In this study, structural analysis was performed to select the optimal design shape through failure identification and design changes in turbine housing. Damage in the inlet flange is considered to be high cycle fatigue due to the vibration excitation in the engine full load test. Therefore, the FE analyses were performed natural vibration analysis and frequency response analysis for the initial shape and design change models. The stress magnitudes were obtained as a function of frequency through frequency response analysis according to engine vibration excitation. As a result, the dynamic stiffness of Case (1) increased by approximately 3.6% compared to the initial model, and Case (2) increased by 4.6%. In addition, the stress magnitude was greatly reduced in the design improvement. Therefore, the model with only the flange thickness increased is thought to be optimal design for securing the durability of the turbine housing.

본 연구에서는 2009년부터 2024년까지 발생한 수도관 파손 사례 29건(DCIP 16건, SP 13건)을 직접 조사하여 파손의 원인을 규명하였다. DCIP의 파손 유형은 주로 종방향 균열 또는 파손(62.5%, 10건)이었고, 그외 파손 유형으로는 홀(Hole) 발생(18.8%), 원주방향 균열 (12.5%), 접합부 부식으로 인한 누수(6.3%)이었다. SP는 5건의 홀 발생(38.5%), 그외 종방향 균열과 원주방향 균열은 각각 30.8%로 나타났다. 이러한 파손의 원인으로 DCIP는 제조상(관두께 부족, 편차, 몸통 기공, 표면 결함 등)이나 재질 결함(화학적 성분, 금속 구조, 인장강도 등)이 DCIP의 파손에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤으며, 부식과 관련된 매설 환경과 관 하부 기초 시공(자갈, 보 등)과 관련된 사항이 영향을 주었던 것으로 나타났다. SP는 부식, 관의 처짐을 유발하는 매설 환경이나 시공 관련 요인이 SP에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤고, 일부 롤벤딩으로 제작된 SP는 종방향 용접 결함(부분 용접 등)으로 인한 반복적인 파손 사고를 유발하는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, DCIP와 SP의 파손 사고는 단일 원인이라기보다는 상기의 다양한 요인들이 복합적으로 작용하여 발생한 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 관의 파손에는 관 제조상, 재료 결함, 시공 요인들이 큰 영향을 주고 있어 상수도 관 진단 시 더욱 집중적으로 조사해야 할 영역으로 판단된다.

The turbine wheel plays a crucial role in operating turbines, and with recent advancements in technology, the performance requirements for turbine wheels have significantly increased. Consequently, it is essential to predict failure speeds, as turbine wheels must maintain high stability and reliability under harsh operating conditions. In this study, only the centrifugal loads generated by rotati were considered, excluding conditions such as temperature and pressure. A round-shaped fuse section was applied to the turbine wheel, and the stresses induced by variations in shape were analyzed to predict failure speeds. The results obtained using the Hallinan criteria were compared with the results from finite element analysis (FEA) to validate the predicted failure speeds, showing good agreement between the two methods.

Potholes, one of the main causes of road-surface damage, pose a physical hazard to drivers, cause vehicle damage, and increase road maintenance costs. Hence, a model that enhances the accuracy of pothole detection and improves the real-time detection speed is required. A new model based on dilated convolutional neural networks was developed using a dataset that considers various lighting conditions, road conditions, and pothole sizes and shapes. Although the existing YOLOv5 model demonstrated high speed, it exhibited some false-positive pothole detections. In contrast, the proposed dilated convolutional neural network achieved both high accuracy and an appropriate inference speed, making it suitable for real-time detection. Compared with traditional models, the proposed model demonstrated efficiency in terms of model size and inference speed, indicating its potential suitability for systems performing real-time pothole detection when installed directly in vehicles.

