• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2013

An analytical procedure to determine a proper profile of the spring rail that generates intended contact pressure distribution in the flat wiper blade is introduced. The flat wiper blade is one piece blade and subjected to pressing force at a center point. In this type of blade, contact pressure distribution in the tip of rubber strip is determined by the pressing force, the initial profile of the blade before contact and bending stiffness of the blade. Experimentally obtained bending stiffness of the blade assembly is almost identical to that of the spring rail. Principle of reciprocity has been used to define the initial profile of spring rail from the deformed profile that is assumed to be identical to the windshield glass profile. The procedure has been verified experimentally by measuring the contact pressure of the blade assembled with the spring rail designed by the procedure proposed here. Measured contact pressure distributions of the blades show good agreements with intended distributions over the entire blade span. Consequently, it can be concluded that proposed procedure has relatively good accuracy in developing the spring rail for flat blade having a specific contact pressure distribution.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.134-140
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• 2003

The film sensor is used for measuring pressure distribution at planar area, especially at a small space or gap. The present paper deals with the development of film type sensors and system for pressure distribution measuring. The developed system is consist of (1)film sensor with 40/sup */40 array, (2)PCI interface card with maximum sampling rate of 100㎐, and (3)software for data processing and real-time display. The contact pressure test of wiper blade and front glass of vehicle was performed with wiper blade by 40cm. Generally spring force of wiper arm is designed at 0.7∼1kN. Test results of total force was 9.4N and 7.1N in each driver and passenger toward. The paper suggested possibility for base definition in wiper design. A windshield wiper blade experiment revealed that the system successfully measured the contact force distribution during static state, showing the usefulness of the developed system.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2006

The contact pressure distribution between a rubber wiper blade and a glass windshield is a major factor for wiping performance. A modeling and simulation method has been developed to forecast the contact pressure distribution on a wiper blade. For modeling multi-body dynamics of an wiper linkage system and flexible nature of wiper blade, ADAMS and ADAMS/flex are employed. A simulation study has been also conducted to obtain contact pressure distribution. Comparison between simulation and measurement is provided to ensure fidelity of the model and the simulation method.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2020

Vehicle wiper blades are typically treated with chlorine to lower their friction coefficient with the windshield surface. In this study, a chlorinated, natural rubber (NR) vehicle wiper blade was characterized using a pyrolytic technique. Unchlorinated and chlorinated wiper blades were pyrolyzed and the pyrolysis products were analyzed using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Besides isoprene and dipentene, the other principal pyrolysis products such as 1,5,8-p-menthatriene (MTT) and p,α-dimethylstyrene (DMS) were observed. The MTT and DMS ratios did not vary for the chlorinated nor unchlorinated samples when the entire rubber lip of the wiper blade was pyrolyzed. However, when only the lip surface of the wiper blade rubber was pyrolyzed (via scratching with a knife) the relative ratios of the chlorinated sample were much greater than those of the unchlorinated sample. As MTT is produced from the conjugated backbone of chlorinated NR that forms through HCl elimination during initial pyrolysis, and DMS is generated by the dehydrogenation of MTT, these two products could be used as markers for detecting chlorinated NR.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2010

The windshield wiper consists of 4 parts: a blade, an arm, a linkage and a motor. The wiper blade makes contact with the windshield and is designed to be operated normally at an angle of 30~50 degrees to the front glass. If the contact pressure between the wiper blade and windshield surface is too high, noise and wear of the rubber will result. On the other hand, if the contact pressure is too low, the performance will do badly, since foreign substances such as dust and stains will not be removed well. The pressure and friction of the wiper blade has a great influence on its effectiveness in cleaning the front window. This is due to the contact of the rubber with the window. This paper presents the dynamic analysis method to estimate the performance of the flat type blade of the wiper system. The blade has a nonlinear characteristic since the rubber is an incompressible hyper-elastic and visco-elastic material. Thus, Structural dynamic analysis using a complex contact model for the blade is performed to find the characteristics of the blade. The flexible multi-body dynamic model is verified by the comparison between test and analysis result. Also, the optimization using the central composite design table is performed.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.107-113
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• 2011

