• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2011

Steam generator is one of the main equipments that affect safety and long term operation in nuclear power plants. Fluid flows inside and outside of the steam generator tubes and induces vibration. To prevent the vibration the tubes are supported by AVB (anti vibration bar). When the steam generator tube contact to AVB, it is damaged by the accumulation of wear and corrosion. Therefore studies are required to determine the effects of the gap between the steam generator tube and AVB. In order to obtain the stress and the displacement distributions of the steam generator tube, three dimensional finite element analyses were performed by using the commercial program ANSYS. Using the calculated the stress and the displacement distributions, the static residual strength of the steam generator tube can be evaluated. The results show that the stress and displacement of the steam generator tube increase significantly compared with the results from a zero-gap model.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2011

The clogging of the flow area at the tube support plates(TSPs), especially at the upper TSPs results in the water level oscillation of a steam generator during normal operation. A reduction of the TSP flow area causes to increase in pressure drop within the two-phase flow zone, which destabilizes the boiling flow through the tube bundle. This phenomenon was occasionally observed at a few domestic and foreign nuclear power plants. One of the methods for defining the flow area clogging is visual inspection, which is the most effective inspection method. The results of the visual inspection for TSPs' flow area are clogging images on TSPs' quartrefoil lobes. These images are complexly distorted due to lens aberration and external factors like the distance to a subject and angle etc. In this work, we developed the analysis algorithm for clogging image of the TSP flow area of steam generators. For this purpose, we designed an image verification device applicable to the camera employed in the field for visual inspection and then, we demonstrated the validity of image analysis algorithm by using this device and commercial autoCAD program.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2001

The prestressed concrete containment is one of the most important structures in nuclear power plants, which is required to prevent release of radioactive or hazardous effluents to the environment even in the case of a severe accident. Numerical analyses are carried out by using the ABAQUS finite element program to assess the ultimate pressure capacity of the Y prestressed concrete containment with light water reactor at design criteria condition and aging condition considering varied properties of time-dependant materials respectively. From the results, it is verified that the structural capacity of the Y prestressed concrete containment building under the present, aging condition is still robust. In addition, the parameter studies for the reduction of the ultimate pressure capacity of containment building according to the degradation levels of the main structural materials are carried out. The results show that when the degradations of each materials are considered as individual and combined forms, the influence is large in the order of tendon, rebar and concrete degradation, and tendon-rebar, tendon-concrete and rebar-concrete degradation respectively.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1773-1778
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• 2010

본 논문은 원자력 내진등급 원전용 주냉각수 펌프의 지진하중에 대한 구조 건전성을 코드에 따라 평가하였다. 펌프 구조물을 3차원 모델링하여 유한요소법을 사용하여 모달 해석 및 응답스펙트럼 해석을 수행하였다. 모달 해석 결과 고유진동수, 모드형상 및 모드참여계수를 얻을 수 있었다. 응력해석에서 구한 응력들을 조합하여 원자력 규격집에서 제시한 허용응력과 비교하여 펌프의 구조 건전성을 판단하였다. 모든 지진하중에 대한 펌프 구조물에서의 응력은 허용값 보다 작게 분포하므로 구조적 건전성을 유지한다고 평가할 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1034-1039
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• 2006

본 논문은 내진등급 IIA 글로브 밸브의 지진하중에 대한 구조 건전성을 평가하였다. 밸브 구조물을 3차원 모델링하여 유한요소법을 사용하여 모달 해석 및 등가 정적 응력해석을 수행하였다. 모달 해석 결과 구조물은 충분히 강건하므로 지진 가속도 값을 사용한 등가 정적 응력해석이 가능하였다. 정적 응력 해석에서 구한 응력을 조합하여 원자력 규격집에 근거한 허용기준에 따라 밸브의 구조 건전성을 평가하였다. 지진하중에서 발생한 응력값이 허용값 아래에 분포하므로 글로브 밸브 구조물은 구조적 건전성을 유지할 수 있다고 평가할 수 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.1273-1279
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• 2016

