• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권10호
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• pp.4335-4354
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• 2024

Some core designs integrate high-enriched fuel and moderator materials to enhance neutron utilization. This combination results in a broad spectrum within the system, posing challenges in resonance calculation. This paper introduces a general framework to realize resonance self-shielding treatment in broad-spectrum fuel lattice problems. The framework consists of three components. First, a new energy group structure is devised to support resonance calculation in the entire energy range and capture spectral transition and thermalization effects during eigenvalue calculation. Second, the subgroup method based on narrow approximation is selected as a universal method to perform resonance calculation. Finally, transport equations for each fissionable region are solved for neutron flux to collapse the fission spectrum. The proposed method is verified against fast, intermediate, and thermal spectrum pin cell problems and an assembly problem featuring a fast-thermal coupled spectrum. Numerical results affirm the accuracy of the proposed method in handling these scenarios, with eigenvalue errors below 154 pcm for pin cell problems and 106 pcm for the assembly problem. The verification results revealed that the proposed method enables accurate resonance self-shielding treatment for broad-spectrum problems.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2016

An approach to achieving the ambitious goal of cost effectively extending the safe operation life of energy pipeline to 100 years is the application of health monitoring and life prediction tools that are able to provide both long-term remnant pipeline life prediction and in-situ pipeline condition monitoring. A critical step is the enhancement of technological capabilities that are required for understanding and quantifying the effects of key factors influencing buried steel pipeline corrosion and environmentally assisted materials degradation, and the development of condition monitoring technologies that are able to provide in-situ monitoring and site-specific warning of pipeline damage. This paper provides an overview of our current research aimed at developing new sensors and electrochemical cells for monitoring, categorising and quantifying the level and nature of external pipeline and coating damages under the combined effects of various inter-related variables and processes such as localised corrosion, coating cracking and disbondment, cathodic shielding, transit loss of cathodic protection.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2013

Objective of this study is to calculate gamma buildup factors for pointed and isotropic gamma sources in depleted uranium, uranium dioxide, natural uranium, tin, water and concrete using MCNP4C code. The thickness of the media ranges from 0.5 to 10 mean-free-path (mfp) and gamma energy ranges from 0.5 to 10 MeV. Owing to the outstanding accuracy of MCNP in calculation involving gamma interaction, results fairly match those reported previously. The maximum relative error is 2%.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.16-25
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• 2017

Gas Metal Arc Welding is a widely used process in Industry due to its high productivity and potential to automation. The present study investigates the effects of the welding speed, arc voltage, welding current and shielding gas on the bead geometry for a low-carbon steel. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is used to choose an experimental design and perform test runs accordingly in order to produce mathematical models predicting the geometry, the hardness and the heat input of the bead as functions of the welding parameters. The direct and interaction effects of the four welding parameters are represented graphically and allow to determine an optimum set of welding parameters.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2016

Background: The scattered photons cause reduction of the contrast of radiographic image and it results in the degradation of the quality of the image. In order to acquire better quality image, an anti-scattering x-ray gird should be equipped in radiography system. Materials and Methods: The X-ray anti-scattering grid of the inclined type based on the hybrid concept for that of parallel and focused type was tested by MCNP code. The MCNPX 2.7.0 was used for the simulation based test. The geometry for the test was based on the IEC 60627 which was an international standard for diagnostic X-ray imaging equipment-Characteristics of general purpose and mammographic anti-scatter grids. Results and Discussion: The performance of grids with four inclined shielding material types was compared with that of the parallel type. The grid with completely tapered type the best performance where there were little performance difference according to the degree of inclination. Conclusion: It was shown that the grid of inclined type had better performance than that of parallel one.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.950-954
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 내부 전자파원에 의해 여기된 공동의 내벽 한 면에 손실 유전체를 설치한 경우 공동 내부로 공급된 전력과 반사계수를 계산하였으며, 손실 유전체에 의해 공동 내부의 전자계가 저감되는 특성을 검토하고있다. 이론 해석으로는 내부 전자파원의 전류 분포 및 손실 유전체 경계면에서의 전계분포에 관한 연립 적분방정식을 유도하고 Galerkin의 모멘트법으로 해석하여 공동체 공급된 전력과 반사계수를 구하고 있다. 이론해석 결과, carbon을 함유한 발포 폴리스티렌을 손실 유전체로 사용하여 유전체의 두께와 carbon 함유량을 조절함으로써 공동 내부 전자파원으로부터의 전자파 방사를 저감시킬 수 있음을 보이고 있으며, 공급 전력의 실험치와도 비교하여 이론 해석의 타당성을 확인하고 있다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2005

