• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.245-254
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• 2020

The sheet molding compound composite has been applied divers section. This paper reports processing of carbon fiber reinforced thermosetting composite with diverse resins and which was composed of chopped carbon fiber (30 ~ 60 wt%). Normally the paste that the viscosity is over 15,000 cps has been used in traditional Sheet molding compound (SMC) machine. In this research, SMC machine was designed to make Carbon-sheet molding compound (C-SMC) prepreg which was composed with low viscosity resin (1,800 ~ 2,500 cps increase up to 10,000 cps after aging). In order to confirm the optimal processing condition. Mechanical strength tests including tensile test, shear test, impact test, flexural strength test were conducted on C-SMC composites. Plus we identified the correlation between the mechanical properties and prepreg processing condition (carbon ratio and applied resin).

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.488-499
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• 1996

SMC(Sheet molding compound) is a thermosetting material reinforced with chopped fiberglass. The compression molding of SMC was analyzed based on a rigid thermo-viscoplastic approach using a three dimensional finite element program coupled with temperatures. Only the temperature analysis part was tested in this paper by solving one-dimensional heat transfer problem and comparing with the exact solutions available in the literature. Based on this comparison the program was proved to be valid and was further applied in solving compression molding of SMC between flat dies. To investigate the usefulness of a rigid thermo-viscoplastic approach in the compression molding analysis of SMC charge, compression of rectangular shaped SMC charge at plane strain and three dimensionalde formation condition was analyzed under the same condition as given in the literature. From this comparison it was found out that the rigid thermo-viscoplastic approach was useful in analyzing SMC compression molding between flat dies.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 1995

The compression molding of SMC (sheet molding compund) at room temperature was analyzed based on rigid-viscoplastic approach by three dimensional finite element program. The developed program was tested by solving the three dimensional compression of wedge type specimens of aluminum alloys at various processing conditions. The simulation results were compared well to the experimental results available in the literature. based on this comparison the program was proved to be valid and was further applied in solving compression molding of SMC, which is a thermosetting material reinforced with chopped fiber glass. To investigate the effects of friction conditions and mold closing speeds for compression molding of SMC charge at room temperature, compressions of the cylindrical and rectangular shaped SMC were analyzed for various friction conditions and mold closing speeds. The calculated load values were compared to the experimental results for the compression molding of cylindrical specimen.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.245-256
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• 1995

SMC(Sheet Molding Compound), a thermoset composite material which consists of unsaturated polyester resin, fiberglass strands, fillers, and various chemical additives for curing agent, has been widely used in fabrication of structural components. The mechanical properties of molded SMS parts are strongly dependent on material flow results during compression molding process, while such flow in molds is affected by material characteristics. For numerical simulation of SMC molding process, estimation of material property of SMC must be accomplished. In this study, flow resistance of SMC was estimated through a simple compression test using a lubricant with grease oil under the constant strain rate condition at various temperatures and the result was compared with other material data available in the literature. The accuracy of the experimentally determined flow resistance was tested by finite element analyses of compression molding of SMC. Simulation results were compared with experimental results under the plane strain condition.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 1996년도 자동차부품 제작기술의 진보
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• pp.63-73
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• 1996

CAFE(기업평균연비) 규제의 적극적 대응책의 하나로 차체 경량화가 주목받고 있다. 이를 위해 사용되는 고분자 복합소재 중 특히 Exterior Body Panel에 많이 채택되고 있는 SMC(Sheet Molding Compound)에 대해 제조방법, 성형공정, 기술적 과제, 재활용, 적용 예 등을 살펴보았다. 1973년 GM의 Corvette로부터 본격적으로 사용되기 시작한 SMC는 미국, 유럽을 중심으로 사용량이 계속 증가되고 있으며, 자동화가 용이하고 성형Cycle이 짧아 타 열경화성 고분자복합재료 성형방법에 비해 대량생산에 유리하며, 도장 특성이 우수하며 자 동차 부품용으로 가장 보편적인 방식이다.

