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Analysis of the TE Scattering by a Resistive Strip Grating Over a Grounded Dielectric Plane (접지된 유전체 평면위의 저항띠 격자구조에 의한 TE 산란 해석)

  • Yoon, Uei-Joong
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.198-204
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, TE(transverse electric) scattering problems by a resistive strip grating on a grounded dielectric plane according to the strip width and grating period, the relative permittivity and thickness of dielectric layer, and incident angles of a TE plane wave are analyzed by applying the FGMM(Fourier-Galerkin Moment Method) known as a numerical procedure. The induced surface current density is simply expanded in a Fourier series by using the exponential function as a simple function. The reflected power gets increased according as the relative permittivity and thickness of dielectric multilayers gets increased, the sharp variations of the reflected power are due to resonance effects were previously called wood's anomallies[7]. To verify the validity of the proposed method, the numerical results of normalized reflected power for the uniform resistivity R = 0 as a conductive strip case show in good agreement with those in the existing paper.

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Thermal buckling analysis of FG plates resting on elastic foundation based on an efficient and simple trigonometric shear deformation theory

  • Tebboune, Wafa;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Houari, Mohammed Sid Ahmed;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.443-465
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, an efficient and simple trigonometric shear deformation theory is presented for thermal buckling analysis of functionally graded plates. It is assumed that the plate is in contact with elastic foundation during deformation. The theory accounts for sinusoidal distribution of transverse shear stress, and satisfies the free transverse shear stress conditions on the top and bottom surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factor. Unlike the conventional trigonometric shear deformation theory, the proposed sinusoidal shear deformation theory contains only four unknowns. It is assumed that the mechanical and thermal non-homogeneous properties of functionally graded plate vary smoothly by distribution of power law across the plate thickness. Using the non-linear strain-displacement relations, the equilibrium and stability equations of plates made of functionally graded materials are derived. The boundary conditions for the plate are assumed to be simply supported on all edges. The elastic foundation is modelled by two-parameters Pasternak model, which is obtained by adding a shear layer to the Winkler model. The effects of thermal loading types and variations of power of functionally graded material, aspect ratio, and thickness ratio on the critical buckling temperature of functionally graded plates are investigated and discussed.

Effect of LiCoO2-Coated Cathode on Performance of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell

  • Kim, Dohyeong;Kim, Hyung Tae;Song, Shin Ae;Kim, Kiyoung;Lim, Sung Nam;Woo, Ju Young;Han, Haksoo
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.112-119
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    • 2022
  • Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are environmentally friendly, large-capacity power generation devices operated at approximately 650℃. If MCFCs are to be commercialized by improving their competitiveness, their cell life should be increased by operating them at lower temperatures. However, a decrease in the operating temperature causes a reduction in the cell performance because of the reduction in the electrochemical reaction rate. The cell performance can be improved by introducing a coating on the cathode of the cell. A coating with a high surface area expands the triple phase boundaries (TPBs) where the gas and electrolyte meet on the electrode surface. And the expansion of TPBs enhances the oxygen reduction reaction of the cathode. Therefore, the cell performance can be improved by increasing the reaction area, which can be achieved by coating nanosized LiCoO2 particles on the cathode. However, although a coating improves the cell performance, a thick coating makes gas difficult to diffuse into the pore of the coating and thus reduces the cell performance. In addition, LiCoO2-coated cathode cell exhibits stable cell performance because the coating layer maintains a uniform thickness under MCFC operating conditions. Therefore, the performance and stability of MCFCs can be improved by applying a LiCoO2 coating with an appropriate thickness on the cathode.

