• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3342-3351
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• 2023

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipelines in nuclear power plants (NPPs) have to meet high requirements for seismic performance. HDPE pipes have been proved to have good seismic performance, but joints are the weak links in the pipelines, and pipeline failures usually initiate from the defects inside the joints. Limited data are available on the seismic performance of butt-fusion joints of HDPE pipelines in NPPs, especially in terms of defects changes inside the joints after earthquakes. In this paper, full-scale shaking table tests were performed on a test section of suspended HDPE pipelines in an NPP, which included straight pipes, elbows, and 10 butt-fusion joints. During the tests, the seismic load-induced strain of the joints was analyzed by strain gauges, and it was much smaller than the internal pressure and self-weight-induced strain. Before and after the shaking table tests, phased array ultrasonic testing (PA-UT) was conducted to detect defects inside the joints. The locations, numbers, and dimensions of the defects were analyzed. It was found that defects were more likely to occur in elbows joints. No new defect was observed after the shaking table tests, and the defects showed no significant growth, indicating the satisfactory seismic performance of the butt-fusion joints.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.157-174
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• 2020

The in-situ pushover test differs from the shake-table test because it is performed outdoors and thus its size is not restricted by space, which allows us to test a full-size building. However, to build a new full-size building for the test is not economical, consequently scholars around the world usually make scale structures or full-scale component units to be tested in the laboratory. However, if in-situ pushover tests can be performed on full-size structures, then the seismic behaviors of buildings during earthquakes can be grasped. In view of this, this study conducts two in-situ pushover tests of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings. One is a masonry-infilled RC building with openings (the openings ratio of masonry infill wall is between 24% and 51%) and the other is an RC building without masonry infill. These two in-situ pushover tests adopt obsolescent RC buildings, which will be demolished, to conduct experiment and successfully obtain seismic capacity curves of the buildings. The test results are available for the development or verification of a seismic evaluation model. This paper uses ASCE 41-17 as the main evaluation model and is accompanied by a simplified pushover analysis, which can predict the seismic capacity curves of low-rise buildings in Taiwan. The predicted maximum base shear values for masonry-infilled RC buildings with openings and for RC buildings without masonry infill are, respectively, 69.69% and 87.33% of the test values. The predicted initial stiffness values are 41.04% and 100.49% of the test values, respectively. It can be seen that the ASCE 41-17 evaluation model is reasonable for the RC building without masonry infill walls. In contrast, the analysis result for the masonry infilled RC building with openings is more conservative than the test value because the ASCE 41-17 evaluation model is limited to masonry infill walls with an openings ratio not exceeding 40%. This study suggests using ASCE 41-17's unreinforced masonry wall evaluation model to simulate a masonry infill wall with an openings ratio greater than 40%. After correction, the predicted maximum base shear values of the masonry infilled RC building with openings is 82.60% of the test values and the predicted initial stiffness value is 67.13% of the test value. Therefore, the proposed method in this study can predict the seismic behavior of a masonry infilled RC frame with large openings.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.776-783
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• 2018

This paper proposes an improved test and evaluation methodology to be conducted for a in-flight threat-countermeasure encounter scenario. Although the conventional test method adopted in the precedent researches allows high precision and safety, such full-scale method is practically not appropriate to apply to small-scale test rounds for evaluating the subparts of the ammunition. To address this problem, this study suggests a readily-applicable, small-scale test and evaluation method of the subpart of the ammunition in firing test. In the threat-countermeasure encounter scenario, the results of several tests demonstrate that the proposed technique does not deteriorate the precision when the engagement point should be adjusted.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2007

The present paper describes the scale effect correction methods for scaled NREL Phase VI wind turbines by using CFD[computational fluid dynamics). For the corrections of wind turbine scale effect, various researches on the helicopter rotor scale effect were investigated and the feasibility study of the methods was performed to correct wind turbine scale effect. The present paper also introduces scale effect correction methods based on two dimensional lift slope. In order to test the present method, performance analyses of NREL Phase VI wind turbines under various scale conditions were carried out and new correction method was applied. Granting that the new correction method is valid only above Reynolds No. 100,000, it showed reasonable agreement between model and full scale wind turbines in the linear torque region.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.727-734
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• 2014

본 논문은 유한요소 기반 다중스케일 연성파손모사 기법을 이용하여 결함이 존재하는 실배관의 파괴거동을 예측한다. 수정응력 파괴변형률 모델을 손상기준으로 선정하고 유한요소 손상해석을 통해 균열진전을 모사한다. 기준식의 결정에는 인장시험과 파괴인성시험 결과만이 요구되며 온도 $288^{\circ}C$ SA333 Gr. 6 탄소강에 적용하여 결과를 제시하였다. 요소크기-의존성 임계손상모델을 도입하여 손상해석의 수치해석적인 불안정성을 개선하였다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 가상시험법의 검증을 위해 미국 바텔 연구소에서 수행한 실배관 실험결과와 예측결과를 비교한다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제75권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2020

