• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.88-104
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• 1988

The FUel Rod Analysis(FURA) code is developed using two-dimensional finite element methods for axisymmetric and plane stress analysis of fuel rod. It predicts the thermal and mechanical behavior of fuel rod during normal and load follow operations. To evaluate the exact temperature distribution and the inner gas pressure, the radial deformation of pellet and clad, the fission gas release are considered over the full-length of fuel rod. The thermal element equation is derived using Galerkin's techniques. The displacement element equation is derived using the principle of virtual works. The mechanical analysis can accommodate various components of strain: elastic, plastic, creep and thermal strain as well as strain due to swelling, relocation and densification. The 4-node quadratic isoparametric elements are adopted, and the geometric model is confined to a half-pellet-height region with the assumption that pellet-pellet interaction is symmetrical. The pellet cracking and crack healing, pellet-cladding interaction are modelled. The Newton-Raphson iteration with an implicit algorithm is applied to perform the analysis of non-linear material behavior accurately and stably. The pellet and cladding model has been compared with both analytical solutions and experimental results. The observed and predicted results are in good agreement. The general behavior of fuel rod is calculated by axisymmetric system and the cladding behavior against radial crack is used by plane stress system. The sensitivity of strain aging of PWR fuel cladding tube due to load following is evaluated in terms of linear power, load cycle frequency and amplitude.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.229-235
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• 2013

To investigate the effect of the flexible artery wall on the blood flow, three-dimensional numerical simulations were carried out for analyzing the time-dependent incompressible flows of Newtonian fluids constrained by a flexible wall. The Navier-Stokes equations for fluid flow were solved using the P2P1 Galerkin finite element method, and mesh movement was achieved using an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation. The Newmark method was employed for solving the dynamic equilibrium equations for the deformation of a linear elastic solid. To avoid complexity due to the necessity of additional mechanical constraints, we used a combined formulation that includes both the fluid and structure equations of motion to produce a single coupled variational equation. The results showed that the flexibility of the carotid wall significantly affects flow phenomena during the pulse cycle. The flow field was also found to be strongly influenced by the bifurcation angle.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.77-84
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• 2007

The elastic buckling strength of a corrugated pipe made of orthotropic material was evaluated. The height and length of a corrugated wave and the thickness of the pipe were considered as factors affecting the buckling strength of the pipe. And also, the ratio of the longitudinal stiffness and transverse stiffness were considered as parameters affecting on the buckling strength of a pipe made of orthotropic material. Buckling strengths of various corrugated pipes with different shapes and stiffness ratio were evaluated by FE analyses. And a formula to estimate the elastic buckling strength was suggested by regression of FE analysis results. Analysis results show that a corrugated pipe has superior buckling strength to a general flat pipe and the suggested formula estimates accurate buckling strength of the corrugated pipe made of orthotropic material.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.37-45
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• 2010

Salt cementation, a typical naturally-cemented phenomenon, may occur due to water evaporation under the change of climate. Capillary force may influence the distribution of cement in granular soils. This study addresses the effect of capillary force on salt cementation using five different techniques: cone penetration test, electrical conductivity measurement, photographic imaging technique, nondestructive imaging technique, and process monitoring by elastic wave. Glass beads modeling a particulate media was mixed with salt water and then dried in an oven to create the cementation condition. Experimental results show that salt cementation highly concentrates at the top of the small particle size specimens and at the middle or the bottom of the large particle specimens. The predicted capillary heights are similar to the locations of high salt concentration in the cemented specimens. Five suggested methods show that the behavior of salt-cemented granular media heavily depends on the capillary force.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1167-1172
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• 2007

Generally inpipe robot needs force above standing for contacting robot to pipe. If the environment of the pipe-inside does not change, there is not a problem. But if the pipe radius change, or occur the obstacle which it does not intend, problem gets. So it uses a different system and must know an environment change, and changing the shape or a form of the robot. The research uses the flexible leg and is the robot which is adapted to the environment change of the pipe. The advantage of this robot is possible to move when it does not need to recognize a change of environment of pipe. Leg is bend with one direction. When it moves part that there are legs effect of leg direction the robot is moved with only one direction. If friction between legs and pipe is sufficient, not only verticality pipe moving, but also curved pipe moving. Also the obstacle of the pipe inside occurs and the diameter of the pipe inside changes, this robot can move if it does not use another system or device.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.39-45
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• 2000

A Thruster valve operates to supply fuel into thruster chamber. Very quick on-off operation of thruster valve results in unsteady flow of fuel in the propellant supplying system. Then fuel kinetic force, elastic material of propellant line, compressibility of fuel cause the flow field to pulsate. The pressure oscillation arising from resonance would damage the weak part of the thruster valve and other propellant supplying equipment. Pressure drop and fuel flowrate through propellant suppling system were measured, and pressure oscillation were triggered at the thruster valve inlet.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.30 no.8 s.251
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• pp.993-1000
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• 2006

