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Investigation on the Studies for Welding Residual Stresses in Nuclear Components (원전 기기 용접 잔류응력 평가 연구 고찰)

  • Kim, Jong Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.30-40
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    • 2016
  • The paper investigates the previous studies about welding residual stresses in nuclear components. First, various residual stress measurement methods are reviewed in applicability. Second a finite element welding residual stress analysis technique, which was developed from the viewpoint of FFS (Fitness-For-Service) assessment, is explained. Third, characteristics of the welding residual stresses on J-groove welds and butt welds were presented via investigating the previous studies. Last, engineering formulae for residual stresses in the FFS assessment codes such as R6 and API 579/ASME FFS-1 Code is summarized.

Effects of Pre-Strains on Failure Assessment Analysis to API 5L X65 Pipeline

  • Baek, Jong-Hyun;Kim, Young-Pyo;Kim, Woo-Sik;Seok, Chang-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.219-223
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    • 2009
  • This paper prescribed the structural integrity of the API 5L X65 pipeline subjected to tensile pre-strain. The effects of pre-strain on the mechanical properties of API 5L X65 pipe were substantially investigated through a variety of the experimental procedures. Axial tensile pre-strain of 1.5, 5 and 10% was applied to plate-type tensile specimens cut from the pipe body prior to mechanical testing. Tensile test revealed that yield strength and tensile strength were increased with increasing tensile pre-strain. The increasing rate of the yield strength owing to the pre-strain is greater than that of the tensile strength. However, the pre-strain up to 5% had a little effect on the decreasing of the fracture toughness. The structural integrity of the API 5L X65 pipeline subjected to large plastic deformation was evaluated through the fitness-for service code.

Development of Air Force Winter Service Uniform Slacks Pattern and Automatic Pattern Drafting Program for Mass Customization (대량 맞춤 생산을 위한 공군 동약정복 바지 패턴 제도법 및 자동 제도 프로그램 개발)

  • Kim, In Hwa;Nam, Yun Ja;Kim, Sung Min
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.256-267
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    • 2013
  • This study is conducted to improve the fitness of Air Force winter service uniforms pants through the development of a pants pattern drafting method and automatic pattern drafting program for mass customization. The initial study pattern drafting method is formed through an analyses of 4 kinds of conventional pants pattern drafting methods for education and 3 kinds of conventional pants patterns of Air Force apparels. The initial study pattern drafting method is converted into the final study pattern drafting method after twice conducting a wearing test. To verify the final study pants pattern, a motion adaptability evaluation, an ease amount evaluation and an appearance evaluation are conducted. The results of the final study patterns were better than conventional winter service uniforms in the motion adaptability evaluation and the appearance evaluation. However, the results show similar values between the final study patterns and conventional winter service uniform patterns in the ease amount evaluation. An automatic pattern drafting program was developed based on the final study pattern drafting method. The program allowed the achievement of customized pants patterns through the placement of customer body sizes into the size input window. It also provided two kinds of ease amount and two kinds of waist belt level options.

Development of an Integrity Evaluation System (WIES) for Fuel Channels in CANDU Reactors (중수로 연료관 건전성 평가시스템(WIES) 개발)

  • Choi, Sung-Nam;Kim, Hyung-Nam;Yoo, Hyun-Joo;Kwon, Dong-Kee;Hwang, Won-Gul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.34 no.9
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    • pp.1273-1279
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    • 2010
  • Pressure tubes at the CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) nuclear power plants are periodically inspected in accordance with the CSA N285.4 code. If flaws that do not satisfy the criteria given in CSA N285.4 are detected, the code permits a fitness-for-service assessment to determine the acceptability of the flawed pressure tubes. In this paper, the Wolsong In-service Evaluation System (WIES) is introduced; this system has been developed for the assessment of the flawed pressure tubes and is based on CSA N285.8. Since the system evaluates the integrity of flawed pressure tubes exactly and promptly during an in-service inspection, it will help in operating the Wolsong nuclear power plants without prolonging the outage period.

Comparative Study of U-Healthcare Applications between Google Play Store and Apple iTunes App Store in Korea

  • Nam, Sang-Zo
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we collect and analyze the status of mobile phone applications (hereafter apps) in the healthcare and fitness category of the Apple iTunes App Store and Google Play Store. We determine the number of apps and analyze statistical aspects such as classifications, age rating, fees, and user evaluation of the popular items. As of September 30, 2013, there were 236 popular apps available from iTunes. Google Play offered 720 apps. We discover that apps for healthcare and fitness are diverse. Apps for physical exercise have the greatest popularity. The proportions of apps that are suitable for all ages among the Google and iTunes popular apps are 55.8% and 89.4%, respectively. The user evaluation of apps in iTunes is relatively less positive. We determine that the proportion of paid apps to free apps in Google is higher than that of the apps in iTunes. We perform hypothesis tests and find statistically significant differences in age rating and perceived satisfaction between the apps of the Apple iTunes App Store and Google Play Store. However, we find no meaningful differences in the classification and price of the apps between the two app stores. We perform hypothesis tests to verify the differences in age rating and perceived satisfaction between the paid and free apps within and across the Google Play Store and iTunes App Store. There are statistically significant differences in the age rating between the paid and free apps in the Google play store, between the Google free and iTunes free apps, between the Google paid and iTunes paid apps, between the Google free and iTunes paid apps, and between the Google paid and iTunes free apps. There are statistically significant differences in the perceived satisfaction between the Google free and iTunes free apps, between the Google paid and iTunes paid apps, between the Google free and iTunes paid apps, and between the Google paid and iTunes free apps.

