• Journal of Life Science
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.722-730
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• 2020

As one of the most serious health risk factors, air pollution can no longer be ignored. Particulate matter (PM) is an important and harmful component of air pollution that originates from a variety of sources. Numerous recent studies have linked PM to a range of conditions including cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory, and skin disease. The eye, despite being directly exposed to air pollution, has been investigated in very few of these studies. In this review, we describe the evidence from in vitro and in vivo studies, as well as epidemiological investigations, that supports the association between exposure to PM and the development of ocular conditions such as surface and retinal disease and glaucoma. Based on the results of previous studies, we suggest that PM exposure can lead to oxidative stress, inflammation, autophagy, and, ultimately, ocular surface disease. Nevertheless, almost no studies focus on ocular surface damage from PM while some epidemiological and clinical studies report on the posterior of the eye. However, the underlying pathological mechanisms in the posterior following PM exposure have yet to be identified, and further studies are therefore warranted of the ocular surface as well as the posterior part of the eye.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of ventilation corridor and derive adequate policy alternatives to its application for the city of Sejong, which is located in an inland of Korean Peninsula. In order to introduce the ventilation corridor in the city, it is necessary both to understand change on fresh air flow affected by the construction of new cities and to show its effects which are able to circulate air flow of the city. The study identified ventilation effects using computational fluid dynamics models. In particular, it analyzed change on wind speed and direction after constructing of a new town and cool air flow along the lowlands generated after sunset. In addition, it identified those of reducing particulate matter when arranging buildings conforming to the ventilation corridor at block level. The policy implications derived from simulation can be summarized as follows. First, it is desirable to plan ventilation corridors so that fresh air from mountains, forests, and valleys can flow into cities and mitigate the concentration of particulate matter. Furthermore, public facilities covering parks, plazas, and playgrounds should be installed preferentially to attract safe outdoor activities near to areas with low levels of particulate matter. Finally, it is adequate to prepare for a number of alternative plans by analyzing ventilation corridors when setting out district unit plan.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.133-140
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• 2018

This paper is concerned with the 2-D micostructure generation for $Ni-A{\ell}_2O_3$ dual-phase composite materials and the numerical analysis of mechanical characteristic of hierarchical models of microstructure which are defined in terms of the scale of microstructure. The microstructures of dual-phase composite materials were generated by applying the mathematical RMDF(random morphology description functions) technique to a 2-D RVE of composite materials. And, the hierarchical models of microstructure were defined by the number of Gaussian points. Meanwhile, the volume fractions of metal and ceramic particles were set by adjusting the level of RMD functions. The microstructures which were generated by RMDF technique are definitely random even though the total number of Gaussian points is the same. The randomly generated microstructures were applied to a 2-D beam model, and the variation of normal and shear stresses to the scale of microstructure was numerically investigated. In addition, through the crack analyses, the influence of RMDF randomness and Gauss point number on the crack-tip stress is investigated.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.273-275
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• 2000

Engineering Geology를 필자는 지질공학(地質工學)이라 한다. 지질공학은 지반(地盤)의 토질 및 암석의 거동을 역학적인 관점에서의 지질역학(地質力學, Mechanical Geology)과 공학적 판단을 가하여 실제의 공사 등에 응용되는 기초학문이다. 이 분야에서의 중요 부분은 토목 시공 과정 또는 시공후에 발생할수 있는 지질적 문제(지질약선대의 문제 및 지질역학적 문제)등 에 대한 조사연구인 것이다. 따라서 지질공학자는 암반의 기계적인 응답에 대한 요소들을 지질도에 표시하여 시공상의 문제점을 검토, 연구하여 착공여부를 결정하고 지반보강 또는 지질개선을 실시케한다. 문제 중 지반의 거동은 물질 자체의 성질과 불연속성면에 있다. 물질자체의 성질은 입자의 크기에 있고 구조적 집합성에 있는 것이다. 불연속성면은 미세한 균열에서 거대한 단층면에 이르기까지 존재하며, 구조지질역학적 성격에 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.58.2-58.2
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.131-134
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• 2001

