• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.639-647
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• 2018

In this study, the effects of selecting water/silver nanofluid as both a coolant and a reactivity controller during the first operating cycle of a light water nuclear reactor are investigated. To achieve this, coupled neutronic-thermo-hydraulic analysis is employed to simulate the reactor core. A detailed VVER1000/446 reactor core is modeled in monte carlo code (MCNP), and the model is verified using the porous media approach. Results show that the maximum required level of silver nanoparticles is 1.3 Vol.% at the beginning of the cycle; this value drops to zero at the end of cycle. Due to substitution of water/boric acid with water/Ag nanofluid, reactor operation time at maximum power extends to 357.3 days, and the energy generation increases by about 27.3%. The higher negative coolant temperature coefficient of reactivity in the presence of nanofluid in comparison with the water/boric acid indicates that the reactor is inherently safer. Considering the safety margins in the presence of the nanofluid, minimum departure from nucleate boiling ratio is calculated to be 2.16 (recommendation is 1.75).

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.23-41
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• 2023

Coupled thermo-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) processes are essential for the long-term performance of deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. In this study, a numerical sensitivity analysis was performed to analyze the effect of rock properties on THM responses after the execution of the heater test at the Kamaishi mine in Japan. The TOUGH-FLAC simulator was applied for the numerical simulation assuming a continuum model for coupled THM analysis. The rock properties included in the sensitivity study were the Young's modulus, permeability, thermal conductivity, and thermal expansion coefficients of crystalline rock, rock salt, and clay. The responses, i.e., temperature, water content, displacement, and stress, were measured at monitoring points in the buffer and near-field rock mass during the simulations. The thermal conductivity had an overarching impact on THM responses. The influence of Young's modulus was evident in the mechanical behavior, whereas that of permeability was noticed through the change in the temperature and water content. The difference in the THM responses of the three rock type models implies the importance of the appropriate characterization of rock mass properties with regard to the performance assessment of the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1467-1481
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• 2015

This paper presents a contribution to improving an analytical thermo-mechanical modeling of Oxley's machining theory of orthogonal metals cutting, which objective is the prediction of the cutting forces, the average stresses, temperatures and the geometric quantities in primary and secondary shear zones. These parameters will then be injected into the developed model of Karas et al. (2013) to predict temperature distributions at the tool-chip-workpiece interface. The amendment to Oxley's modified model is the reduction of the estimation of time-related variables cutting process such as cutting forces, temperatures in primary and secondary shear zones and geometric variables by the introduction the constitutive equation of Johnson-Cook model. The model-modified validation is performed by comparing some experimental results with the predictions for machining of 0.38% carbon steel.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.113-118
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• 1997

A new approach to process optimal design in non-isothermal, non-steady state metal forming is presented. In this approach, the optimal design problem is formulated on the basis of the integrated thermo-mechanical finite element process model so as to cover a wide range of the objective functions and design variables, and the derivative based approach is adopted for conducting optimization by design iteration. The process model, the formulation for process optimal design, and the procedures for the evaluation of the design sensitivity and for design iteration for optimization are described.

