• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2004

The interest of the fatigue life of rubber components such as engine mounts is increasing according to the extension of warranty period of the automotive components. Automotive engine mounts get damaged due to thermal and mechanical loadings. This paper discusses a fatigue life prediction of the 3-dimensional dumbbell specimens for natural rubber compound considering the effects of maximum strain and heat aging temperature. Displacement controlled fatigue life tests were performed using specimens with different levels of maximum strain and various hardness. The basic mechanical properties test and the fatigue test of aged rubber specimen under normal and elevated temperature were executed. A procedure to predicted the fatigue life of vulcanized natural rubber material based on the maximum strain method was proposed, and then this curve was in good agreement with fatigue test data less than 200% error range.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.141-153
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• 1999

A finite element procedure for the analysis of rubber-like hyperelastic material is developed. The volumetric incompressiblity conditions of the rubber deformation is included in the formulation by using penalty method. In this paper, the behavior of the rubber deformation is represented by hyperelastic constitutive relations based on a generalized Mooney-Rivlin model. The principle of virtual work is used to derive nonlinear finite element equation for the large displacement problem and presented in total-Lagrangian description. The finite element procedure using analytic differentiation resulted in very close solution to the result of the well known commercial packages NISAII AND ABAQUS. Numerical tests show that the results from the numerical differentiation method coincide very well with those from the analytic method and the well known commercial packages in static analysis. The convergency of rubber usingν iteration method is also discussed.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.741-747
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• 2006

It has been almost impossible to predict the fatigue life in the field of rubber materials by numerical methods. One of the reasons is that there are no obvious fracture criteria and excessively various ways of mixing processes. Tearing energy is considered as a fracture criterion which can be applied to rubber compounds regardless of different types of fillers, relative to other fracture factors. Fatigue life of rubber materials can be approximately predicted based on the assumption that the latent defect caused by contaminants or voids in the matrix, imperfectly dispersed compounding ingredients, mold lubricants and surface flaws always exists. Numerical expression for the prediction of fatigue life was derived from the rate of rough cut growth region and the formulated tearing energy equation. Endurance test data for dumbbell specimens were compared with the predicted fatigue life for verification. Also, fatigue life of industrial rubber components was predicted.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.314-320
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• 2020

This study focused on experiments with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), which are functional additives for water-expandable rubber. Polychloroprene rubber (CR)/superabsorbent polymer (SAP) composites were prepared and their cure behaviors, mechanical properties, water absorption rates, and surface morphology were measured based on the functional additives applied. When PEG and GMA were applied to the composites, the water absorption rate increased-including the initial rate-compared to that measured when functional additives were not used. The results also show that PEG has a hydrophilic functional group, which allows it to absorb more water, and GMA acts as a coupling agent between CR and SAP. However, with the introduction of functional additives, the cure rate slowed down and the mechanical properties also decreased.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2019

Planting intercropping in rubber plantations is another alternative for generating more income for farmers. However, farmers still lack the knowledge of choosing plants. In addition, information for decision making comes from many sources and is knowledge accumulated by the expert. Therefore, this research aims to create a decision support system for growing rubber trees for individual farmers. It aims to get the highest income and the lowest cost by using semantic web technology so that farmers can access knowledge at all times and reduce the risk of growing crops, and also support the decision supporting system (DSS) to be more intelligent. The integrated intercropping ontology and rule are a part of the decision-making process for selecting plants that is suitable for individual rubber plots. A list of suitable plants is important for decision variables in the allocation of planting areas for each type of plant for multiple purposes. This article presents designing and developing the intercropping ontology for DSS which defines a class based on the principle of intercropping in rubber plantations. It is grouped according to the characteristics and condition of the area of the farmer as a concept of the rubber plantation. It consists of the age of rubber tree, spacing between rows of rubber trees, and water sources for use in agriculture and soil group, including slope, drainage, depth of soil, etc. The use of ontology for recommended plants suitable for individual farmers makes a contribution to the knowledge management field. Besides being useful in DSS by offering options with accuracy, it also reduces the complexity of the problem by reducing decision variables and condition variables in the multi-objective optimization model of DSS.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권8호
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• pp.1045-1050
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• 2010

