• 제목/요약/키워드: Underwater structure

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PBIS: A Pre-Batched Inspection Strategy for spent nuclear fuel inspection robot

  • Bongsub Song;Jongwon Park;Dongwon Yun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권12호
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    • pp.4695-4702
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    • 2023
  • Nuclear power plants play a pivotal role in the global energy infrastructure, fulfilling a substantial share of the world's energy requirements in a sustainable way. The management of these facilities, especially the handling of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), necessitates meticulous inspections to guarantee operational safety and efficiency. However, the prevailing inspection methodologies lean heavily on human operators, which presents challenges due to the potential hazards of the SNF environment. This study introduces the design of a novel Pre-Batched Inspection Strategy (PBIS) that integrates robotic automation and image processing techniques to bolster the inspection process. This methodology deploys robotics to undertake tasks that could be perilous or time-intensive for humans, while image processing techniques are used for precise identification of SNF targets and regulating the robotic system. The implementation of PBIS holds considerable promise in minimizing inspection time and enhancing worker safety. This paper elaborates on the structure, capabilities, and application of PBIS, underlining its potential implications for the future of nuclear energy inspections.

샌드위치 구조를 가지는 복합재의 손실계수 향상을 위한 설계 (Design for Improving the Loss Factor of Composite with Sandwich Structure)

  • 이창민;전관수;강동석;김병준;김종훈;강명환;서영수
    • 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.235-241
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    • 2016
  • Underwater weapon system is required to structurally strong material, since as it is directly exposed to external shock. It should also be using the lightweight material in order to take advantage of buoyancy. Composite materials meet these requirements simultaneously. Particularly in the case of submarine, composite materials are widely used. It is important to have a high strength enough to be able to withstand external shock, but it is also important to attenuate it. In a method for the shock damping, viscoelastic damping materials are inserted between the high strength composite material as a sandwich structure. Shock attenuation can be evaluated in the loss factor. In ASTM(American Society of Testing Materials), evaluation method of the loss factor of cantilever specimens is specified. In this paper, mode tests of the cantilever are performed by the ASTM standard, in order to calculate the loss factor of the viscoelastic damping material by the specified expression. Further, for verifying of the calculated loss factor, mode test of compound beams is carried out. In addition, the characteristics of the material were analyzed the effect on the loss factor.

Buckling analysis and optimal structural design of supercavitating vehicles using finite element technology

  • Byun, Wan-Il;Kim, Min-Ki;Park, Kook-Jin;Kim, Seung-Jo;Chung, Min-Ho;Cho, Jin-Yeon;Park, Sung-Han
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.274-285
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    • 2011
  • The supercavitating vehicle is an underwater vehicle that is surrounded almost completely by a supercavity to reduce hydrodynamic drag substantially. Since the cruise speed of the vehicle is much higher than that of conventional submarines, the drag force is huge and a buckling may occur. The buckling phenomenon is analyzed in this study through static and dynamic approaches. Critical buckling load and pressure as well as buckling mode shapes are calculated using static buckling analysis and a stability map is obtained from dynamic buckling analysis. When the finite element method (FEM) is used for the buckling analysis, the solver requires a linear static solver and an eigenvalue solver. In this study, these two solvers are integrated and a consolidated buckling analysis module is constructed. Furthermore, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is combined in the buckling analysis module to perform a design optimization computation of a simplified supercavitating vehicle. The simplified configuration includes cylindrical shell structure with three stiffeners. The target for the design optimization process is to minimize total weight while maintaining the given structure buckling-free.

동해 왕돌초 주변 해역의 동계와 하계 식물플랑크톤 군집 분포 (The Community Structure of Phytoplankton in Winter and Summer Around Wangdol-cho)

