• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.70-77
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• 2016

In this paper, the structural design and integrity evaluations for a reactor vessel of PGSFR sodium-cooled fast reactor(150MWe) are carried out in compliance with ASME BPV III, Division 5 Subsection HB. The reactor vessel is designed with a direct contact of primary sodium coolant to its inner surface and has a double vessel concept enclosing by containment vessel. To assure the structural integrity for 60 years design lifetime and elevated operating temperature of $545^{\circ}C$, which can invoke creep and creep-fatigue damage, the structural integrity evaluations are carried out in compliance with the ASME code rules. The design loads considered in this evaluations are primary loads and operation thermal cycling loads of normal heat-up and cool-down. From the evaluations, the PGSFR reactor vessel satisfies the ASME code limits but it was found that there is a little design margin of creep damage for inner surface at the region of cold pool free surface.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.66-73
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• 2012

A pressure compensated chamber of a pilot mining robot isolates and protects an electrical-electronic system from the ambient highly pressured water. Since the inner pressure of the chamber is compensated with outer water pressure using hydraulic oil and pressure compensator, there exists a pressure difference, less than 1 bar, between outer and inner surface. The structural safety of the chamber is obtained relatively easier than the canister type which inner pressure is kept as the atmospheric pressure. However, due to the adoption of box shape for space efficiency and usage of the transparent engineering plastic viewport for checking inner circumstance, the viewport can be largely deformed. This large deformation can cause an additional tensile force, called the prying force, to the bolt-flange connection parts of the viewport. In this paper, we suggest the structural design equation considering the prying action for designing the structure of a box-shape pressure compensated chamber.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.570-577
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• 2018

Composite pressure vessels made through filament winding are widely used in various fields. Numerous studies regarding composite pressure vessels have been conducted in the automotive industry to improve the space efficiency of trunks as well as the fuel efficiency. Compared with steel liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels used in the conventional LPG vehicles, the use of type 4 composite pressure vessels has advantages in terms of reduction of the weight of vehicles. This study focused on development of type 4 composite pressure vessels that can be installed in the spare tire well. Those type 4 composite pressure vessels are designed with torispherical dome shapes instead of geodecis dome shapes because of the space limitation. To reduce deformation due to the stresses in the axial direction of the vessels, thereby securing the safety of the container, the reinforcing bar concept was applied. A structural analysis software, ABAQUS, confirmed the effect of the reinforcing bar on the axial deformation through the type 4 composite pressure vessel. As a result, the final winding angle of the composite layer was analyzed by applying $26^{\circ}/28^{\circ}/26^{\circ}/28^{\circ}/26^{\circ}/88^{\circ}$ The tensile stress was 939.2 MPa and the compressive stress was 249.3 MPa.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.33-44
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• 2006

As many scientific phenomena are now investigated using complex computer models, the effective use of Kriging on physical problems has been expanded to provide global approximations for optimization problems. This paper is focused on the two types of strategies to improve efficiency and accuracy of approximate optimization models using Kriging. These methods are performed by the stochastic process, stochastic-localization method(SLM), as the criterion to move the local domains and the design of experiments(DOE), the classical design and space-filling design. The proposed methodology is applied to the designs of 3-bar truss, Sandgren's pressure vessel, and honeycomb upper platform of a satellite structure.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.547-554
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• 2013

The fuel storage vessel installed in CNG vehicles can be largely divided into 3 parts: head, cylinder, and dome. Studies of the cylinder and dome parts have already been performed, but sufficient design data is not available about the head part. Therefore, expert field engineers heavily depend upon trial-and-error methods. Therefore, FE analysis is performed to review the hot spinning process for forming the head part of the CNG vessel using the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method. The effects of forming factors on the load were analyzed. The values of the factors were chosen to avoid defects in the head part and buckling, and the forming feasibility of the head part was investigated. Furthermore, a bursting test was performed to evaluate the safety of the storage vessel.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.17-17
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• 1998

1970년대에 개발된 Ti-15-3 합금은 상온에서 우수한 성형성을 가지고 있어 Ti-6-4 합금보다 성형 공정을 대폭 감소시킬 수 있어 생산비용을 크게 감소시킬 수 있는 장점이 있는 합금이다. 또한, 냉간 성형성이 우수하고 강화 범위가 폭넓기 때문에 항공기의 프레임, 항공기 압력 용기 및 고장력 유압 튜브 등에 많이 사용하고 있으나, 열간 성형성이 Ti-6-4 티타늄 합금보다 좋지 않기 때문에 이제까지의 적용 분야는 판재 성형 등의 한정된 분야에만 적용되어 오고 있는 실정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.371-376
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• 2003

원자력 발전소에서 격납건물 계통의 건전성 유지는 냉각재상실사고(Loss of Coolant Accident: LOCA) 및 주증기관 파단(Main Steam Line Break : MSLB) 사고와 같은 설계기준사고 시 격납건물의 최대 온도/압력을 평가하는 격납건물 성능 평가는 격납용기 내에 방사능 물질을 효율적으로 가두어 방사능 피해로부터 공공의 안전을 확보할 수 있느냐 하는 관건이다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.433-438
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• 2002

화재 및 폭발 특성치로 인화점, 최소발화온도, 폭발한계, 최소발화에너지, 연소열 등을 들 수 있다 이 가운데 폭발한계(explosive limits)는 가연성물질(가스 및 증기)을 다루는 공정 설계 시 고려해야 할 중요한 변수로써, 발화원이 존재할 때 가연성가스와 공기가 혼합하여 일정 농도범위 내에서만 연소가 이루어지는 혼합범위를 말한다/sup 1)/. 특히 폭발범위는 온도, 압력, 불활성가스의 농도, 화임전과 방향, 용기의 크기, 무리리적 상태 등에 의해 변한다/sup 2)/.(중략)

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.127-134
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• 1980

Shielding problems associated with neutron streaming through the reactor vessel cavity of pressurized water reactors are discussed to a certain extent with the actual examples in the currently operating reactors. Various remedial techniques are proposed herein to mitigate the tedious neutron streaming phenomena including piling up in heaps of temporary boron-containing bags and the installation of permanent shield structure making use of a certain refractory materials. In conclusion, optimum cavity shielding design concepts are presented with special emphasis on such major factors as the identification of major neutron streaming path, selection of necessary shielding materials with acceptable constraints, detailed design characteristics and physical configuration as well as the formulation of dependable mathematical tools to predict the final outcome of each design concept proposed in the context.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.647-654
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• 1985

A computer aided design package is developed that can perform such functions as computer aided inputing/drafting/modifying/outputing, automatic determination of volumetric properties, finite element analysis and post processing for the design of axisymmetric shell with slight asymmetry. In order to make the design modification easy and to accelerate the computation time for analysis, developed is a new finite element analysis which utilizes an approximate solution method and a conical ring eleement with slight asymmetry. Also proposed is a computer aided process planning algorithm which is based on the axiomatic approach.