• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.1765-1775
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• 2019

Multiple spurious operations (MSOs) mean multiple fire induced circuit faults causing an undesired operation of one or more systems or components. The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) of the United States published NEI 00-01 as guidelines for solving MSOs. And this guideline includes MSO scenarios of pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR). Nuclear power plant operators in U.S. analyzed MSOs under MSO scenarios included in NEI 00-01 and operators of PWRs in Korea also analyzed MSOs under the scenarios of NEI 00-01. As there are no pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) in the United States, MSO scenarios of PHWRs are not included in the NEI 00-01 and any feasible scenarios have not been developed. This paper developed MSO scenarios which can be applied to PHWRs by reviewing the 63 MSO scenarios included in NEI 00-01. This study found that seven scenarios out of the 63 MSO scenarios can be applied and three more scenarios need to be developed.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2018

본 연구는 기존 소방훈련의 문제점을 극복하고, 화재대응능력을 향상시키기 위한 실효성 있는 소방훈련시스템을 구축하고자 수행되었다. 무각본 소방훈련 평가시스템은 계획된 시나리오 없이 훈련을 진행하면서 정량화된 훈련결과를 실시간으로 도출할 수 있어 현재의 훈련수준을 객관화시킬 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 이를 위해 IoT센서 기반의 훈련평가시스템을 구축하였으며 대상처 맞춤형 훈련이 가능하도록 구성하였다. 또한 현장훈련테스트를 통해 평가시스템의 적용성을 검토하여 정량화된 결과를 도출하였다. 이러한 평가시스템을 통해 소방훈련을 체계화, 정량화할 수 있으며 훈련자의 소방안전의식 제고 및 실질적 화재대응능력 향상에 기여할 것이라 판단된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권5호
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• pp.661-672
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• 2021

In this article, the role of spans number and length in fire-resistance ratings (FRRs) of fireproofed steel frames are investigated. First, over a span-lengthening scenario, two one- and three-bay frames under the ISO834 fire are examined. It is shown that the FRRs of the frames rely highly on the changes made on their span length. Second, a building designed for three spans number of three, four, and five under natural fire is investigated. The beams are designed for two load-capacity-ratios (LCRs) of optimum and ultimate. The fire curves are determined through a probabilistic-based approach. It is shown that the structural vulnerability vastly increases while the number of spans decreases. The results show that for an optimum LCR, while the five-span frame can meet the required FRR in 87% of the fire scenarios, the four- and three-span frames can meet the required FRR in only 56%, and 50% of the fire scenarios, respectively. For an ultimate LCR, the five-, four- and three-span frames can meet the required FRR in 81%, 50%, and 37.5% of the fire scenarios, respectively. Functional solutions are then proposed to resolve the insufficiencies in the results and to rectify the application of the standard-based FRRs in the cases studied. The study here highlights how employing current standard-based FRRs can endanger structural safety if they are not connected to structural characteristics; a crucial hint specifically for the structural engineering community who may be not well familiar with the fundamentals of performance-based approaches.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2016년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.100-102
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• 2016

선박에 고립성에 의해 선원들은 선상 화재 시 직접 화재를 진압해야하는 위험에 직면해있다. 따라서 현재의 규정에 따른 소방원 장구나 화재진압 시나리오가 안전하고 유효한 것인지에 대한 실제적인 검증이 필요하다. 이에 해상과 육상의 소방원 장구 및 화재진압 시나리오를 비교하고, 실제 선박에서의 화재발생 장소 및 빈도의 통계를 산출하여 현재의 선상에서의 화재진압 시스템 및 소방원 장구의 한계점을 입증하였다. 그리고 실제 선종 및 크기별 각선의 도면을 검토하여 화재 발생 빈도가 가장 높은 선내 구역까지의 거리 등을 산출하여 더 많은 실험군에 대한 실제 소방원 장구 착용자 인원수의 증감 및 환경의 변화에 따른 실험 및 현직 승무원들을 대상으로 한 설문조사를 통해 가장 이상적인 소방원 장구 및 화재진압 시나리오를 도출하고자 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2011

When performing fire PSA in a nuclear power plant, an event mapping method, using an internal event PSA model, is widely used to reduce the resources used by fire PSA model development. Feasible initiating events and component failure events due to fire are identified to transform the fault tree (FT) for an internal event PSA into one for a fire PSA using the event mapping method. A surrogate event or damage term method is used to condition the FT of the internal PSA. The surrogate event or the damage term plays the role of flagging whether the system/component in a fire compartment is damaged or not, depending on the fire being initiated from a specified compartment. These methods usually require explicit states of all compartments to be modeled in a fire area. Fire event scenarios, when using explicit identification, such as surrogate or damage terms, have two problems: (1) there is no consideration of multiple fire propagation beyond a single propagation to an adjacent compartment, and (2) there is no consideration of simultaneous fire propagations in which an initiating fire event is propagated to multiple paths simultaneously. The present paper suggests a fire propagation equation to identify all possible fire event scenarios for an explicitly treated fire event scenario in the fire PSA. Also, a method for separating fire events was developed to make all fire events a set of mutually exclusive events, which can facilitate arithmetic summation in fire risk quantification. A simple example is given to confirm the applicability of the present method for a $2{\times}3$ rectangular fire area. Also, a feasible asymptotic approach is discussed to reduce the computational burden for fire risk quantification.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.255-266
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• 2024

