• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.189-206
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• 2012

This paper focuses on the actuation system combined with a piezoelectric transducer and an electric circuit, which leads to a new insight; the electric actuation system is equivalent to mechanical variable-stiffness actuation systems. By controlling the switch in the circuit, the electric status of the piezoelectric transducer is changed, and consequently a variable-stiffness mechanism is achieved on the electric actuator. This proposed actuator features a shift in the equilibrium point of force, while conventional electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuators feature the variation of the stiffness value. We intensively focus on the equilibrium shift in the actuation system, which has been neglected. The stiffness of the variable-stiffness actuator is periodically modulated by controlling the switch, to suppress the vibration of the system in an open-loop way. It is proved that this electric actuator is equivalent to its mechanical counterpart, and that the electrical version has some practical advantages over the mechanical one. Furthermore, another kind of electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuator, using an energy-recycling mechanism is also discussed from the viewpoint of open-loop vibration control. Extensive numerical simulations provide comprehensive assessment on both electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuators employed for open-loop vibration control.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2022

The aim of this study was to compare the mechanical properties of 0.6 and 0.8 mm cerclage wires with the 1.0 mm cerclage wire in the twist, single-loop, double-loop, double-wrap, and loop/twist knot methods. Six stainless steel cerclage wires of various diameters in different knot methods were tied round a customized jig mounted on a load testing machine. The initial tension, initial stiffness, and yield load were evaluated. The failure mode of each cerclage was observed. For each wire size, the double-loop, double-wrap, and loop/twist knots showed significantly greater initial stiffness, and yield load than those seen with twist and single-loop knots. The single-loop knot showed the least initial stiffness regardless of the diameter. As the cerclage wire diameter increased, the cerclage tended to show significantly greater initial stiffness, and yield load. Failure modes varied depending on the knot configurations. Single-loop knots of smaller-diameter wires less than 1 mm had similar or lower initial tension, initial stiffness, and yield load than a twist knot. Owing to the variance in mechanical properties, the clinical application of the knot type should depend on the diameter of the cerclage wire.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.673-688
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• 1999

본 연구는 multiloop edgewise arch wire(MEAW)의 기계적 특성을 분석하기 위해, 1) 개별 브라켓간 부위에서의 MEAW의 하중변형률을 수종의 재질로 된 동일 규격의 교정용 호선과 비교하고, 2)개별 브라켓간 부위와 multi-L-loop 부위(측절치 브라켓의 원심연과 제2대구치 튜브의 근심연간의 거리)에서의 wire stiffness를 비교하며, 3)단일 L-loop와 multi-L-loop의 하중변형률에 대한 공학적 이론식을 유도하여 MEAW의 하중변형특성을 규명하고자 시행하였다. 5가지의 서로 다른 수평길이를 지닌 L-loop와 5개의 L-loop로 구성된 상하악의 multi-L-loop를 .$016\times.022$ inch의 stainless steel 강선으로 제작하였고, .$016\times.022$ inch의 Plain stainless steel, TML NiTi를 준비하였다. Instron model 4466 만능시험기에 50N 용량의 load cell을 부착하여 crosshead의 속도 1.0min/분, 브라켓간 부위의 시험시에는 최대변위량 1.0mm로 각 브라켓간격에서 측정하였고, multi-L-loop부위의 경우는 최대변위량 10mm, 42mm의 거리에서 측정하였다. 반복된 실험에 의해 발생할 수 있는 응력에 따른 물리적 성질 변화의 가능성을 배제하기 위해 각 조건마다 동일한 5개의 시편을 사용하였다. 측정된 하중변형률과 각 실험의 브라켓간격을 이용하여 각 브라켓부위에서의 L-loop의 wire stiffness number를 계산하였고 이를 multi-L-loop의 그것과 비교하였다. 5개의 loop로 구성된 multi-L-loop를 35개의 직선구간으로 나누어 각 구간의 에너지를 계산, 총합을 낸 후 가해진 외력으로 미분하여 하중변형률의 이론식을 유도하였으며, 이를 wire stiffness로 환산하여 단일 L-loop의 wire stiffness와 비교하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1) 각 브라켓 간격에서의 L-loop의 하중변형률은 평균적으로 stainless steel wire의 1/5.16, NiTi의 1/l.53, TMA의 1/2.47이었다. 2) multi-L-loop부위 에서의 MEAW의 wire stiffness는 개개 브라켓간 간격에서보다 평균 1.53배 더 높았고, 같은 부위에서의 NiTi보다 1.9배 더 높았다. 3) 유도된 하중변형률의 이론식에 따르면, 부위에 따라서 wire stiffness의 차이를 보이지 않는 직선 강선과는 달리, L-loop가 부여된 경우, 개별 L-loop의 ire stiffness는 전체 multi-L-loop의 wire stiffness보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 연구결과로 미루어 볼 때, MEAW는 개별적인 치아이동을 허용하면서, 가해진 교정력을 효과적으로 전체 치열로 전달할 수 있는 독특한 기계적 특성을 지니고 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.159-171
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• 1995

