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Seismic Performance of Low-rise Piloti RC Buildings with Concentric Core (중심코어를 가지는 저층 철근콘크리트 필로티 건물의 내진성능)

  • Yoon, Tae-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.4_2
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    • pp.611-619
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    • 2022
  • In this study, the seismic performance of low - rise piloti buildings with concentric core (shear wall) position is analysed and reviewed based on KDS 41. The prototype is selected among the constructed low - rise piloti buildings with concentric core designed based on KBC 2005 which was used for many low - rise piloti buildings construction. The seismic performance of the building shows plastic behavior in X-direction and elastic behavior in Y-direction. The inter-story drift is lager than that of concentric core case and is under the maximum allowed drift ratio. The displacement ratio of first story is much lager the that of upper stories, and the frame structure in the first story is evaluated as vulnerable to lateral force. Therefore, low - rise piloti buildings with concentric core need the diminishment of lateral displacement and reinforcement of lateral resistance capacity in seismic design and seismic retrofit.

Core design study of the Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor (WISSR)

  • T. Wielenga;W.S. Yang;I. Khaleb
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.56 no.3
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    • pp.922-932
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    • 2024
  • This paper presents the design features and preliminary design analysis results of the Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor (WISSR). The WISSR incorporates features that make it both flexible and inherently safe. It is based on innovative technology that controls a nuclear reactor by moving molten salt fuel into or out of the core. The reactor is a low-pressure, fast spectrum transuranic (TRU) burner reactor. Inherent shutdown is achieved by a large negative reactivity feedback of the liquid fuel and by the expansion of fuel out of the core. The core is made of concentric, thin annular fuel chambers containing molten fuel salt. A molten salt coolant passes between the concentric fuel chambers to cool the core. The core has both fixed and variable volume fuel chambers. Pressure, applied by helium gas to fuel reservoirs below the core, pushes fuel out of a reservoir and up into a set of variable volume chambers. A control system monitors the density and temperature of the fuel throughout the core. Using NaCl-(TRU,U)Cl3 fuel and NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 coolant, a road-transportable compact WISSR core design was developed at a power level of 1250 MWt. Preliminary neutronics and thermal-hydraulics analyses demonstrate the technical feasibility of WISSR.

Concentric Core Fiber Design for Optical Fiber Communication

  • Nadeem, Iram;Choi, Dong-You
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2016
  • Because of rapid technological advancements, increased data rate support has become the key criterion for future communication medium selection. Multimode optical fibers and multicore optical fibers are well matched to high data rate throughput requirements because of their tendency to support multiple modes through one core at a time, which results in higher data rates. Using the numerical mode solver OptiFiber, we have designed a concentric core fiber by investigating certain design parameters, namely core diameter (µm), wavelength (nm), and refractive index profile, and as a result, the number of channels, material losses, bending losses, polarization mode dispersion, and the effective nonlinear refractive index have been determined. Space division multiplexing is a promising future technology that uses few-mode fibers in parallel to form a multicore fiber. The experimental tests are conducted using the standard second window wavelength of 1,550 nm and simulated results are presented.

Friction Factors for Flow in Concentric Annuli with Rib-Roughened Wall (돌출형 거칠기벽이 있는 동심환형관의 유동에 대한 마찰계수)

  • Ahn, Soo Whan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.587-592
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    • 1999
  • The combined effects of radius ratio and roughness pitch ratio on the turbulent fluid flow characteristics of the fully developed flow in the annullar tubes with rib-roughened core walls were determined for Reynolds number ranging from 12,000 to 66,000. To understand the underlying physical phenomena responsible for friction factor enhancement, measurements of velocity profiles and zero shear stress and maximum velocity positions were combined to propose the friction factor correlation. Friction factors were found to be a function of the roughness pitch ratio and radius ratio.

A Study of Concentric-Neutral Line Voltage Increase Related by Pole and Cable Joint When Lightening Overvoltage Injected in Combined Distribution Line (혼합 배전선로에 직격낙뢰시 전주와 케이블직선접속재가 케이블 동심중성선 전위상승에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeon, Yong-Joo;Jeon, Myung-Su
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.6
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    • pp.702-707
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    • 2018
  • In case of Lighting occurs in Domestic combined distribution line, normally the voltage for the neutral line increase dramatically. General connection for underground cable is bundled common earth type so the lightning over voltage increase at the concentric-neutral line is not big enough to give impact on cable sheath. But in case of Non bundled common earth type it is necessary to analyze the phenomena on cable sheath caused by lightening overvoltage. Especially pole and cable joint are the core factor to consider. In this paper concrete pole and cable joint were evaluated in case of Non bundled common earth type combined distribution Line. EMTP simulation model has been designed and several case study were made. Also several experimental test were made to verify the simulation result.

Effect of Convex Surface Curvature on the Onset of Nucleate Boiling of Subcooled Fluid Flow in Vertical Concentric Annuli (수직 동심 환형관 내부유동에서 과냉 유체의 비등 시작 열유속에 관한 표면 볼록 곡률의 영향)

  • Byun, Jung-Hwan;Lee, Sung-Hong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1513-1520
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    • 2002
  • Effect of Convex Surface Curvature on the Onset of Nucleate Boiling of Subcooled Fluid Flow in Vertical Concentric Annuli An experimental study has been carried out to investigate the effect of the transverse convex surface curvature of core tubes on heat transfer in concentric annular tubes. Water is used as the working fluid. Three annuli having a different radius of the inner cores, Ri=3.18mm, 6.35mm, and 12.70mm with a fixed ratio of Ri/Ro=0.5 are used over a range of the Reynolds number between about 40,000 and 80,000. The inner cores are made of smooth stainless steel tubes and heated electrically to provide constant heat fluxes throughout the whole length of each test section. Experimental result shows that heat flux values on the onset of nucleate boiling of the smaller inner diameter model is much higher than that of the larger size test model.