Production of iodine-131 by neutron activation of tellurium in tellurium dioxide ($TeO_2$) material requires a target that meets the safety requirements. In a radiopharmaceutical production unit, a new lid for a can was designed, which permits tight sealing of the target by using tungsten inert gaswelding. The leakage rate of all prepared targets was assessed using a helium mass spectrometer. The accepted leakage rate is ${\leq}10^{-4}mbr.L/s$, according to the approved safety report related to iodine-131 production in the TRIGA Mark II research reactor (TRIGA: Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics). To confirm the resistance of the new design to the irradiation conditions in the TRIGA Mark II research reactor's central thimble, a study of heat effect on the sealed targets for 7 hours in an oven was conducted and the leakage rates were evaluated. The results show that the tightness of the targets is ensured up to $600^{\circ}C$ with the appearance of deformations on lids beyond $450^{\circ}C$. The study of heat transfer through the target was conducted by adopting a one-dimensional approximation, under consideration of the three transfer modes-convection, conduction, and radiation. The quantities of heat generated by gamma and neutron heating were calculated by a validated computational model for the neutronic simulation of the TRIGA Mark II research reactor using the Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code. Using the heat transfer equations according to the three modes of heat transfer, the thermal study of I-131 production by irradiation of the target in the central thimble showed that the temperatures of materials do not exceed the corresponding melting points. To validate this new design, several targets have been irradiated in the central thimble according to a preplanned irradiation program, going from4 hours of irradiation at a power level of 0.5MWup to 35 hours (7 h/d for 5 days a week) at 1.5MW. The results showthat the irradiated targets are tight because no iodine-131 was released in the atmosphere of the reactor building and in the reactor cooling water of the primary circuit.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권5A호
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• pp.901-908
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• 2006

안전성 관련 구조물인 원자력 격납건물은 시간의 흐름에 따라 콘크리트와 텐던의 물리적 성질 변화로 구조거동의 미세한 변화를 가져오기 때문에 주기적 점검을 통한 구조건전성 검증이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 국내 부착식 텐던 격납건물인 CANDU형의 월성 원전을 대상으로 미세 구조거동 분석이 가능한 'SAPONC-CANDU' 프로그램을 개발하였으며, 이는 온도와 시간종속성 영향인자들 즉, 크리프, 건조수축, 텐던의 인장력 하에서 격납건물 콘크리트 속에 매립되어 있는 진동식 와이어 변형률 게이지의 변형률 변화량에 대한 예측값을 계산하는 알고리즘에 기초한다. 개발된 프로그램의 구동을 위해서 변형률 게이지의 계측값이 입력데이타로 사용되고 최종적으로 각각의 변형률 게이지에 대해서 변형률 변화량의 예측값, 예측선, 예측폭이 그래프 형태로 제공되기 때문에 국내 원자력발전소 CANDU형 격납건물의 구조건전성을 평가하는 현장 관리자가 이를 손쉽게 활용할 수 있다.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2003

한국원자력연구소(KAERI)의 프로그램 일환으로 콘크리트 격납건물 벽체 부재의 half-thickness 모델을 대상으로 인장실험을 수행하였다. KAERI의 이번 실험연구 목적은 격납건물 내부에서 예기치 못한 사고로 인하여 극한 내압이 작용할 때 콘크리트 격납건물의 성능을 평가할 수 있는 실험적으로 규명된 해석방안을 마련하는데 있다. 여기에 수록된 실험으로부터 얻은 데이터는 콘크리트의 균열거동 및 철근/콘크리트 사이의 상호작용 등을 포함한 재료모델을 요하는 해석방법을 검증하는데 유용할 것이다. 주요 실험 변수는 콘크리트의 압축강도로써 2축 인장을 받는 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 패널 부재의 균열거동에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2020

Integrity evaluations on a platen superheater were conducted as per ASME Section VIII Division 2(hereafter 'ASME VIII(2)') which was originally used for design with implicit consideration of creep effects. A platen superheater subjected to severe loading conditions of high pressure and high temperature at creep regime in a supercritical thermal plant in Korea was chosen for present study. Additional evaluations were conducted as per nuclear-grade high-temperature design rule of RCC-MRx that takes creep effects into account explicitly. Comparisons of the two results from ASME VIII(2) and RCC-MRx were conducted to quantify the conservatism of ASME VIII(2). From present analyses, it was shown that the design evaluation results exceeded allowable limits of RCC-MRx for the plant design conditions although limits of ASME VIII(2) were satisfied regardless of operation time, which means that design as per ASME VIII(2) might be potentially non-conservative in case of operation in creep range. A high-temperature design evaluation program as per RCC-MRx, called 'HITEP_RCC-MRx' has been used and it was shown that pressure boundary components can be designed reliably with the program especially for the loading conditions of long-term creep conditions.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.520-527
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• 1988

본 연구에서는 액체용 이젝터의 성능을 결정하는 여러가지 제약인자중 특히 레이놀즈수 변화에 따른 구동노즐의 면적비 및 목부길이가 액체용 이제터성능에 미치 는 영향을 체계적인 실험을 통하여 연구함으로써 기 개발된 CAD용 전산프로그램의 타 당성을 보다 세밀히 검토하고 이에 보완을 가하는데 연구의 목적이 있다.