosan in Korea to measure the reflective performance of retro-reflection. The accelerated factor was obtained by using regression analysis through reflective values obtained from the acceleration test of xenon arc from Seosan area. Also, by using solar uv program, the accelerated factor of various climate regions were obtained and it was confirmed that the accelerated factor of Senary was 1.04, Arizona 1.82, Chennai 1.92 times higher than that of Seosan.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.443-448
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• 2011

The propellant has a short shelf-life because of nitrogen oxides that were released from nitrocellulose decomposition. As-received and surface-modified ACFs were applied to remove the nitrogen oxides with intend to extend the shelf-life of propellant. The specific surface area of modified ACFs was slightly decreased but nitrogen function groups such as pyridine, pyridone and pyrrol were created on the surface of ACFs. As a result, the NO removal capacity of the surface-modified ACF by propellant waste increased about twice than that of the as-received ACF. The shelf-life of propellant was extended about 1.25 times by accompanying surface-modified ACF.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.51-57
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• 2019

Post curing effects are estimated by specimen tests. Propellant specimen accelerated aging tests are performed when post curing is estimated to be complete and the coefficients of Arrhenius aging equations are acquired. Simulated motors with cylindrical grain are designed and fabricated to confirm the application. Accelerated aging tests are conducted, and aged properties are measured and estimated for the inner bore, center and bond parts of the grain. The measured aging ratios of the modulus are compared with the ones predicted by the equations. As the results, the accelerated aging equations predict well the propellant aging trends; however, some differences are observed at the bond part. Therefore, the specimen extraction part must be carefully chosen to suit the test purpose when a rocket motor grain is used for the aging test.

• 연구논문집
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• s.34
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• pp.79-85
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• 2004

There are several types of life test method for hose assemblies. The two major tests used for hose assemblies are impulse test and burst test. And magnification adjustment of impulse pressure, heating of testing oil and repetitive motions of bending and straightening of testing hose are also performed for accelerating the life. According to the manufacture process of hose and swaging process of fitting, there is a difference in the life of hose assemblies from minimum 7 times to maximum 40 times during the life test in the same functioning condition. Like this, the life test of hose which has a wide scope of life distribution gives a problem that observation should take a long time to find out the existence of the bursting from the beginning of the test to the completion of bursting of hose assemblies. Therefore, this research proposes a process of concentrating on the defective section of hose assemblies and maximizing the life acceleration by giving 'Knockdown stress' to hose assemblies just until before the hose assemblies get out of order.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.30 no.8 s.251
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• pp.976-984
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• 2006

Time-temperature superposition has been studied to determine the long-term fatigue life over millions of cycles for glassy polymers. π le superposition is supposed to make an accelerated lifetime testing (ALT) technique possible. Dog-bone shaped specimens made of carbon filled Polycarbonate (PC) were tested under fatigue, based on the stress-lifetime approach (S-N curve). Fatigue-induced localized yield-like deformation is considered as the defect leading to fatigue and its evolution behavior is characterized by a modified energy activation model in which temperature is considered as fatigue acceleration factor. This model allows the reduced time concept to account for effects of different temperature in short-term fatigue data to determine long-term fatigue life through the use of time-temperature superposition that is applicable under a low frequency and isothermal conditions. The experimental results validated that the proposed technique could be a possible method for accelerated lifetime testing (ALT) of time-dependent polymeric materials.