• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.241-246
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• 1986

A new method of on-line monitoring of spot weld quality is proposed by analysing weld votage signal. Weld voltage signal has been modeled by autoregressive model which is suitable for on-line modeling scheme, and order of the model is determined by F-test. From the chosen model, strength. Upon experimental results, it has been shown that fundamental frequency dispersion of weld voltage can be used as a good parameter like maximum thermal expansion in on-line monitoring of spot weld quality. Microcomputer implementation of the proposed monitoring method is also developed and presented.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.207-210
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• 2002

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.1-12
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• 1990

본 고에서는 알루미늄 점용접시의 용접품질 및 용접봉 수명에 미치는 요소와 점용접부 설계방법에 대하여 간략히 설명하였다. 점 용접방법은 알루미늄 뿐만 아니라 steel의 박판용접에도 많이 사용되고 있으며, 특히 최근 공정자동화에 맞추어 가장 쉽게 자동화할 수 있는 용접 방법 중의 하나이다. 그러나 아직까지는 용접품질을 보증할 수 있는 비파괴 검사방법이 없기 때문에 새로운 비파괴 검사방법 개발 혹은 컴퓨터를 이용한 용접품질 추적방법에 대한 많은 연구가 요청된다. 한편 용접부 설계 관점에서는 조그만 단순 시편이 아닌 설계구조물을 이용한 용접강도 해석방법에 대한 연구가 미약하므로 이에 대한 많은 연구도 요청되고 있다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.109-117
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• 1994

Spot welding has wide used with a high work efficiency in the automotive and aerospace industries. Up to the present, the technique mainly used to test spot welds on production lines has been entirely depended upon destructive chisel or peel testing. Therefore, it's being very important assignment to secure the NDE technique which can be evaluate spot weld quality with more efficiency and high reliability. This paper discusses the feasibility of UNDE techniques to evaluate spot weld quality. For the sake of the approach to the quantitative measurement of nugget diameter and the discrimination of a the corona bond from nugget, ultrasonic c-scan image and distribution of reflective echo amplitude was measured by immersion method with the mechanical and the electronic scanning of point-focussed ultrasonic beam(25 MHz). As the results of this study, corona bond which is the most dangerous types of interface defects can be successfully detected, as well as expulsion and voids. Ultrasonic testing results were confirmed and compared by optical microscope and SAM(Scanning Acoustic Microscope) observation of the spot-weld cross section. The results show that the nugget diameter can be successfully measured with the accuracy of 0.8 mm.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.628-631
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• 2010

환경문제에 대한 관심으로 자동차에 대한 경량화가 요구되는 동시에 안전규제가 강화 되고 있어, 높은 인장강도를 가지는 고강도 강의 차체 적용 비율이 점차 증가하고 있다. 또한, 자동차 1대를 조립하기 위한 저항 점용접 횟수를 줄이고, 용접부에 충격안정성을 확보하기 위한 관심이 고조되고 있다. 따라서, 국내 자동차 산업에서 용접부의 신뢰성을 보장하기 다양한 비파괴 검사를 적용하고 있으며, 생산 공정에 적용하고 있다. 그중에서 용접 전극 사이에서 동저항(Dynamic resistance, 용접 공정중모재의 저항값의 변화)을 계측하여 용접성을 평가하는 방법이 제시되고, 차체 조립공정 중에 적용하려는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 자동차 차체용 냉간 압연강판(590MPa dual-phase steel)을 인버터 DC 저항 점 용접하여, 용접전극 사이에서 동저항을 측정 하였다. 용접성은 인장전단 강도로 평가하였고, 용접 공정 변수는 용접 전류, 용접 시간, 가압력을 선정하였다. 동저항 그래프의 ${\alpha}$-peak와 ${\beta}$-peak값을 인장전단 강도에 따라 회귀 분석하여, 동저항에 따른 인장전단 강도를 예측하였다. 추가적으로, 용접부의 외관 형상 중에 압흔 깊이와 압흔자국 지름에 대한 회귀분석을 실시하였으며, 용접부 형상에 대한 신뢰성을 부여하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.644-653
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• 1998

In resistance spot weld, the assurance of weld quality has been a long-standing problem. Since the weld nuggets if resustance spot welding form between the workpieces, visual detection of defects in usually impossible. Welding quality of resistance spot welding can be verified by non destructive and destructive inspections such as X-Ray inspection and testing of weld strength. But these tests, in addition to being time-consuming and costly, can entail risks due to sampling basis. The purpose of this study is the development of the monitoring system based on fuzzy inference, aimed at diagonosis of quality in resistance spot welding. The fuzzy inference system consists of fuzzy input variables, fuzzy membership functions and fuzzy rules. For inferring the welding quality(strength), the experimental data of the spot welding were acquired in various welding conditions with the monitoring system designed. Some fuzzy input variables-maximum, slop and difference values of electrode movement signals-were extracted from the experimental data. It was confirmed that the fuzzy inference values of strength have a .${\pm}$5% error in comparison with actual values for the selected welding conditions(9-10.5KA, 10-14 cycle, 250-300 $kg_f$). This monitoring system can be useful in improving the quality assurance and reliability of the resistance spot welding process.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.217-223
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• 2019

