• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.134-140
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• 2016

The Control Rod Assembly (CRA) controls the reactor power by adjusting its position in the reactor core during normal operation and should be quickly inserted into the reactor core by free drop under scram condition to shut down chain reactions. Therefore, the drop time of the CRA is one of important factors for the safety of the nuclear reactor and must be experimentally verified. This study presents the drop performance test of the CRA which has been conceptually designed for the Proto-type Generation IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor. During the test, the CRA was free dropped from a height of 1 m under different flow rate conditions and its drop time was measured. The results showed that the drop time of the CRA increased as the flow rate increased; the average drop times of the CRA were approximately 1.527 seconds, 1.599 seconds and 1.676 seconds at 0%, 100% and 200% of design flow rates, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.99-104
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• 2009

In this paper, the drop characteristic of the small aircraft landing gear of SUAV has been analyzed and performed on orifice optimal design for shock absorption efficiency. The SUAV landing gear was simple oleo pneumatic type without metering pin. The landing gear was modelled by MSC ADAMS software. Drop test evaluation was conducted to confirm the analysis model. As a result of correlation between analysis and test results, it was verified that these results were coincided with very well. After confidence review of analysis model through the correlation between test and analysis results, design parametric study was performed by using confirmed analysis model. Optimal orifice size with best efficiency have been decided in this study.

• Water for future
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.121-128
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• 1994

Reduced trend of surface velocity, length of the separated drop area and width of potential core have been verified through experimental study of flow characteristics at the step down. To inverstigate sediment behaviors, experimental study which involved accumulated sediment transport reducing water velocity in the separated drop area was performed. From the experimental results, surface velocity, length of the separated drop area and width of potential core were formulated, and calculated output was corroborated by experimental outcome. Furthermore an examination of the parameter which is defined by $q_{sf}$/$q_{uo}$ was performed by detecting sediment in the separated drop area. Therefore these experiments can express the phenomena of flow characteristics and sediment behaviors at the step down.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.463-467
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• 2016

In this paper, acceleration and pressure exerted on a human model were measured under a supersonic condition in a shock tunnel. In order to measure these in an interference-free environment, free-fall technique with an electromagnet and a three-dimensional iron-powdered human model was used. Free-fall experiment was conducted at Mach 4 and the force acting on the model was obtained by calculating the displacement from the flow visualization images.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.193-200
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• 2009

This paper investigated the drop characteristics of oleo pneumatic type landing gear for small aircraft and the effects of cavitations in modeling the landing gear system. The landing gear system employed a simple oleo pneumatic type damper without a metering pin. In general, oleo-pneumatic type landing gears are light-weighted because of it's simplicity, yet they offer excellent impact absorption characteristics. In this study, the landing gear system was modeled using MSC ADAMS, which offers a drop simulation module. After modeling the system, a series of testing was conducted, using a prototype landing gear system, to validate the analysis model and simulation results. The effect of cavitation was considered in the simulation model to obtain a better correlation between the test and simulation results. The results show that adding the cavitation effect in the simulation model significantly improved the simulation model and better captured the dynamic behaviors of the landing system. Using the 'cavitation' model, dynamics characteristics of the landing gear were further evaluated for other landing conditions, such as landing in various angles of slopes.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.360-368
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• 2010

The paper presents a case study from a surface mine where the controlled augmentation of throw and drop of the blasted muck piles was warranted to spread the muck piles on the lower berm of the bench. While the augmentation of throw increased the lateral spread and the looseness of the broken muck, the augmentation of drop significantly lowered the muck pile height for easy excavation by the excavators. In this light, the present paper highlights and discusses some pertinent changes in the blast design parameters for such specialized application of cast blasting in a surface mine, where a sandstone bench, with average height of 22-24 m was to be made amenable for excavation by 10 m3 rope shovels, which possessed maximum digging capability of up to 14 m. The results of tailoring the blast design parameters for augmentation of throw and drop are compared with the baseline blasts which were earlier practiced on the same bench by dividing the full height of the bench in 2-slices; upper slice (10-14 m high) and lower slice (12-15 m high). Results of fragment size, its distribution and total cycle time of excavator (shovel) are presented, and discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.12 s.177
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• pp.117-123
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• 2005