The windshield wiper consists of 4 parts: a blade, an arm, a linkage and a motor. The wiper blade makes contact with the windshield and is designed to be operated normally at an angle of 30~50 degrees to the front glass. If the contact pressure between the wiper blade and windshield surface is too high, noise and wear of the rubber will result. On the other hand, if the contact pressure is too low, the performance will do badly, since foreign substances such as dust and stains will not be removed well. The pressure and friction of the wiper blade has a great influence on its effectiveness in cleaning the front window. This is due to the contact of the rubber with the window. This paper presents the dynamic analysis method to estimate the performance of the flat type blade of the wiper system. The blade has a nonlinear characteristic since the rubber is an incompressible hyper-elastic and visco-elastic material. Thus, Structural dynamic analysis using a complex contact model for the blade is performed to find the characteristics of the blade. The flexible multi-body dynamic model is verified by the comparison between test and analysis result. Also, the optimization using the central composite design table is performed.

• 한국기계연구소 소보
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• 통권13호
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• pp.27-43
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• 1984

In order to obtain the high resilience, low compression set and less of hardness change in the wiper blade rubber, vulcanization system and receipes must be controlled. To improve the above the above Physical properties, the system should be taken as follows. i) peroxide vulcanization system and sulfur vulcanization system. ii) rubber having more cis-form than trans-form. iii) moderate particle size cabon black. v) usage of other improvement agent. The rubber blade with 4.4% compression set, 76% resilience, Hs 0 $\pm$ 2 hardness change could be abtained through vulcanization system, In addition, the surface of wiper blade must be treated by chemically and physically to minimize for the skid and friction.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.837-842
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• 2010

차량의 유리면에 설치된 와이퍼 시스템은 비나 눈이 올때 운전자의 시야를 확보해주는 중요한 도구이다. 블레이드는 유리면 위의 물체를 닦아내는 가장 중요한 도구이다. 와이퍼 암의 스프링이 블레이드를 유리면 위에 누를 때, 적절한 누름압이 유지되어야 최적의 성능을 얻을 수 있다. 이번 연구에서는 전체 와이퍼 시스템에 대한 동적 해석이 이루어졌다. 상용 구조 동역학 해석 프로그램인 SAMCEF를 이용하여 와이퍼 시스템의 3차원 유한 요소 모델이 생성되었다. 동적 상태에서 블레이드의 누름압의 분포가 계산되었다. 그리고 시뮬레이션 결과를 실험 결과와 비교를 하였다. 이번 연구의 결과를 이용하여 블레이드의 누름압 분포를 예측해 볼 수 있다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.435-442
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• 2010

자동차의 와이퍼 브레이드 성능은 자동차 안전성 확보에 크게 기여한다. 유리면에 접착된 먼지나 이물질 등을 제거하는 기능을 확보하기 위해 와이퍼 브레이드는 닦임성, 내구력, 내열 저온 내오존성 내화학성이 높아야 할 뿐만 아니라 소음이 적어야 한다. 이와 같이 와이퍼의 기능 개선을 위해서는 와이퍼의 성능을 평가하고 분석할 수 있는 시스템 장비가 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 자동차의 와이퍼 누름압을 측정하는 시스템의 개발을 위해 누름압 센서에서 출력되는 신호를 받아 퍼스널 컴퓨터에 전달하는 아날로그 디지털 변환기를 설계하고자 한다. 설계한 ADC는 빠른 동작 속도를 얻으면서 전체 시스템의 면적 및 전력소모를 최적화하는 구조인 파이프라인 ADC이다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.974-984
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• 2012

플랫 블레이드 와이퍼의 블레이드의 누름압 분포를 조정하여 역전과정에서 발생되는 진동을 저감하는 방법을 제시하였다. 블레이드와 유리면 사이에 길이방향으로 불균일한 누름압 분포를 도입, 고무스트립에 점진적인 역전을 유도함으로써 역전과정에서 발생하는 충격력을 저감하였다. 블레이드 내의 바디스프링 형상을 이전 연구에서 제시된 방법을 통해 구해진 형태를 적용함으로써 누름압 분포를 조정하였다. 이 방법을 적용하여 전체 길이에 균일한 누름압과 불균일한 누름압을 발생시키는 두 종류의 블레이드를 개발한 다음 누름압을 측정하여 확인하였다. 두 블레이드에서 발생하는 수직방향 및 횡방향 진동을 측정 비교한 결과, 불균일한 누름압을 가진 블레이드가 균일한 누름압의 블레이드에 비해 훨씬 작은 수직방향 진동을 나타냄을 확인하였다.