• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.2364-2369
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 고정밀 로터용 원심주조기 방식을 연구 및 개발함으로써 관련 업종의 생산성 향상을 위하여 로터의 충진율 해석을 통해 RPM에 따른 로터의 충진율을 비교해 최적의 RPM을 제시하였다. 회전속도가 600 rpm일 때 충진율 99.47%를 보여줌으로써 실제 작업현장에서의 결과와 비슷하므로 이를 토대로 추가적으로 수행하여 그 결과를 이용한다면 보다 정확한 공정설계를 할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 또한 소형 레이들의 전도율해석을 통하여 고품질의 주조제품이 생산될 수 있도록 적합한 소형 레이들의 온도를 분석하였다. 니크롬선을 이용한 가열장치가 없는 경우는 $427^{\circ}C$까지 급격히 떨어진 상태로 알루미늄용액이 급격히 굳어지기 시작했다. 그러나 니크롬선의 가열장치가 있는 경우에는 알루미늄 용액의 용융온도인 $660^{\circ}C$이상을 유지한 상태에서 작업을 할 수 있었으며 온도변화가 거의 없음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2013

This paper reports fabrication and characterization of cellulose Electro-Active Paper (EAPap) with increased thickness. Usual thickness of cellulose EAPap was $15{\mu}m$. This thickness needs to be increased to enhance the mechanical force output of EAPap. To fabricate thick cellulose EAPap, the fabrication process parameters including casting and drying processes should be investigated. In this paper, the casting thickness is increased from $800{\mu}m$ to $1500{\mu}m$, and heating times on a hot plate before and after curing process are introduced at 40 and $60^{\circ}C$ for 30 and 60 minutes, respectively. Thickness measurement, Thermal Gravitational Analysis (TGA), UV-transmittance, Young's modulus, and piezoelectric charge constant are measured. Heated EAPaps with increased thickness have similar TGA result, higher transmittance, higher Young's modulus and lower piezoelectric charge constant.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2011

A pose estimation process from medical images is calculating locations and orientations of objects obtained from Computed Tomography (CT) volume data utilizing X-ray images from two directions. In this process, digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) images of spatially transformed objects are generated and compared to X-ray images repeatedly until reasonable transformation matrices of the objects are found. The DRR generation and image comparison take majority of the total time for this pose estimation. In this paper, a fast DRR generation technique based on GPU parallel computing is introduced. A volume ray-casting algorithm is explained with brief vector operations and a parallelization technique of the algorithm using Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) is discussed. This paper also presents the implementation results and time measurements comparing to those from pure-CPU implementation and open source toolkit.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2015

This paper reports the effect of a refractory crucible type on the microstructure of duplex stainless steel (DSS) cast with the addition of gadolinium using air-induction melting. Grade 4A DSSs with 1 wt% of gadolinium (Gd) were fabricated in various crucibles including alumina ($Al_2O_3$), magnesia (MgO), calcia (CaO) coated with yttria ($Y_2O_3$) and graphite. The standard free energies of the formation of calcium and yttrium oxide were lower than those of gadolinium oxide and other crucible elements based oxide. The yield of Gd in DSS using $Al_2O_3$, MgO, CaO-coated $Y_2O_3$ and graphite was 5, 19, 83 and 96%, respectively. As Gd yield increased, the amount of Gd-based inclusions increased, the size of the inclusions were reduced, and the inclusions became evenly distributed.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2003

As semi-solid forging (SSF) is compared with conventional casting such as gravity die-casting and squeeze casting, the product without inner defects can be obtained from semi-solid forming and globular microstructure as well. Generally, SSF consists of reheating, forging, and ejecting processes. In the reheating process, the materials are heated up to the temperature between the solidus and liquidus line at which the materials exists in the form of liquid-solid mixture. The process variables such as reheating time, reheating temperature, reheating holding time, and induction heating power has large effect on the quality of the reheated billets. It is difficult to consider all the variables at the same time for predicting the quality. In this paper, Taguchi method, regression analysis and neural network were applied to analyze the relationship between processing conditions and solid fraction. A356 alloy was used for the present study, and the learning data were extracted from the reheating experiments. Results by neural network were in good agreement with those by experiment. Polynominal regression analysis was formulated using the test data from neural network. Optimum processing condition was calculated to minimize the grain size and solid fraction standard deviation or to maximize the specimen temperature average. Discussion is given about reheating process of row material and results are presented with regard to accurate process variables fur proper solid fraction, specimen temperature and grain size.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2012

