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원전 구조물의 가동 중 건전성 평가를 위한 연속압입시험법의 활용에 관한 연구

A Study on Utilizing Instrumented Indentation Technique for Evaluating In-field Integrity of Nuclear Structures

  • Song, Won-Seok (Department of Materials & Science and Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Gyu (Department of Materials & Science and Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Ahn, Hee-Jun (Department of Materials & Science and Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Kwang-Ho (Frontics Inc.) ;
  • Kwon, Dongil (Department of Materials & Science and Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 투고 : 2013.03.18
  • 심사 : 2013.04.12
  • 발행 : 2013.04.30

초록

발전설비 구조물은 기대 수명동안의 안전성을 확보하기 위하여 정해진 규격에 부합하도록 설계하여 건설된다. 하지만 가동 중 다양한 복합 환경에 노출됨에 따라 구조물을 이루고 있는 재료의 열화 현상이 가속화 되어 예상하지 못한 파손이 발생할 수 있기 때문에, 용접부와 같은 구조물의 취약부에 대하여 기계적 물성을 정확하게 측정하는 기술은 안전과 직결되는 필수적인 연구 분야이다. 인장시험 등의 기존의 역학물성 측정 시험법들은 특정 크기의 시편을 요구하고 파괴적인 시험이기 때문에 가동 중 구조물에 적용하는 것이 불가능하였다. 이러한 한계점을 극복하고자 비파괴적이고 간편한 방법으로 다양한 역학물성 평가가 가능한 연속압입시험법이 각광받는 시험법으로서 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 연속압입시험에서 압입자 하부에 발생하는 응력장 해석을 기반으로 하여 인장물성 및 잔류응력을 평가할 수 있는 최신 기법을 소개한다. 또한, 원전 구조물의 취약부로 알려진 용접부에 대하여 실험을 수행하여 산업상에서 연속압입시험이 건전성 평가에 유용하게 적용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

Power generating unit structures are designed and built to meet standard to secure its safety for expected life time. As the structures have been exposed to combined environment, degradation of structure material is accelerated and it can cause unexpected damage; evaluating precise mechanical properties of weak site like welded area is an essential research area as it is directly connected to safety issues. Existing measuring technique like tensile test requires specific size in testing specimen yet it is destructive method which is hard to apply on running structures. To overcome above mentioned limitation, IIT is getting limelight as it is non-destructive and simple method. In this study, latest technique is introduced to evaluate tensile property and residual stress by analyzing stress field occurs under the indenter while IIT is performed. Test on welded area, the weak site of nuclear structures have been practiced and confirmed that IIT can be usefully applied to evaluate integrity in industry.

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