• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.921-927
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• 1989

One of the most important problems in recent life prediction is to introduce the degradation effects into life prediction procedure. In the present paper, the effect of the material degradation on the fatigue surface crack growth and fatigue life prediction in a 2 1/4 Cr-1Mo steel were investigated. The 2 1/4 Cr-1Mo steel has been used in a plant having operated for over 60000hours and subjected to material degradation due to temper-embitterment. A Monte-Carlo simulation was made on the basis of the data obtained in the experiment in order to determine the P-S-N diagrams of surface crack growth for the degraded and recovered steels.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.229-238
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• 1991

본 논문에서는 영상센서를 이용하여 유기절연물질내의 트리 열화현상을 측정할 수 있는 시스템에 관하여 논하였다. 기존의 육안관찰법으로서는 관측하는 것이 매우 어려웠던 트리형상의 변화를 화상처리 기술을 이용하므로서 트리발생 직후부터 관측할 수 있게 되었다. 실험결과, 화상처리장치는 최초로 발생된 트리에서 부터 그 진전상황을 즉각적으로 기록할 수가 있었으며 트리의 신장도, 열화면적 및 연속 화상처리 측면에서 트리의 진전특성을 고찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07e
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• pp.109-111
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• 2005

국내에서 배전용 변압기 제조업체 수는 매년 조금씩 증가하고 있지만 품질향상을 위한 연구가 미흡하여, 전력회사가 요구하는 품질수준을 만족시키지 못하고 있다. 변압기는 전선의 취약부분에서 우선적으로 고장이 발생하게 된다. 정상운전 중 과열점 온도에 의해 절연지가 열 연화되어 고장으로 진전되게 된다. 따라서 변압기의 수명을 결정짓기 위해서는 무엇보다 내부 열특성 해석과 발생된 열에 대한 절연물의 열화 현상을 이해하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 변압기 절연지의 열화 현상과 열화로 인한 절연특성 변화메커니즘에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 절연지의 열화는 변압기 충간의 절연상태를 약화하고 다른 환경적인 요인이 부가될 경우 고장으로 급격히 진전될 수 있다.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.57-62
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• 1994

In this paper, a system for measuring of treeing degradation in organic dielectric material by using image processing technics, is discussed. Traditionally, treeing is measured by visual method. It made difficulty to understanding for features and changes in the configlEation of the tree growth. Using image processing system, it is made to describe the characters of the tree growth, specially length of tree and area of treeing degradation. From this image processing and visual measurement, the similar results were made, an automatic measurement system was made for configuration of the tree growth.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.75-80
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• 2006

In this paper, to detect and observation the void discharges pulse signal, AE signals and tree growth characteristics in case the high voltage is applied to a XLPE sample for a power cable. We also examined the partial discharge current pulse and AE signals with the increase of the applied voltage in XLPE insulation. The experimental results show that a branch-type tree grows in the presence of the voids, and a bush-type tree grows in the absence of the voids in both samples. A rate of tree growth increases abruptly in proportional to the deterioration time in the presence of the of the voids, but in the absence of the voids, a rate of tree growth decreases as time goes by and finally a breakdown occurs. The frequency band of AE signals that are generated from the partial discharges in a XLPE sample, one of solid dielectric materials, is about 1.0[MHz].

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.156-164
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• 2003

STS316L had been used as the structural material for energy environmental facilities, because austenite stainless steels like 316L have superior mechanical properties of which toughness, ductility, corrosion resistant and etc. However, those welded structures are receiving severe damage due to increasing of the aged degradation. Most studies until now have been carried out against fatigue behaviors of weldments, and were not well studied on nondestructive evaluation methods. In this study, the fatigue crack propagation behavior of STS316L weldment usually used for vessels of the nuclear power plant was investigated. Also, the degradation characteristics of 316L stainless steel weldments were evaluated by the ultrasonic parameter such as ultrasonic velocity, attenuation factor and time-frequency analysis. The results of this study can be used as a basic data for the prediction of the fatigue crack life of weldments structures without disjointing or stopping service of structures in service.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.307-311
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• 2004

Arresters are the best protective device on electrical power systems against transient overvoltages generated by lightning and/or switching operation. Nonetheless, arresters are deteriorated by absorption of moisture in the environments of its use, repetition in the protective operation to overvoltages, and some defects at manufacturing. It is therefore important to estimate the electrical characteristic changes of ZnO blocks. In this paper, an accelerated ageing test by a standard lightning impulse current was carried out to extract parameters needed for arrester diagnosis, and leakage current components were measured. Total energy applied to the ZnO blocks at each time is about 1,050[J] in 8/20[${\mu}\textrm{s}$] impulse current. From the experimental results, we proposed electrical parameters and leakage current level to diagnose arrester soundness.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.359-366
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• 2007

Recently, analysis researches on durability are focused on chloride attack and carbonation due to increased social and engineering significance. Generally, chloride penetration and carbonation occur simultaneously except for in submerged condition and chloride behavior in carbonated concrete is evaluated to be different from that in normal concrete. Furthermore, if unavoidable crack occurs in concrete, it influences not only single attack but also coupled deterioration more severely. This is a study on analysis technique with system dynamics for chloride penetration in concrete structures exposed to coupled chloride attack and carbonation through chloride diffusion, permeation, and carbonation reaction. For the purpose, a modeling for chloride behavior considering diffusion and permeation is performed through previous models for early-aged concrete such as MCHHM (multi component hydration heat model) and MPSFM (micro pore structure formation). Then model for combined deterioration is developed considering changed characteristics such as pore distribution, saturation and dissociation of bound chloride content under carbonation. The developed model is verified through comparison with previous experimental data. Additionally, simulation for combined deterioration in cracked concrete is carried out through utilizing previously developed models for chloride penetration and carbonation in cracked concrete. From the simulated results, CCTZ (chloride-carbonation transition zone) for evaluating combined deterioration is proposed. It is numerically verified that concrete with slag has better resistance to combined deterioration than concrete with OPC in sound and cracked concrete.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.216-221
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• 1999

The correlation between propagation of electrical tree and internal partial discharges is discussed. We use specimens with needle-plane electrode system made of LDPE(Low Density Polyethylene), observed inception and propagation of electrical tree by optical microscope and investigated the characteristics of the partial discharge (PD) pulses accompanying with propagation of electrical tree. In the specimens with needle-shaped void, the tree propagates branch type. The length of the tree has good linear relation with average discharge power of PD pulses. In the specimens without needle-shaped void, the tree grows bush type tree. The correlation between the area of the tree and the average discharge power of PD pulses has linear relation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.141-147
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• 2014

A nondestructive ultrasonic technique was applied to evaluate the thermal characteristics and degradation of synthetic polymer resin (plastics) with better cost-effectiveness and functionality than glass and metal. Thermoplastic and transparent acrylic resin (PMMA) specimens were annealed at below the glass transition temperature ($T_g$), and the propagation characteristics (attenuation and velocity) were measured. The attenuation increased and the velocity decreased with thermal degradation. The results showed that the thermal aging of the specimens could be evaluated quantitatively and that the Tg could be evaluated qualitatively.