BNKT Ceramics, one of the representative Pb free based piezoelectric ceramics, constitutes a perovskite(ABO3) structure. At this time, the perovskite structure (ABO3) is in the form where the corners of the octahedrons are connected, and in the unit cell, two ions, A and B, are cations, A ion is located at the body center, B ion is located at each corner, and an anion O is located at the center of each side. Since Bi, Na, and K sources constituting the A site are highly volatile at a sintering temperature of 1100℃ or higher, it is difficult to maintain uniformity of the composition. In order to solve this problem, there should be suppression of volatilization of the A site material or additional compensation of the volatilized. In this study, the basic composition of BNKT Ceramics was set to Bi0.5(Na0.78K0.22)0.5TiO3 (= BNKT), and volatile site (Bi, Na, and K sources) were coated in the form of a shell to compensate additionally for the A site ions. In addition, the physical and electrical properties of BNKT and its coated with shell additives(= @BNK) were compared and analyzed, respectively. As a result of analyzing the crystal structure through XRD, both BNKT(Core) and @BNK(Shell) had perovskite phases, and the crystallinity was almost similar. Although the Curie temperature of the two sintered bodies was almost the same (TC = 290 ~ 300 ℃), it was confirmed that the d33 (piezoelectric coefficient) and Pr (residual polarization) values were different. The experimental results indicated that the additional compensation for a shell additive causes the coarsening, resulting in a decrease in sintering density and Pr(remanent polarization). However, coating shell additives to compensate for A site ion is an effective way to suppress volatilization. Based on these experimental results, it would be the biggest advantage to develop an eco-friendly material (Lead-free) that replaced lead (Pb), which is harmful to the human body. This lead-free piezoelectric material can be applied to a biomedical device or products(ex. earphones (hearing aids), heart rate monitors, ultrasonic vibrators, etc.) and skin beauty improvement products (mask packs for whitening and wrinkle improvement).

The recent rise in applications of thermoelectric materials has attracted interest in studies toward the fabrication of thermoelectric materials using mass production techniques. In this study, we successfully fabricate n-type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 material by a combination of mass production powder metallurgy techniques, gas atomization, and spark plasma sintering. In addition, to examine the effects of hydrogen reduction in the microstructure, the thermoelectric and mechanical properties are measured and analyzed. Here, almost 60% of the oxygen content of the powder are eliminated after hydrogen reduction for 4 h at 360°C. Micrographs of the powder show that the reduced powder had a comparatively clean surface and larger grain sizes than unreduced powder. The density of the consolidated bulk using as-atomized powder and reduced atomized powder exceeds 99%. The thermoelectric power factor of the sample prepared by reduction of powder is 20% better than that of the sample prepared using unreduced powder.

본 연구는 계면경계에서 특이성을 갖는 이종재료 열전달문제를 효율적으로 해석할 수 있는 이동최소제곱 유한차분법을 제시한다 이동최소제곱 유한차분법은 격자망(grid)없이 절점만으로 이동최소제곱법을 이용하여 Taylor 다항식을 구성하고 차분식을 만들어 미분방정식을 직접 푼다. 초평면함수 개념에 근거한 쐐기함수를 이동최소제곱 센스(sense)로 근사식에 매입하여 쐐기거동과 미분 점프에 따른 계면경계 특성을 효과적으로 묘사하고 고속으로 미분을 근사하는 이동최소제곱 유한차분법의 강점을 발휘하도록 했다. 서로 다른 열전달계수를 갖는 이종재료 열전도문제 해석을 통해 이동최소제곱 유한차분법이 계면경계문제에서도 뛰어난 계산효율성과 해의 정확성을 확보할 수 있음을 보였다.

신 구 콘크리트의 부착강도 시험시 두 재료의 계면에서 파괴가 유도되어 순수한 부착강도를 측정할 수 있도록 계면에 원형의 비부착면을 삽입하여 직접인발시험에 의해 부착강도를 측정하는 실험방법을 제시하였다. 먼저, 새로 제안한 실험방법에 의해 계면에서 응력이 집중되는 정도를 파악하기 위해 유한요소해석을 수행하여 두 재료의 탄성계수비 및 비부착면의 면적 (균열률)에 따른 계면에서의 파괴에너지를 산정하였으며, 부재의 크기 및 하중에 대한 보정을 감안하여 무차원함수로 환산하였다. 그리고 본 연구에서 제시된 부착강도 시험방법의 신뢰성을 입증하기 위해, 3가지 크기의 원형 비부착면(균열률 0.2, 0.4. 0.6)이 삽입된 신 구 콘크리트 복합시편(유황 폴리머 콘크리트+보통 콘크리트)을 사용하여 부착강도를 측정하였고 앞서 전개된 무차원함수로부터 계면 파괴에너지를 역산하였다. 시험결과, 모든 시편이 계면에서 파괴가 유도되었다. 또한 실험 데이터 및 해석결과를 분석하여 균열률이 0.4~0.6인 경우에 부착강도의 오차가 가장 적게 발생될 수 있음을 파악하였다.