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Deuterium ion irradiation impact on the current-carrying capacity of DI-BSCCO superconducting tape

  • Rajput, M.;Swami, H.L.;Kumar, R.;Bano, A.;Vala, S.;Abhangi, M.;Prasad, Upendra;Kumar, Rajesh;Srinivasan, R.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.7
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    • pp.2586-2591
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    • 2022
  • In the present work, we have irradiated the DI-BSCCO superconducting tapes with the 100 keV deuterium ions to investigate the effect of ion irradiation on their critical current (Ic). The damage simulations are carried out using the binary collision approximation method to get the spatial distribution and depth profile of the damage events in the high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape. The point defects are formed near the surface of the HTS tape. These point defects change the vortex profile in the superconducting tape. Due to the long-range interaction of vortices with each other, the Ic of the tape degrades at the 77 K and self magnetic field. The radiation dose of 2.90 MGy degrades the 44% critical current of the tape. The results of the displacement per atom (dpa) and dose deposited by the deuterium ions are used to fit an empirical relation for predicting the degradation of the Ic of the tape. We include the dpa, dose and columnar defect terms produced by the incident particles in the empirical relation. The fitted empirical relation predicts that light ion irradiation degrades the Ic in the DI-BSCCO tape at the self field. This empirical relation can also be used in neutron irradiation to predict the lifetime of the DI-BSCCO tape. The change in the Ic of the DI-BSCCO tape due to deuterium irradiation is compared with the other second-generation HTS tape irradiated with energetic radiation.

Flaw Evaluation of Bogie connected Part for Railway Vehicle Based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN 기반 철도차량 차체-대차 연결부의 결함 평가기법 연구)

  • Kwon, Seok-Jin;Kim, Min-Soo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2020
  • The bogies of railway vehicles are one of the most critical components for service. Fatigue defects in the bogie can be initiated for various reasons, such as material imperfection, welding defects, and unpredictable and excessive overloads during operation. To prevent the derailment of a railway vehicle, it is necessary to evaluate and detect the defect of a connection weldment between the car body and bogie accurately. The safety of the bogie weldment was checked using an ultrasonic test, and it is necessary to determine the occurrence of defects using a learning method. Recently, studies on deep learning have been performed to identify defects with a high recognition rate with respect to a fine and similar defect. In this paper, the databases of weldment specimens with artificial defects were constructed to detect the defect of a bogie weldment. The ultrasonic inspection using the wedge angle was performed to understand the detection ability of fatigue cracks. In addition, the convolutional neural network was applied to minimize human error during the inspection. The results showed that the defects of connection weldment between the car body and bogie could be classified with more than 99.98% accuracy using CNN, and the effectiveness can be verified in the case of an inspection.

Histologic evaluation of macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate($MBCP^{(R)}$) and flouorohydrxyapatite($Algipore^{(R)}$) in surgically created 1-wall periodontal intrabony defects of minipigs (Minipig에서 외과적으로 형성한 일벽성 치주 결손부에 이식한 macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate ($MBCP^{(R)}$)와 fluorohydroxyapatite($Algipore^{(R)}$)의 조직학적 평가)

  • Lee, Jung-Seok;Chae, Gyung-Joon;Jung, Ui-Won;Kim, Chang-Sung;Cho, Kyoo-Sung;Chai, Jung-Kiu;Kim, Chong-Kwan;Choi, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 2007
  • Periodontal regenerative therapy and tissue engineering on defects destructed by severe periodontitis need maintaining of space, which provides the environment for cell migration, proliferation and differentiation. Application of bone grafts may offer this environment in periodontal defects. This study evaluated bone graft materials, $MBCP^{(R)}$ and $Algipore^{(R)}$ , in surgically created i-wall periodontal intrabony defects of minipigs by histological analysis. Critical sized($4mm{\times}4mm$), one wall periodontal intrabony defects were surgically produced at the proximal aspect of mandibular premolars in either right and left jaw quadrants in four minipigs. The control group was treated with debridement alone, and experimental group was treated with debridement and $MBCP^{(R)}$ and $Algipore^{(R)}$ application. The healing processes were histologically observed after 8 weeks and the results were as follows. 1. In the control group, limited new bone formation was observed. 2. In MBCP group, more new bone formation was observed compared to other groups. 3. Histologically, dispersed mixture of new bone, biomaterial particles and connective tissue were shown and osteoblasts, osteoclasts and new vessels were present in this area. 4. Defects with Algipore showed limited new bone formation and biomaterial particles capsulated by connective tissue. 5. Histologically, lots of osteoclasts were observed around the biomaterial but relatively small numbers of osteblasts were shown. Within the limitation to this study protocol, $MBCP^{(R)}$ application in 1-wall intrabony defect enhanced new bone formation rather than $Algipore^{(R)}$ application.