Biomechanical Complications : Fracture and Screw loosening (Biomechanical Complications : 파절과 나사풀림)

  • Kim, Tae in
    • The Journal of the Korean dental association
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.307-317
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    • 2015
  • Although the long-term success of osseointegrated endosseous implants for the support of fixed dental prostheses has been reported, the increasingly widespread use of implant-supported prostheses has led to problems associated with their structural integrity. The most common biomechanical complications observed in dental implant treatment are fracture and screw loosening. The nature of loosening or fracture of dental implant components is complex, since it involves fatigue, fitness, and varied chewing patterns and loads. To assess the service life of the components of the prosthetic system, a knowledge of the loads transmitted through the system is necessary. Design of the final restoration and occlusion in relation to the geometry of a prosthetic restoration has a great influence on the mechanical loading of the implant. It is proposed that control of force in oral cavity may play a larger role in failures than previously believed. Based on theoretic consideration and clinical experiences with dental implant, this article gives simple guidelines for controlling these loads.

The Effects of Integrated Information Systems on the Organizational Control : A Focus of ERP Implementation (통합정보시스템의 조직 통제에 미치는 영향 : ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) 시스템 도입을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Sun-Ro
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.67-85
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    • 2002
  • This study attempts (1) to analyze the changing pattern of organizational control by investigating the impacts of ERP implementations on the determinants of organizational control types and (2) to compare the performance variances based on the fitness between implementation of ERP and the changed mode of organizational control. Research results reveal that firms with ERP shows high degree of information integration, which partially affects the determinants of organizational control types. Also, results indicate that firms now with ERP shows the higher levels of both behavior and output control than without ERP, and the magnitude of change in behavior control level was greater than that of output control level. Finally, this research suggests that while the firms that implemented ERP for the purpose of quality and service improvement need to more focus on behavior control than on output control, the firms for the purpose of cost reduction need to excercise more output control in order to establish a cost effective control strategy.

The Oriental Medical Study of the Occupational Medicine (산업의학(産業醫學)의 한의학적(韓醫學的) 고찰(考察))

  • Lee, Moon-Kyu;Lim, Hyung-Ho
    • The Journal of Korea CHUNA Manual Medicine
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.125-139
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    • 2002
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is to review and summarize about occupational medicine and to applicate the occupational medicine to oriental medicine. Methods : We investigated several books, articles and related internet sites to know occupational medicine's present conditions in Korea and other countries, and researched the plan on oriental medical participation in the industrial health. Results and Conclusion : The conclusions are as follows, 1. Recent years, industrialization has changed working environment and health condition in workplace, so industrial health service has became important part. 2. Occupational medicine has the purpose of protection. prevention, fitness, health management, medical treatment. rehabilitation, and primary medical service. The range of occupational medicine is enlarged mental, social good health and social, economical production capacity recently. 3. After research each country's occupational medicine, we can know the purpose is same, but the system and work contents are different one another. 4. Oriental medical participation in the industrial health has various benefits, satisfaction of workers, efficiency of cost, and increasing rate of medical treatment through the western and oriental medical cooperation.

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Development of a web service platform for the application of physical fitness database in sport science (체력요인 DB를 활용한 웹서비스 개발)

  • Park, Seong Bin;Chung, Kyung-Ryul;Choi, Chunho;Kim, sa-yup
    • Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.495-496
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    • 2011
  • 본 연구의 목적은 스포츠분야에 활용 가능한 다양한 체력요인들을 수집하고 이를 효과적으로 활용하기 위한 웹기반의 서비스 플랫폼을 개발하는 것이다. 선행연구를 통해 확보한 체력요인에 대한 데이터를 통해 성별, 연령별로 구분된 체력요인별 수준을 백분위수를 제시하였고 각각의 체력수준을 다섯 등급으로 구분하여 체력수준의 등급을 제시하였다. 또한 특정 체력요인의 수치를 입력하면 해당 요인에 대한 체력 수준 및 그 수준에 따른 다른 체력요인들을 검색하여 제공함으로써 체력요이들을 비교할 수 있게 하였다. 뿐만 아니라 웹 기반 형태의 플랫폼 형태는 추후 다양한 서비스 콘텐츠의 추가가 가능할 것이다. 개발된 서비스플랫폼은 자산의 체력수준 확인, 체력검사의 기준, 스포츠용품의 성능 검증 등 다양한 스포츠과학분야의 기반 데이터로서 활용 가능할 것이다.

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Evaluation of Welding Residual Stress Characteristics of a Surge Line Elbow (밀림곡관 맞대기 용접부의 잔류응력 특성 평가)

  • Han, Chang-Gi;Chang, Yoon-Suk;Kim, Maan-Won;Lee, Kyoung-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.45-52
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    • 2015
  • Even though a lot of efforts have been devoted to evaluate welding residual stress characteristics of nuclear components, from the view point of accuracy, there are still some arguments in application of engineering estimation schemes. In this paper, three-dimensional finite element analyses (FEA) were carried out to predict residual stress distributions in butt welds of a typical surge line piping. Mesh optimization was conducted and subsequent analysis results such as the axial and hoop stress components along the weld center line and inner wall. Moreover, alternative evaluation was conducted by using three representative equations and their results were compared to those of FEA. Thereby, key parameters affecting to temperature profiles and residual stress distributions were derived as well as an optimum engineering estimation scheme was recommended.