Major 

Structural Engineering
 
 
 Research Interests

Rigid-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Hydroforming
Milli-Component Forming
Seismic Analysis of Rubber
  
 
 Education 

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A., 1990
 
 
 Selected Publications 
  1. L.P.Lei, D.H.Kim, S.J.Kang, B.S.Kang, "Analysis and design of Hydroforming Process for Automobile Rear Axle Housing by FEM", Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol.40, Issue 12, pp.1691-1708, September 2002

2. J.Kim, L.P.Lei, S.M.Hwang, S.J.Kang and B.S.Kang, "Manufacture of an Automobile Lower Arm by Hydroforming", Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol.42, pp.69-78, January 2002.

3. J.C.Chang, Z.M.Hu, B.S.Kang and T.A.Dean, "A Study of Cold ironing as a Post-Process for Net-Shape Manufacture", Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol.42, Issue 8, pp.945-952, June 2002

4. L.P.Lei, J.Kim and B.S.Kang, "Busting Failure Prediction in Tube Hydroforming Processes by using Rigid-Plastic FEM Combined with Ductile Fracture Criterion", Int. J. of Mechanical Science, Vol.44, No.7, pp.1411-1428, July 2002

5. B.S.Kang, B.M.Son, J.Kim, "A Comparative Study of Stamping and Hydroforming Processes for an Automobile Fuel Tank using FEM", Int. J. of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol.44, Issue 1, pp.87-94, January 2004

6. Lei, L. P., Kim, J., and Kang, B. S., "Analysis and Design of Hydroforming Process for Automobile Rear Axle Housing by FEM," International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, pp. 1691-1708, 2000.

7. Lei, L. P., Kim, D. H., Kang, S. J., Hwang, S. M., and Kang, B. S., "Analysis and Design of Hydroforming Processes by the Rigid-Plastic Finite Element Method," Journal of Material Processing Technology, August, 2000.

8. Ku, T. W., Lim, H. J., Choi, H. H., Hwang, S. M., and Kang, B. S., "Implementation of Backward Tracing Scheme of the FEM to Blank Design in Sheet Metal Forming," International Journal of Material Processing Technology, 2000.

9. Kang, C. G., Kang, B. S., and Kim, K. J., "The Effect of Strain Rate on Macroscopic Behaviour in Compression Forming of Semi-Solid Aluminum Alloy," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 88, pp. 159-168, 1999.

10. Byun, S. K., Huh, B. W., and Kang, B. S., "Finite Element Analysis and Design in Combined Precision Forming of Bending and Coining with Experimental Measurement," Journal of Materials Processing Technology, pp. 167-174, 1999.

  
 
 Professional Experiences 

Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea (1993-Present)

Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. (1997)

Visiting Research Engineer, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan (1994)

Chief of Brain Korea 21, CAE for Aerospace and Automobile, Pusan National University, Korea (1999-2002)

Chief of Brain Busan 21, Pusan National University, Korea (2002-Present)

President of Industrial Academic Cooperation Centered University, Pusan National University, Korea (2004-Present)
  
 
 Professional Societies & Activities 

Member, AIAA, KSME, KSTP, KSAS, KSPE, JSTP, KSAE, EESK, KNS
  
 
 Honors and Awards 

Who`s Who in the World Fourteenth Edition, U.S.A. (1997)
  
 
 International Joint Research & Activities 

Joint Research with Professor James M. Kelly of University of California at Berkeley, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

"Development of Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Isolator" Supported by I.T.E.P.