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Dyeability of Cotton Fabric Treated with Chitosan, 1,2,3,4-Butanetetracarboxylic Acid, and Citric Acid (키토산 처리와 1,2,3,4-Butanetetracarboxylic Acid, Citric Acid로 가교된 면직물의 염색성)

  • Kim, Kyung-Sun;Kim, So-Jin;Jeon, Dong-Won
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2009
  • Chitosan and CA/BTCA were employed in order to induce crosslinking in the fiber for the improvement of wrinkle recovery of the cotton fabrics and the endowment of anti-microbial functions to the fabric. The treated fabrics were dyed by using reactive dyestuff and their dyeing behaviors were investigated. As a result, the fabric treated with chitosan only exhibited more dye-uptake amount than the untreated fabric, and the treated and untreated fabrics together showed excellent light-fastness and wash-fastness. In the cases that CA or BTCA was added to the chitosan, the CA-treated showed better dye-uptake and dyeing properties as light-fastness than the BTCA-treated. In conclusion, it is possible to maintain the dye-uptake level at reduced treatment cost when the CA is employed as a substitute cross-linking agent for BTCA.

Behaviors According to the Reinforcing Method of the Support Diaphragm Manhole in Steel Box Girder Bridge (강박스거더 지점부 다이아프램 맨홀의 보강방법에 따른 거동)

  • Lee, Seong Haeng;Kim, Kyoung Nam;Jung, Kyoung Sup
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.17 no.6 s.79
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    • pp.649-660
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    • 2005
  • Since the diaphragm manhole of steel box girder bridges is designed generally from experience, it has become the primary factor in the excessive cost of steel bridge construction. For the economical and efficient manufacture of diaphragm manholes, it is necessary to study the exact behavior of the diaphragm manhole in a steel box girder bridge. In this study, both an experimental test and a structural analysis are performed to verify the behavior of the diaphragm manhole in a steel box girder bridge. A detailed structural analysis was performed according to various diaphragm manhole shapes, and in conclusion, the suitable reinforcement method for the support of diaphragm manholes in steel box bridges is presented.

High Temperature Ablation Behaviors of Multilayer Coated Stainless Steel (다층 코팅된 Stainless Steel의 고온 내삭마특성)

  • Choi, Kwangsu;Yang, Wonchul;Kim, Yeong joo;Park, Joon Sik;Kim, Min Kyu
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.135-141
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    • 2018
  • Stainless steel is being used in various industries such as automobile and aerospace for its cheap manufacturing cost and excellent mechanical properties. However, stainless steel failed to stably protect a specimen with a $Cr_2O_3$ protective layer at temperatures above $1000^{\circ}C$. Thus, improving the high temperature flame resistance of the specimen through additional surface coating was needed. In this study, multilayer coatings of YSZ and $Al_2O_3$ were performed on SUS 304 specimens using pack cementation coatings and thermal plasma spray. The multilayer coated specimen showed enhanced thermal properties due to the coated layers. The microstructures and phase stability are discussed together with flame conditions at $1350^{\circ}C$.

Practical 2-Arch Road Tunnel Design in Mountainous area (산악지형에서 효율적인 2-Arch 터널의 설계사례)

  • Jeong, Kyeong-Han;Lee, Joo-Gong;Han, Sung-Su;Hwang, Yong-Sub;Kim, Ji-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.601-612
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    • 2005
  • In mountainous area, Two parallel tunnels have been usually recognized as a road tunnel which has benefits in aspects of cost and stability. However, Design and construction of 2-Arch road tunnel are growing recently due to environmental destruction, compensation of land and difficulty of route separation. As studies are mainly undergoing on only guaranteeing stability and developing a waterproofing-drainage system to avoid water leakage through comprehension for characteristics of 2-arch tunnel behaviors, there is a tendency to evaluate quantity of support by empirical method with a tunnel which has a complicated cross-section and lack of construction ability. In this study, therefore, we made a plan of tunnel cross-section which had shown good construction ability and developed the waterproofing-drainage system which is able to solve the water leakage problem fundamentally by analyzing precedented 2-arch tunnels and investigating their sites in and out of nation. We also determined fixed quantity of support by a large-scale model test and numerical analysis. We want to contribute to 2-arch tunnel design hereafter introducing design procedure and method applied here.

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An Empirical Study of the Effects of a Customer's Power on a Supplier's Customer Integration and Operational Performance Improvement (고객기업의 힘이 공급기업의 고객기업 통합활동과 운영성과 향상에 미치는 영향)

  • Hur, Daesik;Kim, Hyojin;Ahn, Kyungseon
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2015
  • Customer firms exercise various sources of power to influence their suppliers' behaviors or decisions. In this study we aim to examine the effects of customers' sources of power on their supplier's performance improvement. This study posits that a customer's expert, referent, and reward power positively influence a supplier's performance directly as well as indirectly through increased supplier-customer integration. On the contrary, the customer's coercive power is expected to worsen the supplier's operational performance because of increasing distrust, dissatisfaction, and conflict with the customer. Data collected from 1,229 firms from Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S. are used to test the hypotheses. Expert power proves to be the most effective source of customer power in improving a supplier's inventory cost, delivery, and flexibility performance. In contrast, coercive power deteriorates significantly all supplier performance variables. Academic and managerial implications are presented and future research directions are also discussed.

