• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2012

This study introduces a methodology to evaluate different types of non-nuclear technologies to see how they are competitive to the nuclear technology for quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) in soil condition measurement for highway pavement construction. The non-nuclear methods including the Electrical Density Gauge (EDG) and the Light Weight Deflectometer (LWD) were tested for their performance against a nuclear gauge, and traditional methods were used as baselines. An innovative way of comparing a deflection gauge to a density gauge was introduced. Results showed that the nuclear gauge generally outperformed the non-nuclear gauge in accuracies of soil density and moisture content measurements. Finally, a framework was developed as a guideline for evaluating various types of non-nuclear soil gauges. From other perspectives rather than accuracy, it was concluded that the non-nuclear gauges would be better alternative to the nuclear gauge when the followings are considered: (1) greater life-cycle cost savings; (2) elimination of intense federal regulations and safety/security concerns; and (3) elimination of licensing and intense training.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.103-106
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• 1969

gauge독립한 새로운 unitary변환을 도입함으로서 진동하고 있는 전장안에서의 spin 1/2 가전입자의 운동을 기술하는데 적합한 Dirac 방정식의 표시가 도출되고 있다. 이 새로운 표시에 있어서 potentials를 포함하지 않은 유효 Hamiltonian은 그 비상대론적 근거에서 새로운 특성을 나타내는 사실을 보여주고 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4236-4243
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• 2022

An industrial nuclear technique based on the use of an X-ray profiler was implemented to estimate the densities or concentrations of sediments present in an Atlantic maritime zone in the areas subjected to dredging under the governance of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). The sediment profiles show in most areas there is a concentration of between 1.00-1.15 g/cm³ except for one area in particular, the density starts at 1.20 g/cm³ and even reaches values greater than 1.50 g/cm³; therefore, an already consolidated sediment is present, which, depending on the depth found. Values of 1.265 g/cm³, 1.297 g/cm³, 1.185 g/cm³ obtained by ACP previous studies are within the range of 1.20-1.30 g/cm³ measured with the nucleonic gauge. However, it should be noted that during the tests with the X ray profiler, sediment densities values greater than the aforementioned limit were also obtained that varying according at depths close to 12 m and 18 m with values reached up to 1.513 g/cm³ and 1.60 g/cm³, respectively. This demonstrates that sediment accumulation depends on depth. This nucleonic gauge is feasible technique for the study of the sedimentation phenomenon in channel basins and even in other projects nationwide.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.397-397
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• 1999

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.103-116
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• 1994

The objective of this study was to determine the criteria for density and moisture content measurements made with a nuclear density meter on common materials in the construction field. The study also sought to test a full-type nuclear density meter in controlling the density of overlay layers( 2.5~5.0cm). In order to determine the accuracy and reliablility of nuclear guage measurements made on construction materials, laboratory and field tests were conducted. Wooden blocks( 65 x 45 ${\times}$ 50 cm) and a special steel compactor( 4.7kg) were constructed in order to carry out tests which were conducted on three different materials; coarse gramed soil, fine grained soil, and AC material. Throughout all laboratory and field tests, the nuclear density and moisture content were determined using Humboldt 5OOLP nuclear gauge. The tests on subgrade material entailed obtaining density measurements by means of both the sand replacement method and the nuclear density meter. The results of the sand replacement method were then compared to the readings recorded bu the meter. As in the subgrade material tests, density measurements made during AC pavement tests were also determined using the unclear meter in addition to a second means; through the core method. The meter readings and core densties were compared as was done in the tests on subgrade materials. The correlation between the results of the sand replacement test( also, the core method) and meter readings on subgrade material was then determined. Sirnilarly, the observed results were then analyzed through linear regression. The tests to determine thin-lift density by means of a full-type nuclear density meter also conducted on the overlay layers( about 4. 8cm thickness) above AC pavements at road construction sities in Korea.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.457-464
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• 2000

In this paper, we describe the results of various calculations performed for a design of the thickness gauges that use the gamma-ray backscattering method. The radiation source is assumed to be the $_{24}$1Am(60keV gamma-ray) and the detector is a single crystal scintillator in a cylindrical form. The source is located at the center of the detector with the collimator of a cylindrical shape. First, when gamma-rays are incident on a material with a constant angle, we compute the variations of the spectrum for the photons scattered into different angular intervals. Next, we compute for an optimal size for the collimator cylinder for a fixed detector size and an optimal distance from the detector to the material. Finally, we compute the number of observed photons for different thickness of two different materials, a plastic film and an Al foil.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2323-2333
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• 2021

