• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.54-60
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• 2017

When a sudden rupture occurs in high energy lines, ejection of inner fluid with high temperature and pressure causes blast wave as well as thrust forces on the ruptured pipe itself. The present study is to examine pipe whip behaviors and blast wave phenomena under postulated pipe break conditions. In this context, typical numerical models were generated by taking a MSL (Main Steam Line) piping, a steam generator and containment building. Subsequently, numerical analyses were carried out by changing break locations; one is pipe whip analyses to assess displacements and stresses of the broken pipe due to the thrust force. The other is blast wave analyses to evaluate the broken pipe due to the blast wave by considering the pipe whip. As a result, the stress value of the steam generator increased by about 7~21% and von Mises stress of steam generator outlet nozzle exceeded the yield strength of the material. In the displacement results, rapid movement of pipe occurred at 0.1 sec due to the blast wave, and the maximum displacement increased by about 2~9%.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.314-320
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• 2017

A pressure relief valve is generally used to prevent piping systems from being broken due to high pressure gas flows. However, the sudden pressure drop caused by the pressure relief valve produces high acoustic energy which propagates in the form of compressible acoustic waves in the pipe and sometimes causes severe vibration of the pipe structure, thereby resulting in its failure. In this study, internal aerodynamic noise due to valve flow is estimated for a simple contraction-expansion pipe by combining the LES (Large-Eddy Simulation) technique with the wavenumber-frequency analysis, which allows the decomposition of fluctuating pressure into incompressible hydrodynamic pressure and compressible acoustic pressure. In order to increase the convergence, the steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved. And then, for the unsteady flow analysis with high accuracy, the unsteady LES is performed with the steady result as the initial value. The wavenumber-frequency analysis is finally performed using the unsteady flow simulation results. The wavenumber-frequency analysis is shown to separate the compressible pressure fluctuation in the flow field from the incompressible one. This result can provide the accurate information for the source causing so-called acoustic-induced-vibration of a piping system.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.207-214
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• 2002

One of the way to derive design parameters of the fuel feeding system in satellite propulsion system is to analyze unsteady flow of liquid propellant (hydrazine). During steady thruster firing the flow rate is constant: if a thruster valve is abruptly shut down among a set of thrusters, pressure spikes much higher than the initial tank pressure occur. This renders the fuel flow unsteady, and the fluid pressure and flow rate to oscillate. If the pressure spikes are high enough, there are possibilities that propellant explosively decomposes, thruster valves we damaged, and adiabatic detonation of the hydrazine propellant is potentially incurred. Reflected shockwaves could also affect the calibration and operation of the pressure transducers. These necessitate the analysis of unsteady flow in the propulsion system design, and pressure behavior inside the propellant line obtained through some governing parameter variation is presented in this work.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.206-215
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• 1996

원자로냉각재계통 기기 설계를 위한 구조해석 분야는 크게 세가지로 구분할 수 있는데, 첫번째는 원자로 냉각재계통내의 유체의 온도, 압력, 원자로냉각재계통 기기 및 유체의 자중 등을 고려하여 정적해석이 주가되는 정상운전해석, 두번째는 원자력 발전소 수명내에 부지에 발생 가능한 지진을 고려하는 내진설계를 위한 지진해석, 세번째는 원자력발전소를 다른 플랜트보다 한층 안전하게 설계할 수 있도록 원자력 발전소내의 모든 고에너지배관의 파단을 가상하는 가상배관파단해석으로 구분할 수 있다. 1986년 이전까지의 가압경수로발전소의 가상배관파단은 원자로냉각재주배관의 파단을 가상하여 동적구조해석을 수행하므로써, 극히 보수적인 결과를 얻었다. 그러나, 파괴역학의 발전은 파단전누설기법을 정립하였으며, 이에 따라 1987년 미국의 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix A GDC 4에서는 원자력발전소 내의 모든 고에너지배관에 파단전누설기법 적용을 허용하므로써, 이들 배관의 가상배관파단을 배제할 수 있도록 하였다. 한국형 표준원전인 울진원자력 3, 4호기의 참조발전소인 영광원자력 3, 4호기는 개정된 GDC 4를 적용한 최초의 가압경수로발전소로서, 원자로냉각재주배관과 12인치 이상의 일차측 분기관들의 가상배관파단을 배제하였다. 본 보고서에서는 영광원자력 3, 4호기의 참조발전소인 미국 Palo Verde발전소와 한국형 표준원전인 울진원자력 3, 4호기의 가상배관파단에 의한 원자로냉각재계통의 동적구조해석 결과를 서로 비교, 분석하므로써 개정된 GDC 4의 영향을 평가함은 물론 향후 분기관 가상배관파단해석의 방향을 모색하는데 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07d
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• pp.2190-2192
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• 2001

