• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.421-431
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• 2022

Concrete slab cracks monitoring of modern high-speed railway is important for safety and reliability of train operation, to prevent catastrophic failure, and to reduce maintenance costs. This paper proposes a curvature filtering improved crack detection method in concrete slabs of high-speed railway via graph-based anomalies calculation. Firstly, large curvature information contained in the images is extracted for the crack identification based on an improved curvature filtering method. Secondly, a graph-based model is developed for the image sub-blocks anomalies calculation where the baseline of the sub-blocks is acquired by crack-free samples. Once the anomaly is large than the acquired baseline, the sub-block is considered as crack-contained block. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method performs better than convolutional neural network method even under different curvature structures and illumination conditions. This work therefore provides a useful tool for concrete slabs crack detection and is broadly applicable to variety of infrastructure systems.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1873-1880
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• 2001

The effects of restraint of pressure induced bending(PIB) on crack opening for circumferential through-wall crack in a pipe were investigated. In this study, the elastic and elastic-plastic finite element analyses were performed to evaluate crack opening displacement(COD) for various restraint conditions and crack size. The results showed the restraint of PIB decreased crack opening for a given crack size and tensile stress, and the decrease in crack opening was considerable for large crack and short restraint length. A1so, the effect was more significant in tole results of elastic-plastic analysis compared with in the elastic analysis results. In the elastic-plastic analysis results, tole restraint effect was increased with increasing applied tensile stress corresponding to internal pressure. Additionally, the restraint effect on COD was independent on the variation in pipe diameter and decreased with increasing pipe thickness, and It depended on not total restraint length but shorter restraint length for non-symmetrically restrained.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.1078-1084
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• 2005

The relationship between fatigue crack opening behavior and the reversed plastic zone sizes is studied. An elastic-plastic finite element analysis (FEA) is performed to examine the opening behavior of fatigue crack, where the contact elements are used in the mesh of the track tip area. The smaller element size than reversed plastic zone size is used fer evaluating the distribution of reversed plastic zone. In the author's previous results the FEA could predict the crack opening level, which crack tip elements were in proportion to the theoretical reversed plastic zone size. It is found that the calculated reversed plastic zone size is related to the theoretical reversed plastic zone size and crack opening level. The calculated reversed plastic zone sizes are almost equal to the reversed plastic zone considering crack opening level obtained by experimental results. It can be possible to predict the crack opening level from the reversed plastic zone size calculated by finite element method. We find that the experimental crack opening levels correspond with the opening values of contact nodes on the calculated reversed plastic zone of finite element simulation.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1458-1467
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 균질재에서의 결과를 토대로 이종재에서도 그 성질이 보존될 것으로 기대되기 때문에 계면균열에서의 CED의 기본적 성질을 검토한후, 각 모드 인자 의 분리법과 평가법을 CED를 통해 제시한다. 또 제시한 수법을 이용하여 우선 탄성 균열 모델에서 유한요소해석을 통해 CED 및 각 모드 인자의 평가 및 기초적 검토를 실시하여 그 유효성을 확인한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.938-946
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• 1989

본 연구에서는 CT시험편을 이용하여 소규모 항복조건하에서 하한계(near threshold)영역과 안전균열성장(제II)영역의 균열진전거동을 파악하고 피로균열 진전속도와 음향방출거동, 파단면 특성을 각각 비교, 고찰하여 각 파라미터간의 상관 관계 및 유용성을 검토하고자 한다.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.496-502
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 콘크리트 구조물에 존재하는 균열의 깊이 및 보수 성능 평가에 표면탄성파 기반 비파괴 성능 평가 기술의 적용 가능성 및 유효성을 검토하는데 있다. 이를 위해, 콘크리트 배합비의 영향을 최소화하기 위하여 동일한 배합비와 서로 다른 균열 깊이(0, 15, 30, 45mm)를 가지는 사각형 모양의 표면탄성파 투과 시험용 실험체를 준비하였다. 투과계수와 스펙트럼에너지투과비는 표면탄성파 파라미터로써 본 연구에 균열 깊이 변화 및 보수 성능 평가에 활용하였다. 이 때, 균열 보수 성능평가를 위하여 실험체 균열면에 에폭시 주입 전/후로 각 5회씩 반복하여 표면탄성파 실험의 신뢰성을 높여주었다. 균열 깊이 증가에 따라 스펙트럼에너지투과비의 감소를 명확하게 확인하였다. 균열면이 완전하게 보수된 콘크리트 실험체에서 측정한 스펙트럼에너지투과비는 무균열 실험체에서 측정한 값에 대비하여 95% 수준으로 계측되어, 표면탄성파 기반 비파괴 시험 기법이 균열 보수 성능 평가 기술로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 추계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.135-140
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• 2000

