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NONDESTRUCTIVE/IN-FIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF TENSILE PROPERTIES AND RESIDUAL STRESS OF WELDED STRUCTURES USING ADVANCED INDENTATION TECHNIQUE

  • Park, Yeol;Dongil Son;Kim, Kwang-Ho;Park, S. Joon;Jang, Jae-il;Dongil Kwon
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.668-674
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    • 2002
  • Structural integrity assessment is indispensable for preventing catastrophic failure of industrial structures/components/facilities. This diagnosis of operating components should be done periodically for safe maintenance and economical repair. However, conventional standard methods for mechanical properties have the problems of bulky specimen, destructive and complex procedure of specimen sampling. Especially, the mechanical properties at welded zone including weldment and heat affected zone could not be evaluated individually due to their size requirement problem. So, an advanced indentation technique has been developed as a potential method for non-destructive testing of in-field structures. This technique measures indentation load-depth curve during indentation and analyzes the mechanical properties related to deformation such as yield strength, tensile strength and work-hardening index. Also indentation technique can evaluate a residual stress based on the concept that indentation load-depth curves were shifted with the direction and the magnitude of residual stress applied to materials. In this study, we characterized the tensile properties and welding residual stress of various industrial facilities through the new techniques, and the results are introduced and discussed.

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Calculation of Probability of System Failure for Pipe Network with Surge Tank regarding Unsteady Flow (Surge Tank가 설치된 상수도관망에서 부정류를 고려한 불능확률 산정)

  • Kwon, Hyuk Jae;Lee, Cheol-Eung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.295-303
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    • 2009
  • In the present study, a reliability analysis calculating the probability of system failure has been performed using cut set and results of numerical analysis for unsteady flow in pipe. Especially, the probability of system failure has been evaluated regarding the effect of valve closure which is a really important activity in operation of piping system. In spite of small amount of demand, it was found that fast valve closure can generate high probability of system failure. Furthermore, it was confirmed that surge tank can reduce the unsteady effects and probability of system failure in water distribution system. From the results, it was found that the unsteady flow has a significant effect on the probability of system failure Furthermore, it was able to find which pipe or cut set has high probability of system failure. So it could be used to determine which pipe or cut set has a priority of repair and replacement. Therefore, reliability analysis regarding unsteady flow has to be performed for the planning, designing, maintenance, and operation of piping system.

WTO GPA and BOT Contract (WTO 정부조달협정과 BOT 계약)

  • Chung, Jae-Ho;Woo, Yoon-Suk
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.193-206
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    • 2006
  • The United States demands that the Korean Government include in the WTO GPA the privately invested projects of the BOT contract. Controversy surrounding BOT contract will continue. As of result of opening up of private investment market including BOT contracts, inflow of foreign capital will be expanded, and it will provide an opportunity for rectifying any unreasonable policies or regulations. With active penetration of foreign companies, there is a possibility for deepening of competition in the private investment market, and if a foreign administrative company is selected, possibility of assigning high value works such as design to foreign companies leaving labor intensive work such as construction to domestic companies exists, and also, difficulties resulting from agreement between the employer and the foreign administrative company exists. Large-scale construction companies must put forth their efficiency and creativity, and through revolutionary constructions by private sectors, reduction in construction cost should be made possible, and must also increase efficiency in maintenance, repair, and management of the facility. On the other hand, in order for Korean construction companies of BOT businesses to be able to enter the foreign BOT industry, the government needs to conduct studies in information and policies of various nations.

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A Study on the Model Driven Development of the Efficient Combat System Software Using UML

  • Jung, Seung-Mo;Lee, Young-Ju
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.115-123
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we propose a Model Driven Development using UML(Unified Modeling Language) in an efficient Combat System Software development methods. UML is managed by the OMG (Object Management Group) as a Unified Modeling Language. Recently, In developing the software for the system, development time is contrary to a short, while it must meet a number of requirements of our customers. If you develop a non-efficient software early, the structure of the software become more complex in proportion to the number of requirements. As a result, a serious problem in the system, such as an increase in defective products due to the lowering of the reliability and communication problems between the developer has occurred. To overcome those problems, the aim of this paper is to develop a reusable high efficient Combat System Software by applying Model-Centric Development (Not Code-Centric Development). If Combat System Software development method using the UML proposed in this paper is used, easy communication among developers can help reduce the serious errors in systems. Also, it has the advantage that the future needs of software maintenance/repair become easy by using high readability object Model.

Application of Dynamic Reliability Model to Analysis of Armor Stability of Rouble-Mound Breakwaters (경사제 피복재의 안정성 해석에 대한 동적 신뢰성 모형의 적용)

  • Kim, Sung-Ho;Lee, Cheol-Eung
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.24 no.A
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    • pp.215-226
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    • 2004
  • A dynamic reliability model which can take into account the time history of loading sequences may be applied to the analyses of the hydraulic stability of armor units on rubble-mound breakwaters. All the parameters related to the stability of structures have been considered to be constants in the deterministic model until now. Thus, it is impossible to study the effects of some uncertainties of the related random variables on the stability of structures. In this paper, the dynamic reliability model can be developed by POT(Peak Over Threshold) method in order to take into account the time history of loading sequences and to investigate the temporal behaviors of stability of structure with its loading history. Finally, it is confirmed that the results of dynamic reliability model agree with straight- forwardly those of AFDA(Approximate Full Distribution Approach) of the static reliability model for the same input conditions. In addition, the temporal behaviors of probability of failure can be studied by the dynamic reliability model developed to analyze the hydraulic stability of armor units on rubble-mound breakwaters. Therefore, the present results may be useful for the management of repair and maintenance over the whole life cycle of structure.

