• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.33-36
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• 2008

The transient behavior of a passive air breathing direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) operated on vapor-feeding mode is studied in this paper. It generally takes 30 minutes after starting for the cell response to come to its steady-state and the response is sometimes unstable. A mathematical dynamic one-dimensional model for simulating transient response of the DMFC is presented. In this model a DMFC is decomposed into its subsystems using lumped model and divided into five layers, namely the anodic diffusion layer, the anodic catalyst layer, the proton exchange membrane (PEM), the cathodic catalyst layer and the cathodic diffusion layer. All layers are considered to have finite thickness, and within every one of them a set of differential-algebraic governing equations are given to represent multi-components mass balance, such as methanol, water, oxygen and carbon dioxide, charge balance, the electrochemical reaction and mass transport phenomena. A one-dimensional, isothermal and mass transport model is developed that captures the coupling between water generation and transport, oxygen consumption and natural convection. The single cell is supplied by pure methanol vapor from a methanol reservoir at the anode, and the oxygen is supplied via natural air-breathing at the cathode. The water is not supplied from external source because the cell uses the water created at the cathode using water back diffusion through nafion membrane. As a result of simulation strong effects of water transport were found out. The model analysis provides several conclusions. The performance drop after peak point is caused by insufficiency of water at the anode. The excess water at the cathode makes performance recovery impossible. The undesired crossover of the reactant methanol through the PEM causes overpotential at the cathode and limits the feeding methanol concentration.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권8호
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• pp.597-604
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 열분해 및 삭마 환경의 복합재 구조물에 대한 열기계적 연계 해석을 수행하였다. 열분해 과정의 재료 밀도 감소, 기공 가스 확산, 흡열 반응 에너지와 삭마 과정에서의 표면 침식 효과 등을 고려하였다. 상용 유한요소 코드에 교차 연계 알고리듬을 적용하여 완전 연계된 열 해석 및 구조 해석 인터페이스를 구성하였다. 수치 실험을 통해서 탄소/페놀릭 복합재료의 기본적인 열분해 및 삭마 특성을 분석하였다. 특히, 화학적 및 기계적 삭마에 영향을 미치는 주요 인자에 따른 표면 침식량 등을 비교하였다. 또한, 열분해 과정의 수축 또는 팽창 변형도가 재료의 열기계적 거동에 미치는 영향도 검토하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.332-336
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• 2010

이미다졸염 형태의 이온성 액체를 구조유도체를 사용하지 않고 솔-젤 법으로 무정형 실리카에 담지시켜 고정화된 이온성 액체 촉매를 제조하였다. 이 촉매를 에틸렌카보네이트와 메탄올과의 에스테르 교환반응에 의한 디메틸카보네이트(DMC)의 합성 반응에 사용한 결과 우수한 촉매 활성을 나타내었다. DMC 합성 반응을 두 단계의 반응식으로 가정한 모델을 설정하여 반응온도와 촉매량을 변화시켜 실험한 결과와 비교한 속도론적 연구에서 실험 결과가 반응모델에 잘 일치하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이로부터 계산한 유사 활성화 에너지 값은 67.4 kJ/mol 이었다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.275-284
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• 2016

PURPOSE. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of different surface treatment methods on the microtensile bond strength of resin cement to resin nanoceramic (RNC). MATERIALS AND METHODS. RNC onlays (Lava Ultimate) (n=30) were treated using air abrasion with and without a universal adhesive, or HF etching followed by a universal adhesive with and without a silane coupling agent, or tribological silica coating with and without a universal adhesive, and divided into 6 groups. Onlays were luted with resin cement to dentin surfaces. A microtensile bond strength test was performed and evaluated by one-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD test (${\alpha}$=.05). A nanoscratch test, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy were used for micromorphologic analysis (${\alpha}$=.05). The roughness and elemental proportion were evaluated by Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U test. RESULTS. Tribological silica coating showed the highest roughness, followed by air abrasion and HF etching. After HF etching, the RNC surface presented a decrease in oxygen, silicon, and zirconium ratio with increasing carbon ratio. Air abrasion with universal adhesive showed the highest bond strength followed by tribological silica coating with universal adhesive. HF etching with universal adhesive showed the lowest bond strength. CONCLUSION. An improved understanding of the effect of surface treatment of RNC could enhance the durability of resin bonding when used for indirect restorations. When using RNC for restoration, effective and systemic surface roughening methods and an appropriate adhesive are required.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.759-783
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• 2010

