• Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2015

This paper discusses an optimization-based approach for the design of a product platform for industrial three-axis linear-type robots, which are widely used for handling objects in manufacturing lines. Since the operational specifications of these robots, such as operation speed, working distance and orientation, weight and shape of loads, etc., will vary for different applications, robotic system vendors must provide various types of robots efficiently and effectively to meet a range of market needs. A promising step toward this goal is the concept of a product platform, in which several key elements are commonly used across a series of products, which can then be customized for individual requirements. However the design of a product platform is more complicated than that of each product, due to the need to optimize the design across many products. This paper proposes an optimization-based fundamental framework toward the design of a product platform for industrial three-axis linear-type robots; this framework allows the solution of a complicated design problem and builds an optimal design method of fundamental features of robot frames that are commonly used for a wide range of robots. In this formulation, some key performance metrics of the robot are estimated by a reducedorder model which is configured with beam theory. A multi-objective optimization problem is formulated to represent the trade-offs among key design parameters using a weighted-sum form for a single product. This formulation is integrated into a mini-max type optimization problem across a series of robots as an optimal design formulation for the product platform. Some case studies of optimal platform design for industrial three-axis linear-type robots are presented to demonstrate the applications of a genetic algorithm to such mathematical models.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2002

The laser welding in the automotive industries has been used widely for the butt joint of blank sheets rather than the lap joint of automotive body panels. But as a substitute far the spot welding of automotive body panels, the so called three dimensional laser welding will be important far the body panel engineers. Specially the laser welding of body panels with a smooth weld line is applied increasingly, for example, to the side panels. So far, some criteria of the laser weld quality was suggested by in-house regulations or national standards from experiences and/or rule of thumbs. In the manufacturing places, a go or no-go criterion is adopted because of the simplicity or a lack of rational criteria. It is true specially for the selection of the process parameters, which gives the basic causes for the good quality of laser welds. In this study, the effects of joint combination, gap and welding speed on the lap joint $CO_2$ laser welding of two mild steel sheets with different thicknesses are obtained through a $2{\times}3{\times}7$ factorial experiment. The results of the weld quality are statistically analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and compared between two characteristic zones, which are separated by the type of sectional shapes and the level of input energy per volume. The thickness combinations are 0.8mm/1.2mm, 1.2mm/0.8mm of mild steel sheets. The welding speed covers from the deep penetration to the partial penetration. The gap size has three levels of no-gap, 0.16m, and 0.26mm. The bead width, penetration depth and input energy per volume are measured and used as the weld quality criteria.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.26-29
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• 2013

마찰교반용접(FSW) 및 마찰교반처리(FSP) 기술 관련 국제 심포지움인 'Friction Stir Welding & Processing VII'에서 발표된 연구논문의 내용을 토대로 아래와 같이 최신 연구개발 동향을 정리하였다. ${\cdot}$ 알루미늄합금과 마그네슘합금의 경량금속에 대한 마찰교반용접이 주류를 이루었던 과거와 달리 최근에는 구조용 연강, 고강도강, 초내열합금 및 타이타늄 합금 등의 고융점 금속재료에 대한 마찰교반용접 공정기술 및 툴의 개발이 수행되고 있다. ${\cdot}$ 주조재 표면 조직의 균질화 및 나노 사이즈의 초미세 결정립 조직을 얻기 위한 개질(改質)을 비롯하여 CNTs 및 Graphene 등의 첨단 탄소소재를 판재의 표면에 코팅 또는 판재 내부에 분산시켜 금속기 나노탄소복합재(MMNCC: Metal Matrix Nano Carbon Composites)의 제조 및 기계적 특성 향상을 목적으로 하는 FSP 관련 연구가 다각적으로 수행되고 있다. ${\cdot}$ 마찰교반용접 공정 중의 접합부의 형성 및 금속유동(Metal flow)에 대한 모델링(Modeling) 관련 연구가 다수 진행되고 있으며, 수학적 해석 및 실시간 모니터링을 통한 연구가 의욕적으로 진행되고 있다.

