• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.69-73
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• 2015

The study investigated effects of residual stresses and Charpy impact energy on brittle fractures of the butt weld between the valve and the piping, and of the valve body in nuclear power plants via a linear elastic fracture mechanics approach in the ASME B&PV Code, Sec.XI and finite element analysis. Weld residual stress in a butt weld between close check valve and piping, and residual stress in the valve due to casting process were assumed to be proportional to yield strength of base metal. Operating stresses in the butt weld and the valve body were calculated using approximate engineering formulae and finite element analysis, respectively. Applied stress intensity factors were calculated by assuming postulated cracks with specific sizes and then by substituting the residual stresses and the operating stresses into engineering formulae presented in the ASME B&PV Code, Sec.III. Plane strain fracture toughness was derived by using a correlation between Charpy V-notch impact energy and fracture toughness. Structural integrity of the weld and the body against brittle fracture was assessed by using the applied stress intensity factors, plane strain fracture toughness and the linear elastic fracture mechanics approach. As a result, it was identified that the structural integrity was maintained with decreasing the residual stress levels and increasing the Charpy V-notch impact energy.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.4717-4722
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• 2014

In shipyards, a large number of dog-pieces are used to align welding joints and prevent welding deformation in the block assembly stage. The huge working man-hours consumed in the working process of dog-pieces impedes the productivity growth of shipyards. In this study, an analysis method based on the experimental results was proposed to simulate the welding deformation of butt joints with a dog-piece setting. The simulation of welding deformation of a hull block joint was performed using the proposed analysis method. Finally, the proposed analysis method can be used to establish guidelines for the proper use of dog- pieces in the block assembly stage.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.11
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• pp.1191-1198
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• 2015

In this paper, we develop simplified finite element (FE) models for butt-, lap- and T-welded joints by performing numerical and experimental experiments. Three-point bending tests of butt- and lap-welded specimens are performed to obtain the stiffness of the specimens and the strains at points near the welding beads. Similarly the stiffness and strains of T-welded specimen are measured by applying a point load at the end of the specimen. To develop simplified FE models, we consider the shape parameters of width, thickness and the angle of weld elements in the numerical simulations. The shape parameters of the simplified FE models are determined by building linear regression models for the experimental data sets.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.177-184
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• 2014

In this study, we investigated the variations in welding residual stresses in dissimilar metal butt weld due to width of repair welding and re-distribution behaviors resulting from similar metal welding (SMW) and mechanical loading. To this end, detailed two-dimensional axi-symmetric finite element (FE) analyses were performed considering five different repair welding widths. Based on the FE results, we first evaluated the welding residual stress distributions in repair welding. We then investigated the re-distribution behaviors of the residual stresses due to SMW and mechanical loads. It is revealed that large tensile welding residual stresses take place in the inner surface and that its distribution is affected, provided repair welding width is larger than certain value. The welding residual stresses resulting from repair welding are remarkably reduced due to SMW and mechanical loading, regardless of the width of the repair welding.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.26-26
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• 2009

