• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3438-3448
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• 2021

Dynamic seals are one of the critical components of Absorber Rod Drive Mechanism of Fast Breeder Reactors, requiring separate experimental development. Their significance can't be overemphasized considering that the availability and re-usability of Control Rod Drive Mechanisms of Fast Breeder Test Reactor is governed by the failure rate of dynamic seals (bellows). For prototype and subsequent Fast Breeder Reactors in India, choice of the dynamic seal is changed to an in-house designed & developed labyrinth type V-ring seal. The present work is related to the numerical investigations carried out to gain insights into the sealing mechanism and the thermal behaviour of these seals. The results indicate that the seal geometry is very important for obtaining optimum performance. By changing the geometry of the present seal, performance enhancement by more than 50% in important indices is obtained. Further, the results point out that caution shall be exercised when the seal material & its operating temperature are changed. Also, the numerical model developed in this study will be useful for developing more robust dynamic seals in future.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.537-545
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• 2013

금속씰의 탄성복원력은 기밀성능을 결정하는 매우 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구는 장시간 운전조건에서 기밀성능을 유지할 수 있는 금속오링씰의 구조, 즉 탄성복원력이 우수한 구조를 얻기 위하여 컴플라이언트 메커니즘 위상최적화법을 도입하였다. 진화구조최적화법의 위상최적화 알고리듬이 사용되었으며, 강성 및 유연성을 동시에 고려하는 두 가지 종류의 목적함수가 사용되었다. 금속오링씰의 외형을 고려하여 원형의 최적화 설계영역이 고려되었으며 최적화 결과로 나타난 위상의 탄성복원력은 상용품의 탄성복원력과 비교되었다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.49-56
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• 1998

The thermal deformation of the contact seal components has been analyzed using the finite element method. The temperature distributions, the thermal deformations and contact stresses are solved numerically for the contact surface with wear coning effects. The thermal deformation is always shown to distort the sealing surface along the radius of the seal ring. The results show that the deformations of inner radius side are significant compared with those of outer radius. Thus, the thermal deformation due to thermal heatings may promote the coned face wear or wear related thermal cracks at the contacting face of the seal ring component.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 1998년도 제27회 춘계학술대회
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• pp.149-158
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• 1998

The thermal deformation of the contact seal components has been analyzed using the finite element method. The temperature distributions, the thermal deformations and contact stresses are solved numerically for the contact surface with wear coning effects. The thermal deformation is always shown to distort the sealing surface along the radius of the seal ring. The results show that the deformations of inner radius side are significant compared with those of outer radius. Thus, the thermal deformation due to thermal heatings may promote the coned face wear or wear related thermal cracks at the contacting face of the seal ring component.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.341-347
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• 2005

To perform a cryogenic development test for Tribo-elements in a turbopump, a cryogenic bearing and seal test facility (BSTF) is designed and currently under construction in KARI. The working fluid is liquid nitrogen operating at a temperature $-197^{\circ}C$. The maximum operating pressure and volume flow rate of BSTF are 100 bar and 10 liters per second, respectively. The development tests of floating ring seals, inter-propellant seals (IPS) and cryogenic ball bearings in a turbopump will be performed using the BSTF. This paper briefly described design requirements and procedures of BSTF.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.209-212
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• 2004

The O-ring seal is a usual component part in various mechanical apparatuses for sealing that makes efficient performance of the equipments. The sealing performance of 0-ring is effected in environments of the O-ring seal, like that applied pressures, working temperatures, interferences and materials. In this paper, an pressurized, NBR O-ring is calculated by experimental methods and analysed numerically using the MARC finite element program. The calculated experimental and FEM results showed that the Contact force O-ring decreases as a function of temperature.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.305-313
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• 1992

Stirling 기관(機關)의 피스톤 Seal부분에서의 마찰저항(摩擦抵抗)을 감소(減少)시킴과 동시 에 작동가스의 누설량(漏泄量)을 감소(減少)시켜서 기관출력(機關出力)을 증대(增大)시킬 목적(目的)으로 재질(材質) 및 밀봉(密封) 형식(形式)이 서로 다른 Piston ring식 밀봉기구(密封機構)와 금속(金屬) Bellows를 이용한 밀봉기구(密封機構)를 시작(試作)해서 마찰저항(摩擦抵抗)과 작동가스의 누설량(漏泄量)을 조사(調査)하고, 이들 밀봉기구(密封機構)를 실험(實驗) 기관(機關)에 장착(裝着)해서 운전시험(運轉試驗)을 통해 각 밀봉기구(密封機構)의 성능(性能)을 검토(檢討)하였다. 그 결과(結果) Bellows를 Power piston의 Actuator로 시작(試作)한 밀봉기구(密封機構)가 다른 Piston-ring식(式) 밀봉기구(密封機構)에 비(比)해, 피스톤링과 실린더벽 사이의 마찰저항(摩擦抵抗) 및 작동(作動)가스의 누설량(漏泄量)이 현저하게 감소(減少)하였으며, D-type은 B-type에 비해 도시출력(圖示出力)은 약 1.6배, 축출력(軸出力)은 약 1.2배로 증가(增加)하였다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.329-336
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• 2004

The lock-up position of the floating ring seal affects the leakage flowrate and the stability. And it is changed depending on the operating and geometry condition. In this paper, the leakage flowrate and stability with change of the height and length were investigated by theoretical analysis and experiment. The parameter of the height and length is expressed to the b and L. The decreasing of the b resulted in the increasing of equivalent whirl frequency ratio in the experimental result at the low speed and high pressure not such as theoretical analysis. As the L increased the leakage flowrate decreased and stiffness and direct damping coefficient increased in the experimental result. That was similar to the theoretical analysis.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2004

The floating ring seal has an advantage to find the optimum position by itself, which is used in the turbo pump of a liquid rocket. The main purpose of seals is to reduce the leakage. Especially, seals of the turbo pump for the liquid rocket engine are operated under the serious conditions such as high pressure above 10 MPa, very low temperature about $-180^{\circ}C$ and high rotating speed above 25,000 rpm. So, rotordynamic stability is very important for the system stability. In this paper, the leakage and dynamic characteristics of floating ring seals were investigated by a experimental and analytical method. The theoretical results of the leakage performance for the floating ring seal showed much higher than that of experimental results. On the other hand, the results of stiffness and damping characteristics showed similarity each other. As the shaft speed was increasing, the whirl frequency ratio was increased in the experimental results.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2003

The sealing performance of an elastomeric O-ring using the double layered material has been analyzed fer the contact stress behaviors that develop between the O-ring seal and the surfaces with which it comes into contact. The leakage of an O-ring will occur when the pressure differential across the seal Just exceeds the initial (or static) peak contact stress. The contact stress behaviors that develop in compressed O-rings, in common case of dovetail grooved geometry, are investigated using the finite element method. The FE analysis includes material hyperelasticity and axisymmetry. The computed FEM results show that the contact stress behaviors are related to the ratio of diameter between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the temperature of vacuum chamber.