• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.209-217
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• 2015

Generally welding is one of the most important processes to have a strong influence on the quality and productivity from a manufacture-based industry such as shipbuilding, automotive and machinery. The GMA(Gas Metal Arc) welding process involves large number of interdependent welding parameters which may affect product quality, productivity and cost effectiveness. To solve such problems, mathematical models are required to select the welding parameters for GMA welding process. In this study, the GMA welding process was studied using the information generated during the welding. The statistical analysis of a generalized regression approach was conducted by the following three methods: Firstly using the mathematical model (linear regression, 2nd regression); Secondly GA(Genetic Algorithm) with intelligent models; And finally using response surface analysis of models to develop the relationships between welding parameters and bead width as welding quality.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.53-58
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• 2001

This study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of flame retardant for fire precaution from sparks at welding-cutting process in industry sites such as shipbuilding yard and chemical factory. As the results of the performance experiment, six kinds of welding blanket in samples that are used commercially had enough in the performance of flame retardant. Nevertheless, the performance to fire precaution un welding blanket shows that the coaling product of two kinds with fiber glass is not sufficient. The lower oxygen index to welding blanket is considered that it is more than 30 in domestic standard. We suggested that the performance improvement of flame retardant for welding blanket need continuously, and the guideline of the flame retardant to welding blanket should be considered and established.

• Special Issue of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• 2011.09a
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• pp.12-16
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• 2011

During the shipbuilding construction, the repair works will be occurred by various reasons such as the natural disaster, mistakes of engineers or workers, defect of material, and so on. The one of the engineer's responsibilities is to design considering every possibility and to prevent the repair works due to the mistakes during construction stages, but actually it is very difficult and impossible to avoid every mistake. However, it is also the responsibility of engineers to find the best solution for the unavoidable mistakes which is to maintain the capacity of vessel and guarantee the safety for the repair works considering the construction schedules and economic cost. In this paper, it will be introduced the brief of repair works to the structural damage of the moon-pool structure in drillship which is built in our shipyard. For the verification of the structural strength, the fatigue analysis has been carried out based on the guide of Classification society. Furthermore, the modifications of structure design and welding procedure have been applied to avoid the stress concentration in the moon-pool structure.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.245-256
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• 2014

I-core sandwich panel that has been used more widely is assembled using high power $CO_2$ laser welding. Kim et al. (2013) proposed a circular cone type heat source model for the T-joint laser welding between face plate and core. It can cover the negative defocus which is commonly adopted in T-joint laser welding to provide deeper penetration. In part I, a volumetric heat source model is proposed and it is verified thorough a comparison of melting zone on the cross section with experiment results. The proposed model can be used for heat transfer analysis and thermal elasto-plastic analysis to predict welding deformation that occurs during laser welding. In terms of computational time, since the thermal elasto-plastic analysis using 3D solid elements is quite time consuming, shell element model with multi-layers have been employed instead. However, the conventional layered approach is not appropriate for the application of heat load at T-Joint. This paper, Part II, suggests a new method to arrange different number of layers for face plate and core in order to impose heat load only to the face plate.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.505-510
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• 2002

The Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a new joining method that was developed at The Welding Institute (TWI) in England in 1991. It applied heating by the rotational friction and material plastic flow. It was developed as a new joining method to solve the problems of epochally in the welding of Al alloys. In the study, 6000series of Alloy composed of AI-Mg-Si, one of the Al alloys that are utilized for shipbuilding and construction, is selected as a specimen and the numerical is executed against the welded zone of FSW. The material used in this study had the unique properties of strength and anti-corrosion, but since the welded joint of this material is easily softened by the welding heat, FSW is executed and the numerical analysis is carried out around the joint. To examine the mechanical behaviors and properties, F.E.M analysis is executed and the developed thermal-elastic-plastic [mite analysis are used.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.92-93
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• 2006

In recent time there are vigorous requirement for the use of thick steel plate in various industrial fields including shipbuilding industry. Application of TMCP steel plates, especially, is increase progressively. As a welding process for thick steel plate assembly high heat input welding method is used. However, HAZ softening of TMCP steel plates has a possibility to reduce the strength of welded joint. In this study, therefore, tensile strength of TMCP welds had softened HAZ was examined using numerical calculation and experiment.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.111-121
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• 1997

This paper is aimed to prose a welding information system which is usable for ship design and production processes. For this work, the welding information related to shipbuilding is analyzed systematically. Database system and object-oriented paradigm are integrated to describe the welding information model of ship structure. Event-driven programming technique and graphical user interface are used to provide the richer interactive environment and the flexibility for the application. Test program is developed to verify the consistency of the created model and to see the effectiveness of the used programming technique.

