• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.291-292
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• 2009

In this study, an analysis of cover concrete cracking exposed to the chloride attack was performed based on newly defined durability limit states. Using the methodology in this paper, the prediction of cover concrete cracking and subsequent spalling can be used for the prediction of corrosion induced serviceability degradation of concrete structures subjected chloride attack.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.9-17
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• 2012

Herein, life time prediction based on the deterioration of physical properties of chloroprene rubber (CR)aged by heat and seawater was performed. CR samples were experienced an accelerated test at $80^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$, $120^{\circ}C$ for heat aging, and $40^{\circ}C$, $60^{\circ}C$, $80^{\circ}C$ for seawater aging for 20,000 hrs. The change in tensile strength, maximum elongation,hardness was measured. As a result, the decrease in elongation was a major factor causing failure. The life time estimated using an Arrhenius model was 125 years at $23^{\circ}C$ for thermal aging and 9 years at $23^{\circ}C$ for seawater aging. SEM and elemental analysis reveal that cracks were generated and the content of oxygen was increased for CR agined by seawater. FT-IR spectrum shows the new C-O and C = O bonds were generated by the chemical reaction with seawater. Also, the glass transtion temperature was increased and the thermal decomposition was decreased by seawater aging.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05b
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• pp.667-673
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• 1995

원자력 발전소의 안전성과 향후 수명연장에 있어 중요한 파괴인성 평가기준으로 사용되는 연성-취성 천이온도인 RT$_{NDT}$ 의 중요성과 값 결정에 있어서의 문제점을 살펴보고, 천이온도 영역에서 파괴인성의 통계적 분포를 이용한 RT$_{NDT}$ 예측과 충격시험결과로부터 K곡선을 유도하는 방법에 대한 가능성 등을 논의하였다.

• 전기의세계
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.19-27
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• 1997

본 고는 전력연구원 연구과제인 "배전케이블 수명예측 기준결정 및 열화진단 시스템 구축"의 연구 수행중 전력케이블의 반도전층내에 들어 있는 불순물 또는 외부로부터 침투된 불순물이 전력케이블의 수명에 미치는 영향에 관한 총설로서, 그 동안 문헌조사 및 해외출장을 통하여 수집한 자료를 정리한 원고이다. 본 총설은 전력케이블에 사용되는 반도전층 재료의 변천, 반도전층의 역할 및 반도전층내에 들어 있는 불순물의 역할 등에 관한 내용이 정리되어 있다. 본 고를 통하여 반도전층내에 들어 있는 불순물은 전력케이블의 수명에 심각한 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 점을 강조하여 국내 지중배전 케이블에서도 불순물이 제거된 반도전 컴파운드를 사용해야 한다는 점을 강조하였다. 최근 반도전 재료의 개선을 통하여 전력케이블의 성능을 크게 개선시킬 수 있다는 연구결과 및 실용화 연구가 이루어지고 있는데, 이 새로운 개선방법은 반도전층으로부터 불순물을 제거한다는 단순한 방법이 아니라 반도전층을 이루는 반도전 컴파운드의 조성을 변화시키는 방법이다. 이는 단순히 전도성 카본블랙의 종류만을 바꾸는 것이 아니라 반도전 컴파운드에 사용하는 고분자 수지를 개질하거나 또는 일정 종류의 첨가제를 첨가하는 방법으로서, 본 고에서는 이들 방법에 대하여 간략하게 소개하였다. 이와 같은 고찰을 통하여 본 고에서는 전력케이블에 있어서 절연재료에 관한 연구도 물론 중요하지만 반도전층도 매우 중요한 역할을 하며, 나아가서 전력케이블의 성능을 현저히 향상시키기 위해서는 절연재료 뿐만 아니라 반도전층 재료에 관한 연구도 필요하다는 점을 강조하고자 한다. 본 고를 통하여 전력케이블에서의 반도전층의 역할 및 중요성에 과하여 좀 더 정확하게 인식되었으면 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.1221-1229
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• 2014

This paper proposes an approach for predicting the fatigue life of a propeller shaft of a forklift truck by an accelerated life test method. The accelerated life test method adopted in this study is the calibrated accelerated life test, which is highly effective in the prediction of the lifetime and enables significant reduction of the test time as well as a quantification of reliability in the case of small sample sizes. First, the fatigue test was performed under two high stress levels, and then, it was performed by setting low stress levels in consideration of the available test time and extrapolation. Major reliability parameters such as the lifetime, accelerated power index, and shape parameter were obtained experimentally, and the experimentally predicted lifetime of the propeller shaft was verified through comparison with results of an analysis of load spectrum data under actual operating conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.627-638
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• 2017

