• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.951-956
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• 2011

Inconel alloys are generally used as steam generator tubes in nuclear power plants. These alloys are highnickel chromium alloys that exhibit excellent resistance to aqueous corrosion. In this paper, the effects of elevated temperatures such as an operating temperature of $320^{\circ}C$ on the fretting fatigue behavior of inconel 600 and 690. We observed that the plain and fretting fatigue limits at $320^{\circ}C$ were slightly lower than those at room temperature. The frictional forces varied depending on the number of load cycles. After each test, we studied the fretting fatigue mechanisms via SEM observations. These results can be used for structural integrity evaluations at elevated temperatures and for studying fretting damage in steam generator systems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.104-109
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• 1997

인코넬600 합금을 열처리상태 및 변형속도등이 서로 다른 응력부식균열(SCC) 발생 조건하에서 정변형속도 시험법으로 인장시켜 그때 발생되는 AE신호와 부식전류를 측정하여 균열거동과 비교하므로서 SCC 발생 및 진전을 AE로서 적절히 탐지할 수 있는가를 연구하였다. 그 결과 SCC. 연성파괴 및 기계적인 변형에서 발생되는 AE는 amplitude 준위에 의해 식별가능하며, 이것은 AE amplitude 준위가 AE발생원을 식별할 수 있는 중요한 변수가 될 수 있음을 의미한다. 또한 AE 발생시점과 전기 화학적 전류변동이 들 일치하는 것으로 나타나 입계응력부식 균열 진전이 AE에 의해 적절히 탐지될 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.118-122
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• 1997

차세대 원자력발전소 증기발생기 전열관 재료로 채택된 니켈기저합금으로 기존 전열관 재료인 인코넬600에 비해 고온 고압 조건에서 응력부식균열에 강한 장점을 가진 합금인 인코넬690 시료에 최대 에너지 120 keV의 질소 이온빔을 조사하여 이 재료의 기계적 특성 변화를 관측하였다. 특성 시험으로는 표면 경화를 관찰하기 위한 미세 경도 시험을 수행하여 미세 경도 증가를 확인하였다 아울러 표면 경화가 피로 특성에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위해 피로 균열 전파 시험을 수행하여 이온 주입으로 인한 표면 경화가 피로 균열 전파를 촉진시킴을 관찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.110.2-110.2
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.1154-1159
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• 2004

Laser beam welding is increasingly being used in welding of structural steels. The laser welding process is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies owing to its high speed and deep penetration. The thermal cycles associated with laser welding are generally much faster than those involved in conventional arc welding processes, leading to a rather small weld zone. Experiments are performed for Inconel 600 plates changing several process parameter such as laser power, welding speed, shielding gas flow rate, presence of surface pollution, with fixed or variable gap and misalignment between plate and plate, etc. The follow conclusions can be drawn that laser power and welding speed have a pronounced effect on size and shape of the fusion zone. Increase in welding speed resulted in an increase in weld depth/ aspect ratio and hence a decrease in the fusion zone size. The penetration depth increased with the increase in laser power . Welding characteristics of austienite Inconel 600 using a continuous wave Nd:YAG laser are experimentally investigated. This paper describes the weld ability of inconel 600 for machine structural use by Nd:YAG laser.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.119-126
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• 2004

The welding characteristics of Inconel 600 Alloy using a continuous wave Nd:YAG laser are experimentally investigated. The major process parameters studied in the present laser welding experiment were the positions of focus, laser power and travel speed of laser bean We measured the fusion zone size and its shape using an optical microscope for the observation of cross-sectional area. We performed two tests regarding the tension and the micro hardness for welding quality estimation. Then we measured residual stress in welds by electronic speckle pattern interferometry(ESPI). In conclusion the optimum butt welding process parameters were 0.5mm focus position, 1.6kW laser power, 1m/min travel speed and 5.5$\ell$/min assist gas discharge.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.44-44
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.150-155
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• 1994

종래의 초내열합금은 원자력산업과 우주항공산업등에 주로 사용되었으며, 산업이 고도화되어짐에 따라 각종 산업기계와 자동차 분야에까지 광범위하게 사용되어지고 있다. 대표적인 초내열합금으로서의 인코넬(Inconel)은 인성과 Creep 특성이 우수하고, 특히 고온강도가 높고 화학적으로도 안정하여 부식에도 강한 장점을 지니고 있어 항공기 부품재료로서 최근 각광을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 일반적으로 사용되어지고 공구재종인 코팅초경합금공구와 세라믹 공구를 사용하여 초내열합금인 인코넬 600을 절삭가공하여, 절삭저항,공구의 파손 및 마모,칩의 용착현상등의 가공성에 영향을 주는 요인에 대하여 검토함으로써, 공구의 종류에 대ㄷ응하는 적절한 절삭영역을 설정하는 것을 목적으로 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.203-208
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• 2004

The laser welding process is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies owing to its high speed and deep penetration. Welding characteristics of Inconel 600 Alloy using a continuous wave Nd:YAG laser are experimentally investigated. The major process parameters studied in the present laser welding experiment were position of focus, laser power, travel speed. The gap and offset maintained as small as possible. Optical microscope were used to investigate the microstructures of the welded zone. The follow conclusions can be drawn the laser power and travel speed have a pronounced effect the fusion zone size and shape.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.416-422
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• 2004

Time-resolved laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (TRELIBS) has been developed and applied to the qualitative analysis of the component materials of nuclear power plant. The alloy samples used in this work were carbon steels (A106 Gr. B; A336 P11; A335 P22), stainless steels (type 304; type 316) and inconel alloys (Inconel 600; Inconel 690; Inconel 800). Carbon steels can be individually distinguished by the intensity ratio of chromium to iron and molybdenum to iron emission lines observed at the wavelength raging from 485 to 575 nm. Type 316 stainless steel can be easily differentiated from type 304 by identification of the molybdenum emission lines at an emission wavelength ranging from 485 to 575 nm: type 304 does not give any molybdenum emission lines, but type 316 does. The inconel alloys can be individually distinguished by the intensity ratio of Cr/Fe and Ni/Fe emission lines at the wavelength raging from 420 to 510 nm. TRELIBS has been proved to be a powerful analytical technique for direct analysis of alloys due to its non-destructivity and simplicity.