고무부품의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해서는 피로수명예측 및 평가기술 개발이 중요하다 하겠다. 최근에 고무부품에 대한 고성능, 고신뢰성을 위해 설계, 해석 및 평가기술이 요구되고 있으나, 지금까지는 경험과 시행착오적인 방법으로 개발되고 있는 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 고무소재에 대해 배합조건, 기계적 특성, 열화 및 피로수명 등을 포함하는 고무소재 물성 데이터베이스를 구축하고, 고무부품의 특성해석 결과를 데이터베이스와 연계하여 고무부품의 피로해석 모델을 개발하였으며, 실제 피로시험 결과를 통하여 개발된 모델의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2014

최근 공동주택의 층간 소음으로 인하여 사회적 문제가 크게 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 소음 차단 성능을 향상시키기 위해 바닥 진동 제어 시스템에 적용되어질 방진고무를 제조하였다. 다양한 유형의 고무 중 우수한 노화특성, 낮은 반발탄성 및 높은 댐핑특성의 성질은 갖는 부틸 고무를 방진고무의 원료 고무로 선정하였다. 그리고 부틸 컴파운드에 첨가되는 카본블랙의 유형과 함량에 따른 방진고무의 물성을 확인하였다. 표면적이 큰 카본블랙을 사용하거나 함량이 증가할수록 고무와 카본블랙간의 결합고무의 함량이 증가하여 높은 기계적 물성, 낮은 반발탄성과 높은 댐핑특성을 나타내었다. 연구 결과를 토대로 최적의 카본블랙 종류와 함량을 결정하고 방진고무를 제조한 뒤 바닥진동제어 시스템에 적용하였다. 바닥충격음을 측정한 결과 경량충격음 40 dB, 중량충격음 43 dB을 나타내어 소음차단 성능이 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2005

The fatigue analysis and lifetime evaluation are very important in design procedure to assure the safety and reliability of the rubber components. Fatigue lifetime prediction methodology of the rubber component was proposed by incorporating the finite element analysis and fatigue damage parameter from fatigue test. Finite element analysis of 3D dumbbell specimen and rubber component were performed based on a hyper-elastic material model determined from material test. The Green-Lagrange strain at the critical location determined from the FEM was used for evaluating the fatigue damaged parameter of the natural rubber. Fatigue life of the rubber component are predicted by using the fatigue damage parameter at the critical location. Predicted fatigue lifes of the rubber component agreed fairly well the experimental fatigue lives.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.425-433
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• 2014

In this study, microstructure and gel content (C-C) of polybutadiene rubber (PBR) were investigated using various techniques including ASTM D 3616, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (ATR FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). The ATR FTIR spectra of the samples were investigated to determine the cis, trans, 1, 2-vinyl and the C-C gel content in PBR. The absorbance ratios of specific peaks in different grades of PBR were correlated with the C-C gel content measured by the ATR FTIR techniques. Physico-mechanical and rheological properties of rubber compounds based on BR with various amounts of gel were determined. The results showed that there is an acceptable correlation between these properties and the C-C gel content of PBR.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.507-512
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• 2003

A finite element analysis for near-net-shape forming of Al6061 powder was performed under warm pressing. The advantages of warm compaction by rubber isostatic pressing were discussed to obtain parts with better density distributions. To simulate densification and deformed shape of a powder compact during warm pressing, the elastoplastic constitutive equation based on yield function of Shima-Oyane was implemented into a finite element program(ABAQUS). The hyperelastic constitutive equation based on the Ogden strain energy potential was employed to analyze nonlinear elastic response of rubber. Finite element results were compared with experimental data for Al6061 powder compacts under warm pressing.