• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.25-30
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• 2015

In the present study, complex leakage probabilities of nuclear pipes due to fatigue and stress corrosion cracking are evaluated by using the PINTIN(Piping INTegrity INner flaws) that is developed based on the existing PRAISE(Piping Reliability Analysis Including Seismic Events) program. With regard to the aging and crack instability, small leak and big leak probabilities are calculated for several pipes in a reactor coolant system of domestic nuclear plant. Moreover, sensitivity analysis is also performed to find out the effect of parameters for the leakage of pipes, which shows the coolant temperature is the most influencing parameter.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1249-1254
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• 2012

Pipe inspections conducted in nuclear power plants play an important role in ensuring the structural integrity of pipes. Because considerable manpower and expense is required for pipe inspections, it is very important to determine the optimum inspection period and the level of inspection. In this study, the effects of the period and the inspection quality on the failure probability of pipes are investigated using the P-PIE program, which has been developed to calculate the failure probability of pipes. The pipe data of an internal nuclear power plant is used in the study, and fatigue and stress corrosion crack growth are considered in the analysis.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.542-547
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• 2014

When a primary user transmits over some frequency band assigned to it, most of its transmission power tends to be concentrated in the band but a small portion of it spreads into the adjacent bands. Thus the false alarm probability for the adjacent bands can be higher than expected, even though no primary users are active in the bands. A previous work evaluated the effects of the adjacent channel leakage on the performance of an energy detection based spectrum sensing but it did not take into account the fading phenomenon. In this paper, we analyze the effects of the adjacent channel leakage on an energy detection based spectrum sensing scheme in terms of detection probability and false alarm probability in a fading environment.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.103-111
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• 2014

In this study, the probabilistic internal pressure fragility analysis was performed by using the non-linear finite element analysis method. The target structure is one of the containment buildings of typical domestic pressurized water reactors(PWRs). The 3-dimensional finite element model of the containment building was developed with considering the large equipment hatches. To consider uncertainties in the material properties and structural capacities, we performed the sensitivity analysis of the ultimate pressure capacity with respect to the variation of four important uncertain parameters. The results of the sensitivity analysis were used to the selection of the probabilistic variables and the determination of their probabilistic parameters. To reflect the present condition of the tendon pre-stressing force, the data of the pre-stressing force acquired from the in-service inspections of tendon forces were used for the determination of the median value. Two failure modes(leak, rupture) were considered and their limit states were defined to assess the internal pressure fragility of target containment building. The internal pressure fragilities for each failure mode were evaluated in terms of median internal pressure capacity, high confidence low probability of failure(HCLPF) capacity, and fragility curves with respect to the confidence levels. The HCLPF capacity was 115.9 psig for leak failure mode, and 125.0 psig for rupture failure mode.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.428-428
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• 2010

유기 발광 소자내의 전공과 전자의 균형과 효율적인 재결합을 통한 발광소자의 효율 향상을 위한 다양한 연구가 소자의 응용에 매우 큰 영향을 주고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 전도성 유기물내에서 정공의 이동도 가 전자의 이동도 보다 100 배 정도 빠르기 때문에 발광 효율을 향상시키기 위한 효율적인 전자 주입이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 전자주입효율을 향상하기 위하여 강한 전자 받게 역할을 하는 플러렌($C_{60}$)의 장점을 이용한 이중 전자 주입층을 제작하고 녹색 유기 발광 소자에 사용하여 발광효율의 변화를 관찰하였다. 유기 발광 소자에서 전자의 이동도를 향상하여 발광 층내로 주입되는 전자의 주입량을 증가하여 엑시톤 형성 확률을 높이기 위하여 전자 주입 층 내에 $C_{60}$을 첨가하였다. $C_{60}$만으로 이루어진 단층 전자 주입 층으로 구성된 유기발광 소자는 Al과 $C_{60}$ 계면사이에 거칠기가 큰 계면으로 인해 발생된 누설전류로 인해 Cesium flouride (CsF) 단층 전자 주입 층에 비해 낮은 발광효율을 나타냈다. 플러렌의 높은 전자전도성을 유지하며 누설전류의 흐름을 방지하기 위하여 매우 얇은 CsF층을 알루미늄 금속과 플러렌사이에 형성함으로써 플러렌과 Al 사이의 공유결합을 없애 누설전류를 줄였으며 Cs의 무거운 원자량으로 인해 전자 수송층으로의 확산되는 량이 적어 발광층에서 엑시톤의 재결합효율이 개선되어 유기발광 소자의 발광효율 향상이 나타남을 관찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.217-222
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• 1995

