• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.732-738
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is the presentation of the proper microwave treatment conditions by means of the investigation of the effect of microwave irradiation on the dewaterability and dryability of sludge. For the improving of dewatering efficiency of sludge using the microwave, the proper time of microwave irradiation is very important. The dewatering efficiency of thickening sludge conditioned by microwave irradiation for proper time was considerably improved with reducing of capillary suction time from 52.3 sec to 30.8 sec, and the sludge conditioned by microwave irradiation had contained the moisture of 81.4% after that pressure filtrationed. The result of drying characteristics of dewatered sludge using the microwave irradiation and furnace heating, for drying of sludge to moisture of below 55%, microwave irradiation time was required 3 min, whereas, furnace heating was required 40 min at $105^{\circ}C$, 20 min at $170^{\circ}C$ and 9 min at $300^{\circ}C$, respectively. We certified that the drying of dewatered sludge using the microwave irradiation was effectively reduction of moisture of sludge compare to traditional heating method.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.381-393
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• 2021

Physical, mechanical, hydraulic, and geophysical tests were applied to validate methods of inspecting the effectiveness of grouting on an agricultural reservoir dam. Data obtained from series of in situ and laboratory tests considered four stages: before grouting; during grouting; immediately after grouting; and after aging the grouting for 28 days. The results of SPT and triaxial tests, including the unit weight, compressive strength, friction angle, cohesion, and N-value, indicated the extent of ground improvement with respect to grout injection. However, they sometimes contained errors caused by ground heterogeneity. Hydraulic conductivity obtained from in situ variable head permeability testing is most suitable for identifying the effectiveness of grouting because the impermeability of the ground increased immediately after grouting. Electric resistivity surveying is useful for finding a saturated zone and a seepage pathway, and multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) is suitable for analyzing the effectiveness of grouting, as elastic velocity increases distinctly after grouting injection. MASW also allows calculation from the P- and S- wave velocities of dynamic properties (e.g., dynamic elastic modulus and dynamic Poisson's ratio), which can be used in the seismic design of dam structures.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.5-18
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• 2023

The construction timeline for earthworks can be significantly reduced by substituting the conventional layer-by-layer compaction using a vibratory roller with single-layer compaction through the rapid impact compaction (RIC) method. Dynamic load compaction is well-suited for coarse-grained soils like sand. However, as the supply of sand, the primary reclamation material, becomes scarcer, the utilization of soil with fines is on the rise. To implement the dynamic load compaction, such as RIC, with reclaimed materials containing fines, it's imperative to determine the effective improvement depth. In this study, we assess the impact of the RIC method on the effective improvement depth for clean sand and public fill with fines, comparing field test results before and after RIC application. Our focus is on the cone resistance (q_c) as it pertains to compaction quality control criteria. In conclusion, it becomes evident that standardizing the cone resistance is vital for the quality control of various reclaimed soils with fines. We have evaluated the compaction quality control criteria corresponding to a relative density (Dr) of 70% for clean sand as Q_tn,cs = 110. As a result of this analysis, we propose new quality control criteria for q_c, taking into account the fines content of reclaimed soils, which can be applied to RIC quality control.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.29-37
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• 2024

In this study, recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) were treated in a 5-kg-scale prototype reactor with carbon dioxide (CO₂) to enhance their material quality and geotechnical performance. The aggregate crushing value (ACV) and California bearing ratio (CBR) were measured on untreated RCAs and CO₂-treated RCAs. After CO₂ treatment, the ACV decreased from 35.6% to 33.2%, and the CBR increased from 97.5% to 102.4%. The CO₂ treatment caused a reduction of fine particle generation and an increase in bearing capacity through carbonation. When CO₂ treatment was performed with mechanical agitation, which provided additional enhancement in mechanical quality, the ACV was reduced further to 30.3%, and the CBR increased to 137.7%. If upscaled effectively, the proposed CO₂ treatment technique would be an effective method to reduce carbon emissions in construction industries.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.220-229
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• 2009