This study is to deal with the cause analysis and improvement ideas for breakage to hydraulic pipes mounted on self-propelled howitzers. Hydraulic piping is one of the core components of a hydraulic system. This is because in the case of devices that use hydraulic pressure as a power source, hydraulic oil is supplied through hydraulic piping to operate. Compared to the main hydraulic assembly, its importance is low, so there are not many studies or failure analysis cases on it. However, contrary to this, cases of hydraulic pipe failure account for a significant proportion of the total number of failures, requiring in-depth technical review. In this study, we aim to analyze the causes of failures in hydraulic pipes of self-propelled guns operated by the military and propose improvement measures. It is expected that this study will aid as a reference for problem solving when similar failures occur in the future.

Block pavements are widely used in various infrastructures, offering durability and aesthetic appeal. However, assessing their condition through manual methods is resource-intensive and subjective. This study proposes a deep learning approach using the Hybrid TransUNet model to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of detecting block pavement distresses. A dataset of over 10,000 images was used to train and test binary and multiclass segmentation models, significantly improving detection accuracy. The results show that the Hybrid TransUNet model outperforms other models, though challenges in detecting certain distress types like cracks persist.

In this article, improvement of heat screen failure for battle tank is proposed. The heat screen applied to protect a cam sensor from engine heat was cracked by vibrations generated in the engine. To solve this problem, the configuration of the heat screen was changed to a structure that can avoid engine vibration levels. The improved heat screen has first mode frequency at 4,000 RPM band outside the main operating range of the engine, and heat dissipation is at the same level as conventional heat screen. As a result, the improved heat screen secured reliability by improving vibration effects by approximately 163% while maintaining heat dissipation performance.

In this paper, the cause of mortar baseplate breakage was analyzed by diving into cross-section, material, process, and design aspects. As a result of observing the fracture surface and non-fracture suface using optical equipment, it was possible to confirm changes in the shape of disconnected line and metal surface at a specific area. In addition, a number of linear defects due to overlap were found. Flow analysis was performed using the Deform program to verify changes during the production process. According to the result, a drop test was performed on each of the lap detection baseplate, undetection baseplate, and removed product to verify the presumptive cause of the rupture of the poplite.

Water utilities are making various efforts to reduce water losses from water networks, and an essential part of them is to recognize the moment when a pipe burst occurs during operation quickly. Several physics-based methods and data-driven analysis are applied using real-time flow and pressure data measured through a SCADA system or smart meters, and methodologies based on machining learning are currently widely studied. Water utilities should apply various approaches together to increase pipe burst detection. The most intuitive and explainable water balance method and its procedure were presented in this study, and the applicability and detection performance were evaluated by applying this approach to water supply pipelines. Based on these results, water utilities can establish a mass balance-based pipe burst detection system, give a guideline for installing new flow meters, and set the detection parameters with expected performance. The performance of the water balance analysis method is affected by the water network operation conditions, the characteristics of the installed flow meter, and event data, so there is a limit to the general use of the results in all sites. Therefore, water utilities should accumulate experience by applying the water balance method in more fields.

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to provide basic data to improve the service life of asphalt pavement using basalt aggregate in Jeju Island by evaluating the performance of asphalt pavement through analysis of material and structural aspects. METHODS : To evaluate the performance of Jeju Island's asphalt pavement, cracks, permanent deformation, and longitudinal roughness were analyzed for the Aejo-ro road, which has high traffic and frequent premature damage. Cores were collected from Aejo-ro sections in good condition and damaged condition, and the physical properties of each layer were compared and analyzed. In addition, plate cores were collected from two sections with severe damage and the cause of pavement damage was analyzed in detail. RESULTS : About 45% of the collected cores suffered damage such as layer separation and damage to the lower layer. The asphalt content of surface layer in the damaged section was found to be 1.1% lower on average than that in the good condition section, and the mix gradations generally satisfied the standards. The density difference between the cores of each layer was found to be quite large, and the air voids was found to be at a high level. CONCLUSIONS : Test results on the cores showed that, considering the high absorption ratio of basalt aggregate, the asphalt content was generally low, and the high air voids of the pavement was believed to have had a significant impact on damage. High air voids in asphalt pavement can be caused by poor mixture itself, poor construction management, or a combination of the two factors. Additionally, the separation of each layer is believed to be the cause of premature failure of asphalt pavement.

