• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권9호
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• pp.2092-2099
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• 2020

Many damages due to flow-accelerated corrosion and cracking have been observed during recent in-service inspections of nuclear power plants. To determine the operability or repair for damaged pipes, an integrity evaluation related to the damaged piping system should be performed by using already proven code and standards. One of them, the ASME Code Case is most popularly used to integrity assessment in nuclear power plants. However, the recent version of CC N-513 still recommends the simplified method which means a damaged elbow is assumed as an equivalent straight pipe. In addition, to enhance the accuracy integrity assessment in elbow, several previous studies recommend that the SIF and elastic COD values for an elbow with relatively large crack could be predicted by an interpolation technique. However, those estimates for elbow with relatively large crack might be derived to inaccurate results for crack growth analysis, such as for the allowable crack size and life estimation. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of crack length (0.3≤θ₁/π≤0.5) on SIF and elastic COD for elbow is systematically investigated. Then, for large crack in elbow, accurate estimates for SIF and elastic COD, which are widely used to assess the integrity of elbows, are proposed. Those proposed solutions are expected to be the technical basis for revisions of CC N-513-4 through the validation.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2003

강관 내부 속채움한 현장타설말뚝에 대한 기존의 하중전이 측정에서는 강관의 변형률만 측정하고 콘크리트의 변형률은 강관과 동일하다고 가정하였으며, 시방서에 규정한 방법으로 구한 강관과 콘크리트의 탄성계수를 이용하여 말뚝 구성부재의 응력 및 축하중을 산정하였다. 그러나 강관의 변형률만 측정하여 강관과 콘크리트가 완전합성 거동하는 것으로 산정한 축하중은 실제 하중값과 상당한 차이를 보이고 있어 강관 내부 속채움한 현장타설말뚝의 거동을 정확히 분석할 수 없었다. 본 연구에서는 현장에서 제작한 콘크리트 공시체의 압축강도 시험을 통하여 탄성계수를 구하고 강재와 콘크리트의 변형률을 각각 측정할 수 있는 변형봉 센서를 이용하여 새로운 말뚝축하중 측정 방법을 제안하였다. 변형봉 센서를 사용하여 말뚝축하중을 산정할 경우 콘크리트의 탄성계수는 현장에서 제작한 콘크리트 공시체의 압축강도 시험에서 구하였으며, (0.2-0.6)$f_{ck}$의 응력 범위에 해당하는 평균접선기울기를 탄성계수로 사용하였다. 세 개의 현장타설말뚝에 대해 수행된 하중전이 측정 실험 결과를 이용하여 현장 적용성을 확인하였다. 변형봉 센서의 적용성은 대구경 현장타설말뚝에 대한 축하중 분포도를 통하여 확인하였는데, 말뚝머리에서 계산된 하중은 강관 내부속채움한 현장타설말뚝의 경우 실제작용하중에 비하여 -11∼-16% 오차를 나타내었으며, 현장타설 철근콘크리트말뚝의 경우 3.4% 오차를 나타내었다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2010

최근에 폭설로 인한 온실의 붕괴가 빈번해져서 농가의 피해가 증가되고 있다. 히지만 폭설로 인한 온실의 붕괴를 막기 위한 정확한 구조해석에 대한 연구가 미약하여 매년 농가의 피해는 되풀이 되고 있다. 기존 온실의 구조해석 방법은 미소변위에 기초한 선형탄성해석으로 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 실제 온실의 강성은 건축 구조물의 강성에 비해 상당히 약하지만 하중은 폭설에 의해 상대적으로 크게 작용하여 변형이 크게 발생하고 구조물의 기하학적 형태가 변하므로 변형률-변위 관계가 비선형 거동을 한다. 본 연구에서는 폭설에 따른 온실의 붕괴를 막기 위하여 농가에서 많이 사용되는 농가 지도형 G형 단동온실과 농가보급형인 1-2W 기본형 연동온실에 대해 시간에 따른 하중단계별 기하학적 비선형 효과를 고려하여 온실의 정확한 거동분석과 구조적 안전성을 평가하는데 대변위해석 방법을 제시하고자한다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.100-109
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• 2020

Pipelines subjected to ground movement would be easily exposed to large-scale deformation. Since such deformations may cause the pipeline failure, it is important to ensure the safety of pipelines in various operation conditions. However, crack in weld metal have been considered as one of the main causes that can deteriorate the structural integrity of the pipeline. For this reason, the structural integrity of the pipe containing the crack in the weld should be obtained. In order to assess cracked pipe, J-integral and crack-tip opening displacement(CTOD) have been applied widely as the elastic-plastic fracture mechanics parameters representing crack driving force. In this study, engineering solutions to calculate the J-integral and CTOD of pipes with a circumferential outer surface crack in the weld are proposed. For this purpose, 3-dimensional elastic-plastic finite element(FE) analyses have been performed considering the effect of overmatch and width of weld. The shape of the weld was simplified to I-groove, and axial displacement was employed as for loading condition. Based on FE results, the effects of crack size, material properties and width of weldment on J-integral and CTOD were investigated. Additionally, the J-integral and CTOD for I-groove were compared with those for V-groove to examine the effects of the weld shape, and a proportionality coefficient of J-integral and CTOD was calculated from the results of this paper.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.1528-1534
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• 2001

