RADTRAN is a code that assesses the radiation risk of radioactive material transportation. RADTRAN assumes that the package is a point source or a line source regardless of package type and corrects the external dose rate using a shape factor which depends on the critical dimension of the package. However, the external dose rate calculated using a shape factor may be different from the actual external dose rate. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the effect of the shape factor on the external dose rate. In this study, the effect of the shape factor on the external dose rate in RADTRAN was analyzed by comparison with MCNP. This study analyzed change in external dose rate depending on the distance from the package and the critical dimension. The distance from the package was in the range of 1–800 m. The shape of the package was assumed to be cylindrical with a radius of 1 m, and the critical dimensions of the package were assumed to be 2, 4, and 8 m. Attenuation and build-up in the air were not considered to consider only the effect on the shape factor. When simulating the exposure situation using MCNP, the package was assumed to be a volume source, and flux by distance from the package was calculated using F5 tally. The dose rate at 1 m from the package was normalized to 2 mSv·hr−1. As a result of the analysis, the external dose rates of the package were higher in RADTRAN than in MCNP. For the critical dimension of 2, 4, and 8 m, when the distance from package is 1–10 m, the RADTRAN was 1.83, 4.08, and 5.27 times higher on average than MCNP, respectively. And when the distance from the package was 10–100 m and 100–800 m, RADTRAN was 1.10, 2.02, 3.01 times and 1.04, 1.92, 2.43 times higher than MCNP, respectively. It was found that the larger the distance from the package is and the smaller the critical dimension of the package is, the less conservatively RADTRAN assessed. It is because the shape of the package gets closer to the point source as the distance from the package increases, and the shape factor decreases as the critical dimension of the package decreases. The result of this study can be used as the basis for radiation risk assessment when transporting radioactive materials.

본 논문에서는 2경간 강합성교량의 내하력을 향상시키기 위해, 외부 긴장재로 보강하는 방법을 제시하였다. 긴장재를 직선 배치하였을 경우, 외부하중으로 인한 증가 프리스트레스력을 가상일의 원리로 구하였고, 증가 프리스트레스를 고려한 내하율 산정식을 제시하였다. 제안된 내하율 산정식으로부터, 긴장재 개수와 초기 긴장력의 계산방법을 제시하였다. 본 방법을 2경간 강합성교량에 적용하여, 산정식의 타당성과 합리성을 검증하였다.

본 논문은 기존 강합성 교량의 내하력 향상을 목적으로 외부 긴장재의 초기 긴장력 결정 방법을 제시하였다, 외부 긴장력은 콘크리트 슬래브 재시공 전과 후에 각각 적용하였다. 활하중에 의하여 발생하는 증가 프리스트레스력을 고려한 내하율식을 제안하여 긴장재 개수와 초기 긴장력의 결정 과정을 제시하였다. 기존 강합성 교량의 내하율 향상에 적용하여 그 타당성을 입증하였다.