• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.1365-1381
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• 2023

In this paper, a procedure for evaluating the structural integrity of the PCSG (Printed Circuit Steam Generator) unit block is presented with a simplified FE (finite element) analysis technique by applying the homogenization method. The homogenization method converts an inhomogeneous elastic body into a homogeneous elastic body with same mechanical behaviour. This method is effective when the inhomogeneous elastic body has repetitive microstructures, and thus the method was applied to the sheet assembly among the PCSG unit block components. From the method, the homogenized equivalent elastic constants of the sheet assembly were derived. The validity of the determined material properties was verified by comparing the mechanical behaviour with the reference model. Thermo-mechanical analysis was then performed to evaluate the structural integrity of the PCSG unit block, and it was found that the contact region between the steam header and the sheet assembly is a critical point where large bending stress occurs due to the temperature difference.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 라인 형태인 가닥(Strand) 지오메트리 이미지와 합성곱 신경망(Convolutional Neural Network, ConvNet 혹은 CNN)을 이용하여 저해상도 헤어 및 털 시뮬레이션을 고해상도로 노이즈 없이 표현할 수 있는 기법을 제안한다. 저해상도와 고해상도 데이터 간의 쌍은 물리 기반 시뮬레이션을 통해 얻을 수 있으며, 이렇게 얻어진 데이터를 이용하여 저해상도-고해상도 데이터 쌍을 설정한다. 학습할 때 사용되는 데이터는 헤어 가닥 형태의 위치를 지오메트리 이미지로 변환하여 사용한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 헤어 및 털 네트워크는 저해상도 이미지를 고해상도 이미지로 업스케일링(Upscaling)시키는 이미지 합성기를 위해 사용된다. 테스트 결과로 얻어진 고해상도 지오메트리 이미지가 고해상도 헤어로 다시 변환되면, 하나의 매핑 함수로 표현하기 어려운 헤어의 찰랑거리는(Elastic) 움직임을 잘 표현할 수 있다. 합성 결과에 대한 성능으로 이전 물리 기반 시뮬레이션보다 빠른 성능을 보였으며, 복잡한 수치해석을 몰라도 쉽게 실행이 가능하다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.24-34
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 우주 그물의 우주 물체 포획 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 충격 흡수의 이점을 가지는 거미집 구조의 생체 모방 우주 그물을 이용한 우주 물체 포획 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 포획 시뮬레이션은 비선형 구조 동역학 해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS를 이용하여 수행하였다. 우주 물체는 12U 크기의 CubeSat을 강체로 모델링하였다. 거미집 구조의 우주 그물은 대각선 길이가 2.828 m이며, 탄성보 요소를 이용하여 구현하였다. 동일 중량의 정사각형 우주 그물의 포획 시뮬레이션 결과와 비교하여 생체 모방 우주 그물의 포획의 우수성을 확인하였다. 또한, 거미집 구조의 우주 그물을 이용하여 우호적 및 비우호적으로 운동하는 우주 물체를 포획하는 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 우주 물체의 포획 성공 및 실패 사례를 조사하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.347-354
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• 2009

Welding is required for a connection between two different components in the nuclear fuel of a pressurized water reactor. This work relies on a mechanical experiment and analytic results to investigate the structural integrity of nuclear fuel in a situation where some components are not welded to each other. A series of lateral vibration tests are performed in a test facility, and the test structures are examined in terms of dynamic behavior. In the tests, the displacement signal at every grid structure that sustains fuel rods is measured and processed to identify the dynamic properties. The fluid-elastic stability of the structure is also analyzed to evaluate susceptibility to a cross flow with an assumed conservative cross flow distribution. The test and analysis results confirm that the structural integrity can be maintained even in the absence of some welding connections.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.352-359
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• 2020

The effects of hydrogen precipitation on the mechanical properties of Zircaloy-4 and Zirlo alloys were examined with uniaxial tensile tests at room temperature and at 400 ℃ and accompanying microstructural changes in the Zircaloy-4 and Zirlo alloy specimens were discussed. The elastic moduli of Zircaloy-4 and Zirlo alloys decreased with increasing hydrogen concentrations. Yield strengths of both materials tended to decrease gradually. The reductions of yield stress seems to be caused by the dissipation of yield point phenomena shown in stress-strain curves. Ultimate tensile strengths (UTS) of Zircaloy-4 and Zirlo slightly increased at low hydrogen contents, and then decreased when the concentrations exceeded 500 and 700 wppm, respectively. Uniform elongations were stable until 600 wppm and drops to 0% around 1400 wppm at room temperature.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2007