Operating experience of steam generators has shown that cracks of various morphology frequently occur in the steam generator tubes. These cracked tubes can stay in service if it is proved that the tubes have sufficient safety margin to preclude the risk of burst and leak. Therefore, integrity assessment using exact limit load solutions is very important for safe operation of the steam generators. This paper provides global and local limit load solutions for surface cracks in the steam generator tubes. Such solutions are developed based on three-dimensional (3-D) finite element analyses assuming elastic-perfectly plastic material behavior. For the crack location, both axial and circumferential surface cracks, and for each case, both external and internal cracks are considered. The resulting global and local limit load solutions are given in polynomial forms, and thus can be simply used in practical integrity assessment of the steam generator tubes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.84-91
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• 2003

Flow-Induced Vibration of steam generator tubes may result in fretting wear damage at the tube-to-support locations. KSNP(Korean Standard Nuclear Power plant) steam generators experienced fretting wear in the upper part of U-bend above the central cavity region of steam generators. This region has conditions susceptible to the flow-induced vibration, such as high flow velocity, high void fraction, and longer unsupported span. To improve its performance, APR1400 steam generator is designed with additional supports in this region to reduce unsupported span and to reduce peak velocity in the central cavity region. In this paper, we examined its performance improvement using ATHOS code. The thermal-hydraulic condition in the region of secondary side of APR1400 steam generator is obtained using the ATHOS3 code. The effective mass for modal analysis is calculated using the void fraction, enthalpy, and operating pressure information from ATHOS3 code result. With the effective mass distribution along the tube, natural frequency and mode shape is obtained using ANSYS code. Finally, stability ratios and real mean squared displacements for selected tubes of the APR1400 steam generator are computed. From these results, the current design of the APR1400 steam generator are examined.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 1991

용접구조물을 그의 사용목적에 적합하게 제작하려면 그의 구조설계와 사용재료의 적절한 선택과 사용성능을 충분히 확보하게 끔 제작과정과 품질보증을 할 수 있는 것이 필요하다. 즉 용접성 (Weldability)을 만족하게 하는 것이다. 구조물의 제작에 있어서 배려하여야 할 것은 구조의 사 용성능의 확보와 안전성인 것이다. 사용성능이란 구조의 강도, 기능 그리고 미관이나 끝내기의 외관적 성능등이다. 우리들의 생활공간에 존재하는 구조물이 한번 파손이나 파괴의 사고가 발 생하면 치명적인 것이 된다. 용접설계 생산과 제작의 기술적인 준비로써 용접구조물을 대상으로 용접가공에 중점을 두어 사용되는 말이다. 용접설계는 구조물과 제품의 용접제작과정을 완전히 지시하고 용접이음에 요구되는 사용성능이 확보 되게 끔 부재배치와 치수등이 선정되고 제작과 검사등의 실제 작업성을 충분하게 고려한 제작계획을 세우는 것을 말한다. 이와 같이 된 용접 설계를 바탕으로 용접기술자가 최적한 용접재료의 용접조건등을 결정한다. 즉 설계와 용접시공은 서로 밀접한 관계를 갖고 있어야 한다. 특히 용접설계의 비교적 초기단계에 속하는 것은 제품 기본계획과 강도해석 그리고 구조설계의 과정에 반드시 용접기술자의 관여가 필요한 것이다. 그리고 설계의 최적화를 위하여는 많은 정보 특히 경험적인 정보와 구조 해석적인 정보가 잘 처리되어야 한다. 오늘날의 CAD의 도입이란 전산기의 처리기술과 graphic기술을 묘미 있게 이 용한 것이라 할 수 있다. 용접구조물의 용접성을 논술하려면 다음과 같이 구분하는 것이 바람 직하다. 1. 용접구조물의 허용강도 2. 동접구조용의 강의 선택 3. 용접시공조건 4. 용접설계 이중 용접 제작과정을 표 1에 나타내었다. 구조물의 용접설계 요구조건으로써, 1)손상, 2)탄성 파손, 3)항복응력, 4)기계적인 불안정성, 5)파괴와 붕괴등을 고려하여야 하며 구조용 강의 선택은 1. 강도(strength) 2.연성(ductility) 3.인성(toughness)을 고려하여 구조물의 설계에 충분히 만 족해야 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.106-113
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• 2009

This paper presents a surface acoustic wave(SAW) micro-electro-mechanical-systems(MEMS) interdigital transducer (IDT) gyroscope with 80MHz central frequency on a $128^{\circ}\;YX\;LiNbO_3$, which is consisted of a two-port SAW resonator, metallic dots and dual delay lines for the sensor and reference oscillators. Reason for using two delay line oscillators is to extract the gyroscope effect by comparing the resonant frequencies between two oscillators and to compensate the temperature effect. Based on the coupling of modes(COM) simulation, an 80MHz two ports SAW resonator and dual delay line were fabricated and characterized by the network analyzer. Obtained sensitivity was $109Hz/deg{\cdot}s^{-1}$ in the angular rate range of $0{\sim}1000deg/s$. Good Linearity and superior directivity were observed.