To shorten the measurement period and reduce experiment costs, we investigated the parameter conversion between the experiment results of the controlled pass-by (CPB) method and alternative close proximity (A-CPX) method for automotive applications. The CPB and A-CPX methods were used to experiment with tire noise. The correlation between the tire noises of the two experimental methods was analyzed. Then, the quantitative transformation relationship between the tire noises of the two methods was obtained using an acoustic radiation propagation experiment in the semi-free field. The results indicate a good linear correlation between the experimental results of the two experimental methods. In the case of ignoring the shielding effect of the car body, the average difference between the measured value of the CPB method and the predicted value of the experimental tire is about 1.1 dB. When considering the shielding effect of the car body, the average difference between the measured value of the CPB method and the predicted value of the experimental tire is about 2.7 dB.
Nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) has been widely used to make shape-memory actuator wire for numerous medical industrial applications, with the result that it frequently comes into contact with the human body. High-quality and nontoxic surfaces of this material are therefore in high demand. We used a rotating magnetic field for an ultraprecision finishing of Ni-Ti stent wire biomaterials and evaluated the finishing technique’s efficacy with different processing oils. To create nontoxic Ni-Ti stent wire, the industrial processing oils that are generally used in the surface improvement process were exchanged for oils with low environmental impacts, and processed under rotating magnetic fields at different speeds and processing times. The processing performance of the different oils was compared and verified. The results show that ultraprecision magnetic abrasive finishing that uses olive and castor oil improves surface roughness by 66.67%, and 45.83%, respectively. SEM and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analyses of the finished components (before and after processing) showed that the material composition of the Ni-Ti stent wire was not changed. Additionally, the magnetic abrasive tool composition was not found on the surface of the finished Ni-Ti stent wire. In conclusion, the environmentally friendly oil effectively improved the diameter of the Ni-Ti stent wire, demonstrating the utility of olive and castor oil in ultraprecision finishing of Ni-Ti stent wire biomaterials.
1 August 2016 in Journal of the Korean Society of Mechanical Technology