• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1676-1685
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• 2021

We develop a new high-fidelity multiphysics model to simulate boron chemistry in the porous Chalk River Unidentified Deposit (CRUD) deposits. Heat transfer, capillary flow, solute transport, and chemical reactions are fully coupled. The evaporation of coolant in the deposits is included in governing equations modified by the volume-averaged assumption of wick boiling. The axial offset anomaly (AOA) of the Seabrook nuclear power plant is simulated. The new model reasonably predicts the distributions of temperature, pressure, velocity, volumetric boiling heat density, and chemical concentrations. In the thicker CRUD regions, 60% of the total heat is removed by evaporative heat transfer, causing boron species accumulation. The new model successfully shows the quantitative effect of coolant evaporation on the local distributions of boron. The total amount of boron in the CRUD layer increases by a factor of 1.21 when an evaporation-driven increase of soluble and precipitated boron concentrations is reflected. In addition, the concentrations of B(OH)₃ and LiBO₂ are estimated according to various conditions such as different CRUD thickness and porosity. At the end of the cycle in the AOA case, the total mass of boron incorporated in CRUD deposits of a reference single fuel rod is estimated to be about 0.5 mg.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2007

Minimizing the cylinder wear and the consumption rate of cylinder oil in a large two-stroke marine diesel engine is of great economic importance. In Korea, a motor-driven cylinder lubricator for a large two-stroke marine diesel engine manufactured by $W{\ddot{a}}rtsil{\ddot{a}}$ Switzerland Co., Ltd. was first developed by authors through the joint research of industry-university in 2002. The characteristic of the developed product is that can control automatically the oil feed rate to a load fluctuation by the motor drive and the offset cam. The performance of the product is not also inferior to the conventional one. For manufacturing the reliable and useful products, however, it is necessary to investigate further characteristics and improve the performance of a cylinder lubricator. In this study, the effect of quill with and without accumulator on maximum discharge pressure, delivery delay duration and oil feed rate relative to motor revolution speed using plunger stroke as a parameter is experimentally investigated by using the developed cylinder lubricator. It is found that the maximum discharge pressure with accumulator is higher than that of no accumulator as plunger stroke and motor revolution speed are elevated, and the delivery delay duration with accumulator is shorter than that of no accumulator as plunger stroke and motor revolution speed are increased. Also, oil feed rate with accumulator is less than that of no accumulator except for a plunger stroke of 2 mm as plunger stroke and motor revolution speed are raised.

• 전자공학회논문지T
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• 제35T권1호
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• pp.48-58
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• 1998

본 논문은 센서에서 수반되는 기생용량과 온도 드리프트 및 누설전류의 영향을 경감하기 위한 C-V변환회로 및 C-V변환회로에 관한 실험결과를 제시하고, 또한 논문에서 제안한 센싱 주파수를 기준주파수로 나누어줌으로써 상기 영향들을 줄일 수 있는 새로운 인터페이스 회로를 제시한다 이 회로는 용량비의 출력신호를 디지털 방식으로 16진수로 계수 함으로써 신호의 전송이나 컴퓨터 처리가 쉬울 뿐 아니라 비트수의 증가에 따라 분해 능을 향상시킬 수 있는 이점도 있다. 시작한 인터페이스 회로의 C-V 및 C-F 변환회로에서 전원전압 4.0V, 피이드백 커패시턴스10pF, 압력 0∼10 KPa범위에서 감도는 각각 28 ㎷/㎪·V, -6.6 ㎐/㎩로서 양호하였고, 온도 드리프트 특성은 0.051 %F.S./℃ 및 0.078 %F.S./℃로서 크게 개선되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.539-549
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• 2022

Accidental anchor drop can cause disturbances to seabed materials and pose significant threats to the safety and serviceability of submarine structures such as pipelines. In this study, a series of anchor drop tests was carried out to investigate the penetration mechanism of a Hall anchor in sand and clay. A special anchor drop apparatus was designed to model the inflight drop of a Hall anchor. Results indicate that Coriolis acceleration was the primary cause of large horizontal offsets in sand, and earth gravity had negligible impact on the lateral movement of dropped anchors. The indued final horizontal offset was shown to increase with the elevated drop height of an anchor, and the existence of water can slow down the landing velocity of an anchor. It is also observed that water conditions had a significant effect on the influence zone caused by anchors. The vertical influence depth was over 5 m, and the influence radius was more than 3 m if the anchor had a drop height of 25 m in dry sand. In comparison, the vertical influence depth and radius reduced to less than 3 m and 2 m, respectively, when the anchor was released from 10 m height and fell into the seabed with a water depth of 15 m. It is also found that the dynamically penetrating anchors could significantly influence the earth pressure in clay. There is a non-linear increase in the measured penetration depth with kinematic energy, and the resulted maximum earth pressure increased dramatically with an increase in kinematic energy. Results from centrifuge model tests in this study provide useful insights into the penetration mechanism of a dropped anchor, which provides valuable data for design and planning of future submarine structures.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.685-703
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• 2017

