• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권8호
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• pp.1457-1465
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• 2016

A RCM approach to maintenance of the catenary system of electric railway is proposed. The proposed RCM approach provides a maintenance-oriented FMECA procedure to derive critical failure modes by analyzing failure effects and a RCM decision logic tree to suggest optimal maintenance works for the derived failure modes. By applying the proposed RCM procedures to the catenary system of high speed railway, it is suggested that strand breaks of dropper and voltage equalizing wire, and trolly wire wear-out are the critical failure modes for whom maintenance works based on condition monitoring should be applied instead of conventional time-based preventive maintenance. It is also proposed by reliability analysis that replacement time of dropper can be reduced from 18 years to 10 years. These results show that the proposed RCM approach can optimize the maintenance procedures of catenary system.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2002년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.89-92
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• 2002

Traditionally unidirectional laminated composite which are characterized by high specific stiffness and strength were used for structural application. But theses composites are highly susceptible to impact damage because of lower transverse tensile strength. The main failure modes of laminated composite are fiber breakage, matrix cracking and delamination for low velocity impact. The modified failure criterions are implemented to predict these failure modes with finite element analysis. Failure behavior of the woven fabric laminated composite which is used in forehead part of subway to lighten weigh has been studied. The new failure criterions are in good agreement with experimental results and can predict the failure behavior of the woven fabric composite plate subjected to low velocity impact more accurately.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.607-612
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• 2005

Check valves playa vital role in the operation and protection of nuclear power plants. Check valves failure in nuclear power plants often lead to a plant transient or trip. An overview of the failure history of check valves needs to identify key area where resources can be best applied to further improve their reliability, and provide cost effective means for failure reduction. The analysis of historical failure data gives information on the populations of various types of check valves, the systems they are installed in, failure modes, effects, methods of detection, and the mechanisms of the failures. The results presented are based on information derived from operating records, nuclear industry reports, manufacturer supplied information. A majority of check valve failures are caused by improper application. Failure modes are identified for swing and lift check valves. Failures involving improper seating and valve disc stuck comprised the largest percentage of failures.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.3-16
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• 1999

본 논문은 새로 개발된 파괴형태를 고려한 암반사면의 신뢰도해석 모델의 검증을 위하여 예제를 통한 민감도해석을 수행하였고 그 결과를 수록하였다. 민감도분석에 이용된 매개변수는 암반 불연속면의 공학적 특성 (불연속면의 방향 및 강도),하중조건 및 암반사면의 기하학적 형상 등이다. 확률론적 해석에서 고려할 수 있는 불연속면의 방향 및 마찰각의 통계적 특성이 파괴형태를 고려한 암반사면의 안정에 큰 영향을 보였다. 암반사면의 안정은 굴착면의 방향에 가장 민감하였다. 예제분석을 통하여 개발된 파괴형태를 고려한 암반사면의 신뢰도모델은 암반사면의 안정성 조사에 성공적으로 적용할 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.531-547
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• 2009

This paper presents the experimental results on the strength behavior and failure modes of box beam-to-circular column connections in steel piers. Previous research introduced parameters such as joint central angles, extension of horizontal stiffeners, and use of equivalent web depth, which ignored strength behavior and failure modes of box beam-to-circular column connections. The use of equivalent web depth $d_2$ is not reasonable when central angle ${\alpha}$ is closer to $90^{\circ}$; therefore, a monotonic loading test has been performed for eight connection specimens. From the test, it is identified that the connection with the circular column is stronger than the connection with the box-sectioned substitution column. Also, the strength of the beam-to-column connections with horizontal stiffeners is higher than the one of the no column stiffeners. The concrete-filled effect of box beam-to-circular column connection is also investigated, and the experimental yield strength of the connection is compared with the theoretical one. Also, more a reasonable equivalent web depth is suggested. The failure modes of connection are clearly defined.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.870-879
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• 2007

In this study, various damage modes in bending unimorph piezoelectric composite actuators with a thin sandwiched PZT plate during bending fracture tests have been evaluated by monitoring acoustic emission (AE) signals in terms of waveform and peak frequency as well as AE parameters. Three kinds of actuator specimens consisting of woven fabric fiber skin layers and a PZT ceramic core layer are loaded with a roller and an AE activity from the specimen is monitored during the entire loading using an AE transducer mounted on the specimen. AE characteristics from a monolithic PZT ceramic with a thickness of $250{\mu}m$ are examined first in order to distinguish different AE signals from various possible damage modes in piezoelectric composite actuators. Post-failure observations and stress analyses in the respective layers of the specimens are conducted to identify particular features in the acoustic emission signal that correspond to specific types of damage modes. As a result, the signal classification based on waveform and peak frequency analyses successfully describes the failure process of the bending piezoelectric composite actuator exhibiting diverse failure mechanisms. Furthermore, it is elucidated that when the PZT ceramic embedded actuators are loaded mechanical bending loads, the failure process of actuator specimens with different lay-up configurations is almost same irrespective of their lay-up configurations.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.565-578
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• 2016

