• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.17 no.6 s.90
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• pp.871-878
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• 2005

Reinforced concrete columns exposed to fire experience severe deterioration in material properties and subsequent structural capacities. Degree of losses in structural capacity of a column due to fire-damage mainly depends on the amount of heat transferred into the column during the fire. A reasonable heat transfer model of fire-damaged reinforced concrete column needs to take into account the heat-dependent nonlinear properties of heat conductivity and heat capacity of concrete as well as the evaporation of moistures in a section during the fire. Compared to the previously suggested models, the developed model in this study has included all these parameters in its numerical expressions based on explicit finite difference method. The developed model could predict the temperature changes with a reasonable accuracy for the columns exposed to fire.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.31-37
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• 2010

Asymmetric Slimfloor Beam (ASB) is a composite beam developed in Europe whose asymmetric H beam is partially inserted in concrete slab. Recently in Korea, Asymmetric Slimfloor Beam has been studied in order to save the story height of a building, reduce the amount of construction materials and increase the fire resistance of a building. On this study, the fire resistance of Asymmetric Slimfloor Beam was checked by a fire test and moment capacity was calculated at fire resistance time by a heat-transfer analysis. Using the analysis result, 3-hour fire resistance constructions consisted of fireproof gypsum boards and ASB were selected and fire resistances of selected constructions were checked.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.210-218
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• 2016

In this study, the fire analysis program FDS and Pathfinder was used to analysis a simulated accidental fire of a narrow dwelling space as a test bed. The results showed that the evacuation time of the H form internal building structure was the fastest at 285 seconds. In addition, when the automatic sprinkler system functioned with the entrances closed, the temperature distribution was lower and the visible smoke density was reduced.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.268-273
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• 1997

사용후핵연료는 장기간 강한 방사선과 붕괴열이 방출된다. 따라서 사용후핵연료를 안전하게 운반하기 위하여 수송용기는 방사선차폐의 건전성, 격납경계의 유지 및 내부 붕괴열의 적절한 제거 등의 설계기준을 만족하도록 설계되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 28개의 PWR 사용후핵연료집합체를 운반할 수 있는 KSC-28 수송용기의 적절한 열전달 특성을 갖는 copper 냉각핀 및 aluminum 전열판을 설정하였다. 또한, 정상수송조건 및 화재사고조건에 대한 열전달해석을 수행하여 수송용기의 열적 건전성을 평가하였고 여기에서 얻어진 온도를 열하중으로 고려하여 열응력해석을 수행함으로써 수송용기의 온도변화에 따른 구조적 건전성을 평가하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.189-197
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• 2007

Concrete tunnel lining must be designed to having the fireproof performance because the lining are sometimes exposed to very high temperature due to traffic accident. Such fire temperature may cause explosion of concrete, or collapse of tunnel structure. The purpose of this study is to obtain the fundamental fireproof behavior of fire resistance-engineered cementitious composites(FR-ECC) under fire temperature in order to use the fire protection material in tunnel lining system. The present study conducted the experiment to simulate fire temperature by employing 2 types of FR-ECC and investigated experimentally the explosion and cracks in heated surface of these FR-ECC. Employed temperature curve were hydro carbon(HC, ECl) criterion, which are severe in various criterion of fire temperature. The numerical analysis is carried out the nonlinear transient heat flow analysis and verified against the experimental data. The complex features of behavior in fire conditions, such as thermal expansion, plasticity, cracking or crushing, and material properties changing with temperature are considered. By the use of analytical model, the concrete tunnel subjected to fire loads were analyzed and discussed. With comparison of current concrete materials and FR-ECC, the experimental and analytical results of FR-ECC shows the better fire resistance performance than the other.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.42-50
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• 2015