• Composites Research
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.340-347
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• 2015

VARTM 공정에서 고분자 수지가 함침 될 때 시간에 따라 섬유보강재가 팽창하여 섬유체적율이 감소하는 현상이 발생한다. 풍력 블레이드와 같은 대형 복합재료 구조물의 경우 섬유체적율의 변동 폭이 커져 제품의 치수가 변하고 기계적 물성이 저하될 뿐 아니라 예측하지 못한 고분자 수지의 사용량이 증가하는 등의 문제점과 경제적인 손실이 발생할 여지가 증가할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 VARTM 공정에서 수지 함침에 따른 섬유 보강재의 팽창 현상에 관한 분석을 통하여 복합재료 액상 성형 공정에서의 섬유 체적율을 조절하는 방안을 모색하였다. 그 결과 유동 선단의 진행에 따라 섬유의 팽창 현상이 크게 두 단계로 구분되어 나타나는 것을 확인하였고 각각의 단계에서 작용하는 힘을 분석함으로써 섬유의 체적율 변화에 관한 현상학적 모델을 제시하였고 1차원 편미분 수치 해석과 연계하여 VARTM공정에서 수지 함침에 따른 섬유 체적율의 변화를 예측하였다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.549-555
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• 2002

탄소섬유쉬트는 철근의 약 10배에 달하는 인장강도를 지니고 있으나, 보강 특성상 접착제를 사용한 일체화가 선행되어져야하기 때문에 부착으로 인한 강도저감요인을 배제할 수가 없다. 결국 탄소섬유쉬트의 인장강도를 최대한 발휘하기 위해서는 부착파괴를 방지할 수 있는 합리적 설계가 이루어져야 한다. 현재까지 부착성능과 관련한 많은 연구가 진행되었지만 부착길이 결정하는 부착강도에 대한 연구는 미흡하였으며, 설계에 반영할 수 있는 기준 역시 미진한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 일본 규준 안 및 국내 제조사가 제시하고 있는 설계용 부착강도를 기준으로 부착길이를 검토하였으며, 부착성능에 영향을 미칠 젓으로 판단되는 프라이머 도포량 및 에폭시 강도를 변수로 실험을 실시하였다. 본 실험결과에 의하면, 현재 적용 강도는 모두 안전측으로 나타났으며, 설계용 부착강도는 최대 $\tau$a =8 kgf/$\textrm{cm}^2$ 까지 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2015

Organic electronics are the domain in which the components and circuits are made of organic materials. This new electronics help to realize electronic and optoelectronic devices on flexible substrates. In recent years, organic materials have replaced conventional semiconductors in many electronic components such as, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and organic photovoltaic (OPVs). It is well known that organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) have many advantages in comparison with inorganic light-emitting diodes LEDs. These advantages include the low price of manufacturing, large area of electroluminescent display, uniform emission and lower the requirement for power. The aim of this paper is to model polymer LEDs and OLEDs made with small molecules for studying the electrical and optical characteristics. The purpose of this modeling process is, to obtain information about the running of OLEDs, as well as, the injection and charge transport mechanisms. The first simulation structure used in this paper is a mono layer device; typically consisting of the poly (2-methoxy-5(2'-ethyl) hexoxy-phenylenevinylene) (MEH-PPV) polymer sandwiched between an anode with a high work function, usually an indium tin oxide (ITO) substrate, and a cathode with a relatively low work function, such as Al. Electrons will then be injected from the cathode and recombine with electron holes injected from the anode, emitting light. In the second structure, we replaced MEH-PPV by tris (8-hydroxyquinolinato) aluminum (Alq₃). This simulation uses, the Poole-Frenkel -like mobility model and the Langevin bimolecular recombination model as the transport and recombination mechanism. These models are enabled in ATLAS- SILVACO. To optimize OLED performance, we propose to change some parameters in this device, such as doping concentration, thickness and electrode materials.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.114-120
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• 2006

