• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2000

Significant wall thinning due to flow accelerated corrosion(FAC）was recently reported in main feedwater pipes in 3 Korean pressurized water reactor(PWR) plants. The main feedwater pipes in one plant were repaired using overlay weld method at the outside of pipe, while those in 2 other plants were replaced with new pipes. In this study, the effect of the wall thinning in the main feedwater pipes on piping integrity was evaluated using finite element method. Especially, the effects of both the overlay weld repair and the stress concentration in notch-type thinned area on the piping integrity were investigated. The results are as follows : (1) The piping load carrying capacity may significantly decrease due to FAC. In special, the load carrying capacity of the main feedwater pipe was reduced by about 40% during about 140 months operation in Korean PWR plants. (2) By performing overlay weld repair at the outside of pipe, the piping load carrying capacity can increase and the stress concentration level in the thinned area can be reduced.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2005

Attenuation of fundamental longitudinal guided wave propagating liquid-filled steel pipes is numerically investigated. Several liquids such as water, diesel oil, castor oil etc. are considered for the filing materials in the pipes. Sink is considered for numerical models for abandoning standing wave modes; hence the attenuation dispersion curves become much simpler. Those attenuation calculations can be utilized for guided-wave-based nondestructive testing of pipelines when one inspects pipelines, using monitoring sensors, which are installed outside pipes.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.12-19
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• 2018

Langelier Index (LI) is used as a tap water corrosiveness index. Residual chlorine in tap water induces corrosion inside water pipes. This study takes a deeper look into the effect of residual chlorine in water pipes. Comparison between tap waters of Y and K water treatment plant (WTP) shows that the LI index of K WTP is lower than that of Y. However, the corrosion rate of Y WTP is higher than that of K WTP. This means that the higher the concentration of residual chlorine in tap water, the higher the corrosion rate of pipe materials. When calcium hydroxide was added to tap water, the corrosiveness index was improved and thus the corrosion rate reduced. It is possible to increase the disinfection efficiency by increasing the duration of residual chlorine and suppressing the rust generation of water pipes and to supply minerals. A guideline for corrosion control with residual chlorine should be set up. The effects of residual chlorine should be included in the corrosiveness index of tap water.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.617-623
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• 2015

In this study, determination methods of monitoring location in water distribution system were suggested and applied to real test bed. Small block of Gwangtan water distribution system is consisted of 582 pipes, 564 junctions, 1 reservoir, and 1 pump station. Small block of Ho Chi Minh water distribution system is consisted of 162 pipes, 148 junctions, and 1 reservoir. Two small block water distribution systems were analyzed by pressure contribution analysis method to determine the optimum monitoring locations. The pressure change was estimated at each junctions by the additional demand at a junction. From the results, the optimum monitoring location can be determined by rank of pressure contribution index at each junctions due to demand change at a junction.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.203-214
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• 2023

In this study, the physical properties and fracture characteristics according to the tensile load are evaluated on the materials of the polymeric filler and carbon fiber-based composite sleeve technique. The polymeric filler and the composite sleeve technique are applied to areas where the pipe body thickness is reduced due to corrosion in large-diameter water pipes. First, the tensile strength of the polymeric filler was 161.48~240.43 kg_f/cm², and the tensile strength of the polyurea polymeric filler was relatively higher than that of the epoxy. However, the tensile strength of the polymeric filler is relatively very low compared to ductile cast iron pipes(4,300 kg_f/cm²<) or steel pipes(4,100 kg_f/cm²). Second, the tensile strength of glass fiber, which is mainly used in composite sleeves, is 3,887.0 kg_f/cm², and that of carbon fiber is up to 5,922.5 kg_f/cm². The tensile strengths of glass and carbon fiber are higher than ductile cast iron pipe or steel pipe. Third, when reinforcing the hemispherical simulated corrosion shape of the ductile cast iron pipe and the steel pipe with a polymeric filler, there was an effect of increasing the ultimate tensile load by 1.04 to 1.06 times, but the ultimate load was 37.7 to 53.7% compared to the ductile cast iron or steel specimen without corrosion damage. It was found that the effect on the reinforcement of the corrosion damaged part was insignificant. Fourth, the composite sleeve using carbon fiber showed an ultimate load of 1.10(0.61T, 1,821.0 kg_f) and 1.02(0.60T, 2,290.7 kg_f) times higher than the ductile cast iron pipe(1,657.83 kg_f) and steel pipe(2,236.8 kg_f), respectively. When using a composite sleeve such as fiber, the corrosion damage part of large-diameter water pipes can be reinforced with same level as the original pipe, and the supply stability can be secured through accident prevention.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 상수도 금속관의 관 내 외면 부식상태를 평가하고, 내 외면 부식깊이(속도)와 매설년수의 관계를 통하여 내 외면 공식성장속도, 그리고 국내의 토양특성 인자들이 관 외면부식에 미치는 영향을 평가하여 관 외면의 노후상태를 예측할 수 있는 부식속도 모델을 제안하였다. 수집된 관체의 외면 부식깊이는 평균적으로 1.38 mm, 내면은 2.13 mm이었고, 이는 수질 등 내면부식영향 인자가 토양 등 외면부식영향 인자보다 부식에 미치는 영향이 크기 때문이며, 평균 공식성장 속도도 내면이 외면보다 두 배정도 빠른 것으로 나타났다. 외면부식에 영향을 주는 각 토양과 외면부식속도와의 상관성은 높지 않았으나, 모든 토양항목을 포함하여 회귀분석을 통하여 수립된 외면부식속도 예측모델은 기존 모델과 비교하여 더 높은 상관성을 보였다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.103-110
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 지하시설물의 효율적인 관리방안을 제시하기 위하여 광주광역시에서 개발한 'GIS를 이용한 상수도관망관리시스템'의 구축과정 및 운영상황을 검토 분석한 결과 시스템 구성에서 송배수관조회, 설비관리, 지번조회 등을 관로관리와 누수관리에 적용하여 시험한 결과 실용적으로 사용할 수 있다고 판단되었으며, 지번조회를 이용한 주소찾기는 상수도시설 자료관리의 업무능률향상에 효과가 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 전문 기술인력의 확보양성, 막대한 투자재원의 안정적 확보, GIS 관련업체 이해 당사자의 갈등 등의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 GIS S/W개발 전문기술과 Know-How필요, GIS의 Database구축 예산과 시간의 확보, GIS관련업체 이해 당사자의 갈등해소 등의 대책이 수립되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다. GIS에 의한 상수도관망 시설의 전산관리시스템 구축으로 노후관 교채, 누수탐사 등 점진적 시행으로 연간 40-50억원의 예산절감 및 맑고 깨끗한 물공급의 효과를 거양하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1229-1238
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• 2023

