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The Estimation of Neutron Fluence in Nuclear Reactor Vessel Materials by the Analysis of Ultrasonic Characteristics (초음파특성 분석에 의한 원자로 재료의 중성자 조사량 예측)

  • Lee, Sam-Lai;Chang, Kee-Ok;Kim, Byoung-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.307-312
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    • 2001
  • Ultrasonic signals from Charpy impact test specimen have been analyzed in order to evaluate the integrity of reactor pressure vessel. Base and weld metal that were extracted from reactor vessel doting plant outages according to the schedule of the surveillance test required by the related regulations have been used and the ultrasonic test parameters including velocity, attenuation, etc. showed a close correlations with the amount of neutron irradiation for base metal, relatively homogeneous materials. This result showed certain possibility where a nondestructive method could be used to predict the fluence of the Irradiation due to neutron in nuclear reactor vessel materials.

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Evaluation of Crack Length and Thickness Effects of Fracture Specimen using Damage Mechanics (손상역학에 근거한 파괴시편의 균열길이와 두께 영향 평가)

  • Chang Yoon-Suk;Lee Tae-Rin;Choi Jae-Boong;Seok Chang-Sung;Kim Young-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4 s.181
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 2006
  • During the last two decades, many researchers investigated influences of stress triaxiality on ductile fracture for various specimens and structures. With respect to a transferability issue, the local approach reflecting micro-mechanical specifics is one of effective methods to predict constraint effects. In this paper, the applicability of the local approach was examined through a series of finite element analyses incorporating modified GTN (Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman) and Rousselier models as well as fracture toughness tests. To achieve this goal, fracture resistance (J-R) curves of several types of compact tension (CT) specimens with various crack length, with various thickness and with/without 20% side- grooves were estimated. Then. the constraint effects were examined by comparing the numerically estimated J-R curves with experimentally determined ones. The assessment results showed that the damage models might be used as useful tool for fracture toughness estimation and both the crack length and thickness effects should be considered for realistic structural integrity evaluation.

A Study on the Design of Control Logic for Wind Turbine Simulator having Similarity with 3MW Class Wind Turbine (3MW급 풍력터빈을 모사한 풍력터빈 시뮬레이터 제어로직 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Ki-Yong;Lee, Jae-Kyung;Park, Joon-Young;Lee, Jun-Shin
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.61 no.6
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    • pp.810-816
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    • 2012
  • As wind power has increased steadily, the importance of a condition monitoring system is being emphasized to maximize the availability and reliability of a wind turbine. To develop the advanced algorithms for fault detection and lifespan estimation, a wind turbine simulator is essential for verification of the proposed algorithms before applying them to a condition diagnosis & integrity prognosis system. The developed new-type simulator in this paper includes blades and various sensors as well as a motor, a gearbox and a generator of which the existing simulators generally consist. It also has similarity with a 3MW class wind turbine and can be used to acquire operational data from various operation conditions. This paper presents a design method of control logic for the wind turbine simulator, which gives a wind generation method and similar dynamic characteristics with the 3MW wind turbine. Finally, the proposed control logic is verified through experiments.

Evaluation of Structural Integrity and Heat Exchange Efficiency for Dimpled Tube Type EGR Cooler (딤플 튜브형 EGR Cooler 구조건전성 및 열효율 평가)

  • Seo, Young-Ho;Lee, Hyun-Min;Park, Jung-Won;Ku, Tae-Wan;Kim, Jeong;Kang, Beom-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.554-559
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    • 2008
  • Most of vehicle manufacturers have applied exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system to the development of diesel engines in order to obtain the high thermal efficiency without $NO_X$ and Particulate Matter (PM) emitted from the engine. EGR system, which reflow a cooled exhaust gas from vehicles burning diesel as fuel to a combustion chamber of engine, has been used to solve this problem. In order to confirm the safety of the EGR system, finite element analysis was carried out. The safety of EGR system against temperature variation in the shell and tubes was evaluated through the thermal and structural analysis, and the modal analysis using ANSYS was also performed. Finally, the performance of EGR system was verified through the experiment and numerical simulation using effectiveness-NTU method. Program for the estimation of the heat exchange efficiency of the EGR system with regard to the dimpled tube shape was developed.

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Formation and Growth Estimation of Blister in Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tubes based on Finite Element Analysis (유한요소해석을 이용한 지르코늄 압력관의 블리스터 생성 및 성장 해석)

  • Huh, Nam-Su;Kim, Yun-Jae;Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Young-Seok;Cheong, Yong-Moo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1133-1138
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    • 2003
  • The pressure tubes, which contain high temperature heavy water and fuel, are within the core of a CANDU nuclear reactor, and are thus subjected to high stresses, temperature gradient, and neutron flux. Further, it is well known that pressure tubes of cold-worked Zr-2.5Nb materials result in hydrogen diffusion, which create fully-hydrided regions (frequently called Blister). Thus a proper investigation of hydrogen diffusion within zirconium-alloy nuclear components, such as CANDU pressure tube and fuel channels is essential to predict the structural integrity of these components. In this respect, this paper presents numerical investigation of hydrogen diffusion to quantify the hydrogen concentration for blister growth of CANDU pressure tube. For this purpose, coupled temperature-hydrogen diffusion analyses are performed by means of two-dimensional finite element analysis. Comparison of predicted temperature field and blister with published test data shows good agreement.