• Composites Research
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2002

이 논문에서는 탄소/탄소 브레이크 제동중 시스템의 거동을 열탄성 해석을 수행하여 살펴보았고. 파손에 안정적인 디스크의 형상을 찾기 위하여 다양한 형상에 대한 3차원 응력해석을 수행하였다. 탄소/탄소 복합재료의 기계적 물성치가 적층면방향과 두께방향으로 측정되었다. 측정긴 기계적 물성치는 열탄성 해석과 3차원 응력해석을 위한 입력으로 사용 되었다. 로터 클립과 클립 리테이너 사이의 간격은 회전판의 하중전달 미케니즘에 있어서 중요만 인자이다. 간격변화는 기계적 변형과 열 변형으로 분리하여 고려하였다. 클립과 리테이터는 서로 접촉이 발생하지 않았으므로 해석 모델에서 리테이너와 리벳은 제외되었다. 로터 디스크는 반복대칭조건을 사용하여 모델링되었고, 로터 디스크와 로터 클립, 로터 클립과 키 드럼사이의 2중 접촉문제가 고려되었다. 3차인 응력해석의 결과로부터 브레이크 디스크의 키 홀 부분에 응력집중현상이 발생하는 것을 확인하였다. 응력분포는 키 홀 부분에서 접촉면의 회전각과 곡률반경의 변화에 따라 연구 되었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.236-242
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 유리섬유/폴리프로필렌 기반의 열가소성 복합재의 열성형 시험 평가를 위해, 성형온도에서의 인장 및 면내 전단 물성 시험을 실시하였고, 이를 비직교 구성방정식을 이용하여 정량화 하였다. 이를 통해 실험값과 잘 일치하는 고온에서의 인장 및 전단 물성값을 수식화하여 얻을 수 있었다. 열성형 시험을 위해 반구돔 시험을 실시하였고, 이형제 사용 유무 및 홀더의 무게를 달리해가며 성형품의 최종형상을 비교하였다. 그 결과 이형제를 사용하면 성형품의 대칭성이 확보되고 주름 개선 효과에 유리하다는 것을 확인하였고, 적당한 힘의 홀딩력 제어가 필수적이라는 것을 알 수 있었다. 더 나아가 비직교 구성방정식이 고려된 열성형 수치해석을 실시하여 실험 결과와 유사한 양상을 확인할 수 있었고, 홀딩력이 낮을 수록 주름이 많아지고, 마찰력이 클수록 더 많은 펀치력을 필요로 함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.942-949
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• 2002

The use of a combined starter/generator integrated into the drive train of an automobile offers several possibilities for improvement of fuel economy The use of such a starter/generator system is made feasible by a switch from a 14 volts electrical system to a 42 volts system, however, the sizing of the components is not a trivial problem. This study combines a dynamic electromechanical model of the starter, battery and power electronics with the nonlinear mechanics of the piston/crankshaft system and a thermofluid model of the compression and expansion processes to investigate the cold start problem. The example involves the start of an eight cylinder engine at -25 degrees Celsius. This paper shows how the mechatronic V8 engine of an automotive starter/generator system for the startability works well.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2015

A numerical analysis was conducted to investigate the inlet buzz and combustion oscillation in an axisymmetric ramjet engine with wedge-type flame holders. The physical model of concern includes the entire engine flow path, extending from the leading edge of the inlet center-body through the exhaust nozzle. The theoretical formulation is based on the Farve-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum, energy, and species concentration, and accommodates finite-rate chemical kinetics and variable thermo-physical properties. Turbulence closure is achieved using a combined scheme comprising of a low-Reynolds number k-${\varepsilon}$ two-equation model and Sarkar's compressible turbulence model. Detailed flow phenomena such as inlet flow aerodynamics, flame evolution, and acoustic excitation as well as their interactions, are investigated. Mechanisms responsible for driving the inlet buzz are identified and quantified for the engine operating at subcritical conditions.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.567-574
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• 1991

In this study thermal stress generated in three ingot moulds(GC25) during the solidification process of aluminum were analyzed by the two-dimensional thermo-elasto-plastic theory. In temperature analysis, all of the three models are shown steep temperature rising each case in initial stage of cooling. In thermal stress analysis, all of three models took compressible stress on inside wall of the mould, and tensible along with on out side. Model 2 take place less compressible, tensible stress then model 1. But model 3. have similar as thermal stress as model 2. The analysis will made one possible to calculate an optimum mould shape whose thermal stress gradient becomes minimum.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2100-2108
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 최근 한국동력자원연구소에서 개발한 로타리 킬른형의 도시 쓰 레기 소각로에 대하여 전열해석한 것으로 이 해석을 통하여 소각로에서의 쓰레기, 배 기가스 그리고 로벽에서의 온도 분포를 예측할 수 있다.