• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.465-476
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• 2000

In a nuclear power plant, steam generator tubes cover a major portion of the primary pressure-retaining boundary. Thus very conservative approaches have been taken in the light of steam generator tube integrity According to the present criteria, tubes wall-thinned in excess of 40% should be plugged whatever causes are. However, many analytical and experimental results have shown that no safety problems exist even with thickness reductions greater than 40%. The present criterion was developed about twenty years ago when wear and pitting were dominant causes for steam generator tube degradation. And it is based on tubes with single cracks regardless of the fact that the appearance of multiple cracks is more common in general. The objective of this study is to review the conservatism of the present plugging criteria of steam generator tubes and to propose a new coalescence model for two adjacent through-wall cracks existing in steam generator tubes. Using the existing failure models and experimental results, we reviewed the conservatism of the present plugging criteria. In order to verify the usefulness of the proposed new coalescence model, we performed finite element analysis and some parametric studies. Then, we developed a coalescence evaluation diagram.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집(II)
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• pp.369-372
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• 2006

In this paper, analysis method of HPFRCC is proposed as predicting properties flexural behavior. For analyzing HPFRCC beam, properties of strain-hardening, multiple cracking, and crack spacing control are considered as non-homogeneous material properties of the beam. This paper focused on the deflection, maximum moment of the flexural beam, distribution of crack width with the monte carlo simulation.

• 한국공간구조학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.4-7
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• 2023

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1715-1720
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 장균열을 가지는 Si3N4 세라믹스의 균열 길이와 코팅 방법에 따르는 균열 치유 특성을 규명하였다. 약 $100{\sim}500\;{\mu}m$의 균열 길이는 24.5 ~ 98 N의 하중을 사용하여 비커스 압자를 이용하여 만들었다. 24.5 N의 하중으로 만든 단균열의 경우, $SiO_2$ 나노 콜로이드 코팅된 균열재는 모재보다 약 140 % 증가한 가장 높은 굽힘 강도를 보였지만, 장균열은 모재보다 낮은 굽힘 강도를 나타내었다. 그러나 대부분의 장균열 시험편의 굽힘 강도는 균열재보다 약간 증가하였다. 이러한 결과에 따라서, 복수 압입에 의한 $Si_3N_4$ 세라믹스의 균열 치유 특성을 코팅방법에 따라 연구하였다. 장균열 시험편의 가장 효과적인 코팅 방법은 정수압코팅방법이었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2016

최근에 요소망의 재구성이 불필요하고 균열의 가시화에 강점을 가지는 확장유한요소법(XFEM)을 이용한 균열 해석이 많이 연구되고 있지만 주로 단일재료로 이루어진 부재의 해석에 집중되어 있다. 본 논문에서는 복합재료 부재인 철근콘크리트 보의 다중균열 해석에 확장유한요소법을 적용하며 그 적용성과 타당성을 살펴보았다. 확장유한요소해석 기능이 탑재된 상용 해석프로그램인 ABAQUS를 사용하여 균열해석을 수행하였으며 그 결과를 실험결과와 비교하였다. 확장유한요소법에서 인접요소에 동시에 균열이 발생할 경우 균열의 불연속성이 나타나지 않은 부가자유도 잠김 현상을 발견하였고 이에 대한 원인과 그 해결방안을 제시하였다. 또한 실험결과와 유사한 다중균열 발생을 위한 모델링 기법도 제시하였다. 확장유한요소법을 이용한 해석결과는 실험결과와 유사한 균열 양상 및 균열 간격을 보여 주었으며 하중-변위 관계에 있어서도 실험에 근접한 결과를 보여 주었다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.75-86
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• 1996

