• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2008

This paper provides the evaluation method for the pressure vessel with internal wall-thinning defect, which is based on ASME design criteria. Pressure vessel has wall-thinning partially and patch reinforcement has been attached for reliable operating. However, present partial wall thinning could be through wall thinning at the next inspection time with present corrosion progress speed. Therefore safety margin was calculated for various conditions from present wall-thinning condition to additive patch reinforced condition via two-dimensional and three-dimensional, geometrically linear FE analyses using elastic materials.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.1295-1302
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• 2003

In order to evaluate a failure behavior of pipe with notch-type wall thinning, the present study performed full-scale pipe tests using the 102mm, Schedule 80 pipe specimen simulated notch- and circular-type thinning defects. The pipe tests were conducted under the conditions of both monotonic and cyclic bending moment at a constant internal pressure of 10 MPa. From the results. of experiment the failure mode, load carrying capacity, deformation ability, and fatigue life of a notch-type wall thinned pipe were investigated, and they were compared with those of a circular-type wall thinned pipe. The failure mode of notched pipe was similar to that of circular-type thinned pipe under the monotonic bending load. Under the cyclic bending load, however, the mode was clearly distinguished with variation in the shape of wall thinning. The load carrying capacity of a pipe containing notch-type wall thinning was about the same or slightly lower than that of a pipe containing circular-type wall thinning when the thinning area was subjected to tensile stress, whereas it was higher than that of a pipe containing circular-type thinning defect when the thinning area was subjected to compressive stress. On the other hand, the deformation ability and fatigue life of a notch-type wall thinned pipe was lower than those of a circular-type wall thinned pipe.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 1997

In this paper we suggest a development of surface defect inspection algorithms for cold mill strip. The defects which exist in a surface of cold mill strip have a scattering or singular distribution. This paper consists of preprocessing, feature extraction and defect classification. By preprocessing, the binarized defect image is achieved. In this procedure, Top-hit transform, adaptive thresholding, thinning and noise rejection are used. Especially, Top-hit transform using local min/max operation diminishes the effect of bad lighting. In feature extraction, geometric, moment and co-occurrence matrix features are calculated. For the defect classification, multilayer neural network is used. The proposed algorithm showed 15% error rate.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.12-19
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 적외선 열화상 기법을 원전 배관에 적용하여 감육결함을 검사하기 위한 시험 조건을 파악하기 위해서, 인공 결함이 가공된 배관 시편과 평판 시편을 이용하여 적외선 열화상 시험을 수행하였다. 시험에는 할로겐램프를 사용하여 시편을 가열하였으며, 램프의 출력과 시편과 램프의 거리를 변수로 실험을 수행하였다. 시험 결과 시편과 램프의 거리가 1~2 m 이고 램프의 출력이 정격출력의 60 % 이상일 때, 적외선 열화상 기법은 1회 촬영으로 최소한 500 mm 범위 내에 존재하는 원주방향 폭이 $2{\Theta}=90^{\circ}$이고 깊이와 길이가 각각 d/t=0.5와 $L/D_o=0.25$인 배관내 인공 감육 결함들을 검출하였다. 평판 시편과 배관 시편에서 시편과 램프의 거리에 관계없이 램프 출력이 높을수록 결함에 대한 이미지가 선명하였다. 평판 시편과 배관 시편에서 적외선 열화상 방법의 결함 검출 능력은 유사하지만, 최적의 시험 조건은 시편에 따라 다르게 나타났다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.241.1-241.1
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• 2003

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.533-542
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• 2006