최근, 도심지에 초고층 아파트, 롯데월드타워와 같은 초고층빌딩의 수가 증가하면서 말뚝기초에 작용하는 풍하중, 지진하중, 토압 등 수평하중의 중요성이 높아지고 있다. 또한 도심지의 지상공간이 포화되면서 발생하는 다양한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 지하공간 개발은 유용한 해결책으로 언급되고 있다. 따라서 도심지 지하공간 개발에서 터널굴착에 대한 수직하중과 수평하중을 받는 말뚝의 거동, 지하공간의 개발을 모사하는 터널굴착과 관련된 연구는 많은 연구자들에 의해 수행되고 있다. 하지만, 수직하중과 수평하중을 받는 말뚝과 터널굴착으로 야기되는 상호거동에 관한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 도심지의 상황을 반영하여 수직하중과 수평하중을 받는 기존 구조물 하부에 터널을 굴착함으로써 야기되는 말뚝의 거동을 실내모형시험, 근거리사진계측 및 수치해석을 통해 비교 및 분석하였다. 말뚝과 터널의 수평이격거리(0.0D, 1.0D, 2.0D: D = 터널직경)와 허용수평하중의 크기($0.34P_{ah}$, $0.67P_{ah}$, $P_{ah}$)에 따라 총 9 CASES로 분류하여 터널굴착에 따른 말뚝의 축력과 거동을 관찰하였다. 그 결과 말뚝과 터널의 수평이격거리가 가까울수록 말뚝은 터널 굴착의 영향을 크게 받는 것을 알 수 있었고 수평이격거리가 멀어질수록 터널굴착의 영향보다는 허용수평하중의 영향을 더 크게 받는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 수평이격거리가 증가하고 허용수평하중의 크기가 증가할수록($P_{ah}$) 말뚝 축력의 변화양상이 크게 발생하는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권3D호
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• pp.453-459
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• 2006

본 연구는 차량의 주행경로를 정확하게 측정하는 수단을 개발하고 이를 현장계측에 적용하여 주행차량의 횡방향 이격에 의한 아스팔트 콘크리트 포장(이후 아스팔트 포장)의 주요 응답 특성을 규명하고자 하였다. 개발된 주행이격 측정 시스템은 두 개의 레이저 센서로부터 전송된 신호가 차량의 타이어로부터 반사되어오는 물리적 현상을 실시간으로 분석함으로서 도로 포장위의 임의의 기준으로부터 실제 차량이 주행한 경로를 정확하게 관측 할 수 있다. 다양한 주행이격에 의한 아스팔트 포장의 횡방향 수평 변형률과 하부 포장층의 수직응력 변화를 실측하기 위하여 시험도로상의 아스팔트 포장의 일부 구간을 선정, 덤프트럭에 의한 동하중 재하시험을 시행하였다. 차량의 횡방향 이격거리는 주행차로(2차)의 차륜부에 매설된 횡방향 수평 변형률 계측기의 중심을 기준으로 추월차로 방향으로 20cm 간격으로 조수석 차륜에 의한 하중중첩의 영향을 최대한 배재하도록 설정하였다. 현장시험 결과 표층과 중간층에서는 하중재하 위치에서 발생한 압축변형이 이격거리 약 40cm에서부터 점차 인장으로 변화하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 보조기층상부와 동상방지층상부에 작용하는 수직응력은 하중재하 위치에서 치대로 발생하였으며 이격거리 50cm 이상부터는 하중에 의한 영향이 상대적으로 미비하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.924-931
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• 2002

