• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.533-542
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• 2006

In order to assess the integrity of pipes with local thinning area, the plastic strain as well as the elastic strain at the root of thinned region are required particularly when fluctuating load is applied to the pipe. For estimating elastic-plastic strain at local wall thinning area in a straight pipe under tensile load, an estimation model with idealized fully circumferential constant depth wall thinning area is proposed. Based on the compatibility and equilibrium equations a nonlinear estimation equation, from which local elastic-plastic strain can be determined as a function of pipe/defect geometry, material and the applied strain was derived. Estimation results are compared with those from detailed elastic-plastic finite element analysis, which shows good agreements. Noting that practical wall thinning in nuclear piping has not only a circular shape but also a finite circumferential length, the proposed solution for the ideal geometry is extended based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical analysis of pipes with circular wall thinning.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2005

Fracture behavior and pipe strength are very important to the integrity of energy plants, ocean structures, and so forth. The pipes of energy plants and ocean structures are subject to local wall thinning, resulting from severe erosion-corrosion damage. Recently, the effects of local wall thinning on fracture strength and fracture behavior of piping systems have been the focus of many studies. In this paper, the elasto-plastic analysis is performed by FE code ANSYS on straight pipes with wall thinning. We evaluated the failure mode, fracture strength and fracture behavior, using FE analysis. Also, the effect of the axial strain on deformations and failure modes was estimated by FE analysis.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.134-139
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• 2002

Fracture behaviors of pipes with local wall thinning are very important for the integrity of nuclear power plant. However, effects of local wall thinning on strength and fracture behaviors of piping system were not well studied. Acoustic emission(AE) has been widely used in various fields because of its extreme sensitivity, dynamic detection ability and location of growing defects. In this study, we investigated failure modes of locally wall thinned pipes and AE signals by bending test. From test results, we could be divided four types of failure modes of ovalization, crack initiation after ovalization, local buckling and crack initiation after local buckling. And fracture behaviors such as elastic region, yielding range, plastic deformation range and crack progress could be evaluated by AE counts, accumulative counts and time-frequency analysis during bending test. It is expected to be basic data that can protect a risk according to local wall thinning of pipes, as a real time test of AE.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.370-376
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• 2016

구조물 표면은 부식으로 인하여, 크랙이나 감육이 발생할 수 있으며, 이로 인하여 구조물의 파단으로 귀결되어 많은 인명 피해와 재산 손실을 초래할 수 있다. 이에 따라, 박판 구조물이나 배관 구조물과 같이 검사 면적에 비해 두께가 얇은 구조물에 대한 레이저 영상화 기법은 최근 10여년간 꾸준히 연구가 진행되었다. 가장 많이 사용되는 방법으로는 펄스 레이저를 이용한 영상화 시스템이다. 이 방법을 이용하여 평판 구조물, 배관 등 다양한 구조물을 스캐닝하여 비교적 짧은 시간에 원하는 영역을 검사하고 영상화하는 기법이 개발되었다. 하지만, 이 기법은 음파가 결함에 의해 반사되는 반사파를 이용하여 영상화하는 기법으로 검사 위치마다 수 ms의 시간지연이 필요하며, 검사 위치마다 레이저 빔을 집속해주는 렌즈가 필요하여 고가의 복잡한 시스템이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 연속 가진기법을 이용하여 구조물에 정상파(standing wave)를 가진하고, 이 정상파를 위치별로 스캐닝하여 결함을 영상화하는 기술을 제안하였다. 평판 구조물에 두께가 변화하는 결함을 인공적으로 삽입하여, 제안된 기술의 두께 변화 탐지 가능성을 제시하였다.