The amorphous (at%) alloy strip was pulverized using a jet mill and an attrition mill to get flake-shaped powder. The flake powder was mixed with dielectric powder and its dispersant to increase the permittivity. The powders covered with dielectric powders and its dispersant were mixed with a binder and a solvent and then tape-cast to form sheets. The absorbing properties of the sheets were measured to investigate the roles of the dielectric powder and its dispersant. The results showed that the addition of powders and its dispersant improved the absorbing properties of the sheets noticeably. The powder sheet mixed with 5 wt% of powder and 1 wt% of dispersant showed the best electromagnetic wave absorption rate because of the increase of the permittivity and the electrical resistance

The oxidation of nanocrystalline powder has been conducted to investigate its influence on the electromagnetic wave absorption characteristics of the soft magnetic material. Oxidation occurred primarily on the surface of nanocrystals. Oxidation reduced the real part of complex permeability due to the reduction of the relative volume of the powder, which otherwise contributes to the permeability. Oxidation reduced the absorption efficiency of the sheet at frequencies over 1GHz, indicating that the relative contribution of skin depth increments to the absorption was not significant. The pulverization and milling process lowered the optimum crystallization temperature of the material by because of the internal energy accumulated during the fragmentation and powder thinning processes.

Electromagnetic wave absorbing materials have been developed to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) for electronic devices in recent years. In this study, Fe-Si-B-Nb-Cu base amorphous strip was pulverized using a jet mill and an attritor and heat-treated to get flake-shaped nanocrystalline powders, and then the powders were mixed, cast and dried with dielectric powders and binders. As a result, the addition of powders improved the absorbing properties of the sheets noticeably compared with those of the sheets without dielectric materials. The sheet mixed with 2 wt% powder showed the best electromagnetic wave absorption, which was caused by the increase of the permittivity and the electric resistance due to the dielectric materials finely dispersed on the Fe-based powder

Two atomized alloy powders were pre-compacted by cold and subsequently hot forged at temperatures ranging from 653K to 845K. The addition of Cu and Mg causes a decrease in the eutectic reaction temperature of Al-10Si-5Fe-1Zr alloy from 841K to 786K and results in a decrease of flow stress at the given forging temperature. TEM observation revealed that in addition to Al-Fe based intermetallics, Al2Cu and Al2CuMg intermetallics appeared. The volume fraction of intermetallic dispersoids increased by the addition of Cu and Mg. Compressive strength of the present alloys was closely related to the volume fraction of intermetallic dispersoids.

Co-Fe-Ni-B-Si-Cr based amorphous strips containing nitrogen were manufactured via melt spinning, and then devitrified by crystallization treatment at the various annealing temperatures of for up to 30 minutes in an inert gas atmosphere. The microstructures were examined by using XRD and TEM and the magnetic properties were measured by using VSM and B-H meter. Among the alloys, the amorphous ribbons of containing 121 ppm of nitrogen showed relatively high saturation magnetization. The alloy ribbons crystallized at showed that the grain size of alloy containing 121 ppm of nitrogen was about f nm, which exhibited paramagnetic behavior. The formation of nano-grain structure was attributed to the finely dispersed Fe4N particles and the solid-solutionized nitrogen atoms in the matrix. Accordingly, it can be concluded that the nano-grain structure of 5nm in size could reduce the core loss within the normally applied magnetic field of 300A/m at 10kHz.

The amorphous alloy strip was pulverized to get a flake-shaped powder after annealing at for 90 min and subsequently ground to obtain finer flake-shaped powder by using a ball mill. The powder was mixed with polyimide-based binder of , and then the mixture was cold compacted to make a toroidal powder core. After crystallization treatment for 1 hour at , the powder was transformed from amorphous to nanocrystalline with the grain size of . Soft magnetic characteristics of the powder core was optimized at with the insulating binder of 3wt%. As a result, the powder core showed the outstanding magnetic properties in terms of core loss and permeability, which were originated from the optimization of the grain size and distribution of the insulating binder.

금속분말 Fe와 Si에 KNO3(Fe+Si)무게비=0.2로 점화촉매 KNO3를 혼합하고 50MPa로 성형한 후 점화시키는 비기체연소합성(SHS; Self propagating High temperature Synthesis)법으로 출발 분말을 얻었다. 점화분위기를 공기 및 Ar으로 한 경우 XRD결과에서 특별한 차이가 없었고 두 경우 모두 SiO2피크가 검출되었다. 합성된 분말을 성형한 후 1190˚C환원분위기에서 소결하고 포석온도이하에서 열처리하여 반도성 FeSi2가 주상인 Fe-Si계 열전재료를 제조하였다. Fe/Si무게비=46/54,44/56 및 42/58시편의 제벡계수는 Si함량이 증가할수록 증가하였다. 점화후의 세척처리를 2단계로 하는 경우 제벡계수의 부호가 변화하여 p-type에서 n-type으로 변화하며 소결밀도가 크게 상승하였다. 조성에 관계없이 공통적으로 발견되는 SiO2는 점화시의 분위기보다는 점화촉매에 포함된 K성분이 소결 및 열처리시 산화제로 작용하여 형성되는 것이 확인되었다.

