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Local dynamic buckling of FPSO steel catenary riser by coupled time-domain simulations

  • Eom, T.S.;Kim, M.H.;Bae, Y.H.;Cifuentes, C.
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.215-241
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    • 2014
  • Steel catenary riser (SCR) is a popular/economical solution for the oil/gas production in deep and ultra-deep water. The behavioral characteristics of SCR have a high correlation with the motion of floating production facility at its survival and operational environments. When large motions of surface floaters occur, such as FPSO in 100-yr storm case, they can cause unacceptable negative tension on SCR near TDZ (touch down zone) and the corresponding elastic deflection can be large due to local dynamic buckling. The generation, propagation, and decay of the elastic wave are also affected by SCR and seabed soil interaction effects. The temporary local dynamic buckling vanishes with the recovery of tension on SCR with the upheaval motion of surface floater. Unlike larger-scale, an-order-of-magnitude longer period global buckling driven by heat and pressure variations in subsea pipelines, the sub-critical local dynamic buckling of SCR is motion-driven and short cycled, which, however, can lead to permanent structural damage when the resulting stress is greatly amplified beyond the elastic limit. The phenomenon is extensively investigated in this paper by using the vessel-mooring-riser coupled dynamic analysis program. It is found that the moment of large downward heave motion at the farthest-horizontal-offset position is the most dangerous for the local dynamic buckling.

Wetting Properties of Biopolyester Films Prepared by Thermo-Compression Method

  • Rhim, Jong-Whan;Hong, Seok-In
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.234-237
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    • 2007
  • Water resistance of three biopolyester films, such as poly-L-lactate (PLA), poly-hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate (PHBV), and Ecoflex, and low density polyethylene (LDPE) film was investigated by measuring contact angle of various probe liquids on the films. The properties measured were initial contact angle of water, dynamic change of the water contact angle with time, and the critical surface energy of the films. Water contact angle of the biopolyester films ($57.62-68.76^{\circ}$) was lower than that of LDPE film ($85.19^{\circ}$) indicating biopolyester films are less hydrophobic. The result of dynamic change of water contact angle also showed that the biopolyester films are less water resistant than LDPE film, but much more water resistant than cellulose-based packaging materials. Apparent critical surface energy for the biopolyester films (35.15-38.55 mN/m) was higher than that of LDPE film (28.59 mN/m) indicating LDPE film is more hydrophobic.

Characterization of CNT-ink and fabrication of a cold cathode using jet-printing technique.

  • Lee, Dae-Sik;Lim, Seong-Chu;Lee, Young-Hee
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1532-1534
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    • 2008
  • Aquesous carbon nanotubes (CNTs) solutions were prepared using SDS (sodium dodecyl sulfonate) and NADDBS (sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate). Our inks are found to have the viscosity of 1-2 cps. In addition, the surface tension of inks inversely decreased with increasing surfactant concentration and then saturated at critical micelle concentration (CMC). The low surface tension at CMC gave rise to lower contact angles on Indium layers, resulting in larger printable feature sizes. In the fabrication of cold cathode, jet-printing is feasible to modify and scale up the cathode structures. These feasibilities could contribute jet-printing method to be more adaptable for making large-area cold cathodes.

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Uniform metal droplet generation using laser (레이저를 이용한 균일 금속 액적 생성)

  • 강대현;양영수;김용욱;조성규;박성민
    • Laser Solutions
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2002
  • The uniform metal droplet generation using Nd-YAG laser was studied and experiment was carried out. The shape and volume of developed droplet was measured and the Young-Laplace equation and equilibrium condition of force were applied this model. The differential equation predicting shape of droplet using equilibrium condition of force instead of Navier-stokes equation was induced and numerical solution of differential equation compared with experimentation data. The differential equation was solved by Runge-Kutta method. Surface tension coefficient of droplet was determined with numerical solution relate to experimental result under the statical condition. In case of dynamic vibration, metal droplet shape and detaching critical volume are predicted by recalculating proposed model. The result revealed that this model could reasonably describe the behavior of molten metal droplet on vibration.

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Stability Analysis of Marangoni Convection for $NH_3\;-H_2O$ Absorption Process (전파이론을 통한 $NH_3\;-H_2O$ 흡수과정의 마란고니 대류 안정성 해석)

  • 최창균;김제익;강용태
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.450-455
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    • 2002
  • Convective instability driven by surface tension is analyzed in an initially quiescent water absorbing ammonia gas using the linear stability theory. The propagation theory is adapated to find the critical conditions of the onset of solutal Maragoni convection. In this theory, the solutal penetration depth is chosen as the length scale factor. The results show that the liquid layer becomes more stable with decreasing the Schmidt number It is interesting that for a smaller Biot number than 100, the system becomes stable with decreasing Bi but for a larger Bi, it becomes unstable with decreasing Bi.

Effect of Dispersion of Silver Particles on the Electrical Conduction in Silver-Polymer Composites. (Silver-polyner 적합도전류물에서 은립자의 분석상태가 전기운도에 미치는 영향)

  • 김한성;김재호
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 1988
  • The variation of electrical resistivity of silver particle-filled polymers with the volume percent of silver particles was investigated. Also, the relationships between the surface tension of polymer and dispersion effect of silver particles were studied to find the steep drop of electrical resisivity, in view of agglomerate morphology. The critical volume precent of silver particles varied depending on the polymer species and increased with the increasing surface tension of polymer. The steep variation of resistivity with the increasing temperature was explained with the expansion of polymer at the melting temperature of polymer. The conductive break down current increased with the increasing volume percent of silver particles in the Ag/LDPE system and that was attributed to heat of Joule taken througn the contact area between the silver particle.

