• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2014

Usage of heavy metal element (Pb, Hg and Cd etc.) in electronic devices have been restricted due to the environmental banning of the European Union, such as WEEE and RoHS. Therefore, it is needed to develop the Pb-free solder plated ribbon in photovoltaic (PV) module. This study described that degradation characteristics of PV module under damp heat (DH, $85^{\circ}C$ and 85% R.H.) condition test for 1,000 h. Solar cell ribbons were utilized to hot dipping plate with Pb-free solder alloys. Two types of Pb-free solder plated ribbons, Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu (SAC305) and Sn-48Bi-2Ag, and an electroless Sn-40Pb solder hot dipping plated ribbon as a reference sample were prepared to evaluate degradation characteristics. To detect the degradation of PV module with the eutectic and Pb-free solder plated ribbons, I-V curve, electro-luminescence (EL) and cross-sectional SEM analysis were carried out. DH test results show that the reason of maximum power (Pm) drop was mainly due to the decrease fill factor (FF). It was attributed to the crack or oxidation of interface between the cell and the ribbon. Among PV modules with the eutectic and Pb-free solder plated ribbon, the PV module with SAC305 ribbon relatively showed higher stability after DH test than the case of PV module with Sn-40Pb and Sn-48Bi-2Ag solder plated ribbons.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.324-331
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• 2012

The domestic pine was used to investigate the change of specific gravity, moisture contents, color and anatomical structure by accelerated weathering test (AWT). According to visual inspection, a few knot separation and looseness as well as considerable surface discoloration was found out. However, the crack and split of surface texture have been never occurred till the last step of AWT. On the whole, as the time of accelerated weathering test has increased, the specific gravity has decreased. Finally, after the 9th week of AWT, the specific gravity was 0.38 that reached to 82% compared to the control specimen. In case of moisture content (MC), it showed rising trend in its early stages, however, after 3th week of AWT it have displayed steady state. A deterioration of cell-wall components was not remarkably observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM), however the ray fractures of AWT specimen were observed more than those of control specimen. The full fracture of epithelial cell around resin canal was observed by optical microscope. The fracture of ray of 2th cycle AWT specimen was first, followed by 1th week and control group. A distortion of tracheid for early spring wood and fracture of epithelial cell were generally observed by a similar level, regardless of duration time of AWT. Therefore, it is obvious that increasing duration time of AWT does not affect the deterioration of micro-structure for wood members from this study. Although a considerable change of anatomical properties was not found, there is a need of further research to understand how will the changes of specific gravity and MC on the physical properties of wood member.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2005

Reinforcing steel bars in reinforced concrete structures are protected from corrosion by passive film on the steel surface inside concrete with high alkalinity. However, when the passive film breaks down due to chloride ion ingressed into the RC structures, a corrosion initiates at the surface of steel bars. Then, internal pressure by volume expansion of corrosion products in reinforcing bars induces cracking and spalling of cover concrete, which reduces not only durability performance but also structural performance in RC structures. In this paper, a service life prediction of RC structures is carried out by using a micro-mechanics based corrosion model. The corrosion model is composed of a chloride penetration model to evaluate the initiation of corrosion and an electric corrosion cell model and an oxygen diffusion model to evaluate the rate and the accumulated amounts of corrosion. Then, a corrosion cracking model is combined to the models to evaluate critical amount of corrosion product for initiation cracking in cover concrete. By implementing the models into a finite element analysis program, a time and space dependent corrosion analysis and a service life prediction of RC structures due to chloride attack are simulated and the results of the analysis are compared with test results. The effect of crack width on the corrosion and the service life of the RC structures are analyzed and discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2001

