• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.24-31
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• 2018

In this paper, specimen tests with simulated large seismic conditions have been carried out to investigate damage characteristics such as structural deformation and crack initiation under seismic loading. The mechanical behavior of the specimens is predicted by numerical simulations and the strain-based damage evaluations are performed. Finite element analyses of the specimens under the simulated seismic loading at room and operating temperatures were carried out for low alloy steel and stainless steel materials. Peak strain amplitude, cumulative fatigue damage and cumulative strain limit damage are calculated considering the nature of cyclic loading. In all cases, the allowable damage criteria are exceeded at the time of observing cracks visually in the tests. Therefore, it is confirmed that the material behavior due to the large seismic loads can be predicted by the numerical method and the structural damage of the materials can be evaluated conservatively based on the strain criteria.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2020

In nuclear power plants, there is a risk of thermal fatigue in equipment and piping affecting system soundness because the temperature change of the system accompanies in every operation and shutdown. Therefore, in order to prevent the excess of the fatigue limit during the lifetime of plants, the fatigue limit of each piping material is determined in the designing stage. However, there are many cases where equipment or piping is locally subjected to thermal fatigue that is not considered in the design, resulting in damage to the equipment and piping, and failure during operation. Currently, local thermal fatigue generation mechanisms that are not taken into account in the design stage are gradually being identified. In this paper, the effects of the fluid temperature fluctuations on the piping soundness due to the mixing of hot and cold water, one of the local thermal fatigue generating mechanisms, were evaluated.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2010

This paper addresses the numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth in arbitrary 2D geometries under constant amplitude loading by the using a new finite element software. The purpose of this software is on the determination of 2D crack paths and surfaces as well as on the evaluation of components Lifetimes as a part of the damage tolerant assessment. Throughout the simulation of fatigue crack propagation an automatic adaptive mesh is carried out in the vicinity of the crack front nodes and in the elements which represent the higher stresses distribution. The fatigue crack direction and the corresponding stress-intensity factors are estimated at each small crack increment by employing the displacement extrapolation technique under facilitation of singular crack tip elements. The propagation is modeled by successive linear extensions, which are determined by the stress intensity factors under linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) assumption. The stress intensity factors range history must be recorded along the small crack increments. Upon completion of the stress intensity factors range history recording, fatigue crack propagation life of the examined specimen is predicted. A consistent transfer algorithm and a crack relaxation method are proposed and implemented for this purpose. Verification of the predicted fatigue life is validated with relevant experimental data and numerical results obtained by other researchers. The comparisons show that the program is capable of demonstrating the fatigue life prediction results as well as the fatigue crack path satisfactorily.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권6D호
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• pp.881-893
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 정성분석기법과 현장측정을 통한 분기기 고정 망간크로싱의 피로수명평가 기법에 대한 분석을 다루었다. 공용중인 분기기 망간크로싱에서의 현장측정 결과를 바탕으로한 피로수명평가와 마찰에 의한 단면강성의 변화를 고려한 정성분석기법을 이용하여 망간크로싱의 피로수명을 분석하였다. 대부분의 강재 피로설계에서는 해석 자체의 복잡성 이외에 요구되는 많은 입력 변수들로 인해 설계 단계에서의 불확실성이 발생하며 이에 따라 파괴역학 및 유한요소법에 관한 진보된 이론을 적용하기에 어려움이 있다. 그러나 본 논문에서 제시한 정성분석기법을 이용하면 복잡한 피로해석 및 평가를 설계자들로 하여금 실무에 쉽게 적용할 수 있게 한다. 또한 복잡한 해석변수에 따른 해석결과를 2차원 공간해로 표현함으로써 해석 단계에서의 불확실성을 보완하여 검토자들로 하여금 해석결과의 경향과 범위를 정의할 수 있게 하여 복잡한 해석 공식을 사용하는 노력을 저감시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 설계에서의 불확실성과 복잡성을 줄일 수 있는 설계 도구를 발전시키려 노력했으며 그것으로 하나의 해법 자체가 단일 치수로 나타나는 것이 아니라 어떤 영역으로 표시되어 선택의 폭을 제시함으로서 판단할 수 있게 되었다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2006

The railroad bogie's components experience repeated loading during service. Especially, oil damper bush has been fatigue fractured on the plane between rubber and steel stem during service, and which results in inferior of performance of the bogie. In this study, in order to offer a proper maintenance method of the bush, bubber bush used for the oil damper was fatigue tested and its damage fraction during service was estimated. Also, FEM analysis on the bush was conducted. When 1400, 1200, and 1000kgf of repeated loads were applied to the oil damper bush, final damage fraction exhibited 63.7%, 50% and 40%. From the results of FEM analysis, deformation energy density was found to be $0.5452kgf/mm^{2}$ at an applied load of 1400kgf and the location with maximum value coincided with the fractured location of the bush. Finally, it will be desirable to adopt the normalized damage fraction rather than absolute damage fraction in estimating remaining service lifetime of the bush.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.599-606
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• 2022

