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AN IN-SITU YOUNG'S MODULUS MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS USING TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

  • Choi, Young-Chul (Advanced Reactor Tech. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Yoon, Doo-Byung (Advanced Reactor Tech. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Jin-Ho (Advanced Reactor Tech. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kwon, Hyun-Sang (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
  • Published : 2009.04.30
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Abstract

Elastic wave is one of the most useful tools for non-destructive tests in nuclear power plants. Since the elastic properties are indispensable for analyzing the behaviors of elastic waves, they should be predetermined within an acceptable accuracy. Nuclear power plants are exposed to harsh environmental conditions and hence the structures are degraded. It means that the Young's modulus becomes unreliable and in-situ measurement of Young's modulus is required from an engineering point of view. Young's modulus is estimated from the group velocity of propagating waves. Because the flexural wave of a plate is inherently dispersive, the group velocity is not clearly evaluated in temporal signal analysis. In order to overcome such ambiguity in estimation of group velocity, Wigner-Ville distribution as the time-frequency analysis technique was proposed and utilized. To verify the proposed method, experiments for steel and acryl plates were performed with accelerometers. The results show good estimation of the Young's modulus of two plates.

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