• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2006

내소음성과 내균열성을 가진 고무재료의 개발을 목적으로 NBR에 oleamide와 아라미드를 첨가하여 함량에 따른 가황특성, 물리적 성질, 내열성, 내유성, 내마모성, 내균열성 및 내소음성을 조사하였다. 가황특성과 Mooney 점도를 측정한 결과, 미가황고무의 가황특성은 oleamide의 양이 증가할수록 torque가 감소하였다. oleamide의 함량이 3 phr까지 증가함에 따라 경도 및 모듈러스 값은 조금씩 감소하였고 신장률은 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며 인장강도는 거의 변화가 없었다. 내열성 시험(70시간, $120^{\circ}C$) 및 내유성 시험(70시간, $40^{\circ}C$)을 수행한 결과. 인장강도와 신장률이 모두 감소하였으며, TGA/DSC 분석 결과 첨가제에 따른 배합고무재료의 열적특성은 변화가 없었다. 기본물성, 내마모성, 내소음성 및 내균열성을 종합한 결과, NBR 227001 고무재료에서 내마모성과 내소음성에 대한 oleamide의 최적배합비는 3 phr였으며, 내균열성에 대한 아라미드의 최적배합비는 1 phr로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권7호
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• pp.1138-1147
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• 2018

Delayed hydride cracking (DHC) is an important failure mechanism for Zircaloy tubes in the demanding environment of nuclear reactors. The threshold stress intensity factor, $K_{IH}$, and critical hydride length, $l_C$, are important parameters to evaluate DHC. Theoretical models of them are developed for Zircaloy tubes undergoing non-homogenous temperature loading, with new stress distributions ahead of the crack tip and thermal stresses involved. A new stress distribution in the plastic zone ahead of the crack tip is proposed according to the fracture mechanics theory of second-order estimate of plastic zone size. The developed models with fewer fitting parameters are validated with the experimental results for $K_{IH}$ and $l_C$. The research results for radial cracking cases indicate that a better agreement for $K_{IH}$ can be achieved; the negative axial thermal stresses can lessen $K_{IH}$ and enlarge the critical hydride length, so its effect should be considered in the safety evaluation and constraint design for fuel rods; the critical hydride length $l_C$ changes slightly in a certain range of stress intensity factors, which interprets the phenomenon that the DHC velocity varies slowly in the steady crack growth stage. Besides, the sensitivity analysis of model parameters demonstrates that an increase in yield strength of zircaloy will result in a decrease in the critical hydride length $l_C$, and $K_{IH}$ will firstly decrease and then have a trend to increase with the yield strength of Zircaloy; higher fracture strength of hydrided zircaloy will lead to very high values of threshold stress intensity factor and critical hydride length at higher temperatures, which might be the main mechanism of crack arrest for some Zircaloy materials.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2019

The control of microstructure is critical for the porous fuel particles used for infiltrating actinide nuclides. This study concerns the effect of heating processes on properties and microstructure of the fuel particles. The uniform gel precursor beads were synthesized by a microfluidic sol-gel process and then the porous $CeO_2$ microspheres, as a surrogate for the ceramic nuclear fuel particles, were obtained by heating treatment of the gel precursors. The fabricated $CeO_2$ microspheres have a narrow size distribution and good sphericity due to the feature of microfluidics. The effects of heating processes parameters, such as heating mode and peak temperatures on the properties of microspheres were studied in detail. An optimized heating mode and the peak temperature of $650^{\circ}C$ were selected to produce porous $CeO_2$ microspheres. The optimized heating mode can avoid the appearance of broken or crack microspheres in the heating process, and as-prepared porous microspheres were of suitable pore size distribution and pore volume for loading minor actinide (MA) solution by an infiltration method that is used for fabrication of MA-bearing nuclear fuel beads. After the infiltration process, $1000^{\circ}C$ was selected as the final temperature to improve the compressive strength of microspheres.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.529-537
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• 2021

LNG 운반선은 선체와 화물창이 일체형인 멤브레인 타입을 적용한 대형선을 중심으로 건조되어 왔으나, 최근 친환경 연료인 LNG의 수요 증가 및 LNG 벙커링 인프라 확대로, 중소형 운반선에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 중소형 LNG 운반선에 IMO B 형식 탱크를 적용하고 설계의 안정성 및 적합성을 검증하는 것을 목표로 하였고, B 형식 탱크를 적용하는 경우 필수적으로 수반되는 파괴역학 기반의 균열 진전 해석 및 가스 누출을 대비하여 설치되는 부분 2차 방벽의 크기의 결정을 위한 내용을 소개하였다. LNG 운반선 적용에 적용되는 국제 규정인 IGC 코드를 이용하여 설계 수명동안 균열 진전 해석에 적용될 응력 분포를 산정하는 방법을 제시하였고, Paris 법칙과 British Standard 7910 (BS 79110) 기반의 균열 진전 해석 프로그램을 개발하여 표면 균열 진전 해석을 수행하였다. 다음으로 2차 방벽의 크기를 결정하기 위하여, 초기 관통 균열의 크기를 가정할 수 있는 방법론을 제시하고, 균열 감지 후 회항 가능 기간인 15일 동안의 관통 균열 진전 해석을 수행하여 국제 규정에서 요구하는 B 형식 화물 탱크의 안정성 및 적합성을 검증하였다. 더 정확한 피로 균열 진전 해석을 위하여 코드 기반에 더하여 직접 해석을 통한 해석 절차 개발 및 검증이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.197-207
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• 2018

