• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1423-1430
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• 2003

In this paper, we develop a real time monitoring system to detect third-party damage on natural gas pipeline. When the damage due to third-party incidents causes an immediate rupture, the developed on-line monitoring system can help reducing the sequences of event at once. Moreover, since many third-party incidents cause damage that does not lead to immediate rupture but can grow with time, the developed on-line monitoring system can execute a significant role in reducing many third-party damage incidents. Also, when the damage is given at a point on natural gas pipeline, the acoustic wave is propagated very fast about 421.3 m/s. Therefore, the data processing time should be very short in order to detect precisely the impact position. Generally, the pipeline is laid under ground or sea and the length is very long. So a wireless data communication method is recommendable and the sensing positions are limited by laid circumstance and setting cost of sensors. The calculation and monitoring software is developed by an algorithm using the propagation speed of acoustic wave and data base system based on wireless communication and DSP systems. The developed monitoring system is examined by field testing at Balan pilot plant, KOGAS being done in order to demonstrate its validity through reactive detection of third-party contact with pipelines. Furthermore, the development system was set at the practical pipelines such as an offshore pipeline between two islands Yul-Do and Youngjong-Do, and a land branch of Pyoungtaek, Korea and it has been operating in real time.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1250-1258
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• 1997

This paper reports on the development of a new foot for a quadrupedal jointed-leg type walking robot. The foot has 2 toes, one at the front and the other at the rear side, for stable landing on uneven ground by point contact. The toes can move up and down independantly, guided by double-wishbone shaped parallel links which enable the lower leg to rotate with respect to a remote center on the ground surface. The motion of each toe is damped by a hydropneumatic shock absorber integrated in the foot in order to absorb the dynamic landing shock. Furthermore, the new foot can reduce the maximum hip joint drive torque by shortening the moment arm length between the hip joint and the landing force vector on the ground. Intensive experiments were carried out in this study by using a one-leg walking model to investigate the soft landing performance of the foot which could be hardly offered by conventional robot feet such as a flat plate with a gimbal type ankle joint. And it was confirmed that the hip joint torque of the leg walking on the flat surface could be reduced remarkably by using the new foot.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.308-313
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• 2016

Purpose: This study investigated the effects of sex hormones across menstrual cycle phases on knee muscle activity during one-leg landing in non-athletic females. Methods: Twenty-six healthy females who reported normal menstrual cycles for the previous three months were tested when estrogen levels were highest (ovulation) and lowest (menstruation). Knee muscle activity was analyzed based on electromyography (EMG) data recorded during landing on a 30-cm box. Before data collection, each subject was trained in single-leg landing tasks ten times. Landing was analyzed by measuring the average of three landing tasks. EMG data were collected between the moment of ground contact and the point of knee maximum flexion. The maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) for normalization that was recorded as the EMG root-mean-square (RMS) during landing was tested, with paired t-tests used to assess differences in knee muscle activity according to menstrual cycle phases. Results: The results showed that the soleus, semitendinosus, and lateral gastrocnemius muscle activity during landing was differed significantly during ovulation compared to that during menstruation (p<0.05). No significant differences in vastus medialis activity were found between menstrual and ovulatory phases during landing (p>0.05). Conclusion: Changes in the menstrual cycle in response to sex hormones changed the activity of muscles around the knee during landing. Females utilize different muscle activity control strategies during different phases of the menstrual cycle, which may contribute to increased ACL injury risk.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.47-65
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of the kinematical and the kinetical factors that calculated from preflight to postflight of salto forward straight 3/2 turn motion between skitters and less-skitters. four S-VHS video cameras operating at 60Hz were used to record the performances. five elite male gymnasts were participated in this study as subjects. three-dimensional coordinates of 20 body landmarks during each trial were collected using a Direct Linear Transformation method. The digitized body landmarks were smoothed using a Butterworth second order with low pass digital filter and a cutoff frequency of 10Hz. 1. A skitter, got a high score for performance, showed shorter time and faster horizontal velocity than a less-skitter at the board contact. also, a skitter extended quickly his knee and hip joint after contacting board for preflight phase. 2. A skitter revealed faster time and horizontal velocity the vault from taking off board than a less-skiller. A skitter took a long time and high distance to get the vertical peak compared with a less-skiller. 3. For the second phase, a skitter, who executes the most optimal motions among the subjects, displayed a long flight time, a high height, and a far flight distance as well as maintaining consistent horizontal speed even at the peak of post flight. On the other side, a less-scorer displayed a slow vertical velocity, distance and a short time at the point of take-off from vault as well as low height at the peak of post flight.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제10권4호통권37호
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• pp.589-600
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• 1998