공용 중 강교량의 피로 평가에 활용할 수 있는 현장계측 데이터에는 대표적으로 변형률 계측과 Brigde Weight-In-motion (BWIM)이 있다. AASHTO The Manual For Bridge Evaluation에 따라, 대상 교량에서 계측된 데이터로부터 피로 상세에 가해지는 유효응력범위 및 반복응력 횟수를 추정할 수 있다. 추정된 유효응력범위와 반복응력 횟수를 통해 피로 손상 누적에 의한 신뢰도분석을 수행할 수 있다. 하지만 현장계측 데이터로부터 유효응력범위 및 응력범위 반복횟수를 추정하는 절차가 평가규정에 구체적으로 제시되어 있지 않고, 계측 데이터의 종류 또는 처리방법에 따른 피로 평가결과의 차이를 정량적으로 비교한 연구는 아직 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 공용 중 교량에서 동시에 계측한 변형률계 및 BWIM 데이터를 활용하여 피로 신뢰도평가를 수행하여, 활용되는 현장계측 데이터의 종류에 따른 평가결과의 차이에 대해 정량적으로 검토하였다. 이때, BWIM 데이터를 활용한 피로 신뢰도평가 시 구조해석모델의 정밀성이 평가결과에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위해 평가 대상 교량의 뼈대요소 해석모델과 Shell-Solid 해석모델을 구축하였다. 또한, BWIM 데이터로부터 유효응력범위와 반복응력 횟수를 추정하기 위한 두 종류의 데이터 처리 방법을 정의하였으며, 이로 인한 피로 신뢰도 차이 역시 검토하였다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.28-31
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• 2023

This study presents a comprehensive procedure for the low cycle fatigue test of ultrasonically welded (UW) coated conductor (CC) lap-joints. The entire process is examined in detail, from the robust fabrication of the UW REBCO CC joints to the reliability testing under a low number of repeated cycle fatigue conditions. A continuous I_c measurement system enables real-time monitoring of I_c variations throughout the fatigue tests. The study aims to provide a step-by-step procedure that involves joint fabrication, electromechanical property (EMP) tests under uniaxial tension for stress level determination, and subsequent low-cycle fatigue tests. The joints are fabricated using a hybrid method that combines UW with adding In-Sn soldering, achieving a flux-free hybrid welding approach (UW-HW flux-free). The selected conditions for the low cycle fatigue tests include a stress ratio of R=0.1 and a frequency of 0.02 Hz. The results reveal some insights into the fatigue behavior, irreversible changes, and cumulative damage in the CC joints.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.714-719
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• 2004

Railway wheels and axles belong to the most critical components in railway vehicles. The service conditions of railway vehicles became more severe in recent years due to the increase of speed. Therefore, a more precise evaluation of wheel/set life and safety has been requested. One of the major reasons of railway wheel damage is a contact zone failure by wheel/rail contact. In this paper, we conducted a rolling contact fatigue test for wheels using a specimen of wheel/rail. the behavior of hardeness and residual stress below the contact surface of the test pieces in the fatigue process were analyzed. Finally, the relation between fatigue life and contact pressure was obtained.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.69-80
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• 1993

It is important to prevent roll failure in hot rolling process for reducing maintenance coat and production loss. Roll material and rolling conditions such as the roll force and torque have been intensively investigated to overcome the roll failures. In this study, a computer roll life prediction system under working condition is developed and evaluated on IBM-PC level. The system is composed and fatigue estimation models which are stress analysis, crack propagation, wear and fatigue estimation. Roll damage can be predicted by calculating the stress anplification, crack depth propagation and fatigue level in the roll using this computer model. The developed system is applied to a work roll in actual hot rolling process for reliability evaluation. Roll failures can be diagnosed and the propriety of current working condition can be determined through roll life prediction simulation.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2010

A fatigue damage caused by cyclic load is considered as one of the important failure mechanisms that threaten the integrity of structures and components in a nuclear power plant. In ASME code section III NB, the fatigue analysis procedure and standard S-N curves for the class 1 components are described and these criteria should be met at the design step of components. As the current ASME S-N curves are based on the very conservative assumptions such as a local stress concentration effect, immoderate transient frequencies and a constant Young's modulus, however, they can not precisely address the fatigue behavior of components. In order to find out the technical solution for these problems, a number of researches and discussion have been carried out continuously at home and abroad over the decades. In this study, detailed fatigue analyses for DVI nozzle with various mesh density of finite elements were performed to evaluate effect of stress concentration factors on the fatigue analysis procedure and the excessive conservatism of stress concentration factors are confirmed through the analysis results.