In order to assess the integrity of pipes with local thinning area, the plastic strain as well as the elastic strain at the root of thinned region are required particularly when fluctuating load is applied to the pipe. For estimating elastic-plastic strain at local wall thinning area in a straight pipe under tensile load, an estimation model with idealized fully circumferential constant depth wall thinning area is proposed. Based on the compatibility and equilibrium equations a nonlinear estimation equation, from which local elastic-plastic strain can be determined as a function of pipe/defect geometry, material and the applied strain was derived. Estimation results are compared with those from detailed elastic-plastic finite element analysis, which shows good agreements. Noting that practical wall thinning in nuclear piping has not only a circular shape but also a finite circumferential length, the proposed solution for the ideal geometry is extended based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional numerical analysis of pipes with circular wall thinning.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.546-551
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• 2010

The objective of this research is to estimate the crack location and size of a carbon steel pipe by using a laser ultrasound guided wave for the wall thinning evaluation of an elbow. The wall thinning of the carbon steel pipe is one of the most serious problems in nuclear power plants, especially the wall thinning of the carbon steel elbow caused by Flow-Accelerated Corrosion (FAC). Therefore, a non-destructive inspection method of elbow is essential for the nuclear power plants to operate safely. The specimens used in this study were carbon steel elbows, which represented the main elements of real nuclear power plants. The shape of the wall thinning was an oval with a width of 120mm, a length of 80mm, and a depth of 5mm. The L(0,1) and L(0,2) modes variation of the ultrasound guided wave signal is obtained from the response of the laser generation/air-coupled detection ultrasonic hybrid system represent the characteristics of the defect. The trends of these characteristics and signal processing were used to estimate the size and location of wall thinning.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2010

절대온도(OK) 이상의 온도를 가지고 물체는 표면온도에 대응하는 적외선 파장대역에서 적외선 에너지를 방출하게 된다. 적외선열화상은 적외선 파장대역에 반응하는 검출기를 이용하여 검출된 적외선 량을 온도로 변환하고 사용자에게 적외선영상을 실시간으로 제공하는 비파괴검사 방법이다 원자력발전소의 배관은 부식, 피로 등으로 인해 두께가 얇아져 큰 사고로 이어질 수 있는 결함이 발생하므로 이를 위한 효율적인 비파괴검사 시스템이 요구되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 적외선열화상 카메라로 측정한 온도와 배관의 결함 깊이 및 크기와의 상관관계를 알아보고 이를 원자력발전소 배관에 적용하여 결함을 검출하는 연구를 수행하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.34-39
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• 2013

선행 연구에서 적외선열화상기법을 이용하여 원전 배관의 감육 결함을 측정하기 위하여, 4 inch 배관에 인공결함을 가공하여 이에 대한 결함 검출을 도출하였다. 본 논문에서는 선행연구에서 도출된 조건을 이용하여 원전 소구경 배관의 결함 검출 조건에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 결함의 가공은 감육 길이, 원주방향 각도, 감육 깊이를 변화시켜서 결함 조건을 가공하였다. 사용된 장비는 IR camera와 1 kW용량의 halogen lamp 2개를 사용하였으며, halogen lamp와 대상 배관과의 거리를 1 m, 1.5 m, 2 m 순으로 변화시켜 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과의 분석을 위하여 온도분포데이터를 확보하고, 이를 분석하여 결함 길이를 측정하였다. 4 inch 배관의 인공결함은 2 m에서 측정 결과의 신뢰도가 높았으나, 소구경 배관은 1.5 m에서 결함이 명확하게 검출되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권12호
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• pp.1063-1071
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• 2008

This paper provides a failure pressure evaluation model for local wall-thinned elbows. In this study, parametric finite element analyses are performed on the elbows containing local wall-thinning defect at their intrados and extrados, and the failure pressures are obtained from the analysis results by applying a local failure criterion that was validated by real-scale pipe tests. An evaluation model including the effects of thinning depth, length, circumferential angle, thinning location, and elbow geometries on the failure pressure is derived based on the evaluated failure pressures. The proposed model agrees well with the results of finite element analyses and reasonably estimates the dependence of failure pressure on the wall-thinning dimensions and elbow geometries. Also, the comparison with experimental data demonstrates that the proposed evaluation model can accurately predict the failure pressure of local wall-thinned elbows.