합성섬유의 방사공정 중 하나인 연신 공정은 섬유의 성질을 향상시키기 위해 고화된 상태의 섬유를 신장하는 공정이다. 연신할 때 변형이 국부적으로 일어나는 네킹이 일반적으로 관찰되는데, 이 현상은 방사 공정 후에 일어나는, 합성섬유의 역학적 성질과 미세구조에 큰 영향을 미친다[1]. 본 논문에서는 네킹을 분자 구조의 변화에 대한고려 없이 거시적인 관점에서 해석하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.370-371
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• 2003

인천시는 수도권의 외항으로 많은 발전을 하였으나, 반대 급부적으로 오염의 가중을 제어하지 못하고 있는 형편이다. 인천시의 여러 가지 환경문제 중에서도 대기환경 문제는 매우 심각하여 여러 가지 환경문제 중에서도 가장 민원이 많은 부분이다 또한 최근 들어 대기 중 먼지에 대한 관심은 주로 미세먼지에 집중되고 있으며, 우리나라의 먼지에 대한 대기환경기준과 대기오염 측정망의 항목은 공기역학적 직경 10$\mu\textrm{m}$이하의 PM$_{10}$으로 정해 놓고 있다. 그러나 최근 많은 연구에서 PM$_{10}$보다 미세한 먼지를 기준으로 설정하고 그 기준 농도도 낮추어야 한다는 주장이 제기되고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.46-50
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• 2020

On-demand droplet generation with tunable droplet volume is fundamental in many droplet microfluidic applications. In this work, we propose an acoustofluidic method to produce water-in-oil droplets with prescribed volume in an on-demand manner. Surface acoustic waves produced from a slanted interdigital transducer are coupled with parallel laminar streams of dispersed and continuous phase fluids. Acoustic radiation force acting on the fluid interface enable generation of droplets in a microfluidic chip. We expect that the proposed acoustofluidic droplet generation method will serve as a promising tool for on-demand droplet generation with on-chip droplet volume control.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.762-765
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 원전격납구조물과 같이 고품질을 요하는 콘크리트의 내구성설계 및 관리에 필요한 구조물 건전성 평가시스템 구축의 일환으로 콘크리트 미세공극구조 형성 예측 프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발된 미세공극구조 형성 예측 프로그램은 콘크리트의 강도 등과 같은 역학적 특성 및 유해이온 확산거동 예측에 활용되는 부분으로서 기존의 연구결과로부터 개발된 모델식들을 바탕으로 개발되었다. 개발된 프로그램은 콘크리트 시험체로부터 구하여진 MIP 실험결과와 비교해 보았으며, 상관성을 검토하였다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.337-348
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• 2005

Jurassic granite from Pocheon area were tested to investigate the effect of microcracks on mechanical properties of the granite. Three oriented core specimens were used for uniaxial compressive tests and each core specimen are perpendicular to the axes'R'(rift plane),'c'(grain plane) and'H'(hardway plane), respectively Among vacious elastic constants, the variation of Poisson's ratio as function of the directions was examined. From the related chart between ratio of failure strength and Poisson's ratio, H-specimen shows the highest range in Poisson's ratio and Poisson's ratio decreases in the order of C-specimen and R-specimen. The curve pattern is nearly linear in stage $I\simIII$ but the slope increases abruptly in stage H-3. As shown in the related chart, diverging point of a curve is formed when ratio of failure strength is $0.92\sim0.96$ Stage IV -3 is out of elastic region. The behaviour of rock in the four fracturing stages was analyzed in term of the stress-volumetric strain me. From the stress increment-volumetric strain equations governing the behaviour of rock, characteristic material constants, a, n, Q, m and $\varepsilon_v^{mcf}$, were determined. Among these, inherent microcrack porosity$(a, 10^{-3})$ and compaction exponent(n) in the microcrack closure region(stage I ) show an order of $a^R(3.82)>a^G(3.38)>a^H(2.32)\;and\;n^R(3.69)>n^G(2.79)>n^H(1.99)4, respectively. Especially, critical volumetric microcrack strain($\varepsilon_v^{mcf}$) in the stage W is highest in the H-specimen, normal to the hardway plane. These results indicate a strong correlation between two major sets of microcracks and mechanical properties such as Poisson's ratio and material constants. Correlation of strength anisotropy with microcrack orientation can have important application in rock fracture studies.