• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) consist of a work platform, extending structure, and chassis, and are used to move persons to working positions. MEWPs are useful but are composed of pieces of equipment, and accidents do occur owing to equipment defects. Among these defects, accidents caused by the fracture of bolts fixed to the extension structure and swing system are increasing. This paper presents a failure analysis of the fixing bolts of MEWP. Standard procedure for failure analysis was employed in this investigation. Visual inspection, chemical analysis, tensile strength measurement, microstructural characterization, fractography analysis by Optical Microscope(OM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy(SEM), and finite element analysis (FEA) were used to analyze the failure of the fixing bolts. Using this failure analysis approach, we found the root cause of failure and proposed a means for solving this type of failure in the future. First, the chemical composition of the fixing bolt is obtained by a spectroscopy chemical analysis method, which determined that the chemical composition matched the required standard. The tensile test showed that the tensile and yield strengths were within the required capacity. The stress analysis was carried out at five different boom angles, and it was determined that the fixing bolt of MEWP can withstand the loads at all the boom angles. The outcomes of the fatigue analysis revealed that the fixing bolt fails before reaching the design requirements. The results of the fatigue analysis showed primarily that the failure of the fixing bolt was due to fatigue. A visual inspection of the fractured section of the fixing bolt also confirmed the fatigue failure. We propose a method to prevent failure of the fixing bolt of the MEWP from four different standpoints: the manufacturer, safety certification authority, safety inspection agency, and owner.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2007

In the recently released accident-investigation report on blade failure, almost 70% of blade failures was found at low pressure turbine blades, and it is well known that main cause is due to the vibration modes. This paper describes the systematic approach on the root cause of the blade failure at L 0 stage, 30MW single flow industrial steam turbine which had tripped by high vibration after ten-month commercial operation. A fracture was found at the only one damping wire hole of 59 blades, and crack was detected at three damping wire holes by NDT. According to the analysis result for the crack fracture surface and the chain of the sequential operational events, we come to the conclusion that a typical high cycle fatigue is the most dominant factor caused to the blade failure, the resonance frequency margin was narrowed by the cut damping wire and the high cycle vibration was amplified, and then the blade was broken at once by the centrifugal force when the crack reached the critical size.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권23호
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• pp.127-140
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• 1993

The drive pulley, which is employed for loading and unloading raw materials in a steel mill, is usually manufactured by use of various welding processes. In this study the weldment in the pulley, in which TIG and $CO_2$ welding processes are used, has been analyzed from view point of fracture mechanics. Fracture toughness tests have been performed according to ASTM E813. A servo-hydraulic testing machine (10kN) has been employed. Also the crack propagation tests (Mode I) have been performed with compact tension specimen in compliance with ASTM E647. To predict the critical crack size in the weldment, finite element stress analysis for the drive pulley under real operating conditions have been performed. In addition, the residual stresses at the weldment and in heat-affected zone have been obtained by hole drilling method. The planar critical crack size have been predicted for the drive pulley by considering the stress analysis results and the residual stresses due to welding process. For the drive pulley considered in this study, it has been concluded that the most important factor in determining the critical crack size is the welding residual stress in the transverse direction. Also the effect of stress concentration at the root of the weldment have been noticeable. For the planar crack, the fatigue crack growth life from an initial crack size of 2mm to the critical crack size obtained as in the above have been predicted. The predicted lives were between 55, 900 and 72, 000 cycles depending on the shape of the elliptical crack. The predicted lives were in fairly good agreement for the drive pulley considered in this study.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.677-687
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• 2017

항공기는 운용 중에 엔진, 유압펌프, 공력 등에 의한 진동 환경에 노출이 되어 기계구조와 각종 구성품이 고주기 피로로 인해 균열이나 파괴가 될 수 있다. 통상적으로 항공기용 유압 펌프는 액셜 피스톤 타입이 주로 적용되고 있으며, 펌프의 특성상 연속적인 회전에 의한 유량 맥동 발생은 필연적으로 수반된다. 이러한 유압펌프 맥동에 의한 진동을 감소시키기 위해 설치된 Dampener Fitting의 용접 부위에서 균열이 발생하였다. 용접 부위 균열의 원인 파악을 위해 파단면 분석 및 성분분석을 수행하였고, 균열 방지를 위한 설계 개선사항으로 일체형 Fitting 가공 방식을 적용하였다. 일체형 Fitting의 적용 타당성에 대한 설계검증을 위해 구조건전성 응력 해석, 피로수명 해석, 인증시험 및 항공기 체계 장착 시험을 수행하였다. 개선방안에 대한 해석 결과 재료의 요구수명 및 각종 시험의 요구조건에 만족하는 결과를 얻었으며, 개선방안을 운영 항공기에 적용 할 수 있는 것을 객관적으로 검증하였다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2009

A gas turbine consists of an upstream compressor and a downstream turbine with a combustion chamber, and also the compressor and the turbine are generally coupled using a single shaft. Many casing bolts are used to assemble two horizontally separated casings, the gas turbine casing and the compressor casing, in both of axial and vertical directions. Because drilled holes for casing bolts in vertical direction are often too close to drilled holes for casing bolts in axial direction, one can observe cracks in the area frequently during operations of a gas turbine. In this study of the root cause analysis for the cracking initiating from the drilled holes of the casings of a gas turbine, the finite element analysis(FEA) was applied to evaluate the thermal and mechanical characteristics of the casings. By applying the field operation data recorded from combined cycle power plants for FEA, thermal and thermo-mechanical characteristics of a gas turbine are analyzed. The crack is initiated at the geometrical weak point, but it is found that the maximum stress is relieved when the same type of cracks is introduced on purpose during FEA. So, it is verified that the local fracture could be delayed by machining the same type of defects near the hole for casing flange bolts of the gas turbine, where the crack is initiated.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.459-467
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• 2019

착륙장치는 회전익 항공기 및 탑승 병력의 생명을 보호해야 하는 고도의 안전성이 요구되는 주요 구성품으로 이/착륙 시 충격을 흡수하고 지상에서 활주 및 계류 시 동체를 지지한다. 특히 항공기 동체를 지지하는 주륜 착륙장치는 지면으로부터 시작되는 충격을 완충장치와 타이어를 통해 대부분 흡수하는 역할을 수행하게 되는데, 이를 통해 항공기에 탑승한 조종사의 안전을 보장하고, 임무 수행 간 병력의 작전 운용능력을 만족시킨다. A 기종 회전익 항공기 운용 중에, 우측 주륜 착륙장치 구성품인 피스톤 핀(Piston Pin)이 다수 파손된 것이 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 주륜 착륙장치에서 발견된 피스톤 핀(Piston Pin) 균열 현상에 대한 근본적인 원인을 찾기 위해, 파면 분석에서부터 비행 시험을 통한 착륙 하중 해석에 이르기까지 다양한 원인 규명 방법을 모색하였다. 특히 개발 당시 피스톤 핀에 적용되었던 드래그 빔(Drag beam) 구성품과의 체결 토크에 대한 영향성을 토대로 균열 발생 가능성들에 대한 분석을 수행하였으며, 이를 통해 피로 수명과 구조건전성을 확보할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다.