• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.545-548
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• 2009

Korean utility has utilized a Periodic Safety Review (PSR) that assesses the cumulative effects of plant aging, modifications, operating experience, technical developments, and site characteristics since 2000. In particular, the assessment and management of plant aging is one of the major areas in PSR. It includes identification of critical Systems, Structures, and Components (SSCs) for aging, assessment of aging effects, and implementation of aging management programs. Since the PSR system was introduced based on the atomic energy acts and related laws, PSRs of eight sets for 12 Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) that have been operating more than 10 years have been completed. PSRs of two sets for 4 NPPs are currently being carried out. The utility has confirmed that domestic NPPs have been operated safely through these PSRs and have implemented the follow-up corrective activities to increase the nuclear safety. In this paper, the status of PSR implementation is discussed and improvement programs to conduct PSR follow-up corrective activities efficiently for NPPs are suggested based on experiences with aging assessments.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.179-190
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 실리콘 기판 상에 제작된 3D 결합구조를 가지는 코프레너 선로인 CWP3DCS(coplanar waveguide employing periodic 3D coupling structures) 구조에 대한 특성임피던스와 대역폭특성을 연구하였으며 이를 통해 완전집적형 해양무선통신 반도체 SoC(System on Chip)를 구현하기 위한 수동소자의 개발가능성을 검토하였다. CWP3DCS에 대한 특성임피던스와 대역폭특성을 추출하기 위해서 삽입손실에 대한 측정값을 반영한 measurement-based equation을 유도하였으며, 이 방법의 유효성을 검증하기 위해 전송상수 β와 특성임피던스에 대한 측정값과 measurement-based equation으로부터 추출된 계산값을 비교하였다. 비교 결과에 의하면 특성임피던스와 전송상수 β에 대한 계산값과 측정값의 최대오차는 각각 3.9%와 6.4%의 값을 보여주었다. 본 논문의 연구결과에 의하면, CWP3DCS 구조는 주기적 구조의 길이 LT = 30 ~ 150 ㎛의 범위에서 통과대역이 121 GHz인 광대역 특성을 보여주었으며, 특성임피던스 역시 주파수 의존성이 매우 적은 광대역 특성을 보여주었다. 그리고, 20 ㎛의 선로 폭으로도 20 Ω이하의 낮은 임피던스를 가지는 전송선로의 구현이 가능하였으며, 동일한 임피던스를 가지는 기존 전송선로의 선로 폭 3mm에 비해 선로 폭이 크게 감소하였다. 그리고, 주기적 구조의 길이 LT값을 조정함으로써 원하는 특성임피던스 값을 가지는 구조를 반도체 기판 상에 용이하게 구현할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 상기 결과로부터 CWP3DCS 구조는 완전집적형 무선통신 반도체 SoC용 정합 및 수동소자로써 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 논문은 3D 결합구조를 가지는 코프레너 선로인 CWP3DCS의 대역폭에 대한 최초의 연구이다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.146-154
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• 2016

This paper presents methods to analyze the topological structures of the spaces composed of patches extracted from waveform signals, which can be applied to the classification of signals. Commute time embedding is performed to transform the patch sets into the corresponding geometries, which has the properties that the embedding geometries of periodic or quasi-periodic waveforms are represented as closed curves on the low dimensional Euclidean space, while those of aperiodic signals have the shape of open curves. Persistent homology is employed to determine the topological invariants of the simplicial complexes constructed by randomly sampling the commute time embedding of the waveforms, which can be used to discriminate between the groups of waveforms topologically.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1950-1957
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• 2004

Analysis for structures composed of materials containing regularly spaced in-homogeneities is usually executed by using averaged material properties. In order to evaluate the effective properties, a unit cell is defined and loaded somehow, and its response is investigated. The imposed loading, however, should accord to the status of unit cells immersed in the macroscopic structure to secure the accuracy of the properties. In this study, mathematical description for the periodicity of the displacement field is derived and its direct implementation into FE models of unit cell is attempted. Conventional finite element code needs no modification, and only the boundary of unit cell should be constrained in a way that the periodicity is preserved. The proposed method is applicable to skew arrayed in-homogeneity problems. Homogenized in-plane elastic properties are evaluated for a few representative cases and the accuracy is examined.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.30-34
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• 2014

