• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.912-921
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• 2008

This study was performed to examine if the effects of collagen supplementation from pork skin could improve the sex steroid hormone, serum lipid and skin crack in Korean middle-aged women. Middle-aged women (40-55 years) who were not diagnosed with any type of disease were included in this study and thirty subjects were randomly assigned to a control group (n = 15) or a collagen supplemented group (n = 15). The collagen supplemented group ingested collagen flour 2 g, 3 times a day for 12 weeks. We measured serum collagen, estrogen, estradiol, estriol, progesterone, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol concentration. The collagen supplementation group had significantly increased serum collagen (p < 0.05) compared with the control group. In addition, skin crack was improved. But, there were no differences for sex steroid hormone and lipid profile in control and collagen supplemented groups. The result of the present study demonstrated that supplementation of 6 g collagen per day for 12 weeks can give beneficial effects on skin crack reduction and serum collagen concentration.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.599-608
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• 2002

Finite element analysis for the stress intensity factor (SIF) at the skin/stiffener structure with inclined central crack repaired by composite stiffened panels is developed. A numerical investigation was conducted to characterize the fracture behavior and crack growth behavior at the inclined crack. In order to investigate the crack growth direction, maximum tangential stress (MTS) criterion are used. Also, this paper is to study the performance of the effective bonded composite patch repair of a plate containing an inclined central through-crack. The main objective of this research is the validation of the inclined crack patching design. In this paper, the reduction of stress intensity factors at the crack-tip and prediction of crack growth direction are determined to evaluate the effects of various non-dimensional design parameter including; composite patch thickness and stiffener distance. We report the results of finite element analysis on the stiffener locations and crack slant angles and discuss them in this paper. The research on cracked structure subjected to mixed mode loading is accomplished and concludes that more work using a different approaches is necessary. The authors hope the present study will aid those who are responsible for the repair of damaged aircraft structures and also provide general repair guidelines.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-30
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• 2007

Since delamination often propagates at the interfacial layer between a surface skin and a foam core, a crack arrester is proposed for the suppression of the delamination. The arrester has a semi-cylindrical shape and is arranged in the foam core and is attached to the surface skin. Here, energy release rates and complex stress intensity factors are calculated using finite element analysis. Effects of the arrester size and its elastic moduli on the crack suppressing capability are investigated. Considerable reductions of the energy release rates at the crack tip are achieved as the crack tip approached the leading edge of the crack arrester. Thus, this new concept of a crack arrester may become a promising device to suppress crack initiation and propagation of the foam core sandwich panels.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.292-297
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• 2001

Composite patch repair of cracked aircraft structures has been accepted as one of improving fatigue life and attaining better structural integrity. Analysis for the stress intensity factor at the skin/stiffener structure with inclined central crack repaired by composite stiffened panels are developed. A numerical investigation was conducted to characterize the fracture behavior and crack growth behavior. In order to investigate the crack growth direction, maximum tangential stress(MTS) criteria is used. The main objective of this research is the validation of the inclined crack patching design. In this paper, the reduction of stress intensity factors at the crack-tip and prediction of crack growth direction are determined to evaluate the effects of various non-dimensional design parameter including; composite patch thickness and stiffener distance. The research on cracked structure subjected to mixed mode loading is accomplished and it is evident that more work using different approaches is necessary.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.237-240
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• 2021

Failure of a suspension clamp made of hot dip galvanized cast iron in 154kV transmission tower was investigated. Metallurgical analysis of a crack of the clamp was performed using a digital microscope, an optical microscope, and a scanning electron microscope. It was revealed that the crack surface was covered by continuous zinc layer. Distinctive casting skin was found underneath both the outer surface and crack surface. The result showed that pre-existing crack had been formed in the fabrication, and liquid metal embrittlement during hot dip galvanization may assist crack propagation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.93-105
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• 2011

This paper presents a flexible low-profile antenna sensor for fatigue crack detection and monitoring. The sensor was inspired by the sense of pain in bio-systems as a protection mechanism. Because the antenna sensor does not need wiring for power supply or data transmission, it is an ideal candidate as sensing elements for the implementation of engineering sensor skins with a dense sensor distribution. Based on the principle of microstrip patch antenna, the antenna sensor is essentially an electromagnetic cavity that radiates at certain resonant frequencies. By implementing a metallic structure as the ground plane of the antenna sensor, crack development in the metallic structure due to fatigue loading can be detected from the resonant frequency shift of the antenna sensor. A monostatic microwave radar system was developed to interrogate the antenna sensor remotely. Fabrication and characterization of the antenna sensor for crack monitoring as well as the implementation of the remote interrogation system are presented.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2022

