• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.311-316
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• 2008

Ratcheting is a cyclic accumulation of strain under a cyclic loading. It is a kind of mechanisms which generate cracks in rail steels. Though some experimental and numerical study has been performed, modeling of ratcheting is still a challenging problem. In this study, an elastic-plastic constitutive equation with non-linear kinematic hardening equation was applied. Contact stresses in wheel-rail were analyzed. Under the tangential stress of the contact stresses, a cyclic stress-strain relation was obtained by using the model. A constant ratcheting strain per cycle was accumulated.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.297-305
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• 2006

The thermal ratcheting deformation at the reactor baffle and upper internal structure of the liquid metal reactor (LMR) can occur due to movement of the hot sodium free surface. In in-service inspection of reactor internals of LMR, a new inspection technique should be developed for the detection of the thermal ratcheting damage. In this study, an inspection technique using ultrasonic guided wave is proposed for the detection of the thermal ratcheting damage of cylindrical vessels. A 316L stainless steel cylindrical shell specimen has been prepared. The thermal ratchet structural tests were cyclically performed by heat-up up to $550^{\circ}C$ with steep temperature gradients along the axial direction after cool-down by cooling water. Ultrasonic guided wave propagation has been characterized by analysis of dispersion curve of the stainless steel plate. The zero-order antisymmetric $A_0$ guided wave has been selected as the optimal mode for detection of the ratcheting deformation. It is confirmed that the thermal ratcheting deformation can be detected by the measurement of transit time difference of circumferentially propagated $A_0$ guided waves.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.219-220
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.235-240
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 고온의 천이 열하중을 받는 304 SS 재질의 액체금속로 원통용기에 대하여 진행성 변형기구인 열적 라체팅(thermal ratcheting) 변형거동을 해석하였다. 재료의 반복 소성을 나타내는 구성식으로서 Chaboche모델을 이용하였으며 이 모델의 적용을 위하여 ABAQUS의 사용자 프로그램을 개발하였다. 열천이 과정이 반복되는 동안에 축방향의 온도분포 이동에 따른 탄소성 해석을 수행한 결과 소성변형이 각 싸이클마다 누적되어 점진적 변형이 일어났으며 이 해석결과를 시험치와 비교함으로써 해석의 타당성을 검토하였다. 반복 소성거동에 대한 Chaboche 모델을 이용하면 천이 열하중을 받는 304 SS. 재질의 고온구조물에 대하여 라체팅 거동을 정량적으로 평가 할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.7
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• pp.612-617
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• 2011

An experimental study was carried out for the Elbrodur-NIB(copper alloy) at room temperature under stress-controlled uniaxial fatigue loading with and without mean stress. As a result, the effects of stress amplitude, mean stress and stress rate on ratcheting behavior were investigated. The ratcheting strain increased with increasing stress amplitude for a given mean stress, and with mean stress for a given stress amplitude. But, the ratcheting strain decreased as the stress rate increased. The three mean stress models were investigated and the mean stress models of Smith-Watson-Topper and Walker yielded good correlation of fatigue lives in the life range of $10^2-10^5$cycles.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.342.2-342
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.413.2-413
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.344-349
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• 2008

Ratcheting behavior of IN 718 was investigated at $649^{\circ}C$ under various proportional and non-proportional loading conditions with stress control. The material response was initially elastic but substantial plastic strain was developed as the material softened cyclically. Ratcheting strain was measured to near fatigue life, and is found to have three stages of development - primary, secondary (steady-state) and tertiary. The secondary stage dominates for most cases. Under the same equivalent stress amplitude and mean stress, it was revealed that circular path loading gives higher ratcheting rates and shorter lives than linear paths and that the more ratcheting occurs when the cyclic load is in the same direction as the mean stress. The ratcheting strain at failure depends not only on its rate but also on fatigue life itself, and it is not a primary life-determining factor.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.767-774
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• 2007

Even though a constant repeated load is applied, plastic deformation may cumulate. This kind of behavior is called ratcheting. Ratcheting may lead to cracks and finally to failure of the rail. Usually ratcheting occurs on high rails in curves. Ratcheting is influenced by residual stresses, wheel-rail contact stresses, thermal stresses due to wheel/rail rolling contact, shear strength of the rail, strain hardening behavior, etc. In this study, contact stresses and thermal stresses are examined. It is found their value is considerable compared to the maximum contact pressure.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1592-1597
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• 2009

Ratcheting is a cyclic accumulation of strain under a cyclic loading. It is a kind of mechanisms which generate cracks in rail steels. Though some experimental and numerical study has been performed, modeling of ratcheting is still a challenging problem. In this study, an elastic-plastic constitutive equation considering non-linear kinematic hardening and isotropic hardening was applied. Under the tangential stress of the contact stresses, a cyclic stress-strain relation was obtained by using the model. Strain under repeated cycles was accumulated.