• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.117-127
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• 2008

The volumetric pressure plate extractor (VPPE) was modified for the measurement of shear wave velocity ($V_s$) at various levels of matric suction as well as soil water characteristic curve (SWCC). A non-destructive technique with a pair of bender element (BE) was employed in order to measure the $V_s$ and the corresponding maximum shear modulus ($G_{max}$) of unsaturated soil specimens. Three types of soil were collected from different road construction sites in Korea. For all test soils, the variations in $G_{max}$ with the various levels of water content and matric suction were investigated using the developed apparatus. Compared with the preceding results from the suction-controlled torsional shear (TS) testing system and in-situ seismic tests, the feasibility fur evaluating modulus characteristics of unsaturated compacted soils with the developed VPPE-BE system was assessed. It was confirmed that the newly developed system would be potentially helpful in modeling seasonal variation of modulus.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.293-298
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• 2012

Purpose: We compared static retinoscopy in eyes opened with cycloplegic refraction depending on the hyperopia for school-aged children. Methods: There were 59 eyes (30 patients) who were divided into 3 groups - the mild hyperopia (+0.25 D ~ +1.00 D), moderate hyperopia (+1.25 D ~ +2.00 D) and high hyperopia (+2.25 D or more). They all had 0.8 visual acuity or more. Autorefraction and retinoscopy were performed prior to cycloplegic refraction, and then copmared with manifest refraction and cycloplegic refraction. Results: Hyperopia measured with static retinoscopy tends to be measured higher than manifest refraction for school-aged children. Changes of spherical power was statistically significant (p < 0.001). Changes of astigmatism was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Conclusions: The difference between cycloplegic refraction and static retinoscopy was not significant for hyperopic school-aged children. The use of retinoscopy was limited for opticians because of legal constraints. The usage of static retinoscopy in eyes opened for optician should be generalized under the conditions not using the cycloplegic.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.5 no.8
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• pp.960-965
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• 1995

Hard Ti(C, N) layers of various compositions were coated on ASP30 tool steel employing a reactive HCD ion plating technique. The effect of film composition on the wear characteristics were investigated in lights of hardness, adhesion and wear mechanism. With an increase in the amount of nonmetallic component(N, C), the hardness of films increased, but the increase in carbon content resulted in poor adhesion. Within the concentration range of ([C+N]/Ti<1), these trends became mute clear than in the concentration below stoichiometry. Therefore, the wear resistance could be maximized when the film is deposited with the concentration of ([C+N]/Ti<1) for high microhardness and, at the same time, with the low carbon contents not to wear out in adhesive mode.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.214-219
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• 1993

Properties of the antioxidative fraction isolated from browning reaction product (BRP) that were obtained from 2 M L-ascorbic acid (AsA) solution (adjusted to pH 7.0) by heating for 25 hrs at $85^{\circ}C$ were investigated. Both of dialyzable and nondialyzable fraction isolated from BRP showed antioxidative effect. Dialyzable fraction has stronger antioxidative activity than nondialyzable. Dialyzable fraction was divided into the three fractions (A, B, C) by gel filtration. Among these fractions, the fraction (A) that had the highest reducing power and lowest browning drgree had lowest antioxidative activity. The fraction (C) that had lowest reducing power and highest browning degree showed strongest antioxidative effect. In the UV-visible spectrum of these fractions, the maximum absorption wavelengths of fraction A and B were 266.1 and 257.4nm, respectively, and fraction C showed a weaker absorption peak at 274.8nm. Infrared (IR) spectrum results showed that all fractions (A, B, C) had both hydroxy and carboxylic groups, and fraction B and C had carboxylic ester group.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.25.1-25.1
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• 2009

Pattern 웨이퍼 상의 오염입자 제거는 반도체 산업의 주된 과제 중 하나이다. Pattern의 선폭이 좁아짐에 따라 Pattern에 손상을 가하지 않고 오염입자를 제거 하는 것은 더욱 어려워지고 있다. 그뿐만 아니라 기존 습식세정 공정에서의 화학액에 의한 환경오염 및 박막의 손실도 문제가 되기 시작했다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 기존 세정공정에서 화학액의 농도를 낮추고 Megasonic 등을 이용하여 세정력을 보완하는 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 하지만 습식세정의 경우 강한 화학작용으로 인한 표면 손상 및 물 반점의 문제는 여전히 이슈가 되고 있다. 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위하여 건식 세정법이 제시되고 있으며 이 중 레이저 충격파는 레이저를 집속시켜 발생된 충격파를 이용하여 입자를 제거하기 때문에 국부적인 세정이 가능하며 세정력 조절이 가능하여 손상이 세정을 할 수 있다. 그러나 Pattern의 구조에 의해 전되는 세정력의 차이가 발생하고 Trench 내부의 오염입자제거 문제점이 발생할 수 있다. 시편은 Si STI Pattern을 100 nm PSL Particle (Red Fluorescence, Duke Scientific, USA) 을 50ppm 농도로 희석시킨 IPA에 dipping 하여 오염시킨 후 N2 Gas를 이용하여 건조하여 준비하였다. 그리고 레이저 충격파 세정 시스템은 최대 에너지 1.8 J까지 가능한 레이저를 발생하는 1,064 nm Nd:YAG 레이저를 이용하여 실험하였다. 레이져 충격파 실험은 충격파와 시편사이의 거리, gap distance와 에너지를 변환하여 세정효율을 관찰하였다. 세정효율은 세정 전후의 입자 감소량을 현광현미경 (LV-150, Nikon, Japan)를 이용하여 측정하였다. 그 결과, Trench 내부의 오염입자의 경우 Trench 밖의 오염입자에 비해 세정효율이 떨어지는 것으로 나타났으나 시편과 레이저 초점과의 거리가 가까워짐에 따라 Trench 내부의 오염입자에 대한 세정 효율을 증가시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.109-122
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• 2002