A novel shear deformation theory for buckling analysis of single layer graphene sheet based on nonlocal elasticity theory

  • Mokhtar, Youcef;Heireche, Houari;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Houari, Mohammed Sid Ahmed;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Mahmoud, S.R.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.397-405
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, a novel simple shear deformation theory for buckling analysis of single layer graphene sheet is formulated using the nonlocal differential constitutive relations of Eringen. The present theory involves only three unknown and three governing equation as in the classical plate theory, but it is capable of accurately capturing shear deformation effects, instead of five as in the well-known first shear deformation theory (FSDT) and higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). A shear correction factor is, therefore, not required. Nonlocal elasticity theory is employed to investigate effects of small scale on buckling of the rectangular nano-plate. The equations of motion of the nonlocal theories are derived and solved via Navier's procedure for all edges simply supported boundary conditions. The results are verified with the known results in the literature. The influences played by Effects of nonlocal parameter, length, thickness of the graphene sheets and shear deformation effect on the critical buckling load are studied. Verification studies show that the proposed theory is not only accurate and simple in solving the buckling nanoplates, but also comparable with the other higher-order shear deformation theories which contain more number of unknowns.

Manufacturing of Cu Repair Coating Material Using the Kinetic Spray Process and Changes in the Microstructures and Properties by Heat Treatment (Kinetic spray 공정을 이용한 Cu repair 코팅 소재 제조 및 열처리에 따른 미세조직과 물성 변화)

  • Jeon, Min-Gwang;Kim, Hyung-Jun;Lee, Kee-Ahn
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.349-354
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    • 2014
  • This study is a basic research for repair material production which manufactured a Cu repair coating layer on the base material of a Cu plate using kinetic spray process. Furthermore, the manufactured material underwent an annealing heat treatment, and the changes of microstructure and macroscopic properties in the Cu repair coating layer and base material were examined. The powder feedstocks were sphere-shaped pure Cu powders with an average size of $27.7{\mu}m$. The produced repair coating material featured $600{\mu}m$ thickness and 0.8% porosity, and it had an identical ${\alpha}$-Cu single phase as the early powder. The produced Cu repair coating material and base material displayed extremely high adhesion characteristics that produced a boundary difficult to identify. Composition analysis confirmed that the impurities in the base material and repair coating material had no significant differences. Microstructure observation after a $500^{\circ}C/1hr$. heat treatment (vacuum condition) identified recovery, recrystallization and grain growth in the repair coating material and featured a more homogeneous microstructure. The hardness difference (${\Delta}H_v$) between the repair coating material and base material significantly reduced from 87 to 34 after undergoing heat treatment.

The Magnetic Properties of Fe-Hf-C Soft Magnetic Thin Films (Fe-Hf-C계 연자성 박막합금의 자기적 성질)

  • 최정옥;이정중;한석희;김희중;강일구
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 1993
  • Thin films of soft magnetic Fe-Hf-C alloys with nanoscale crystallites were investigated in this study. The films were fabricated by an RF diode magnetron sputtering apparatus and subsequently annealed in vacuum. The soft magnetic properties of the films were observed to differ depending on the different substrates such as Corning 7059, $CaTiO_3$ and $Al_2O_3-TiC$ with various underlayer(Cr, $SiO_2$) thickness. This results may be due to the interdiffusion between the substrate and the magnetic layer and/or between the underlayer and the magnetic layer, rather than the microstructural change such as grain size. The Fe-Hf-C films with high permeability up to 4000(at 1 MHz) and saturation magnetization up to 16 kG were obtained in the vicinity of phase boundary between the crystalline and amorphous state when the size of ${\alpha}-Fe$ grains is about 5 nm. And also the films were found to have thermal stability up to $600^{\circ}C$.

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Effect of Crust Increase on Natural Convection Heat Transfer in the Molten Metal Pool (용융 금속의 고화층 증가가 자연대류 열전달에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Rae-Joon;Choi, Sang-Min;Kim, Sang-Baik;Kim, Hee-Dong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.226-233
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    • 1999
  • An experimental study has been performed on natural convection heat transfer with a rapid crust formation in the molten metal pool of a low Prandtl number fluid. Two types of steady state tests, a low and high geometric aspect ratio cases in the molten metal pool, were performed. The crust thickness by solidification was measured 88 a function of boundary surface temperatures. The experimental results on the relationship between the Nusselt number and Rayleigh number In the molten metal pool with a crust formation were compared with existing correlations. The experimental study has shown that the bottom surface temperature of the molten metal layer, in all experiments. is the major influential parameter in the crust formation, duo to the natural convection flow. The Nusselt number of the case without a crust formation in the molten metal pool is greater than that of the case with the crust formation at the same Rayleigh number. The present experimental results on the relationship between the Nusselt number and Rayleigh number In the molten metal pool match well with Globe and Dropkin's correlation. From the experimental results, a now correlation between the Nusslet number and Rayleigh number in the molten metal pool with the crust formation was developed as $Nu=0.0923(Ra)^{0.302}$ ($2{\times}10^4< Ra<2{\times}10^7$).

