• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.440-446
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• 2006

The reactor vessel body and closure head are fastened with the stud bolt that is one of crucial parts for safety of the reactor vessels in nuclear power plants. It is reported that the stud bolt is often experienced by fatigue cracks initiated at threads. Stud bolts are inspected by the ultrasonic technique during the overhaul periodically for the prevention of failure which leads to radioactive leakage from the nuclear reactor. The conventional ultrasonic inspection for stud bolts was mainly conducted by reflected echo method based on shadow effect. However, in this technique, there were numerous spurious signals reflected from every oblique surfaces of the thread. In this study, ultrasonic phased array technique was applied to investigate detectability of flaws in stud bolts and characteristics of ultrasonic images corresponding to different scanning methods, that is, sector and linear scan. For this purpose, simplified stud bolt specimens with artificial defects of various depths were prepared.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.273-277
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• 1994

1990년 7월 이후 #2 베어링에서 발생한 오일 휩 현상을 감지하고서도 그 주원인을 일반적으로 흔히 발생하는 사항에서만 해결방안을 찾으려 노력한 결과 3년 반의 시간이 경과되었고, 뜻하지 않게도 저널 직경의 불균일에 의한 오일 휩 현상임 을 뒤늦게 알게 되었다. 철저한 점검의 필요성을 강조하지 않을 수 없다. 증기터빈 의 Overhaul 작업완료 후 Oil Flusning 절차가 있는데 이 Oil Flusning 방법에 문제 가 있다. 보통은 작업완료후 로터를 정지한 상태에서 베어링 앞에 Oil Strainer(Fine Mesh)를 설치하고 오일 펌프를 기동하여 Flushing을 하는데 이때 Strainer를 통과한 작은 이물질이 베어링내에 축적되었다가 터빈 기동시 이 이물질과 로터가 접촉되어 저널이 손상되게 된다. 인천화력3호기 #2 베어링의 오일 휩을 일으키게 한 저널의 편마모 현상도 이와같은 경우임에 틀림없다. 왜냐하면 '90, O/H시 #2 베어링 저널의 직경은 원통형이었기 때문이다. 따라서 Oil Flusning은 터빈 구조상 불가능한 경우 도 있겠지만 베어링 by-pass Oil Flushing 시스템으로 개조 운영되어야 저널 및 베어링 마멸현상을 제거할 수 있고 이로인한 오일 휩 현상도 예방할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.53-58
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• 2000

In many cases, it is more practical and economical to repair a system than to replace the whole system or to perform a complete overhaul when it fails. The age replacement policy with minimal repair at failure is considered. The system is replaced every time its age reaches at $T_0$. For each intervening failure only minimal repair is done. The minimal repair times in a renewal period are increasing in the sense that the minimal repair times constitute a strictly increasing geometric process. The long-run expected cost rate Is obtained and the properties of the existence and the uniqueness of the optimal policy minimizing the long-run expected cost rate are derived.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.730-733
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• 1991

The inspection for steam generator tubes of nuclear power plants is performed by eddy current test method. In the current, human experts should check enormous amounts of eddy current(EC) signals to find abnormal ones on the computer screen. This method could cause a few problems. The purpose of this paper is to develop an expert system which can automatically evaluate EC signals of steam generator tubes. Since this expert system can replace or help human experts, the reliability in EC signal evaluation can be improved, and the required man-power can be reduced. Additionally, application of this system can shorten the overhaul period, contribute to a safe operation of the nuclear power plant.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.12C no.5 s.101
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• pp.659-664
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• 2005

Advanced countries overhaul government workflows using IT, which not only enhances efficiency and productivity, but paves the way to a 'e-Government' offering prompt, quality service for citizens. This research analyzes the DiD(Defense-in-Depth Strategy) and compares the information protection strategy of Korean e-Government with DiD for reliable and safe e-Government's build.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.10
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• pp.1387-1392
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• 2012

These days people use a lot of electric power, because industry advancement and a standard of living is elevated. So voltage stability analysis and control problems are very important in these days. U.S.A has already developed voltage stability analysis program, and use it on power transmission scheme such as generator overhaul, transmission line off and so on. So voltage stability analysis is more and more interested in Korea, too. In this paper, we introduce a standard theory of voltage stability analysis and real time voltage stability analysis program that use sPMU(Satellite Phasor Measurement Unit). And we also introduce the calculation result about voltage stability in Jeju power transmission system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.104-108
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• 1999

Samsung Aerospace Ind., Ltd. (SSA) has been involved in gas turbine and turbomachinery businesses since 1980. An overview is given of its gas turbine overhaul, parts manufacturing, and industrial turbo machinery businesses. It is hoped that interested people will find the current status and capabilities of Korean gas turbine industry as represented by SSA's Gas Turbine & Turbomachinery Division.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.259-264
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• 2003

Failure code system must include data of maintenance history, classification of failure, affective range and situation when failure occur. But the present failure code system have used a simple code system for classification to include only merchandise and tools. Advantageously, expansional standard code system that will be developed, it make that users can take steps of standardized overhaul and inspection as proposal maintain contents when failure occur or something wrong in vehicle of urban transit. Standardized failure codes must be developed and used that manufacturing companies and urban transit operating companies in order to give effect to maintenance works.

• STI Policy Review
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.66-86
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• 2016

This paper discusses government-backed venture capital as a science, technology and innovation (STI) policy instrument from the Chinese perspective. China aspires to overhaul its growth model by vigorously promoting technological innovation and entrepreneurship. Like many other countries, however, funding gaps constrain new technology ventures in the early stages of venture development. To plug this gap, China attempts to use government-backed venture capital as a policy instrument. Super-size central government-backed VCs were set up and dozens of similar schemes are in operation at local levels. This paper provides a case study of such government-backed venture capital schemes in China. It documents the background conditions explaining the country's need for public venture capital, describes the distinct features of program design in such schemes, and assesses the impact of government-backed venture capital.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.87-95
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• 2006

The outlet feeder pipe thinning in a PHWR (Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor) is caused by a high pressure steam flow inside the pipe, which is a well known degradation mechanism called a FAC (Flow Assisted Corrosion). In order to monitor the degradation, the thickness of the outlet bends close to the exit of the pressure tube should be measured and analyzed at every official overhaul. This paper describes a mobile feeder pipe inspection robot that can minimize the irradiation dose to human workers by automating the measurement process. The robot can move by itself on the feeder pipe by using an inch worm mechanism, which is constructed by two gripper bodies that can fix the robot body on to the pipe, one extendable and contractible actuator, and a rotation actuator connected to the two gripper bodies to move forward and backward, and to rotate in a circumferential direction.