• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2396-2406
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• 2021

The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center has been developing a performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) methodology, which is based on explicit determination of performance, e.g., monetary losses, in a probabilistic manner where uncertainties in earthquake ground motion, structural response, damage estimation, and losses are explicitly considered. To carry out the PEER PBEE procedure for a component of the nuclear power plant (NPP) such as the cable tray system, hazard curve and spectra were defined for two hazard levels of the ground motions, namely, operation basis earthquake, and safe shutdown earthquake. Accordingly, two sets of spectral compatible ground motions were selected for dynamic analysis of the cable tray system. In general, the PBEE analysis of the cable tray in NPP was introduced where the resulting floor motions from the time history analysis (THA) of the NPP structure should be used as the input motion to the cable tray. However, for simplicity, a finite element model of the cable tray was developed for THA under the effect of the selected ground motions. Based on the structural analysis results, fragility curves were generated in terms of specific engineering demand parameters. Loss analysis was performed considering monetary losses corresponding to the predefined damage states. Then, overall losses were evaluated for different damage groups using the PEER PBEE methodology.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2017

A cable tray is a structure made of metal or a non-combustible material that supports cables in the electrical wiring of buildings. Cable trays should be developed to meet the various requirements of the construction site. In this study, a design system was developed to calculate the maximum support load and the maximum deflection according to the cross-sectional shape of the cable tray. The cross-sections of cable trays were modeled by combining linear and arc elements, and cross-sectional characteristics such as the 2nd moment of area were calculated. The distributed load and the concentrated load were applied to the cable tray using the Euler beam theory, and then the deflection profiles and maximum stress were calculated. To verify the developed system, deflection distributions and maximum stresses for two types of cable trays were calculated and compared. The maximum deflection and maximum stress errors calculated from the developed system were found to be less than 4% compared with numerical analysis results.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.143-149
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• 2018

A cable tray is a fixture to support and protect electrical and communication cables. In this study, a roll-forming analysis is conducted to produce an all-in-one cable tray. The number of process stands is calculated using an empirical formula. By applying bending methods to the design of the roll flower pattern, the final process stands and forming angles are determined. The shape and stress variations in the cable tray are modeled and observed by roll forming analysis using LS-DYNA Software. The width of the side rail and the maximum stress on all stands does not exceed the reference values. The forming machine and rolls are manufactured based on the results of the roll forming analysis. In addition, all-in-one cable trays satisfy the National Electrical Manufacturers Association standards when they are manufactured according to this design.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.413-420
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• 2013

This paper includes the results of the electromagnetic finite element analysis with regard to overheating problem of the power cable tray due to asymmetric magnetic flux density. This phenomenon was experienced in the utility power plant, Korea. The influences of the power cable arrangements and material of the tray were analyzed to find the best solutions using the eddy current-thermal coupled analysis.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3314-3318
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• 2021

This paper presents a mode-matching analysis of the electromagnetic coupling between open cable trays in an indoor structure when an electric-line current is generated as an electromagnetic source. We validated the mode-matching method by comparing the mode-matching results with those computed from a commercial electromagnetic simulator and then investigated the strength of the electric-field coupled in a victim cable tray while varying the distances between cable trays and architectural surfaces. The results of this study provide geometrical information on the placement of open cable trays to avoid electromagnetic interference problems.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.632-637
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• 2019

해양 플랜트 전장생산설계의 케이블 트레이 설계는 구조 부재 및 각종 의장 장비들과 간섭없이 케이블이 설치될 수 있도록 3D 모델링하여 원활하게 최적 배치하는 작업으로, 대부분 PDMS(Plant design management system)를 이용하여 수행되고 있다. PDMS는 해양 플랜트 생산설계 전용 3D CAD 시스템으로 국내 조선소와 관련 설계협력업체에서 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 PDMS 기반 해양 플랜트 케이블 트레이 설계 지원 PML(Programmable macro language)을 개발하여, 기존 방법 대비 업무 효율성을 검토하였다. 개발된 케이블 트레이 설계 PML은 전장 템프릿 라이브러리를 이용하여 완전히 파라메트릭 설계가 가능하도록 함으로써 설계 변경으로 인한 빈번한 수정 작업에 신속히 대응할 있도록 하였고, 축적된 설계 경험를 반영하여 반복되는 작업 피로를 최소화할 수 있도록 하였다. 그리고 개발된 시스템을 해양 플랜트 구조 모듈에 적용하여 기존 방법 대비 약 50% 이상의 작업 효율성 향상이 예상됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.607-614
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• 2016