  • 심정민;진현국;성기탁;황재동;윤석현;이용화;김영숙;권기영
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제17권12호
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    • pp.1403-1411
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    • 2008
  • Wangdol-cho, located 23 km offshore of Hupo in southwest of East Sea, is underwater rock floor, called to Wangdol-Am or Wangdol-Jam and has three tops as Mat-Jam, Middle-Jam and Set-Jam. The composition, abundance, diversity and community structure were investigated in winter and summer in 2002 around Wangdol-cho. The temperature around the Northwest and Southeast part of Wangdol-cho was influenced by the North Korea Cold Current (NKCC) and East Korea Warm Current (EKWC), respectively. Nutrient and chlorophyll-a concentration were higher at the top of Wangdol-cho than other area. A total of 41 genera and 78 species of phytoplankton were identified. The average cell abundance of phytoplankton in winter and summer were $286{\times}10^3\;cells/m^3,\;432{\times}10^3\;cells/m^3$ respectively. The largest community was Bacillariophyta containing 52 taxa. The dominant species were Lauderia anulata and Coscinodiscus spp. which preferred cold water in winter. In contrast, warm water species such as Rhizosolenia stolterfothii and Ceratium spp. were dominant in summer. The average species diversity index of phytoplankton in winter was higher than that in summer. According to dominant species and standing crops, phytoplankton community resulted in a clear separation. One group was western area, which showed low density, and the other was eastern area, which showed the higher density. The abundance and species composition of phytoplankton. were affected by topological characteristics around Wangdol-cho.

Buckling failure of cylindrical ring structures subjected to coupled hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures

  • Ping, Liu;Feng, Yang Xin;Ngamkhanong, Chayut
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • 제8권4호
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    • pp.345-360
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    • 2021
  • This paper presents an analytical approach to calculate the buckling load of the cylindrical ring structures subjected to both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures. Based on the conservative law of energy and Timoshenko beam theory, a theoretical formula, which can be used to evaluate the critical pressure of buckling, is first derived for the simplified cylindrical ring structures. It is assumed that the hydrodynamic pressure can be treated as an equivalent hydrostatic pressure as a cosine function along the perimeter while the thickness ratio is limited to 0.2. Note that this paper limits the deformed shape of the cylindrical ring structures to an elliptical shape. The proposed analytical solutions are then compared with the numerical simulations. The critical pressure is evaluated in this study considering two possible failure modes: ultimate failure and buckling failure. The results show that the proposed analytical solutions can correctly predict the critical pressure for both failure modes. However, it is not recommended to be used when the hydrostatic pressure is low or medium (less than 80% of the critical pressure) as the analytical solutions underestimate the critical pressure especially when the ultimate failure mode occurs. This implies that the proposed solutions can still be used properly when the subsea vehicles are located in the deep parts of the ocean where the hydrostatic pressure is high. The finding will further help improve the geometric design of subsea vehicles against both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressures to enhance its strength and stability when it moves underwater. It will also help to control the speed of the subsea vehicles especially they move close to the sea bottom to prevent a catastrophic failure.

수중글라이더를 활용한 동해 최초 연속 물성 단면 관측 보고 (Report about First Repeated Sectional Measurements of Water Property in the East Sea using Underwater Glider)

  • 임규창;박종진
    • 한국해양학회지:바다
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    • 제29권1호
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    • pp.56-76
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    • 2024
  • 동해에서 수행된 국내 최장기 수중글라이더 운용 및 연속 단면 관측 결과를 보고한다. 본 연구팀은 수중글라이더를 활용하여 2020년 9월 18일부터 12월 21일까지 총 95일 동안 국립수산과학원(NIFS) 정선 관측 106 라인에 거의 일치하는 37.9 °N 위도선을 따라 동경 129.1 °E ~ 131.5 °E 사이를 6회 왕복하는 국내 최초의 연속 물성 단면 관측을 성공리에 수행하였다. 본 수중글라이더는 2020년 9월 18일 129.1 °E 위치에서 투하되어 9월 19일부터 88일간의 비행 관측을 수행하였고, 2020년 12월 15일부터 6일간 129.2 °E 위치에서 위치 제어 유지(Virtual Mooring)후 회수되며 전체 운용을 마무리하였다. 표층부터 800 dbar 수심까지 톱니형태의 궤적을 그리면서 총 수평거리 2550 km를 비행하는 동안 글라이더의 경로 이탈은 RMS 거리 262 m를 벗어나지 않을 정도의 매우 안정적인 경로 추종 모드를 보여줬다. 비행 관측을 통해 획득한 총 12개의 고해상도 물성 횡단면 자료로부터 수온과 염분의 연속적인 변동이 보이는 아중규모 특성을 확인하였고, 국립수산과학원(NIFS)의 격월 선박 관측 자료와 비교함으로써 시공간 해상도 차이에 따른 뚜렷한 특성을 발견하였다. 첫째는 공간 해상도 차이에 따른 결과로 표층 전선역의 세기 및 이동, 수온약층 강화현상 등 아중규모 현상들이 글라이더 횡단면 자료에서만 뚜렷하게 관찰되었다. 이러한 아중규모 구조는 현행 선박 관측 자료의 정점 간격(25 km) 보다 작다는 특징이 있었는데, 동해 내 아중규모 구조의 이해를 위해서는 고해상도 관측이 필요함을 의미한다. 둘째는 시간 해상도 차이에 따른 결과로 글라이더 자료에서 추출한 평균 7일 간격의 수온과 염분 시계열이 대략 6주 주기를 갖는 월중변동(Intramonthly variation) 특성을 보인다는 것과 대략 1주 동안 급격한 관측치의 변동이 나타난다는 것을 확인하였다. 이는 격월 정선 관측 자료에는 확인되지 않는 특징이다. 따라서, 정선 관측해역의 물성 변동을 이해하기 위해서는 선박 관측과 비교하여 상대적으로 비용이 저렴하고 효율적인 글라이더 관측을 통한 보완이 필요하다고 여겨진다. 마지막으로 두 플랫폼 간 관측치의 편차를 확인하였는데, 이러한 편차의 요인을 공간 규모에 기초한 정점의 정의 및 시간 규모에 따른 변동성, 그리고 각 플랫폼의 CTD 측정 장비의 교정 관점에서 논하였다.

