• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.113-124
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• 1992

The offshore industry created a need for quality wet weld repairs. Wet welding is a fast method of repair providing sound, structural quality welds. It requires less support equipment than a similar underwater dry weld repair or the alternative mechanical connections. Compared to welds made in air, underwater wet welds are plagued by increased hardness due to rapid quenching by the surrounding water. In this paper is described the experimntal study of improving the cooling rates of wet welds of TMCP steel plate by shielding around weld arc surroundings. The principal results of this experimental investigation can be summarized as follows : By shielding around weld arc surrounding, the cooling rates resulting from wet welds on TMCP steel plate could be lower than that of nonshielded wet welds and the fesibility on high quality of mecanical properties of wet weld on TMCP steel plate was carried out with shielded weld arc surrounding.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.72-79
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• 2003

Fatigue behaviour of partially penetrated butt-welded joints in high strength steel plates, in which crack-like structural defect, i.e. lack of penetration(LOP), is inevitably introduced during welding processes, was investigated. Fatigue lives of two types of welded joints, namely X-grooved and K-grooved joints, were experimentally determined first. Observed fatigue crack propagation behaviours of the partially penetrated butt-welds were interpreted through considering 3-dimensional semi-elliptical crack shape in front of the LOP. Based on such interpretation, a fracture mechanical method to estimate stress intensity factors at the crack tip was proposed. Since the fatigue lift of the partially penetrated butt-welds was strongly influenced by the ratio of size of the LOP to thickness, D/t, the D/t was used as a main parameter to calculate the fatigue lift by using the proposed method. Comparison of the fatigue lift obtained experimentally and analytically agreed well with each other. Hence it is suggested that the method used in this work to predict fatigue lift of the partially penetrated butt-welds can be applied to real cases with improved lift-prediction capability.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1968-1973
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• 2004

Structural degradations are often experienced on the components of nuclear power plants in reactor pressure vessels (RPV) and steam generators (SG) when these components are exposed to high temperature and high pressure for a long period of time. Such conditions result in the change of microstructures and of mechanical properties of materials, which requires an evaluation of the safeguards related to structural integrity. In a primary reactor cooling system (RCS), a dissimilar weld zone exists between cast stainless steel (CF8M) in a pipe and low-alloy steel (SA508 cl.3) in a nozzle. Thermal aging is observed in CF8M as the RCS is exposed for a long period of time under the operating temperature between 290 and 33$0^{\circ}C$. Under the same conditions, it is well known that degradation is not observed in low alloy steel. An investigation of the effect of thermal aging on the various mechanical properties of the dissimilar weld zone is required. The purpose of the present investigation is to find the effect of thermal aging on the dissimilar weld zone. The specimens are prepared by an artificially accelerated aging technique maintained for various times at 43$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. Then, The various mechanical test for the dissimilar welds are performed.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.132-140
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• 2012

This study aims to assess fatigue property by the static overload and average load in the fillet welded joints which is on the ship structural steel having gusset welds. To this end, a small specimen was made, to which the same welding condition for the actual ship structure was applied, to perform fatigue tests. In this study, a method to simply assess changes in welding residual stress according to different static overload was suggested. By measuring actual strain at the weld toe, the weld stress concentration factor and property which is determined by recrystallization in the process of welding were estimated to investigate the relation between overload and fatigue strength.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.890-898
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• 2018

Nondestructive inspection (NDI) is an integral part of structural integrity analyses of dry storage casks that house spent nuclear fuel. One significant concern for the structural integrity is stress corrosion cracking in the heat-affected zone of welds in the stainless steel canister that confines the spent fuel. In situ NDI methodology for detection of stress corrosion cracking is investigated, where the inspection uses a delivery robot because of the presence of the harsh environment and geometric constrains inside the cask protecting the canister. Shear horizontal (SH) guided waves that are sensitive to cracks oriented either perpendicular or parallel to the wave vector are used to locate welds and to detect cracks. SH waves are excited and received by electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) using noncontact ultrasonic transduction and pulse-echo mode. A laboratory-scale canister mock-up is fabricated and inspected using the proposed methodology to evaluate the ability of EMATs to excite and receive SH waves and to locate welds. The EMAT's capability to detect notches from various distances is evaluated on a plate containing 25%-through-thickness surface-breaking notches. Based on the results of the distances at which notch reflections are detectable, NDI coverage for spent nuclear fuel storage canisters is determined.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2004년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.270-277
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• 2004