본 연구는 국산 솜대와 인도네시아산 TALI를 원료로 하여 제조한 Zephyr의 기본조직특성을 SEM관찰 및 화상분석법을 이용하여 조사하였다. SEM관찰의 결과, 국산 솜대 Zephyr 의 형태는 유관속초를 구성하는 후벽섬유의 세포벽이 두껍고 세포내강이 거의 없으며 조직이 치밀하였다. 세포간층의 분리가 어렵기 때문에 유관속초간의 집단적인 할렬이 두드러졌고 할렬형태가 균일하지 않았다. 이에 비해 인도네시아산 TALI Zephyr의 형태는 유관속초를 구성하는 후벽섬유의 세포벽이 얇고 세포내강이 크며 세포간극이 많아 세포간층의 분리가 쉬웠으며 가늘고 균일하게 할렬되었다. 화상분석법으로 두 죽종의 횡단면상의 유관속초용과 이들을 구성하는 후벽섬유의 세포벽율을 조사한 결과, 국산 솜대의 유관속초율은 인도네시아산 TALI보다 낮았지만, 후벽섬유 세포벽률은 더 높았다. 이상의 결과로 국산 솜대와 인도네시아산 TALI는 유관속초를 구성하는 후벽섬유의 양과 분포양식의 차이에 의해 제조된 Zephyr의 형상에 차이가 있음을 알 수가 있었다.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.28-37
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• 2007

단층촬영 영상으로부터 임의의 등밀도 표면을 재구성하기 위한 새로운 방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법은 이 분야의 가장 대표적인 알고리즘인 마칭큐브에서와는 달리 단층영상에서 직접 등밀도 표면을 생성하지 않고 등밀도점을 먼저 추출하며, 셀경계 알고리즘을 이용하여 구한 초기메쉬의 각 정점들을 이들 등밀도점 방향으로 표면축소포장(Shrink-wrapping)하는 과정을 반복적으로 적용하여 등밀도 표면을 추출한다. 이렇게 함으로써 마칭큐브에서 나타나는 크랙이나 표면결정의 모호성이 발생하지 않고 안정적인 표면을 재구성 할 수 있다. 또한, 마칭큐브에서 O(1)-인접한 등밀도점만을 사용할 수 있는데 비해, 제안된 방법은 O(2) 및 O(3)-인접한 등밀도점을 표면재구성에 활용할 수 있게 함으로써 이론적으로 마칭큐브 알고리즘보다 더 정밀한 표면을 추출할 수 있도록 하였다. 실험을 통해 제안된 표면 재구성 알고리즘이 단층영상에서부터 등밀도면을 재구성하는데 매우 안정적이고 정확하며 효과적임을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.568-574
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• 2020

기체확산층은 유로에서 전극으로 반응물을 전달하고, 반응으로 생성되는 물을 배출하는 통로이며 열 배출과 전극 지지대 등의 역할을 하는 고분자전해질 연료전지의 핵심 구성요소이다. 본 연구에서는 국내외 기체확산층 상용 제품인 39BC와 JNT30-A3에 대한 연료전지의 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 25 ㎠ 단위 전지를 이용하여 유량, 상대습도 조건에 대한 분극 곡선을 측정하였고, empirical equation을 이용하여 운전 조건에 대한 성능 인자를 도출하였다. 기체확산층의 PTFE 함량이 높을수록 저항이 증가하였고, 미세다공층의 크랙은 물의 이동 통로로서 농도 손실에 영향을 미쳤다. 또한 상대습도가 낮을수록 Ohmic 저항이 증가하였지만, 전류밀도가 증가할수록 이온전도도가 증가하여 Ohmic 저항이 감소하였다. Empirical equation을 이용한 fitting curve을 통하여 기체확산층의 운전 조건에 대한 성능 인자 경향을 해석할 수 있었다.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2020

Photovoltaic (PV) power system prices have been steadily dropping in recent years due to their mass production and advances in relevant technology. Crystalline silicon (c-Si wafers) account for the largest share of the price of solar cells; reducing the thickness of these wafers is an essential part of increasing the price competitiveness of PV power systems. However, reducing the thickness of c-Si wafers is challenging; typically, phenomena such as bowing and cracking are encountered. While several approaches to address the bowing phenomenon of the c-Si solar cells exist, the only method to study the crack phenomenon (related to the strength of the c-Si solar cells) is the bending test method. Moreover, studies on determining the strength properties of the solar cells have focused largely on c-Si wafers, while those on the strength properties of front and rear-side electrodes and SiNx, the other components of c-Si solar cells, are scarce. In this study, we analyzed the strength characteristics of each layer of c-Si solar cells. The strength characteristics of the sawing mark direction produced during the production of c-Si wafers were also tested. Experiments were conducted using a 4bending tester for a specially manufactured c-Si solar cell. The results indicate that the back side electrode is the main component that experienced bowing, while the front electrode was the primary component regulating the strength of the c-Si solar cell.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제46권10호
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• pp.634-645
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• 2008

