Light weighting is one of techniques considered importantly at designing the mechanical structure using the light weight material. This study deals with aluminum-6061 and aluminum foam which stood in the spotlight of light weight material. And the finite element method for safety evaluation has been carried out in order to prevent from the damage and fatigue fracture due to crack appearing at the mechanical structure with this material. The simulation analysis as MT(middle tension) test was carried out by using the core of aluminum foam and the material laminated with sandwich structure of Al-6061. The mechanical structure is linked together with various parts and designed as the material with hole or crack. So, MT test is one of the test methods to evaluate the fatigue fracture characteristic of material and the strength inside material with the center crack by applying the load to the part connected pin. The real material strength is thought to be evaluated through the study result of MT test analysis.

Three-dimensional motion analysis systems and force plates are used for gait phase detection and ground reaction force(GRF) or ground reaction moment(GRM) data collection. But force plates as measurement systems are restricted to laboratory environments and have limitations for abnormal walking with foot dragging. Therefore the methods were proposed to compute the GRM from the kinematic data of three-dimensional motion analysis systems. Gait phase detection with kinematic data using foot velocity algorithm(FVA) was performed. The validity of gait phase detection was obtained comparing with the results of force plates. A gait model with 7 segments was composed to compute GRM. The results of gait model with kinematic data were compared with those of force plates. The result of the vertical direction is similar. But anterior-posterior direction and lateral direction show similar tendency with some gaps.

In this paper, we study the calculation for the damage area of the tension specimens using image processing techniques. This study was able to calculate the area of the damage region on the basis of original image. Generally, to extract the area in the original image, we have to use opening operation, close operation, the Hit-or-Miss operation and bottom hat filter, top hat filter, etc. In particular, to extract the area of the composite specimen discussed in this study, we have to use the combination of the operations and filters because it is non-isotropic material, or should develop a new algorithm based on it.

In this paper, we study the calculation for the fracture area of the tension specimens using digital image processing techniques. This study was able to calculate the area of the fracture region on the basis of improved image. To extract the area in the original image, we have to use opening operation, close operation, the Hit-or-Miss operation and Bottom hat filter, Top hat filter, etc. In particular, to extract the area of the composite specimen discussed in this study, we have to use the combination of the operations and filters because it is non-isotropic material, or should develop a new algorithm based on it.

In this paper, the I-resistance curve of low-carbon steel with 3 mm thickness was investigated for various crack ratios. The experiments were carried out for the center cracked tension (CCT) specimen with about 50 mm width on an instron machine. The plane stress fracture toughness obtained by the Simpson's formula was Ii. = 24.96 kgffmm. Simpson's formula which considers crack growth in obtaining J integral showed more conservative lin than Rice's and Sumpter's. For materials that may be approximated by the Ramberg and Osgood stress strain law, the relevant crack parameters like the J integral, load line displacement are approximately normalized. Crack driving forces in terms of the I integral are computed for low-carbon steel CCT specimen using the above estimation scheme. Comparison of the prediction with actual experimental measurements by Simpson's formula showed good agreement for several different sized specimen.

본 연구에서는 양쪽크랙 인장시험편을 이용한 평면응력 파괴인성치 J 하(1C)를 검토하기 위하여, 두께 4.5mm 일반구조용 압연강판(SS41)을 균질화 및 연화처리하고 각각의 경우에 대하여 크랙비가 0.55, 0.65, 0.75인 시험편을 준비하여 J 하(1C) 및 저항곡선의 거동을 고찰하였다. 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 양쪽 크랙 인장시험편을 사용하여 J 하(1C)를 구한 값은 한계하중에 의한 방법이 Rice가 제안한 방법보다 크게 나타남을 알 수 있다. 2) Rice가 제안한 방법으로 J 하(1C)는 실험한 크랙비 범위 0.55-0.75에서 거의 일정한 값을 나타내고 저항곡선의 기울기는 크랙비에 따라 증가하였다. 3) Rice가 제안한 방법으로 [SS41의 J 하(1C)의 평균값은 모재는 22.8kgf/mm, 균질화 처리재는 24.7kgf/mm, 연화처리재는 26.9kgf/mm를 얻었다