• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2013

In a polymer membrane fuel cell stack, the bipolar plate is a key element because it accounts for over 50% of total costs of the stack. In order to lower the cost of bipolar plates, 316L stainless steels coated with nitrides such as TiN and CrN by physical vapor deposition were investigated as alternative materials for the replacement of traditional brittle graphite bipolar-plates. For this purpose, interfacial contact resistances were measured and electrochemical corrosion tests were conducted. The results showed that although both TiN and CrN coatings decreased the interfacial contact resistances to less than $10m{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$, they did not significantly improve the corrosion resistance in simulated polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell environments. A CrN coating on 316L stainless steel showed better corrosion resistance than a TiN coating did, indicating the possibility of using modified CrN coated metallic bipolar plates to replace graphite bipolar plates.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2018

Research on Lamb wave-based damage identification in plate-like structures depends on precise knowledge of dispersive wave velocity. However, boundary reflections with the same frequency of interest and greater amplitude contaminate direct waves and thus compromise measurement of Lamb wave dispersion in different materials. In this study, non-reflecting boundaries were proposed in both numerical and experimental cases to facilitate time-frequency characterization of Lamb wave dispersion. First, the Lamb wave equations in isotropic and laminated materials were analytically solved. Second, the non-reflecting boundaries were used as a series of frames with gradually increased damping coefficients in finite element models to absorb waves at boundaries while avoiding wave reflections due to abrupt property changes of each frame. Third, damping clay was sealed at plate edges to reduce the boundary reflection in experimental test. Finally, the direct waves were subjected to the slant-stack and short-time Fourier transformations to calculate the dispersion curves of phase and group velocities, respectively. Both the numerical and experimental results suggest that the boundary reflections are effectively alleviated, and the dispersion curves generated by the time-frequency analysis are consistent with the analytical solutions, demonstrating that the combination of non-reflecting boundary and time-frequency analysis is a feasible and reliable scheme for characterizing Lamb wave dispersion in plate-like structures.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2015

A stack in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) consists of bipolar plates, a membrane electrode assembly, a gas diffusion layer, a collector and end plates. High current density is usually obtainable partially from uniform temperature distribution in the fuel cell. A size optimization method considering the thermal expansion effect of stacked plates was developed on the basis of finite element analyses. The thermal stresses in end, bipolar, and cooling plates were calculated based on temperature distribution obtained from thermal analyses. Finally, the optimization method was applied and optimum thicknesses of the three plates were calculated considering both fastening bolt tension and thermal expansion of each unit cell (72 cells, 5kW). The optimum design considering both thermal and mechanical loads increases the thickness of an end plate by 0.64-0.83% the case considering only mechanical load. The effect can be enlarged if the number of stack increases as in an automotive application to 200-300 stacks.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.62-75
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• 2007

본 논문은 단위 방사 소자의 이득을 증가시키기 위한 성형 빔 안테나에 관한 것이다. 제안하는 안테나 구조는 크게 여기 소자와 다층 원형 도체 배열 구조로 구성된다. 광대역에 걸쳐 전자파 전력이 다층 원형 도체 배열로 방사하기 위한 여기 소자로 스택 마이크로스트립 패치 소자가 사용되었으며, 고이득 빔 성형을 위한 지향 소자의 역할을 담당하는 다층 원형 도체 배열 소자들은 여기 소자 위에 주기적으로 유한하게 적층되었다. 제안하는 안테나가 고이득 특성을 얻기 위해서는 여기 소자와 다층 원형 도체 배열 소자들 간의 효율적인 전력 결합이 이루어져야 하며, 이를 위해 주어진 설계 규격에 따라 여기 소자 및 다층 원형 도체 배열 소자들의 설계 변수들은 함께 최적화되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 고이득 성형 빔 안테나는 $9.6{\sim}10.4\;GHz$ 주파수 대역 및 선형 편파 조건하에서 최적화 설계되었으며, 또한 안테나의 다층 원형 도체 배열 소자들을 구현하는 2가지 방법 즉, 얇은 유전체 필름을 이용하는 방법과 유전체 폼을 이용하는 방법들도 제안되었다. 특히, 유전체 필름을 이용하는 안테나에 대해서는 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 과정을 통해, 원형 도체 배열 소자들의 적층 수에 따른 안테나의 전기적인 성능 변화들을 보여주었다. 유전체 필름(Type 1)과 유전체 폼(Type 2)을 이용한 2종류의 안테나 시제품들을 제작하였으며, 얇은 유전체 필름을 이용한 안테나 시제품에 대해선 시뮬레이션 된 전기적 성능 결과와 비교를 위해 원형 도체 배열 적층 수에 따른 안테나의 전기적인 성능 변화들을 실험하였다. 측정된 이득 성능은 시뮬레이션 이득 성능과 거의 유사한 결과를 보여주었으며, 원형 도체 적층 수에 따라 안테나 이득 변화는 주기성을 보였다. 10 GHz 중심 주파수에서 측정된 Type 1 안테나의 전기적 성능은 원형 도체 배열을 10개 적층(disk10)하였을 때, 15.65 dBi의 최대 안테나 이득과 11.4 dB 이상의 입력 반사 손실 성능을 보여 주었으며, 다층 원형 도체 배열 구조에 의해 약 5 dB의 이득 향상 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한, 원형 도체를 12개 적층하였을 때, 외곽 유전체 링 효과에 의해 Type 1 안테나는 Type 2 안테나보다 상대적으로 약 1.35 dB 만큼 이득이 더 높았으며, 각 안테나의 3 dB 빔 폭은 각각 약 $28^{\circ}$와 $36^{\circ}$로 측정되었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 유전 프로그램을 이용하여 6가지 형태의 금속 와이어 배치를 가진 전극을 생성하여 각 전극이 3차원 형태의 달팽이관에 미치는 기계적인 영향과 그 거동을 유한요소법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 그리고 전극이 삽입되는 달팽이관은 helico-spiral 근사방법에 의해 결정된 식을 이용하였으며, 고실계단(scala tympani)의 형태는 실제 고실계단 단면의 영상정보를 추출하여 얻어내었다. 해석결과 금속 와이어가 평행하게 배치될 경우 가장 큰 힘을 달팽이관 외벽에 전달하며, 삽입에도 가장 큰 힘이 필요한 것을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 달팽이관은 3차원 구조이므로 전극이 삽입되면서 삽입 전에 자극 사이트가 바라보도록 설정한 방향보다 조금 돌아감을 확인하였다. 이 연구의 결과로부터 전극의 강성이 외상(trauma)을 줄이는데 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.151-155
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• 2002