1994년 11월에 나타난 고리 1호기 증기발생기의 전열관 누설에 대한 원인 조사결과, 손상원인은 2차측 응력부식균열(ODSCC)로 밝혀졌으므로, 이에 따른 단기적인 손상완화대책으로 (1) TiO$_2$와 보론산을 첨가한 틈새 세정, (2) TiO$_2$를 첨가한 하이드라진 담금, (3) $Na^{+}$/Cl$^{-}$ 몰비 조절, (4) 용존산소 제거, (5) T$_{HOT}$ 감소 등을 선정하였다. 이와 같은 완화 대책을 적용한 경우의 ODSCC 손상진전율을 확률론적으로 분석한 결과, 증기발생기교체(1998년 예정) 이전까지 전열관 누설에 의한 운전정지 가능성은 매우 낮게 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.396-401
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• 2003

송전전압의 대용량화에 따라 옥외용 절연재료 특히, 애자는 요업재료에서 소형화가 가능한 고분자 소재로 전환되고 있다 특히, 실리콘 고무는 다른 고분자 재료에 비해 내광성, 내열성, 산화안정성, 내후성이 우수하고 표면에너지가 낮아 발수성이 뛰어나서 습기나 오염 물질이 존재하는 환경에서도 누설전류를 제한하는 특성을 가지고 있으므로 재료표면의 손상에 따른 건조대 아크의 발생확률이 줄어들게 되므로 많이 사용되고 있다.(중략)

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.62-69
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• 2013

A probabilistic assessment code, PRO-LOCA ver. 3.7 which was developed in an international co-operative research program, PARTRIDGE was evaluated by conducting sensitivity analysis. The effect of some variables such as simulation methods (adaptive sampling, iteration numbers, weld residual stress model), crack features(Poisson's arrival rate, maximum numbers of cracks, initial flaw size, fabrication flaws), operating and loading conditions(temperature, primary bending stress, earthquake strength and frequency), and inspection model(inspection intervals, detectable leak rate) on the failure probabilities of a surge line nozzle was investigated. The results of sensitivity analysis shows the remaining problems of the PRO-LOCA code such as the instability of adaptive sampling and unexpected trend of failure probabilities at an early stage.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2002

The distribution characteristics of data retention time for DRAM was studied in connection with the probability distribution of the cell parameters. Using the cell parameters and the transient characteristics of cell node voltage, data retention time was investigated. The activation energy for dielectric layer growth on cell capacitance, the recombination trap energy for leakage current in the junction depletion region, and the sensitivity characteristics of sense amplifier were used as the random variables to perform the Monte Carlo simulation, and the probability distributions of cell parameters and distribution characteristics of cumulative failure bit on data retention time in DRAM cells were calculated. we found that the sensitivity characteristics of sense amplifier strongly affected on the tail bit distribution of data retention time.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

P-PIE is a program developed to estimate failure probability of pipes and pressure vessels considering fatigue and stress corrosion crack growth. Using the program, crack growth simulation was performed with an initially existing crack in order to examine the effects of initial crack depth distribution on the leak probability of pipes. In the simulation stress corrosion crack growth was considered and several crack depth distribution models were used. From the results it was found that the initial crack depth distribution gives great effect on the leak probability of pipes. The log-normal distribution proposed by Khaleel and Simonen gives lower leak probability compared other exponential distribution models. The effects of the number and the quality of pre-service and in-service inspections on the leak probability were also examined and it was recognized that the number and the quality of pre-service and in-service inspections are also give great effect on the leak probability. In order to reduce the leak probability of pipes in plants it is very important to improve the quality of inspections. When in-service inspection is performed every 10 years and the quality of inspection is above the very good level, the leak probability shows nearly constant value after the first inspection for an initially existing crack.