• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.3864-3871
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• 2024

In case of a hypothetical severe accident in a Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR), coolability of the debris bed in the post-accident phase plays a vital role in mitigating the accident and ensuring the structural integrity of the reactor vessel. Few numerical studies are reported in literature, in which the boiling heat transfer in debris bed is expressed as equivalent heat conduction using similarity law between heat conduction and two-phase heat transfer. However, these studies assumed steady state mass conservation for the boiling zone and neglected the gravity force. Hence, a detailed study has been carried out for various particle sizes and porosities of SFR debris to investigate the influence of above considerations. The effect of gravity on debris bed coolability is studied using steady state model of Lipinski, which showed that gravity has a non-negligible effect, for particle size of 0.3 mm and porosity of 0.5. However, the gravitation force was found to have a negligible effect in dryout heat flux estimation for the bottom cooled configuration. A transient numerical model is developed for simulating the boiling phenomena in debris beds and validated with the published experimental results. The assumption of steady state mass conservation is verified by carrying out transient analysis, which indicated early prediction of the dryout inception. For time dependent heat generation case, the unsteady mass conservation predicted higher DHF compared to constant heat generation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.583-594
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• 2018

A theoretical formulation based on the linearized potential theory, the Descartes' rule and the extremum optimization method is presented to calculate the critical distance of lifting points of the fully balanced hoist vertical ship lift, and to study pitching stability of the ship lift. The overturning torque of the ship chamber is proposed based on the Housner theory. A seven-free-degree dynamic model of the ship lift based on the Lagrange equation of the second kind is then established, including the ship chamber, the wire rope, the gravity counterweights and the liquid in the ship chamber. Subsequently, an eigenvalue equation is obtained with the coefficient matrix of the dynamic equations, and a key coefficient is analyzed by innovative use of the minimum optimization method for a stability criterion. Also, an extensive influence of the structural parameters contains the gravity counterweight wire rope stiffness, synchronous shaft stiffness, lifting height and hoists radius on the critical distance of lifting points is numerically analyzed. With the Runge-Kutta method, the four primary dynamical responses of the ship lift are investigated to demonstrate the accuracy/reliability of the result from the theoretical formulation. It is revealed that the critical distance of lifting points decreases with increasing the synchronous shaft stiffness, while increases with rising the other three structural parameters. Moreover, the theoretical formulation is more applicable than the previous criterions to design the layout of the fully balanced hoist vertical ship lift for the ensuring of the stability.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2014

건물의 경우, 용도 변경에 따른 중력하중 변화, 시공 단계에 따라 중력하중 변화 등이 구조물 시스템에 영향을 미친다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 시스템 식별 변수 설정에 있어 기존에 강성만을 변수로 설정한 방법에 추가적으로 질량을 변수로 설정하여 시스템을 식별하는 기법을 제안한다. 계측한 동특성과 FE모델에서 추출한 동특성 간의 차이를 최소화하여 변수를 탐색하게 된다. 최소화 기법으로 변형 유전 알고리즘을 적용하였다. 보다 전역적 해탐색을 위해 변형 유전 알고리즘은 더 넓은 해 탐색 공간에서 해를 찾는다. 철골 보 구조물의 시뮬레이션을 통해 본 연구가 제시한 기법을 검증하였고 변형 유전 알고리즘과 기존의 단순 유전 알고리즘의 성능을 비교하였다. 또한, 강성 식별만을 수행한 기존 연구의 방법과 본 연구가 제시한 기법간의 차이를 비교하였다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.527-541
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 시간거리를 크게 단축시킨 고속철도 도입으로 우리나라 도시간 통행흐름에 나타나는 변화를 파악하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 도시간 통행을 담당하고 있는 대표 운송수단인 고속버스와 철도의 운송실적을 바탕으로 고속철도 개통 이전과 이후 각 운송수단의 도시간 통행흐름에 나타나는 변화를 분석한다. 먼저 중력모형을 적용하여 시간거리 매개변수에 대한 운송수단별 도시간 통행량의 관계 변화를 파악한다. 분석결과 고속버스를 이용하는 도시간 통행은 철도에 비해 시간거리에 덜 민감하며 고속철도 도입 이후 그 경향은 더 강화되는 경향을 보인다. 그러나 일반철도를 이용하는 도시간 통행은 시간거리에 좀 더 민감하게 반응하며 고속철도 도입 이후 그 경향은 더욱 강화되어 일반철도를 이용한 장거리 통행량은 점점 더 감소한다. 반면 고속철도를 이용한 도시간 통행량은 장거리 일수록 오히려 증가하는 추세를 보여 중력모형과는 상치되는 양상을 보인다. 더불어 교통인프라의 변화로 나타나는 운송수단별 통행흐름의 공간구조에 나타나는 변화를 파악하기 위하여 MST(Maximum Spanning Tree)기법을 적용하여 각 시점의 운송수단별 허브구조를 비교분석한 결과 고속버스와 일반철도를 이용한 통행흐름은 시간이 경과하면서 계층 수가 늘어나는 변화를 보이지만 고속철도의 경우는 2010년 까지도 서울과 부산을 1차위의 Hub로 하는 단순 계층구조를 나타낸다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2004

