A gasketed plate heat exchanger(GPHE) requires a much smaller installation space than a shell & tube heat exchanger because of its compact and good thermal performances. However, GPHEs have a disadvantage of being relatively vulnerable to high temperature and pressure due to rubber gaskets. To overcome a GPHEs’ disadvantage, Welded Block type Plate Heat Exchangers(WBPHE) have been developed. The flow pattern and heat transfer principle of WBPHE are very similar to GPHEs, so they are very compact and can be applied to high temperature and pressure. In this study, the structure and characteristics of WBPHE are briefly introduced, and its thermal performances were conducted experimentally using hot and cold water in the Reynolds number’s range from 5,500 to 10,000. Test results were compared with the experimental correlations of other researchers, which shows that significant deviations were noticed in the heat transfer coefficient predictions with a deviation range from 31% to 85%. The previous friction factor correlations also predicted the current results with big errors from 25% to 45%. These deviations are expected to be due to different chevron angles between previous studies and the current study, and also the end-plate effect is expected to be one of the potential causes that led to these deviations.

Building hardware joints are welded in most cases, which have risks of fire and explosion. Besides, the secondary damage of the destruction of the welded parts can be caused by the horizontal displacement of the structure due to earthquake or wind load. This paper compared the horizontal displacement following abilities of welded building hardware and non-welded building hardware. To do this, We conducted actual formation shake table test, and checked on the horizontal displacement following ability of structure by comparing their responses to earthquake load. We made the 2m-high framework to examine the responses of the actually constructed building hardwares, and analyzed the displacement responses of the welded-typed, non-welded-typed, and cruciform bracket building hardwares. We conducted the test by increasing acceleration rate until displacement reached 40mm corresponding to allowable relative story displacement II. The result of the test showed that the building hardware using welding work made cracking and breakage on welded connections of welded building hardware, but non-welded building hardware with no use of welding work and cruciform bracket building hardware make no problem, and that non-welded building hardware is superior to that of the welded building hardware in the horizontal displacement following ability due to earthquake or wind load.

본 연구에서는 1994년 미국 노스리지 지진 이전에 건설된 기존 철골 건물의 용접형 철골 박스기둥과 보 접합부의 내진성능을 반복재하 실험에 의해 평가하였다. 실험결과에 의하면 노스리지 지진 이전 접합상세를 갖는 박스기둥과 보 접합부에서도 H-형강 기둥과 보 접합부 실험결과와 유사하게 취성파단이 발생하였다. 하지만, 박스기둥과 보 접합부에서의 플랜지 응력전달 경로가 H-형강 기둥과 보 접합부에서의 것과 상당한 차이가 있고 또한 박스기둥의 형상에 따라 균열 전파의 형태가 다를 수 있다는 것이 밝혀졌다. 따라서 용접형 철골 박스기둥과 보 접합부의 내진성능을 향상시키기 위해서는 H-형강 기둥과 보 접합부에 대한 기존 연구결과를 그대로 적용하기보다는 박스기둥에 적합한 접합부의 보강상세 개발이 요구된다.