• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.411-425
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• 2017

Using a probabilistic safety assessment, a risk evaluation framework for an aircraft crash into an interim spent fuel storage facility is presented. Damage evaluation of a detailed generic cask model in a simplified building structure under an aircraft impact is discussed through a numerical structural analysis and an analytical fragility assessment. Sequences of the impact scenario are shown in a developed event tree, with uncertainties considered in the impact analysis and failure probabilities calculated. To evaluate the influence of parameters relevant to design safety, risks are estimated for three specification levels of cask and storage facility structures. The proposed assessment procedure includes the determination of the loading parameters, reference impact scenario, structural response analyses of facility walls, cask containment, and fuel assemblies, and a radiological consequence analysis with dose-risk estimation. The risk results for the proposed scenario in this study are expected to be small relative to those of design basis accidents for best-estimated conservative values. The importance of this framework is seen in its flexibility to evaluate the capability of the facility to withstand an aircraft impact and in its ability to anticipate potential realistic risks; the framework also provides insight into epistemic uncertainty in the available data and into the sensitivity of the design parameters for future research.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.3085-3099
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• 2021

Investigations of large commercial aircraft impact effect on nuclear power plant (NPP) buildings have been drawing extensive attentions, particularly after the 9/11 event, and this paper aims to numerically assess the damage and vibrations of NPP buildings subjected to aircrafts crash. In Part I of present paper, two shots of reduce-scaled model test of aircraft impact on NPP were conducted based on the large rocket sled loading test platform. In the present part, the numerical simulations of both scaled and prototype aircraft impact on NPP buildings are further performed by adopting the commercial program LS-DYNA. Firstly, the refined finite element (FE) models of both scaled aircraft and NPP models in Part I are established, and the model impact test is numerically simulated. The validities of the adopted numerical algorithm, constitutive model and the corresponding parameters are verified based on the experimental NPP model damages and accelerations. Then, the refined simulations of prototype A380 aircraft impact on a hypothetical NPP building are further carried out. It indicates that the NPP building can totally withstand the impact of A380 at a velocity of 150 m/s, while the accompanied intensive vibrations may still lead to different levels of damage on the nuclear related equipment. Referring to the guideline NEI07-13, a maximum acceleration contour is plotted and the shock damage propagation distances under aircraft impact are assessed, which indicates that the nuclear equipment located within 11.5 m from the impact point may endure malfunction. Finally, by respectively considering the rigid and deformable impacts mainly induced by aircraft engine and fuselage, an improved Riera function is proposed to predict the impact force of aircraft A380.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.3068-3084
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• 2021

Investigations of large commercial aircraft impact effect on nuclear power plant (NPP) buildings have been drawing extensive attentions, particularly after the 9/11 event, and this paper aims to experimentally assess the damage and vibrations of NPP buildings subjected to aircraft crash. In present Part I, two shots of reduce-scaled model test of aircraft impacting on NPP building were carried out. Firstly, the 1:15 aircraft model (weighs 135 kg) and RC NPP model (weighs about 70 t) are designed and prepared. Then, based on the large rocket sled loading test platform, the aircraft models were accelerated to impact perpendicularly on the two sides of NPP model, i.e., containment and auxiliary buildings, with a velocity of about 170 m/s. The strain-time histories of rebars within the impact area and acceleration-time histories of each floor of NPP model are derived from the pre-arranged twenty-one strain gauges and twenty tri-axial accelerometers, and the whole impact processes were recorded by three high-speed cameras. The local penetration and perforation failure modes occurred respectively in the collision scenarios of containment and auxiliary buildings, and some suggestions for the NPP design are given. The maximum acceleration in the 1:15 scaled tests is 1785.73 g, and thus the corresponding maximum resultant acceleration in a prototype impact might be about 119 g, which poses a potential threat to the nuclear equipment. Furthermore, it was found that the nonlinear decrease of vibrations along the height was well reflected by the variations of both the maximum resultant vibrations and Cumulative Absolute Velocity (CAV). The present experimental work on the damage and dynamic responses of NPP structure under aircraft impact is firstly presented, which could provide a benchmark basis for further safety assessments of prototype NPP structure as well as inner systems and components against aircraft crash.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.294-299
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• 2010

비상위치송수신장치(ELT)는 항공기 추락 시 조난 신호를 송출하는 장비이다. 유용한 장비이지만 항공기 추락과 경착륙에 대한 오판으로 인하여 잘못된 조난신호를 송출하기도 한다. 이러한 문제점은 현재 사용되고 있는 기계식 G-스위치의 부정확성에 그 원인이 있다. ELT의 성능 개선을 위하여 기계식 G-스위치를 MEMS 가속도계로 대체한 ELT 시스템을 개발하였다. ELT 시스템은 가속도 정보 수집/분석 시스템과 추락 판단 프로그램, 추락 상황에서 위치 정보를 제공하기 위한 GPS 수신 시스템으로 구성되어 있다. 또한, ELT 시스템을 검증하기 위한 자유 낙하 실험대를 제작하였다. 자유 낙하 실험대는 추락과 경착륙에 해당하는 충격 가속도와 충격 유지 시간을 모사할 수 있도록 설계하였다. 자유 낙하 실험대를 이용하여 개발한 ELT 시스템이 정확히 작동함을 확인하였다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.319-334
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• 2018