The electrosorption of U(VI) from waste water was carried out by using an activated carbon fiber (ACF) felt electrode in a continuous electrosorption cell. In order to enhance the electrosorption capacity at a lower potential, the ACF was electrochemically modified in an acidic and a basic solution. Pore structure and functional groups of the electrochemically modified ACF were examined, and the effects of the modification conditions were studied for the adsorption of U(VI). Specific surface area of all the ACFs was decreased by this modification. The amount of the acidic functional groups decreased with a basic modification, while the amount increased a lot with an acidic modification. The electrosorption capacity of U(VI) decreased on the acid modified electrode due to the shielding effect of the acidic functional groups. The base modified electrode enhanced the capacity due to a reduction of the acidic functional groups. The electrosorption amount of U(VI) on the base modified electrode at .0.3 V corresponds to that of the as-received ACF electrode at .0.9 V. Such a good adsorption capacity was due to a reduction of the shielding effect and an increase of the hydroxyl ions in the electric double layer on the ACF surface by the application of negative potential.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2004

진단영역에서 사용하는 넓은 선속 X선 에너지에 대한 차폐물질의 투과 특성을 Archer의 수학적 모델을 적용하여 나타내었다. 인버터 방식의 고전압발생장치를 사용하는 X선 발생장치를 사용하여 관전압 60 kVp부터 140 kVp까지의 범위에서 납, 철, 콘크리트, 유리등의 차폐체의 투과 특성을 나타내었다. 이러한 인버터 방식의 고전압발생장치를 사용하는 진단영방사선발생장치의 관전압별 투과도는 진단방사선발생장치를 사용하는 작업공간에서의 차폐 설계 시 차폐물질의 종류와 두께의 설정에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.748-751
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• 2013

본 논문은 유한 차분 시간 영역(FDTD: Finite-Difference Time-Domain)법을 이용하여 간단한 건물 구조의 광대역 복사성 펄스 결합에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 건물을 콘크리트와 유리로 구성하였으며, 각 물질의 전기적 특성을 수치적으로 모델링하였다. 본 논문에서는 본 연구팀에서 개발한 분산 FDTD 알고리즘을 이용하여 건물의 전자파 특성 해석을 수행하고, 건물 구조에 따른 차폐 효과를 50 MHz~1 GHz 대역에서 분석하였다.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.387-392
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• 2018

Various technical approaches and concepts have been proposed to develop conductive super-hydrophobic (SH) surfaces. However, most of these approaches are not usable in practical applications because of insufficient adhesion and cost issues. Additionally, durability and uniformity issues are still in need of improvement. The goal of this research is to produce a large-area conductive SH surface with improved adhesion performance and uniformity. To this end, carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a high aspect ratio and elastomeric polymer were utilized as a conductive filler and matrix, respectively, to form a coating layer. Additionally, nanoscale silica particles were utilized for stable implementation of the conductive SH surface. To improve the adhesion properties between the SH coating layer and substrate, pretreatment of the substrate was conducted by utilizing both wet and dry etching processes to create specific organic functional groups on the substrate. Following pretreatment of the surface, a zirco-aluminate coupling agent was utilized to enhance adhesion properties between the substrate and the SH coating layer. Raman spectroscopy revealed that adhesion was greatly improved by the formation of a chemical bond between the substrate and the SH coating layer at an optimal coupling agent concentration. The developed conductive SH coating attained a high electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness, which is advantageous in self-cleaning EMI shielding applications.