발전소 설비에서 케이블 포설을 위한 설계는 발전소 설비에 사용되어지는 케이블 유형의 다양한 형태로 인해 매우 많은 시간이 요구되고 매우 중요한 과제이다. 케이블 포설 설계 시 레이스웨이(Raceway)는 출발지(Source) 장비로부터 목적지(Destination) 장비까지의 케이블 트레이(Tray) 및 콘디트(Conduit)의 포설 구간을 의미한다. 기존의 케이블 포설 설계 과정은 모두 수기에 의해 작성되어 인적/시간적 투자손실이 크고, 케이블의 누락 및 케이블 오버필(Over Fill)과 같은 비효율적인 손실이 빈번히 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 효과적인 발전소 케이블 포설 설계를 위한 레이스웨이의 유연한 케이블 오버 필(Fill) 체크 기반의 자동화된 케이블 라우팅 경로 계산 알고리즘을 구현하였고, 제안한 자동화 케이블 라우팅 설계기법은 케이블 위치의 변화에도 유연한 레이스웨이 계산이 가능하다. 구현 결과, 케이블 라우팅 설계 프로그램은 발전소 케이블 포설 설계 사양을 준수하면서 케이블 라우팅 경로를 효과적으로 설정하고, 케이블 포설 설계 시간을 기존 대비 크게 단축하는 성능을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.1571-1584
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• 2023

In this study, a numerical analysis was performed as part of an international joint research project to reproduce a real cable tray fire that occurred in the heater bay area of the turbine building of a nuclear power plant. A sensitivity analysis was performed on various input parameters to derive results consistent with the sprinkler activation time obtained from the fire event analysis. For all sensitive parameters, the normalized sprinkler activation time correlated well with the power function of the normalized sprinkler height. A correlation equation was developed to identify the sprinkler activation time at any location when determining the slope or fire growth rate under the conditions assuming a linear or t-squared heat release rate (HRR) time curve. Various cable fire growth assumptions were used to determine which assumption was better to provide the prediction coincident with the information given from the fire event analysis in terms of the sprinkler activation time and total energy generated from cables damaged by fire. In the comprehensive analysis of all the sensitive parameters, the standard deviation of the input parameters increased as the sprinkler height decreased. Within the range of the sensitivity parameter values given in this study, when considering all sprinkler heights, the standard deviation of the cable model change was the largest and that of the overhang position change was the smallest.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.109-110
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• 2011

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.39-43
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• 2013

The present study has been conducted to investigate the fire combustion properties and fire behavior of an IEEE-383 qualified flame retardant cable. The reference reaction rate and reference temperature which are commonly used in pyrolysis model of fire propagation process was obtained by the thermo-gravimetric analysis of the cable component materials. The mass fraction of FR-PVC sheath abruptly decreased near temperature range of $250{\sim}260^{\circ}C$ and its maximum reaction rate was about $2.58{\times}10^{-3}$[1/s]. For the XLPE insulation of the cable, the temperature causing maximum mass fraction change was ranged about $380{\sim}390^{\circ}C$ and it has reached to the maximum reaction rate of $5.10{\times}10^{-3}$[1/s]. The flame retardant cable was burned by a pilot flame meker buner and the burning behavior of the cable was observed during the fire test. Heat release rate of the flame retardant cable was measured by a laboratory scale oxygen consumption calorimeter and the mass loss rate of the cable was calculated by the measured cable mass during the burning test. The representative value of the effective heat of combustion was evaluated by the total released energy integrated by the measured heat release rate and burned mass. This study can contribute to study the electric cable fire and provide the pyrolysis properties for the computational modeling.