Vacuum interrupters in order to be used in various switch-gear components such as circuit breakers, distribution switches, contactors, etc. spread the arc uniformly over the surface of the contacts. The electrodes of vacuum interrupters are made of sinter-forged Cu-Cr materials for good electrical and mechanical characteristics. Since the closing velocity is 1-2m/s and impact deformation of the electrode depends on the strain rate at that velocity, the dynamic behavior of the sinter-forged Cu-Cr is a key to investigate the impact characteristics of the electrodes. The dynamic response of the material at the high strain rate is obtained from the split Hopkinson pressure bar test using disc-type specimens. Experimental results from both quasi-static and dynamic compressive tests are Interpolated to construct the Johnson-Cook model as the constitutive relation that should be applied to simulation of the dynamic behavior of the electrodes. The impact characteristics of a vacuum interrupter are investigated with computer simulations by changing the value of five parameters such as the initial velocity of a movable electrode, the added mass of a movable electrode, the wipe spring constant, initial offset of a wipe spring and the virtual fixed spring constant.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.43-52
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• 2019

극저온 유체를 사용하는 발사체는 극저온 유체의 자연순환회로를 이용하여 발사체의 엔진 입구를 냉각한다. 자연순환회로의 질량유량은 순환시스템을 구성하는 배관의 길이 및 직경과 시스템으로 들어오는 열유입에 의하여 결정된다. 극저온 유체의 자연순환회로의 순환 검증 및 질량유량 측정을 위하여 실험을 진행하였으며, 이론적 계산 결과와 비교하였다. 비교 결과 12%의 오차가 있음을 확인하였다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 발사체 상단에서 저중력 구간 및 가속 구간에서의 자연순환 질량유량을 예측한 내용을 포함한다. 가속구간에서는 산화제탱크가 100 kPa 내외로 유지하는 것이 자연순환유량 증가에 이로웠으며, 저중력구간에서는 중력가속도의 크기에 따른 최적 압력으로 조절해야 자연순환유량의 최고값을 유지할 수 있었다.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.75-90
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• 2019

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are rising rapidly despite efforts to curb release of such gases. One long term potential solution to offset these destructive emissions is the capture and storage of carbon dioxide. Partially depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs are attractive targets for permanent carbon dioxide disposal due to proven storage capacity and seal integrity, existing infrastructure. Optimum well completion design in depleted reservoirs requires understanding of prominent geomechanics issues with regard to rock-fluid interaction effects. Geomechanics plays a crucial role in the selection, design and operation of a storage facility and can improve the engineering performance, maintain safety and minimize environmental impact. In this paper, an integrated geomechanics workflow to evaluate reservoir caprock integrity is presented. This method integrates a reservoir simulation that typically computes variation in the reservoir pressure and temperature with geomechanical simulation which calculates variation in stresses. Coupling between these simulation modules is performed iteratively which in each simulation cycle, time dependent reservoir pressure and temperature obtained from three dimensional compositional reservoir models in ECLIPSE were transferred into finite element reservoir geomechanical models in ABAQUS and new porosity and permeability are obtained using volumetric strains for the next analysis step. Finally, efficiency of this approach is demonstrated through a case study of oil production and subsequent carbon storage in an oil reservoir. The methodology and overall workflow presented in this paper are expected to assist engineers with geomechanical assessments for reservoir optimum production and gas injection design for both natural gas and carbon dioxide storage in depleted reservoirs.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2024

Crud is a corrosion deposit that forms in equipments and piping of nuclear reactor's primary systems. When crud circulates through the reactor's primary system coolant and adheres to the surface of the nuclear fuel cladding tube, it can lead to the Axial Offset Anomaly (AOA) phenomenon. This occurrence is known to potentially reduce the output of a nuclear power plant or to necessitate an early shutdown. Consequently, worldwide nuclear power plants have employed ultrasonic cleaning methods since 2000 to mitigate crud deposition, ensuring stable operation and economic efficiency. This paper details the system configuration of ultrasonic nuclear fuel cleaning equipment, outlining the function of each component. The objective is to contribute to the local domestic production of ultrasonic nuclear fuel cleaning equipment. Additionally, the paper introduces a method for accurately measuring the weight of removed crud, a crucial factor in assessing cleaning effectiveness and providing input data for the BOA code used in core safety evaluations. Accurate measurement of highly radioactive filters containing crud is essential, and weighing them underwater is a common practice. However, the buoyancy effect during underwater weighing may lead to an overestimation of the collected crud's weight. To address this issue, the paper proposes a formula correcting for buoyancy errors, enhancing measurement accuracy. This improved weight measurement method, accounting for buoyancy effects in water, is expected to facilitate the quantitative assessment of filter weights generated during chemical decontamination and system operations in nuclear power plants.