• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.112-118
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• 1990

Catastrophic fracture cannot be avoided after cracks(initiated from pre-existing defects) propagate rapidly with speeds comparable to a sound wave velocity of the materials. Preventing catastropic failure, crack arrest fracture toughness defined from dynamic(or kinetic) fracture mechanics point of view has been introduced in determining accurate and/or proper crack arrest fracture toughness of a material. For the past decades, many studies have been carried out to render proper theoretical and experimental backgrounds on the use of the static plain strain crack arrest fracture toughness, $K_{1a}$ (which seems to be a material property). $K_{1a}$ has been used to predict the performance of thick walled structures and has been considered as a measure of the ability of a material to stop a fast running crack. Determination of such a material property is of prime importance to the nuclear reactor pressure vessel and bridge materials industries. However, standards procedures for measuring toughness associated with fast running cracks are yet to exist. This study intends to give insight on the determination of the crack arrest fracture toughness of materials such as polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA), SM45C-steel, and A1 7075-T6. The effects of crack jump lengths and fast crack initiation stress intensity factor on the determination of $K_{1a}$ have been experimentally observed.erved.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1472-1478
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 Rectangular Computer Tension(CT) 시편을 수정하여 만든 표준 시편인 MRL-CLWL시편(material research laboratorycrack line wedge loaded specimen )으로 균열정지 인성치를 결정하였다. 그리고 CT시편과 같은 효과를 갖는 Newman등 이 제안한 round compact tension(RCT)시편을 수정한 Round-CLWL 시편으로 균열정지인 성치를 결정하여 상호 비교평가하였다. Round-CLWL 시편은 시편제작시 round-bar를 절단하여 시편으로 가공할 수 있으므로 가공성이 좋으며 따라서 가공비가 적게 든다. 특히 균열 위치 및 방향을 임의로 선택하여 가공하기가 용이하므로 방향성이 있는 소 재의 균열정지 인성치를 결정하는 데 매우 편리한 시편이라 생각된다. 본 논문에서 는 Round-CLWL 시편으로 $K_{1a}$ 값을 계산하는데 필요한 형상계수를 결정하였으며, Polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA)를 사용하여 Round-CLWL 시편 채택의 타당성 확인을 위 한 MRL-CLWL과 Round-CLWL 시편 채택의 타당성 확인을 위한 MRL-CLWL과 Round-CLWL시 편의 $K_{1a}$결정 실험을 하였다.하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.131-143
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• 2013

Vibration condition monitoring of low-speed rotational slewing bearings is essential ever since it became necessary for a proper maintenance schedule that replaces the slewing bearings installed in massive machinery in the steel industry, among other applications. So far, acoustic emission(AE) is still the primary technique used for dealing with low-speed bearing cases. Few studies employed vibration analysis because the signal generated as a result of the impact between the rolling element and the natural defect spots at low rotational speeds is generally weak and sometimes buried in noise and other interference frequencies. In order to increase the impact energy, some researchers generate artificial defects with a predetermined length, width, and depth of crack on the inner or outer race surfaces. Consequently, the fault frequency of a particular fault is easy to identify. This paper presents the applications of empirical mode decomposition(EMD) and ensemble empirical mode decomposition(EEMD) for measuring vibration signals slewing bearings running at a low rotational speed of 15 rpm. The natural vibration damage data used in this paper are obtained from a Korean industrial company. In this study, EEMD is used to support and clarify the results of the fast Fourier transform(FFT) in identifying bearing fault frequencies.