한 cycle의 이력곡선 loop을 완전히 표현하기 위해서는 pinch force, drift offset, effective stiffness, unloading, reloading, tangential stiffness 등의 변수가 필요하게 된다. 각 이력 loop에 대해 이들 변수들은 에너지 소산정도에 따라 변위와 축력의 함수로 표현될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 먼저 16개의 전단벽 실험에서 얻어진 이력곡선 데이타를 분석하여 앞에 기술된 모든 변수를 표준화된 변위(.DELTA/.DELTA.y)의 함수로 표현했으며 이를 바탕으로 이력곡선의 포락선으로 표현되는 힘-변위관계를 예측할 수 있는 6개의 step을 제시하였다. 제시된 기법으로 구해진 비탄성 힘-변위관계는 실험곡선과 비교되었으며 내진설계에 있어서 가장 중요한 요소중 하나인 구조물의 비탄성 힘-변위관계를 예측하는 편리한 기법으로 이용될 수 있음을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.521-536
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• 2019

Using magnetorheological (MR) dampers in multiswitch open-loop control mode has been shown to be cost-effective for cable vibration mitigation. In this paper, a method for analyzing the damping performance of taut cables incorporating MR dampers in open-loop control mode is developed considering the effects of damping coefficient, damper stiffness, damper mass, and stiffness of the damper support. Making use of a three-element model of MR dampers and complex modal analysis, both numerical and asymptotic solutions are obtained. An analytical expression is obtained from the asymptotic solution to evaluate the equivalent damping ratio of the cable-damper system in the open-loop control mode. The individual and combined effects of the damping coefficient, damper stiffness, damper mass and stiffness of damper support on vibration control effectiveness are investigated in detail. The main thrust of the present study is to derive a general formula explicitly relating the normalized system damping ratio and the normalized damper parameters in consideration of all concerned effects, which can be easily used for the design of MR dampers to achieve optimal open-loop vibration control of taut cables.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.263-271
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• 1995

Canine retraction spring과 같은 looped wire에서, 각 변환요소에 따라 변하는 탄성 정도를 알아보기 위하여, wire의 재료, 굵기, loop에 소요된 길이, loop의 모양, gabling의 여부 등 5가지의 변환요소를 설정하여, 각 wire activation시의 탄성을 range, force, stiffness등의 면에서 알아보고자 하였다. wire의 재료적인 면에서 Hi-T (Unitek Co.)와 blue Elgiloy (Rocky Mountain Orthodontics)를 선택하였으며, 굵기로는 .016"$\;\times\;$.022" 와 .018"$\;\times\;$.025"를 선택하였다. loop 자체에 소요된 wire 길이를 15mm와 20mm의 두가지로, loop의 모양을 vertical open loop과 vertical closed loop의 두가지로, gabling의 양을 $0\circ$와 $30\circ$의 두가지로 하여 각각 제작하였다. 따라서 wire의 재료와 굵기, loop의 길이와 모양, gabling의 5가지 변환요소에 따라 32개군으로 구분되었으며, 각 군의 시료수는 8개씩으로, 총 256개의 시료를 대상으로 하였다. Instron(4202, Instron Co, USA)을 사용하여 각 시료의 하중변형 곡선을 얻었으며 elastic limit에서의 하중과 변형을 계측하고, 그때의 stiffness(force/range)를 산출하여, ANOVA 등의 통계처리로 32개군 간의 상관성을 조사하였다. 그 결과 wire의 재료, 굵기, loop의 길이, 모양, gabling모두가 looped wire의 하중 변형도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것을 관찰할 수 있었으며, 탄성범위에서의 force는 Hi-T, .016"$\;\times\;$.022", loop 길이 20mm, open loop, non-gable군에서 가장 적었으며, blue Elgiloy, .018"$\;\times\;$.025", loop 길이 15mm, closed loop, non-gable군에서 가장 컸다. 탄성범위에서의 range는 Hi-T, .018"$\;\times\;$.025", loop길이 15mm, open loop, non-gable군이 가장 적었으며, Hi-T, .016"$\;\times\;$.022", loop길이 20mm, closed loop, gable군에서 가장 컸다. 또한 Looped wire의 탄성에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 변환요소는 loop의 모양과 길이였으며, gabling의 영향이 가장 적었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.142-150
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• 2005