Nd-(Fe, Co)-B합금에 Ni, Al, Ti등을 복합치환하여 그에 따른 산화거동과 자기적 성질의 변화를 조사하였다. 이들 리본의 산호거동은 parabolic한 거동을 나타내고 있으며, Ni 첨가시 매우 낮은 산화량을 나타내었다. 또한 산화된 리본은 Nd-rich상의 우선적 산화에 의해 표면에 요철이 관찰되었으며 Ni 첨가시 그러한 요철은 많이 줄어들었다. 표면의 산화층은 Nd산화물이었고, 이는 입계에 있는 Nd-rich상이 산화되고 이것이 확산 통로로 작용하였다고 생각된다. 산화가 진행됨에 따라 입계상에 의한 domain wall pinning이 약해져 자기특성이 저하하였다. 그러나 Ni 첨가시 이러한 산화거동이 크게 억제되었으며 Ni의 첨가는 Nd-rich상의 산화저항성을 증가시킴으로써 리본의 산화를 억제해 자기특성의 저하를 억제하였다.

Nd-Fe-B계에 Co와 Al을 첨가한 자석합금을 진공유도용해로에서 제조하여 이들 합금을 단롤법으로 melt-spun시켜 급냉리본을 얻었다. 제작된 급냉리본의 냉각속도에 따른 자기적 성질의 변화를 조사하였고, 최적의 급냉속도에서 제작된 리본을 파쇄하여 resin bond 자석을 제조하였으며, 이들 급냉리본 및 bond자석의 자기적 성질, 미세구조, 결정구조에 관하여 연구, 조사하였다. 이들 급냉리본의 자기적 성질은 급냉속도에 따라 크게 변하였으며 20m/sec전후에서 최적의 자기적 성질을 보였다. 이때의 급냉리본의 미세조직은 Nd-rich의 입계상이 미세한 Nd2Fe14B결정립을 둘러싼 cell 형의 구조였으며, 특히 Al이 2.1at%첨가된 리본시료에서는 iHc=15.5KOe, Br=7.8KG, (BH)max=8.5MGOe의 자기적 성질을 나타내었다. 최적의 급냉속도에서 제작된 리본을 polyamide resin과 2.5wt%의 비율로 혼합하여 상온에서 성형, 결합시켜 제작한 bond자석에서 보다 현저히 향상되었으며 유지시간이 8분인 경우 iHc=10.8KOe, Br=7.3KG, (BH)max=8.0MGOe의 값을 가졌다. 한편, 자구구조는 maze pattern이 주로 관찰되어 자화용이축인 C축이 배열되었으며 bond자석에서보다 hot-press 자석에서 자구폭이 보다 작았다.

This paper presents experimental results for applicability of Fe-based shape memory alloy(Fe-SMA) as near surface mounted(NSM) reinforcement . Three reinforced concrete beams with a width of 300 mm and a height of 200 mm were fabricated for the study. Reinforcement(Non-Reinforced, Reinforced), Activation(Non-Activation, Activation) were considered as experimental variable. Specimens, which reinforced with Fe-SMA have 50% less deflection then non reinforced specimen on 10kN load. Specimens, which activated Fe-SMA has 38% less additional deflection then non activated specimen in 2 weeks.

The flexural behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened with an iron based-shape memory alloys strip(Fe-SMAs) by a near-surface mounted (NSM) method was evaluated. The pre-strained values of 0% and 4% and introduced prestressing force by an activation of a shape memory effect of the Fe-SMA strengthening material were considered as experimental variables. The experimental results show a large increase in initial stiffness of beams reinforced with 4% pre-strain. On the contrary, The effect of prestressing seems to be insignificant on the yielding and ultimate loads of tensile bars.

In this paper, the bond stress of Fe based Shape Memory Alloy(Fe-SMA) with near surface mounted strengthening was investigated. An lab-shear test using Fe-SMA strips glued with cementitious matrix was performed to evaluate bond stress. Bond length (250 mm, 350 mm, 450 mm) was considered as experimental variable. The bond stress and utilization of Fe-SMA are 1.487MPa and 80%, respectively, at the bond length of 450 mm.

In this paper, the recovery stress of Fe based Shape Memory Alloy(Fe-SMA) was investigated. The temperature of the Fe-SMA was heated to 160℃ and then cooled to evaluate the recovery stress. Pre-strain 2% and 4% was considered as experimental variables. The recovery stress of pre-strain 2% and 4% are 358MPa and 397MPa, respectively.

Recently, an indirect displacement estimation method using data fusion of acceleration and strain (i.e., acceleration-strain-based method) has been developed. This paper proposes an improved displacement estimation method that can be applied to more general types of bridges by building the mapping using the finite element model of the structure. An experimental validation of the proposed method was carried out on a prestressed concrete girder bridge, and the method provides the best estimate for dynamic displacements.