• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.95-107
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• 2015

Because an ecological community consists of diverse species that vary nonlinearly with environmental variability, its dynamics are complex and difficult to analyze. To investigate temporal variations of benthic macroinvertebrate community, we used the community data that were collected at the sampling site in Baenae Stream near Busan, Korea, which is a clean stream with minimum pollution, from July 2006 to July 2013. First, we used a self-organizing map (SOM) to heuristically derive the states that characterizes the biotic condition of the benthic macroinvertebrate communities in forms of time series data. Next, we applied the hidden Markov model (HMM) to fine-tune the states objectively and to obtain the transition probabilities between the states and the emission probabilities that show the connection of the states with observable events such as the number of species, the diversity measured by Shannon entropy, and the biological water quality index (BMWP). While the number of species apparently addressed the state of the community, the diversity reflected the state changes after the HMM training along with seasonal variations in cyclic manners. The BMWP showed clear characterization of events that correspond to the different states based on the emission probabilities. The environmental factors such as temperature and precipitation also indicated the seasonal and cyclic changes according to the HMM. Though the usage of the HMM alone can guarantee the convergence of the training or the precision of the derived states based on field data in this study, the derivation of the states by the SOM that followed the fine-tuning by the HMM well elucidated the states of the community and could serve as an alternative reference system to reveal the ecological structures in stream communities.

• Composites Research
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 에폭시 수지조합에 따른 탄소섬유강화 복합재 프리프레그 제작 및 극저온 인장시험을 통해 극저온에서 우수한 기계적 물성을 갖는 복합재 수지조합을 제시하였다. 환경챔버를 이용하여 상온으로부터 $-150^{\circ}C$ 까지 6회의 열-하중 사이클을 수행한 일방향 복합재 시편에 대하여 $-150^{\circ}C$에서 복합재의 인장강도와 강성을 측정하였다. 또한, $-150^{\circ}C$에서 복합재의 섬유수직방향 인장물성 및 면내 전단물성과 같은 모재 지배적인 물성 측정을 통해 수지조성변화가 섬유와 모재의 계면에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 그 결과, bisphenol-A 형의 에폭시와 CTBN 고무 변성 형 필러를 비교적 다량으로 함유한 수지조성을 갖는 복합재 시편이 극저온에서 우수한 기계적 물성을 보임을 확인하였다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.573-597
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• 2008

Among artificial intelligence-based computational techniques, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems (ANFIS) are particularly suitable for modelling complex systems with known input-output data sets. Such systems can be efficient in modelling non-linear, complex and ambiguous behaviour of cement-based materials undergoing single, dual or multiple damage factors of different forms (chemical, physical and structural). Due to the well-known complexity of sulfate attack on cement-based materials, the current work investigates the use of ANFIS to model the behaviour of a wide range of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) mixture designs under various high-concentration sodium sulfate exposure regimes including full immersion, wetting-drying, partial immersion, freezing-thawing, and cyclic cold-hot conditions with or without sustained flexural loading. Three ANFIS models have been developed to predict the expansion, reduction in elastic dynamic modulus, and starting time of failure of the tested SCC specimens under the various high-concentration sodium sulfate exposure regimes. A fuzzy inference system was also developed to predict the level of aggression of environmental conditions associated with very severe sodium sulfate attack based on temperature, relative humidity and degree of wetting-drying. The results show that predictions of the ANFIS and fuzzy inference systems were rational and accurate, with errors not exceeding 5%. Sensitivity analyses showed that the trends of results given by the models had good agreement with actual experimental results and with thermal, mineralogical and micro-analytical studies.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.695-702
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• 2008

액체 로켓 엔진의 연료 공급 시스템은 다양한 원인으로 인해 유동 불안정이 발생한다. 특히 연료 공급 시스템에서 발생하는 공동 현상은 공동의 생성과 소멸로 인해 후류 쪽의 압력 및 유량의 진동을 유발하게 된다. 액체 로켓은 주 추진제로 극저온 유체를 사용하게 되는데, 극저온 유체는 온도에 민감한 성질을 갖고 있기 때문에 공동 현상의 해석에 있어 온도 변화에 대한 효과를 반드시 고려해주어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 Shyy등이 제안한 “MUSHY IDM"모델을 이용하여 극저온 유체에서 발생하는 공동 현상을 모사하였다. 이를 바탕으로 오리피스에서 발생하는 공동 현상이 유동 불안정에 어떠한 영향을 미치는 지와 오리피스 형상 변화가 후류 유동의 불안정에 끼치는 영향을 연구하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2010

