• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.78-84
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• 2017

Consistent efforts have been made to reduce the weight of automotive parts by using lightweight materials. This has resulted in the replacement of conventional steels in car body structures with high-strength steels, and the current usage rate has reached 50%. This study examines the structural stiffness and energy absorption capability of bumper beams made of high-strength steels. New types of bumper beam cross sections are proposed.The structural stiffness and maximum bending force were computed via finite element analysis as about 25tons and 7.5tons/mm, and there were no significant differences among the proposedcross sections. Dynamic analysis was also carried out to investigate the energy absorption capabilities of the bumper beams, and the effects of materials and thickness reduction were analyzed. High-strength steel can be used to achieve weight reduction with comparable structural performance to conventional bumper beams.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.106-110
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• 1992

컴퓨터에 의한 입체 형상 이용 기술의 발달로 3차원 CAD 데이타 형상의 제품을 2차원 형상의 층으로 연속적으로 적층 하는 입체인쇄(Stereolithography)기술개발이 활발하게 이뤄지고 있어 부품설계와 생산에 혁신을 예고하고 있으며, 이 같은 입체 인쇄 기술 중에서 특히, 특정 주파수의 빛에 의하여 경화되는 광 경화성수지(Photopolymer)에 레이저(Laser)를 주사하면 표면의 미소경화부만 경화되는 성질을 이용하여 소재를 경화시키는 광 조형법리 각광을 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 광조형법에 의한 모델성형시 레이저빔의 조사에 의하여 야기되는 광경화성 수지의 상변화에 의한 성형물의 수축 및 뒤틀림에 대한 연구를 수행하였다

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.696-701
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• 2016

Multi-stage deep drawing is a widely used industrial manufacturing process, and its applications are gradually expanding to both small products and large metallic products. The USB C-type socket used in smart phones, for example, is manufactured using oval multi-stage deep drawing. The socket is very small and slender and it requires precise manufacturing. The thickness distribution of the final product is guaranteed only if it is uniform throughout the overall process. Therefore, minimizing the height difference between long and short sidewalls after the first operation is important for this goal. An initial blank optimization was performed for an oval-type drawing process based on finite element simulations. The goal was to determine an initial blank geometry that can maintain uniform height and thickness after the first draw operation. The initial blank shape of the sheet metal was optimized, and the results show that it satisfied the conditions of minimal thickness reduction and even thickness distribution. The geometry from the optimized simulation was compared with experimental results, which showed good agreement.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.281-287
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• 1996

Two kinds of blank shapes optimum and square are adopted to investigate formability. Optimum blank shape is determined to construct an L-shape cup with uniform height and without flange part. For this purpose rigid-plastic FEM analysis is applied with backward tracing technique. Maximum cup depth and strain distribution are measured experimentally for the products of the two kinds of blank shapes which are optimum and square. it is confirmed that deeper cup without severe thickness reduction can be obtained from the optimum shape.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.99-108
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• 2006

Aerospace applications use pyrotechnic devices with many different functions. Functional shock, safety, overall system cost issue, and availability of new technologies, however, question the continued use of these mechanisms on aerospace applications. Release device is an important example of a task usually executed by pyrotechnic mechanisms. Many aerospace applications like satellite solar panels deployment or weather balloon separation need a release device. Several incidents, where pyrotechnic mechanisms could be responsible for spacecraft failure, have been encouraging new designs for these devices. The Frangibolt is a non explosive device which comprises a commercially available bolt and a small collar made of shape memory alloy (SMA) that replace conventional explosive bolt systems. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of Frangiblot by the change of bolt size and notch geometry. This analysis may contribute to improve the Frangibolt design.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.561-566
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• 2017

The weight reduction design process of tension links could be studied based on the variation of tension, bending and torsional stiffness after substituting STKM11A steels with aluminum alloys (A356) with tensile strength of 245 MPa. The existed I-beam type link component may have a weak point for loads applied from a special direction. Therefore, it was investigated to the optimal shape of the link component that could withstand loads from all directions and at the same time reduce weight. Various types of link shapes were designed and analyzed, and the optimized shape was found. The optimized design can reduce over 40% of the original steel link weight, and it could be suggested for light-weight design guides and safe design conditions for the development of tension links.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.347-353
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• 2021