This paper deals with the finite element model of the monitor fur the simulation of directional free drop tests such as the backward and vertex free drop as well as the associated free-drop experiment. The model was made for an unconditional stable solution fur the explicit integration algorithm. It was found through the comparison between simulation and experimental results that the general behaviors at the time of impact were observed to well correlate with each other in terms of acceleration, displacement, contact force and stress of monitor components.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.655-656
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• 2004

1) 제어봉의 전자 클러치는 직류전원 공급 장치에 의해 12V의 직류 전력을 공급받으며 전압 강하에 대한 내성이 좋다. 제어봉은 10V의 전압이 525msec 이상 지속될 때 전자력 상실로 낙하한다. 완전정전(0V)이 발생하여도 직류전원 공급 장치는 500msec 동안 전자클러치에 직류전력을 공급하여 제어봉의 연결 상태를 유지하도록 한다. 2) 정지봉 계통에 대한 전압강하의 영향은 제어회로를 구성하는 전자접촉기의 개방에 의하여 펌프의 전원공급이 차단되고, 그 결과 정지봉이 낙하한다. 정지봉은 펌프의 전원이 상실되면 수압 실린더의 압력 상실로 약 1000msec 후에 낙하한기 시작한다. 그림 2는 제어봉 및 정지봉에 대한 정전 영향을 시간에 따라 표시한 것이다. 3) 1차 및 2차 냉각계통의 부족전압 계전기에 의해 펌프가 정지할 때까지 저유량 신호 및 N/T mismatch 신호에 의한 원자로 정지신호는 발생되지 않는다. 따라서 정지봉 및 제어봉 계통에 적용하고자 하는 순간정전 보상장치는 부족전압 계전기 동작시간 이내의 보상시간에서만 가능할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.99-108
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• 2007

As the structure of a mobile phone becomes thin to catch up with a slim product trend, the reliability of a LCD module is on the rise as a big issue for a product design. A drop test is the most basic and important verification method for a mechanical quality control but it requires much time and cost during a product development process. Thus many manufacturers have considered design guide lines using CAE and simulation for more effective usage of limited resources on the market. In this paper, the Maximum Principle Stress of a LCD glass panel is calculated on the basis of explicit FE Analyses method and input conditions are determined according to the general test standard. The design guideline for reliability improvements are suggested on the basis of the results of FE Analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.93-98
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• 1998

PEN(1)(다항식전개 노달) 해법을 육방형 노심의 과도상태 해석과 Adjoint flux(수반 중성자속)해법에 응용하여 여러가지 Benchmark문제들(3)(4)(5)을 풀고 그 결과를 다른 수치기법 결과와 비교·분석하였다. 2차원 육방형 대형중수로 과도상태 Benchmark문제(5)를 다항식전개 노달해법에 의한 과도상태 해석·검증의 대상으로 삼았으며 그 기준 계산치로서 FX2-TH 코드의 계산결과를 사용하였다 대형중수로 노심의 과도상태 해석 결과, 기준해와 비교해 집합체 낙하시작 3초 후에 집합체가 낙하한 위치에서 Normalized Flux 오차가 0.5% 이내, 집합체가 낙하하지 않은 위치에서 Normalized Flux 오차가 1% 이내의 정확한 결과를 보였다. Adjoint flux 해의 검증을 위해서는 VENTURE 코드(2)의 계산 결과를 기준해로 하였으며, 계산능 검증을 위해 사용된 대부분 의 Benchmark 문제들에서 작은 오차를 보였으나 반사체가 포함된 IAEA 문제에서는 큰 오차를 보였다.