본 연구는 케이블의 피로실험에서 라틴방격법의 유용성을 입증하고, 현수교에서의 행어로서 사용되는 와이어로프의 축방향 피로거동을 보기 위하여 계획되었다. 평균 응력, 응력범위, 시편의 길이를 실험 인자로 선정하였다. 위에 선정한 인자의 효과는 응력 범위의 효과를 제외하고는 이론이 제기되고 있다. 각 인자에서는 3개의 수준이 사용되었다. 각 셀에서 자유도를 증가시키기 위하여 3번을 반복 수행하였다. 피로파괴의 주요 원인은 격자 접촉점에서의 접촉성 피로(fretting fatigue)였다. 선정된 3개의 인자는 모두 유의하였다. 응력범위의 효과는 예측된 바와 같았으며, 길이효과는 예상과 반대의 결과를 보여주었고, 응력수준의 효과는 채택된 응력수준에 따라 실험결과가 달라질 수 있음을 보여줬다. 그러므로 라틴방격법은 직교성이 갖춰진다면 피로거동에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 규명하는 데에 매우 효과적인 실험 방법임을 알 수 있다.

• 폴리머
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.499-504
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• 2000

고강도 PAN계 탄소섬유를 양극산화하여 섬유의 표면 관능기와 표면 자유에너지, 그리고 최종 복합재료의 기계적 특성 향상에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. FT-IR과 XPS 측정 결과, 양극산화에 의해 형성된 섬유 표면의 산소 관능기는 섬유의 표면 에너지와 복합재료의 층간 전단강도 (ILSS)에 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 젖음액의 wicking rate에 근거한 접촉각 측정에서 탄소섬유의 양극산화는 표면 자유에너지의 극성 요소를 크게 증가시키며, 이것은 표면 에너지 관점에서 살펴볼 때 좋은 젖음성이 최종 복합재료의 섬유와 에폭시 수지 매트릭스사이의 계면결합력 향상에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 본 연구에서는 섬유 표면의 $O_{1s}$ $C_{11}$ ratio 또는 극성 요소와 복합재료의 ILSS사이에서 직선적인 상관관계를 나타낼 수 있었다.다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2007

The more deeply the researches make progress in ocean researches including the seabed resource investigation or the oceanic ecosystem investigation, the more important the role of UUV gets. In case of study on the deep sea, there are difficulties in telecommunications between AUV and ships, and in data communication and recharging. Therefore, docking is required. In AUV docking system, the AUV should identify the position of docking device and make contact with a certain point of docking device. MOERI (Maritime & Ocean Engineering Research Institute), KORDI has conducted the docking testing on AUV ISIMI in KORDI ocean engineering water tank. As AUV ISIMI approachs the docking device, there is some cases of showing an unstable attitude, because the lights which is on Image Frame are disappeared. So we propose the docking algorithm that is fixing the rudder and stem, if the lights on image frame are reaching the specific area in the Image Frame. Also we propose the new docking device, which has a variety of position and light number. In this paper, we intend to solve the some cases of showing an unstable attitude that were found in the testing, which, first, will be identified the validity via simulation.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.808-822
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• 2011

