Original Article
  • Performance Analysis of CFRP Rear Spoiler according to Types of Inner Foam Core under High-speed Driving Condition

  • Sung-Eun Kim*,**#, Jun-Geol Ahn**#, Moon-Sung Kim*,**, Seung-Ji Yang***, Ki-Young Kim**†, Hyun-Ik Yang***†

  • * Department of Mechanical Design Engineering, Hanyang University
    ** Textile innovation R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)
    *** Department of Mechanical Engineering, BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University

  • 고속 주행 상황에서 CFRP 리어 스포일러의 내부 폼 코어 종류에 따른 성능 분석

  • 김성은*,**# · 안준걸**# · 김문성*,**· 양승지***· 김기영**†· 양현익***†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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This Article

Correspondence to

  • Ki-Young Kim**, Hyun-Ik Yang***

  • ** Textile innovation R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)
    *** Department of Mechanical Engineering, BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University

  • E-mail: kkim@kitech.re.kr, skynet@hanyang.ac.kr