• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2021

To improve corrosion resistance and reduce the hydrogen uptake of 22MnB5, up to 5% Mg was added to the AlSi coating of 22MnB5. After hot-stamping and electrocoating were done on the metallic-coated specimen, the surface characteristics of the steel, hydrogen uptake content, and corrosion resistance were examined by transmittance electron microscopy, thermal desorption spectrometry, cyclic corrosion testing, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Mg was investigated as MgO on the surface layer after hot-stamping while it existed as Mg₂Si before hot-stamping. The total hydrogen content of 22MnB5 was decreased along with the Mg content. However, there was no difference at 0.2 wt% or more. When a small amount of Mg was added, the coating corrosion resistance was decreased, but when it was added at around 1.0 wt%, the greatest corrosion resistance increase was seen. However, when 3 wt% or more was added excessively, the corrosion resistance was decreased. MgO on the surface was considered to suppress H uptake by the AlSi melting solution and increase the barrier effect of the coating.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.410-416
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• 2010

Studies were carried out to establish the technology for sodium-clad compatibility and to analyze the compatibility behavior of the Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) cladding material under a flowing sodium environment. The natural circulation facility caused by the thermal convection of the liquid sodium was constructed and the 316-series stainless steels were exposed at $650{^{\circ}C}$ liquid sodium for 1458 hours. The weight change and related microstructural change were analyzed. The results showed that the quasi-dynamic facility represented by the natural convection exhibited similar results compared to the conventional dynamic facility. Selective leaching and local depletion of the chromium, re-distribution of the carbide, and the decarburization process took place in the 316-series stainless steel under a flowing sodium environment. This process decreased as the sodium flowed along the channel, which was caused by the change in the dissolved oxygen and carbon activity in the liquid sodium.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.347-354
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• 2016

가스 터빈은 기동 및 정지 횟수가 많기 때문에 열피로나 취화 현상으로 인한 가스터빈 케이싱의 균열 또는 케이싱의 플랜지면에서 고온고압 가스의 누설이 발생할 가능성이 높다. 따라서 가스터빈 케이싱의 구조안전성 및 플랜지면에서의 누설평가는 반드시 수행되어야 하는 부분이다. 본 논문에서는 유한요소해석을 바탕으로 터빈 케이싱의 ASME B&PVC VIII-2 구조안전성 평가 및 접촉압력을 통한 누설 평가 그리고 볼트의 구조안전성 평가를 진행하였다. 또한 가스터빈 케이싱의 유한요소모델링 및 해석/평가 방법을 제안하여 가스터빈 개발에 활용할 수 있게 하였다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.902-910
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• 2002

Cast stainless steel may experience embrittlement when it is exposed approximately to 300$\^{C}$ for a long period. In the present investigation, the three classes of the thermally-aged CF8M specimen were prepared using an artificially-accelerated aging method. After the specimens were held for 300, 1800 and 3600hrs. at 430$\^{C}$, respectively, the specimens were quenched in water which is at room temperature. Load versus load line displacement curves and J-R curves were obtained using the unloading compliance method. talc values were obtained using the ASTM E813-87 and ASTM E 813-81 methods. In addition to these methods, talc values were obtained using the SZW (stretch zone width) method described in JSME S 001-1981. The results of the unloading compliance method are J$\_$Q/=543.9kJ/㎡ for virgin materials. The values of J$\_$IC/ for the degraded materials at 300, 1800 and 3600hrs. are obtained 369.25kJ/㎡, 311.02kJ/㎡, 276.7kJ/㎡, respectively. The results obtained by the SZW method are compared with those obtained by the unloading compliance method. Both results are quite similar. Through the elastic-plastic fracture toughness test, it is found that the value of loc is decreased with an increase of the aging time.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.742-754
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• 2020

Zircaloy cladding oxidation is an important phenomenon for both design basis accident and severe accidents, because it results in cladding embrittlement and rapid fuel temperature escalation. For this reason during the last decade, many experts have been conducting experiments to identify the oxidation phenomena that occur under design basis accidents and to develop mathematical analysis models. However, since the study of design extension conditions (DEC) is relatively insufficient, it is essential to develop and validate a physical and mathematical model simulating the oxidation of the cladding material at high temperatures. In this study, the QUENCH-05 and -06 experiments were utilized to develop the best-fitted oxidation model and to validate the SPACE code modified with it under the design extension condition. It is found out that the cladding temperature and oxidation thickness predicted by the Cathcart-Pawel oxidation model at low temperature (T < 1853 K) and Urbanic-Heidrick at high temperature (T > 1853 K) were in excellent agreement with the data of the QUENCH experiments. For 'LOCA without SI' (Safety Injection) accidents, which should be considered in design extension conditions, it has been performed the evaluation of the operator action time to prevent core melting for the APR1400 plant using the modified SPACE. For the 'LBLOCA without SI' and 'SBLOCA without SI' accidents, it has been performed that sensitivity analysis for the operator action time in terms of the number of SIT (Safety Injection Tank), the recovery number of the SIP (Safety Injection Pump), and the break sizes for the SBLOCA. Also, with the extended acceptance criteria, it has been evaluated the available operator action time margin and the power margin. It is confirmed that the power can be enabled to uprate about 12% through best-estimate calculations.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.70-74
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• 2023

The Small Punch Test (SPT) was developed to evaluate the softening and embrittlement of materials such as power plants and nuclear fusion reactors by taking samples in the field. Specimens used in the SPT are very thin and small disk-shaped compared to specimens for general tensile test, and thus have economic advantages in terms of miniaturization and repeatability of the test. The cryogenic SPT can also be miniaturized and has a significantly lower heat capacity than conventional universal test machines. This leads to reduced cooling and warm-up times. In this study, the cryogenic SPT was developed by modifying the existing room temperature SPT to be cooled by liquid nitrogen using a super bellows and a thermal insulation structure. Since the cryogenic SPT was first developed, basic experiments were conducted to verify the effectiveness of it. For the validation, aluminum alloy 6061- T6 specimens were tested for mechanical properties at room and cryogenic temperature. The results of the corrected tensile properties from the SPT experiment results were compared with known room temperature and cryogenic properties. Based on the correction results, the effectiveness of the cryogenic SPT test was confirmed, and the surface fracture characteristics of the material were analyzed using a 3d image scanner. In the future, we plan to conduct property evaluation according to the development of various alloy materials.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.160-165
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• 2006

니켈 분말을 이용하여 제조된 다공성 니켈 지지체 위에 팔라듐-구리-니켈 합금 수소 분리막을 제조하였다. 다공성 니켈 지지체는 열적안정성과 수소취성에 강한 모습을 나타내었으며, 다공성 니켈 지지체에 기존의 습식 방식인 염산에 의한 표면 전처리 방식을 건식 방식인 플라즈마 표면개질로 대체하였다. 다공성 니켈 지지체의 기공을 매립하기 위해 전해도금방식으로 $2{\mu}m$의 두께로 코팅하였으며, 그 후 니켈 도금된 지지체 위에 스퍼터 방식으로 팔라듐을 $4{\mu}m$, 구리를 $0.5{\mu}m$의 두께로 코팅하였다. 이와 같이 제조된 시편을 $700^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 구리 리플로우를 통해 미세기공이 없는 매우 치밀한 팔라듐-구리-니켈 합금 분리막을 제조하였다. 그 결과 팔라듐-구리-니켈 합금 수소분리막은 다공성 니켈지지체와 좋은 접착성을 가지고 있으며 수소-질소 혼합가스에서 무한대의 분리도 값을 나타내었다.