본 연구는 서비스 산업 종사자 중 주로 대면(face-to-face) 서비스 종사자를 대상으로 감정노동에 관하여 연구된 논문이 주를 이루었던 기존의 연구와 달리 고객과의 접점 부서 중 가장 일선에서 근무하고 있는 음성(voice-to-voice) 서비스 종사자인 항공사 콜센터 상담원을 대상으로 그들의 감정노동이 소진에 미치는 영향 관계를 파악하고, 그 과정에서 사회적 지원이 어떠한 매개역할을 수행하고 있는지 연구하였다. 연구 결과, 감정노동은 소진에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 감정노동과 소진과의 관계에서 사회적 지원 중 상사의 지원이 매개효과가 있는 것으로 확인되어 효율적인 인적요소 쇄신의 방향 제시 및 항공사 콜센터의 경쟁력 제고를 위한 이론적 근거를 마련하였다.

• 한국농촌건축학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2015

The elderly rate in South Korea in 2015 is over 13.1%. Especially, the elderly rate in rural area is high. Senior community project in rural that is being promoted by the government. This study's purpose is to provide the reserch group-home for the elderly in Japan rural area. And this paper provided planning of group-home for the elderly in Korea rural area. For this study, respective 5senior housing of Korea and Japan were chosen as respresenting two nations, and every manager was interviewed on housing pattern. This study suggests the planning material as following. First, the effectiveness of the group-home are big. Especially, the elderly was far healthier. Design point is public space(living room, small living room, etc). Maybe, healthy group-home concept is that would be design by Korean traditional housing. Also important public space design is that would be inner courtyard-house, wood floor, Deachong, etc. Two group-homes will construct elderly welfare facilities in between. Otherwise that is need layout of a big public space. In the case of vacant house can used by considering of scale, structure, site condition. Closed school can used through so easy remodeling too. More often than not complex type(hospital, community heath center) was appeared in Japan rural area. In the case of Korea, recommend complex type in community health center and public building. In this case, considering communication, access, contact, group-home keeps on ground floor. In this paper, we hope to take a lesson from group-home planning source for the elderly in Korea rural area.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2005

Objectives: This study was designed to assess traditional Korean medical therapy for urticaria and establish a clinical assessment guideline. Methods: Duration of symptoms, personal and family history of allergic diseases, serum IgE level, suspected causes and Provocation factors were investigated in 56 patients. Frequency of wheals, duration of wheals, number of wheals, itch severity and antihistamine counts on a 6-point (0-5) scale were assessed in 34 patients. The change of total scores and each criterion between baseline and follow up were analyzed using paired t-test (p<0.05). Results: 1. Acute urticaria within 6 weeks was $26.8\%$ and chronic urticaria over 6 weeks was $73.2\%$. The mean duration of symptoms was $19.2\pm38.8$ months. 2. $57.1\%$ of patients had a personal history of allergic diseases and $50\%$had a family history. $29.1\%$ had over 200 IU/mL serum IgE level. 3. The suspected causes were none $(39.3\%)$, foods $(32.1\%)$, drugs $(12.5\%)$, contact $(5.4\%)$ and maternity$(5.4\%)$. 4. The suspected provocation factors were foods $(41.1\%)$, none $(26.8\%)$, fatigue $(12.5\%)$, heat and sweating $(12.5\%)$, pressure $(10,7\%)$ and stress $(7.1\%)$. 5. The total scores between baseline and follow up of 34 patients were lowered from $15.38^{\circ}\;{\ae}3.75\;to\;8.82^{\circ}\;{\ae}5.21$, which was significant statistically (p=0.000). 6. Itch severity, frequency of wheals and number of wheals were the most significantly lowered of all criteria. Conclusions: Traditional Korean medical therapy was proven to be effective for urticaria, while itch severity, frequency of wheals and number of wheals should be assessed clinically with greater priority.