In this study, surface composites were fabricated with Fe-based amorphous alloy powders and VC powders by high-energy electron beam irradiation, and the correlation of their microstructure with hardness and fracture toughness was investigated. Mixture of Fe-based metamorphic powders and VC powders were deposited on a plain carbon steel substrate, and then electron beam was irradiated on these powders without flux to fabricate surface composites. The composite layers of 1.3~1.8 mm in thickness were homogeneously formed without defects and contained a large amount (up to 47 vol.%) of hard $Cr_2B$ and $V_8C_7$ crystalline particles precipitated in the solidification cell region and austenite matrix, respectively. The hardness of the surface composites was directly influenced by hard $Cr_2B$ and $V_8C_7$ particles, and thus was about 2 to 4 times greater than that of the steel substrate. Observation of the microfracture process and measurement of fracture toughness of the surface composites indicated that the fracture toughness increased with increasing additional volume fraction of $V_8C_7$ particles because $V_8C_7$ particles effectively played a role in blocking the crack propagation along the solidification cell region heavily populated with $Cr_2B$ particles. Particularly in the surface composite fabricated with Fe-based metamorphic powders and 30 % of VC powders, the hardness and fracture toughness were twice higher than those of the surface composite fabricated without mixing of VC powders.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권6A호
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• pp.943-953
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 섬유강화 플라스틱(FRP) 소재로 제작된 사각형 중공 교량 바닥판의 약축방향 거동을 보완하기 위해서 바닥판의 중공 내부를 구조용 폼(foam)으로 충전하였다. 충전폼의 유무와 폼의 강도에 따른 약축방향 정적거동 특성을 실험적으로 분석하여 충전폼의 역할을 검토하였다. FRP에 비하여 탄성계수가 현저히 낮은 구조용 폼으로 바닥판 내부를 충전하여 도 본래의 경량성을 유지하면서 공칭강도, 강성 등의 횡방향 구조성능이 획기적으로 개선되었다. 웨브의 개수에 따른 파괴거동을 비교하여 내부충전 FRP 바닥판에서 웨브의 역할을 파악하였다. 웨브가 내부충전 FRP 바닥판의 약축방향 강도에 미치는 영향은 미미하였으나, 폼 내부에서 발생한 균열의 전파를 차단함으로써 파괴모드의 취성을 경감시켰다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.221-225
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• 2012

It is possible to enhance the color of the natural diamond with a high pressure high temperature(HPHT) process. We employed a pyrophyllite tube cell and cubic press apparatus for HPHT treatment on the brown colored Type II (5.6 GPa/ $1700^{\circ}C$/ 52 min), and Type I aB(5.6 GPa/ $1650^{\circ}C$/ 30 min) diamond samples. We investigated the microstructure, Types, fluorescence, properties of the diamonds with an optical microscopy, FT-IR, photoluminescence(PL) spectroscopy, Diamond-View, and micro-Raman spectroscopy. Two tinted brown diamonds changed into colorless just after the HPHT process. Optical microscopy showed that no crack and significant inclusion evolution occurred during the HPHT process except the small graphite spot appeared in Type I aB sample. FTIR spectrum confirmed that no Type, amber center, and platelet defect change with the HPHT treatment. Diamond-View could not distinguish the HPHT treated diamonds from the naturals. PL spectroscopy showed that N3 and H3 color centers remained even after HPHT process. Consequently, we successfully changed the color of diamonds into colorless by 5.6 GPa HPHT process.