• Experimental and Simulation Study of Thermoforming Using PC/PMMA Multilayer Films

  • Chae Jun Lim, Chang-Whan Lee, Ki Ho Lee*, and Min-Young Lyu†

  • Department of Mechanical Information Engineering, Graduate School of Seoul National University of Science and Technology 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Korea
    *i-components Co., Ltd., 23, Chupalsandan 1-gil, Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

  • PC/PMMA 다층 필름을 이용한 열성형의 실험 및 해석적 연구

  • 임채준 · 이창환 · 이기호* · 류민영†

  • 서울과학기술대학교 기계정보공학과, *㈜아이컴포넌트

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(4): 479-488

    Published online Jul 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.4.479
  • Received on Jan 17, 2025
  • Revised on Mar 3, 2025
  • Accepted on Mar 4, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Min-Young Lyu

  • Department of Mechanical Information Engineering, Graduate School of Seoul National University of Science and Technology 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01811, Korea

  • E-mail: mylyu@seoultech.ac.kr