• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.555-560
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• 2003

In automobile industry, it is necessary to reduce the weight from the view point of energy and environmental problems in these days. One of the ways for weight reduction is using adhesive aluminum structures. In this study, ultrasonic signals reflected from the adhesively bonded joint layer are used to evaluate the adhesively bonded joints. FFT is performed to determine bond-layer parameters such as effective thickness and frequency for adhesively bonded joint Al 6061 plates in comparison with the measured and theoretical ratios. And the parameters of ultrasonic wave and the J-integral are investigated to evaluate the adhesively bonded joint strength by DCB specimens.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2009

Die casting process of Mg alloys for high temperature applications was studied to produce an engine oil pan. The aim of this paper is to evaluate die casting processes of the Aluminium oil pan and in parallel to apply new Mg alloy for die casting the oil pan. Temperature distributions of the die and flow pattern of the alloys in cavity were simulated to diecast a new Mg alloy by the flow simulation software. Dies have to be modified according to material characteristics because melting temperature and heat capacity are different. We changed the shape and position of runner, gate, vent hole and overflow by the simulation results. After several trial and error, oil pans of AE44 and MRI153M Mg alloys are produced successfully without defect. Sleeve filling ratio, cavity filling time and shot speed of die casting machine are important parameter to minimize the defect for die casting Magnesium alloy.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2008

Metal stamping is widely used in the mass-production process of the automobile industry. During the stamping process, air may be trapped between the draw die and the panel. The high pressure of trapped air induces imperfections on the panel surface and creates a situation where an extremely high tonnage of punch is required. To prevent these problems, many air ventilation holes are drilled through the draw die and the punch. The present work has developed a simplified mathematical formulation for computing the pressure of the air pocket based on the ideal gas law and isentropic relation. The pressure of the air pocket was compared to the results by the commercial CFD code, Fluent, and experiments. The present work also used the Bisection method to calculate the optimum cross-sectional area of the air ventilation holes, which did not make the pressure of the air pocket exceed the prescribed maximum value.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2013

In this paper, we analyze the failure mechanism of the washer pump to find what is the failure cause in the road environment. The statistics show the field common failure mode is inner corrosion. The failure mechanism is assumed that the inner part of washer pump is corroded due to inflow of moisture through vent hole. To prevent the failure, we can think a method that is covering the vent hole. In general, the vent hole is designed to play an important role in an automobile parts. So, we need to prove the vent hole is not necessary. The first purpose of this paper is to make sure that the vent hole does not affect the durability of washer pump using the analysis of operating condition. The second purpose is to compare the durability properties if the vent hole is covered.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.72-81
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• 2011

In the present day, the needs of new steel for lightweight car-body have been increased in the automotive industry. however, the resistance spot welding is difficult to apply to the new steel because of the narrow weld current range and defects. As the solutions to these problems, adhesive bonding process is proposed. Adhesive bonding which reduce noise and vibration can be applied to joining the new steel. In this study, crash tests of b-pillar applied the resistance spot welding, structural adhesive bonding, the mixture of the structural adhesives and resistance spot welding were performed. And FEM crash model for b-pillar applied the structural adhesive bonding was developed. The results of experiment and analysis on b-pillar crash test were compared to verify the validity.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2005

Steel has been mainly used in the automotive industry, because of good mechanical properties, weldability and so on. However, there has been increase in using aluminum to reduce the weight of vehicle. This leads to improve fuel efficiency and to reduce air pollution. A steel-aluminum hybrid body structure is recently used not only to reduce the weight of vehicle but also to increase safety. In this paper, the laser beam joining method is suggested to join steel and aluminum. To avoid making brittle intermetallic compounds(IMC) that reduce mechanical properties of the joint area, only aluminum is melted by laser irradiation and wetted on the steel surface. The brittle IMC layer is formed with small thickness at the interface between steel and aluminum. By controlling the process parameters, brittle IMC layer thickness is suppressed under 10 micrometers which is a criterion to maintain good mechanical properties.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.779-783
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 차량용 12 V 납축전지로 주로 사용되는 VRLA (Valve regulated lead acid) 배터리의 충/방전 특성과 노화에 따른 이의 변화를 수학적으로 모델링하였다. 기존에 리튬 이온 배터리의 거동 예측에 주로 이용되어 왔던 수학적 모델링 기법을 상용 70 Ah VRLA 배터리에 적용하였다. 정전류 충/방전에 따른 전압의 변화를 모델링 결과와 비교하였다. 비교 결과로부터 사용된 수학적 모델이 납축전지에도 높은 정확도로 적용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 이를 이용하여 납축전지의 노화를 예측할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 실천공학교육논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2023