The paper proposes a technique for reconstructing the true hardening curve of isotropic materials from ring tensile tests. Neutron irradiated 42XNM alloy tensile properties were investigated. The calculation of the true hardening curve for tensile and compression tests of standard cylindrical samples was performed at the first step. After that, the FEM-model was developed and validated using the ring tension and compression tests (with the hardening curve defined in step 1). Finally, the true hardening curve was calculated by selecting the FEM-model parameters and its validation by ring sample tests in different states using an iterative method. For these samples, experimental and calculated gauge length values were obtained, and the corresponding material's constants were estimated.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 1994년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.71-76
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• 1994

Recently, constructions of huge reinforced concrete structures such as nuclear power stations have been increased. When massive concrete is placed, cracking due to the hydration heat of cement is recognized as a major problem. The development of thermal stress is influenced by the structure shape and the constraint conditions, and cracks usually occure from tensile stresses which developed due to temperature drop. In this study a protocol specimen is made to examine the distribution of temperature and thermal stress of reaction wall of Daewoo Institute Construction Technology. The size of the specimen is made by considering minimum size of real structure. In this study, concrete strain gauge, concrete stress gauge, concrete non-stress gauge, and thermocouples, are instrumented to measure thermal stress in massive concrete structure. A new measuring technique is proposed to calculate thermal stress.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2023

다짐은 토목현장에서 지반의 안정성을 확보하고 침하 방지를 위해 수행된다. 다짐을 수행하는 작업도 중요하지만, 다짐을 완료한 후 지반의 다짐도를 평가하는 것도 매우 중요하다. 국내 현장에서는 주로 평판 재하시험이나 들밀도 시험 등의 포인트 방식의 시험을 통해 다짐 지역의 일부만을 평가한다. 기존에 제시된 방법들은 표면 다짐에 대한 평가가 가능하지만, 좀 더 깊은 지반의 다짐까지 평가하기에는 어려움이 따른다. 또한, 포인트 시험 방식을 통해 평가를 수행하는 면적이 크지 않기 때문에, 전체적인 다짐도의 평가가 어렵다. 이에 대한 해결책으로 표면파를 활용한 SASW 시험을 통해 다짐을 평가하였다. SASW 시험은 포인트 방식의 시험보다 측정하는 범위가 넓고, 시험 세팅에 따라 깊은 심도의 지반에 대한 강성 또한 파악할 수 있다. 다짐 평가를 위해 본 연구에서는 다른 조건으로 다져진 성토 현장에서 SASW 시험을 수행하였다. 또한, Nuclear density gauge 시험을 동반하여 SASW의 다짐 분석 결과와 비교 및 검증을 수행하였다. 이 연구 결과를 통해 SASW를 활용한 지반 현장의 다짐도 평가가 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.343-349
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• 2005

광섬유 브래그 격자(fiber Bragg grating, FBC)는 1989년 Melts의 실험이후 광통신 분야 및 센서 분야에 다양한 용도를 가지고 있다. 이를 이용하여 광섬유 레이저, 대역 통과 필터로 사용하거나, 여러 가지 물리량을 측정하기 위한 온도, 변형률, 변위센서 등에 응용할 수 있다. 특히 본 연구에서는 기존 센서가 가지지 못한 긴 게이지 길이에서의 측정을 위해서 광섬유 센서 정적 시스템(FBG Static Logger)과 FBG 센서가 포함된 긴 길이의 광섬유를 이용하여 장대 구조물의 변형이나 외부 reference의 상대변위를 길게 연결하여 측정하기 쉽지 않은 변위를 측정하여 구조물의 상황을 상시 점검하고 더 나아가 잔존수명을 예측하고 보수시기를 알려줄 수 있는 방법을 모색하여 FBG. 센서의 패키지(package)를 고안하였다. 이를 통해 효율적인 장거리 변위 측정방법을 정립하고 이를 원자력 격납구조물에 적용하여 성공적으로 측정함으로써 광섬유 격자센서를 이용하여 50m 이상의 장거리 계측의 가능성을 보여 주었다.