• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2003

Line heating is an effective and economical process for forming flat metal plates into three-dimensional shapes for plating of ships. Because the nature of the line heating process is a transient thermal process, followed by a thermo elastic plastic stress field, predicting deformed shapes of plate is very difficult and complex problem. In this paper, neural network model o3r solving the inverse problem of metal forming is proposed. The backpropagation neural network systems for determining line-heating positions from object shape of plate are reported in this paper. Two cases of the network are constructed-the first case has 18 lines which have different positions and directions and the second case has 10 parallel heating lines. The input data are vertical displacements of plate and the output data are selected heating lines. The train sets of neural network are obtained by using an analytical solution that predicts plate deformations in line heating process. This method shows the feasibility that the neural network can be used to determine the heating-line positions in line heating process.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.48-59
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• 2018

This paper is mainly concerned with developing the formulae of predicting thermal deformation of steel plate due to multi-line heating. By investigating the results of line heating test and numerical analysis, reasonable heat flux model has been defined. Formulae of predicting the transverse shrinkage and the angular distortion as the dominant thermal deformation types in plate forming by line heating have been derived based on the results of line heating test and numerical analysis with varying plate thickness, heating speed and distance between torches. This paper illustrates how the derived formulae are used in investigating the effect of multi-line heating upon the thermal deformation and how they can be used in defining the limit distance with that there is no interacted effect between torches. This paper ends with describing the extension of the present study.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.407-411
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• 2011

The technology of line heating has evolved in various methods. Among them, fossil fuels like ethylene gas and LPG(Liquid Petroleum Gas) are widely used due to their simple utility. In the meantime, the technology implementing high frequency for line heating has also been developed continually, but its manufacturing technology or application includes lots of problems by now. One of the main characteristics of line heating using conventional technolob'Y is the quenching effect followed by heating process. On the other hand, hydrox gas which is mixed by hydrogen and oxygen is a prominent candidate for an application without above shortcomings. Especially, it is found that line heating using hydrox gas is tremendously effective taking low cost as well as low noise. In this paper, a small cell with high efficiency which can minimize installing space is developed to deal with the problem installing in narrow place. Experiments to prove the validation, efficiency and effectiveness is carried out by characterizing in the line heating of steel. It is found that the energy saving of using hydrox gas for line heating is significant and that the deviation performance is reduced by 78~89%. Furthermore, the noise is also reduced as amount of 18.3% though the heating time is not too different.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2006년 창립20주년기념 정기학술대회 및 국제워크샵
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• pp.213-216
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• 2006

During the last decade several different methods have been proposed for the estimation of thermal deformations in the line heating process. These are mainly based on the assumption of residual strains in the heat-affected zone or simulated relations between heating conditions and residual deformations. However these results were restricted in the application from the too simplified heating conditions or the shortage of the data. The purpose of this paper is to develop a simulator of thermal deformation in the line heating using the artificial neural network. Two neural network predicting the maximum temperature and deformations at the heating line are studied. Deformation data from the line heating experiments are used for learning data for the network. It was observed that thermal deformation predicted by the neural network correlate well with the experimental result.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2000

선상가열의 열원으로는 가스 가열법, 고주파 유도 가열법, 그리고 레이저 가열법 등이 사용될 수 있다. 가스 가열법은 많은 조선소등에서 사용되고 있으나 가열 후 얻어지는 잔류변형을 제어하는데 많은 어려움이 있다. 고주파 유도 가열법은 비교적 정확한 변형량 제어가 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있어서 새로운 선상가열 열원으로서 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 고주파 유도가 열법을 이용한 선상 가열의 변형 특성 및 가열장치의 특성을 파악하기 위한 기본단계로써 고주파 유도가열에 의한 열변형 과정에 대한 해석을 시도하였다. 전자장 해석과 와전류 해석, 와전류에 의하여 판에 발생하는 온도 분포, 그리고 열탄소성 변형 해석을 수행하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2006