This paper presents a full-scale experimental test to investigate the flexural behavior of an innovative dovetail ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) joint designed for the 5^th Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. The test specimen had a dimension of 3600 × 1600 × 170 mm, in accordance with the real bridge. The failure mode, crack pattern and structural response were presented. The ductility and stiffness degradation of the tested specimens were explicitly discussed. Test results indicated that different from conventional reinforced concrete slabs, well-distributed cracks with small spacing were observed for UHPC joint slabs at failure. The average nominal flexural cracking strength of the test specimens was 7.7 MPa, signifying good crack resistance of the proposed dovetail UHPC joint. It is recommended that high grade reinforcement be cooperatively used to take full advantage of the superior mechanical property of UHPC. A new ductility index, expressed by dividing the ultimate deflection by flexural cracking deflection, was introduced to evaluate the post-cracking ductility capacity. Finally, a strut-and-tie (STM) model was developed to predict the ultimate strength of the proposed UHPC joint.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2005년도 제24회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.299-304
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 연소실 압력 53bara, 추진제 유량 90kg/s, 연소효율 $94\%$, 지상 비추력 253sec을 갖는 액체로켓엔진 실물형 연소기의 설계 전반에 대해 기술하였다. 연소기의 성능에 미치는 연소가스의 물성치, 특성속도, 추력계수 그리고 비추력에 대해 알아보았고, 연소기의 기하학적인 형상에 대해서도 기술하였다. 연소기는 분사기를 장착한 연소기 헤드, 재생냉각 채널을 가지고 있는 연소실로 구성되어 있다. 지상연소시험을 위해 제작한 내열재 삭마 방식의 연소실, SUS 배플을 장착하고 실린더부와 노즐부가 분리된 연소기, 배플 분사기를 장착하고 제생냉각부가 일체형인 연소기에 대해 기술하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.319-325
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• 2005

In order to analyze ground potential rise of grounding system installed in buildings, the hemispherical grounding simulation system has been designed and fabricated as substantial and economical measures. Ground potential rise(GPR) has been measured and analyzed for shapes of grounding electrode using the system in real time. The system is apparatus to have a free reduced scale for conductor size and laying depth of a full scale grounding system and is constructed so that a shape of equipotential surface is nearly identified a free reduced scale with a real scale when a current flows through grounding electrode. The system was composed of a hemispherical water tank, AC Power supply, a movable potentiometer, and test grounding electrodes. The test grounding electrodes were fabricated through reducing grounding electrode installed in real buildings such as rod type, mesh grid type. When a mesh grid type was associated with a rod type, GPR was the lowest value. The proposed results would be applicable to evaluate GPR in the grounding systems. and the analytical data can be used 0 stabilize the electrical installations and prevent the electrical disasters.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.225-238
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 토목섬유 보강재의 시공중 손상 정도를 규명하기 위하여 국내에서 많이 사용되고 있는 주요 토목섬유 보강재 제품(7개 사의 15 종류)을 대상으로 다양한 입도의 성토재료를 적용한 현장내시공성시험을 수행하였다. 현장내시공성시험은 FHWA(2009) 지침을 참조하여 수행하였으며, 다짐시공 후 추출된 토목섬유 보강재 시료에서 인장강도 시편(크기 $0.2m{\times}1.4m$)을 최대 20개 이상 균등하게 샘플링하여 인장강도시험을 수행함으로써 시공에 따른 인장강도 감소 정도를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 성토재료의 다짐시공으로 인한 토목섬유 보강재의 인장강도 감소 정도는 토목섬유 보강재의 종류와 성토재료의 최대입경에 크게 영향을 받으며, 비교적 강성이 작은 PET 결합형 지오그리드(PVC 코팅)의 인장강도 감소율이 가장 크게 나타났고, 전반적으로 성토재료의 최대입경이 클수록 인장강도 감소율은 더욱 크게 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 이 시험결과와 함께 기 수행된 현장내시공성시험 결과들을 분석하여 토목섬유 보강재의 시공성 감소계수를 보다 합리적으로 평가할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2018

PHC-W흙막이벽체와 결합된 지하증설벽체의 테스트베드를 구축중에 있다. 지하증설벽체의 제원을 결정하기 위하여 실대형 지하증설벽체의 핵심 부재를 제작하여 휨강도실험 및 전단강도실험을 실시하였다. 원형 PHC말뚝의 단면 형상을 개량하여 개발된 PHC-W 흙막이벽체를 건축물 지하벽체로 활용하기 위하여 합성증설벽체와 비합성증설벽체를 제작하여 휨강도 및 전단강도 실험을 수행하였다. 합성증설벽체와 비합성증설벽체에서 휨모멘트 강도 실험값 및 전단강도 실험값이 유사한 수준으로 나타났으므로 합성증설벽체 대신에 시공이 간편하고 비용이 절감될 수 있는 비합성증설벽체를 적용할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다. 실대형 모형 증설벽체는 두께 200mm로 제작되었는데, PHC-W 흙막이벽체와 결합된 지하증설벽체의 경우 동등 지하실 규모의 통상적인 지하벽체보다 두께를 100~200mm 정도 절감할 수 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.