The subframe has been generally manufactured by using stamped steel material. Recently, automotive designers are considering aluminum as lightweight material. This paper describes the development process of an aluminum subframe which is made by high level vacuum die casting process, which is beneficial for minimizing gas contents and material properties. The weight of manufactured subframe is reduced by 4kg with the comparison of steel subframe. The aluminum subframe is packaged for the current vehicle layout and the imposed requirement is to attain a better structural performance that is evaluated in terms of mounting stiffness, noise and vibration, and endurance performance. The NVH evaluation results show that sound level is decreased by 8dB with the help of high roll-rod mounting stiffness as well as high structural modes.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.176-180
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• 2011

Study of the main properties of PVDF films produced by two processing technologies such as hot pressing from a melt or solution casting was the aim of this paper. All samples were prepared of as-received PVDF powder. First group of samples was prepared by the hot pressing. Second group of samples was prepared by the solution casting method. PVDF powder was dissolved in dimethylformamide. To characterize properties of samples, different experimental methods such as FRA (dielectric spectroscopy), IR-spectroscopy and DSC/TGA analysis were used in this work. It was found that IR-spectra of both studied groups do not change compared to that for virgin PVDF powder. It confirms that molecular structure is practically independent on the processing technology of samples. The only difference has been found that new band centered at $1723\;cm^{-1}$ appears for samples prepared by the hot pressing method. This absorption band is related with formation of C=C bonds in samples prepared by the hot pressing method in contrast both to PVDF powder and samples prepared by the solution casting method.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2009

Cartesian grid system has mainly been used in the casting simulation even though it does not nicely represent sloped and curved surfaces. These distorted boundaries cause several problems. A special treatment is necessary to clear these problems. In this paper, we propose a new method that can consider the cutting cells which are cut by casting and mold based on the partial cell treatment (PCT). This method provides a better representation of geometry surface and will be used in the computation of velocities that are defined on the cell boundaries in the Cartesian grid system. Various test examples for several casting process were computed and validated. The analysis results of more accurate fluid flow pattern and less momentum loss owing to the stepped boundaries in the Cartesian grid system were confirmed. By using the cut cell method, performance of computation gets better because of reducing the whole number of meshes.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 BCC (body-centered cubic) 볼륨 데이터의 등 가면을 GPU(graphics processing unit)에서 실시간으로 레이 캐스팅 렌더링하는 방법을 제시한다. 우선 준-보합 전치필터를 적용한 후 7-방향 박스-스플라인 필터를 기반으로 하여 4차 스플라인 함수로 볼륨데이터를 복구한다. 그래픽스 하드웨어에서 실시간 렌더링을 하기 위해, 참조테이블 및 조건 분기를 사용하지 않고 데이터 인출시의 비용을 줄이도록 쉐이더 코드를 최적화하였다. 본 방법을 기존의 BCC 레이 캐스팅과 비교해 본 결과, 비슷한 성능의 기존 방법에 비해 렌더링 속도는 20% 이상 빨라졌고 렌더링 이미지의 품질은 가장 좋았다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.639-643
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• 2016

This paper introduces the development process and investigation of a 60kW induction motor for electric vehicles. We present performance improvement in the induction motor of electric vehicle using copper die-casting based on a multi-gate process. Copper die-casting motors can reduce the size of the motor, the loss of the rotor, and material costs. We also introduce electromagnetic, thermal, mechanical design and analysis results that satisfy the design and the performance requirements. In order to analyze losses accurately of induction motor, commercial finite element analysis is done considering PWM voltage and thermal characteristics by using lumped-circuit parameters. Experimental tests are also carried out to validate the traction motor design.