Control Variables of Remote Joint Analysis Realization on the M2M Case

  • Lim, Sung-Ryel;Choi, Bo-Yun;Lee, Hong-Chul
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.98-115
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    • 2012
  • New trend called ubiquitous leads the recent business by standardization and integration. It should be the main issue how to guarantee the integration and accountability on each business, especially in mission critical system which is mainly supported by M2M (Machine to Machine) control mechanism. This study is from the analysis of digital forensics case study that is from the M2M Sensing Control Mechanism problem of the "Imjin River" case in 2009, where a group of family is swept away to death by water due to M2M control error. The ubiquitous surroundings bring the changes in the field of criminal investigation to real time controls such as M2M systems. The needs of digital forensics on M2M control are increasing on every crime scene but we suffer from the lack of control metrics to get this done efficiently. The court asks for more accurately analyzed results accounting high quality product development design. Investigators in the crime scene need real-time analysis against the crime caused by poor quality of mission critical systems. It seems to be every need of Real-Time-Enterprise, so called ubiquitous society on the case. We try to find the efficiency and productivity in discovering non-functional design defects in M2M convergence products focusing on three metrics in study model with quick implementation. Digital forensics system in present status depends on know-how of each investigator and is hard to expect professional analysis on every field. This study set up a hypothesis "Co-working of professional investigators on each field will qualify Performance and Integrity" especially in mission critical system such as M2M and suggests "Online co-work analysis model" to efficiently detect and prevent mission critical errors in advance. At the conclusion, this study proved the statistical research that was surveyed by digital forensics specialists around M2M crime scene cases with quick implementation of dash board.

Ingot-Breakdown Design of Tower Flange Material for Offshore Wind Turbine (해상풍력발전용 타워플랜지 소재의 잉고트 파쇄공정설계)

  • Yoo, G.Y.;Kang, N.H.;Kim, J.H.;Hong, J.K.;Lee, C.S.;Lee, J.M.;Kim, N.Y.;Yeom, J.T.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.412-419
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    • 2012
  • The ingot-breakdown scheme of a tower flange material (low-alloy steel) for offshore wind turbine was investigated using finite element (FE) simulations and experimental analyses. Based on compression test results of the low-alloy steel, a deformation processing map was generated using the superposition approach between the dynamic materials model (DMM) and Ziegler's instability criterion. The deformation processing map allowed determination of the optimum process conditions for the tower flange material. Within the FE simulations of the ingot breakdown process, the Cockcroft-Latham criterion, which considers ductile fracture, was used to predict the possibility of forming defects during the hot working process. In general, the critical value for the ductile fracture of steel is 0.74. During the ingot-breakdown under optimum process conditions, the actual tower flange forgings exhibited a relatively uniform shape without any forming defects.

Numerical Evaluation of Hemming Defects Found on Automotive Door Panels (유한요소해석에 의한 자동차 도어패널의 헤밍 결함 평가)

  • Seo, O.S;Jeon, K.Y;Rhie, C.H;Kim, H.Y
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 2015
  • Hemming is used to connect two sheet metal components by folding the edge of an outer panel around an inner panel to create a smooth edge. The minimization of hemming defects is critical to the final quality of automobile products because hemming is one of the last operations during fabrication. Designing the hemmed part is not easy and is influenced by the geometry of the bent part. Therefore, the main problem for automotive parts is dimensional accuracy since formed products often deviate geometrically due to large springback. Few numerical approaches using 3-dimensional finite element model have been applied to hemming due to the small element size which is needed to properly capture the bending behavior of the sheet around small die corner and the comparatively big size of automotive opening parts, such as doors, hoods and deck lids. The current study concentrates on the 3-dimensional numerical simulation of hemming for an automotive door. The relationship between the design parameters of the hemming operation and the height difference defect is shown. Quality improvement of the automotive door can be increased through the study of model parameters.