Design and performance evaluation of a spindle system which was composed of a grinding spindle and a regulating spindle for the centerless grinding of ferrule were performed in this paper. Layout and details of spindle system were designed and hydrostatic bearings for spindles were also designed. Prototype of spindle system was developed and its availabilities to machine the ferrule were discussed using the experimental results on the spindle stiffness of each spindle, loop stiffness, rotational accuracy and thermal characteristics. Loop stiffness of the spindle system was $130\;N/{\mu}m$, which was enough to machine the ferrule. Rotational accuracies of each spindle were about $0.2{\mu}m$ at the primary speed of 2,300 rpm(grinding spindle) and 300 rpm(regulating spindle). Temperature rises at the same speed were about $4.4\~4.7^{\circ}C$ in the case of grinding spindle and $1.8^{\circ}C$ in the case of regulating spindle, which agreed well with the designed value. From these results, it was estimated that the prototype of spindle system had enough performances for the centerless grinding machine to machine the ferrule.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used for imaging surfaces and measuring surface forces at the nano-scale. Force calibration is important for the quantitative measurement of forces at the nano-scale using AFM. Normal force calibration is relatively straightforward, whereas the lateral force calibration is more complicated since the lateral stiffness of the cantilever is often comparable to the contact stiffness. In this work, the lateral force calibrations of the rectangular cantilever were performed using torsional Sader's method, thermal noise method, and wedge calibration method. The lateral optical lever sensitivity for the thermal noise method was determined from the friction loop under various normal forces as well. Experimental results showed that the discrepancies among the results of the different methods were as large as 30% due to the effect of the contact stiffness on the lateral force calibration of the cantilever used in this work. After correction for the effect of contact stiffness, all the calibration results agreed with each other, within experimental uncertainties.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.387-395
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• 1998

In general, the laminated rubber bearing (LRB), a composite structure laminated with the elastic rubber and steel plates, has a complex hysteretic nonlinear characteristics in relationships between the restoring force and shear deflection. The representative nonlinear characteristics of LRB include the change of hysteresis loop with cyclic shear deflections and the hardening effects at large shear deflection regions. Changes of the hysteresis loop of LRB with cyclic shear deflections affect the horizontal stiffness and the damping characteristics. The hardening behavior of LRB in large shear deflection region results in an increased horizontal stiffness and therefore, has a great impacton the seismic responses. In this paper, the seismic response analysis is carried out using the modified hysteretic bi-linear model of LRB, which takes into account the hysteresis loop change and the hardening behavior with cyclic shear deflection. The results on seismic responses are compared with those obtained using the widely used hysteretic hi-linear model. The new model is found to reveal the greater amount of peak acceleration response.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.1469-1474
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• 2007

In recent years, research to machine large-surface micro-features has become important because of the light guide panel of a large-scale liquid crystal display and the bipolar plate of a high-capacity proton exchange membrane fuel cell. In this study, in order to realize the systematic design technology and performance improvements of an ultra-precision machine for machining the large-surface micro-features, a structural characteristic analysis was performed using its virtual prototype. The prototype consisted of gantry-type frame, hydrostatic feed mechanisms, linear motors, brushless DC servo motor, counterbalance mechanism, and so on. The loop stiffness was estimated from the relative displacement between the tool post and C-axis table, which was caused by a cutting force. Especially, the causes of structural stiffness deterioration were identified through the structural deformation analysis of sub-models.