• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.321-328
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• 2006

The paper describes the testing facilities and the methodology on testing of laminated rubber bearings envisaged for application in the system of Dynamic Damper (DD) of seismic isolated buildings, as well as the obtained results. For the first time in Armenia laminated rubber bearings were tested simultaneously under the action of horizontal shear force and vertical tension force. The test results have proven the possibility of using rubber bearings as elements subjected to tension due to action of the mass of DD. Also it was confirmed that the suggested structural concept of DD for reducing the displacements and shear forces of seismic isolation systems will have reliable behavior during the design level earthquakes.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.80-87
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• 1998

In this study, the effects of residual shaft bow and flexible bearings of a single disk rotor are investigated. The stiffness coefficients of a shaft with initial deflection are different from those of a straight shaft. The stiffness coefficients are calculated using Castigliano theorem considering initial deflections. The stiffness coefficients, which are obtained in this study, are in good agreement with FEM results. The speed which causes zero amplitude is shown to be the square root of the ratio of residual bow amplitude to unbalance eccentricity in the case of rigid bearings and isotropic flexible bearings, but not in anisotropic bearings.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.469-480
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 철도차량하중으로 인한 디스크받침의 정 동적 거동특성을 평가하여, 디스크 받침 설계기술 발전에 기여하고자 함이다. 디스크받침은 탄성받침의 일종으로 폴리우레탄 패드를 사용하여 탄성을 구현하고 있으며, 가동단에는 PTFE를 사용하여 교량의 움직임을 흡수하고 있다. 실험실에서 수차례의 정적 실험을 실시하여 폴리우레탄 고무의 정적거동을 평가하기 위한 데이터를 획득하였다. 또한, 4개의 디스크받침은 철도교량인 판형교에 설치하여 철도차량에 의한 디스크받침의 동적 거동을 측정하였다. 현장실험은 기관차 1량을 사용하여 일정속도로 주행하는 주행시험을 실시하여 각 디스크받침의 동적 변형과 이에 작용하는 동적 하중을 측정하였다. 정적 실험을 통해서 나타난 사실은 수직강성에 크게 기여하는 것이다. 또한 동적 강성은 정적으로 평가된 강성보다 크게 나타났다. 차량의 속도가 증가함에 따라 디스크받침의 변형도 증가하는 것으로 나타났지만, 크게 증가하지는 않았다. 디스크받침의 고정단의 동적 강성이 가동단의 강성보다 크게 나타나는데, 이는 가동단의 PTFE가 변형을 일으키기 때문이라고 판단된다. 이러한 결과는 철도교를 위한 디스크받침 설계기술의 발전에 기여할 것이다.

• 소음진동
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1042-1049
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• 1999

In the Part I has been reported a rotordynamic analysis of the driving motor-bull gear rotor-bearing system of a turbo-chiller. In this study, Part II, a rotordynamic analysis is performed with the turbo-chiller compressor pinion-impeller rotor system supported on two fluid film bearings. The pinion-impeller rotor system is driven to a rated speed of 14,600 rpm through a speed-increasing pinion-bull gear. It is modeled utilizing the finite element method for analysis. As loadings on the bearings due to the gear action are significant in the system considered, each resultant bearing load is calculated statically by considering the generalized forces of the gear action as well as the rotor itself. The two support bearings, the generalized forces of the gear action as well as the rotor itself. The two support bearings, partial and 3-axial groove bearings, are designed to take their varying loads along with their varying load angles, and they are also analyzed to give their rotordynamic coefficients. Then, a complex rotordynamic analysis of the compressor pinion-impeller rotor-bearing system is carried out to evaluate its stability, whirl natural frequencies and mode shapes, and unbalance responses under various loading conditions. Results show that the bearings and entire rotor system are well designed regardless of operating conditions, i.e., loads and operating speeds.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.311-319
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• 2019

The number of aged bridges is increasing so that bridges over 30 years old account for about 11% of all bridges. Consequently, the development of a seismic performance evaluation method that considers the effects of ageing is essential for a seismic retrofitting process for improvement of the seismic safety of existing old bridges. Assessment of the damage situation of bridges after the recent earthquakes in Korea has been limited to the bearings, anchor, and concrete mortar on piers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the seismic responses of PSC box girder bridges by considering the ageing effect of rubber bearings (RBs) and lead-rubber bearings (LRBs). The modification factor proposed by AASHTO is used to take into account the ageing effect in the bearings. PSC box girder bridges with RBs and LRBs were 3D modeled and analyzed with the OpenSEES program. In order to evaluate the ageing effect of RBs and LRBs, 40 near fault and 40 far field records were used as the input earthquakes. When considering the effect of ageing, the displacement responses and shear forces of bridge bearings (RBs and LRBs) were found to increase mostly under the analytical conditions. It was shown that the effect of ageing is greater in the case of RBs than in the case of LRBs.