• IE interfaces
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.267-273
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• 2011

In the shipbuilding industry, since production processes are so complicated that the data collection for decision making cannot be fully automated, most of production planning and controls are based on the information provided only by field workers. Therefore, without sufficient information it is very difficult to manage the whole production process efficiently. Job status is one of the most important information used for evaluating the remaining processing time in production control, specifically, in block assembly shop. Currently, it is checked by a production manager manually and production planning is modified based on that information, which might cause a delay in production control, resulting in performance degradation. Motivated by these remarks, in this paper we propose an efficient algorithm for identifying job status in block assembly shop for shipbuilding. The algorithm is based on the multi-layer perceptron neural network model using two key factors for input parameters. We showed the superiority of the algorithm by using a numerical experiment, based on real data collected from block assembly shop.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.15-15
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• 2009

최근 컨테이너선은 점차 대형화되고 있으며, 이에 따라 선체의 외판 상부의 철판 두께도 최대 80mm 까지 설계되고 있다. 블록 외판의 수직 맞대기 용접의 경우 고능률 용접기법인 Electro Gas Weldig(이하 EGW)이 적용되고 있으나, 극 후판의 경우, 기존의 한 개의 전극만으로는 적용 가능한 두께 범위의 한계가 있어 수직 맞대기 용접의 용접생산을 향상시키기 위해 2개의 전극을 사용하는 탄뎀 EGW 기법에 의한 시공법이 고려되었다. 탄뎀 EGW 기법의 시공법에 관한 보고서는 국내외에서 많이 발표되어져 왔다. 하지만 실선 적용에 있어 두께 80mm, 길이 2M 이상의 철판을 안정적으로 용접하기 위한 장애요소는 용접 중 적절한 슬래그의 배출 조절이다. 두개의 용접 와이어를 동시에 공급할 때 발생하는 슬래그를 균형있게 배출하지 못하는 경우 용융, 금속 상부에 적층되는 슬래그의 양이 증가하게 되고, 아크는 불안해져서 전극팁에의 슬래그 부착, 전극 팁의 발열 등에 의한 요인들이 송급을 불안하게 하여 연속 용접이 어려워진다. 본 연구에서는 탄뎀 EGW 기법을 실제로 현업에 적용하기 위해서는 안정적인 슬래그 배출에 착안하여 동당금의 형상에 따라 슬래그의 배출 성능을 확인하고 형상별 전류, 전압 파형을 측정하고, 파형 결과에 따라 아크 안정성을 평가함으로서 탄뎀 EGW 용접기법에 적정한 동당금을 설계한 결과를 소개하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.10
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• pp.1190-1199
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• 2014

As a considerable, experimental approach, an autocarriage type of $CO_2$ welding machine and a MIG(metal inert gas) welding robot in the inert gas atmosphere were utilized in order to realize Al 5083 welding to hull and relevant components of green leisure ships. This study aims at investigating the effect of welding conditions(current, voltage, welding speed, etc.) on thermal deformation that occurs as welding operation and tensile characteristics after welding, by using Al 5083, nonferrous material, applied to manufacturing of eco-environmental leisure ships. With respect to welding condition to minimize the thermal deformation, 150 A and 16 V at the wire-feed rate of 6 mm/sec were acquired in the process of welding Al 5083 through an auto carriage type of $CO_2$ welding feeder. As to tensile characteristics of Al 5083 welding through a MIG welding robot, most of tensile specimens showed the fracture behavior on HAZ(heat affected zone) located at the area joined with weld metal, except for some cases. Especially, for the case of the Al specimen with 5 mm thickness, 284.62 MPa of tensile strength and 11.41 % of elongation were obtained as an actual allowable tensile stress-strain value. Mostly, after acquiring the optimum welding condition, the relevant welding data and technical requirements might be provided for actual welding operation site and welding procedure specification (WPS).