PURPOSES : This study intended to derive a methodology that can evaluate water splash caused by distress on the road surface based on experimental methods and to present quantitatively by analyzing the impact on road users. METHODS : Through literature review, the current problems of road pavement and drainage facility standards, the factors of road splash caused by puddle was selected to measure damage. Field measurements were conducted by setting different conditions for each factors and setting different conditions based on the hypothesis. In addition, water splash by surface distress type and puddle was measured to analyze using statistical techniques from correlation to multi-regression. RESULTS : The maximum and effective distance due to road splash increases as the driving speed, regardless of vehicle load and tyre type. Splash was measured according to the type of road distress to analyze the correlation between the influencing factors, and there was a weak correlation between the width and length of the puddle, depth and the effective distance. In addition, the interaction analysis showed that there was an interaction between the width of the water hole and the depth of puddle. Moreover, based on the multi-regression analysis, it was not statistical significant. This is judged to that the number of data samples used for this analysis is limited because the diversity of puddle conditions cannot be set differently for each type of distress. CONCLUSIONS : Since the distress of depending on the size, depth and shape of the road surface, it is necessary to calculate it and present maintenance standards, so this results present an experimental methodology that can intuitively evaluate damage cased by unestablished puddle. From this results, this is expected to be used as a quantitative indicator to evaluate the satisfaction of road users as a functional performance according to road surface condition.

PURPOSES : The logistic roads for freight transport along to the new port of Busan have been suffered by the rapid weather changes including high temperature and torrential rain. As a result, the roads require annual repair, which have been distressed seriously by the heavy logistic and environmental loads. Therefore, we need to identify the cause of the road pavement distresses and find a proper design method to minimize the pavement distress in order to prohibit the problem aggravated. METHODS : The damaged conditions of the logistic roads were investigated on-site. In addition, applied pavement designs, real traffic volumes, and historical climatic information were intensively collected for this project. With the investigated and collected data Korean pavement design program (KPRP) was implemented to analyzed the causes of the damaged roads and conceive the pavement design draft optimized for the roads. RESULTS : According to the investigation and KPRP analysis, the traffic volume to transport freights impacts significantly the pavement distress, so that a higher PG grade binder type should be used, for which polymer modified asphalt (PMA) binders are recommended. Moreover, its pavement thickness should be increased to secure load bearing capacity, but thickening the pavement has been discouraged due to difficulties induced by the road-sectional change, especially road-height change. CONCLUSIONS : In conclusion, 5cm PMA overlay is suggested for the normal-scale maintenance, and 7cm PMA overlay for large-scale maintenance. Besides these, the application of Polymer-modified Stone Matrix Asphalt (PSMA) using PG76-22 binder would be the best preventive maintenance method, which has been well know as having higher fatigue resistant performance than general PMA. However, if we use PSMA, quality control should be very cautious since PSMA can be very susceptible premature distress if its production and construction are improperly proceeded.

In this study, analyzed the cause of failure of the cardan shaft for water propulsion of an armored wheeled vehicle. During the development test(DT), the vehicle was deflected to the left on the water. As a result of the confirmation, increasing angular displacement and abrasion of SPIDER(Universal joint) occurred. As a result of a structure analysis and torsion fracture test, cause of failure is not insufficient design and strength deficit of each parts. and as a result of a simulation review of the assembly layout of each part, it was confirmed that excessive rotational vibration occurred. In order to solve this problem, improved the assembly layout of the water propulsion system and the worn SPIDER lubrication. Since there has been no occurrence of the same case between military operations so far, it has been confirmed that the improvement plan is appropriate.