• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2018

An oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) layer was formed on Zircaloy-4 tubes by a laser beam scanning process to increase mechanical strength. Laser beam was used to scan the yttrium oxide ($Y_2O_3$)-coated Zircaloy-4 tube to induce the penetration of $Y_2O_3$ particles into Zircaloy-4. Laser surface treatment resulted in the formation of an ODS layer as well as microstructural phase transformation at the surface of the tube. The mechanical strength of Zircaloy-4 increased with the formation of the ODS layer. The ring-tensile strength of Zircaloy-4 increased from 790 to 870 MPa at room temperature, from 500 to 575 MPa at $380^{\circ}C$, and from 385 to 470 MPa at $500^{\circ}C$. Strengthening became more effective as the test temperature increased. It was noted that brittle fracture occurred at room temperature, which was not observed at elevated temperatures. Resistance to dynamic high-temperature bursting improved. The burst temperature increased from 760 to $830^{\circ}C$ at a heating rate of $5^{\circ}C/s$ and internal pressure of 8.3 MPa. The burst opening was also smaller than those in fresh Zircaloy-4 tubes. This method is expected to enhance the safety of Zr fuel cladding tubes owing to the improvement of their mechanical properties.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.604-611
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• 2004

It is well known that wall impedance essentially determines how sound wave transmits from one place to another. The wall impedance is related with its dynamic properties : for example, the mass, stiffness, and damping characteristics. It is noteworthy, however, that the wall impedance is also function of spatial characteristics of two spaces that is separated by the wall. This is often referred that the wall is not locally reacting. In this paper, we have attempted to see how the acoustic characteristics of the two spaces is affected by various structure parameters such as density, applied tension, and a normalized length of the wall. Calculations are conducted for two different modally reacting boundary conditions by modal expansion method. The variation of the Helmholtz mode and the structural-dominated mode are analyzed as the structure parameters vary. The displacement distribution of the structure, pressure and active intensity of the inside and outside cavity are presented at the Helmholtz mode and the structure-dominated mode. It is shown that the frequency characteristics are governed by both structure-and fluid-dominated mode. The results exhibit that the density of the structure is the most sensitive design parameter on the frequency characteristics for the coupling system as we could imagine in the beginning. The Helmholtz mode frequency decrease as density increases. However. it increases as applied tension and an opening size increase. The bandwidth of the Helmholtz mode is mainly affected by density of the structure and its opening size.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2018

Artificial neural network (ANN) simulation is used to predict the dynamic change of permeate flux during wheat starch industry wastewater microfiltration with and without static turbulence promoter. The experimental program spans range of a sedimentation times from 2 to 4 h, for feed flow rates 50 to 150 L/h, at transmembrane pressures covering the range of $1{\times}10^5$ to $3{\times}10^5Pa$. ANN predictions of the wastewater microfiltration are compared with experimental results obtained using two different set of microfiltration experiments, with and without static turbulence promoter. The effects of the training algorithm, neural network architectures on the ANN performance are discussed. For the most of the cases considered, the ANN proved to be an adequate interpolation tool, where an excellent prediction was obtained using automated Bayesian regularization as training algorithm. The optimal ANN architecture was determined as 4-10-1 with hyperbolic tangent sigmoid transfer function transfer function for hidden and output layers. The error distributions of data revealed that experimental results are in very good agreement with computed ones with only 2% data points had absolute relative error greater than 20% for the microfiltration without static turbulence promoter whereas for the microfiltration with static turbulence promoter it was 1%. The contribution of filtration time variable to flux values provided by ANNs was determined in an important level at the range of 52-66% due to increased membrane fouling by the time. In the case of microfiltration with static turbulence promoter, relative importance of transmembrane pressure and feed flow rate increased for about 30%.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2019

A pump is considered to be submersible when a motor and a pump are integrated and operate while submerged in water. Submersible pumps mainly function as rejection pumps to prevent foods in densely populated areas, as cold water circulation pumps in large power plants, as pumps to supply irrigation water, as drainage pumps to prevent flooding of agricultural lands, as water supply intake pumps, and as inflow pumps for sewage treatment. The flow in such turbomachines (submersible pumps) inevitably involves various eddy currents. Since it is almost impossible to accurately grasp the complex three-dimensional flow structure and characteristics of a rotating turbomachine through actual testing, three-dimensional numerical analysis using computational fluid dynamics techniques measuring the flow field, velocity, and the pressure can be accurately predicted. In this study, the shape of the impeller was developed to reduce vibration and noise. This was done by increasing the efficiency of the existing submersible pump and reducing turbulence. In order to evaluate the pump's efficiency and turbulence reduction, we tried to analyze the flow using ANSYS Fluent V15.0, a commercial finite element analysis program. The results show that the efficiency of the pump was improved by 4.24% and the Reynolds number was reduced by 15.6%. The performance of a developed pump with reduced turbulence, vibration, and noise was confirmed.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 가스건 시험에서 원충격자의 충격 감가속도 예측에 관한 전산해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 무기체계 개발에 있어서, 가스건 시험을 통한 수만 G 이상에서의 내고충격성능에 대한 검증은 필요하다. 시험품이 받는 충격 감가속도는 버드조립체의 형상, 무게, 비행 속도 등 여러 변수에 의존하기 때문에 충격 감가속도를 생성시키는 적합한 시험조건을 찾는 것은 매우 중요하다. 하지만, 시험을 통해 기본적인 데이터를 구축하는 것은 경제적인 측면에서 비효율적이기 때문에 전산해석적 기법을 확보하여야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 130mm 가스건 시험을 바탕으로 획득한 데이터를 기반으로 하여 Explicit 코드를 사용하는 ANSYS AUTODYN을 활용하여 전산해석을 수행하였다. 전산해석을 통해, 시간에 따른 시험품의 동적거동현상 뿐만 아니라 전산해석결과를 시험결과와의 비교 및 분석을 함으로써 검증을 수행하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.411-424
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• 2019