The water content of soil near the ground subgrade varies seasonally, and dynamic deformational characteristics of soil are affected by the variation of water content. Contrary to previous studies which used various specimens of different compaction moisture contents, the influences of water content and capillary Pressure on dynamic deformational characteristics of soil were investigated using the given specimen controlling the matric suction. RC/TS(resonant column and torsional shear) testing equipment was modified so that it can control water content with changing capillary pressure(matric suction). RC/TS tests were performed on subgrade soil collected in the KHC(Korea Highway Corporation) test road. In the field, the cross-hole tests were performed and the water contents were measured at the same site to verify the feasibility and applicability of RC/TS test results. As water content decreased, the tendency of increasing shear moduli in field was well matched with laboratory test results.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.29 no.10
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• pp.550-560
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• 2002

External sort on cluster computers requires not only fast internal sorting computation but also careful scheduling of disk input and output and interprocessor communication through networks. This is because the overall time for the execution is determined by reflecting the times for all the jobs involved, and the portion for interprocessor communication and disk I/O operations is significant. In this paper, we improve the sorting performance (sorting throughput) on a cluster of PCs with a low-speed network by developing a new algorithm that enables even distribution of load among processors, and optimizes the disk read and write operations with other computation/communication activities during the sort. Experimental results support the effectiveness of the algorithm. We observe the algorithm reduces the sort time by 45% compared to the previous NOW-sort[1], and provides more scalability in the expansion of the computing nodes of the cluster as well.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.3-8
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• 2009

The traction system has been mainly used for rehabilitation and correction of patients with spine or gait diseases in orthopedics or at home. Some problems could occur in human body when patients forced their training using the traction system. So it needs to measure a traction force and control the training time. However, most of products on market have no sensor measuring traction force. Thus we designed and made a sensor detecting traction force using strain gauge, amplifier for transition to output signal and experiment devices for performance test. We carried out experiment of a sensor detecting a traction force and measured electric responses of it with respect to traction loads. Maximum error was within about 1% for experiments in static condition and the average error was about 0.7% for experiments in dynamic condition. We concluded that it is possible to use the developed sensor for measurement of traction force since the maximum output variation of a sensor detecting a traction force was about 0.3% in $0^{\circ}C-60^{\circ}C$ temperature condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2017

현재 국내의 경우 4륜 승용관리기가 개발되었으나 성능 미비와 편이성 부족으로 승용관리기 및 부속 작업기 보급이 매우 저조한 상태이다. 3륜 승용관리기는 작업기 복부 장착으로 작업의 정밀도, 편이성, 관측의 용이성 향상과 함께 지상고 제고, 차폭 조절, 조향 등의 성능 개선을 기할 수 있다. 국내에서는 3륜 승용관리기용 복부 장착 부속작업기가 거의 개발되어 있지 않으며, 특히 두류 재배에 있어서 일관기계화 작업을 위한 관리작업기의 개발은 매우 필요한 실정이다. 승용관리기에 의한 중경제초는 잡초방제는 물론 물 빠짐과 토양 속 통기가 좋아지고, 지온 조절, 쓰러짐 방지, 부정근 발생을 조장하여 콩의 생육과 결실을 좋게 함으로써 수량이 증가되는 효과가 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 3륜 승용관리기에 적합한 복부장착형의 중경제초기를 설계 제작하였다. 3륜 승용관리기용 중경제초기는 승용관리기의 복부 PTO에서의 구동력 전달을 위한 연결 조인트, 중간축, 기어 및 체인 전동기구, 구동축으로 구성된 동력전달부, 중경제초를 위한 5개의 로타리 날과 후방 1개의 제초날로 구성된 3조의 작업날, 경심 조절을 위한 바퀴, 다양한 조간거리에 적응을 위한 조간조정 나사부, 흙의 비산 방지를 위한 로타리 날 커버 및 케이스, 3륜 승용관리기에의 부착을 위한 프레임 및 부착보조 작업기 이동용 바퀴장치 등으로 구성 설계 제작하였다. 로타리 날은 기존 시판 관리기용 로타리 중경 날을 사용하였는데 진행방향에 역으로 회전하도록 하였고, 날의 회전반경은 약 330 mm, 조당 경운 폭은 약 250 mm, 최대 경심 100 mm로 설계하였다. 조간거리의 조절범위는 수동나사에 의하여 620~900 mm 범위로 무단조절 할 수 있도록 하였다. 중경제초기는 3륜 승용 관리기 복부의 평행링크에 부착되므로 작업기의 이동 및 부착 편이성을 위하여 이동용 바퀴를 설치하였다. 제작된 중경제초기의 크기는 길이${\times}$폭${\times}$높이가 $660{\times}2072{\times}880mm$, 중량은 약 200 kg으로 제작되었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.637-644
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• 2010

A vibration-powered piezoelectric energy harvester yields the maximum power output when its resonant frequency is made equal to the excitation frequency; however, the power output is dramatically decreased when the energy harvester is operated at off-resonance frequency. It has been observed that the resonant frequency of a piezoelectric energy harvester may change with time and that the excitation frequency often varies when the energy harvester is used in real applications. Hence, in this study, we propose a piezoelectric energy-harvesting module that is suitable for excitations in a certain frequency range. The frequency characteristics of the electrical output of the module are studied through analysis and experiment. A simple frequency tuning method is also suggested for the proposed energy-harvesting module; in this method, frequency tuning is achieved by changing the electrical connections between the constituent energy-harvesting units of the module.