A study in predicting defects of spot welding in real time in automotive field is essential for cost reduction and high quality production. Welding quality is determined by shear strength and the size of the nugget, and results depend on different independent variables. In order to develop the real-time prediction system, multiple regression analyses were conducted and the two dependent variables were obtained with sufficient statistical results with three independent variables, however, the quality prediction by the regression formula could not ensure accuracy. In this study, a multi-layer neural network circuit was constructed. The neural network by 10 dynamic resistance variables was constructed with three hidden layers to obtain execution functions and weighting matrix. In this case, the neural network was established with three independent variables based on regression analysis, as there could be difficulties in real-time control due to too many input variables. As a result, all test data were divided into poor, partial, and modalities. Therefore, a real-time welding quality determination system by three independent variables obtained by multiple regression analysis was completed.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.457-463
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• 2016

The newly developed super ductile duplex stainless steel (SDSS) has good strength and ductility, and it can be used to reduce weight and improve the fabrication efficiency of a carbody of a rolling stock. In this study, spot weldability tests were conducted to take advantage of SDDSS in a carbody for an intermodal tram. Specimens of various thickness (0.4 to 5.0 mm) were prepared to find the proper welding conditions, and tensile load tests were conducted to evaluate the tensile-shear strength of spot welded joints. Then, nugget diameters were measured to verify the quality. The tensile-shear strength was found to be proportional to the heat parameter. It was verified that the tensile-shear strengths and nugget sizes of the joints satisfy the standard requirements. The overall weldability tests confirmed that SDDSS can be used effectively for the carbody of an intermodal tram.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.14-14
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• 2009

자동차 차체와 같은 박판을 접합하기 위해서 인버터 DC 저항 점 용접공정은 매우 널리 사용되어지고 있다. 이는 교류 용접에 비해 적은 전류로 용접이 가능하고, 더 넓은 적정 용접 영역을 가지며, 보다 적은 전극마모를 가지는 인버터 DC 저항 점용접의 특성에 기인한다. 아울러 최근에는 파워 소자와 같은 인버터 구성에 필요한 구성 요소의 가격이 낮아져, 전반적으로 용접기의 가격이 하락하였고, 구성 장치에 대한 신뢰성이 증가하였으며, 기존보다 전력의 사용량이 감소하여 인버터 DC 저항점 용접공정의 사용이 더욱 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 또한 차량의 경량화에 대한 요구가 증가함에 따라 고 장력 강판의 적용이 확대되고 있다. 이러한 재료의 우수한 용접을 위해 인버터 DC 저항 점 용접시스템의 개발이 더욱 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 인버터 DC 저항 점용접 시스템을 구성하더라도 모재의 특성이 전류 파형에 영향을 주게 되어, 정 전류 제어가 적용되지 못하면 전류 파형이 불안정해지게 되고 원하는 전류가 발생되지 않게 되어 스패터가 발생하거나, 용접 품질에 영향을 줄 수 있게 된다. 본 연구에서는 인버터 DC 저항 점용접 시스템을 구성하고, 정 전류의 제어를 위한 퍼지 제어 알고리즘을 개발하여 적용하였다. 퍼지제어기의 환산 계수를 최적화하기 위해서 유전 알고리즘을 적용하였으며, 실험에는 고장력강을 대상으로 정 전류 용접 공정을 수행하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.98-104
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• 2006

In this paper, for the purpose of investigation the acoustic emission(AE) behaviors during resistance spot welding process and tension test of spec steels. As the results present the resistance spot welding method that can get suitable welding qualities or structural integrity estimating method. The resistance spot welding process consists of several stages: set-down of the electrodes; squeeze; current flow; forging; hold time; and lift-off. Various types of AE signals are produced during each of these stages. For tensile-shear test and cross tensile test in resistance spot welded specimens, fracture pa 야 ems are produced: tear fracture; shear fracture; and plug fracture. Tensile-shear specimens strength appeared higher than cross tensile specimens one. In case of tensile-shear specimen happened tear fracture that crack happens in most lower plate. Also, in case of cross tensile specimens, upper plate and lower plate are detached perfect fracture was exposed increases a little as acting force is lower than ordinary welding condition. Therefore, the structure which is combined by resistance spot welding confirmed that welding design must attain so that shear stress may can interact mainly.