In this study, a numerical model of a shield tunnel with an assembled segmental lining was built. The seismic response of the segmental lining of the section of the shield tunnel in Line 1 of the Chengdu Metro is analyzed as it passes through the interface of sand-cobble and mudstone layers. To do so, the node-stress seismic-motion input method was used to input the seismic motion measured during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, and the joint openings and dislocations associated with the earthquake action were obtained. With reference to the Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer (EPDM) sealing gaskets used in the shield tunnels in the Chengdu Metro, numerical simulation was applied to analyze the contact pressure along the seepage paths and the waterproof property under different joint openings and dislocations. A laboratory test on the elastic sealing gasket was also conducted to study its waterproof property. The test results accord well with the numerical results and the occurrence of water seepage in the section of the shield tunnel in Line 1 of the Chengdu Metro during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake was verified. These research results demonstrate the deformation of segmental joint under earthquake, also demonstrate the relationship between segmental joint deformation and waterproof property.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2018

최근 이중모드 램제트 엔진에서 모드 천이는 격리부 출구 마하수의 불연속적인 변화를 일으킨다고 보고된 바 있다. 이 현상을 격리부 입구와 출구에서의 유효 유동 단면적과 압력비에 따라 나타내었으며, 이는 Non-Allowable Region (NAR)으로 설명되었지만, NAR의 발생 기구에 대한 이해는 여전히 부족한 실정에 있다. 본 연구에서는 NAR의 발생 원인에 대한 유동 메커니즘을 조사하기 위해, 앞서 수행한 수치해석 결과들의 상세 연구가 수행되었으며, 스크램제트에서 램제트로의 모드 천이발생 동안 기체역학적 특성에 대한 이해를 돕기 위해 이론해석도 수행되었다. 격리부 입구에서 유동 상태량이 수용할 수 있는 당량비의 임계값이 정해져 있는데, 이 임계값을 초과하는 당량비의 증가는 격리부 입구에서의 정압뿐만 아니라 마하수의 급격한 변화를 발생시키게 되며, 이는 NAR의 발생 원인이 된다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.619-625
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• 2007

본 논문은 인천국제공항철도에서 운행하고 있는 전동차의 동적특성시험을 수행한 결과이다. 인천국제공항철도의 직통형 전동차는 국내 처음으로 120km/h로 주행한 차량으로 탈선계수를 공차와 만차로 구분하여 측정하였다. 탈선계수측정결과 탈선에 대한 안전성을 판단할 때 가장 기본적인 지표로 사용하는 탈선계수는 공차 때가 만차 때보다 높게 나타났으며, 공차와 만차 모두 0.8 미만이었다. 속도에 따른 탈선계수는 80km/h를 전후한 속도 대역으로 운행하는 구간이 선로상태가 좋지 않은 구간으로서 탈선계수도 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 횡압은 공차 때에는 2.1톤 미만이었으며, 만차 때에는 2.4톤 미만으로 발생하였다. 인천국제공항철도 전동차가 120km/h 주행에서도 안전함을 탈선계수 실측에 의해 확인하였다. 그러나 본 논문에서 적용된 평가방법의 경우 시험방법이 복잡하고, 측정장치 설치의 어려움이 있으며, 비용이 많이 드는 단점이 있었다. 따라서 측정이 간단한 방법으로 영업운전에서도 차량의 안전성을 확인할 수 있는 방안이 연구되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.409-416
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• 2016

팬터그래프와 전차선간의 접촉력 특성은 열차의 집전성능을 나타내는 중요한 특성으로서 국제규격에 따른 엄격한 관리가 필요한 항목이다. 최근에는 소음저감 커버가 고속열차의 팬터그래프 주위에 설치가 되고 있으나 팬터그래프 커버에 의한 접촉력 특성에 대한 연구는 거의 수행되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 차세대고속열차(HEMU-430X)를 이용하여 팬터그래프 커버가 팬터그래프의 집전성능에 미치는 영향을 동적 접촉력 측정을 통하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 팬터그래프 커버가 부착이 되면 300km/h 주행 시 평균접촉력이 약 50N 낮아짐을 확인하였다. 또한 정적압상력을 제외한 순수한 팬터그래프 커버 유무에 의한 평균접촉력의 차이는 300km/h에서 최대 110N까지 측정되었다. 한편 팬터그래프 커버에 의하여 접촉력 표준편차가 약 3~5N 변화하는 것도 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1540-1555
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• 2021

The plate-type fuel assembly adopted in nuclear research reactor suffers from complicated effect induced by non-uniform irradiation, which might affect its stress conditions, mechanical behavior and thermal-hydraulic performance. A reliable numerical method is of great importance to reveal the complex evolution of mechanical deformation, flow redistribution and temperature field for the plate-type fuel assembly under non-uniform irradiation. This paper is the first part of a two-part study developing the numerical methodology for the thermal-fluid-structure coupling behaviors of plate-type fuel assembly under irradiation. In this paper, the thermal-fluid-structure coupling methodology has been developed for plate-type fuel assembly under non-uniform irradiation condition by exchanging thermal-hydraulic and mechanical deformation parameters between Finite Element Model (FEM) software and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software with Mesh-based parallel Code Coupling Interface (MpCCI), which has been validated with experimental results. Based on the established methodology, the effects of non-uniform irradiation and fluid were discussed, which demonstrated that the maximum mechanical deformation with irradiation was dozens of times larger than that without irradiation and the hydraulic load on fuel plates due to differential pressure played a dominant role in the mechanical deformation.