Magnesium and magnesium alloys are promising materials for light weight and high strength applications. In order to obtain homogeneous and high quality products in powder compaction and powder forging processes, it is very important to control density and density distributions in powder compacts. In this study, a model for densification of metallic powder is proposed for pure magnesium. The mode] considers the effect of powder characteristics using a pressure-dependent critical density yield criterion. Also with the new model, it was possible to obtain reasonable physical properties of pure magnesium powder using cold iso-state pressing. The proposed densification model was implemented into the finite element method code. The finite element analysis was applied to simulating die compaction of pure magnesium powders in order to investigate the density and effective strain distributions at room temperature.

In the study, a hybrid constitutive model for densification of metallic powders was applied to cold isostatic pressing. The model is based on a pressure-dependent plasticity model for porous materials combined with a dislocation density-based viscoplastic constitutive model considering microstructural features such as grain size and inter-particle spacing. Comparison of experiment and calculated results of microscale and nanoscale Cu powders was made. This theoretical approach is useful for powder densification analysis of various powder sizes, deformation routes and powder processing methods.

The present study is concerned with the hydrostatic extrusion process of copper-clad aluminum rod through metallurgical joining. In this study, the rigid plastic finite element program, HICKORY, is used to analyze the steady state extrusion process of the bimetal rod. Simulations are performed for copper-clad aluminum rod with several extrusion ratio to give the distributions of effective strain rate, equivalent stress and hardness. Experiments are also carried out for aluminum-inserted copper rod at room temperature. It is found out that finite element predictions are generally in good agreement with the experimental observations. The detail comparison of the extrusion loads by the finite element method with those by experiments are given.

The present study is concerned with the effect of PM process variables on the microstructure by using atomized superalloy powders. It is suggested that the inhomogeneity of composition is strongly dependent on the process variables. The contents of segregation elements of plasma rotating electrode process (PREP) powders are larger than those of Ar atomization (AA) powders. As HIP treatment temperature in-increases, the secondary phases on the prior particle boundaries (PPB) have continuous,uniform distribution and high density, but the amount of PPB decreases suddenly at 1150C. Segregated phases on the PPB are identified to be MC type carbide. Brittle MC type carbides on the PPB provide fracture initiation sites and preferred fracture path, thereby leading to intergranular type brittle fracture.

해양 콘크리트 구조물 중 침지대에 위치한 구조물은 수심이 10 m 깊어질수록 1 atm의 정수압을 받아 염화물이온 침투가 촉진될 가능성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 정수압이 해양콘크리트의 염화물이온침투에 미치는 영향과 원인을 평가하기 위하여 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트와 고로슬래그 시멘트를 활용한 콘크리트를 각각 1, 6 atm의 정수압과 인공해수에 노출시켜 깊이별 수용성 염화물량과 미세구조 분석을 실시하였다. 측정결과 6 atm의 정수압을 받는 콘크리트는 표면 염화물이온 농도가 급격하게 상승하며, 깊이별 수용성 염화물량이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한, 정수압을 받은 콘크리트는 5~100 nm에 해당하는 모세관공극이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

대경사 수로의 부등류에 대해 적용될 수 있도록 수정된, 새로운 정수압 분포를 제시하였다. 이것을 천수방정식에 적용하여 대경사를 지나는 천수 흐름을 정확하게 해석할 수 있는 유한체적 모형을 개발하였다. 포물선형 융기의 배수에 대해 압력 수정이 고려된 모형에서 바닥 경사 생성항의 영향이 줄어들어 융기의 하류에서 도수의 진행 속도가 크게 감소되었다. 삼각형 턱을 지나는 댐 붕괴 흐름에 대한 모의에서 압력 수정항이 추가된 모형으로 디지털 영상분석에 의한 수면을 압력 수정이 고려되지 않은 경우에 비해 더 잘 포착할 수 있음을 확인하였다. 압력 수정항 덕분에, 턱에 반사되는 흐름은 줄어들고 월류는 늘어 모의 결과가 실험 결과에 잘 부합된다. 따라서 댐의 여수로나 해안의 처오름 등 실용적인 문제에 대한 이 모형의 적용성이 기대된다.