• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2009

In every aspect of automotive production, quality, productivity and cost are crucial matters. The purpose of this research is to improve the productivity of slip yoke for automotive propeller shaft. This paper presents how to redesign the component that currently manufactured as forged one body type. Attention was focused on not only reducing processing time but insuring durability of the component simultaneously. In Automotive, propeller shaft is the device for transferring power from engine to axle via transmission, and the slip yoke is one of the main parts in the product. Propeller shafts are subject to torsion and shear stress, they thus need to be strong enough to bear the stress.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2003

The front 2 pieces of the 3-piece steel propeller shaft installed on a 8.5-ton truck were redesigned with a 1 -piece composite propeller shaft with steel yokes and spline parts to get the reduction of weight and the improvement of NVH characteristics. Based on the analysis of bending vibration, strength and cure-induced residual stresses of the composite propeller shaft, proper composite materials and stacking sequences were selected. The composite propeller shaft requires a reliable joining method between the shaft and steel end parts through a steel connector. From 3-D contact stress analyses of the laminated composite shaft with bolted Joints, the 3-row mechanical joint which satisfies the torque transmission capability has been designed. Several full-scale composite shafts were fabricated and tested to verify the design analyses. The design requirements are shown to be satisfied. With the newly designed composite shaft, the weight reduction more than 50% and improvements in NVH characteristics have been achieved.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.226-231
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• 2004

Press fitting method for joining of a hybrid tube and steel ring with small teeth for automotive aluminum/composite hybrid propeller shaft was devised to improve reliability and to reduce manufacturing cost, compared to other joining methods such as an adhesively bonded joint, bolted joint or welded joint. To obtain high strength of the press fit joint, an optimal design method for the teeth was devised with respect to number and shape of the steel teeth. Torsional static, fatigue tests and finite element analysis of the press fit joint were performed with respect to experimental variables. The developed optimal design method predicted well the static torque capability and failure mode of the press fit joint. Also, it provided design guide line of press fit joint for improving torsional static and fatigue characteristics.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2013

This study examined the tribological characteristics of the drive shaft and axle system in vehicles. The first drive shaft example contained end play for a CV joint that transferred part of the transmission power to the wheel. The joint part of the drive shaft was deformed because of reduced durability due to wear. Thus, vibrations caused the body to shake and become unbalanced when the drive shaft transferred the power. The second example was the cross-section of a shaft that connected the slip-connection of the propeller shaft on the input side to the yoke flange of the output side; the durability was reduced because of corrosion. End play caused by wear between the bearing and cross-section shaft appeared to cause shaking. In the third example, a grease leak reduced lubrication and thus caused damage to the hub bearing and inside the knuckle. The failure was produced by sticking. The fourth example had noise produced by the gear and gear transfer. This was due to the backlash of the pinion and few ring gears for the differential gear. Therefore, drive shaft and axle systems must be thoroughly checked and managed to minimize and reduce failure phenomena.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1495-1501
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• 2011

본 연구는 동력전달 장치인 추진축이 차량 주행중 상하운동에 따라 생기는 자재이음의 내구성에 대한 강도 해석을 하였다. 유니버설 조인트에서의 최대 등가 응력과 전변형량은 요크 부분에서 $1.3177{\times}10^3$Pa및 $3.6148{\times}10^{-4}$m로 크게 나타났다. 'SAE bracket', 'SAE transmission' 및 Sample history'의 불규칙 피로 하중들 중에서는 하중의 변화가 극심한 SAE bracket'의 경우가 사용 가능 수명이 15951 Cycle 정도로 가장 짧은 것을 볼 수가 있고 하중의 변화가 가장 완만한 Sample history'에서 사용가능 수명이 $2{\times}10^7$ Cycle 정도로 가장 긴 것을 알 수 있었다. 피로 하중의 빈도수로서는 SAE Bracket history'가 80% 정도로서 가장 높게 나타나 파손의 가능성이 큼을 알 수 있었고 Sample history'가 5%로서 가장 낮게 나타났다. 그리고 구속 조건을 가하여 한 Harmonic response 해석에서의 최대 변위는 58Hz에서 일어났다. 이러한 진동수에서의 최대 변위는 0.00261m가 되었다. 본 연구의 결과를 종합하여 동력전달 장치인 추진축에 응용한다면 그 파손 방지 및 내구성을 예측하는데 활용이 클 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2008

The fracture strength of cross groove type constant velocity joint is largely determined by the fracture strength of the cage having window-like pockets for retaining the torque transmitting balls. A stress distribution acting on the cage is influenced by rigidities of the rim portion and of the column members, therefore requires a calculation such as FEA. To analyze fracture strength of cage, a 3-D elasto-plastic finite element analysis and a submodeling technique are used to achieve both computational efficiency and accuracy. The results are in reasonably good agreement with experiment.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 1997년도 제9회 학술강연회논문집
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• pp.31-31
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• 1997

우수한 비강성과 비강도를 지닌 복합재료를 이용한 자동차용 추진축(Propeller Shaft)의 사용은 자동차의 구조정량화, 소음/진동 감소, 승차감 향상 측면에서 개선된 효과를 기대할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 탄소섬유/에폭시 필라멘트 와인딩(Filament Winding) 공빔을 적용한 복합재료 튜브와 금속재 플랜지 그리고 유니버셜 조인트로 구성된 상용 차의 추진축 개발과정 중 축의 진동특성에 대한 적합한 형상과 물성을 찾기 위해 유한요소법을 적용한 자유진동 해석과 FFT 해석장비를 이용한 진동실험 그리고 축을 운용속도까지 회전시켜 공진(Resonance) 현상 발생 유무를 소음량의 측정으로 판단하는 시험이 수행되었다. 그 결과 요구조건에 적합한 진동특성을 나타내는 추진축의 형상을 결정할 수 있었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.221-228
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• 1999

A full-time four wheel drive vehicle is driven literally full time by the front and the rear wheels. Front and rear drive shafts are rotated rapidly in the extremely torsional state, which can cause various vibration and noise problems. The purpose of this study is to reduce the vibration and the noise of the full -time four wheel drive vehicle. In this paper, both the causes and the methods for reduction of torsional vibration are suggested. For this study, the characteristics of the torsional vibration are analyzed by free and forced torsional vibration simulation. And this paper described the influence upon the torsional vibration with emphasis shafting system. The validity of simulation models is checked by the field test. The forced vibration simulation with the variations of shaft design factors are performed by the checked models. According to the simulation , the resonance region shifts and the torque fluctuation varies in the system,. Finally, the methods and the effects for the torsional vibration reduction in driveline are proposed.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.360-366
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• 2017

In commercial vehicles such as frame-based mid-size trucks, it is easy to reduce vibration caused by driveline with the cab mount system. There are no critical driveline vibration problems associated with these vehicles up to now. However, in the case of a similar grade of monocoque type mini-bus, there are no effective vibration isolation components such as a cab mount. Vibration caused by driveline is quite a complex problem to understand in terms of which part governs the phenomenon and how the problem can be solved. Thus, we have to manage the design factor about the driveline and mount system strictly at the early stage of vehicle development. Low frequency vibration caused by the driveline system is investigated in this study. We created the CAE driveline model and analyze low frequency vibration. Then contribution analysis about each design factor of driveline and mount system is performed. Finally, we can obtain the optimized design factor for a driveline system of a mini-bus, which is verified by the vehicle test results.