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The effect of field-line twist on the dynamic nature and electric current structure of emerging magnetic field on the Sun

  • An, Jun-Mo;Magara, Tetsuya;Lee, Hwan-Hee;Kang, Ji-Hye
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.87.1-87.1
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    • 2012
  • We use three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to investigate how the dynamic state of emerging magnetic field is related to the twist of field lines. Emergence of magnetic field is considered as one of the key physical process producing solar activity such as flares, jets, and coronal mass ejections. To understand these activities we have to know dynamic nature and electric current structure provided by emerging magnetic field. To demonstrate dynamic nature of field lines, we focus on the factors such as curvature of magnetic field line and scale height of magnetic field strength. These factors show that strong twist case forms two-part structure in which the central part is close to a force-free state while the outer marginal part is in a fairly dynamic state. For weak twist case, it still shows two-part structure but the tendency becomes weaker than strong twist case. We discuss how the curvature distribution affects the dynamic nature of emerging magnetic field. We also investigate electric current distribution provided by emerging field lines to show a possible relation between electric current structure and sigmoid observed in a preflare phase.

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Analytic Design Procedure of Three-mirror Telescope Corrected for Spherical Aberration, Coma, Astigmatism, and Petzval Field Curvature

  • Lee, Jong-Ung;Yu, Seung-Moon
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.184-192
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    • 2009
  • There are total eight degrees of freedom in designing a three-mirror system. If we correct four kinds of third order aberrations and the system should have the specified effective focal length, the remaining three degrees of freedom can be used for selecting a suitable configuration for a specific application. We suggest an analytic design procedure for a three-mirror telescope system which has a suitably sized secondary mirror and proper separations between mirrors, and is corrected for four kinds of third order aberrations, spherical aberration, coma, astigmatism, and field curvature. Two design examples are shown. One has a compact configuration with off-axial field, the other has relatively long configuration with annular ring field.

Development of Curved Beam Element with Shear Effect (전단효과를 고려한 곡선보 요소 개발)

  • 이석순;구정서;최진민
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.2535-2542
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    • 1993
  • Two-noded curved beam elements, CMLC (field-consistent membrane and linear curvature) and IMLC(field-inconsistent membrane and linear curvature) are developed on the basis of Timoshenko's beam theory and curvilinear coordinate. The curved beam element is developed by the separation of the radial deflection into the bending deflection. In the CMLC element, field-consistent axial strain interpolation is adapted for removing the membrane locking. The CMLC element shows the rapid and stable convergence on the wide range of curved beam radius to thickness. The field-consistent axial strain and the separation of radial deformation produces the most efficient linear element possible.

The Basic Study on the Insulation Design of Vacuum Interrupter using Finite Element Method (유한요소법을 이용한 진공인터럽터 절연설계 기초연구)

  • Park, Chi-Young;Ahn, Hee-Il;Ham, Gil-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07e
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    • pp.1635-1637
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    • 1998
  • This paper describes on the basic study for the insulation design of vacuum interrupter using Finite Element Method. For the basic study of insulation design, first, the maximum electric field was calculated on each curvature radius of arc shield and electrode. Second, the maximum electric field was also calculated on applied voltage and end shield with or not. Thus, the maximum electric field calculated have an effect on curvature radius and voltage polarity.

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Effects of curvature radius on vulnerability of curved bridges subjected to near and far-field strong ground motions

  • Naseri, Ali;Roshan, Alireza MirzaGoltabar;Pahlavan, Hossein;Amiri, Gholamreza Ghodrati
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.367-392
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    • 2020
  • The specific characteristics of near-field earthquake records can lead to different dynamic responses of bridges compared to far-field records. However, the effect of near-field strong ground motion has often been neglected in the seismic performance assessment of the bridges. Furthermore, damage to horizontally curved multi-frame RC box-girder bridges in the past earthquakes has intensified the potential of seismic vulnerability of these structures due to their distinctive dynamic behavior. Based on the nonlinear time history analyses in OpenSEES, this article, assesses the effects of near-field versus far-field earthquakes on the seismic performance of horizontally curved multi-frame RC box-girder bridges by accounting the vertical component of the earthquake records. Analytical seismic fragility curves have been derived thru considering uncertainties in the earthquake records, material and geometric properties of bridges. The findings indicate that near-field effects reasonably increase the seismic vulnerability in this bridge sub-class. The results pave the way for future regional risk assessments regarding the importance of either including or excluding near-field effects on the seismic performance of horizontally curved bridges.