In this paper, path-independent values of the J-integral in the fininte element context for arbitrary two-dimensional and three-dimensional crack configurations in welds are presented. For the fracture mechanics analysis of cracks in welds, residual stress analysis and fracture analysis must be performed simultaneously. In the analysis of cracked bodies containing residual stress, the usual domain integral formulation results in path-dependent values of the J-integral. This paper discusses modifications of the conventional J-integral that yield path independence in the presence of residual stress generated by welding. The residual stress problem is treated as an initial strain problem and the J-integral modified for this class of problem is used. And a finite element program which can evaluate the J-integral for cracks in two-dimensional and three-dimensional residual stress bearing bodies is developed using the modified J-integral definition. The situation when residual stress only is present is examed as is the case when mechanical stresses are applied in conjunction with a residual stress field.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.693-700
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 서로 다른 용접방법 및 용접재료를 사용하여 제작한 강구조물 용접부 및 열영향부에 대하여 샤르피 충격시험 (Charpy Impact Test) 및 조직검사를 통한 저온에서의 충격인성 평가를 실시하여, 극지 및 시베리아와 같은 저온환경에 노출된 강구조물 용접 접합부의 충격인성을 확보할 수 있는 용접방안에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 사용된 용접방법은 강구조물 제작시 널리 쓰이는 SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding)와 FCAW (Flux Cored Arc Welding)이며, 각 용접방법에 따른 저온강용 용접봉을 사용하여 시험판을 제작하였다. 서로 다른 용접방법으로 제작된 시험판의 용접부 및 열영향부에 대하여 샤르피 충격시험을 통한 저온에서의 충격흡수에너지 값과 미세조직 분석을 통하여 용접방법에 따른 구조용강 용접 접합부의 저온 충격인성을 평가하였다. 시험결과 극한지에 강구조물을 적용하기 위해서는 저입열 용접인 SMAW 용접방법 및 그에 따른 저온강용 용접봉을 사용하는 것이 충격인성 확보 측면에서 유리하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.30-37
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• 1989

Effect of heat treatment on mechanical properties of an overlay weldment was investigated. Over welding was carried out on the structural C-Mn mild steel substrate to take required test specimens. Shielded metal arc welding process with 13Cr-0.2Ni stick electrode was applied. The heat treatment temperatures and holding times were $450{\circ}C., 550{\circ}C., 650{\circ}C., 750{\circ}C., 850{\circ}C.$ and 0.5hr, 2hr, 10hr, respectively. Mechanical tests and microscopic inspection were also carried out to investigate welds soundness. Test results indicated that carbon migration was dominant near bonded zone. At temperature of around 650.deg. C, carburized layer and decarburized layer were formed remarkably along overlay welds region and C-Mn mild steel region, respectively. The wideth of these layers became wider with increasing heat treatment temperature and/or holding time at the elevated temperature, and this relationship agreed with Larson-Miller parameter. Side bending test results demonstrated that the crack free region of overlay welds could be deduced from the relationship between temperature and holding time.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.1021-1033
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 매설가스배관의 강 슬리브 보수 용접부에 대한 피로수명에 미치는 보수 용접 공정 변수별 영향을 고찰하여 최적 공정을 수립하였다. 상용 유한요소 해석프로그램인 ABAQUS를 이용한 연계 연성 온도-응력 해석을 통해 강 슬리브 보수용접 시 보수용접부에 발생하는 용접 잔류응력을 도출하였다. 또한, 유한요소 선형탄성 응력해석을 통해 운전응력 변이도 도출하였다. 도출된 용접 잔류응력과 운전응력 변이를 입력값으로써 구조응력/파괴역학 접근법에 대입하여 강 슬리브 보수용접부의 피로수명을 평가하였다. 다양한 보수용접 공정 변수에 대한 유한요소해석과 피로평가를 수행하여 공정변수별 피로수명에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 최종적으로는 고찰한 피로수명에 미치는 공정변수별 영항 결과를 토대로 공정 및 경제적 비용을 최소화하고 피로수명을 적절히 향상시킬 수 있는 최적 방안을 도출하였다.

• International Journal of Korean Welding Society
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2003

During the laser welding, weldments are suddenly heated and cooled by laser beam of high density energy. This phenomenon gives an occasion to complex welding residual stresses, which have a great influence on structural instability, in laser welds. However, relevant researches on this field are not sufficient until now and residual stress measurements have experimental and practical limitations. From these reasons, a numerical simulation may be attractive in order to solve the residual stress problem. For clarifying the distribution of heat and welding residual stresses in laser welds with the nail-head shape, authors conduct the finite element analysis (two-dimensional unstationary heat conduction & thermal elastic and plastic analysis). From the results, we can confirm the stress concentration occurs at the place of melting line shape changed in laser welds with the nail-head shape.