중금속을 함유하여 환경문제를 야기하고 있는 무기안료를 대체할 환경 친화적 안료 제품을 개발할 목적으로, potassium vanadate와 bismuth nitrate의 수용액으로부터 bismuth vanadate 안료를 제조할 때 공정 변수가 생성되는 안료의 물성에 미치는 영향을 실험적으로 조사하였다. 두 수용액을 각각 일정한 유속으로 서서히 첨가한 후, 반응혼합물의 1차 pH와 2차 pH를 각각 4.5와 7.0~7.5로 하여 침전을 생성시켜 반응혼합물 속에서 3시간 이상 숙성하고, $400^{\circ}C$에서 3시간 이상 소성하면 0.90 이상의 은폐율과 ${\Delta}E^*$값 1.50 이하의 색상을 지닌 bismuth vanadate 안료를 제조할 수 있었다. 반응혼합물 중 Mo의 첨가량이 증가하면 안료의 은폐력이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 다른 미량 성분들의 영향은 그리 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.1019-1032
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• 2014

Rails are key elements in railway superstructure since these elements receive directly the train load transmitted by the wheels. Simultaneously, rails must provide effective stress transference to the rest of the track elements. This track element often deteriorates as a consequence of the vehicle passing or manufacturing imperfections that cause in rail several defects. Among these rail defects, transverse cracks highlights and are considered a severe pathology because they can suddenly trigger the rail failure. This study is focused on UIC-60 rails with transverse cracks. A 3-D FEM model is developed in ANSYS for the flawless rail in which conditions simulating the crack presence are implemented. To account for the inertia loss of the rail as a consequence of the cracking, a reduction of the bending stiffness of the rail is considered. The numerical models have been calibrated using the first four bending vibration modes in terms of frequencies. These vibration frequencies have been obtained using the Experimental Modal Analysis technique, studying the changes in the modal parameters of the rails induced by the crack and comparing the results obtained by the model with experimental results. Finally, the calibrated and validated models for the single rail have been implemented in a complete railway ballasted track FEM model in order to study the static influence of the cracks on the rail deflection caused by a load passing.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2007

An active micro-mixer, which was composed of an oscillating micro-stirrer in the microchannel to provide rapid, effective mixing at high flow, rates was analyzed. The effects of molecular diffusion and disturbance by the stirrer were considered with regard to two types of mixer models: the simple straight microchannel and microchannel with an oscillating stirrer. Two types of mixer models were studied by analyzing mixing behaviors such as their interaction after the stirrer. The mixing was calculated by Lattice Boltzmann methods using the D2Q9 model. In this study, the time-averaged mixing index formula was used to estimate the mixing performance of time-dependent flow. The mixing indices of the two models compared. From the results, it was found that the mixer with an oscillating stirrer was much more enhanced and stabilized. Therefore, an optimum design for a dynamic micro-mixer with an oscillating stirrer was performed using Taguchi method in order to obtain a robust solution. The design parameters were established as the frequency, the length and the angle of the stirrer and the optimal values were determined to be 2, 0.8D and ${\pm}75^{\circ}$, respectively. It was found that the mixing index of the optimal design increased 80.72% compared with that of the original design.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2008

An active micro-mixer, which is composed of an oscillating micro-stirrer in the micro-channel to provide effective mixing was optimized. The effects of molecular diffusion and disturbance by the stirrer were considered with regard to two types of mixer models: the simple straight micro-channel and micro-channel with an oscillating stirrer. Two types of mixer models were studied by analyzing mixing behaviors such as their interaction after the stirrer. The mixing was calculated by Lattice Boltzmann methods using the D2Q9 model. In this study, the time-averaged mixing index formula was used to estimate the mixing performance of time-dependent flow. The mixing indices of the two models were compared. From the results, it was found that the mixer with an oscillating stirrer was much more enhanced and stabilized. Therefore, an approximate optimization of an active micro-mixer with an oscillating stirrer was performed using Kriging method with OLHD(Optimal Latin Hypercube Design) in order to determine the optimal design variables. The design parameters were established as the frequency, the length and the angle of the stirrer. The optimal values were obtained as 1.0346, 0.66D and $\pm45^{\circ}$, respectively. It was found that the mixing index of the optimal design increased by 88.72% compared with that of the original design.