In this study, the failure mode and energy absorption capabilities of a composite shock absorber device, during an emergency landing are evaluated. The prototype has been installed and tested in laboratory simulating an emergency landing test condition. The crash absorber presents an innovative configuration able to reduce the loads transmitted to a helicopter fuselage during an emergency landing. It consists of a composite tailored tube installed on the landing gear strut. During an emergency landing this crash absorber system should be able to absorb energy through a pre-designed deformation. This solution, compared to an oleo-pneumatic shock absorber, avoids sealing checks, very high values of the shock absorber pressure, and results to be lighter, easy in maintenance, inspect and use. The activities reported in this paper have become an attractive research field both from the scientific viewpoint and the prospect of industrial applications, because they offer benefits in terms of energy absorbing, weight savings, increasing the safety levels, and finally reducing the costs in a global sense.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.397-416
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• 2020

Investigations of the commercial aircraft impact effect on nuclear island infrastructures have been drawing extensive attention, and this paper aims to perform the safety assessment of Generation III nuclear power plant (NPP) buildings subjected to typical commercial aircrafts crash. At present Part II, based on the verified finite element (FE) models of aircrafts Airbus A320 and A380, as well as the NPP containment and auxiliary buildings in Part I of this paper, the whole collision process is reproduced numerically by adopting the coupled missile-target interaction approach with the finite element code LS-DYNA. The impact induced damage of NPP plant under four impact locations of containment (cylinder, air intake, conical roof and PCS water tank) and two impact locations of auxiliary buildings (exterior wall and roof of spent fuel pool room) are evaluated. Furthermore, by considering the inner structures in the containment and raft foundation of NPP, the structural vibration analyses are conducted under two impact locations (middle height of cylinder, main control room in the auxiliary buildings). It indicates that, within the discussed scenarios, NPP structures can withstand the impact of both two aircrafts, while the functionality of internal equipment on higher floors will be affected to some extent under impact induced vibrations, and A380 aircraft will cause more serious structural damage and vibrations than A320 aircraft. The present work can provide helpful references to assess the safety of the structures and inner equipment of NPP plant under commercial aircraft impact.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2017년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.61-62
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• 2017

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권9호
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• pp.734-739
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• 2013

군용 헬기 내추락성 설계를 위한 대표적인 기준문서는 MIL-STD-1290 및 항공기 추락생존 설계지침서(ACSDG)로서, 두 문서가 최종 개정된 것은 1980년대이다. 다양한 미 육군 헬기 사고사례 분석결과를 감안할 때, 신규 개발 항공기에 적용하기 위한 적절한 내추락성 설계지침서는 존재하지 않는다고 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 내추락성 설계기준(FSCC)의 근거를 제공한 미 육군 연구개발사령부(RDECOM) 주관으로 수행된 미 육군 헬기 사고 분석결과를 고찰하고 재정리하였다. 이 분석에서는 군용 헬기 추락사고의 결과들을 체계적으로 분석하고 정량화함으로써 새로운 설계기준문서의 정량적 기준을 제공하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.417-428
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• 2020

Investigations of the commercial aircraft impact effect on nuclear island infrastructures have been drawing extensive attention, and this paper aims to perform the safety assessment of Generation III nuclear power plant (NPP) buildings subjected to typical commercial aircrafts crash. At present Part III, the local damage of the rigid components of aircraft, e.g., engine and landing gear, impacting the steel concrete (SC) structures of NPP containment is mainly discussed. Two typical SC target panels with the thicknesses of 40 mm and 100 mm, as well as the steel cylindrical projectile with a mass of 2.15 kg and a diameter of 80 mm are fabricated. By using a large-caliber air gas gun, both the projectile penetration and perforation test are conducted, in which the striking velocities were ranged from 96 m/s to 157 m/s. The bulging velocity and the maximal deflection of rear steel plate, as well as penetration depth of projectile are derived, and the local deformation and failure modes of SC panels are assessed experimentally. Then, the commercial finite element program LS-DYNA is utilized to perform the numerical simulations, by comparisons with the experimental and simulated projectile impact process and SC panel damage, the numerical algorithm, constitutive models and the corresponding parameters are verified. The present work can provide helpful references for the evaluation of the local impact resistance of NPP buildings against the aircraft engine.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2023

항공기 연료계통은 연료 공급, 연료탱크 간 연료이송, 각 연료탱크 내의 잔여 연료량 측정 등의 기능을 수행하며, 추락 시 화재의 직접적인 원인이 되기 때문에 추락에 견딜 수 있도록 설계하여 승무원의 추락 생존성을 높여야 한다. 민간에서는 연료계통의 내추락 설계를 감항 요구도로 반영하여 철저한 검증을 요구하고 있으며, 비행안전이 확보된 항공기 개발을 위해 관련 감항인증기준 및 입증방안에 대한 연구가 필수적이나 미미한 실정이다. 이러한 사항에 착안하여 본 논문에서는 연료계통 내추락성 입증 지침 마련을 통한 비행안전성 향상 방안 연구의 일환으로 군용 회전익항공기에 적용 가능한 연료계통 내추락 관련 감항인증기준, 입증방법 및 적용 사례에 대한 분석 결과를 기술하였다.