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Non-axisymmetric dynamic response of imperfectly bonded buried orthotropic pipelines

  • Dwivedi, J.P.;Mishra, B.K.;Upadhyay, P.C.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.291-304
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    • 1998
  • This paper deals with the non-axisymmetric dynamic response of an imperfectly bonded buried orthotropic pipeline subjected to longitudinal wave (P-wave) excitation. An infinite cylindrical shell model, including the rotary inertia and shear deformation effects, has been used for the pipeline. For some cases comparison of axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric responses have also been furnished.

Improving spaCy dependency annotation and PoS tagging web service using independent NER services

  • Colic, Nico;Rinaldi, Fabio
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.21.1-21.6
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    • 2019
  • Dependency parsing is often used as a component in many text analysis pipelines. However, performance, especially in specialized domains, suffers from the presence of complex terminology. Our hypothesis is that including named entity annotations can improve the speed and quality of dependency parses. As part of BLAH5, we built a web service delivering improved dependency parses by taking into account named entity annotations obtained by third party services. Our evaluation shows improved results and better speed.

Study for the Plant Layout Optimization for the Ethylene Oxide Process based on Mathematical and Explosion Modeling (수학적 모델과 폭발사고 모델링을 통한 산화에틸렌 공정의 설비 배치 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • Cha, Sanghoon;Lee, Chang Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.25-33
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    • 2020
  • In most plant layout optimization researches, MILP(Mixed Integer Linear Programming) problems, in which the objective function includes the costs of pipelines connecting process equipment and cost associated with safety issues, have been employed. Based on these MILP problems, various optimization solvers have been applied to investigate the optimal solutions. To consider safety issues on the objective function of MILP problems together, the accurate information about the impact and the frequency of potential accidents in a plant should be required to evaluate the safety issues. However, it is really impossible to obtain accurate information about potential accidents and this limitation may reduce the reliability of a plant layout problem. Moreover, in real industries such as plant engineering companies, the plant layout is previously fixed and the considerations of various safety instruments and systems have been performed to guarantee the plant safety. To reflect these situations, the two step optimization problems have been designed in this study. The first MILP model aims to minimize the costs of pipelines and the land size as complying sufficient spaces for the maintenance and safety. After the plant layout is determined by the first MILP model, the optimal locations of blast walls have been investigated to maximize the mitigation impacts of blast walls. The particle swarm optimization technique, which is one of the representative sampling approaches, is employed throughout the consideration of the characteristics of MILP models in this study. The ethylene oxide plant is tested to verify the efficacy of the proposed model.

Structural Analysis and Safety Assessment of KS D 3631 Gas Pipeline Repaired by Carbon Fiber Composite Material Sleeve (탄소섬유복합재료 슬리브로 보수된 KS D 3631 배관의 구조 해석 및 안정성 평가)

  • Choi, Jongmin;Kim, Hansang;Cho, Sungmin;Lee, Seungkuk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.96-103
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    • 2016
  • Proper repair methods of damaged city gas pipeline is important factor to safely transmit gas and to reduce economical loss caused by failure of gas pipelines. Repair methods such as surfacing, type-A and type-B welding and composite sleeve method have been used to repair damaged city gas pipelines. In this paper, among repair methods, composite sleeve repair methods were conducted since they are rather simple processes and their repair quality is not sensitive to workers' ability compared with other repair methods. We discussed composite repair processes especially using carbon fiber prepregs and the experimental results.

Comparative Analysis on the Causes and Frequency of Recent Gas Pipelines Accidents in Major Overseas Countries (해외 주요국에서의 최근 가스배관 사고의 원인과 빈도의 비교 분석)

  • Kim, Dae-Woong;Bae, Kyung-Oh;Shin, Hyung-Seop;Kim, Woo-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.53-64
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    • 2018
  • Natural gas is an explosive fluid and can cause severe human/material damage when buried high-pressure pipeline is failure, and there have been reported cases of considerable human life damage to actual buried pipeline failure. In domestic cases, the length and duration of pipeline operating are short due to rapid growth. Therefore, it is a fact that the establishment of effective accident data is insufficient for the cause of the accident. In order to systematically construct an accident database, the operation history of natural gas pipeline is longer than domestic, and the cause and frequency analysis of recent natural gas pipeline related accidents occurred in overseas major countries with a long pipeline network was conducted. Then, after grasping the trend of occurrence frequency by incident cause, we tried to establish the foundation for securing the stability of the domestic high-pressure gas transport pipeline network.