Bluff bodies under the external periodic force vibrate at their own natural or forced frequency. Rectangular bodies or similar structures such as high-rise towers and apartments, and recently a well-cited application - offshore floating bodies, usually needs to reduce these vibrations for stability and the mode control. Therefore, this study is aiming to reduce or control the vibration of a structure by a passive control method, i.e., TLCD (Tuned Liquid Column Damper). Controlling a moving body with a TLCD based on a variety of the orifice shape has been preliminary studied. In order to get a proper control, an optimized study is made on the design of the orifice shape, which has internal plates with the holes. The results show the force acting on the body due to the periodic movement highly depends on the number of holes on the plate and the height of the water level. Therefore, the optimum shape of the orifice and the height of the water level should be confirmed by a series of experiments.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.117-120
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• 2007

The floor slabs of building structures are often subjected to the periodic force which is induced by vibrating machines or human activity(walking, jumping, running etc). These periodic forces cause excessive oscillation. In order to examine the dynamic characteristics of floor slabs, the dynamic characteristics test is accomplished. Generally, the Impact Hammer and Dynamic Exciter test is used to dynamic characteristics test. But the Impact Hammer test is not suitable to apply in building slabs. In this paper, It compared the performance of the Exciter and Impact Hammer test for dynamic characteristics analysis of floor slabs.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2011

Flow instability is investigated in a two-dimensional channel with thin baffles placed symmetrically in the vertical direction and periodically in the streamwise dircetion. At low Reynolds numbers, the flow is steady and symmetric. Above a critical Reynolds number, the steady flow undergoes a Hopf bifurcation leading to unsteady periodic flow. As Reynolds number further increases, we observe the onset of secondary instability. At high Reynolds numbers, the two-dimensional periodic flow becomes three dimmensional. To identify the onset of secondary instability, we carry out Floquet stability analysis. We obseved the transition to 3D flow at a Reynolds number of about 125. Also, we computed dominant spanwise wavenumbers near the critical Reynolds number, and visualized vortical structures associated with the most unstable spanwise wave.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.743-763
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• 2014

The paper presents an investigation of the nonlinear dynamical system of an electrostatically actuated micro-cantilever by the incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method. An efficient approach is proposed to tackle the difficulty in expanding the nonlinear terms into truncated Fourier series. With the help of this approach, periodic and multi-periodic solutions are obtained by the IHB method. Numerical examples show that the IHB solutions, provided as many as harmonics are taken into account, are in excellent agreement with numerical results. In addition, an iterative algorithm is suggested to accurately determine period doubling bifurcation points. The route to chaos via period doublings starting from the period-1 or period-3 solution are analyzed according to the Floquet and the Feigenbaum theories.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공간정보시스템학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집 제1권1호(통권1호)
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• pp.161-168
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• 2004

The dynamic instability of snapping phenomena has been studied by many researchers. Few papers deal with dynamic buckling under loads with periodic characteristics, and the behavior under periodic excitations is expected to be different from behavior under STEP excitations. We investigate the fundamental mechanisms of the dynamic instability when the sinusoidally shaped arch structures are subjected to sinusoidally distributed excitations with pin-ends. The mechanisms of dynamic indirect snapping of shallow arches are especially investigated under not only STEP function excitations but also under sinusoidal harmonic excitations, applied in the up-and-down direction. The dynamic nonlinear responses are obtained by the numerical integration of the geometrically nonlinear equation of motion, and examined by Fourier spectral analysis in order to get the frequency-dependent characteristics of the dynamic instability for various load levels.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2004

Recently, the ultra light metal structure with periodic and three dimensional truss elements takes attention because of its multi-functionality and substantial heat resistance. However, the complicated fabrication process leading to high cost has been a major obstacle to wide applications. In this paper, a new idea to construct an ultra light structure with periodic, three dimensional truss using metal wires is presented. To prove the practical validity, a Kagome-like structure was fabricated from stamped wires and punched face sheets. It was assembled by soldering. Through three-point bending and compression tests, the strength was evaluated and compared with the theory.