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A Case of Analysis of Constructed Wetland Using Geographic Information System (GIS를 활용한 천변저류지 적지분석에 관한 연구)

  • Ha, Sung Ryong;Lee, Jae Yil
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 2006
  • This study aim is to establish the suitability analysis of a constructed wetland using Geographic Information System. A constructed wetland is a flood control reservoir that is able to control flows and conserve a preserving integrity of nature maximum. It has been did that DB construction of flood area, socioeconomic analysis, and space analysis using GIS. Achieved reiteration arithmetic function from results of several elements, it has been did analysis for possibility space of constructed wetland. Through the analysis of flood area and a constructed wetland capacity, it has been established the estimation where is possible to build wetland. This study is applied suitability analysis method where has been choose the basin of To-Phyeong river in Kyongsang-namdo with methodology presentation about suitability analysis.

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Design and Estimation of a Session Key based Access Control Scheme for Secure Communications in IoT Environments (IoT 환경에서 안전한 통신을 위한 세션 키 기반 접근 제어 기법의 설계 및 평가)

  • Jin, Byungwook;Jung, Dongwoog;Cha, Siho;Jun, Moonseog
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2016
  • Internet of Things (IoT) services are widely used in appliances of daily life and industries. IoT services also provide various conveniences to users and are expected to affect value added of all industries and national competitiveness. However, a variety of security threats are increased in IoT environments and lowers reliability of IoT devices and services that make some obstacles for commercialization. The attacks arising in IoT environments are making industrial and normal life accidents unlike existing information leak and monetary damages, and can expand damage scale of leakage of personal information and privacy more than existing them. To solve these problems, we design a session key based access control scheme for secure communications in IoT environments. The proposed scheme reinforces message security by generating session key between device and access control network system. We analyzed the stability of the proposed access scheme in terms of data forgery and corruption, unauthorized access, information disclosure, privacy violations, and denial of service attacks. And we also evaluated the proposed scheme in terms of permission settings, privacy indemnity, data confidentiality and integrity, authentication, and access control.

Inspection of Underground Slurry Wall for LNG Storage Tank (LNG 저장 탱크 지중연속벽 품질시험)

  • Kim, Young-H.;Jo, Churl-Hyun;Lim, Seong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 2003
  • Nondestructive testing was carried out in order to evaluate the structural integrity and construction quality of the slurry wall of the underground LNG storage tank. 9 test points were selected, and the wall thickness, rebar spacing, and compressive strength of the slurry wall were evaluated by stress wave impact-resonance method, GPR, sonic velocity, and rebound testing, respectively. As results, the wall thickness, rebar sparing and estimated compressive strength satisfy the design criteria.

Service-life Prediction of Reinforced Concrete Structures in Subsurface Environment (지중 환경하에서의 철근콘크리트 구조물의 열화인자별 한계수명 평가)

  • Kwon, Ki-jung;Jung, Haeryong;Park, Joo-Wan
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2016
  • This paper focuses on the estimation of durability and service-life of reinforced concrete structures in Wolsong Low- and intermediate-level wastes Disposal Center (WLDC) in Korea. There are six disposal silos located in the saturated environment. The silo concrete is degraded due to reactions with groundwater and chemical attacks, and finally it will lose its properties as a transport barrier. The infiltration of sulfate and magnesium, leaching of potassium hydroxide, and chlorine induced corrosion are the most significant factors for degradation of reinforced concrete structure in underground environment. From the result of evaluation of the degradation time for each factor, the degradation rate of the reinforced concrete due to sulfate and magnesium is $1.308{\times}10^{-3}cm/yr$, and it is estimated to take 48,000 years for full degradation while potassium hydroxide is leached in depth of less than 1.5 cm at 1,000 years after the initiation of degradation. In case of chlorine induced corrosion, it takes 1,648 years to initiate corrosion in the main reinforced bar and 2,288 years to reach the lifetime limit of the structural integrity, and thus it is evaluated as the most significant factor.

A Study on the SIL Allocation and Demonstration for Train Control System (열차제어시스템 SIL할당 및 입증에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Duc-Ko;Baek, Jong-Hyen;Lee, Kang-Mi;Lee, Jae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.855-859
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we introduce the estimation method by Risk or SIL(Safety Integrity Level) for the criterion of safety assurance and summarize each application method and target. IEC 62278(EN 50126) which is international standard for the specification and verification of the railway system RAMS indicate a criterion of safety assurance. Especially, it recommend the safety verification by continuous verification as the order of requirement establishment, design, manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance for the equipment not easy to quantify the operation environment. In this paper, we study the SIL requirement allocation method relating to internal new system development and existing system improvement by analysing SIL recommendations which were used to understand SIL for a train control equipment in 1990s in IRSE and theoretically their allocation background. This paper help the safety management of Korea train control system to develope the quantitative management procedure as international level by analyzing the SIL requirement allocation by operation agency and the right SIL verification procedure by manufacture and indicating the example to assure safety because it is necessary for improvement and localization for the Korea train control system having highly dependence on aboard technology.

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