• 센서학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.397-402
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• 2018

Proper seat design is critical to the safety, comfort, and ergonomics of automotive driver's seats. To ensure effective seat design, quantitative methods should be used to evaluate the characteristics of automotive seats. This paper presents a system that is capable of simultaneously monitoring body pressure distribution and surface deformation in a textile material. In this study, a textile-based capacitive sensor was used to detect the body pressure distribution in an automotive seat. In addition, a strain gauge sensor was used to detect the degree of curvature deformation due to high-pressure points. The textile-based capacitive sensor was fabricated from the conductive fabric and a polyurethane insulator with a high signal-to-noise ratio. The strain gauge sensor was attached on the guiding film to maximize the effect of its deformation due to bending. Ten pressure sensors were placed symmetrically in the hip area and six strain gauge sensors were distributed on both sides of the seat cushion. A readout circuit monitored the absolute and relative values from the sensors in realtime, and the results were displayed as a color map. Moreover, we verified the proposed system for quantifying the body pressure and fabric deformation by studying 18 participants who performed three predefined postures. The proposed system showed desirable results and is expected to improve seat safety and comfort when applied to the design of various seat types. Moreover, the proposed system will provide analytical criteria in the design and durability testing of automotive seats.

• 월간포장계
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• 통권173호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2007

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2016

It is very important to obtain the net shape of the product to maximize the shear cutting surface of fine blanking. In this paper, the fine blanking die was manufactured to achieve part characteristics, such as flatness and a fully sheared surface. The V-ring in the fine blanking die was designed to prevent lateral movement of the material. The fine blanking experiment was conducted with the fine blanking die. The material usage rate was increased by over 5.7% and that of the water-soluble lubricant was decreased by over 33% when the 2-cavity die technology was applied to fine blanking. The capacity of the existing press could lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction. Thus, 2-cavity die technology for fine blanking with a minute module of an accurate gear for producing seat recliner parts was developed.

• 감성과학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.381-390
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• 2010

자동차 시트의 만족도 평가방법은 디자인을 평가하는 방법에서부터 출발하여 완충시스템과 재료를 평가하는 기계적 방법을 지나 인간의 주관적인 감정을 평가하는 현재까지 이르렀다. 국외에서는 지난 10여 년간 자동차 시트의 만족도 평가를 위한 수많은 연구가 진행 되었고, 2006년에 설문지에 기반을 둔 통계적으로 신뢰할 만한 평가방법이 만들어져 외국에서 널리 사용되고 있다(Baba 등, 2008). 그러나 우리나라에서는 아직까지 이 방법이 활용되지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 Smith 등 (2006)의 연구방법을 중심으로 기존 연구를 분석하여 한국인에 적합한 평가 설문지를 새로 개발하였다. 6명의 자동차회사 및 시트 전문회사의 전문가들의 의견을 반영하여 기존연구에서 감성평가 항목이 중복되어 있거나 우리나라에는 적합하지 않는 항목은 제외시키고 유사한 항목들은 통합 하여 36개의 평가항목을 새로 개발하였다. 이들 항목은 유사성을 고려하여 대분류, 중분류, 소분류로 분류하였다. 36개 평가항목은 중요도가 다르기 때문에 계층화분석법(AHP)을 사용하여 평가 항목의 중요도를 결정하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 자동차 시트 만족도 설문지는 우리나라에서 생산되는 자동차 시트의 주관적 감성 평가에 널리 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.314-319
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• 2006

In this paper, the friction and wear characteristics of contact type sealing unit far a water turbine have been presented. The sealing unit for a small hydropower generation is to stop a leakage of circulating water from an outside of an impeller to an inside of a rolling bearing. The friction heating between a seal ring and a seal seat may radically increase a surface temperature in which increase a power loss and wear on the rubbing surface. The surface wear strongly affect to the seal life of a mechanical face seal. In this study, the hardness of a stainless steel in which is a heat-treated is 892.8 in Victors hardness and the hardness of silicone carbide of SiC is 714.1 in Victors hardness. The surface hardness of a heat-treated stainless steel is 25% high compared with that of a ceramic material of SiC. The contact modes of rubbing surfaces are a dry friction, a water film friction and a mixed friction that is contaminated by a dust, silt, and moistures, etc. These two factors of a contact rubbing modes and a material property are very important parameters on the tribological performance such as a friction and wear between a seal ring and a seal seat in primary sealing unit. The experimental result shows that the surface hardness of a seal material is very important on the friction coefficient and a wear volume. Thus, the results recommend higher hardness of a seal material, which may reduce a friction loss and increase a wear life of primary seal components.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.99-105
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• 2010

