Original Article
  • Numerical Analysis of Stress, Deflection, and Fatigue Life of a PA66/Glass-Fiber Composite Applied to a Mini-Chain under Reverse-Driving Conditions with Varying Glass-Fiber Content

  • Gi-Chan Kim*, Kyu-Cheol Choi*, Yun-Ho Ko**, Jaeho Jung***†

  • * Graduate Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
    ** Undergraduate Research Student, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
    *** Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea

  • 역구동 미니 체인 구조에 적용된 PA66/유리섬유 복합재의 유리섬유 함량 변화에 따른 응력  ·  처짐  ·  피로 수명 수치해석

  • 김기찬* · 최규철* · 고윤호** · 정재호***†

  • 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.

References
  • 1. Kim, D.J., Kim, Y.I., and Hyun, D.H., “TRIZ Application to Reduce Noise and Dusts of Cable Carrier Chain Systems,” Proceeding of the Society for CAD/CAM Engineers Conference, Pyeongchang, Korea, Feb. 2010, pp. 493-498.
  •  
  • 2. Xie, B., Wang, F., Liu, J., Xu, Z., Gao, S., and Zhao, L., “The dynamic characteristics of the shearer cable drag system,” PLOS ONE, Vol. 19, No. 12, 2024, e0316319.
  •  
  • 3. Zhao, L., Wang, D., Lin, G., Tian, S., Zhang, H., and Wang, Y., “Prediction of mechanical characteristics of shearer intelligent cables under bending conditions,” PLOS ONE, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2025, e0318767.
  •  
  • 4. Sutar, A.B., Singh, P., Bhoite, T.D., and Shelar, D.S., “Improved Conveyor Chain Link Performance via Weight and Material Optimization,” Open Access Research Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2025, pp. 44-62.
  •  
  • 5. Kunishima, T., Nagai, Y., Kurokawa, T., Bouvard, G., Abry, J.C., Fridrici, V., and Kapsa, P., “Tribological Behavior of Glass Fiber Reinforced-PA66 in Contact with Carbon Steel under High Contact Pressure, Sliding and Grease Lubricated Conditions,” Wear, Vol. 456-457, 2020, 203383.
  •  
  • 6. Hessman, P.A., Welschinger, F., Hornberger, K., and Böhlke, T., “A Micromechanical Cyclic Damage Model for High Cycle Fatigue Failure of Short Fiber Reinforced Composites,” Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol. 264, 2023, 110855.
  •  
  • 7. Lates, M.T., Velicu, R., and Gavrila, C.C., “Temperature, Pressure, and Velocity Influence on the Tribological Properties of PA66 and PA46 Polyamides,” Materials, Vol. 12, 2019, 3452.
  •  
  • 8. Feyzullahoglu, E., and Saffak, Z., “The tribological behaviour of different engineering plastics under dry friction conditions,” Materials & Design, Vol. 29, 2008, pp. 205–211.
  •  
  • 9. BASF, Ultramid A3K (PA66) Product Information, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Sep. 2025.
  •  
  • 10. BASF, Ultramid A3WG3 (PA66-GF15) Product Information, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Sep. 2025.
  •  
  • 11. BASF, Ultramid A3WG5 (PA66-GF25) Product Datasheet, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Sep. 2025.
  •  
  • 12. BASF, Ultramid A3WG7 (PA66-GF35) Product Information, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Sep. 2025.
  •  
  • 13. BASF, Ultramid A3WG10 (PA66-GF50) Product Information, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Sep. 2025.
  •  
  • 14. Mandal, N.K., “FEA to assess plastic deformation of railhead material damage of insulated rail joints with fibreglass and nylon endposts,” Wear, Vol. 366–367, 2016, pp. 3–12.
  •  

This Article

Correspondence to

  • Jaeho Jung

  • Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea

  • E-mail: jhj@cbnu.ac.kr