• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.121-127
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• 2003

The stiffness of a bushing in a suspension is extremely important for the overall performance of the suspension system. A new measurement system including the flexible jig was developed to measure the multi-directional stiffness of bushings. To overcome the disadvantage of building each individual jig for each type and size of a bushing, we designed the flexible jig which can accommodate numerous bushings of similar shapes and sizes. Upon using the novel design of the flexible jig in the industry, we could successfully measure the torsional and conical stiffness of many bushings and apply the data for the prediction and evaluation of the performance of a suspension system, which would assist designing the optimal suspension system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.362-370
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• 2006

차량의 충격과 진동을 완화하고 링크의 조정역할을 하는 Rubber Bushing제품의 내구성이 약하게 되면 Control arm에서의 이탈사고나 차량의 떨림, 소음으로 인한 고객 불만이 발생하게 된다. 따라서, 국내외 시장에서의 경쟁력 향상을 위해 Rubber Bushing에 대한 내구성, 정특성, 동특성의 개선을 위한 기술의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 Rubber Bushing을 개발하는데 있어서 종전의 재료설계, 형상설계 및 공정설계에 대한 분석을 행하고, 실험계획법(DOE)을 활용하여 가장 적은 샘플의 시험으로 최적의 설계요소를 찾아내는 방법을 연구하는데 있다. Bushing의 품질특성이 재료, 형상 및 공정에서 어떠한 조건을 가질 때 특성치가 가장 높은 바람직한 반응을 얻을 수 있는 가를 연구하여 최적반응 조건을 결정하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.186-193
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• 1999

In this paper, a full vehicle model is developed to analyze toe and camber changes due to rack height variation and compliance. The AutoDyn7 program developed in G7 project is used for the computer simulation. Steady state cornering test was done to find the understeer gradient. Imposing a pulse steer input, Frequency Response Function(FRF) of yaw rate and lateral accelerations were evaluated. To verify the stability, the rhombus using four parameters is employed. Steer characteristics were evaluated by changing the rack height and the bushing lateral stiffiness. which installed between the low control arm and the chassis.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.453-458
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• 2008

Under driving condition, A vehicle experiences various kinds of loads, which brings on the buckling and fracture of suspension systems. Lower control arm (LCA), which consists of 2 bush joints and 1 ball joint connection, is the one of the most important parts in the suspension system. The bush joints absorb the impact load and reduce the vibration from the road. When analyzing the LCA behavior, it is important to understand the material properties and boundary conditions of bushing systems correctly, because of the nonlinearity characteristics of the rubber. In this paper, in order to predict the large scale deformation of the LCA more precisely, three factors are newly suggested, that is, coupling of bush stiffness between translation and rotation, bush extraction force and maximum rotation angle of ball joint. LCA stiffness is estimated by CAE and component test. Analysis and test results are almost same and the validity of considering three factors in LCA analysis is verified.