Natural Convection in a Horizontal Cylindrical Annulus Enclosing Heat Generating Core (發熱核 주위의 수령圓環 에서의 자연대류)

  • 장근식;오세윤
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.663-676
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    • 1985
  • 수평원통형의 복합유동층에서의 층류자연대류를 수치적으로 연구하였다. 외측의 동심원환이 내 의 발열유체로 형성된 원통형 핵을 둘러싸고, 그 사이에 두께가 유한하거나 두께를 무시할 수 있 는 간막이 벽이 존재한다. 유동특성과 열전달에 관한 매개변수적 고찰을 시행하거나 직경비, Prandt1수, 발열강도에 기준을 둔 Rayleigh수 등의 영향을 이해하게 되었다. 간막이 벽의 두께나 열전도의 효과도 제한된 범위 안에서 고려하였다.

Concentric Structure and Radial Joint System within Basic Lava Flow at the seashore of Aewol, Jeju Island, South Korea (제주도 애월읍 해안의 염기성 용암류에 발달한 동심원 구조와 방사상 절리)

  • Ahn, Kun Sang
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.185-194
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    • 2021
  • A lava dome and sheet lava flow can be observed at the seashore of Aewol, Jeju island. The cylindrical lobes are characterized by a concentric structure consisting of a massive core and radial joints. Columnar joints with different thickness between the upper and lower parts are developed in the sheet lava flow around the rock salt field in Goeomri. The upper part of the columnar joints is uneven in shape, and has a diameter of 120-150 cm. The lower part of the columnar joints is hexagonal and pentagonal in shape, and has a diameter of about 60 cm. The cylindrical lobes can be divided into two groups based on size and shape. One is a megalobe, with a semicircular outline and a maximum diameter of 30 m. The other is a circular lobe with a diameter of less than 10 m. The columns in the radial joints have hexagonal and pentagonal cross sections and gradually increasing diameter, outward from the core, to a size of 80-120 cm at the rim. The concentric structure observed in the cylindrical lavas is attributable to a combination of four factors. The first is a circular crack caused by the decrease of the temperature and density difference between the inside and outside of the cylindrical lava flow. The second is a concentric chisel mark of the radial joints, which formed at the same time as the radial joints. The third is a flow band, which is a trace left in a round passage when lava flows through. The fourth is a vesicular band formed in a cave by gas bubbles escaping from the lava flow.

Effect of PT/CT contact on the circumferential temperature distribution over a fully voided nuclear channel of IPHWR

  • Sharma, Mukesh;Kumar, Ravi;Majumdar, Prasanna;Mukhopadhyay, Deb
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.51 no.5
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    • pp.1314-1321
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    • 2019
  • In case of multiple failure scenario, such as LOCA with ECCS failure, the decay heat continues to raise the reactor core temperature, eventually leading to the core voiding. In such scenario the convective heat transfer becomes poor and the majority of the heat transfer from fuel bundle takes place by radiation mode. During this abnormal working condition, if the channel pressure is less than 1 MPa, the PT sags and come in contact with the CT. This results in high rate of heat transfer from contact location to moderator. The present paper aims to capture the temperature profile over a simulated nuclear channel during such scenario at a steady state temperature of $600^{\circ}C$ (Centre pin) at two different configurations of PT i.e. PT concentric with CT and PT contact with CT. The results showed that the bottom nodes of all the components (Fuel bundle, PT and CT) of the simulated channel was greatly influenced by the PT/CT contact. Moreover, higher temperature were observed at top nodes of the PT and outer pins of the fuel bundle. However, no significant variation in temperatures were obtained in fuel bundle and CT in concentric condition.

Constitutive Modeling of Confined Concrete under Concentric Loading

  • Lee, Cha-Don;Park, Ki-Bong;Cha, Jun-Sil
    • KCI Concrete Journal
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2001
  • The inelastic behavior of a reinforced concrete columns is influenced by a number of factors : 1) level of axial load, 2) tie spacing, 3) volumetric ratio of lateral steel, 4) concrete strength, 5) distribution of longitudinal steel, 6) strength of lateral steel, 7) cover thickness, 8) configuration of lateral steel, 9) strain gradient, 10) strain rate, 11) the effectively confined concrete core area, and 12) amount of longitudinal steel. A new constitutive model of a confined concrete is suggested in order to investigate the nonlinear behavior of the reinforced concrete columns under concentric loading. The developed constitutive model for the confined concrete takes into account the effects of effectively confined area as well as the horizontal and longitudinal distributions of the confining pressures. None of the existing models incorporated these two main effects at the same time. A total of different six constitutive models for the behavior of the confined concrete under concentric compression were compared with the sixty-one test results reported by different researchers. The superiority of the developed model in its accuracy is demonstrated by evaluating the error function, which compares the weighted averages for the sum of squared relative differences in peak compressive strength and corresponding strain, stress at strain equal to 0.015, and total area under stress-strain curve up to strain equal to 0.015.

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