In order to improve Leak-Be(ore-Break methodology, more precisely the crack growth evaluation, a round robin analysis was proposed by the CEA Saclay. The aim of this analysis was to evaluate the crack initiation life, penetration life and shape of through wall crack under cyclic bending loads. The proposed round robin analysis is composed of three main topic; fatigue crack initiation, crack propagation and crack penetration. This paper deals with the first topic, crack initiation in a notched pipe under four point bending. Both elastic-plastic finite element analysis and Neuber's rule were used to estimate the crack initiation life and the finite element models were verified by mesh-refinement, stress distribution and global deflection. In elastic-plastic finite element analysis, crack initiation life was determined by strain amplitude at the notch tip and strain-life curve of the material. In the analytical method, Neuber's rule with the consideration of load history and mean stress effect, was used for the life estimation. The effect of notch tip radius, strain range, cyclic hardening rule were examined in this study. When these results were compared with the experimental ones, the global deformation was a good agreement but the crack initiation cycle was higher than the experimental result.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2006

The present paper provides experimental J estimation equation for the circumferential through-wall cracked pipe under four-point bending, based on the load-crack opening displacement (COD) record. Based on the limit analysis and the kinematically admissible rigid-body rotation field, the plastic ${\eta}$-factor for the load-COD record is derived and is compared with that for the load-load line displacement record. Comparison with the J results from detailed elastic-plastic finite element (FE) analysis shows that the proposed method based on the load-COD record provides reliable J estimates even for shallow cracks, whereas the conventional approach based on the load-load line displacement record gives erroneous results for shallow cracks. Thus, the proposed J estimation method could be recommended for testing the circumferential through-wall cracked pipe, particularly with shallow cracks.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.80-87
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• 2014

The pipelines are apt to erosion or corrosion because of the high-speed flow of water and steam with high temperatures or high pressures. This study was carried out a finite element analysis (FEA) and an experimental for the fracture behavior of T-joint pipes with local wall thinning under internal pressure. Local wall thinning was machined on the pipes in order to simulate erosion and corrosion of the metal. The configurations of the eroded area included an eroded ratio of d/t=0.80~0.963 and an eroded length of l=25 mm, 50 mm, and 102 mm. Three-dimensional elastic-plastic analyses were also carried out using FEA, which accurately simulates failure behaviors. In regards to the relationship between pressure and eroded, the criterion that indicates what can be used safely under operating pressure and design pressure were obtained from FEA. The FEA results were in relatively good agreement with that of the experiment.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2007

Structural integrity assessment of thin-walled pipes and pipe items has become one of the major issues in the nuclear power plant. ASME Section XI Code Case N-597-2 provides a criterion for acceptance of the pipes. But the code case has several limitations for application and sometimes gives too conservative or non-conservative results. So it is necessary to understand fully the technical bases of the code case. In the code case N-597, the allowable local thicknesses of thinned straight pipes are given for three different cases. Because of the different technical base, each case gives different thickness values and sometimes gives contradictory values. In this paper attempts were made in order to propose a unified rule for the allowable local thickness and in order to remove or relax the restrictions on the application of the code case. For this purpose elastic stress analyses were made using the finite element method and the stress results were examined. Based on the obtained bending stress results, a very simple procedure was proposed to obtain the consistent allowable local thickness for the thinned straight pipes.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.808-813
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• 2005

Structural integrity assessment of defected pipe is important in fitness for service evaluation and proper engineering assessment is needed to determine whether pipelines are still fit for service. This paper present a failure prediction of gas pipes made of APIl X65 steel with gouge using stress-modified true fracture strain, which is regarded as a criterion of ductile fracture. For this purpose, API X65 pipes with gouge are simulated using elastic-plastic FE analyses with the proposed ductile failure criterion and the resulting burst pressures are compared with experimental data. Agreements are quite good, which gives confidence in the use of the proposed criteria to defect assessment fer gas pipelines. Then, further extensive finite element analyses are performed to obtain the burst pressure solution of pipes with gouge as a function of defect depth, length and pipeline geometry.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.805-822
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• 2012

Offshore pipelines have to withstand combined actions of tension and bending during deepwater installation, which can possibly lead to elliptical buckle and even catastrophic failure of whole pipeline. A 2D theoretical model initially proposed by Kyriakides and his co-workers which carried out buckling response analysis of elastic-plastic tubes under various load combinations, is further applied to investigate buckling behavior of offshore pipelines under combined tension and bending. In association with practical pipe-laying circumstances, two different types of loadings, i.e., bent over a rigid surface in the presence of tension, and bent freely in the presence of tension, are taken into account in present study. In order to verify the accuracy of the theoretical model, numerical simulations are implemented using a 3D finite element model within the framework of ABAQUS. Excellent agreement between the results validates the effectiveness of this theoretical method. Then, this theoretical model is used to study the effects of some important factors such as load type, loading path, geometric parameters and material properties etc. on buckling behavior of the pipes. Based upon parametric studies, a few significant conclusions are drawn, which offer a theoretical reference for design and installation monitoring of deepwater pipelines.