TIG 용접은 고품질이고 용접인자의 제어가 쉽고 정확하다는 장점이 있지만, 얕은 용입과 낮은 생산성과 같은 단점이 있다. TIG 오비탈 용접에서는 용입의 한계 때문에 작은 루트면과 넓은 그루브를 가공하여 다층 용접을 하며, 루트패스에서는 파이프 진원도에 의한 핏업 시 단차의 문제가 자주 발생하여 많은 현장에서 루트갭을 만들어 수동 용접하는 실정이다. 따라서 생산성이 낮으며 생산 단가가 높고 용접 품질이 작업자에 따라 다르게 된다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하여 자동 오비탈 용접을 위해 단차를 흡수 할 수 있는 용접 공정 개발이 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 TIG 용접에서 단차에 따른 용접성을 검토하여 이를 맞대기 용접에 적용했을 때 균일한 이면비드를 얻는 공정을 개발하는 것이다. 따라서 본 연구는 아래보기 자세에서 단차에 따른 용입 특성을 이면비드 및 단면으로 비교 분석하였다. 단차 없이 아크길이만 1mm, 2mm, 3mm로 변경하여 실험한 결과 아크길이가 짧아질수록 표면비드 폭은 좁아졌고 이면비드 폭은 증가하는 경향을 나타내어 아크길이가 짧아질수록 용융효율이 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 단차 1mm에서 아크길이 3mm를 제외하고 표면비드 및 이면비드가 미려하였다. 하지만 단차 2mm에서는 아크길이 1mm, 2mm, 3mm 전부 이면비드가 생성되지 않았다. 이는 단차로 인해 아크길이가 증가하여 용융효율이 낮아졌기 때문이라 판단된다. 이면비드가 생성되지 못한 시험편을 백 베벨링(0.5mm, 1.0mm, 1.5mm, 2.0mm)하여 실험한 결과 단차 2mm, 아크길이 1-3mm 백 베벨링 2.0mm 적용한 시험편에서 양호한 이면비드를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.267-270
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• 2008

Thermo-mechanical simulation of the friction stir butt welding process was performed for AA5083-H18 sheets, utilizing commercial FVM code, STAR-CCM+, which is based on Eulerian formulation. Temperature and strain rate histories along the material flow were calculated under the steady state condition and simulated temperature distributions (profiles and peak values) were compared with experiments for verification. It was found that by including proper thermal properties of the backing plate (anvil) the accuracy of the simulation results increased significantly.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.240-245
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• 2009

The Friction Stir Welding (FSW) has mainly been used for making butt joints in Al alloys. Development of FSW would expand the number of applications. The FSW is a relatively solid-state joining process. This study possibility of a welding between C1020 and Al6063 by means of FSW has fundamentally clarified. The primary process parameters, such as a rotating speed, rotating direction of tool and off-set of pin periphery from materials interface were optimize, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.42-45
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• 1998

원유 또는 가스 생산을 위해 해상에 설치되는 플랜트 해양설비는 크게 jacket과 module로 나눌 수 있다. Jacket은 module을 지지하기 위한 구조물로써 jacket 본체와 pile로 구성되어 있으며, 미국용접학회(AWS)의 규정에 의해 대부분의 맞대기 완전용접 이음부(full penetration butt welds)에 대해 100% 방사선투과검사를 실시하게 되어 있다. 그러나 지금까지 방사선투과검사를 실시해 온 경험으로 미루어 볼 때 방사성에 대한 안전성, 생산공정의 영향(검사지연) 등 방사선투과검사는 많은 문제점을 가지고 있었다. 이에 대한 문제점을 해소하고, 국내의 비파괴검사 기술 향상을 위해 자동 초음파탐상 system을 개발, 방사선투과검사를 자동 초음파탐상검사로 대체하여 적용한 사례를 간략하게 기술하였다. 또한, 적용 확대를 위해 개방중인 system을 소개하고 아울러 자동 초음파탐상기술에 대한 앞으로의 방향을 제시하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.836-839
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• 1997

In recent years, much progress has been made in the automation of welding coped with a variety of highly flexible sensors. Among these sensors, only the eddy current sensor can detect the center location of the butt joint whose gap distance is zero. Thus, in this study the eddy current sensor is used to develop a robust and useful joint tracking system. The developed system is tested to qualify the performance of the system and seam tracking algorithm is proposed and two simulation are executed to show the performance of the proposed tracking algorithm.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.156-166
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• 1995

Experimental models which are able to determine the deviation between weld line and weaving center by measuring the weld current during welding were proposed for the gas metal arc welding process. The models were used for developing a weld seam tracking system which controls the weaving speed of a welding torch. However, it was revealed that the tracking result of the system is affected by the welding conditions. Thus an arc sensor system was developed by using fuzzy control approach for overcoming the difficulty of modelling the nonlinear process. The rule base and parameters of the fuzzy control system were determined on the basis of the results of experiments. This fuzzy control system has shown the successful tracking capability for the wide operating range of welding conditions.