• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.135-135
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• 2015

Tubes are of extreme importance in industries as for fluid channels or wave guides. Furthermore, some weapon systems such as cannons use the tubes as gun barrels. To increase the service life of such tubes, a protective coating must be applied to the tubes' inner surface. However, the coating methods applicable to the inner surface of the tubes are very limited due to the geometrical restriction. A small-diameter cylindrical magnetron sputtering gun can be used to deposit coating layers on the inner surface of the large-bore tubes. However, for small-bore tubes with the inner diameter of one inch (~25 mm), the magnetron sputtering method can hardly be accommodated due to the space limitation for permanent magnet assembly. In this study, a new approach to coat the inner surface of small-bore tubes with the inside diameter of one inch was developed. Instead of using permanent magnets for magnetron operation, an external electro-magnet assembly was adopted around the tube to confine the plasma and to sustain the discharge. The electro-magnet was operated in pulse mode to provide the strong axial magnetic field for the magnetron operation, which was synchronized with the negative high-voltage pulse applied to the water-cooled coaxial sputtering target installed inside the tube. By moving the electro-magnet assembly along the tube's axial direction, the inner surface of the tube could be uniformly coated. The inner-surface coating system in this study used the tube itself as the vacuum chamber. The SS-304 tube's inner diameter was 22 mm and the length was ~1 m. A water-cooled Cu tube (sputtering target) of the outer diameter of 12 mm was installed inside of the SS tube (substrate) at the axial position. The 50 mm-long electro-magnet assembly was fed by a current pulse of 250 A at the frequency and pulse width of 100 Hz and 100 usec, respectively. The calculated axial magnetic field strength at the center was ~0.6 Tesla. The central Cu tube was synchronously driven by a HiPIMS power supply at the same frequency of 100 Hz as the electro-magnet and the applied pulse voltage was -1200 V with a pulse width of 500 usec. At 150 mTorr of Ar pressure, the Cu deposition rate of ~10 nm/min could be obtained. In this talk, a new method to sputter coat the inner surface of small-bore tubes would be presented and discussed, which might have broad industrial and military application areas.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권9호
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• pp.2054-2063
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• 2020

The high-temperature oxidation behavior of ZrSi₂ used as a coating material for nuclear fuel cladding was investigated for developing accident-tolerant fuel cladding of light water reactors. Bulk ZrSi₂ samples were prepared by spark plasma sintering. In situ X-ray diffraction was conducted in air at 900, 1000, and 1100 ℃ for 20 h. The microstructures of the samples before and after oxidation were examined by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the oxide layer of zirconium silicide exhibited a layer-by-layer structure of crystalline ZrO₂ and amorphous SiO₂, and the high-temperature oxidation resistance was superior to that of Zircaloy-4 owing to the SiO₂ layer formed. ZrSi₂ was coated on the Zircaloy-4 tube surface using laser 3D printing, and the coated tube was oxidized for 2000 s at 1200 ℃ under a vapor/argon mixture atmosphere. The outer surface of the coated tube was hardly oxidized (10-30 ㎛), while the inner surface of the uncoated tube was significantly oxidized to approximately 300 ㎛.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.747-754
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• 2017

본 논문은 강관과 콘크리트가 함께 축력에 저항하는 합리적인 콘크리트 강관구조형식에 대해 무피복상태에서 내화성능을 높이는 연구이다. 콘크리트 강관구조는 내부 콘크리트로 인한 열저항 성능이 매우 우수하지만, 국내에서는 일정시간 동안 내화성능을 확보하도록 규정하고 있는 내화구조시스템으로 피복처리가 되지 않는 상태에서는 활발하게 적용되지 못하고 있다. 따라서 콘크리트충전 강관구조 기둥의 구조성능을 향상시키기 위하여 강관 내측면에 부착하는 리브요소를 개발하고 그것의 효과적인 형상을 개발하는 연구로서 콘크리트 강관기둥 내측면에 Corrugated Rib를 부착하여 구조적압축 및 좌굴 저항능력을 향상시키는 CFT 시스템을 개발하고자 한다. 이에 대한 연구 결과, 강관 내면 부착 리브의 적용으로 내화시 CFT 기둥의 내력상승에 의한 좌굴방지를 확인하였고, 내화성능기준 또한 만족하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 개발된 강재리브(Corrugate rib)구조 보강재를 활용한 CFT의 공법은 내화피복 없이 구조 및 내화성능을 만족시키는 것으로 판단된다. 향후 rib의 다양한 형태를 변수로 하는 연구와 공장생산에서 공정을 효율화 시키고, 경제성 있는 시스템으로 활용할 수 있도록 추가 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.