Strain improvement and morphology investigation in bioreactor cultures were undertaken in suspended cultures of Phellinus linteus mycelia for mass production of protein-bound polysaccharides(soluble ${\beta}$-D-glucan), a powerful immuno-stimulating agent. Phellineus sp. screened for this research was identified as Phellinus linteues through ITS rDNA sequencing method and blast search, demonstrating 99.7% similarity to other Phellinus linteus strains. Intensive strain improvement program was carried out by obtaining large amounts of protoplasts for the isolation of single cell colonies. Rapid and large screening of high-yielding producers was possible because large numbers of protoplasts ($1{\times}10^5{\sim}10^6\;protoplasts/ml$) formed using the banding filtration method with the cell wall-disrupting enzymes could be regenerated in relatively high regeneration frequency($10^{-2}{\sim}10^{-3}$) in the newly developed regeneration medium. It was demonstrated that the strains showing high performances in the protoplast regeneration and solid growth medium were able to produce 5.8~6.4%(w/w) of ${\beta}$-D-glucan and 13~15 g/L of biomass in stable manners in suspended shake-flask cultures of P. linteus mycelia. In addition, cell mass increase was observed to be the most important in order to enhance ${\beta}$-D-glucan productivity during the course of strain improvement program, since the amount of ${\beta}$-D-glucan extracted from the cell wall of P. linteus mycelia was almost constant on the unit biomass basis. Therefore we fully investigated the fungal cell morphology, generally known as one of the key factors affecting cell growth extent in the bioreactor cultures of mycelial fungal cells. It was found that, in order to obtain as high cell mass as possible in the final production bioreactor cultures, the producing cells should be proliferated in condensed filamentous forms in the growth cultures, and optimum amounts of these filamentous cells should be transferred as active inoculums to the production bioreactor. In this case, ideal morphologies consisting of compacted pellets less than 0.5mm in diameter were successfully induced in the production cultures, resulting in shorter period of lag phase, 1.5 fold higher specific cell growth rate and 3.3 fold increase in the final biomass production as compared to the parallel bioreactor cultures of different morphological forms. It was concluded that not only the high-yielding but also the good morphological characteristics led to the significantly higher biomass production and ${\beta}$-D-glucan productivity in the final production cultures.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.474-480
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• 1998

Microstructural characteristics of semi-solid state processed hypereutectic Al-Si alloys have been investigated. Main concern of the present study is to investigate the effects of P and Sr addition on the size and morphology change of the primary Si particles. Refinement of the primary Si particles was observed with the addition of P and Sr at the early stage of semi-solid state processing, but such a refining effects became negligible resulting in Si particles with a near-spherical morphology with continuous stirring. This implies that the microstructural transformation mechanism became more dependent to stirring effects than to the alloying effects during semi-solid state processing. Brittle fracture and agglomeration were proposed as the mechanisms for microstructural alterations during semi-solid state processing.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.82-86
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• 2011

The influences of Bi addition on morphological modification of $Mg_2Si$ phase and mechanical properties were investigated in Mg-7%Al-0.5%Si casting alloy. It was found that the addition of 0.3%Bi changed the $Mg_2Si$ morphology from coarse Chinese script type to polygonal type, and significantly decreased the size to ~5 ${\mu}m$ or less with the increase of number density. The modification of $Mg_2Si$ phase by the addition of Bi resulted in the improvement of tensile properties of the Mg-Al-Si alloy at RT and $175^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.108-117
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• 1998

Testing and evaluation was carried out to certify quality assurance of localized engine parts using accelerated mission test method, which has been used to verify qualification or substantiation of the developed engine, improved engine components and engineering changed parts since 1976. Because AMT is not a familiarized testing for quality assurance of engine and localized engine parts in korea, through this testing and evaluation, it is presented the concepts, test procedures and evaluation method of AMT and is proposed the possibility of execution AMT, as a tool for qualification or substantiation test of a development engine or components.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.41-52
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• 1999

이 논문에서는, QUICK해법의 불안정성을 개량하므로써, 수치계산에 있어서 수렴이 빠르고, 수치적으로 안정한 계산을 할 수 있는 새로운 MQUICK 상류해법을 제안하고, 이를 비압축성 층류유동의 계산에 적용하였다. 또한, 해법의 정확성, 안정성, 수렴속도에 대한 검토를 통하여 본 MQUICK 상류해법의 유효성과 타당성이 평가되었다. 이 해법에서는 인공산일의 가감을 조절하기 위하여 가중계수 α를 써서 정식화 하였고, 위의 검토를 통하여 α의 최적값을 조사하였다. 이 해법을 SMAC 음해법에 적용하여 2 차원 공동유동, 3 차원 덕트유동과 같은 몇몇 표준문제를 계산하고, 계산된 결과를 실험값 또는, 3 차 정확도의 상류해법 및 QUICK해법에 의한 결과 들과 비교 하므로써, 본 MQUICK 상류해법이 위의 다른 해법에 비하여 안정하고, 유효성이 높은 해법임을 확인 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.99-107
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• 2001

일반적으로 샌드파일 설치로 인해 파일주변지반은 교란되어 스미어 영향과 배수저항에 의해 압밀지연 현상이 발생하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히 예민한 점성토 지반일 경우 교란정도가 크며, 틱소트로피현상이 지연될 경우 지지력 및 압축특성은 불리하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 원지반 특성이 파악된 채취시료를 이용하여 완전 교란조건에서의 실내모형시험과, 염분농도변화에 의한 실내역학시험을 실시하였다. 실내모형시험 결과 낮은 하중단계에서의 압밀계수는 비교란 시료의 특성과 유사하게 나타났으며, 염분농도 증가에 따라 일축압출강도가 증가하고 강도회복은 빠르며 압축지수는 작게 나타났다. 결과적으로 점성토지반 간극수중 염분농도는 강도증대와 압축특성 변화에 영향을 주며, 틱소트로피 증대의 영향요소가 적은 담수지반에서 샌드파일을 시공할 경우 발생하는 과다침하의 한 원인으로 여겨지는바, 이와 같은 요인은 측방유동에 의한 침하거동과 함께 고려하여야 할 영향요소로 파악되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.