• 소음진동
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.565-575
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• 1995

Gearboxes are often used in the petrochemical and electrical power plants to transmit mechanical power between two branches of a machinery train rotating at different speeds. When the gearboxes are connected with rotors supported by journal bearings, bearing loads vary in magnitude and direction with rotor speed and torque transmitted by the gearboxes. In this study, dynamic characteristics of the system which consists of gearboxes and a rotor supported by journal bearings are investigated analytically and experimentally by employing the polynomial transfer matrix method and modal analysis under different speeds and torque levels. Journal bearing loads due to the transmitted torque are claculated analytically and the stiffness and damping coefficient of the journal bearings are obtained using finite element method. Comparison of the analytical and experimental results shows that the cross coupled stiffness coefficients increase with increasing rotor speed, while the cross coupled damping coefficients decrease. This generates the oil whirl instability in the journal bearings. As the transmitted torque level goes up, the stiffness coefficients of the journal bearing and the first horizontal natural frequency increase. High levels of the transmitted torque produce high bearing stiffness since the contact loads of the mating gear teeth increase. The logarithmic decrement, which is a stability indicator, is shown to decrease with increasing speed and decreasing torque. Thus, at the low torque level, the system become unstable even at the low shaft speed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권4A호
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• pp.475-485
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• 2008

이 논문은 국내 탄성받침의 성능과 신뢰성 향상을 위한 일환으로, 탄성받침의 설계/제작/품질평가 기준인 KS F 4420의 강성 관련 개선방향을 제안하였다. 이를 위하여 KS F 4420의 압축탄성계수, 강성측정방법, 성능평가방법을 Eurocode, 일본 도로교지승편람, ISO 기준과 비교 분석하였으며, KS F 4420의 강성 제안식과 실측치와의 차이를 알아보기 위하여 국내 일반적인 탄성받침을 대상으로 수직강성과 전단강성 측정 실험을 실시하였다. 실측된 수직강성은 강성정의 방법에 따라 20%정도 차이를 나타냈으며, 전단강성은 13%정도 차이를 나타냈다. 또한 실측된 강성은 KS F 4420의 제안식과의 편차도 큰 것으로 나타났다. 교량받침이 요구되는 수직강성을 가지지 못하는 경우 교량 상부 구조물의 부등침하 및 응력집중 현상을 야기할 수 있다. 따라서 국내 받침이 설계에서 요구되는 성능을 갖기 위해서는 다양한 형상, 형상계수를 갖는 받침의 성능평가를 통하여 국내 실정에 맞는 압축탄성계수식과 성능평가기준의 마련이 필요하다고 판단된다.

• KSTLE International Journal
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2001

Ball bearings have been widely used for the spindle motor bearing in various kinds of information storage devices. Recently many researchers have been trying to replace ball bearings with fluid film bearings because of their superior NRRO(non-repeatable runout) characteristics. In this study, a numerical analysis has been conducted for the complicate bearing system composed of herringbone groove journal bearing and spiral groove thrust bearing for the spindle motor of the information storage device. At first, spindle motor bearing is modeled as journal bearing part and thrust bearing part separately, and then observed various influences of geometric parameters. Previous studies had considered only the translational motion of the journal bearing. However, this study takes the additional 2-degree of freedom rotation into consideration to attempt to describe the real motion of the spindle bearing. As a result, rotational stiffness coefficients and rotational damping coefficients are obtained. In addition, a spindle bearing system made up of four bearings is modeled and interpreted at once and coefficients of dynamic characteristics of each bearing are obtained. Finally, an eigen analysis of bearing system is made with these results. Through this analysis, it is possible to estimate an unstable condition of the system for given geometric parameters and to propose a method which is able to avoid the unstable condition by a proper adjustment of geometric parameters.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.139-140
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• 2006

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2019

Surface texturing is widely applied to reduce friction and improve the reliability of machine elements. Despite extensive theoretical studies to date, most research has been limited to parallel thrust bearings, mechanical face seals, piston rings, etc. However, most sliding bearings have a convergent film shape in the sliding direction and the hydrodynamic pressure is mainly generated by the wedge action. The results of surface texturing on inclined slider bearings are largely insufficient. This paper is the first part of a recent study focusing on the effect of the groove position on the lubrication performances of inclined slider bearings. We model a slider bearing with one rectangular groove on a fixed pad and analyze the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT. The results show that the film convergence ratio and the groove position have a significant influence on the pressure and velocity distributions. There are groove positions to maximize the supporting load with the film convergence ratio and the groove reduces the frictional force acting on the slider. Therefore, the proper groove position not only improves the load-carrying capacity of the slider bearings but also reduces its frictional loss. The present results apply to various surface-textured sliding bearings and can lead to further studies.