• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.916-921
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• 2024

The control rod worth sensitivity to the neutron detector position in the rod drop experiment is studied by the time-dependent Monte Carlo (TDMC) neutron transport calculations for AGN-201K educational reactor and the Kyoto University Critical Assembly. The TDMC simulations of the rod drop experiments are conducted by the Seoul National University Monte Carlo (MC) code, McCARD, yielding time-dependent neutron densities at detector positions. The detector-position-dependent results of the total control rod worth calculated by the extrapolation, the integral counting, and the inverse methods are compared with the numerical reference using the MC eigenvalue calculations and the experimental results. From these comparisons, it is observed that the total control rod worth can be estimated with a considerable difference depending on the detector position through the rod drop experiment. The proposed TDMC simulation of the rod drop experiment can be applied for searching a better detector position or quantifying a bias for the control rod worth measurement.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.227-239
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• 2018

Integral abutment bridges (IABs) have no joint across the length of bridge and are therefore also known as jointless bridges. IABs have many advantages, such as structural integrity, efficiency, and stability. More importantly, IABs have proven to be have both low maintenance and construction costs. However, due to the restraints at both ends of the girder due to the absence of a gap (joint), special design considerations are required. For example, while replacing the deck slabs to extend the service life of the IAB, the buckling strength of the steel girder without a deck slab could be much smaller than the case with deck slab in place. With no deck slab, the addition of thermal expansion in the steel girders generates passive earth pressure from the abutment and if the applied axial force is greater than the buckling strength of the steel girders, buckling failure can occur. In this study, numerical simulations were performed to estimate the buckling strength of typical steel girders in IABs. The effects of girder length, the width of flange and thickness of flange, imperfection due to fabrication and construction errors on the buckling strengths of multiple and single girders in IABs are studied. The effect of girder spacing, span length ratio (for a three span girder) and self-weight effects on the buckling strength are also studied. For estimation of the reaction force of the abutment generated by the passive earth pressure of the soil, BA 42/96 (2003), PennDOT DM4 (2015) and the LTI proposed equations (2009) were used and the results obtained are compared with the buckling strength of the steel girders. Using the selected design equations and the results obtained from the numerical analysis, equations for preventing the buckling failure of steel girders during deck replacement for maintenance are presented.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.1324-1335
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• 2016

This article explores the speed regulation problem of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) systems subjected to unknown time-varying disturbances. A continuous sliding mode control (CSMC) technique is introduced for the speed loop to enhance the robustness of PMSM systems and eliminate the chattering phenomenon caused by high-frequency switch function in the conventional control law. However, the high control gain of the CSMC law in the presence of strong disturbances leads to large steady-state speed fluctuations for PMSM systems. In many application fields, PMSM systems are affected by time-varying disturbances instead of constant disturbances. For example, electric bicycles are usually affected by changing environmental disturbances, including wind speeds, road conditions, etc. These disturbances may be in the form of constant, ramp, and parabolic disturbances. Hence, a generalized proportional integral (GPI) observer is employed to estimate these types of disturbances. Then, the disturbance estimation method and the aforementioned CSMC method are combined to establish a composite sliding mode control method called the CSMC+GPI method for the speed loop of PMSM systems. Contrary to the conventional sliding mode control technique, the proposed method completely eliminates the chattering phenomenon caused by the switching function in the conventional control law. Moreover, a small control gain for the CSMC+GPI method is chosen by feed-forwarding estimated values to the speed controller. Hence, the steady-state speed fluctuations are small. The effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is verified by simulation and experimental result.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.361-374
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• 2020

This paper is concerned with the thermoelastic bending of FG beams resting on two-layer elastic foundations. One of these layers is Winkler springs with a variable modulus while the other is considered as a shear layer with a constant modulus. The beams are considered simply supported and subjected to thermo-mechanical loading. Temperature-dependent material properties are considered for the FG beams, which are assumed to be graded continuously across the panel thickness. The used theories contain undetermined integral terms which lead to a reduction of unknowns functions. Several micromechanical models are used to estimate the effective two-phase FG material properties as a function of the particles' volume fraction considering thermal effects. Analytical solutions for the thermo-mechanical bending analysis are obtained based on Navier's method that satisfies the boundary conditions. Finally, the numerical results are provided to reveal the effect of explicit micromechanical models, geometric parameters, temperature distribution and elastic foundation parameters on the thermoelastic response of FG beams.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.380-388
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• 2000