An Analytical Model for the Threshold Voltage of Short-Channel Double-Material-Gate (DMG) MOSFETs with a Strained-Silicon (s-Si) Channel on Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Substrates

  • Bhushan, Shiv;Sarangi, Santunu;Gopi, Krishna Saramekala;Santra, Abirmoya;Dubey, Sarvesh;Tiwari, Pramod Kumar
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.367-380
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, an analytical threshold voltage model is developed for a short-channel double-material-gate (DMG) strained-silicon (s-Si) on silicon-germanium ($Si_{1-X}Ge_X$) MOSFET structure. The proposed threshold voltage model is based on the so called virtual-cathode potential formulation. The virtual-cathode potential is taken as minimum channel potential along the transverse direction of the channel and is derived from two-dimensional (2D) potential distribution of channel region. The 2D channel potential is formulated by solving the 2D Poisson's equation with suitable boundary conditions in both the strained-Si layer and relaxed $Si_{1-X}Ge_X$ layer. The effects of a number of device parameters like the Ge mole fraction, Si film thickness and gate-length ratio have been considered on threshold voltage. Further, the drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) has also been analyzed for gate-length ratio and amount of strain variations. The validity of the present 2D analytical model is verified with ATLAS$^{TM}$, a 2D device simulator from Silvaco Inc.

Inflow Noise Characteristics of the Sensor in Low Wave Number Region Using Transfer Function (전달함수를 이용한 저파수 영역에서의 센서 유입 소음 특성 연구)

  • Park, Ji-hye;Lee, Jongkil;Shin, Ku-kyun;Cho, Chi-yong
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.238-251
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    • 2009
  • The noise itself that affects the sensor array is defined as the noise which happens in the place where the system is installed and the circumference noise which comes from the ocean. The array structure for detecting acoustic signal in the underwater effected turbulent layer flow noise. In this paper to design the conformal array spectral density function was introduced and several cases of flow induced noise which affect transfer function were simulated. Modified Corcos wall pressure model was used as turbulent boundary layer flow noise. The effect of noise has been reduced as integrated sum of transfer function has been reduced by decreasing elastomer thickness and density when kx is in low wave number area. Also the characteristics of transfer function by Corcos wall pressure displayed the product of frequency density function. This simulation results can be applied to the conformal array design in unmmaned underwater vehicle in the near future.

2D and quasi 3D computational models for thermoelastic bending of FG beams on variable elastic foundation: Effect of the micromechanical models

  • Merzoug, Mostafa;Bourada, Mohamed;Sekkal, Mohamed;Abir, Ali Chaibdra;Chahrazed, Belmokhtar;Benyoucef, Samir;Benachour, Abdelkader
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.361-374
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    • 2020
  • This paper is concerned with the thermoelastic bending of FG beams resting on two-layer elastic foundations. One of these layers is Winkler springs with a variable modulus while the other is considered as a shear layer with a constant modulus. The beams are considered simply supported and subjected to thermo-mechanical loading. Temperature-dependent material properties are considered for the FG beams, which are assumed to be graded continuously across the panel thickness. The used theories contain undetermined integral terms which lead to a reduction of unknowns functions. Several micromechanical models are used to estimate the effective two-phase FG material properties as a function of the particles' volume fraction considering thermal effects. Analytical solutions for the thermo-mechanical bending analysis are obtained based on Navier's method that satisfies the boundary conditions. Finally, the numerical results are provided to reveal the effect of explicit micromechanical models, geometric parameters, temperature distribution and elastic foundation parameters on the thermoelastic response of FG beams.