In this paper, compressive strength of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) confined concrete cylinders is formulated using a hybrid method coupling genetic programming (GP) and simulated annealing (SA), called GP/SA, and a robust variant of GP, namely multi expression programming (MEP). Straightforward GP/SA and MEP-based prediction equations are derived for the compressive strength of CFRP-wrapped concrete cylinders. The models are constructed using two sets of predictor variables. The first set comprises diameter of concrete cylinder, unconfined concrete strength, tensile strength of CFRP laminate, and total thickness of CFRP layer. The most widely used parameters of unconfined concrete strength and ultimate confinement pressure are included in the second set. The models are developed based on the experimental results obtained from the literature. To verify the applicability of the proposed models, they are employed to estimate the compressive strength of parts of test results that were not included in the modeling process. A sensitivity analysis is carried out to determine the contributions of the parameters affecting the compressive strength. For more verification, a parametric study is carried out and the trends of the results are confirmed via some previous studies. The GP/SA and MEP models are able to predict the ultimate compressive strength with an acceptable level of accuracy. The proposed models perform superior than several CFRP confinement models found in the literature. The derived models are particularly valuable for pre-design purposes.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.37-57
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• 2016

Reservoir geomechanics can play an important role in hydrocarbon recovery mechanism. In $CO_2$-EOR process, reservoir geomechanics analysis is concerned with the simultaneous study of fluid flow and the mechanical response of the reservoir under $CO_2$ injection. Accurate prediction of geomechanical effects during $CO_2$ injection will assist in modeling the Carbon dioxide recovery process and making a better design of process and production equipment. This paper deals with the implementation of a program (FORTRAN 90 interface code), which was developed to couple conventional reservoir (ECLIPSE) and geomechanical (ABAQUS) simulators, using a partial coupling algorithm. A geomechanics reservoir partially coupled approach is presented that allows to iteratively take the impact of geomechanics into account in the fluid flow calculations and therefore performs a better prediction of the process. The proposed approach is illustrated on a realistic field case. The reservoir geomechanics coupled models show that in the case of lower maximum bottom hole injection pressure, the cumulative oil production is more than other scenarios. Moreover at the high injection pressures, the production rates will not change with the injection bottom hole pressure variations. Also the FEM analysis of the reservoir showed that at $CO_2$ injection pressure of 11000 Psi the plastic strain has been occurred in the some parts of the reservoir and the related stress path show a critical behavior.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권4호
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• pp.439-455
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• 2019

This research deals with thermo-electro-mechanical buckling analysis of the sandwich nano-beams with face-sheets made of functionally graded carbon nano-tubes reinforcement composite (FG-CNTRC) based on the nonlocal strain gradient elasticity theory (NSGET) considering various higher-order shear deformation beam theories (HSDBT). The sandwich nano-beam with FG-CNTRC face-sheets is subjected to thermal and electrical loads while is resting on Pasternak's foundation. It is assumed that the material properties of the face-sheets change continuously along the thickness direction according to different patterns for CNTs distribution. In order to include coupling of strain and electrical field in equation of motion, the nonlocal non-classical nano-beam model contains piezoelectric effect. The governing equations of motion are derived using Hamilton principle based on HSDBTs and NSGET. The differential quadrature method (DQM) is used to calculate the mechanical buckling loads of sandwich nano-beam as well as critical voltage and temperature rising. After verification with validated reference, comprehensive numerical results are presented to investigate the influence of important parameters such as various HSDBTs, length scale parameter (strain gradient parameter), the nonlocal parameter, the CNTs volume fraction, Pasternak's foundation coefficients, various boundary conditions, the CNTs efficiency parameter and geometric dimensions on the buckling behaviors of FG sandwich nano-beam. The numerical results indicate that, the amounts of the mechanical critical load calculated by PSDBT and TSDBT approximately have same values as well as ESDBT and ASDBT. Also, it is worthy noted that buckling load calculated by aforementioned theories is nearly smaller than buckling load estimated by FSDBT. Also, similar aforementioned structure is used to building the nano/micro oscillators.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.285-295
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• 2022