The characteristics of mechanical behavior were estimated for Ti-6Al-4V alloy with four kinds of microstructure prepared with heat treatments. For this study, impact test, tensile test and fatigue crack growth test were performed, and then compared mechanical properties on the four microstructures. Furthermore, for quantitative evaluation, fractal dimensions of crack pass were obtained using the box counting method. The main results obtained are summarized as follows. (1) The microstructures exhibited equiaxed microstructure, bimodal-microstructure and lamellar microstructure by heat treatment. (2) The impact absorbed energy and elongation is superior in the bimodal-microstructure, and the hardness and tensile strength are superior in the lamellar microstructure. (3) The fatigue crack growth rate is similar to all microstructures in the low ${\Delta}K$ region. The fatigue crack growth rate of equiaxed microstructure is fastest, and that of lamellar microstructure is lowest in the high ${\Delta}K$ region. (4) The fractal dimension D of lamellar microstructure is higher then that of the equiaxed microstructure and bimodal microstructure.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권7호
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• pp.1805-1815
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• 2019

While nickel-based alloys have been widely used for power plants due to corrosion resistance and good mechanical properties, during the last couple of decades, failures of nuclear components increased gradually. One of main degradation mechanisms was primary water stress corrosion cracking at dissimilar metal welds of piping and reactor head penetrations. In this context, precise estimation of welding effects became an important issue for ensuring reliability of them. The present study deals with a series of finite element analyses and crack growth rate evaluation of Alloys 690/152. Firstly, variation of residual stresses and equivalent plastic strains was simulated taking into account welding of a cylindrical block. Subsequently, extraction and pre-cracking of compact tension (CT) specimens were considered from different locations of the block. Finally, crack growth curves of the alloys and heat affected zone were developed based on analyses results combined with experimental data in references. Characteristics of crack growth behaviors were also discussed in relation to mechanical and fracture parameters.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 1997

It is not clearly known how surface defects or inclusions of a medium carbon steel affect a fatigue strength. In this study, we used SM35C specimens with spheroidized cementite structure to eliminate dependence of micro structure of fatigue crack. The investigation was carried out by behavior of crack closure at non-propagation crack and effect of the fatigue limit according to the artificial defects size. Experimental findings are obtained as follows : (1) Fatigue crack initiation point of medium carbon steel with spheroidized cementite structure is at the surface defects. (2) Non-propagating crack length of smooth specimen is equal to the critical size of defect. (3) Considering the opening and closure behavior of fatigue crack, the defect shape results in various crack opening displacement, while it does not affects the fatigue limit level of medium carbon steel with spheroidized cementite structure. (4) The critical length of the non-propagation crack of smooth specimen is the same as critical size of defect in transient area which determines threshold condition in steel with spheroidized cementite structure.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

P-PIE is a program developed to estimate failure probability of pipes and pressure vessels considering fatigue and stress corrosion crack growth. Using the program, crack growth simulation was performed with an initially existing crack in order to examine the effects of initial crack depth distribution on the leak probability of pipes. In the simulation stress corrosion crack growth was considered and several crack depth distribution models were used. From the results it was found that the initial crack depth distribution gives great effect on the leak probability of pipes. The log-normal distribution proposed by Khaleel and Simonen gives lower leak probability compared other exponential distribution models. The effects of the number and the quality of pre-service and in-service inspections on the leak probability were also examined and it was recognized that the number and the quality of pre-service and in-service inspections are also give great effect on the leak probability. In order to reduce the leak probability of pipes in plants it is very important to improve the quality of inspections. When in-service inspection is performed every 10 years and the quality of inspection is above the very good level, the leak probability shows nearly constant value after the first inspection for an initially existing crack.