• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.609-617
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• 2011

There is a trend towards the progressive use of higher operating temperatures and stresses to achieve improved efficiencies in power-generation equipment. It is important to perform the crack assessment under hightemperature and high-pressure conditions. The C(t)-integral is a key parameter in crack assessment for transient creep states. The estimation of the C(t)-integral is complex when considering the mechanical and thermal loads simultaneously. In this paper, we study estimation of C(t)-integral under combined mechanical and thermal load depending on loading conditions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.1065-1073
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• 2009

In this paper, the estimation method of C(t)-integral for combined mechanical and thermal loads is proposed for elastic-plastic-creep material via 3-dimensional FE analyses. Plasticity induced by initial loading makes relaxation rate different from those produced elastically. Moreover, the interactions between mechanical and thermal loads make the relaxation rate different from those produced under mechanical load alone. To quantify C(t)-integral for combined mechanical and thermal loads, the simplified formula are developed by modifying redistribution time in existing work done by Ainsworth et al..

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.195-204
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• 2004

A series of constant creep and repeated creep tests are performed to investigate the behavior of visco-elasto-plastic materials of chemical grouted sands. In the result of constant creep test, the material exhibits three types of shear strain : elastic, plastic, viscoelastic. The elastic, plastic and viscoelastic strains are linear, i.e., the strains are proportional to the stresses for loading. Good agreement is found between the predicted viscoelastic and test results by the power law and the generalized model. In the repeated creep test, the instantaneous recoverable strain is time-independent and the magnitude of accumulated plastic strain increases with number of cycles. Also it is seen that the accumulated plastic strains are approximately proportional to stress. There are no significant differences between test results predicted values for first cycle, and the differences increase relatively insignificantly with number of cycles.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.759-768
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• 2012

This paper proposes a method to determine the elastic follow-up factors for the $C(t)$-integral under secondary stress. The rate of creep crack growth for transient creep is correlated with the $C(t)$-integral. Elastic follow-up behavior, which occurs in structures under secondary loading, prevents a relaxation of stress during transient creep. Thus, both the values of $C(t)$ and creep crack growth increase as increasing elastic follow-up. An estimation solution for $C(t)$ was proposed by Ainsworth and Dean based on the reference stress method. To predict the value of $C(t)$ using this solution, an independent method to determine the elastic follow-up factors for cracked bodies is needed. This paper proposed that the elastic follow-up factors for $C(t)$ can be determined by elastic-plastic analyses using the plastic-creep analogy. Finite element analyses were performed to verify this method.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.67-75
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 지반의 비등방성을 고려한 점탄소성 bounding surface 모델의 정확성을 검증하고 모델정수의 영향을 고찰하였다. 이를 위하여 모델을 컴퓨터 프로그래밍 하였으며 실내시험을 실시하였다. 실내시험으로는 표준압밀시험, 등방/비등방 압밀 삼축압축시험, 크리프 시험 등이 실시되었다. 연구결과, 컴퓨터 프로그램을 이용한 해석결과와 실내시험 결과는 잘 부합되었으며, 탄소성 모델정수의 영향은 크지 않았으나 점소성 모델정수의 영향은 해석결과에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 고찰되었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.1217-1226
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• 1988

This paper shows an deformation behavior of steel cast slabs, which is used to prevent internal cracks of a slab in an unbending zone, in case of hot charge rolling(HCR) and hot direct rolling(HDR). The value of moving strand shell bulging between two supporting rollers under ferrostatic pressure has been computed in terms of creep and elastic-plasticity and for high strand surface temperature and high casting speed V=1.4-2.2m/min. The strain and strain rate distributions in solidified shell undergoes a series of bulging are calculated with boundary condition a very closed to continuous steel cast slabs productions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.122-128
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• 2000

In this paper, a bulging condition which affect the quality of continuous casting steel was analyzed by using the numerical analytic method. First, solidification analyses were performed for each cooling zone by one-dimensional finite difference method. The bulging deformation of cast slab has been calculated with a two-dimensional elasto-plastic and creep finite element model. The adequacy of the model has been checked against the experimental results. From this study the effects of the process variables such as casting speed, cooling condition and roll pitch were examined. The results from these analyses would be able to apply to the design of continuous casting process.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.150-161
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• 1996

A deformation model was developed to calculate the deformation of the uranium-silicide dispersion fuel (U$_3$Si-Al) elements for research reactors. The model was based on the elasto-plasticity theory and power-law creep theory. Also, isotopic swelling was assumed for the fuel meat and isotropic thermal expansion for the fuel meat and dadding. The new model calculated successfully the deformation of the fuels of HANARO and NRU (in Canada). As the most important result, it was shown that the primary deformation mechanism in the fuel meat was swelling and that in the cladding was creep. For all cases simulated, the maximum hoop stress at cladding outer surface was lass than 5MPa, probably well below the yield stress of the dadding, and finally, the volume change was predicted to be less than 10% in the whole burnup range.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.45-58
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• 1992

An elasto-plastic constitutive model for geological materials, which satisfies the flezibility and stability at the same time, can be used in a number of geotechnical problems. Using the spacing ratio of critical state, a flexible model is proposed based on the stability of modified Camflay model. The spacing ratio of critical state can be simply evaluated, and practically used in describing the undrained shearing behavior of clay. The proposed model has precisely predicted the stress paths and stress -strain relationships, compared with the modified Camflay model, with respect to undrained triaxial test results. Besides, the effects of strain rate, creep, and relaxation can also be considered. Using the quasi-state boundary surface, the constitutive relations are well predicted. Therefore, it is found that the assumption of associative flow rule is well posed for undrained behavior of normally consolidated clay.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.244-244
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• 2011

핵융합장치 내부의 플라즈마 대면재료는 고온의 플라즈마와 직접 대면하므로 수 십 MW/$m^2$에 이르는 큰 열부하에 따른 재료의 물성변화, 즉 고온환경에 따른 재료의 팽윤, 크리프(creep) 변형 그리고 금속이 가역성이나 연성을 잃는 취화현상 등이 중요한 연구주제이다. 고열부하의 인가를 통한 핵융합대면재료의 물성실험은 현재 국내에서는 탄소히터, 열플라즈마 등을 이용하여 이루어지고 있으며 국외에서는 짧은 시간에 큰 열부하를 인가할 수 있는 고출력 전자빔장치가 주요한 열부하실험장치로 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기초적인 실험이 가능한 고열부하용 전자빔조사장치를 제작하여 대표적인 플라즈마 대면재료인 텅스텐에 60 keV, 30 mA의 전자빔을 조사한 후 고열부하에 따른 텅스텐의 물성변화를 측정하였다.