Different methods exist for the estimation of thermaldeformation of plates in the line heating process. These are based on the assumption of residual strains in the heat-affected zone, known as the method of inherent strains, or simulated relations between heating conditions and residual deformations. The purpose of this paper is to develop a simulator of thermal deformation in the line heating, using the artificial neural network. Curvature deformations for the plate-forming are investigated, which can be used as a prime deformation parameter in the process. The curvature of plates are calculated using the approximation of plate surface by NURBS. Line heating experiments for 11 specimens of different thickness and heating conditions were performed. Two neural networks predicting the maximum temperature and curvature deformations at the heating line are studied. It was concluded that the thermal deformations predicted by the neural network can be used in a line heating simulator, which is considered an attractive and practical alternative to the existing methods.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2005

It has been well documented that plate forming is one of the most important processes in shipbuilding. In the most shipyards, the line heating method is primarily used for plate forming. Since the heating process is carried out for the curved plate and not for the flat plate, a curvature effect on the final deformation must be considered in deriving the simplified prediction models for deformation. This paper investigates the effect of curvature along the heating line on the deformation of the plate. First of all, results of numerical analysis are compared with these of a line-heating test, to justify the elasto-plastic analysis procedure for the present study, which shows good agreement. Then, the present numerical procedure is applied to flat and curved plate models, to investigate the curvature effect on the heat transfer characteristics and deformation by line heating.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2002

선박의 곡외판은 냉간가공과 열간가공(선상가열) 과정을 거쳐 제작된다. 선상가열의 자동화 및 기계화에 대한 연구가 다양하게 수행되어 오고 있다. 특히 가열조건과 잔류 변형 사이의 관계규명은 자동화 및 기계화를 위한 주요 요소로 생각된다. 본 연구는 그러한 관계를 규명하기 위하여 일련의 체계적인 과정을 제시하고 관계식을 제안하였다. 선상가열에 의한 변형은 3차원 열탄소성 변형현상으로 정식화될 수 있으며, 열탄소성 변형현상을 유한요소해석을 이용하여 다양한 가열조건에 대한 수치해석을 수행하였다. 유한요소법의 유용성을 검증하기 위하여 실험을 수행하였고 그 유용성을 확인하였다 변형관계식에 사용된 입력변수는 차원해석을 통하여 선정하였다. 유한요소법을 이용하여 얻어진 결과를 활용하여 선상가열에 의한 변형관계식을 추정하기 위하여 다변수해석과 다차원 보관과정을 예시하였다. 일련의 과정을 통하여 본 연구는 선상가열의 가열조건과 잔류 변형 사이의 관계식을 선정하기 위한 방법을 제안하였다.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2011

In a line heating process for hull forming, the phase of the steel transforms from austenite to martensite, bainite, ferrite, or pearlite depending on the actual speed of cooling following line heating. In order to simulate the water cooling process widely used in shipyards, a heat transfer analysis on the effects of impinging water jet, film boiling, and radiation was performed. From the above simulation it was possible to obtain the actual speed of cooling and volume percentage of each phase in the inherent strain region of a line heated steel plate. Based on the material properties calculated from the volume percentage of each phase, it should be possible to predict the plate deformations due to line heating with better precision. Compared to the line heating experimental results, the simulated water cooling process method was verified to improve the predictability of the plate deformation due to line heating.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2004

The inherent strain method is known to be very efficient in predicting the deformation of steel plate by line heating. However, in the actual line heating process in shipyard, the rapid quenching changes the phase of steel. In this study, In order to consider additional effects under phase transformation, inherent strain regions were assumed to expand. Also, when calculating inherent strain, material properties of steel in heating and cooling are applied differently considering phase transformation. In this process, a new method which can reflect thermal volume expansion of martensite is suggested.8y the suggested method, it was possible to predict the plate deformations by line heating more precisely.