• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2014

The purpose of this paper is to assess the structural integrity of piping penetrations for nuclear power plants. A piping qualification analysis describes loads due to deadweight, pressure difference acts normal to the plate, thermal transients, and earthquakes, among other events, on piping penetrations that have been modeled as an anchor. Amodel was analyzed using a commercial finite element program. Apiping penetration analysis model was constructed with an assembly of pipe, head fittings and sleeves. Normally, the design load, thus obtained, will consist of three moments and three forces, referred to a Cartesian coordinate system. When comparing the stress analysis results from each required cutting position, the general membrane stress intensities and local membrane plus bending stress intensities during a structural evaluation cannot exceed the allowable amount of stress for the design loads. Therefore, the piping penetration design satisfies the code requirements.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.638-646
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• 2003

This paper presents experimental validation of the enhanced reference stress based J estimates for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes. recently proposed by authors. Using the pipe test data for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes, the predicted fracture initiation and maximum moments according to the proposed enhanced reference stress method are compared with experimental ones as well as predictions from the R6 method. The results show that both the R6 method and the proposed method give conservative estimates of initiation and maximum moments for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes, compared to experimental data. For longer cracks, the proposed method reduces conservatism embedded in estimated J according to the R6 method, and the resulting predictions are less conservative, compared to those from the R6 method. For shorter cracks, on the other hand, the proposed method reduces possible non-conservatism embedded in estimated J according to the R6 method, and the resulting predictions are slightly more conservative.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.568-575
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• 2006

The present paper provides plastic limit load solutions of axial and circumferential through-wall cracked pipes based on detailed three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) limit analysis using elastic-perfectly-plastic behavior. As a loading condition, axial tension, global bending moment, internal pressure, combined tension and bending and combined internal pressure and bending are considered for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes, while only internal pressure is considered for axial through-wall cracked pipes. Especially, more emphasis is given for through-wall cracked pipes subject to combined loading. Comparisons with existing solutions show a large discrepancy in short through-wall crack (both axial and circumferential) for internal pressure. In the case of combined loading, the FE limit analyses results show thickness effect on limit load solutions. Furthermore, the plastic limit load solution for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under bending is applied to derive plastic $\eta\;and\;{\gamma}$-factor of testing circumferential through-wall cracked pipes to estimate fracture toughness. Being based on detailed 3-D FE limit analysis, the present solutions are believed to be meaningful fur structural integrity assessment of through-wall cracked pipes.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2001

In order to apply the Leak-Before-Break(LBB)concept to nuclear piping, accurate estimation of J-integral and crack opening displacement(COD) is essential for complex loading, such as combined tension and bending. This paper proposes a new engineering method to estimate J-integral and the COD for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes subject to combined tension and bending loading. The proposed method to estimate the COD is validated against three published pipe test data, generated from a monotonically increasing bending load with a constant internal pressure, which shows excellent agreements.

• 산업진흥연구
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2019

본 연구는 아파트, 빌딩 등의 건축물에 설치되는 가스배관의 고정장치에 관한 기술로서, 가스배관이 사방으로 완충작용을 하도록 하우징의 내측에 고정됨으로써, 지진이나 충격에 의한 진동을 완화시켜 가스배관의 손상 및 파손을 방지함에 따라 지진 및 가스배관의 파손에 의한 피해를 최소화할 수 있는 가스배관의 내진 고정장치에 관한 기술분야가 개시된다. 건축물의 벽면 또는 벽면에 설치된 브라켓에 가스배관을 고정하는 장치에 있어서, 벽면 또는 브라켓에 하부가 결합되는 하우징과 하우징의 내측에 삽입되어 결합되고, 가스배관이 내측에 관통되어 고정되며, 가스배관을 사방으로 탄성지지하는 복수 개의 요철부가 형성되는 제1판스프링을 포함하고, 하우징의 전면 또는 후면에 나사결합되고, 하부가 제1판스프링의 일측말단과 타측말단에 각각 결합되어 회전됨으로써 제1판스프링의 탄성력을 조절하는 한쌍의 제1조절나사를 더 포함하여 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 가스배관의 내진 고정장치이다. 본 연구를 통하여 지진이나 충격에 의한 가스배관의 손상 및 파손을 최소화할 수 있는 효과를 얻을 수 있다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.67-72
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• 2001

