• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1200-1209
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• 2003

In this paper, a unified methodology based on the local stress concept to estimate residual strength of locally thinned pipes. An underlying idea of the proposed methodology is that the local stress in the minimum section for locally thinned pipe is related to the reference stress, popularly used in creep problems. Then the problem remains how to define the reference stress, that is the reference load. Extensive three-dimensional finite element (FE) analyses were performed to simulate full-scale pipe tests conducted for various shapes of wall thinned area under internal pressure and bending moment. Based on these FE results, the reference load is proposed, which is independent of materials. A natural outcome of this method is the maximum load capacity. By comparing with existing test results, it is shown that the reference stress is related to the fracture stress, which in turn can be posed as the fracture criterion of locally thinned pipes. The proposed method is powerful as it can be easily generalised to more complex problems, such as pipe bends and tee-joints.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-43
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• 1993

우리나라 전체 산림(山林)의 약 67%가 II 영급(齡級)이하의 유령림(幼齡林)이며 흉고직경(胸高直徑) 16cm이하의 간벌(間伐) 소경재(小徑材)를 생산할 수 있는 III 영급(齡級)까지 합산하면 전체 산림(山林)의 90%이상을 차지한다. 그러므로 본연구에서는 간벌재(間伐材)와 소경재(小徑材)가 밀접한 연계성(連繫性)을 가지고 있음을 감안하여 우리나라 간벌재(間伐材) 생산(生産)의 실태분석(實態分析), 문제점(問題點) 및 개선책(改善策), 그리고 건의사항(建議事項)등을 제시해 보았다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권10호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2014

패브리 패롯형 공진기 안테나의 스캔특성에 대하여 공진기내에 위치하는 $4{\times}1$ thinned 배열 급전에 대하여 분석하였다. FPC 배열 안테나는 높은 이득과 낮은 부엽 레벨을 갖는다. 그러나 스캔각도는 유사 구조의 패치 배열 안테나보다 약 14-17% 작은 값을 나타낸다. 이는 FPC 구조에서 존재하는 상호 커플링 특성 때문이다. 개방형 배열과는 달리 FPC 배열 구조는 1.0 파장 간격이상의 요소간의 거리에서도 그레이팅 로브가 생성되지 않는 장점을 나타내었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.1393-1400
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• 2009

The objective of this study is to validate local failure criteria, which were proposed based on the notched-bar specimen tests combining with finite element (FE) simulations, using the results of real-scale pipe failure tests. This study conducted burst test using wall-thinned pipe specimens, which were made of 4 inch Sch.80 ASTM A106 Gr.B carbon steel pipe, under simple internal pressure at ambient temperature and performed associated FE simulations. Failure pressures were estimated by applying the failure criteria to the results of FE simulations and were compared with experimental failure pressures. It showed that the local stress based criterion, given as true ultimate tensile stress of material, accurately estimated the failure pressure of wall-thinned pipe specimens. However, the local strain based criterion, which is fracture strain of material as a function of stress tri-axiality, could not predict the failure pressure. It was confirmed that the local stress based criterion is reliably applicable to estimation of failure pressure of local wall-thinned piping components.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권11호
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• pp.2678-2685
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• 2020

The pipe bends and elbows in nuclear power plants (NPPs) are vulnerable to degradation mechanisms and can cause wall-thinning defects. As it is difficult to detect both the defects generated inside the wall-thinned pipes and the preliminary signs, the wall-thinning defects should be accurately estimated to maintain the integrity of NPPs. This paper proposes a deep fuzzy neural network (DFNN) method and estimates the collapse moment of wall-thinned pipe bends and elbows. The proposed model has a simplified structure in which the fuzzy neural network module is repeatedly connected, and it is optimized using the least squares method and genetic algorithm. Numerical data obtained through simulations on the pipe bends and elbows with extrados, intrados, and crown defects were applied to the DFNN model to estimate the collapse moment. The acquired databases were divided into training, optimization, and test datasets and used to train and verify the estimation model. Consequently, the relative root mean square (RMS) errors of the estimated collapse moment at all the defect locations were within 0.25% for the test data. Such a low RMS error indicates that the DFNN model is accurate in estimating the collapse moment for wall-thinned pipe bends and elbows.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1399-1406
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• 2005

