• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2006년도 춘계 학술대회 개요집
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• pp.77-79
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• 2006

To achieve high productivity of assembly hull blocks, it is important to predict welding deformations accurately and to apply these data to the production planning. In the deformation analysis of hull block, simplified methods (elastic analysis) such as inherent method, equivalent loading method and local & global approach are usually used instead of thermal-elastic-plastic analysis because of calculating time and cost. To be much more practical, these simplified methods should consider gravity effect of plate and contact condition between the plate and the positioning jig. In this research, using finite element method, practical predicting method for the welding deformation of the curved hull blocks with considering welding sequence, gravity effect and contact condition is proposed.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2012

Alignment of the main plates during the tack welding is essential to block assembly since most of the curved blocks and outfitting parts are assembled on the jigs and fixtures. Tact welding of main plates is the initial process of the curved hull block assembly. Due to the heavy weight of the main plates it is difficult to locate the plate on the accurate position of the jig and fixtures before welding. The conventional masonry process requires much time and manual work in order to achieve the accurate alignment. This labour-intensive process results in relatively high errors and correction works. Due to their larger dimensions and heavier weights, these hull blocks are not ergonomically desirable and, therefore, various mechanical devices such as hydraulic balancers or hydraulic jigs are used for the plate alignment. In this study, the position-sensing scheme implemented by sensors is presented in order to align the main plates on the accurate position during the hull block assembly. Integrating the Infrared photo sensors and micro processor unit, a small scaled prototype of the position-sensing module is developed to determine the alignment of main plates.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2005년도 추계학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.17-19
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• 2005

To achieve high productivity of assembly hull blocks, it is important to predict welding deformations accurately and to apply these data to the production planning. In the deformation analysis of hull block, simplified methods (elastic analysis) such as inherent method, equivalent loading method and local & global approach are usually used instead of thermal-elastic-plastic analysis because of calculating time and cost. To be much more practical, these simplified methods should consider gravity effect of plate and contact condition between the plate and the positioning jig. In this research, using finite element method, practical predicting method for the welding deformation of the curved hull blocks with considering welding sequence, gravity effect and contact condition is proposed.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.938-941
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• 1995

This paper is concerned with the determination of assembly unit for hull block assembly processes for shipbuilding. In this study,genetic algorithm is adopted for assembly level allocation and assemaly unit is determined by rule-based reasoning. The criteria to detemine assembly unit is to minimize welding operation time for the block assembly.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2021

조선소에서 선체 블록과 용접 피더의 위치를 알면 작업자의 위치 정보를 쉽게 얻을 수 있다. 이 데이터는 작업장 안전 모니터링 시스템 구축에 매우 유용하다. 그러나 선체 구조와 용접 공정의 특수성 때문에 작업장에 고정 통신망을 적용하기 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 전용 통신선을 대신할 수 있는 유도 전력선 통신을 선체블록과 같은 금속매체에 적용하는 기술을 검토하였다. 용접기의 전원 케이블에 설치할 유도 결합기로 페라이트 코어를 사용하였고, 금속 블록의 지지대에 체결할 결합기로 나노 결정질 코어를 적용하였다. 제안된 커플러는 COMSOL AC/DC 모듈로 3차원 모델링 하였고 동작 원리를 시각화하기 위하여 유한 요소 해석을 수행하였다. 알루미늄 프로파일을 사용한 금속블록 통신 성능 테스트에서 용접 전극의 블록 접촉으로 통신 채널이 형성되었을 때 대역폭은 6 Mbps 이상 유지되었다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2015

A very large shell-structure built in shipyards like ship hulls or offshore structures are joined by welding through full process. As the welding contains a high thermal cycle at a local area, the welded structures should be distorted unavoidably. Because a distorted ship block should be revised to the designed value before the next stage, the ability to predict and to control the weld distortion is an accuracy level of the yard itself. Despite the ship block size, several present thermal distortion methodologies can deal those sizes, but it is a different story to deal full ship size model. Even a fully constructed ship hull not remaining any welding can have an accuracy issue like outfitting installation problems. Any present thermal distortion methodology cannot accept this size for its recommended element size and the number. The ordinary welding breadth at erection stage is about 20~40 mm. It can hardly be a good choice to make finite element model of these sizes considering human effort and computational environment. The finite element model for structure analysis of a ship hull is prepared at front-end engineering design stage which is the first process of the project. The element size of the model is as fine as the longitudinal space, and it is not proper to obtain a weld distortion at the erection stage. In this study, a methodology is suggested that a weldment can be shrunk at original place instead of using structural finite element model. We cut the original shell elements at erection weld-line and put truss elements between the edges of cut elements for weld shrinkage. Additional truss elements are used to facsimile transverse weld shrinkage which cannot be from the weld-line truss element shrink. They attach to weld-line truss element like twigs from barks. The capacity of developed elements is verified through an accuracy check of erection process of a container vessel at the apt. hull. It can be a useful tool for verifying a centering accuracy after renew and for block-separating planning considering accuracy.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.220-224
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• 2005