• Composite Materials and Engineering
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.221-239
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• 2021

This paper presents a multiscale modeling method for sheet molding compound (SMC) composites through a novel bundle packing reconstruction algorithm based on a micro-CT (Computed Tomography) image processing. Due to the complex flow pattern during the compression molding process, the SMC composites show a spatially varying orientation and overlapping of fiber bundles. Therefore, significant inhomogeneity and anisotropy are commonly observed and pose a tremendous challenge to predicting SMC composites' properties. For high-fidelity modeling of the SMC composites, the statistical distributions for the fiber orientation and local volume fraction are characterized from micro-CT images of real SMC composites. After that, a novel bundle packing reconstruction algorithm for a high-fidelity SMC model is proposed by considering the statistical distributions. A method for evaluating specimen level's strength and stiffness is also proposed from a set of high-fidelity SMC models. Finally, the proposed multiscale modeling methodology is experimentally validated through a tensile test.

• Composites Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.8-11
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• 2018

섬유강화 복합재료 제조 방법 중 sheet molding compound(SMC)는 자동차에 적용 가능성이 가장 높은 소재이다. 본 연구에서는 저비중 필러인 유리버블과 강화재인 유리섬유를 사용하여 물성이 저하되지 않으면서 낮은 비중을 나타내는 SMC의 제조를 위한 최적의 배합비에 대해 연구하였다. SMC 내부에 유리섬유의 혼입양이 증가할수록 강도가 향상하였고, 유리버블의 혼입양이 증가할수록 비중이 낮아졌다. 최적의 배합에서는 비중이 낮아지면서 물성이 향상되는 시너지 효과가 나타남을 발견하였다. 이러한 시너지 효과는 유리버블의 크랙 전파의 분산효과와 유리버블의 혼입에 따른 섬유와 매트릭스의 결합력의 향상에 기인한 것임을 내부구조 분석을 통해 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2021

복합재료 중에서 SMC(sheet molding compound) 복합재료는 자동차의 차체 성형에 주로 쓰이고 있다. 자동차 산업에서는 차량 사고를 고려하여야 하므로 재료의 충돌 거동 및 특성에 관한 연구는 필수적이다. 충돌은 짧은 시간에 일어나기 때문에 육안으로 확인이 어렵다. 따라서 충돌 거동을 확인하기 위해서는 유한요소 모델을 이용한 충돌 손상 해석이 필요하다. 충돌 손상 해석을 위해서는 SMC 복합재료의 손상 모델에 대한 파라메터가 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 SMC 복합재료의 손상 모델에 대한 파라메터를 획득하기 위해 인공신경망 기법을 적용하였다. LS-DYNA에서 파라메터에 따른 결과를 이용하여 대체 모델을 구성하였다. 자유 낙하 충돌 실험에서 얻은 흡수 에너지와 인공신경망 모델을 이용한 흡수 에너지를 비교하여 최적화된 파라메터를 획득하였다. 획득한 파라메터를 유한요소 모델에 적용해 결과를 비교하여 파라메터의 신뢰성을 검증하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2021

본 논문은 단섬유 칩으로 구성된 Sheet Molding Compound(SMC) 복합재료를 실험적으로 관찰된 특징들을 바탕으로 메소스케일(meso-scale) 대표체적요소(RVE: Representative Volume Element)를 재구성하는 새로운 알고리즘을 제시한다. 전산해석을 이용하여 SMC 복합재료의 비등방성 거동의 정확한 예측은 어려운 문제이다. 이를 극복하기 위해, SMC 복합재료를 위한 일련의 이미지 프로세싱 기술과 재구성 알고리즘 및 유한요소(FE: Finite Element) 생성기로 구성된 SMC RVE 모델을 개발하였다. 첫째, micro-CT 이미지 프로세싱은 SMC 물성에 직접적인 상관관계를 가지는 섬유칩의 배향 및 분산의 확률적 분포를 평가한다. 둘째, 해당 통계적 분포를 바탕으로 섬유칩 간의 겹침효과를 고려한 섬유칩 팩킹 재구성 알고리즘을 개발한다. 마지막으로, SMC 복합재료 멀티스케일 해석을 이용하여 매크로스케일(macro-scale)에서의 거동을 파악하고 실험데이터를 통해 검증을 수행한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.154-163
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• 1997

Thermally-induced deformation in SMC(Sheet Molding Compound) products is analyzed using three dimensional finite element method. Planar fiber orientation, which causes the anisotropic material properties, is calculated through the flow analysis during the compression stage of the mold. Also curing process is analyzed to predict temperature profile which has significant effects on warpage of SMC products. Through the developed procedure, effects of various process conditions such as charge location, mold temperature, fiber contents, and fiber orientations on deformation of final products are studied. and processing strategies are proposed to reduce the warpage and the shrinkage.