Creation of plastic deformation under seismic loads, is one of the most serious subjects in RC structures with steel bars which reduces the life threatening risks and increases dissipation of energy. Shape memory alloy (SMA) is one of the best choice for the relocating plastic hinges. In a challenge to study the seismic response of concrete moment resisting frame (MRF), this article investigates numerically a new type of concrete frames with nano fiber reinforced polymer (NFRP) and shape memory alloy (SMA) hinges, simultaneously. The NFRP layer is containing carbon nanofibers with agglomeration based on Mori-Tanaka model. The tangential shear deformation (TASDT) is applied for modelling of the structure and the continuity boundary conditions are used for coupling of the motion equations. In SMA connections between beam and columns, since there is phase transformation, hence, the motion equations of the structure are coupled with kinetic equations of phase transformation. The Hernandez-Lagoudas theory is applied for demonstrating of pseudoelastic characteristics of SMA. The corresponding motion equations are solved by differential cubature (DC) and Newmark methods in order to obtain the peak ground acceleration (PGA) and residual drift ratio for MRF-2%. The main impact of this paper is to present the influences of the volume percent and agglomeration of nanofibers, thickness and length of the concrete frame, SMA material and NFRP layer on the PGA and drift ratio. The numerical results revealed that the with increasing the volume percent of nanofibers, the PGA is enhanced and the residual drift ratio is reduced. It is also worth to mention that PGA of concrete frame with NFRP layer containing 2% nanofibers is approximately equal to the concrete frame with steel bars.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2024

With the increase in the exploitation depth of offshore oil and gas, it is possible to control the global buckling of deep-sea pipelines by the snake lay method. Previous studies mainly focused on the analysis of critical buckling force and critical temperature of pipelines under the snake-like laying method, and pipelines often suffer structural failure due to seismic disasters during operation. Therefore, seismic action is a necessary factor in the design and analysis of submarine pipelines. In this paper, the seismic action of steel pipes in the operation stage after global buckling has occurred under the active control method is analyzed. Firstly, we have established a simplified finite element model for the entire process cycle and found that this modeling method is accurate and efficient, solving the problem of difficult convergence of seismic wave and soil coupling in previous solid analysis, and improving the efficiency of calculations. Secondly, through parameter analysis, it was found that under seismic action, the pipe diameter mainly affects the stress amplitude of the pipeline. When the pipe wall thickness increases from 0.05 m to 0.09 m, the critical buckling force increases by 150%, and the maximum axial stress decreases by 56%. In the pipe soil interaction, the greater the soil viscosity, the greater the pipe soil interaction force, the greater the soil constraint on the pipeline, and the safer the pipeline. Finally, the pipeline failure determination formula was obtained through dimensionless analysis and verified, and it was found that the formula was accurate.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.731-738
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• 2011

콜레스테롤의 신속하고 정확한 새로운 분석방법을 모색하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 전기적 전도성이 우수한 MWCNT를 이용하여 전극을 제작하였고, 여러 가지 효소고정화 방법을 통해 전기화학적 감응도 분석을 실시하였다. MWCNT의 전도성을 향상시키기 위해 아민기를 도입한 MWCNT-$NH_2$를 제조하였고, MWCNT-$NH_2$/GCE에 PB를 점착하여 작업전극을 제조하였다. 제조한 작업전극은 0.5~500 ${\mu}M$ $H_2O_2$ 농도 범위에서 농도가 증가함에 따라 전류가 비례적으로 증가하였고, 검출한계는 0.1 ${\mu}M$로 나타나 전극이 높은 감도를 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 콜레스테롤 검출을 위해 적합한 효소 반응기를 제작하기 위해 담체인 aminopropyl glass beads, CNBr-activated sepharose, Na-alginate, toyopearl beads에 cholesterol oxidase를 고정화시켜 바이오센서의 콜레스테롤 표준용액에 대한 감응도를 측정한 결과, aminopropyl glass beads과 CNBr-activated sepharose는 1~100 ${\mu}M$ 범위에서 선형관계를 보였으며, Na-alginate는 5~50 ${\mu}M$의 범위에서, toyopearl beads는 1~50 ${\mu}M$ 범위에서 선형관계를 나타내었다. 검출한계는 제작된 효소반응기 모두 1 ${\mu}M$로 나타나 콜레스테롤에 대한 높은 검출력을 보여주었으나, 특히 CNBr-activated sepharose와 Na-alginate를 이용한 효소반응기가 높은 coupling efficiency와 감응도를 보여 콜레스테롤 검출을 위한 본 바이오 센서 시스템에 적합한 것으로 나타났다.