The thermal elasto-plastic analysis for the prediction of welding distortion of a 3 dimensional large-scaled ship structure is a very time-consuming work since the analysis is a nonlinear problem, and a lot of finite elements are needed to simulate the large ship hull block. Generally, 3-D finite elements have been used in the 3-D welding distortion problem to assess precisely the temperature gradient through the thickness direction of the welding plate. As a result of the adoption of 3-D element, degrees of freedom are rapidly increased in the problem to be solved. In this study, to improve the time efficiency of welding thermal elasto-plastic analysis, a layered shell element was proposed to simulate 3-D temperature gradient, and the results were compared with the experiment. The experiments were carried out for the type of bead-on-plate welding, and we found the measured data have a good agreement with the FEA results.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.4717-4722
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• 2014

조선소에서는 블록 조인트의 용접 작업 시 단차 조정 및 변형 방지의 목적으로 도그피스(Dog-Piece)를 사용하고 있는데, 조선소마다 그 규모에 따라 연간 수십만 개의 도그피스를 사용하고 있으며 설치, 제거 및 사상 작업에 투입되는 생산시수도 연간 수십만 시수에 이르고 있어 생산성 향상의 저해 요인이 되고 있다. 본 연구는 선체 블록의 정도 품질을 확보하면서 도그피스의 사용량 절감 방안을 마련하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 연구 내용으로는 우선 일련의 용접실험을 통해 도그피스가 맞대기 용접시의 변형에 미치는 구속 효과를 정량적으로 검토하였고, 실험 결과를 토대로 도그피스가 부착된 맞대기 용접시의 변형을 계산하는 유한요소 해석 방법을 정립하였다. 또한, 제안된 해석 방법을 이용하여 도그피스를 고려한 선체블록 조인트의 용접변형을 시뮬레이션하고 결과를 검토하였다. 제안된 해석 방법은 향후 도그피스 배치도면 작성 및 설치 가이드 작성 등의 실질적인 도그피스 절감 방안을 마련하기 위한 해석 도구로 폭넓게 활용될 수 있다.

• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2003

It has been used many kinds of horizontal butt-welding methods at block-to-block erection stage in shipbuilding companies. For examples, some companies use conventional FCAW process with one side or both sides groove joint welding, others use carriage with torch holder type mechanized welding method. Although lots of efforts were done until now, some problems in quality and productivity still remain in ship's hull welding. In this study, we have attempted to raise productivity and quality on horizontal position of welding with following 3 items. 1) Prepare groove condition with no root gap for making easy fit-up work. 2) Develop improved MAG (100% $CO_2$ gas shielding) welding process with solid wire for making sound root bead from one side. 3) Develop and apply quite new automatic welding carriage. The stability of new welding process was confirmed by conducting mechanical tests of weldments to verify the soundness of weldments.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the International Welding/Joining Conference-Korea
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• pp.425-429
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• 2002

It has been used many kinds of horizontal butt-welding methods at block-to-block erection stage in shipbuilding companies. For examples, some companies use conventional FCA W process with one side or both sides groove joint welding, others use carriage with torch holder type mechanized welding method. Although lots of efforts were done until now, some problems in quality and productivity still remain in ship's hull welding. In this study, we have attempted to raise productivity and quality on horizontal position of welding with following 3 items. 1) Prepare groove condition with no root gap for making easy fit-up work. 2) Develop improved MAG (100% $CO_2$ gas shielding) welding process with solid wire for making sound root bead from one side. 3) Develop and apply quite new automatic welding carriage. The stability of new welding process was confirmed by conducting mechanical tests of weldments to verify the soundness of weldments.