A probabilistic based systems approach is addressed in this study for the reliability prediction of solid rocket motors (SRM). To achieve this goal, quantitative Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) approach is employed to determine the reliability of components, which are integrated into the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to obtain the system reliability. The quantitative FMECA is implemented by burden and capability approach when they are available. Otherwise, the semi-quantitative FMECA is taken using the failure rate handbook. Among the many failure modes in the SRM, four most important problems are chosen to illustrate the burden and capability approach, which are the rupture, fracture of the case, and leak due to the jointed bolt and O-ring seal failure. Four algorithms are employed to determine the failure probability of these problems, and compared with those by the Monte Carlo Simulation as well as the commercial code NESSUS for verification. Overall, the study offers a comprehensive treatment of the reliability practice for the SRM development, and may be useful across the wide range of propulsion systems in the aerospace community.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.154-164
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• 2003

The explicit consideration of different pressurization rates in estimating the probabilities of containment failure modes has a profound effect on the confidence of containment performance evaluation that is so critical for risk assessment of nuclear power plants. Except for the sophisticated NUREG-1150 study, many of the recent containment performance analyses (through Level 2 PSAs or IPE back-end analyses) did not take into account an explicit distinction between slow and fast pressurization in their analyses. A careful investigation of both approaches shows that many of the approaches adopted in the recent containment performance analyses exactly correspond to the NUREG-1150 approach for the prediction of containment failure mode probabilities in the presence of fast pressurization. As a result, it was expected that the existing containment performance analysis results would be subjected to greater or less conservatism in light of the ultimate failure mode of the containment. The main purpose of this paper is to assess potential conservatism of a plant-specific containment performance analysis result in light of containment failure mode probabilities.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.491-504
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• 1999

The initiation of toppling is explored for a uniform stack of blocks that rotates slowly about its mid-base. As the stack passes through its vertical position ($\theta$=0), it is in free-fall rotation, and a critical inclination angle ${\theta}_c$ is reached at which the toppling stack "fails" or begins to crack or separate. For tall stacks (high aspect ratios), two modes of failure are hypothesized, for which the dynamic failure analyses are shown to correlate with experimental results. These block failure modes are similar to those observed for tall, toppling masonry structures with weak binding material between their brick or stone blocks.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2012

쏘일네일링 공법은 흙막이 또는 사면안정을 위해서 가장 많이 사용되는 공법이다. 일반적으로 쏘일네일링 공법의 설계에서는 인발에 의한 파괴와 전단에 의한 파괴를 고려한다. 쏘일네일링의 파괴거동은 인발파괴와 전단파괴와 같이 파괴면을 가지면서 사면이 무너지는 경우도 발생하지만 굴착에 의해서 사면 표면의 수평응력이 감소함에 따라 점점 표면이 쓸려가는 얕은 파괴에 의해서 파괴에 이르는 경우가 실제 현장에서 자주 발생하게 된다. 따라서 쏘일네일링의 파괴거동을 크게 인발파괴, 전단파괴, 그리고 얕은파괴로 나누어 정의하였다. 본 논문에서는 각각의 파괴모드에 대한 제약조건을 이론적으로 산정하였다. 또한 각각의 파괴를 막기 위한 설계 최적화를 실시하였으며, 네일링의 정착길이, 개수, 그리고 얕은파괴를 막기 위한 전면에서의 최소 구속압을 설계변수로 두어 최적화 과정을 진행하였다. 최적화 과정은 먼저 네일링의 정착길이와 인장력을 설계변수로 하여 인발파괴 및 전단파괴에 대하여 최적화를 실시한다. 다음으로 각 굴착단계별 사면의 표면에서 얕은파괴를 막기 위한 최소의 구속압을 산정한 후 최적화를 반복수행하여 각각의 설계 변수를 산정하게 된다. 이와 같은 설계 최적화 프로그램을 통해서 인발파괴와 전단파괴만을 고려하는 기존의 설계 시스템에서 프리스트레스까지 산정할 수 있게 되었다.