The LBB behavior and the crack opening displacement after a crack penetrated wall thickness of statically indeterminate piping system were investigated in this study, compared with statically determinate piping system. The reduction of ultimate strength caused by a crack was relatively small in the statically indeterminate piping system. The statically indeterminate piping system has more safety margin for LBB behavior than the statically determinate piping system. The crack opening displacement could be evaluated by using the plastic rotation angle proposed to evaluate the crack opening displacement after crack penetration in pipe with a non-penetrating crack.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1995년도 추계학술발표회논문집(2)
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• pp.735-740
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• 1995

일체형 원자로에는 노심지지원통과 원자로용기 내벽사이의 환형 공간을 나선으로 감는 형태인 일체형 관류식 나선형 증기발생기와 증기발생기를 여러 개의 모듈로 나누어 환형 공간에 배치하는 형태인 모듈형 관류식 직관형증기 발생기가 가장 적합한 것으로 판단되어 두 가지 형태에 대한 개념을 설정하였다. 일체형 관류식 나선형 증기발생기는 전열관 집합체, 지지구조물, 하강유로, 그리고 증기 및 급수 헤더로 구성되어 있다. 모듈형 관류식 직관형 증기발생기는 개개의 모듈이 별도로 운전될 수 있는 12개의 모듈로 구성되며, 원자로용기를 관통하는 배관의 수를 줄이기 위해서 급수관이 증기관의 안쪽에 있는이중배관 개념을 사용한 것이 특징이다. 모듈형 관류식 직관헝 증기발생기가설계 및 제작이 용이하지만 높이를 줄이기 위한 방안으로 두 가지 개념이 조합된 모듈형 관류식 나선형 증기발생기도 검토하였다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2012

According to recent research on leak-rate estimates to assess rupture probabilities of nuclear piping which contains a circumferential surface/through-wall cracks due to PWSCC, i.e., xLPR (Extremely Low Probability of Rupture) program, it has been revealed that the use of crack shape with an idealized circumferential through-wall crack during actual crack growth can lead to overestimate of the leak-rate. Thus, for accurate estimation of the leak-rate during crack growth, the more realistic crack shape that can simulate the crack shape transition from surface crack to through-wall crack should be used. In this context, in the present study, the elastic crack opening displacement of slanted circumferential through-wall crack in thick-walled cylinder was proposed based on 3-dimensional elastic finite element fracture mechanics analyses. To propose the elastic crack opening displacement of slanted circumferential through-wall crack in thick-walled cylinder, the geometric variables affecting crack opening displacement, i.e., thickness of cylinder, reference inner crack length and slant crack ratio were systematically varied. In terms of loading conditions, axial tension, global bending moment and internal pressure were considered. The present results can be applied to calculate the leak-rate considering more realistic crack shape transition from surface crack to idealized through-wall crack, and can be expected to enhance current leak-rate estimation scheme, for instance, in xLPR program etc.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1099-1106
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• 2002

This paper provides engineering J-integral and crack opening displacement (COD) estimation equations for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under internal pressure and under combined internal pressure and bending. Based on selected 3-D finite element calculations for the circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under internal pressure using the idealized power law materials, the elastic and plastic influence functions for fully plastic J-integral and COD solutions are found as a function of the normalized crack length and the mean radius-to-thickness ratio. These developed GE/EPRI-type solutions are then re-formulated based on the enhanced reference stress method. Such re-formulation not only provides simpler equations for J-integral and COD estimations, but also can be easily extended to combined internal pressure and bending. The proposed equations are compared with elastic-plastic finite element results using actual stress-strain data, which shows overall excellent agreement.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2006

The present paper provides experimental J estimation equation for the circumferential through-wall cracked pipe under four-point bending, based on the load-crack opening displacement (COD) record. Based on the limit analysis and the kinematically admissible rigid-body rotation field, the plastic ${\eta}$-factor for the load-COD record is derived and is compared with that for the load-load line displacement record. Comparison with the J results from detailed elastic-plastic finite element (FE) analysis shows that the proposed method based on the load-COD record provides reliable J estimates even for shallow cracks, whereas the conventional approach based on the load-load line displacement record gives erroneous results for shallow cracks. Thus, the proposed J estimation method could be recommended for testing the circumferential through-wall cracked pipe, particularly with shallow cracks.