Three simulation approaches for turbulence were applied for the computation of propane dispersion in a simplified real-scale urban area with one building:, Large Eddy Simulation (LES), Detached Eddy Simulation (DES), and Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS). The computations were performed using FLUENT 14, and the grid system was made with ICEM-CFD. The propane distribution depended on the prediction performance of the three simulation approaches for the eddy structure around the building. LES and DES showed relatively similar results for the eddy structure and propane distribution, while the RANS prediction of the propane distribution was unrealistic. RANS was found to be inappropriate for computation of the gas dispersion process due to poor prediction performance for the unsteady turbulence. Considering the computational results and cost, DES is believed to be the optimal choice for computation of the gas dispersion in a real-scale space.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.20-25
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• 2003

Measurements with filaments and thermocouples and computations with Oppdif and FDS were carried out to investigate the impact of flame strain, agent addition, and buoyancy on the structure and extinction of nonpremixed counterflow flames. Measurements through 2.2 s drop tests in microgravity conditions and experiments in normal gravity conditions were compared with the results of computations. For the global strain rates 7 s$^{-1}$ through 100 s$^{-1}$ , the turning point behavior in the critical nitrogen concentration at O-g was confirmed. The effects of buoyancy, that is, changes in the flame curvature and thickness were also confirmed by the computations with FDS. There was agreement in the peak flame temperature and its position between the computations and the measurements in the near extinction methane/air diffusion flames in microgravity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.3-8
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• 2007

초고층건축물이 증가함에 따라 고강도콘크리트의 사용량이 증가하는 추세이다. 고강도콘크리트는 내구성 및 사용성이 우수한 장점을 가지고 있는 반면 화재시 심각한 폭렬현상을 발생시켜 콘크리트 내역 감소 및 철근의 노출로 인해 건물이 붕괴까지 이르게 되는 원인이 된다. 따라서 고강도콘크리트의 내화특성을 고려한 해석(열응력, 질량 이동, 폭렬) 과정을 거쳐 폭렬 저감방안을 모색하여야 한다. 이러한 폭렬 저감방안을 표층부의 온도상승 온도구배 저감 방안, 수중기압 저감/수분 이동을 용이하게 하는 방안, 폭렬억제형 피복콘크리트 이용방안, 폭렬에 의한 콘크리트의 비산을 방지하는 방안 등이 있으며 각 방안들은 장단점을 내포하고 있어 상황에 따라 탄력적으로 적용하여야 하며, 향후 고강도 콘크리트의 역학적 성상을 고려하여 단점을 보완하고 추가적인 대책용 수립할 수 있도록 많은 연구가 필요 할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.97-103
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• 2022

An aircraft component can only be mounted on an aircraft if it has been certified to have a structural robustness under flight load conditions. Among the major components of the aircraft, a pylon is a structure that connects external equipment such as an engine, and external attachments with the main wing of an aircraft and transmits the loads acting on it to the main structure of the aircraft. In civil aircraft, when there is an incident of fire in the engine area, the pylon prevents the fire from spreading to the wings. This study presents the results of structural static tests performed to verify the structural robustness of a fuel pylon used to mount external fuel tank in an aircraft. In the main text, we present the test set-up diagram consisting of test fixture, hydraulic pressure unit, load control system, and data acquisition equipment used in the structure static test of the fuel pylon. In addition, we introduce the software that controls the load actuator, and provide a test profile for each test load condition. As a result of the structural static test, it was found that the load actuator was properly controlled within the allowable error range in each test, and the reliability of the numerical analysis was verified by comparing the numerical analysis results and the strain obtained from the structural test at the main positions of the test specimen. In conclusion, it was proved that the fuel pylon covered in this study has sufficient structural strength for the required load conditions through structural static tests.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.1-12
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• 2011

Progressive collapse analyses of high-rise buildings subjected to abnormal loading such as fires, impacts, earthquakes, typhoon, bomb blasts etc. are intended. However it is difficult to perform collapse experiments of the real scale building to determine the capacity of the structure under an extreme loading events. In this study, collapse behavior of a 15 story RC structure building loaded by external explosion pressures were simulated using Extreme Loading Structures (ELS) software. The standoff distance between the RC building and explosives of 1500 kg was 1, 2, 5, 10, and 15 meters. The explosive demolition analysis techniques based on removal of partial support structures following blast scenario was adapted to investigate the transition process of progressive collapse-local damage.