강재 배관 Tee의 한계상태 평가를 위한 손상지수의 적용 = Application of Damage Index for Limit State Evaluation of a Steel Pipe Tee

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Maintaining structural integrity of major apparatuses in a nuclear power plant, including piping system, is recognized as a critical safety issue. The integrity of piping system is also a critical matter related to the safety of a nuclear power plant. The actual failure mode of a piping system due to a seismic load is the leakage due to a fatigue crack, and the structural damage mechanism is the low-cycle fatigue due to large relative displacement that may cause plastic deformation. In this study, in-plane cyclic loading tests were conducted under various constant amplitudes using specimens composed of steel straight pipes and a steel pipe tee in the piping system of a nuclear power plant. The loading amplitude was increased to consider the relative displacement generated in the piping system under seismic loads, and the test was conducted until leakage, which is the limit state of the steel pipe tee, occurred due to fatigue cracks. The limit state of the steel pipe tee was expressed using a damage model based on the damage index that used the force–displacement relationship. As a result, it was confirmed that the limit state of the steel pipe tee can be quantitatively expressed using the damage index.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

원자력발전소 주요기기의 건전성 유지는 구조물의 안전성과 관련하여 매우 중요한 문제로 인식되고 있으며 배관시스템의 건전성은 원자력발전소의 안전과 관련된 매우 중요한 문제이다. 지진하중으로 인한 배관시스템의 실제 파괴모드는 피로균열에 의한 누수이며 구조적인 손상 메커니즘은 소성변형을 발생할 수 있는 큰 상대변위로 인한 저주기 피로이다. 이 연구에서는 원자력발전소의 배관시스템에서 3인치의 강재 직관과 강재 배관 Tee로 구성된 시험체에 대하여 다양한 크기의 일정한 진폭에 대하여 면내반복가력실험을 수행하였다. 지진하중으로 인한 배관시스템에서 발생하는 상대변위를 고려하기 위하여 하중진폭을 증가시켰으며, 강재 배관 Tee의 한계상태인 피로균열에 의한 누수가 발생할 때까지 수행하였다. 힘과 변위의 관계에 대하여 손상모델에 기반을 둔 손상지수를 이용하여 한계상태를 표현하였다. 그 결과 손상지수를 이용하여 강재 배관 Tee의 한계상태를 정량적으로 표현할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

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