• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2011

When pipe components made of carbon steel in nuclear, fossil, and industry plants are exposed to flowing fluid, wall thinning caused by FAC(flow accelerated corrosion) can be generated and eventually ruptured at the position of pressure boundary. The aim of this study is to identify the locations at which local wall thinning occurs and to determine the turbulence coefficient related to local wall thinning. Experiment and numerical analyses for the tee sections of down scaled piping components were performed and the results were compared. In particular, flow visualization experiment which was used alkali metallic salt was performed to find actual location of local wall thinning inside tee components. In order to determine the relationship between turbulence coefficients and local wall thinning, numerical analyses were performed for tee components in the main feedwater systems. The turbulence coefficients based on the numerical analyses were compared with the local wall thinning based on the measured data. From the comparison of the results, the vertical flow velocity component(Vr) flowing to the wall after separating in the wall due to the geometrical configuration and colliding with the wall directly at an angle of some degree was analogous to the configuration of local wall thinning.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.171-179
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 강박스 부재의 국부 부식열화환경을 모니터링하기 위하여 실제 강교량 부재로 사용하는 부재와 동일한 형상의 강박스 모형 시험체를 제작하였으며, 실제 공용 중인 강교량과 동일한 부식환경이 구현된 강박스 모형 시험체를 상부부재, 복부부재, 하부부재로 구분하여 모니터링을 진행하였다. 각 부재에 부식환경 모니터링 센서를 설치하여 부식전류를 계측하였으며, 부식전류량 계측 값으로부터 젖음시간을 계산하여 강박스 부재에 따른 국부적인 부식환경을 평가하였다. 모니터링 결과를 통하여 주위의 대기환경으로 인하여 나타날 수 있는 부식환경과 강박스 부재 표면에 직접적으로 나타날 수 있는 부식환경의 상대적인 차이를 검토하였으며, 강박스 부재들의 상대적 부식환경과 평균부식두께의 관계를 평가하였다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.253-267
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• 2015

Corrosion has significant adverse effects on the durability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, especially those exposed to a marine environment and subjected to mechanical stress, such as bridges, jetties, piers and wharfs. Previous studies have been carried out to investigate the corrosion behaviour of steel rebar in various concrete structures, however, few studies have focused on the corrosion monitoring of RC structures that are subjected to both mechanical stress and environmental effects. This paper presents an exploratory study on the development of corrosion monitoring and detection techniques for RC structures under the combined effects of external loadings and corrosive media. Four RC beams were tested in 3% NaCl solutions under different levels of point loads. Corrosion processes occurring on steel bars under different loads and under alternative wetting - drying cycle conditions were monitored. Electrochemical and microscopic methods were utilised to measure corrosion potentials of steel bars; to monitor galvanic currents flowing between different steel bars in each beam; and to observe corrosion patterns, respectively. The results indicated that steel corrosion in RC beams was affected by local stress. The point load caused the increase of galvanic currents, corrosion rates and corrosion areas. Pitting corrosion was found to be the main form of corrosion on the surface of the steel bars for most of the beams, probably due to the local concentration of chloride ions. In addition, visual observation of the samples confirmed that the localities of corrosion were related to the locations of steel bars in beams. It was also demonstrated that electrochemical devices are useful for the detection of RC beam corrosion.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.318-325
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• 2020

Generally, Al alloys of 5000 and 6000 series show excellent weldability, workability, and specific strength, and are widely used in ship building. A combined experiment via cavitation erosion and corrosion damage involving 6061-T6 Al alloy was performed using potentiodynamic polarization under cavitation erosion (hybrid experiments) with amplitude (cavitation strength). The corrosion current density was approximately 52-fold higher at 30 μm than under static conditions, suggesting that the amplitude greatly affected the damage. The degree of damage increased with increasing cavitation amplitude. After the hybrid experiment, the corrosion rate was compared according to the weight loss and damage depth, and the relationship between the two values was expressed as alpha value. The alpha (α) values at amplitudes of 5 μm, 10 μm and 30 μm were 5.11, 12.81 and 8.74, respectively, suggesting that the α value at 10 μm was greater than at 5 μm, and indicating local corrosion damage. However, the α value at 30 μm was smaller than that of 10 μm, which is attributed to higher damage via uniform corrosion than damage induced by local corrosion.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.529-547
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• 2011

