• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1232-1243
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• 2000

Motor vehicle accidents in rear impacts cause more than fifty percents of drivers to suffer from neck injuries. It is known that most neck injuries are associated with rear-end collisions at a speed lower than 32 km/h and between the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 1 and AIS 2. Two different types of low speed crash tests such as the frontal barrier and rear moving barrier crashes have been conducted by following the procedure of the Research Committee for Automobile Repairs (RCAR). The injury for the neck and the Head Injury Criteria (HIC) were measured by using the sensors mounted on dummies. We reviewed neck injures and the relationship between the neck and head injuries, and examined the deceleration of the body. Using the experimental test data at the neck, we investigated an improved neck injury criterion Nij. Also, the effects of the position of a head restraint on reducing the frequency and severity of the neck injury in rear-end collisions were investigated.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.286-293
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• 2017

This paper presents ballistic limit velocity results of a variety of materials generally used in warships. Ballistic limit velocity is the velocity required for a projectile to penetrate a target with 50 percents of time and is widely used as a measure of armour bulletproofing. For this study, live fire experiments were implemented using AK-47 $7.62{\times}9mm$ mild steel core as a projectile as well as various thickness warship materials as a target. Also, methods of MIL-STD-662F, NIJ-STD-0101.06 and support vector machine were applied to measure the ballistic limit velocity and then their results were graphically analyzed for comparison. The minimum of their results was considered as the ballistic limit velocity in a conservative way.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.372-378
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• 2021

방탄조끼는 전투원의 안전과 생명에 직결되는 군수품으로서, 방탄성능에 대한 요구조건의 충족여부가 무엇보다 중요하다. 우리 군에서는 방탄조끼의 요구 성능을 미 법무성 사업연구소(National Institute of Justice, NIJ)에서 발간한 NIJ STD-0101.06에서 규정하는 Level IIIA 수준으로 요구하고 있으며, 매 로트마다 수락시험을 진행하고 있다. 방탄성능을 평가하는 요소로 사격 시 관통여부 뿐만 아니라, 미 관통 시에도 후면 지지재료의 후면변형 기준인 44 mm 이하에 대한 충족여부도 고려하여 요구 성능에 대한 일치/불일치를 평가하고 있다. 후면변형은 지지재료의 물리적 성질과 탄속에 따른 충격량의 변화 등과 같이 다양한 시험요인이 시험 결과에 영향을 미치게 되는데, 본 연구에서는 이러한 외부인자의 영향성을 제거하기 위한 데이터 처리 시 분산분석을 도입하여 동일한 조건을 갖는 데이터를 추출 하였고, 이를 통해 방탄성능에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과, 후면변형과 탄속, 환경처리 유/무 그리고 방호면적과의 상관관계를 확인하였을 뿐만 아니라, 로트별 후면변형 구간 추정을 통해서 양산 공정분석을 수행하였다. 이를 통해서 방탄성능평가에 대한 새로운 방법론을 제시하고, 향후 품질보증 관련 활동에 적용하기 위한 새로운 패러다임을 제시하고자 하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1569-1575
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• 2012

본 논문은 AUTODYN-3D 프로그램을 이용한 방탄 헬멧의 탄도충격에 관한 연구를 하였다. 두 가지 유형의 재료가 방탄 헬멧에 사용되었다. Kevlar 및 Steel/Kevlar 혼합복합재 이다. 강구와 7.62 mm 금속피복탄이 시뮬레이션에서 사용되었다. 시뮬레이션에서 발사체의 변형된 형상과 내부에너지가 계산되었다. 결과는 Steel/Kevlar 헬멧을 관통하기 위해 요구되는 충격속도는 강구와 7.62 mm 금속피복탄에 따라 각각 655 m/s 와 845 m/s 이상이다. 결과로부터 Kevlar 와 Steel/Kevlar 헬멧 사이의 탄도 저항에 큰 차이를 볼 수 있었다. NIJ-STD-0106.01 Type II헬멧에 대한 시뮬레이션으로 충격 속도 358 m/s 의 7.62 mm 금속피복탄이 사용되었다. 시뮬레이션 결과는 Steel/Kevlar 헬멧이 충격 속도 358 m/s 의 7.62 mm 금속피복탄을 방어할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2003