변위량을 계산하여 영상 쌍의 대응점을 추출하는 방법중에서 대표적인 Hom & Schunck 수법이 있고, 이는 미분법을 기초하기 때문에 변위가 큰 변위량 추정을 위하여는 적당치 않다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 종래의 수법으로는 계측이 곤란하였던 이동량이 큰 변위의 변위량을 추정할 수 있는 직교 함수 전개법을 제안한다. 종래의 Horn & Schunck 수법에 의한 변위량은 국소적처리를 출발점으로 하는bottom-up수법으로 구하였으나, 직교 함수 전개법에서는 이와는 반대로 영상 전체의 움직임을 직교함수의 저차 모드부터 순차 전개하는 top-down수법을 이용한다. 직교 함수 전개법을 이용하여 변위량을 구하는 방법은 명도의 적분치 불변의 구속 조건에 관한 도함수를 이용하는 투영법에 의한 반복 계산으로 얻어진다. 마지막으로 구하여진 변위량과 제1원영상으로부터 제2의 영상을 합성하고, 합성된 영상과 제2의 원영상과 NRMS오차와 상관값을 비교하여 그 유효성을 보인다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제83권4호
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• pp.521-530
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• 1994

재적식(材積式)은 보통 흉고직경과 수고의 함수로 표현되는데, 회귀분석(回歸分析)을 통해 정확도가 높은 식이 주로 채택되고 있다. 우리나라에서도 지금까지 흉고직경(D)과 수고(H)를 독립변수로 하는 지수식(指數式)($V=aD^bH^c$)으로 각 수종에 대한 일반(一般)재적식을 유도하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 강원도 지방내의 홍천, 정선, 명주, 원주, 영월지역에 대한 간곡선식(幹曲線式)을 지역별로 유도하고, 이 간곡선식의 회전체(回轉體) 적분(積分)을 통해 지역별 재적을 직접 추정할 수 있는 간곡선 및 재적식 모델을 마련하였다. 조제된 모델에 의해 지역별로 추정된 재적은 기존의 강원도 지방 소나무재적표에 의해 추정된 재적에 비해 정확도가 높았다. 또한 지역간곡선식에 의해 유도된 간곡선의 형태는 지역에 따라 서로 달랐으며, 특히 영월지역과 원주지역의 수간은 다른 지역에 비해 수간상부에서 가늘게 발달하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와같은 간곡선의 다양한 형태는 재적추정에 있어서도 지역간 차이를 유발하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제16권5호통권72호
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• pp.713-724
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• 2004

거동이 복잡한 실제 구조물의 사용하중으로 인한 피로 균열 해석 방법을 제시하기 위해 구 당산철교 플레이트교 세로보에 발생한 피로균열을 대상으로 하여 사용 기간에 따른 피로균열의 길이를 계산하였다. 계산의 편리와 컴퓨터의 계산 용량 등을 고려하여 특정 부분만 정밀하게 해석하였고, 구조해석의 오차와 열차의 운행 하중 등을 고려하기 위해 여러 보정계수를 사용하였다. 상부구조 1개 경간을 보요소로 모델링하여 열차 통과로 인한 세로보의 거동 이력을 해석하였으며, 세로보 연결부의 플랜지가 절취된 곳에 집중된 응력을 구하기 위하여 세로보 한 개를 쉘요소로 모델링하여 정밀해석을 수행하였다. 피로균열의 진행은 파괴역학적 모델을 사용하여 계산하였으며, 응력확대계수는 유한요소해석 방법으로 J-Integral를 구하여 환산한 값을 사용하였다. 가정한 초기균열의 크기와 균열 진행속도 계산식에 따라 차이는 있으나 계산된 피로균열의 길이는 현장에서 조사된 피로균열길이에 잘 부합되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.524-531
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• 2004