The static strength and fatigue crack resistance of the aircraft skin structures depend on the materials used and joint type. Most of the commercial aircraft's skin panel structures are made from aluminium alloy and carbon fibre reinforced epoxy. In this study, the fatigue resistance of four joint configurations (metal/metal, metal/composite, composite/composite and composite/metal) with riveted, adhesive bonded, and hybrid joining techniques are investigated with experiments and finite element analysis. The fatigue tests were tension-tension because of the typical nature of the loads on aircraft skin panels susceptible of experimenting fatigue. Experiment results suggest that the fatigue life of hybrid joints is superior to adhesive bonded joints, and these in turn much better than conventional riveted joints. Thanks to the fact that, for hybrid joints, the adhesive bond provides better load distribution and ensures load-carrying capacity in the event of premature adhesive failure while rivets induce compressive residual stresses in the joint. Results from FE tool ABAQUS analysis for adhesive bonded and hybrid joints agrees with the experiments. From the analysis, the energy release rate for adhesive bonded joints is higher than that of hybrid joints in both opening (mode I) and shear direction (mode II). Most joints show higher energy release rate in mode II. This indicates that the joints experience fatigue crack in the shear direction, which is responsible for crack opening.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.781-788
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• 2021

피부는 방사선에 대한 민감도가 높기 때문에 방사선치료 시에 피부에 조사되는 선량을 정확하게 측정하여 과도한 피폭을 방지할 필요가 있다. 임상에서는 film, OSLD, TLD, glass 선량계등과 같은 선량계를 사용하여 피부선량을 측정하고 있지만, 이러한 선량계들은 피부곡면에서의 정확한 선량측정이 힘든 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 인체 굴곡에 따라서 부착이 가능한 피부선량계를 개발하고 그 반응 특성을 평가하였다. 선량계 제작에는 높은 원자번호(Z_Pb: 82, Z_O: 8)와 밀도(9.53 g/cm³)로 방사선검출 측점에서 우수한 특성을 가지고 있는 Lead oxide(PbO)와 인체 굴곡에 따라 휘어질 수 있는 silicon 바인더를 사용하여 재조하였다. 한편 PbO 물질로 제작된 선량계의 경우 산화로 인한 성능 저하가 존재하기 때문에 parylene 등을 사용하여 성능저하를 방지해오고 있었지만, 기존에 사용된 parylene은 bending에 대한 영향을 받기 때문에 silicon을 이용한 새로운 형태의 passive layer를 제작하여 피부선량계에 적용하였다. 피부선량계의 특성평가는 SEM, 재현성, 선형성을 분석하여 평가하였다. SEM 분석을 통하여 bending에 영향을 받는지 평가하였으며, 6 MeV 에너지에서의 재현성, 선형성을 평가하여 피부선량계로 적용이 가능한지 평가하였다. SEM 분석을 통하여 선량계 표면을 관찰한 결과, parylene으로 passive layer가 올라간 parylene passive layer PbO 선량계는 구부러 졌을때, 표면에 crack이 발생하였다. 그에 반해 silicon passive layer가 올라간 silicon passive layer PbO 선량계에서는 crack 이 관찰되지 않았다. 재현성 측정 결과에서 silicon passive layer PbO 선량계의 RSD는 1.47%로 평가기준 RSD 1.5%를 만족하였으며, 선형성 평가 결과에서는 R²값이 0.9998로 나타나 평가기준 R² 0.9990을 만족하였다. silicon passive layer PbO 선량계는 bending에 따른 crack이 발생하지 않으며, 재현성, 선형성에서 높은 신호안정성과 정밀성, 정확성을 보여주어 피부선량계로의 적용이 가능한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.42-51
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• 2001

The effects of pre-indentation technique are presented for A12024-T3 Alclad alloy using as skin material for aircraft fuselage and wing. Indentations were applied to specimens to be placed on the presumed path of fatigue crack growth before fatigue tests. Tension-tension fatigue tests were conducted on the edge cracked specimens in the L-T orientation. Test results were analyzed to investigate the effectiveness of pre-indentation with the variation of specimen's thickness, position of indentation and applied maximum stress. Fatigue crack retardation by pre-indentation is well recognized in the various conditions.

• Composites Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 적층판 시편의 피로손상 균열진전 시험결과와 적층보강판 구조의 응력강도 해석결과를 기초로 충격손상을 모사한 원공과 노치손상을 내재한 보강재 본딩접합 적층보강판 구조의 피로손상 균열진전 수명예측에 대하여 고찰하였다. 그리고 적층보강판 구조시편에 대한 손상허용 시험결과와 손상진전 수명예측 해석결과를 비교분석한 결과 손상균열 길이 변화에 따라 최종파단에 대한 잔여강도를 예측하고 손상허용성 평가를 할 수 있었다.