This paper presents a closed-form model for evaluating the restraint effect of pressure induced bending on the opening of a circumferential through-wall crack, which is considered plastic deformation behavior. Three-dimensional finite element analyses with different crack lengths, restraint conditions, pipe geometries, magnitudes of internal pressure, and tensile properties were used to investigate the influence of each parameter on the pressure-induced bending restraint on the crack opening displacement. From these investigations, an analytical model based on elastic-perfectly plastic material was developed in terms of the crack length, symmetric restraint length, mean radius to thickness ratio, axial stress corresponding to the internal pressure, and normalized crack opening displacement evaluated from a linear-elastic crack opening condition. Finite element analyses results demonstrate that the proposed analytical model reliably estimated the restraint effect of pressure-induced bending on the plastic crack opening of a circumferential through-wall crack and properly reflected the dependence on each parameter within the range over which the analytical expression was derived.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.359-374
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• 1994

Process sequence design in sheet metal forming process by the finite element method is investigated. The forming of sheet metal into a washing machine container is used to demonstrate the design of an improved process sequence which has fewer operations. The design procedure makes extensive use of the finite element method which has simulation capabilities of elastic-plastic modeling. A one-stage process to make an initial blank to the final product is simulated to obtain information on metal flow requirements. Loading simulation for a conventional method is also performed to evaluate the design criteria which are uniform thickness distribution around the finished part and maximum punch load within limit of available press capacity. The newly designed sequence has two forming operations and can achieve net-shape manufacturing, while the conventional process sequence has three forming operations. This specific case conventional process sequence has three forming operations. This specific case can be considered for application of the method and for development of the sequence design methodology in general.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2023년도 제67차 동계학술대회논문집 31권1호
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• pp.377-380
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 합성곱 신경망(Convolutional Neural Networks, CNN)과 탄성왜곡(Elastic Distortion) 기법을 통한 데이터 증강 기법을 활용하여 학습 데이터를 구축하는 프레임워크를 제안한다. 실제 균열 이미지는 정형화된 형태가 없고 복잡한 패턴을 지니고 있어 구하기 어려울 뿐만 아니라, 데이터를 확보할 때 위험한 상황에 노출될 우려가 있다. 이러한 데이터베이스 구축 문제점을 본 논문에서 제안하는 데이터 증강 기법을 통해 비용적, 시간적 측면에서 효율적으로 해결한다. 세부적으로는 DeepCrack의 데이터를 10배 이상 증가하여 실제 균열의 특징을 반영한 메타 데이터를 생성하여 U-net을 학습하였다. 성능을 검증하기 위해 균열 탐지 연구를 진행한 결과, IoU 정확도가 향상되었음을 확인하였다. 데이터를 증강하지 않았을 경우 잘못 예측(FP)된 경우의 비율이 약 25%였으나, 데이터 증강을 통해 3%까지 감소하였음을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.327-334
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• 2009

Elastic wave is one of the most useful tools for non-destructive tests in nuclear power plants. Since the elastic properties are indispensable for analyzing the behaviors of elastic waves, they should be predetermined within an acceptable accuracy. Nuclear power plants are exposed to harsh environmental conditions and hence the structures are degraded. It means that the Young's modulus becomes unreliable and in-situ measurement of Young's modulus is required from an engineering point of view. Young's modulus is estimated from the group velocity of propagating waves. Because the flexural wave of a plate is inherently dispersive, the group velocity is not clearly evaluated in temporal signal analysis. In order to overcome such ambiguity in estimation of group velocity, Wigner-Ville distribution as the time-frequency analysis technique was proposed and utilized. To verify the proposed method, experiments for steel and acryl plates were performed with accelerometers. The results show good estimation of the Young's modulus of two plates.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.838-849
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• 2017

This paper proposes penalty factor equations that take into consideration the weld strength over-match given in the classified form similar to the revised equations presented in the Code Case N-779 via cyclic elastic-plastic finite element analysis. It was found that the $K_e$ analysis data reflecting elastic follow-up can be consolidated by normalizing the primary-plus-secondary stress intensity ranges excluding the nonlinear thermal stress intensity component, $S_n$ to over-match degree of yield strength, $M_F$. For the effect of over-match on $K_n{\times}K_{\nu}$, dispersion of the $K_n{\times}K_{\nu}$ analysis data can be sharply reduced by dividing total stress intensity range, excluding local thermal stresses, $S_{p-lt}$ by $M_F$. Finally, the proposed equations were applied to the weld between the safe end and the piping of a pressurizer surge nozzle in pressurized water reactors in order to calculate a cumulative usage factor. The cumulative usage factor was then compared with those derived by the previous $K_e$ factor equations. The result shows that application of the proposed equations can significantly reduce conservatism of fatigue assessment using the previous $K_e$ factor equations.