A Study on the Design of Built-in Current Sensor for High-Speed Iddq Testing (고속 전류 테스팅 구현을 위한 내장형 CMOS 전류 감지기 회로의 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hoo-Sung;Park, Sang-Won;Hong, Seung-Woo;Sung, Man-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.07b
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    • pp.1254-1257
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents a built-in current sensor(BICS) that can detect defects in CMOS integrated circuits through current testing technique - Iddq test. Current test has recently been known to a complementary testing method because traditional voltage test cannot cover all kinds of bridging defects. So BICS is widely used for current testing. but there are some critical issues - a performance degradation, low speed test, area overhead, etc. The proposed BICS has a two operating mode- normal mode and test mode. Those methods minimize the performance degradation in normal mode. We also used a current-mode differential amplifier that has a input as a current, so we can realize higher speed current testing. Furthermore, only using 10 MOSFETS and 3 inverters, area overhead can be reduced by 6.9%. The circuit is verified by HSPICE simulation with 0.25 urn CMOS process parameter.

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Characteristics of AE Signals from Fatigue Crack Propagation and Penetration of a Surface Crack in 6061 Aluminum Plate

  • Ahn, Seok-Hwan;Nam, Ki-Woo
    • International Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology Speciallssue:Selected Papers
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.44-50
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    • 2001
  • Existing surface defects in structural members often act as sites of fatigue crack initiation, and if undetected, these cracks may grow through the thickness of the member, leading to catastrophic failure of the structure. Thus, in-service monitoring of fatigue cracks through reliable and effective nondestructive techniques is an important ingredient in the leak-before-break (LBB) design and safe operation of defects critical structures. An advanced, waveform-based, acoustic emission (AE) technique has been used in this paper to study the characteristics of the signals emanating from the initiation, growth and through-the -thickness penetration of surface fatigue crack in a 6061 aluminum plate. The goal of this experimental study is to determine whether the evolution of the fatigue crocks could be identified from the properties of the waveforms produced during the tests. The AE waveform signals detected at different stages of crack growth was found to have different temporal and spectral characteristics. The data analysis technique presented here can be applied to real-time monitoring of the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in structural components.

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Dilation and Erosion Technique using a Inspection of the Catenary System Design (침식, 팽창기법을 이용한 전차선 검측 시스템의 설계)

  • Kim, Woo-Sang;Jung, Min-Yong;Kim, Ji-Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.9 no.6 s.37
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    • pp.701-704
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    • 2006
  • The catenaries must guarantee the constant electricity to the trains, so that the safety and the estimate of fatigue degree and the inspection of abrasion degree should be done rapidly. This thesis proposes the system that can manage the performance/failure of the catenaries using the image process as the solution for the weak points of the existing inspection such as the decrease of immediateness and the lack of constancy in the human resources. This study simulates the ALD using VHSV (Virture HSV) which is the unreal HSV images, not getting the real HSV in ages to the image processing technique that repeats the erosion and the expansion of the images as the methods that can monitor the slight/critical defects of the catenaries as dealing with the result of the catenaries inspection images. The final ALD (Abnormal Line Detection) system is designed based on this simulation. I have demonstrated it with the VHSV (Virture HSV) virtual images as the materials of the test and inspected it through testing the defects of the catenaries for the thesis.

A Study on the Fracture Behavior of a Crack in Gas Pipelines Considering Constraint Effects (구속효과를 고려한 가스배관 결함의 파괴거동해석)

  • Shim, Do-Jun;Choi, Jae-Boong;Kim, Young-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2000
  • FFP(Fitness For Purpose) type defect assessment methodologies based on ECA(Engineering Critical Analysis) have been established and are in use for the structural integrity evaluation of gas pipelines. ECA usually includes the fracture mechanics analysis, and it assumes that J-integral uniquely characterizes crack-tip stress-strain fields. However, it has been shown that it is not sufficient to characterize the crack-tip field under low levels of constraint with a single parameter. Since pipeline structures are made of ductile material, locally loaded in tension, cracks may experience low level of constraint, and therefore, J-dominance will be lost. For this reason, the level of constraint must be quantified to establish a precise assessment procedure for pipeline defects. The objective of this paper is to Investigate the fracture behavior of a crack in gas pipeline by quantifying the level of constraint. For this purpose, tensile tests and CTOD tests were performed at room temperature$(24^{\circ}C)$ and low temperature$(-40^{\circ}C)$ to obtain the material properties. J-Q analyses were performed for SENB and SENT specimens based on 2-D finite element analyses, in order to investigate the in-plane constraint effects on pipeline defects.

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