가스 배관 진단 시스템은 배관 내부에 삽입되어 배관 내에 주입된 가스에 의해 추진되는 시스템으로 배관의 건설, 유지, 보수, 해체 등의 작업을 위한 여러 정보를 수집한다. 배관 진단을 위한 대표적인 센서로는 배관 내부의 찌그러짐(dent)과 주름(wrinkle)의 형태 및 크기를 측정하는 캘리퍼(caliper) 센서와 배관 외부의 파손을 측정하는 MFL(Magnetic Flus Leakage) 센서 그리고 배관 내의 환경 정보를 측정하기 위한 온도 센서와 압력 센서가 있다. 이러한 센서들로 수집된 정보를 활용하기 위해서는 정확한 위치 정보가 필요하므로 IMU(Inertial Measurement Unit)와 주행 거리계를 사용하는 결합 항법 시스템도 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 가스 배관 진단 시스템을 위한 항법 데이터 저장 시스템을 개발한다. 배관 진단 시스템의 특성상 일반적인 측정 센서는 700Hz 이상의 주기로 측정되고 항법 정보는 100Hz 주기 이상으로 측정되며 배관 내 이동 시간은 2시간에서 24시간 이상으로 다양하므로 많은 데이터를 효율적으로 저장할 수 있어야 한다. 따라서 데이터 저장 장치로는 DAT를 사용하게 되며 많은 센서 데이터를 실시간으로 저장하기 위해서 마스터-슬레이브 구조를 갖는 멀티 프로세서 구성을 이용한 항법 데이터 저장 시스템을 설계 제작하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.599-604
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• 2008

An experimental study has been performed to investigate the air-side capacity and pressure drop of the fin-tube heat exchanger for a fan coil unit under a cooling condition. The experimental data of five kinds of slit fin-tube heat exchangers were measured using an air-enthalpy calorimeter and a constant temperature water bath. Cooling capacities at the air and water rating flow rates were larger at the lower inlet water temperature. With increasing the water flow rate, the cooling capacity increased at the constant rate. Under the lower inlet water temperature, since the condensate was generated more on the fin-tube surface, the air-side pressure drop of the heat exchanger was larger.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2021.07a
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• pp.685-687
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 플랜트 배관의 기체 누출 탐지방안에 대하여 기술한다. 배관 누출 발생 시 배관 내부 압력과 누출부 크기의 조합에 따라 누출 초음파 발생 여부가 결정되는데, 누출 시 초음파가 발생하는 경우와 그렇지 않은 경우에 대하여 배관 누출을 탐지하는 방안과 보온재 배관의 누출탐지 방안에 대하여 설명한다. 또한 배관 파단을 상시감시하기 위한 대량의 무선센서 운용에 따른 대량 누출탐지신호의 실시간 처리를 위한 쿠버네티스 기반의 분산처리형 진단 시스템 구현 방안에 대하여 기술한다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

A finite element analysis of a trunnion pipe anchor is presented. The structure is analyzed for the case of internal pressure and moment loadings. The stress results are categorized as average and linearly varying(through the thickness) stresses. The resulting stresses are interpreted per Section 111 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code from which the Primary(B$_1$) and Secondary(C$_1$) stress indices for pressure, the Primary(B$_2$) and Secondary(C$_2$) stress indices for moment are developed. Several analysis were peformed on various structural geometries in order to determine empirical relationships for the stress indices as a function of dimensionless ratios.

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.32-39
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• 2017

In this study, a mathematical model of the pneumatic part in a gas blow-down system is proposed. The mathematical model consists of four major parts: pressure vessel, reservoir, pressure regulator and pipe-line. To ensure accuracy in long-time simulations, heat transfer between gas and pressure vessel is considered. The model is validated by comparing simulation results with experimental data. Experiments are conducted on the ground, where free convection can be assumed. Simulation results indicate the proposed model can accurately describe behavior of a gas blow-down system. Therefore, it may be used for design and analysis of similar systems with a slight modification.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 1997

It is very essential to get the accurate classification of defects in primary pressure vessel and piping welds for the safety of nuclear power plant. Ultrasonic testing has been widely applied to inspect primary pressure vessel and piping welds of nuclear power plants during PSI / ISI. Classification of flaws in weldments from their ultrasonic scattering signals is very important in quantitative nondestructive evaluation. This problem is ideally suited to a modern ultrasonic Pattern recognition technique. Here, a brief discussion on systematic approach to this methodology is presented including ultrasonic feature extraction, feature selection and classification. A stronger emphasis is placed on Fuzzy-UTSCS (UT signal classification system) as efficient classifiers for many practical classification problems. As an example Fuzzy-UTSCS is applied to classify flaws in ferrite pressure vessel weldments into two types such as linear and volumetric. It is shown that Fuzzy-UTSCS is able to exhibit higher performance than other classifiers in the defect classification.