최근 선박, 해양구조물, 항공기 및 원자력 플랜트 등 대형구조물의 사용조건이 극도로 가혹해짐에 따라 이들에 대한 신뢰성 및 안전성 보장이 심각한 문제로 대두되고 있다. 이들 대형구조물에 있어, 파손사례의 대부분은 어떤 형태로든 피로현상과 관련된 것으로서 수명 및 잔여수명의 예측과 함께 안정성 평가기술의 확립이 절실히 요구되고 있다. 그러나, 실제 대다수의 결함은 복수표면 균열 상태로 존재하며, 이들은 단일균열의 경우와는 달리 급속히 합체, 성장할 가능성이 높고 따라서, 관통수명 또한 짧아지며, 관통시 표면균열의 길이가 상대적으로 커져 불안정 파괴의 위험성도 그만큼 높아지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 평판 및 필릿 용접부에 존재하는 복수의 직렬표면균열을 대상으로 인접균열간 간섭효과, 합체현상을 고찰하여 피로균열 진전거동 및 피로수명 예측프로그램을 개발하고, 이를 기존의 실험결과와 비교, 평가하여 그 정도 및 실용성을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권1호
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• pp.125-138
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• 2018

This paper proposes a transfer matrix method for the bending vibration of two types of tapered beams subjected to axial force, and it is applied to analyze tapered beams with an edge or multiple edge open cracks. One beam type is assumed to be reduced linearly in the cross-section height along the beam length. The other type is a tapered beam in which the cross-section height and width with the same taper ratio is linearly reduced simultaneously. Each crack is modeled as two sub-elements connected by a rotational spring, and the method can evaluate the effect of cracking on the desired number of eigenfrequencies using a minimum number of subdivisions. Among the power series available for the solutions, the roots of the differential equation are computed using the Frobenius method. The computed results confirm the accuracy of the method and are compared with previously reported results. The effectiveness of the proposed methods is demonstrated by examining specific examples, and the effects of cracking and axial loading are carefully examined by a comparison of the single and double tapered beam results.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the time behavior of a multiple crack problems. It is assumed that the medium contains cracks perpendicular to the crack surfaces, that the thermo-mechanical properties are continuous functions of the thickness coordinate. we use the laminated composite plate model to simulate the material non-homogeneity. By utilizing the Laplace transform and Fourier transform techniques, the multiple crack problems in the non-homogeneous medium is formulated. Singular integral equations are derived and solved to investigate the multiple crack problems. As a numerical illustration, transient thermal stress intensity factors(TSIFs) for a functionally graded material plate subjected to sudden heating on its boundary are provided. The variation in the TSIFs due to the change in material gradient and the crack position is studied.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.831-848
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• 2016

This study aims to characterize the multiple cracking behavior of HTPP-ECC (High tenacity polypropylene fiber reinforced engineered cementitious composites) by Digital Image Correlation (DIC) Method. Digital images have been captured from a dogbone shaped HTPP-ECC specimen exhibiting 3.1% tensile ductility under loading. Images analyzed by VIC-2D software and ${\varepsilon}_{xx}$ strain maps have been obtained. Crack widths were computed from the ${\varepsilon}_{xx}$ strain maps and crack width distributions were determined throughout the specimen. The strain values from real LVDTs were also compared with virtual LVDTs digitally attached on digital images. Results confirmed that it is possible to accurately monitor the initiation and propagation of any single crack or multiple cracks by DIC at the whole interval of testing. Although the analysis require some post-processing operations, DIC based crack analysis methodology can be used as a promising and versatile tool for quality control of HTPP-ECC and other strain hardening composites.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1120-1131
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• 2003

A recently developed numerical method based on a mixed volume and boundary integral equation method is applied to calculate the accurate stress intensity factors at the crack tips in unbounded isotropic solids in the presence of multiple anisotropic inclusions and cracks subject to external loads. Firstly, it should be noted that this newly developed numerical method does not require the Green's function for anisotropic inclusions to solve this class of problems since only Green's function for the unbounded isotropic matrix is involved in their formulation for the analysis. Secondly, this method takes full advantage of the capabilities developed in FEM and BIEM. In this paper, a detailed analysis of the stress intensity factors are carried out for an unbounded isotropic matrix containing an orthotropic cylindrical inclusion and a crack. The accuracy and effectiveness of the new method are examined through comparison with results obtained from analytical method and volume integral equation method. It is demonstrated that this new method is very accurate and effective for solving plane elastostatic problems in unbounded solids containing anisotropic inclusions and cracks.