Expecting fatigue life of mounted radar in aircraft is very important when designing, because the mounted radar in aircraft is exposed to long-term external random vibration. Among the methods of predicting the fatigue life, Fatigue analysis method in frequency domain has continuously been proposed in this field. In this paper, four fatigue analysis methods in frequency domain, which are widely used, have been selected and compared with the results for Specimen fatigue test. As a result, Dirlik and Benascicutti-Tovo methods have been matched better with fatigue analysis in time domain than the method in frequency method through the comparison between the fatigue analysis method in time domain and the method in frequency domain by conducting the specimen fatigue test with strain gage. Based on the results of the specimen fatigue test, We have conducted fatigue analysis of mounted radar in aircraft with Dirlik and Benasciutti-Tovo methods in the finite element model, and confirmed that the required life was satisfying.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.649-657
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• 2017

In this study, fatigue testing was carried out for long-term use of rail according to track type. From S-N curves for 50%~0.01% failure probability, the fatigue life of the long-term use rail for each track type was derived using the weight probability analysis technique on the experimental data. Because the rails used in the fatigue test have different cumulative tonnages, the number of repetitions was modified by averaging the cumulative tonnage. In addition, the bending stresses of rail bottoms, considering rail surface irregularities, track support stiffnesses and train speeds, were evaluated using the predicted rail bending stresses derived from existing studies. As a result, for rail fatigue life evaluation, the fatigue life of rail on the ballast track was found to be more than 200 million tons higher than the standard value for rail replacement. Also, the fatigue life of rail on concrete track is more than 300 million tons higher than that on ballast track. The Haibach rule is adaptable for the fatigue life evaluation of rail for stress range under fatigue limit.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.30-40
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• 2014

The demand of underground structure such as box culvert for electric power transmission is increasing more and more, and the service life extension of these structures is very important. Recent observations in field and experimental evidences show that even steel in concrete can be corroded by carbonation reaction of cover concrete. Carbonation-induced corrosion in concrete may often occur in a high carbon dioxide environment. In this study, the risk of carbonation of box culverts in our nation was evaluated by measuring the carbonation rate and concrete cover depth in field. Then, the service life due to carbonation at the cover depth was calculated by in situ information and the Monte Carlo simulation in a probabilistic way. Additionally, the accelerated carbonation test for the cracked beam specimen was executed and the crack effect owing to the carbonation process on the service life of box culvert was numerically investigated via Monte Carlo simulation based on the experimental results.

• Composites Research
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.23-30
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• 2008

In this paper, the effect of the natural aging on the strength distribution and structural service life of a Filament Wound (FW) composite pressure vessel was studied. The fiber failure strain, which is varied significantly, was considered as the design random variable and the strength analysis was carried out by probabilistic numerical approach. The progressive failure analysis technique and the First Order Reliability Method (FORM) were embedded in this numerical model. As the calculation results, the probability of failure was obtained for each aging time steps and it is found that the strength degradation in FW composite pressure vessel, due to the natural aging, appears within 10 year-aging-time. As an example of the life prediction under natural aging using arbitrary laminated model, the service lifetime of 13 years was predicted based on the probability of failure of 2.5% and the design pressure of 3,250 psi.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.20-31
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• 2007

Material characteristics and lifetime evaluation are very important in design procedure to assure the safety and reliability of the rubber components. In this paper, the NBR compound was prepared by sulfur-cure system, and was used in predicting the lifetime of rubber gasket made by the compound. The accelerated material aging was investigated at different temperatures at 120, 140 and $160^{\circ}C$ and aging time from 3 hours to 600 hours at 5, 6, 7 vol %. of $H_2SO_4$ concentrations The rubber strips were placed in acid solution using pyrex g1ass tube. Both ends of pyrex g1ass tube were sealed to avoid evaporation of solution during heating at given time. The material test and accelerated acid-heat aging test were carried out to predict the useful life of NBR rubber gasket for a fuel cell stack. In order to investigate the effects of acid-heat aging on the properties of the NBR, tensile strength, elongation at break, hardness and crosslink-density were measured. The tensile strength decreases as the $H_2SO_4$ concentrations and temperature increase. Results were evaluated using Arrhenius equation.