This paper presents the global-local finite cover method (GL-FCM) that is capable of analyzing structures involving local heterogeneities and propagating cracks. The suggested method is composed of two techniques. One of them is the FCM, which is one of the PU-based generalized finite element methods, for the analysis of local cohesive crack growth. The mechanical behavior evaluated in local heterogeneous structures by the FCM is transferred to the overall (global) structure by the so-called mortar method. The other is a method of mesh superposition for hierarchical modeling, which enables us to evaluate the average stiffness by the analysis of local heterogeneous structures not subjected to crack propagation. Several numerical experiments are conducted to validate the accuracy of the proposed method. The capability and applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated in an illustrative numerical example, in which we predict the mechanical deterioration of a reinforced concrete (RC) structure, whose local regions are subjected to propagating cracks induced by reinforcement corrosion.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2007

This study on the effects of local wall-thinned location on the fracture behavior of pipes was carried out, and the results were compared with the analytical results. Local wall-thinning for the bending test was machined with various sizes on the outside of pipes, in order to simulate the metal loss, due to erosion/corrosion. In addition, we had carried out FE analysis for the pipes with local wall thinning on the inside, and its results were comparatively studied with that of the outside. Three-dimensional elasto-plastic analyses were able to accurately simulate fracture behaviors of inner or outer wall thinning. Fracture types, obtained from the experiments and analyses, could be classified into ovalization, local buckling and crack initiation, depending on the thinned length and thinned ratio. Based on the results, the fracture behaviors of pipes with the outer wall thinning can be applied to estimate the fracture behaviors of pipes with the inner wall thinning.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.663-667
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• 2004

Underframes of rolling stock structure are made of hot rolled steel of SS400 or SM490A. While these underframe steels are designed to satisfy the mechanical requirements, their corrosion behavior also should taken into account. Underframes are coated to prevent corrosion, but they are often defected by external factors to result in local corrosion which may cause the weakness of mechanical strength. Thus, the corrosion of underframe steels was examined through atmospheric corrosion test to estimate service life and safety.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.266-280
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• 2021

Since 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has updated regulations on the sulfur content to be less than 0.5% in exhaust gas emitted from ships. Accordingly, the exhaust gas post-treatment device for ships, which is SOx/NOx reduction technology, was introduced. However, the exhaust gas post-treatment device is suffering corrosion because of the harsh corrosive environment formed by sulfate and chlorine oxide through the desulfurization process. In this investigation, cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPDP) experiment for UNS S31603 and UNS N08367 was performed in a green death solution that simulates the environment of a desulfurization device. The corrosion rate of UNS S31603 at the highest temperature was about 3 times higher than that of UNS N83067. Also, electron microscope scan revealed corrosion type UNS N83067 presents intergranular corrosion tendency. On the other hand, UNS S31603 was observed as general corrosion. The α values of UNS N08367 at 30 ℃ and 60 ℃ were higher than those of UNS S31603, thus UNS N08367 is considered to have a higher local damage tendency. Whereas, since the α value of UNS S31603 at 90 ℃ is larger than that of UNS N08367, UNS S31603 is considered to have a higher local damage trend.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.105-118
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• 2014

국내에서는 교량의 공용수명 증가로 노후화 교량의 수가 급격히 증가하고 있다. 강교량의 경우, 가설위치에 따른 대기부식환경에 따라 구조부재에서의 국부 부식손상이 발생 될 수 있다. 특히 강거더 교량의 경우 부식손상이 복부판과 지점부 보강재에 집중적으로 발생된다. 복부판의 국부부식이 교량에 대하여 대칭적으로 발생하는 것이 아니므로 복부판의 국부 부식손상으로 인하여 강거더에서는 전단하중에 대하여 비대칭 복부단면이 발생할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 유한요소해석을 통하여 강거더 비대칭 부식 복부단면의 형상비와 부식손상 정도에 따른 전단 좌굴강도 및 전단거동을 거동을 평가하였다. 또한 복부판의 부식손상 부피비와 인장영역에 대한 부식손상비를 고려하여 비대칭 국부 부식손상 단면을 가진 복부판의 전단좌굴강도 감소가 비교 평가되었다.

• 한국항해학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.65-72
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• 1998

최근에는 고장력강의 사용증대와 함께 구조부재가 경량화추세에 있으며 이상부식이 발생한 구조부재는 강도가 크게 저하되리라 예상되지만 지금까지 이에 관한 연구가 거의 없는 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 단소성대변형유한요소법을 적용하여 국부이상부식을 가진 판이 면내압축하중을 받을 경우에 압축최종강도에 미치는 부식부영역의 크기. 부식부의 판두께 감소량 및 세장비의 영향에 대하여 연구하였다.