The computer simulation techniques were adopted to evaluate the effects of seating positions of passenger under various accident scenarios. The baseline of computer simulation model was tuned by the sled impact tests which conducted under the upright and standard seating positions. This study shows the effect of relative velocity between occupant and struck vehicle while occupant is impacted to a front seat's seatback. Although, base on the current accident scenarios, The KHST is performed well enough to protect average adult male occupants. However, Results from the tests indicate small size occupant or higher impact speed may cause sever neck and femur injuries.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2017

It is extremely important to be aware of the ballistic performances of engineering materials in order to be able to choose the lightest armor providing full ballistic protection in civil and military applications. Therefore, ballistic tests are an important part of armor design process. In this study, ballistic performance of plates made of carbon steel and cold worked tool steel against 7.62 mm AP (armor-piercing) bullets was examined experimentally and numerically in accordance with NIJ standards. Samples in different sizes were prepared to demonstrate the effect of target thickness on ballistic performance. Some of these samples were coated with titanium nitride using physical vapor deposition (PVD) method. After examining all successful and unsuccessful samples at macro and micro levels, factors affecting ballistic performance were determined. Explicit non-linear analyses were made using Ls-Dyna software in order to confirm physical ballistic test results. It was observed that the ballistic features of steel plates used in simulations comply with actual physical test results.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.771-781
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• 2017

The helmet is an imperative personal protective equipment. This protective device must be able to guard the human head against potential risks. Helmets are classified according into the purpose of use; therefore, the required performance and specifications depend on the type of products. Military helmets are intended to protect the wearer's head from bullets and shrapnel. Generally, lightweight super fibers and fiber reinforced composite materials are used as helmet shell materials, and NIJ STD of U.S. Department of Justice is most widely used as international standard related to bulletproof helmets. Safety helmets are widely used for industrial application and sports leisure. In general, the performance of shock absorption must be ensured, and various lining systems are applied in material, design, and combination methods. Evaluation standards have also been classified and strictly controlled for each purpose; therefore, it is difficult to certify with the existing standards such as the recently developed convergence helmets. However, it is possible to launch the product through a separate national integrated certification procedure.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.420-427
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• 2015

This paper statistically reviewed for the USNCAP frontal crash test results carried out by NHTSA. Vehicle samples were selected on total 20 vehicles which were included on 15 vehicles for MPV&SUV and 5 Pickup. The results was summarized as followings. The performance for the driver was better than the passenger's in the average sense. There exist distinctions between the driver and the passenger on the USNCAP front test procedure, for example dummy size, seating position and airbag style. Therefore these differences originated in the statistical results. Main effect was Neck injury for crash performance on both dummies on the average value. Root cause of neck injury was different for each dummy, ie, the driver caused from Nte & Ntf, but the passenger did absolutely Nte mode. Reliability evaluated from the standard deviation was highly dependent upon chest injury on the driver and neck injury on the passenger. Restraint system was also summarized.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2015

The protection of frontal seat passengers in both driver and front seated occupant has been more focused from the auto industries as well as regulatory bodies more than 40 years. Recently, their interests have been extended to rear seat occupants especially children and female occupants. However, the current available safety devices for the rear seat occupants are seat belt only. According to the previous researchers, the injury level of the rear seat passengers tend to be higher than the injury level of the frontal seat passengers. In this study, the optimal location of seat belts anchorages to enhance rear passengers crashworthiness are studied. FEM models are designed in accordance with regulation of KMVSS102, UN R44, UN R16, and UN R14. and three point belts are fitted on the HybridIII 5th percentile dummy and HybridIII 50th percentile dummy. The combined injury value used HIC15, Nij, Chest deflection, Femur force are used to evaluate rear seat belt anchorage optimal locations.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.629-637
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• 2016

This paper presents a ballistic limit velocity measurement using the support vector machine that classifies two classes, the partial penetration and the complete penetration, by generating a linear separating hyperplane that equally divides the classes. For the ballistic limit velocity measurement, the previous methods(MIL-STD-662F and NIJ-STD-0101.06) have required a large number of experiments that caused high cost and time. However, the proposed method is not only flexible, requiring 0.85 ~ 4.8 times fewer experiments but also reliable, providing less than 2 % difference in results compared to the previous methods. For its validation, live fire experiments were conducted using various thickness SS400 iron plates as a target and two different types of live bullets such as 5.56 mm M193 and 7.62 mm M80.