A combined stochastic diffusion and mean-field model for grain growth

  • Zheng, Y.G.;Zhang, H.W.;Chen, Z.
    • Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.369-379
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    • 2008
  • A combined stochastic diffusion and mean-field model is developed for a systematic study of the grain growth in a pure single-phase polycrystalline material. A corresponding Fokker-Planck continuity equation is formulated, and the interplay/competition of stochastic and curvature-driven mechanisms is investigated. Finite difference results show that the stochastic diffusion coefficient has a strong effect on the growth of small grains in the early stage in both two-dimensional columnar and three-dimensional grain systems, and the corresponding growth exponents are ~0.33 and ~0.25, respectively. With the increase in grain size, the deterministic curvature-driven mechanism becomes dominant and the growth exponent is close to 0.5. The transition ranges between these two mechanisms are about 2-26 and 2-15 nm with boundary energy of 0.01-1 J $m^{-2}$ in two- and three-dimensional systems, respectively. The grain size distribution of a three-dimensional system changes dramatically with increasing time, while it changes a little in a two-dimensional system. The grain size distribution from the combined model is consistent with experimental data available.

An Experimental Study of Turbulent Uniform Shear Flow in a Nearly Two-Dimensional $90^{\circ}$ Curved Duct (II) - Turbulent Flow Field- (2차원 $90^{\circ}$ 곡관에서 균일전단류의 특성에 대한 실험적 연구 (2) -난류유동장-)

  • 임효재;성형진;정명균
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.846-857
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    • 1995
  • An experimental study is made of turbulent shear flows in a nearly two-dimensional 90.deg. curved duct by using the hot-wire anemometer. The Reynolds normal and shear stresses, triple velocity products, integral length scales, Taylor micro length scales and dissipation length scales are measured and analyzed. For a positive shear at the inlet, the afore-mentioned turbulence quantities are all suppressed. However, when the inlet shear flow is negative, they are augmented, i.e., the convex curvature suppresses the turbulence whereas the concave curvature augments it. It is found that the curvature effects are rather sensitive to the triple velocity products than the Reynolds stresses. The evolution of turbulence under the curvature with the different shear conditions is well described by the modified curvature parameter S' and the non-dimensional development time ${\tau}$.'

ON THE C-PROJECTIVE VECTOR FIELDS ON RANDERS SPACES

  • Rafie-Rad, Mehdi;Shirafkan, Azadeh
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.1005-1018
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    • 2020
  • A characterization of the C-projective vector fields on a Randers space is presented in terms of 𝚵-curvature. It is proved that the 𝚵-curvature is invariant for C-projective vector fields. The dimension of the algebra of the C-projective vector fields on an n-dimensional Randers space is at most n(n + 2). The generalized Funk metrics on the n-dimensional Euclidean unit ball 𝔹n(1) are shown to be explicit examples of the Randers metrics with a C-projective algebra of maximum dimension n(n+2). Then, it is also proved that an n-dimensional Randers space has a C-projective algebra of maximum dimension n(n + 2) if and only if it is locally Minkowskian or (up to re-scaling) locally isometric to the generalized Funk metric. A new projective invariant is also introduced.

BJÖRLING FORMULA FOR MEAN CURVATURE ONE SURFACES IN HYPERBOLIC THREE-SPACE AND IN DE SITTER THREE-SPACE

  • Yang, Seong-Deog
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.159-175
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    • 2017
  • We solve the $Bj{\ddot{o}}rling$ problem for constant mean curvature one surfaces in hyperbolic three-space and in de Sitter three-space. That is, we show that for any regular, analytic (and spacelike in the case of de Sitter three-space) curve ${\gamma}$ and an analytic (timelike in the case of de Sitter three-space) unit vector field N along and orthogonal to ${\gamma}$, there exists a unique (spacelike in the case of de Sitter three-space) surface of constant mean curvature 1 which contains ${\gamma}$ and the unit normal of which on ${\gamma}$ is N. Some of the consequences are the planar reflection principles, and a classification of rotationally invariant CMC 1 surfaces.