한강수계 댐호의 블루길, Lepomis macrochirus 개체군 구조 (Population Structure of Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus in Lakes of the Han River System, Korea)

  • 송호복;변명섭;강동원;장창열;문정숙;박혜경
    • 한국어류학회지
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.278-286
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    • 2012
  • 본 연구는 국내 수계에 심각한 위해를 가하고 있는 블루길의 효과적인 관리방안을 위한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 하였으며, 한강수계에 서식하는 개체군을 대상으로 2009년부터 2012년 사이에 연구를 실시하였다. 한강수계에 위치한 대부분의 댐호에는 불루길이 출현하였으며 하천의 경우 하류역에 국한되어 서식하였다. 각 댐호의 개체수 상대풍부도는 0.2~18.2%의 범위였으며 대부분의 댐호에서 아우점종이거나 우세종에 속하였다. 생체량 상대풍부도는 0.2~40.0%였다. 개체군 동태는 소양호와 팔당호는 r-전략형, 의암호와 청평호는 K-전략형, 충주호는 K-전략형에서 r-전략형으로 이행하는 단계로 판단되었다. 비만도와 체중-전장의 관계는 모두 양호한 상태를 나타내었다. 산란장은 집단을 형성하여 조성하였으며 산란둥지의 직경은 평균 42.4 cm, 깊이는 평균 9.7 cm였고, 둥지가 위치한 평균 수심은 56.3 cm, 수변으로부터의 거리는 평균 191.9 cm이었다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 블루길의 개체군 동향 예측과 번식생태 등을 파악하는데 유용한 자료가 될 것으로 본다.