최근 인공지능 기술의 발달에 따라 사용자의 편의성을 위한 기술이 많이 개발되고 있다. 그중 자율주행차에 대한 관심이 나날이 증가하고 있다. 현재 많은 자동차 기업에서 자율주행차 상용화를 목표로 하고 있다. 상용화를 뒷받침할 정부의 새롭고 합리적인 정책 수립의 기반을 조성하기 위하여 뉴스 기사 데이터를 통해 여론의 변화와 인식을 분석하고자 하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 최근 3년간 자율주행차와 유사한 용어가 언급된 뉴스 기사 데이터 35,891건을 수집하고, 네트워크 분석하였다. 분석결과, '자율주행', 'AI', '미래', '현대자동차', '자율주행차', '자동차', '산업', '전기차' 등의 주요 키워드가 도출되었다. 또한, 자율주행차 산업은 자동차 기업뿐만 아니라, 반도체 기업, 빅테크 기업 등 다양한 산업과 융합되며 더욱 빠르고 다양한 플랫폼과 서비스 산업으로 발전하고 있으며, 산업의 융복합에 주목하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 여론의 변화와 인식을 지속적으로 확인하기 위해 SNS 데이터나 기술 트렌드의 지속적인 분석을 통한 인식 분석이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.93-103
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 자동차에서 댐핑 재료로 많이 사용되고 있는 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼를 대체할 수 있는 소재로서 유기탄성체를 사용하였다. 그러나 유기탄성체를 사용하여 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼를 대체하기 위해서는 스틸 다이내믹 댐퍼에 상응하는 비중의 구현이 가장 중요하고도 해결하기 어려운 과제이다. 본 연구에서는 고비중 구현을 위한 첫 단계로 최적의 매트릭스 탄성체 및 충전제를 선정하여 충전제의 충전량(vol%)에 따른 고무 혼합물의 경화 특성, 인장 강도, 혼련과정중의 고무 혼합물의 온도 변화 및 반발 탄성 등의 특성을 조사하였다. 충전량이 증가할수록 고무 혼합물의 $t_{s2}$는 감소하였고 $t_{90}$는 전반적으로 증가하였다. 또한 인장 강도는 감소하였고 고무 혼합물의 온도는 충전제 입자간의 마찰열로 인하여 증가하였다. 반발탄성은 충전제가 증가할수록 감소하였다. 따라서 초 고비중을 얻기 위해서는 고충전 기술이 선결되어야 하는데 고충전을 할 경우 매트릭스인 유기탄성체의 부피가 상대적으로 감소하기 때문에 기존의 유기탄성체 경화 시스템으로는 경화가 불가능하여 고충전에 부합하는 경화 시스템을 구축 하고자 매트릭스의 광화학적 개질을 시도하였고, 개질여부는 FTIR-ATR로 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 충전제의 충전밀도를 높여 매트릭스 탄성체에 충전제의 안정한 분산 및 고충전 기술을 확립하고자 충전제의 개질을 통해 충전제의 입도, 입도 분포도 및 형태를 제어하였다. 입도분석기로 입도 및 입도 분포의 변화를 확인하였고 SEM을 이용하여 충전제의 형태 변화를 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.465-473
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• 2008

Type II compressed natural gas(CNG) storage vessels for automobiles have been acknowledged for their excellence and have recently become established in local regions. Their supply is not only to automakers in Korea such as Hyundai Motors but they are being increasingly exported. Although the available products have undergone safety evaluations and are certified by an authorized institution they are still short of the optimal design that is possible for such storage vessels. This research investigates the shape and thickness of the dome with the aim of optimizing the type II CNG storage vessels by using a finite element analysis technique. CNG storage vessels can be largely divided into 3 parts namely, the hear part, the cylinder part and the dome part. The head part is designed by means of a hot spinning process and this method is safer than that used in the design of the dome part even though its shape is similar. The thickness of the liners and reinforcing materials was optimized based on the requirements of the cylinder and dome parts. In addition, the shape of the dome, which is most suitable for Type II CNG storage vessels, is proposed by a process of review and analysis of various existing shape, and then conducting a structural stability evaluation to ensure the optimal design plan.