The eddy current brake system is a non-contact brake based on the mutual relation between the rail and the frame. Consequently, the accuracy is required in estimating the stress concentration and the deformation of the eddy current brake system. In this paper, the static analysis considering the gravity and the suction force for the deformation and the stress concentration of the main frame of the initially designed eddy current brake system was carried out. The shape of the I-type beam obtained from the optimization was analyzed and compared with the initial model. Also, the initial model was modified based on the optimization model and the result was verified to have the acceptable improvement.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2002년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.274-281
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• 2002

In this study a analytical model for a structure with buckling-restrained unbonded knee-braces is proposed, and a performance-based seismic design procedure for such a system Is provided. The proposed structure system has advantage of simplifying the structural design procedure in that the hinge-connected main structural members, such as beams and columns, are designed only for gravity loads, and all the lateral seismic load is resisted by the braces. The design procedure is based on the concept of equivalent damping, and is implemented to the capacity spectrum method. Parametric study is performed with design variables such as yield stress and cross-sectional area of knee-braces to find out proper slope of the braces.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2022

Globally, as population growth and economic development continue, resource consumption is increasing rapidly. As an alternative to electric vehicles was suggested as the environmental pollution problem emerged, the number of registered electric vehicles in Korea increased by more than 137 times compared to 2013. Secondary batteries are expected to expand into various markets such as small IT devices and electric vehicles, and the most important part of electric vehicles is the battery (secondary battery). Therefore, in this study, to analyze the stability of the CSM (Classifier Separator Mill) grinding disc that crushes secondary battery raw materials, structural analysis and vibration analysis of the 1st to 4th grinding discs and the final model were performed. The change of bending by the weight of the Grinding Disc is at least 0.065㎛ and maximum 0.075㎛, and the change by the standard gravity is judged to be very low. The strain is at least 0.00031㎛/㎛ and maximum 0.00078㎛/㎛, and even if the number of Hamer increases, the change by the weight is judged to be insignificant. When the Grinding Disc rotates at a maximum of 6000rpm, the deformation and deformation rate of the first to third models are similar, but the fourth model (Hamer 10EA) is more than three times and the final model (Hamer 12EA) is about four times. However, the maximum deformation is 28.21㎛, which is considered to be insignificant when the change is 6000rpm. Six modes of natural Frequency analysis of the 1st~4th order and final model of the grinding disc appeared to be bent or twisted.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.12-18
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• 2024

A Electrostatic chuck is a device that fixes the substrate, using the force between charges applied between two parallel plates to attract substrates such as wafers or OLED panels. Unlike mechanical suction methods, which rely on physical fixation, this method utilizes the force of electrostatics for fixation, making it important to verify the adhesion force. As the size of the substrate increases, deformations due to gravity or chucking force also increase, and the adhesion force decreases rapidly as the distance between the chuck and the substrate increases. The outlook for displays is shifting from small to large OLEDs, necessitating consideration of substrate deformations. In this paper, to confirm the deformation of the substrate through various patterns, a simplified 2D model using Ansys' electromagnetic field analysis program, Maxwell, and the static structural analysis program, Mechanical, was utilized to observe changes in adhesion force according to the variation in the air gap between the substrate and the chuck. Additionally, the chucking force was analyzed for the size of the substrate, and the deformation of the substrate was confirmed when gravity and chucking force act simultaneously.

• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2006년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.168-179
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• 2006

This paper summarizes full-scale test results on CFT column-to-flat plate connections subjected to gravity loading. CFT construction has gained wide acceptance in a relatively short time in domestic building construction practice due to its various structural and construction advantages. However, efficient details for CFT column to flat plate connections have not been proposed yet. Based on the strategies that maximize economical field construction, several connecting schemes were proposed and tested. Test results showed that the proposed connections can exhibit punching shear strength and connection stiffness exceeding those of R/C flat plate counterparts. A semi-analytical procedure is presented to model the behavior of CFT column-to-flat plate connections. The five parameters to model elastic to post-punching catenary action range are calibrated based on the limited test data of this study. The application of the proposed modeling procedure to progressive collapse prevention design is also illustrated.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제80권6호
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• pp.677-688
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• 2021

The building design codes and standards in many countries usually are either fully or partially adopted from the international codes. However, regional conditions like the quality of construction industry and different statistical parameters of load and resistance have essential roles in the code calibration of building design codes. This paper presents a probabilistic approach to assess the reliability level of adopted national building codes by simulating design situations and considering all load combinations. The impact of the uncertainty of wind and earthquake loads, which are entirely regional condition dependent and have a high degree of uncertainty, are quantified. In this study, the design situation is modeled by generating thousands of numbers for load effect ratios, and the reliability level of steel elements for all load combinations and different load ratios is established and compared to the target reliability. This approach is applied to the Iranian structural steel code as a case study. The results indicate that the Iranian structural steel code lacks safety in some load combinations, such as gravity and earthquake load combinations, and is conservative for other load combinations. The present procedure can be applied to the assessment of the reliability level of other national codes.