To investigate relevance of the definition of the reference stress to estimate J and $C^{*}$ for surface crack problems, this paper compares FE J and $C^{*}$ results for surface cracked pipes with those estimated according to the reference stress approach using various definitions of the reference stress. Pipes with part circumferential inner surface crack and finite internal axial crack are considered, subject to internal pressure and global bending. The crack depth and aspect ratio are systematically varied. The reference stress is defined in four different ways using (i) the local limit load, (ii) the global limit load, (iii) the global limit load determined from the FE limit analysis, and (iv) the optimized reference load. It is found that the reference stress based on the local limit load gives overall excessively conservative estimates of J and $^{*}$. Use of the global limit load clearly reduces the conservatism, compared to that of the local limit load, although it can provide sometimes non-conservative estimates of J and $^{*}$. The use of the FE global limit load gives overall non-conservative estimates of J and $^{*}$. The reference stress based on the optimised reference load gives overall accurate estimates of J and $^{*}$, compared to other definitions of the reference stress. Based on the present finding, general guidance on the choice of the reference stress for surface crack problems is given.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.519-527
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• 1997

The micro crack was occurred where the stress concentrated by the thermal stress which was induced during the cooling period after molding process or by the various reliability tests. In order to estimate the possibility of development from inside micro crack to outside fracture, the fracture toughness of EMC should be measured under the various applicable condition. But study was conducted very rarely for the above area. In order to provide a was to decide the fracture resistance of EMC (Epoxy Molding Compound) of plastic package which is produced by using transfer molding method, measuring fracture is studied. The specimens were made with various EMC material. The diverse combination of test conditions, such as different temperature, temperature /humidity conditions, different filler shapes, and post cure treatment, were tried to examine the effects of environmental condition on the fracture toughness. This study proposed a way which could improve the reliability of LOC(Lead On Chip) type package by comparing the measured $J_{IC}$ of EMC and the calculated J-integral value from FEM(Finite Element Method). The measured $K_{IC}$ value of EMC above glass transition temperature dropped sharply as the temperature increased. The $K_{IC}$ was observed to be higher before the post cure treatment than after the post cure treatment. The change of $J_{IC}$ was significant by time change. J-integral was calculated to have maximum value the angle of the direction of fracture at the lead tip was 0 degree in SOJ package and -30 degree in TSOP package. The results FEM simulation were well agreed with the results of measurement within 5% tolerance. The package crack was proved to be affected more by the structure than by the composing material of package. The structure and the composing material are the variables to reduce the package crack.ack.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.655-676
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• 2009

The first-ever integral effect test for simulating a guillotine break of a DVI (Direct Vessel Injection) line of the APR1400 was carried out with the ATLAS (Advanced Thermal-hydraulic Test Loop for Accident Simulation) from the same prototypic pressure and temperature conditions as those of the APR1400. The major thermal hydraulic behaviors during a DVI line break accident were identified and investigated experimentally. A method for estimating the break flow based on a balance between the change in RCS inventory and the injection flow is proposed to overcome a direct break low measurement deficiency. A post-test calculation was performed with a best-estimate safety analysis code MARS 3.1 to examine its prediction capability and to identify any code deficiencies for the thermal hydraulic phenomena occurring during the DVI line break accidents. On the whole, the prediction of the MARS code shows a good agreement with the measured data. However, the code predicted a higher core level than did the data just before a loop seal clearing occurs, leading to no increase in the peak cladding temperature. The code also produced a more rapid decrease in the downcomer water level than was predicted by the data. These observable disagreements are thought to be caused by uncertainties in predicting countercurrent flow or condensation phenomena in a downcomer region. The present integral effect test data will be used to support the present conservative safety analysis methodology and to develop a new best-estimate safety analysis methodology for DVI line break accidents of the APR1400.