Thermal deterioration of fuel due to long-term storage influences engine performance and causes malfunctions. Fuel stability is usually evaluated via heat resistance and thermal stability during a brief heat shock at high temperature; storage stability in this scenario means that there is very little change in the quality of the fuel during long-term storage. In addition, rubber-based products such as oil seals, O-rings, and rubber hoses can influence the quality of the fuel. When these rubber products are in contact with fuel, they can swell, mechanically weaken, and occasionally crack, thus leaking low molar weight rubber and additives including plasticizer and antioxidant into the fuel to degrade its properties and shorten its useful lifetime. This study determines the thermal stabilities of three kinds of synthetic fuels by evaluating their low temperature kinematic viscosities, chemical composition changes via GC analyses, gross heat of combustion, and color changes. We evaluate the compression set of O-rings by immersing one NBR and two FKM rubber O-rings in the three synthetic fuel samples in airtight containers at variable storage temperatures for six months; from this, we estimate the lifetimes of the O-rings using the Power law model. There were very little changes in the chemical compositions and gross heat of combustion after six months of the experiment. The lifetimes are thus dependent on the materials of the rubber products, and in particular, the FKM O-ring was calculated to have a theoretical lifetime of 200 to 5,700 years. These results indicate that the synthetic fuels maintain their physical properties even after long-term storage at high temperatures, and the FKM O-ring is suitable for long-term sealing of these fuels.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.562-566
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 세그먼트 관형 고체산화물 연료전지(SOFC)의 설계 및 제작과 특성 분석을 다루고 있다. 관형 세라믹 지지체는 압출 공정을 통하여 제작하였으며, NiO-YSZ 연료극과 YSZ 전해질은 담금 코팅법을 통해 세라믹 지지체에 코팅하였다. 코팅된 세라믹 지지체를 $1,350^{\circ}C$에서 5시간 동안 열처리하였으며, $10{\mu}m$ 미만의 치밀하고, 균열이 없는 YSZ 전해질 층을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 열처리된 세라믹 지지체에 LSM-YSZ/LSM/LSCF로 구성된 다층 구조 공기극을 담금법으로 코팅하여 $1,150^{\circ}C$에서 열처리하였다. 세라믹 관형 지지체에 코팅된 세그먼트 SOFC 셀은 Ag-glass 연결재를 사용하여 전기적으로 직렬 연결하였으며, 수소연료 유량과 운전 온도에 따른 세그먼트 SOFC의 성능 변화를 측정하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2022

Two different gas diffusion layers having noticeable differences in micro-porous layer's (MPL's) crack were studied as a substrate for the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) with different binder/carbon (B/C) ratios in high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell (Ht-PEMFC). As a result, the performance defined as the voltage at 0.2 A/cm² and maximum power density from the single cells using GDEs from H23 C2 and SGL38 BC with different B/C ratios were compared. GDEs from H23 C2 showed a proportional increase of the voltage with the binder content on the other hand GDEs from SGL38 BC displayed a proportional decline of the voltage to the binder content. It was revealed that MPL crack influences the structure of catalyst layer in GDEs as well as affects the RC_athode which is in close connection with the Ht-PEMFC performance.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.1312-1314
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• 1998

SOFC system is often subject to thermal cycle condition during normal start/stop, shutdown, and emergence state. Under the thermal cycle condition of heating and cooling, the SOFC components expand or shrink, which produces thermal stress and thermal shock. The SOFC performance is degraded by the thermal factors. To protect SOFC system from the thermal degradation, the optimum thermal condition must be clarified. In this study, to examine the thermal cycle characteristics, we fabricated single cells of planar SOFC with an area of $5{\times}5cm$. The electrolyte and PEN were tested under thermal cycle conditions in the range of$ 2-8^{\circ}C/min$. After thermal cycle test. crack creation of the components were examined using ultraviolet apparatus. No crack in the electrolyte and PEN were observed. The single cell system with alumina frame were also tested under thermal cycle conditions of 2, 3, $4^{\circ}C/min$. The single cell was fractured at the thermal cycle of 3 and $4^{\circ}C/min$ and the optimum condition of the thermal cycle to be found below $2^{\circ}C/min$.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.1233-1238
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• 2009

This study analyzed the characterization of high temperature strength of $Si_3N_4$ composite ceramics additive based on variations in the amount of nano colloidal $SiO_2$ added. Semi-elliptical cracks about 100 ${\mu}m$ length were obtained from a Vickers indenter using a load of 24.5 N. The results showed that the heat-treated smooth specimens with $SiO_2$ nano colloidal coating exhibited the highest bending strength at 0.0 wt% $SiO_2$ nano colloidal added, which is amounted to a 187 % increase over that of smooth specimen. Limiting temperature for bending strength of crack-healed zone for bending strength was about 1273 K. However, the bending strength of SSTS-3 and SSTS-4 was considerably increased while that of SSTS-1 and SSTS-2 was decreased at a temperature of 1,573K.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.266-277
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• 2024

Due to its good corrosion and heat resistance with excellent mechanical properties, 304L stainless steel is commonly used in the fabrication of spent nuclear fuel dry storage canisters. However, welds are sensitive to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) due to residual stress generation. Although SCC resistance can be improved by stress relieving the weld and changing the chloride environment, it is difficult to change corrosion environment for certain applications. Stress control in the weld can improve SCC resistance. Ultrasonic shot peening (USP) needs further research as compressive residual stresses and microstructure changes due to plastic deformation may play a role in improving SCC resistance. In this study, 304L stainless steel was welded to generate residual stresses and exposed to a chloride environment after USP treatment to improve SCC properties. Effects of USP on SCC resistance and crack growth of specimens with compressive residual stresses generated more than 1 mm from the surface were studied. In addition, correlations of compressive residual stress, grain size, intergranular corrosion properties, and pitting potential with crack propagation rate were determined and the improvement of SCC properties by USP was analyzed.