In this study, we presented a novel size optimization framework to control the linear buckling temperature and several buckling modes of plates, by optimizing thickness values of composite structures for practical engineering applications. Predicting the buckling temperature and mode shape of structures is a vital research topic in engineering to achieve structural stability. However, optimizing designs of engineering structures through engineering intuition is challenging. To address this limitation, we proposed a method that combines finite element simulation and size optimization. Based on the idea that the structural buckling temperature and mode shape of a plate are affected by the thickness of the structure, the thickness values of the nodes of the target structure were set as the design variables in this optimization method; and the buckling temperature values, and buckling mode shapes were set as the objective functions. This size optimization method enabled the determination of optimal thickness distributions, to induce the desired buckling temperature values and mode shapes. The validity of the proposed method was verified in terms of their buckling temperature values and buckling mode shapes, using several numerical examples of rectangular composite structures.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.337-344
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• 1989

The upper bound elemental technique (UBET) is used to simulate the bulk flow characteristics in axisymmetric closed die forging process. Internal flow inside the cavity is predicted using a kinematically admissible velocity field that minimizes the rate of energy consumption. Application of the technique includes an assessment of the formation of flash and of degree of filling in rib-web type cavity using billets with various aspect rations. The technique considering bulging effect is performed in an incremental manner. The results of simulation show how it can be used for the prediction of forging load, metal flow, and free surface profile. The experiments are carried out with plasticine. There are good agreements in forging load and material flow in cavity between the simulation and experiment. The developed program using UBET can be effectively applied to the various forging problems.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.134-144
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• 1993

조립성 평가법은 동시공학을 추진하는 하나의 도구로써 전자산업의 시장과 환경의 변화에 대응할 수 있는 토탈 개발 시스템이다. 조립성 평가법으로부터 얻는 효과는 개발 납기의 단축, 제조원 가의 절감, 생산성 향상, 품질 향상 등을 꼽을 수 있다. 조립성 평가법의 적용 추진을 지속하여 제품 설계자들의 설계 기술이 질적으로 향상되어 고객이 원하는 경쟁력 있는 제품을 제공할 수가 있도록 해야할 것이고, 따라서 향후 모든 상품화 설계는 조립성 평가법이 완제품 제조업의 신 상품 개발 기본 업무로 규정되어야 할 것이다. 제조성이 고려된 제품의 구조와 부품의 형상으 로부터 공정설계, 제조원가 산출 및 양산시에 필요한 전용기 등을 도출하여 개발해야 할 설비를 동시에 개발 착수할 수 있고, 소재개발로부터 신규 부품과 그 제작 공법의 개발까지 모든 분야에 대하여 제안해 줄수 있는 제조성 평가법이 개발되어야 하고, 앞으로는 PCB조립성 평가법, 소재 가공성(성형성, 절삭성, 접합성, 처리성)평가법, 재활용 평가법, 신뢰성 평가법 등이 포함된 지능형 설계 평가법의 출현을 기대해야 할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.5-6
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• 2017

본 연구는 소형 캐릭터의 다양한 관절운동을 선형제어를 통해 재현하기 위한 다관절 구조를 논의한다. 최소 동력원으로 복수 관절부를 제어하여 다양한 동세를 표현하기 위해 개별 관절구조를 설계하고 3D 프린팅을 통해 제작한다. 형상 변형 및 다자유도 확보를 위한 볼 조인트 형식을 적용하여 캐릭터의 다양한 운동성을 논의한다. 3D 프린팅 적용 시 구동 특성을 재현하기 위해 구조별 설계와 소재별 프린팅 운영 특성을 기술함으로써 효과적인 관절구조 설계와 3D 프린팅의 연계 방법을 찾고자한다.