디지털 트윈은 현실 세계를 복제한 가상 공간을 만들고 현실 공간과 가상 공간을 통합하여 효율적으로 현실 공간을 관리하는 기술이다. 건물에 설치되어 있지만 시각적으로 보이지 않는 수도관 설비를 가상 공간에 구현하고 이를 건물의 실내 공간에 증강함으로써 현실 세계의 수도관을 효과적으로 관리하는 것이 수도 설비에 대한 디지털 트윈 개념이다. 제안하는 방법에서는 Unity 3D 게임 엔진을 이용하여 건물의 실내에 디지털 트윈 기술을 적용하는 방법을 구현하며, 디지털 트윈 구현에 필요한 증강현실 기술은 ARCore 기반의 AR Foundation 툴 킷을 사용한다. 디지털 트윈 응용은 현실 세계와 가상 세계를 정합하는 것이 필수적이다. 제안하는 방법에서는 2D 이미지 마커를 이용하여 현실 세계와 가상 세계를 정합한다. 또한 증강된 오브젝트를 시각적으로 현실감 있게 표현하기 위하여 Unity 쉐이더 프로그램을 적용한다. 구현 결과는 제안하는 방법이 간단하지만 정확하게 수도관을 현실 공간에 배치하고, 시각적으로도 효과적으로 벽면 위에 수도관을 표현하는 것을 보여준다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.111-117
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• 2006

In case of carrying out vortical crossing water distribution system in expressways or general roads construction, VR(Vibrated and Rolled reinforced concrete) pipes are restricted because of their specification of reinforced spun concrete pipe or on-site made pipe. Therefore, in order to apply VR pipes to those constructions, through the structural behavior experiments of the pipes, VR pipes are compared and verified with reinforced spun concrete pipe and the results are obtained as the following. From the experiments and analyses of Pipe Stiffness(PS) of the pipes, cracking loading is approved to satisfy the KS regulations. Through a direct load test, the cracking loading strength and the maximum load test of VR pipe is larger compared with reinforced spun concrete pipe. Particularly, even if side weld is thin, there is no little change in the cracking strength of VR pipe. The results of the direct load test analysis show that the structural behavior of VR pipe is equivalent or higher compared with reinforced spun concrete pipe in performance and VR pipe could be used as the water distribution pipe for roads. In this study, through pipe stiffness, direct load test and load teat on earth, reinforced spun concrete pipe and VR pipe are compared. And as a result, the structural behavior of VR pipe is comprehensively excellent. From the structural behavior tests, VR pipe's section shows more thickness and has uniform characteristics so that VR pipe is considered more favorable than reinforced spun concrete pipe.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집 제23권 1호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2004

Leak noise is a good source to identify the exact location of a leak point of underground water pipelines. Water leak generates broadband noise from a leak location and can be propagated to both directions of water pipes. However, the necessity of long-range detect ion of this leak location makes to identify low-frequency acoustic waves rather than high frequency ones. Acoustic wave propagation coupled with surrounding boundaries including cast iron pipes is theoretical analyzed and the wave velocity was confirmed with experiment The leak locations were identified both by the acoustic emission (AE) method and the cross-correlation method. In a short-range distance, both the AE method and cross-correlation method are effective to detect leak position. However, the detect ion for a long-range distance required a lower frequency range accelerometers only because higher frequency waves were attenuated very quickly with the increase of propagation paths. Two algorithms for the cross-correlation function were suggested and a long-range detection has been achieved at real underground water pipelines longer than 300m.