This study was performed to solve the breaking problem in the fine blanking(FB) process of sector gears for car seat recliner using nickel chrome molybdenum steel(SNCM220) plate. The optimal design of embossing circle is changed to oval with labors' experiences and finite element analysis. The maximum principal stress and effective strain in a forming process are analyzed by commercial finite element software to solve the problems in embossing stage of FB process. As a result of FE analysis, the maximum principal stress in forming is lower than yield point of material. It is shown from experiments in the modified die that the formed gear does not break in embossing stage.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.372-385
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• 2022

In this study, the patterns expressed on nineteenth-century blue and white porcelain among Joseon white porcelain were selected as the material for the development of the car seat fabric design. It was intended to be applied to car seat design by incorporating Korea's own traditional patterns to fit modern sensibility. First, seven pieces of nineteenth-century blue and white porcelain were selected through the literature, and motifs were produced using adobe illustrator, a computer graphic program. Seven car seat fabric designs were developed according to the construction method and development method of the produced motif. Work 1 was designed to elicit a soft and feminine atmosphere using the peony pattern shown in Table 1-1. Work 2 aimed to express a luxurious atmosphere using the image of the mountain expressed in Table 1-2 as a design material. Works 3 was designed by freely arranging the letters of luck expressed in Table 1-3 to form a free and dynamic image. Work 4 was intended to express a stable and rhythmic atmosphere by horizontally arranging the images of the gently curved wings, tail, and rhythmical tail feathers of the phoenix expressed in Table 1-4. Work 5 was designed in a vertical arrangement using the patterns and silhouettes of the tiger's back expressed in Table 1-5. Work 6 was designed using the wave pattern expressed in Table 1-6 to replicate the rhythmic atmosphere. Work 7 was designed using the images of rocks, waves, and the sun in Table 1-7 to express a calm and antique atmosphere.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2015

To enhance the productivity and quality of the compound process of progressive dies and transfer dies, the semi-progressive method is applied in the material supply step to produce blanks, and then the transfer method is applied. Parts are transferred among processes by means of the finger and transfer bar in the transfer die, and the final seat cushion panel is produced. The main challenge in the current study is how to deform a seat cushion panel while meeting the design specifications without any defects. In order to obtain this technology, a sheet metal-forming simulation and die forming of the seat cushion panel were adopted; as a result, a compound die-forming technology for the automotive seat cushion panel, combining both semi-progressive die and transfer die for continuous production, was successfully developed.

• 에너지공학
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2016

이산화망간은 전지의 활성물질로서 우수한 특성을 가지고 있고 가격도 저렴한 재료로서 각종 1차전지에 사용되어왔다. 그러나 이산화망간을 이용한 2차 전지에 대한 연구는 그렇게 많지 않다. 최근 이산화망간의 충전가역성에 관하여 황산아연을 전해질로 하는 이산화망간 아연전지가 재충전이 가능하다는 보고가 있다. 여기서는 이산화망간이 황산아연수용액 중에서 가역적으로 충전방전이 가능한 것을 토대로 2차전지로서의 가능성에 대해 서술한다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2000

This paper deals with the whole-body vibration and ride quality evaluation in the vertical direction. The responses of the floor, hip, back, and head in four subjects were measured for various seats when the floor was excited by random vibration with r.m.s of 1.2m/s2 in the vertical direction. In the transmissibility between the hip and floor, the fundamental mode is observed at 4.4 Hz. In the transmissibility between the head and floor, the fundamental mode at 4.4Hz and the second mode at 7.6Hz are observed. It is shown that the head motion is 41% larger than the hip motion and the response of female subject is larger than that of male subject. The response without backrest also was compared with that with backrest. From these human responses ride quality of five seats were evaluated by the ride value such as transfer ration having frequency weighting function is the statistical sense. It is observed that the seat having high damping property can reduce the most acceleration exposed to hip in the statistical sense for all ride valves, while the seat having different seat spring doesn't show statistical difference.