A Study on the Fracture Behavior of a Two Dimensional Crack in Gas Pipelines Considering Constraint Effects (구속효과를 구려한 가스배관 결함의 2차원적 파괴거동 해석에 관한 연구)

  • Sim, Do-Jun;Jang, Yeong-Gyun;Choe, Jae-Bung;Kim, Yeong-Jin;Kim, Cheol-Man
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2001
  • EFP(Fitness For Purpose) type defect assessment methodologies based on ECA(Engineering Critical Analysis) have been established and are in use for the structural integrity evaluation of gas pipelines. ECA usually includes the fracture mechanics analysis, and it is assumed that the J-integral uniquely characterizes the crack-tip stress-strain field. However, it has been proven that the J-integral alone can not be sufficient to characterize the crack-tip field under low levels of constraint with a single parameter. Since pipeline structures are made of ductile material, locally loaded in tension, cracks may experience low level of constraint, and therefore, J-dominance will be lost. For this reason, the level of constraint must be quantified to establish a precise assessment procedure for pipeline defects. The objective of this paper is to investigate the fracture behavior of a crack in gas pipeline(KS D 3507) by quantifying the level of constraint. For this purpose, tensile tests and CTOD tests were performed at room temperature(24$\^{C}$) and low temperature(-40$\^{C}$) to obtain the material properties. J-Q analyses were performed for SENB and SENT specimens based on 2-D finite element analyses, in order to investigate the in-plane constraint effects on pipeline defects. For precise assessment of cracks, especially shallow cracks, in KS D 3507 pipeline, constraint effect must be considered.

Development of Third-Party Damage Monitoring System for Natural Gas Pipeline

  • Shin, Seung-Mok;Suh, Jin-Ho;Im, Jae-Sung;Kim, Sang-Bong;Yoo, Hui-Ryong
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1423-1430
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we develop a real time monitoring system to detect third-party damage on natural gas pipeline. When the damage due to third-party incidents causes an immediate rupture, the developed on-line monitoring system can help reducing the sequences of event at once. Moreover, since many third-party incidents cause damage that does not lead to immediate rupture but can grow with time, the developed on-line monitoring system can execute a significant role in reducing many third-party damage incidents. Also, when the damage is given at a point on natural gas pipeline, the acoustic wave is propagated very fast about 421.3 m/s. Therefore, the data processing time should be very short in order to detect precisely the impact position. Generally, the pipeline is laid under ground or sea and the length is very long. So a wireless data communication method is recommendable and the sensing positions are limited by laid circumstance and setting cost of sensors. The calculation and monitoring software is developed by an algorithm using the propagation speed of acoustic wave and data base system based on wireless communication and DSP systems. The developed monitoring system is examined by field testing at Balan pilot plant, KOGAS being done in order to demonstrate its validity through reactive detection of third-party contact with pipelines. Furthermore, the development system was set at the practical pipelines such as an offshore pipeline between two islands Yul-Do and Youngjong-Do, and a land branch of Pyoungtaek, Korea and it has been operating in real time.

A Study on Measurement of Internal Defects of Pressure Vessel by Digital Shearography(I) (전자 전단 간섭법을 이용한 압력용기의 내부결함 측정에 관한 연구(I))

  • Kang, Young-June;Park, Nak-Kyu;Ryu, Won-Jae;Kim, Kyung-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.393-401
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    • 2002
  • Pipelines in power plants, nuclear facilities and chemical industries are often affected by corrosion effects. It is important to inspect the internal defects in pipelines in oder to guarantee safe operational condition. We have taken relatively much time, cost and manpower to use conventional NDT methods because these methods are contact measuring methods. In this paper, we used digital shearography, a laser-based optical method which allows full-field measurement of surface displacement derivatives. This method has many advantages in practical use, such as low sensitivity to environmental noise, simple optical configuration and real time measurement. The experiment was performed with pressure vessels which has different internal cracks and detected internal cracks in the pressure vessels at a real time using phase shifting method.

Analysis on Signal Properties due to Concurrent Leaks at Two Points in Water Supply Pipelines (상수도 배관에서 두 지점의 동시 누수에 따른 신호특징 분석)

  • Lee, Young-Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2015
  • Intelligent leak detection is an essential component of a underground water supply pipeline network such as a smart water grid system. In this network, numerous leak detection sensors are needed to cover all of the pipelines in a specific area installed at specific regular distances. It is also necessary to determine the existence of any leaks and estimate its location within a short time after it occurs. In this study, the leak signal properties and feasibility of leak location detection were investigated when concurrent leaks occurred at two points in a pipeline. The straight distance between the two leak sensors in the 100A sized cast-iron pipeline was 315.6 m, and their signals were measured with one leak and two concurrent leaks. Each leak location was described after analyzing the frequency properties and cross-correlation of the measured signals.