The compression-shear properties of small-size seismic isolation rubber bearings for bridges

  • Wu, Yi-feng;Wang, Hao;Sha, Ben;Zhang, Rui-jun;Li, Ai-qun
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.39-50
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    • 2018
  • Taking three types of bridge bearings with diameter being 100 mm as examples, the theoretical analysis, the experimental research as well as the numerical simulation of these bearings is conducted. Since the normal compression and shear machines cannot be applied to the small-size bearings, an improved equipment to test the properties of these bearings is proposed and fabricated. Besides, the simulation of the bearings is conducted based on the explicit finite element software ANSYS/LS-DYNA, and some parameters of the bearings are modified in the finite element model to reduce the computation cost effectively. Results show that all the research methods are capable of revealing the fundamental properties of the small-size bearings, and a combined use of these methods can better catch both the integral properties and the inner detailed mechanical behaviors of the bearings.

Time-dependent and inelastic behaviors of fiber- and particle hybrid composites

  • Kim, Jeong-Sik;Muliana, Anastasia
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.525-539
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    • 2010
  • Polymer matrix composites are widely used in many engineering applications as they can be customized to meet a desired performance while not only maintaining low cost but also reducing weight. Polymers can experience viscoelastic-viscoplastic response when subjected to external loadings. Various reinforcements and fillers are added to polymers which bring out more complexity in analyzing the timedependent response. This study formulates an integrated micromechanical model and finite element (FE) analysis for predicting effective viscoelastic-viscoplastic response of polymer based hybrid composites. The studied hybrid system consists of unidirectional short-fiber reinforcements and a matrix system which is composed of solid spherical particle fillers dispersed in a homogeneous polymer constituent. The goal is to predict effective performance of hybrid systems having different compositions and properties of the fiber, particle, and matrix constituents. A combined Schapery's viscoelastic integral model and Valanis's endochronic viscoplastic model is used for the polymer constituent. The particle and fiber constituents are assumed linear elastic. A previously developed micromechanical model of particle reinforced composite is first used to obtain effective mechanical properties of the matrix systems. The effective properties of the matrix are then integrated to a unit-cell model of short-fiber reinforced composites, which is generated using the FE. The effective properties of the matrix are implemented using a user material subroutine in the FE framework. Limited experimental data and analytical solutions available in the literatures are used for comparisons.

Design and Development of a Interactive Distance Learning System based on Individualized Questioning (개별적 발문에 기반한 동적 원격교육시스템의 설계 및 개발)

  • Kim, Yong-Beom
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.462-470
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    • 2009
  • As the learning space has expanded, the distance education has become a recent scholarship in teaching-learning method, and also a great type of media, technologies and strategies to support distance education are attracting a fair amount of attention. However in order to manage a distance education system, it is necessary to be endowed user with technical ability and operational expenses. On the other hand, although a web-based system that makes simple may cut cost, it is difficult to analyze learner's behaviors. Therefore, in this paper, we developed a interactive distance system based on individualized questioning, which relies upon learner's knowledge state and applies a efficient individualized learning method. Additionally, this study is instrument to reduce users' technical ability and operational expenses.

Behaviors of Internally Confined Hollow Reinforced Concrete Piers by Thickness of Internal Steel Tube (내부 강관 두께에 따른 내부 구속 중공 RC 교각의 거동)

  • Choi, Jun-Ho;Han, Taek-Hee;Yi, Gyu-Sei;Yoon, Ki-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.333-338
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    • 2007
  • An infernally confined hollow reinforced concrete pier (ICH RC pier) is hollow RC pier which has a internal steel tube to enhance its ductility and stiffness by internal confinement. In this study, the internal steel tube were changed to investigate the behavior of ICH RC pier. The behavior of internally confined hollow reinforced concrete piers were evaluated with safety ratio, ductility, total material cost, the total weight of the pier, etc. As a result of analytical study, the usage of a minimum necessary thickness of the internal steel tube the most effective. The ICH RC pier has decrease of weight compare to Solid RC pier.

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The Effect of Corporate Integrity on Stock Price Crash Risk

  • YIN, Hong;ZHANG, Ruonan
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.19-28
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: This research aims to investigate the impact of corporate integrity on stock price crash risk. Research design, data, and methodology: Taking 1419 firms listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China as a sample, this paper empirically analyzed the relationship between corporate integrity and stock price crash risk. The main integrity data was hand-collected from Shenzhen Stock Exchange Website. Other financial data was collected from CSMAR Database. Results: Findings show that corporate integrity can significantly decrease stock price crash risk. After changing the selection of samples, model estimation methods and the proxy variable of stock price crash risk, the conclusion is still valid. Further research shows that the relationship between corporate integrity and stock price crash risk is only found in firms with weak internal control and firms in poor legal system areas. Conclusions: Results of the study suggest that corporate integrity has a significant influence on behaviors of managers. Business ethics reduces the likelihood of managers to overstate financial performance and hide bad news, which leads to the low likelihood of future stock price crashes. Meanwhile, corporate integrity can supplement internal control and legal system in decreasing stock price crash risks.