• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.176-180
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• 2002

During the last two decades the laser beam has progressed from a sophisticated laboratory apparatus to an adaptable and viable industrial tool. Especially, in its welding mode, the laser offers high travel speed, low distortion, and narrow fusion and heat-affected zones (HAZ). The principal obstacle to selection of a laser processing method in production is its relatively high equipment cost and the natural unwillingness of production supervision to try something new until it is thoroughly proven. The major objective of this work is focused on the combined features of gas tungsten arc and a low-power cold laser beam. Although high-power laser beams have been combined with the plasma from a gas tungsten arc (GTA) torch for use in welding as early as 1980, recent work at the Ohio State University has employed a low power laser beam to initiate, direct, and concentrate a gas tungsten arcs. In this work, the laser beam from a 7 watts carbon monoxide laser was combined with electrical discharges from a short-pulsed capacitive discharge GTA welding power supply. When the low power CO laser beam passes through a special composition shielding gas, the CO molecules in the gas absorbs the radiation, and ionizes through a process known as non-equilibrium, vibration-vibration pumping. The resulting laser-induced plasma (LIP) was positioned between various configurations of electrodes. The high-voltage impulse applied to the electrodes forced rapid electrical breakdown between the electrodes. Electrical discharges between tungsten electrodes and aluminum sheet specimens followed the ionized path provided by LIP. The result was well focused melted spots.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2022

In accordance with the growing trend of decommissioning nuclear facilities, research on the cutting process is actively proceeding worldwide. In general, a thermal cutting process, such as plasma cutting is applied to decommissioning a nuclear reactor pressure vessel (RPV). Plasma cutting has the advantage of removing the radioactive materials and being able to cut thick materials. However, when operating under water, the molten metal remains in the cut plane and re-solidifies. Hence, cutting is not entirely accomplished. For these environmental reasons, it is difficult to cut thick metal. The contact arc metal cutting (CAMC) process can be used to cut thick metal under water. CAMC is a process that cuts metal using a plate-shaped electrode based on a high-current arc plasma heat source. During the cutting process, high-pressure water is sprayed from the electrode to remove the molten metal, known as rinsing. As the CAMC is conducted without using a shielding gas, such as Argon, the electrode is consumed during the process. In this study, CAMC is introduced as a method for dismantling nuclear vessels and the relationship between the metal removal and electrode consumption is investigated according to the cutting conditions.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.92-97
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• 2008

In welding of thin plate, some defects such as melt through and unmelted zone occur easily at welding start, however there is a limited study on those problems. Therefore the effects of start block and arc length on melt through and unmelted zone at start were investigated in this study. When start block height was lower than base metal, there was melt through at start. And when the height was even with base metal, no unmelted zone existed. Unmelted zone was increased as start block height increased from 0mm to 0.5mm. However unmelted zone was not much changed as the height increasing from 0.5mm to 1.0mm. When gap existed between start block and base metal, melt through occurred. However, unmelted zone was increased as the contact force of start block on base metal was increased from 0kgf to 7.5kgf. And when arc length was decreased from 3.8mm to 3.0mm, unmelted zone was decreased. It was concluded that the optimum condition to prevent melt through and to minimize unmelted zone would be with start block height 0.25mm, contact force 3.0kgf, and arc length 3.4mm. This optimum condition was applied to the mass production line and resulted in satisfied outcome.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2004

A prototype long pulse ion source was developed, and the beam extraction experiments of the ion source were carried out at the Neutral Beam Test Stand (NBTS) of the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR). The ion source consists of a magnetic bucket plasma generator, with multi-pole cusp fields, and a set of tetrode accelerators with circular apertures. Design requirements for the ion source were a 120kV/65A deuterium beam and a 300 s pulse length. Arc discharges of the plasma generator were controlled by using the emission-limited mode, in turn controlled by the applied heating voltage of the cathode filaments. Stable and efficient arc plasmas with a maximum arc power of 100 kW were produced using the constant power mode operation of an arc power supply. A maximum ion density of $8.3{\times}10^{11}\;cm^{-3}$ was obtained by using electrostatic probes, and an optimum arc efficiency of 0.46 A/kW was estimated. The accelerating and decelerating voltages were applied repeatedly, using the re-triggering mode operation of the high voltage switches during a beam pulse, when beam disruptions occurred. The decelerating voltage was always applied prior to the accelerating voltage, to suppress effectively the back-streaming electrons produced at the time of an initial beam formation, by the pre-programmed fast-switch control system. A maximum beam power of 0.9 MW (i.e. $70\;kV{\times}12.5\;A$) with hydrogen was measured for a pulse duration of 0.8 s. Optimum beam perveance, deduced from the ratio of the gradient grid current to the total beam current, was $0.7\;{\mu}perv$. Stable beams for a long pulse duration of $5{\sim}10\;s$ were tested at low accelerating voltages.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2002

본 연구는 할로겐광과 비교하여, 고강도의 단축된 중합 시간을 장점으로 하는 플라즈마광의 효율성을 평가할 목적으로, 첫째, 중합 시간과 중합 거리에 따른 중합도의 변화를 검토, 광조사 시간을 증가시킬 경우 특정거리 이상에서도 수복물 하층까지 충분한 중합이 이루어지는지 알아보고, 둘째, 중합 반경에 따라 균일한 중합이 이루어지는지 보기 위해 광조사 부위의 중심부와 외측 변연부의 중합도 차이를 비교하였다. 2mm 두께의 복합레진 시편의 상 하면 미세경도 측정을 통해 중합도를 비교해 본 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 거리증가에 따른 상대광도의 감소는 할로겐광에 비해 플라즈마광에서 그 차이가 적었다(p<0.05). 2. 플라즈마광, 할로겐광 모두 상면의 미세경도는 중합거리 2mm 이상부터 유의하게 감소되었으며, 중합시간의 증가에 따라 증가되었다(p<0.05). 3. 플라즈마광 3초를 제외하고, 하면의 미세경도 변화는 4mm 이상에서 급격히 감소하였으며, 상면에 비해 중합시간과 거리의 영향을 많이 받았다(p<0.05). 4. 플라즈마광, 할로겐광 모두 조사시간의 증가에도 불구하고 4mm와 6mm 사이에서 하면의 미세 경도차는 비교적 크게 나타났다(p<0.05). 5. 플라즈마광을 $6{\sim}9$초 적용한 때와 할로겐광을 $40{\sim}80$초 적용한 때의 미세경도치 및 거리에 따른 경도 변화는 유사하였다(p>0.05). 6. 플라즈마광, 할로겐광 모두 레진 시편의 중앙에서 외측으로 갈수록 미세경도는 유의하게 감소하였다(p<0.05).

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.228-231
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• 2002

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 1995년도 특별강연 및 춘계학술발표 개요집
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• pp.77-79
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• 1995

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 1995년도 특별강연 및 춘계학술발표 개요집
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• pp.80-83
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• 1995

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part 1
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• pp.675-675
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• 2006

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.287.2-287
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• 1999