• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.161-176
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• 1993

For the purpose of assessing structural integrity at a level of complexity and accuracy appropriate for the situation, integrity assessment methods are formulated with the following methods. One is three-tier assessment method of the revised BSI PD 6493 which considers stable crack growth effect, the others are limit load analysis which estimates the plastic collapse load and stability assessment method which considers stable crack growth of ductile material exactly using J-integral and tearing modulus. Besides, integrity assessments for center cracked panel(CCP) specimen and the circumferential through-cracked pipe are carried out and reliability analysis is accomplished by the first order reliability method which is one of the conventional reliability methods. Also the accuracy of the present method is verified by Monte Carlo method.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.55 no.10
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• pp.36-39
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• 2015

이 글에서는 초고온가스로 노심 흑연 구조물의 신뢰성 평가 관련 이해를 돕기 위해 원자력급 흑연의 일반적인 특성, 흑연 구조물의 파손 평가 모델 및 이론, ASME 응력 평가 모델에 대해 기술하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1816-1817
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• 2011

원자력발전소의 금속파편감시계통(LPMS : Loose Parts Monitoring System)은 원자로냉각재계통 내부에 존재할 수 있는 금속 이물질과 구조물 이완부에 의한 충격신호를 조기에 검출하여 원자로 구조물 및 핵연료 손상, 제어봉 구동장애 등을 미연에 방지하여 발전소 안전운전을 담당하는 중요 감시설비이다. LPMS는 금속 이물질이나 구조물 이완부에 의한 충격신호를 검출하기 위해 충격파에 민감한 가속도계를 원자로냉각재계통 중 금속파편이 자연적으로 모일 수 있는 각 구역의 표면에 최소 2개 이상 설치되어 있다. 원전은 규제요건에 따라 설비의 건전성 확인을 위해 24시간, 7일, 31일, 91일 마다 각 1회의 설비 건전성 시험을 수행하며, 계획예방정비기간 중에는 가속도계 주변에서 강구나 스프링 타격기를 이용한 충격시험을 통해 설비 전체의 건전성을 확인하고 있다. 설비 건전성 확인을 위해 경상운전 중에 수행하는 설비 건전성 시험에는 설비 특성상 가속도계 및 전치증폭기의 건전성을 확인할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 경상운전 중 가속도계와 전치증폭기의 건전성을 확인할 수 있는 기법을 제시하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.311-320
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• 2014

Rotor blades are important devices that affect the power performance, efficiency of energy conversion, and loading and dynamic stability of wind turbines. Therefore, considering the characteristics of a wind turbine system is important for achieving optimal blade design. When a design is complete, a design evaluation should be performed to verify the structural integrity of the proposed blade in accordance with international standards or guidelines. This paper presents a detailed exposition of the evaluation items and acceptance criteria required for the design certification of wind turbine blades. It also presents design evaluation results for a 2-MW blade (KR40.1b). Analyses of ultimate strength, buckling stability, and tip displacement were performed using FEM, and Miner's rule was applied to evaluate the fatigue life of the blade. The structural integrity of the KR40.1b blade was found to satisfy the design standards.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.159-166
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• 2007

This paper evaluates the soundness of structural elements using Wavelet Packet Transform (WPT). WPT is applied to the response acceleration of a framed structure which is subjected to earthquake load to decompose the response acceleration, then the energy of each component is calculated. The first five largest components in energy magnitude among the decomposed components are selected as input to an ANN to identify the damage location and severity. Two nodes in output layer yield damaged element and damage severity respectively. This method successfully evaluates the amount of damage and its location in the structure.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.105-112
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• 2009

For the purpose of facing battle damage that a fighter is subject to in combat, following recovery procedures such as damage assessment, repair design and structural integrity evaluation are investigated. A sample study is presented on the battle damage of F-15 ECS bay, which is comprised of damage assessment and repair design based on ABDR(Aircraft Battle Damage Repair) skills and work procedure complying with AFTO(Air Force Technical Order) forms. Further, the flight safety of repaired structure is validated and the time the permanent repair should be done is estimated through the evaluation of structural integrity such as the calculation of static strength and fatigue life.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.17-23
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• 2009

The survivability of the temporary nozzle extension for an accurate thrust measurement in a full-scaled combustor has been investigated through thermal analyses. The effects of nozzle extension materials and the thickness of thermal barrier coating (TBC) have been elucidated. It has been found that thermal survivability cannot be guaranteed without TBC. The maximum temperature of the nozzle extension decreased with increasing TBC thickness. For hot firing tests, the TBC is thought to be indispensable to the thermo-structural survivability of the nozzle extension made of steel.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.171-178
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• 2010

Pipeline structure is one of core underground infrastructure which transports primary sources. Since the almost pipeline structures are placed underground and connected each other complexly, it is difficult to monitor their structural health condition continuously. In order to overcome this limitation of recent monitoring technique, recently, a Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) system based on on-line and real-time monitoring system is being developed by the authors' research group. In this study, real-time pipeline health monitoring (PHM) methodology is presented based on electromechanical impedance methods using USN. Two types of damages including loosened bolts and notches are artificially inflicted on the pipeline structures, PZT and MFC sensors that have piezoelectric characteristics are employed to detect these damages. For objective evaluation of pipeline conditions, Damage metric such as Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) value was computed from the impedance signals to quantify the level of the damage. Optimal threshold levels for decision making are estimated by generalized extreme value(GEV) based statistical method. Throughout a series of experimental studies, it was reviewed the effectiveness and robustness of proposed PHM system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.32-39
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• 2006

An acoustic emission technique was applied to the structural strength test for the structural integrity evaluation of the nozzle assembly. These AE results were compared with data from the strain gages and displacement transducer. NDT using X-ray technique was performed to improve the test reliability before and after each test. In this structural integrity evaluation of the nozzle assembly, the internal crack initiation in the structure could not be precisely revealed by the strain and displacement results but the location and load level of the initiated crack could be precisely evaluated by using AE technique. From this test, it was proven that some new cracks can be generated in composite liner of nozzle assembly under the unexpected load due to interference between obturator and nozzle and these can be a cause of the unexpected abnormal failure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05b
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• pp.1017-1023
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• 1995

본 연구는 원자로 격납건물 내압해석에 있어 대표적 기하학적 변 단면을 변수로 하여 그 영향을 분석함으로써 격납건물 구조건전성시험(SIT : Structural Integrity Test)시 정확한 계측계획의 수립 및 시험결과와 비교 평가를 위한 해석상의 고려사항을 도출하고자 수행되었으며, 장비출입구 주변의 단면 설계를 위한 부분모델 작성시 고려되어야 하는 비 영향 영역 범위를 설정하고자 수행되었다. 해석결과 본 논문에서 고려된 대표적 기하학적 변단면의 영향이 비교적 큰 것으로 평가되어 격납건물 구조건전성 시험의 수행 및 평가에 고려되어야 할 요소가 도출되었으며 부분모델 작성시 고려되어야 하는 비영향 영역을 설정 할 수 있었다.