The purpose is to evaluate evacuation safety by simulating the toxic effects of hydrogen fluoride leaks in areas surrounding national industrial complexes and to suggest alternatives for areas that do not satisfy evacuation safety. For human casualties caused by hydrogen fluoride leakage accidents, Available Safe Egress Time (ASET) is calculated by the toxic effects quantified with the Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres (ALOHA), an off-site consequence assessment program. The Required Safe Egress Time (RSET) is calculated through Pathfinder, an evacuation simulation program. Evacuation safety is assessed by comparing ASET and RSET. The ALOHA program was used to evaluate the time to reach AEGL-2 concentration in 12 scenarios. The Pathfinder program was used to assess the total evacuation time of the high school among specific fire-fighting objects. Of the 12 accident scenarios, ASET was larger than RSET in the worst-case scenarios 1 and 9. For the remaining 10 accident scenarios, the ASET is smaller than the RSET, so we found that evacuation safety is not guaranteed, and countermeasures are required. Since evacuation safety is not satisfactory, we proposed to set up an evacuation area equipped with positive pressure equipment and air respirators inside specific fire-fighting objects such as the high school.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2007

This Study is to suggest a method of effect evaluation of forest fire on governor station in shrub land. Theoretically, to evaluate effects of forest fire, it is combined that Spread Rate of Forest Fire, Flame Model, and Thermal Radiation Effects Model; i.e. a travel time of forest fire is calculated by Spread Rate of Forest Fire, fire-line intensity is calculated by Flame Model, and effects of fire-line intensity is affected by Thermal Radiation Effects Model. With the aforementioned method, we could carry out the effect evaluation of forest fire on governor station in shrub land and could distinguish scenarios to need protection plan from all scenarios.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 CAES 저장 공동의 운영단계에서 발생할 가능성이 있는 리스크를 분석 및 평가하고, 가장 높은 리스크 수준을 가지고 있는 것으로 판명된 리스크에 대해서 화재 시나리오를 작성하였다. 운영단계에서의 리스크를 상위 리스크와 하위 리스크로 구분하였다. 상위 리스크는 '기술적 리스크', '시설 리스크', '자연재해 리스크'로 이루어져 있으며, 하위 리스크는 11개의 리스크 요인들로 구성되어 있다. 20인의 관련 분야 전문가에게 설문 조사를 실시하였으며, 설문 내용을 분석하기 위해서 ANP 모델을 적용하였다. 리스크 우선순위를 결정하기 위해서 ANP 분석 결과와 기 결정된 리스크 평가기준을 비교하였으며, 그 결과 '관리공동 내 화재 발생'이 위험도가 가장 높은 리스크로 선정되었다. '관리공동 내 화재 발생' 리스크가 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 시나리오를 작성한 후 분석하였다. 3가지 종류의 시나리오를 고려하였으며, 시나리오를 분석하기 위해서 FDS 화재 해석 프로그램을 사용하였다. 해석 결과 터널 내부에서 외부로 바람이 부는 경우를 가정한 No. 3 시나리오가 연기 확산 속도가 가장 크면서 가장 빠르게 연기가 호흡 한계선 이하까지 하강하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 운영요원이 접근터널에서 피난하는 경우 No. 3 시나리오가 가장 불리한 조건으로 판명되었다.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.375-387
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• 2018

This paper presents a review on progressive collapse mechanism of steel framed buildings exposed to fire. The influence of load ratios, strength of structural members (beam, column, slab, connection), fire scenarios, bracing systems, fire protections on the collapse mode and collapse time of structures is comprehensively reviewed. It is found that the key influencing factors include load ratio, fire scenario, bracing layout and fire protection. The application of strong beams, high load ratios, multi-compartment fires will lead to global downward collapse which is undesirable. The catenary action in beams and tensile membrane action in slabs contribute to the enhancement of structural collapse resistance, leading to a ductile collapse mechanism. It is recommended to increase the reinforcement ratio in the sagging and hogging region of slabs to not only enhance the tensile membrane action in the slab, but to prevent the failure of beam-to-column connections. It is also found that a frame may collapse in the cooling phase of compartment fires or under travelling fires. This is because that the steel members may experience maximum temperatures and maximum displacements under these two fire scenarios. An edge bay fire is more prone to induce the collapse of structures than a central bay fire. The progressive collapse of buildings can be effectively prevented by using bracing systems and fire protections. A combination of horizontal and vertical bracing systems as well as increasing the strength and stiffness of bracing members is recommended to enhance the collapse resistance. A protected frame dose not collapse immediately after the local failure but experiences a relatively long withstanding period of at least 60 mins. It is suggested to use three-dimensional models for accurate predictions of whether, when and how a structure collapses under various fire scenarios.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.960-969
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• 2006

In this study, a series of fire tests was carried out to evaluate fire-induced damage to structural members in tunnels. From the tests, the loss amount of concrete materials by the RWS fire scenario was slightly bigger than by the RABT fire scenario. Especially under the RWS fire scenario where the maximum temperature is over 1,200, the loss of concrete materials was mainly induced by melting. Generally, the loss of materials in reinforced concrete was slightly smaller than that in unreinforced concrete. Depending upon an applied fire scenario, fire-induced damage to shotcrete was quite different. From the real-time investigation of a specimen surface by a digital camcorder, it was proved that the material loss under the RABT fire scenario was mainly induced by spalling. However, it was also revealed that although fire-induced damage in the initial heating stage under the RWS was so close to that under the RABT, the material loss under the RWS at the later stage after 50 minutes elapsed since fire initiation was induced not by spalling but by melting.