Interactive Navigational Structures

  • Czaplewski, Krzysztof;Wisniewski, Zbigniew
    • 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.1
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    • pp.495-500
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    • 2006
  • Satellite systems for objects positioning appeared indispensable for performing basic tasks of maritime navigation. Navigation, understood as safe and effective conducting a vehicle from one point to another, within a specific physical-geographical environment. [Kopacz, $Urba{\acute{n}}ski$, 1998]. However, the systems have not solved the problem of accessibility to reliable and highly accurate information about a position of an object, especially if surveyed toward on-shore navigational signs or in sea depth. And it's of considerable significance for many navigational tasks, carried out within the frameworks of special works performance and submarine navigation. In addition, positioning precisely the objects other than vessels, while executing hydrographical works, is not always possible with a use of any satellite system. Difficulties with GPS application show up also while positioning such off-lying dangers as wrecks, underwater and aquatic rocks also other naturaland artificial obstacles. It is caused by impossibility of surveyors approaching directly any such object while its positioning. Moreover, determination of vessels positions mutually (mutual geometrical relations) by teams carrying out one common tasks at sea, demands applying the navigational techniques other than the satellite ones. Vessels'staying precisely on specified positions is of special importance in, among the others, the cases as follows: - surveying vessels while carrying out bathymetric works, wire dragging; - special tasks watercraft in course of carrying out scientific research, sea bottom exploration etc. The problems are essential for maritime economy and the Country defence readiness. Resolving them requires applying not only the satellite navigation methods, but also the terrestrial ones. The condition for implementation of the geo-navigation methods is at present the methods development both: in aspects of their techniques and technologies as well as survey data evaluation. Now, the classical geo-navigation comprises procedures, which meet out-of-date accuracy standards. To enable meeting the present-day requirements, the methods should refer to well-recognised and still developed methods of contemporary geodesy. Moreover, in a time of computerization and automation of calculating, it is feasible to create also such software, which could be applied in the integrated navigational systems, allowing carrying out navigation, provided with combinatory systems as well as with the new positioning methods. Whereas, as regards data evaluation, there should be applied the most advanced achievements in that subject; first of all the newest, although theoretically well-recognised estimation methods, including estimation [Hampel et al. 1986; $Wi{\acute{s}}niewski$ 2005; Yang 1997; Yang et al. 1999]. Such approach to the problem consisting in positioning a vehicle in motion and solid objects under observation enables an opportunity of creating dynamic and interactive navigational structures. The main subject of the theoretical suggested in this paper is the Interactive Navigational Structure. In this paper, the Structure will stand for the existing navigational signs systems, any observed solid objects and also vehicles, carrying out navigation (submarines inclusive), which, owing to mutual dependencies, (geometrical and physical) allow to determine coordinates of this new Structure's elements and to correct the already known coordinates of other elements.

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부유식 태양광 발전기의 패널과 부유체에 작용하는 풍하중과 유동특성 (Flow Characteristics and Wind Loads on the Solar Panel and Floating System of Floating Solar Generato)

  • 유대겸;이계복
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제20권10호
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    • pp.229-235
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    • 2019
  • 지구 환경문제와 자원 고갈에 따른 에너지 위기로 인해 화석 연료를 사용하지 않아 이산화탄소와 같은 온실가스 배출이 없는 청정 에너지원으로서 신재생 에너지는 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 부유식 태양광발전은 기존의 태양광 발전기술과 플로팅 기술을 융합한 신개념의 발전 방식이다. 종래의 육상이나, 건축물이 아닌 유휴수면에 설치하는 재생에너지원으로 구조체, 계류장치, 태양광 발전설비, 수중케이블 등으로 구성된다. 또한 단위모듈 형태로 설계되어 발전용량에 따라 단위모듈을 서로 연결하여 대규모 발전 시설을 조성할 수 있다. 태양광 발전기는 옥외에 설치되기 때문에 구조물에 대한 풍하중의 영향이 매우 크다. 본 연구에서는 부유식 태양광 발전 구조물에 큰 영향을 주는 풍하중을 전산유체역학을 통해 해석하였다. 유동 특성과 풍하중에 대한 풍향과 경사각의 영향을 분석하였다. 모듈의 개수와 바람의 방향에 따라 최대 하중을 받는 위치와 크기 그리고 태양광 패널과 부유체 주위의 유동 특성을 구하였다. 태양광 패널의 지면에 대한 경사각이 클수록 풍하중은 증가하였다.

케이블의 곡률 측정을 위한 새로운 형태의 광섬유 마이크로벤드 센서 개발 (Novel Fiber Optic Microbend Sensor for the Measurement of Cable's Curvature)

  • 오상우;최혁진
    • 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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    • 제12권4호
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    • pp.289-295
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    • 2009
  • 본 연구에서는 케이블의 굽힘 정도를 광섬유의 마이크로벤드 특성을 이용하여 측정할 수 있는 방법과 이를 적용한 실험 결과를 제시한다. 케이블의 양방향 굽힘 측정을 위해 굽힘시 동일한 강도와 크기의 마이크로벤드 현상을 광섬유에 일으킬 수 있는 새로운 형태의 구조를 설계하였고, 이를 반영한 측정 장치로 케이블의 곡률이 $0.1\;cm^{-1}$부터 $0.4\;cm^{-1}$인 범위 내에서 증가함에 따라 광신호의 크기가 감쇠함을 실험을 통해 확인하였다. 또한 제안된 센서의 분산측정 적용을 위해, OTDR을 이용하여 케이블의 곡률별로 구분된 굽힘 지점들에서 반사된 광 펄스 신호들의 크기를 측정하여 기준 측정값과의 비교를 통해 분산 센서로의 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

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