• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.74-81
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• 2017

The door impact beam of the side-impacted vehicle plays a key role in securing occupant safety by preventing intrusion from the impacting vehicle. Despite the low production cost, the press door impact beam has been adopted sparingly because of the strength inferiority. In this study, the design technologies of the press beam aimed at improving bending strength were investigated. First, the effect of the section shape and size was examined. Next, thickness and material strength were increased. Also, the TRB beam application was simulated by varying combined thickness. Some TRB beams with reduced weight exhibited bending strength over the strength of the pipe beam. Then, the beam with a closed center section also showed remarkably enhanced maximum bending strength.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.40-47
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• 2019

First, three point bending analysis for the inclined press door impact beam was carried out to investigate inclination angle effect on the maximum strength with varying support distance. Next, for the system model with spring elements representing body stiffness at door mounting area, the bending structural behavior of impact beam mounted on vehicle was estimated. The mounting distance and inclination angle were changed and the beam bending buckling strength was presumed at the head displacement below which spring stiffness change has little effect on the load. Finally strength ratio to predict the bending buckling strength of impact beam mounted on vehicle from three point bending maximum strength of fixed support distance was suggested.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.166-172
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• 2019

A case study was performed in order to develop well-designed of thin plate door impact beam. The conventional impact beam was consisted of steel-pipe welded two brackets on the both side, which causes low productivity and high cost. In order to overcome those disadvantage, it is necessary to develop a new type of door impact; thin plate impact beam. The thin plate impact beam was not needed a welding procedure, which can lead low cost and high productivity. In order to maximally resist from an external force, the cross-section design should be well designed. 6 different cross-section design were proposed based on engineer's experience. Three point bending test was simulated those 6 different impact beam and compared the reaction forces. Among them, one case was chosen and redesigned for detail design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.377-384
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• 2004

지구환경 문제가 대두되면서 자동차 경량화를 위한 재료의 고강도화는 필수적인데, 재료의 고강도화는 성형성의 감소를 야기한다. 이러한 문제점은 가공방법으로 해결할 수 있는데, 그 대표적인 것이 프레스 경화(Press Hardening)공정이다. 프레스 경화 공법이란 성형성이 좋은 고온$(900^{\circ}C)$에서 성형하면서 성형 중 프레스에서 고강도를 부설하는 공법이다. 프레스 경화 공정은 스웨덴의 SSAB자회사인 프라냐에서 1973년에 개발된 공법으로 초기에는 높은 경도가 필요한 산업용 설비 (톱 등)에 적용되다가 1990년대부터 Bumper와 Door Impact Beam등의 자동차 부품으로 개발을 하여 적용되기 시작하였으며, 현재 그 적용 영역을 보다 넓혀나가고 있는 상태이다. 본 발표에서는 프레스 경화 공정의 대표 부품인 범퍼 임펙트을 개발하기 위해 관련한 성능해석을 수행하였다. 수행한 결과에 의하면 기존 소재 대비하여 $30\%$이상 경량화가 가능함을 알수 있었다.