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Synthesis and Surface Active Properties of Amphoteric Surfactant Derivatives(II);Surface Active Properties of N-Alkyl or Acyl Hydroxy sulfobetaines (양쪽성 이온 계면활성제의 유도체합성 및 계면성에 관한 연구(제2보);N-알킬 혹은 아실히드록시 술포베타인류의 계면성)

  • Lee, J.H.;Ha, J.W.;Park, H.J.;No, Y.C.;Nam, K.D.
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.79-85
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    • 1994
  • All the activities and physical properties including surface tension' foaming power, foam stability, emulsifying power, dispersion effect of 3-(N, N-dimethyl N-alkylammonio)-2-hydroxyY-1-propane sulfonate (HSB)류와 3-CN-alkylamidopropyl-N,N-dimethylamm-onjo)-2-hydroxy-1-propane sulfonate (APSB) aquous solution were measured and critical micelle concentration was evaluated. Their cmc of hydroxy sulfobetaine derivatives evaluated by the surface tension method was $1.0{\times}10^{-3}{\sim}1.0{\times}10^{-4}$ mol/l, and surface tension of the aquous solution was decreased to $27{\sim}38dyne/cm$. The experimental results for foaming power, foam stability, emulsifying power in liquid paraffin showed a good surface active properties, especially, dispersion effect in ferric oxide exhibited some efficient surface active properties, and then it would be expected to application as detergent and dispersion agent.

EFFECT OF STRENGTH MISMATCH AND DYNAMIC LOADING ON THE DUCTILE CRACK INITIATION FROM NOTCH ROOT

  • An, Gyn-Baek;Yoshida, Satoshi;Ohata, Mitsuru;Toyoda, Masao
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2002
  • It has been well known that ductile fracture of steels is accelerated by triaxial stresses. The characteristics of ductile crack initiation in steels are evaluated quantitatively using two-parameters criterion based on equivalent plastic strain and stress triaxiality. It has been demonstrated by authors using round-bar specimens with circumferential notch in single tension that the critical strain to initiate ductile crack from specimen center depends considerably on stress triaxiality, but surface cracking of notch root is in accordance with constant strain condition. In order to evaluate the stress/strain state in the specimens, especially under dynamic loading, a thermal, elastic-plastic, dynamic finite element (FE) analysis considering the temperature rise due to plastic deformation has been carried out. This study provides the fundamental clarification of the effect of strength mismatching, which can elevate plastic constraint due to heterogeneous plastic straining, loading mode and loading rate on critical condition to initiate ductile crack from notch root using equivalent plastic strain and stress triaxiality based on the two-parameter criterion obtained on homogeneous specimens under static tension. The critical condition to initiate ductile crack from notch root for strength mismatched bend specimens under both static and dynamic loading would be almost the same as that for homogeneous tensile specimens with circumferential sharp notch under static loading.

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Studies on the Polymeric Surface Active Agent(VI) -The Surface Activities of Anionic Oligomer Surfactant with α-Sulfo Alkanoic Acid- (고분자 계면활성제에 관한 연구(제6보) -알파 술폰 지방산 음이온성 올리고머 계면활성제의 계면성-)

  • Jeong, No-Hee;Park, Sang-Seok;Jeong, Hoan-Kyung;Cho, Kyung-Haeng;Nam, Ki-Dae
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.683-691
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    • 1993
  • All the activities and physical properties including surface tension, foaming power, foam stability, emulsifying power, dispersion effect, wettability and solubilization of sodium dodecyl polyoxyethylene ${\alpha}$-sulfo alkanoates aqueous solution were measured and critical micelle concentration was evaluated. Their cmc ebaluated by the surface tension method was $10^{-4}{\sim}10^{-5}mol/{\ell}$, and surface tension of the aqueous solution was decreased to 30~70dyne/cm. The experimental results for foaming power, foam stability, emulsifying power in benzene or soybean oil, dispersion effect in calcium carbonate, wettability and solubilization showed a good and efficient surface active properties, and then it would be expected that these products could be applied as O/W type emulsifier, dispersion agent.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Interfacial Properties of a Cationic Surfactant Having Three Hydroxyl Groups (세 개의 히드록실기를 가진 양이온 계면활성제 합성 및 계면 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Byung Min;Kim, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Sung Soo;Lim, Jong Choo
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.433-439
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    • 2012
  • In this study, a cationic surfactant BHMAS (N,N-bis-(3'-n-dodecyloxy-2'-hydroxypropyl)-N-methyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium methyl sulfate) having two lauryl and three hydroxyl groups was synthesized by the reaction of n-dodecyl glycidyl ether and 2-aminoethanol followed by the quarternization with dimethyl sulfate. The structure of the product was elucidated by $^{1}H-NMR$ and FT-IR. The CMC (critical micelle concentration) and surface tension of BHMAS at CMC condition were found to be $9.12\;{\times}\;10^{-4}$ mol/L and 28.71 mN/m respectively. Dynamic surface tension measurements using a maximum bubble pressure tensiometer indicated that a relatively long time was required to saturate the interface between air and aqueous surfactant solution. The interfacial tension measured between 1 wt% surfactant solution and n-decane reached an equilibrium value of 0.045 mN/m in 5 min. The adsorption capacity of the synthesized surfactant was observed to be excellent, which suggests that the surfactant can be used as a softening agent during a laundry process.