This paper presents a micro fluxgate magnetic sensor in printed circuit board (PCB). The fluxgate sensor consists of five PCB stack layers including one layer magnetic core and four layers of excitation and pick-up coils. The center layer as a magnetic core is made of a micro patterned amorphous magnetic ribbon with extremely high DC permeability of ∼100,000 and the core has a rectangular-ring shape. The amorphous magnetic core is easily saturated due to the low coercive field and closed magnetic path for the excitation field. Four outer layers as an excitation and pick-up coils have a planar solenoid structure. The chip size of the fabricated sensing element is 7.3${\times}$5.7m㎡. Excellent linear response over the range of -100${\mu}$T to +100${\mu}$T is obtained with 540V/T sensitivity at excitation square wave of 3V$\_$P-P/ and 360kHz. The very low power consumption of ∼8mW was measured. This magnetic sensing element which measures the lower fields than 50${\mu}$T, is very useful for various applications such as: portable navigation systems, military research, medical research, and space research.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.702-707
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• 2002

This paper presents a micro fluxgate sensor in printed circuit board (PCB). The fluxgate sensor consists of five PCB stack layers including one layer magnetic core and four layers of excitation and pick-up coils. The center layer as a magnetic core is made of a micro patterned amorphous magnetic ribbon and the core has a rectangular-ring shape. The amorphous magnetic core is easily saturated due to the low coercive field and closed magnetic path for the excitation field. Four outer layers as an excitation and pick-up coils have a planar solenoid structure. The chip size of the fabricated sensing element is 7.3$\times$5.7$\textrm{mm}^2$. Excellent linear response over the range of -100$\mu$T to +100$\mu$T is obtained with 540V/T sensitivity at excitation square wave of 3 $V_{p-p}$ and 360kHz. The very low power consumption of ~8mW was measured. This magnetic sensing element, which measures the lower fields than 50$\mu$T, is very useful for various applications such as: portable navigation systems, military research, medical research, and space research.h.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제57권7호
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• pp.1229-1234
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• 2008

In this work, ultra high-voltage (17 - 50 kV AC), reliable 80 pF mica capacitors for partial discharge system application were investigated. Mica was used as the dielectric of the capacitors. Using the conservative design rule, over 3 individual $50\;{\mu}m$ thick mica sheets with a size of 30mm{\times}35mm were used with lead foils to form a parallel capacitor element and 20 mica sheets were interleaved with lead foils to form a series stack of parallel capacitor element to meet the requirements of the capacitors. The dimensions of the fabricated 80 pF capacitors for 17 kV AC and 50 kV AC were $90\;mm{\times}90\;mm$ and $95\;mm{\times}180\;mm$, respectively. The high-frequency characteristics of the capacitance (C) and dissipation factor (D) of the developed capacitors were measured using a capacitance meter. The developed capacitors exhibited C of 79.5 - 87.5 pF, had D of 0.001% over the frequency ranges of 150 kHz to 50 MHz, had a self-resonant frequency of 65 MHz, and showed results comparable to those measured for the capacitors prepared recently by $Adwel^{Tm}$. The developed capacitors also showed excellent characteristics for thermal shock test and temperature cycling test.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2022

The optimal strain energy function was obtained by comparing the results of the analysis using the strain energy functions obtained by uniaxial tensile and equibiaxial tensile tests on gasket materials used in hydrogen fuel cells, with the results measured using a contact pressure measurement sensor. At this time, even when only the uniaxial tensile test was conducted, Yeoh could obtain the most accurate results even by conducting only the uniaxial tensile test. Using this, an analysis of the cross section of the gasket used in stack confirmed a safe contact pressure and no deformation on the separator. In the future, research will be conducted to verify the gasket durability by reliability evaluation.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.562-577
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• 2014

A reliable steady/transient hydro-elastic analysis is developed for flexible (composite) marine propeller blade design which deforms according to its environmental load (ship speed, revolution speed, wake distribution, etc.) Hydro-elastic analysis based on CFD and FEM has been widely used in the engineering field because of its accurate results however it takes large computation time to apply early propeller design stage. Therefore the analysis based on a boundary element method-Finite Element Method (BEM-FEM) Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) is introduced for computational efficiency and accuracy. The steady FSI analysis, and its application to reverse engineering, is designed for use regarding optimum geometry and ply stack design. A time domain two-way coupled transient FSI analysis is developed by considering the hydrodynamic damping ffects of added mass due to fluid around the propeller blade. The analysis makes possible to evaluate blade strength and also enable to do risk assessment by estimating the change in performance and the deformation depending on blade position in the ship's wake. To validate this hydro-elastic analysis methodology, published model test results of P5479 and P5475 are applied to verify the steady and the transient FSI analysis, respectively. As the results, the proposed steady and unsteady analysis methodology gives sufficient accuracy to apply flexible marine propeller design.