Recently authors have proposed a new method to estimate failure strength of a pipe with local wall thinning subject to either internal pressure or global bending. The proposed method was based on the equivalent stress averaged over the minimum ligament in the locally wall thinned region, and the simple scheme to estimate the equivalent stress in the minimum ligament was proposed, based on the reference stress concept. This paper extends the new method to combined internal pressure and global bending. The proposed method is validated against FE results for various geometries of local wall thinning under combined loading. The effect of internal pressure is also investigated in the present study. Comparison of maximum moments, predicted according to the proposed method, with published full-scale pipe test data fur locally wall-thinned pipes under combined internal pressure and global bending, shows good agreement.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권9호
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• pp.1293-1298
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 인공감육엘보에 대해 내압 및 굽힘의 복합하중을 작용시킨 실 배관 실증실험으로부터 생성한 회전각 대비 모멘트 곡선으로부터 감육결함 엘보에서 소성변형이 시작되는 1 배탄성구배법에 기초한 OES 탄성하중과 2 배탄성구배법에 기초한 TES 소성하중의 거동 및 상관관계를 살펴보았다. ASME 에서도 제시하고 있는 TES 소성하중은 균열손상에 따른 배관계통 구조 건전성 상실을 배제하면서도 지속사용을 허용할 수 있는 대체 관리 기준으로서 적합한 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권3_1spc호
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• pp.518-524
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• 2013

Recently, probabilistic assessments of nuclear power plant components have generated interest in the nuclear industries, either for the efficient inspection and maintenance of older nuclear plants or for improving the safety and cost-effective design of newly constructed nuclear plants. In the present paper, the partial safety factor (PSF) of wall-thinned nuclear piping is evaluated based on a reliability index method, from which the effect of each statistical variable (assessment parameter) on a certain target probability is evaluated. In order to calculate the PSF of a wall-thinned pipe, a limit state function based on the load and resistance factor design (LRFD) concept is first constructed. As for the reliability assessment method, both the advanced first-order second moment (AFOSM) method and second-order reliability method (SORM) are employed to determine the PSF of each probabilistic variable. The present results can be used for developing maintenance strategies considering the priorities of input variables for structural integrity assessments of wall-thinned piping, and this PSF concept can also be applied to the optimal design of the components of newly constructed plants considering the target reliability levels.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2002

본 연구는 한국산 주요 수종의 간벌재 및 목질재료 탄화물의 흡착 특성과 기본적인 성질과의 관계를 검토하였다. 탄화온도가 높아지고, 탄화시간이 길어짐에 따라 국산 간벌재 탄화물의 메틸렌블루 흡착량(MBA)이 증가하는 경향을 보였지만, 탄화온도 600℃에서 최고치를 보이는 목재 수종도 있었다. 수종간 MBA에는 큰 차이가 있었는데 가장 큰 값은 잣나무 탄화물(134 m²/g)이였고, 가장 작은 값은 굴참나무 탄화물(34 m²/g)이였다. 또한 침엽수재는 활엽수재보다 높은 MBA를 나타냈으며, MBA와 탄화전 간벌재의 기건비중과는 부의 상관성을 나타냈다. 목질재료 탄화물의 MBA도 탄화온도가 높아지고, 탄화시간이 길어짐에 따라 증가하는 경향을 보였고, 목질 재료간 MBA의 차이는 크지 않았다. 목질재료 탄화물의 MBA는 간벌재 탄화물에 비해 낮은 수준을 나타내는 것으로 드러났다. 탄화온도가 높아지고, 탄화시간이 길어짐에 따라 간벌재 및 목질재료 탄화물의 비표면적, 총세공용적은 증가하는 경향을 보였고, 탄화온도 600℃에서 MBA의 최고치를 보인 수종은 비표면적도 같은 온도에서 최고치를 나타냈다. MBA와 비표면적 및 총 세공용적간에는 정의 상관을 보였다. 목질재료 탄화물에는 주로 미세 세공이 발달하는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제48권10호
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• pp.1349-1355
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• 1999

A power distribution facility map is drawn on cadastral map. Besides, grid lines are added on the map for sectionalization. For automatic recognition of the map, we first extract recognizing regions. In this paper, we propose an extraction method of recognizing regions by partially extending thinned image. The proposed method is consist of three phases, binarization phase, thinning phase and partial extending phase. The first phase generate a binary image using threshold value which is obtained by histogram analysis. The binary image contains many part of recognizing regions, but not all. The second phase generate thinned image which is generated by appling thinning operator to the binary image. And the third phase extends thinned image from terminal point until satisfying termination condition. The proposed method is tested on several power distribution facility maps, and the results are presented.