• 소성∙가공
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2014

To predict the deformation and fracture during tube expansion using the finite element (FE) method, a material model is considered that incorporates the damage evolution due to the deformation. In the current study, a Rice-Tracey model was used as the damage model with inclusion of the hydrostatic stress term. Since OFHC Cu is not significantly affected by strain rate, a Hollomon flow stress model was used. The material parameters in each model were obtained by using an optimization method. The objective function was defined as the difference between the experimental measurements and FE simulation results. The parameters were determined by minimizing the objective function. To verify the validity of the FE modeling, cross-verification was conducted through a tube expansion test. The simulation results show reasonable agreement with the experiments. The design for a minimum diameter of expansion tube using the FE modeling was verified by a simplified tube expansion test and simulation results.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회A
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• pp.774-779
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• 2007

The crash energy absorbers used in the trains normally are classified into two types. The first is the structure type, which mainly used in not only the primary structure of train but also the crash energy absorbers at the critical accidents. The second is the module type, which just absorbs the crash energy independently and attached onto the structures of the trains. The expansion tube is widely used as the module type of the crash energy absorbers, especially in the trains that have a heavy mass. Since the crash energy is absorbed by means of expanding the tube in the radial direction, the features of the expansion tube have the uniform load during the compression. As the uniform load remains in sudden impact, the expansion tube is effective to decrease acceleration of passengers when the train accident occur. The buckling instability of the expansion tubes is affected by the boundary conditions, thickness and length of tube. In this study, the effects of the length and thickness of the expansion tubes under the arbitrary load on the buckling are studied using the ABAQUS/standard and ABAQUS/explicit, a commercial finite element analysis program, and then presents the guideline to design the expansion tubes. The analysis processes to compute the buckling load consist of the linear buckling analysis and the nonlinear post-buckling analysis. To analysis the nonlinear post-buckling analysis, the geometry imperfections are introduced by applying the linear buckling modes to nonlinear post-buckling analysis.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.184-190
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• 2008

원전 증기발생기 전열관의 건전성을 평가하기 위해서 여러 가지 와전류검사 기법이 적용되고 있다. 이와 같은 와전류검사 기법중에서 보빈탐촉자 기법은 전열관에 발생할 수 있는 축방향균열, 마모 검사에 적용하고 있으며, MRPC 기법은 튜브시트 상단 및 곡관부위 균열의 정밀검사에 적용된다. 원전 증기발생기 전열관의 설치공정 혹은 운전중에 전열관에 덴트(dent, 혹은 ding) 및 벌지(bulge)가 형성될 수 있으며, 와전류검사에서 이러한 지시는 결함으로 간주하지 않기 때문에 일정 크기 이상의 지시만 검사보고서에 기록하여 관리하고 있다. 이러한 지시는 보빈탐촉자 기법으로 용이하게 검출이 가능하고 보빈단면형상검사에 의해 대략적인 크기의 측정이 가능하지만, 정확한 크기 및 형상은 알 수는 없으므로 본 연구에서는 단면형상검사의 정확도를 증가시키기 위해 $8{\times}1$ 다중코일 탐촉자를 설계 개발하여 그 정확도를 평가하였다. 한편, OPR-1000형 증기발생기 전열관의 튜브시트 확관 천이영역에 형성된 덴트부위에 균열성 결함이 발생할 가능성이 높기 때문에 일부 발전소에서는 예방차원의 슬리빙을 수행하고 있다 이와 같은 슬리빙 대상 전열관 선정시 본 검사기법을 활용하면 유용할 것으로 판단된다.