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Earth Building Characteristic Analysis to Utilize in Architecture Plan (건축 계획적 활용을 위한 흙건축 특성분석)

  • Lee, jang-hyuk;Hwang, hey-zoo;Kim, Jeong-Gyu
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2007
  • This study is aimed to apply basic data to planning earth building through analyzing characteristics of earth building. For doing it, we investigated a research paper in advanced countries(New zealand, Australia, etc.) that has been used for earth building standards for a long time, and then we corrected inadequate standards that would apply our earth building environment. As a result, we can devide earth characteristics into three parts that are materials, plan, and maintenance and repair. First, as material selection is very important factor, a general plan is possible to change in accordance with what material is selected. These methods that made mud brick, pressed earth block, rammed earth, cob have been well used during the current 30 years in earth building. Second, the plan is composed of site select and architecture plan. In architecture plan, we should consider from foundation to eaves protection, and in site selection, consider sides of the environment and the social. Third, we should always check a periodical inspection through watchful observation because earth buildings need more time and efforts in maintaining and repairing than others.

A Rotordynamic and Stability Analysis of Process Gas Turbo-Compressor in accordance with API 617 Standard (API 617 규격에 의거한 프로세스 가스 터보압축기의 로터다이나믹 해석 및 안정성 검토)

  • Kim, Byung-Ok;Lee, An-Sung
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2009
  • A rotordynamic and detailed stability analysis in accordance with API 617 standard were performed with a turbo-compressor, which is one of key rotating machinery in refinery, petroleum, and power plants. The system is composed of rotor shaft, impeller, sleeve hub, balance drum, and coupling hub. The rotor system is supported by tilting pad bearings, which has 5 pads and pad on loading condition. The rotordynamic analysis specified by API 617 includes the critical speed map, mode shape analysis, Campbell diagram, unbalance response analysis, and stability analysis. In particular, the specifications of stability analysis consist of a Level 1 analysis that approximates the destabilizing effects of the labyrinth seals and aerodynamic excitations, and Level 2 analysis that includes a detailed labyrinth seal aerodynamic analysis. The results of a rotordynamic analysis and stability analysis can evaluate the operating compressor health and can be utilized as a guide of its maintenance, repair and trouble solution.

A Modeling and Attitude Control of an Inspection and Cleaning Robot for Wind Turbines (풍력발전기 진단 및 청소를 위한 로봇의 모델링 및 자세제어)

  • Kong, Jin-Young;Lee, Jae-Soon;Kang, Yeon-Sik;Cho, Baek-Kyu
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.922-929
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    • 2014
  • Wind turbines are in the limelight in the alternative energy industry. However, they face frequent and various problems during operation. We focused on the supervising of the blades of a wind turbine. In this paper, we present the design of a maintenance robot that takes the size of wind turbine blades into consideration, so the general form of the robot is a square with four wires fixed to its vertices and to the nacelle. After the robot is placed near the nacelle, it moves along the blades. We also designed an attitude control algorithm for the robot to maintain its balance. Our control algorithm for the robot consists of roll and pitch attitude controllers and a height controller. Each controller was designed independently and then superposed together. We used simulations to verify our control algorithm.

The Extacting Crack in Asphalt Concrete Pavement by Digital Image Processing (수치영상처리에 의한 아스팔트 포장노면의 균열 검출)

  • Jang, Ji-Won
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.10 no.4 s.22
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2002
  • Recently, damage of pavement represented by crack is depened by the increase of traffic demand up to ten million and wight, and interest about the efficient management of pavement is being increased gradually according to the growth of maintenance expense of road surface. In this study, the possibility of application for acquisition of crack information was tested by appling DCRP and digital image processing technique and measuring crack on road surface precisely. Based on this, objective and efficient road surface measurement was planned and done. Measuring crack width, acquire result of comparative high accuracy. So, it is considered that it can be utilized as plan draft data for deterioration estimation and repair reinforcement work of pavement.

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A study on optimum design and high efficiency operation for commutatorless Kramer type slip power recovery system of induction motor (유도전동기의 무정류자 크레므형 슬립전력회수 시스템의 적정설계 및 고효율화 운전에 관한 연구)

  • 유춘식;홍순일;노창주;이형기
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.59-74
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    • 1987
  • In this dissertation, a complete model of commutatorless static Kramer type slip power recovery system of 3.phi. induction motor has been designed and tested in the laboratory, and the experimental results are compared with the numerical values. The main results of this study are summerized as follows. (1) Maintenance and repair of the mechanical commutator is obviated by adopting a thyristor commutator in place of the mechanical commutator in the conventional Kramer system. (2) The experimental results of developed torque, and stator current are generally coincided with the numerical values obtained by the derived equation, proving their validity. (3) This system is simulated and the following operational characteristics are obtained with suitable design values : (a) The speed control range of 7:1 is obtained when the turn ratio of induction motor is lowered to about 3:1 to 4:1 and the generating constant of auxiliary synchronous motor is increased to 120-175 range. (b) Its efficiency can be increased to 75-85%, the range for static Scherbius system and its power factor takes values in the range of 65-85%, which is twice of the range for static Scherbius system.

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