차량에서 스트러트 인슐레이터는 도로노면으로부터 발생하는 소음과 진동을 방지하는 역할을 한다. 대부분의 점탄성 마운트들은 고무로 되어있으며 천연고무가 주성분이다. 이러한 고무 부품들은 초기에는 제 역할을 하지만 오랜 시간 고온과 반복하중에 노출되면 성능저하가 일어난다. 고무성능 변화는 NVH를 떨어뜨리고 승차감을 저하시킨다. 본 연구에서는 차량실험을 통해 스프링 변위를 측정하였고, 재현실험에서 가속도 센서를 이용하여 운행거리와 차량연식에 따른 인슐레이터 고무성능을 가속도 값, 고무 영구 변형량, 경도를 나타내었다.

• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.491-494
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• 2019

In this study, we investigate the mechanical behavior of each skin layer, in terms of the nominal stress-strain curve by uniaxial tensile tests using specimens of porcine skin in two forms: dermis containing epidermis, and all three layers. All tests were performed under cyclic loading at the constant strain rate of 10^-3 s^-1 at ambient temperature. To measure the precise initial cross-sectional areas of each layer, the thickness of each skin layer was quantified by counting the number of pixels on the photo-image using image-processing software. In the tensile test, force-strain curves of the total skin and dermis with epidermis were obtained. Subsequently, a rule of mixtures was applied to determine the nonlinear mechanical properties of the hypodermis layer. In conclusion, we could define the uniaxial tensile behavior of the hypodermis, and additionally predict the weight effect of the dermis and hypodermis layers in the tensile test.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2021

Subsea pipelines are widely used to transport hydrocarbons from ultra-deep seawater to facilities on the coast. A sandwich pipe is a pipe-in-pipe system in which the annulus between the two concentric steel pipes is filled with polymer cores and fillers for insulation and structural reinforcement. Sandwich pipeline is always exposed to complex loading such as bending moment, bulking, internal and external pressures caused by installation, operation and environmental factors. This research provides insights into the structural integrity of sandwich pipeline exposed to complex loading conditions using a linear matching method (LMM). The finite element model of the sandwich pipeline has been generated from previous research, and the model validation is performed by comparing the results of the linear analysis between the two models. The temperature dependent material properties are used to simulate the behavior of real pipeline, and the elastic-perfectly plastic (EPP) model has been taken into account for the material non-linearity. Numerical results provide comprehensive insights into the structural response of the sandwich pipeline under monotonic and cyclic loading and provide notable points about the evaluation of the plastic collapse limit and the elastic shakedown limit of the sandwich pipeline.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.231-240
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• 1999

수원 지역에서의 이화명나방 발생의 장기적 경시적 변화 패턴을 분석하고 수원 지역에서의 이화명나방 봄나방(I화기) 발생시기 예찰 모델을 개발하였다.수원에서의 이화명나방의 개체군동태는 1965년부터 1996년까지 한 번의 큰 피크와 한 번의 작은 피크를 보인 주기적 변동을 보였으며 발생 변동의 큰 주기는 대략 36세대 (18년)로 분석되었다. 수원 지역에서의 이화명나방 발생동태는 l세대를 작은 주기로 하는 내적 유발성 주기성을 보였으며 전세대의 밀도의존성이 높은 제 l차 부의 피이드백 작용에 의해 지배되는 내적 동태성이 기본이었다. 이화명나방 개체군 변동 메카니즘은 밀도의 급격한 감소에도 불구하고 변화가 없었다.수원 지역의 이화명나방 발생 자료를 바탕으로 봄나방 발생시기 예찰 모델들(온도발육모델 및 온일도 모델)을 개발하였다.또한, 이화명나방 개체군 동태와 관련한 봄나방 성충 예찰 문제를 고찰하였다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2022

Household refrigerator cabinets must undergo cyclic testing at -20 ℃ and 65 ℃ for quality control (QC) after their production is complete. These cabinets were assembled from different materials, including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyurethane (PU) foam, and steel plates. However, different thermal expansion values could be observed owing to differences in the mechanical properties of the materials. In this study, a technique to predict delamination on a refrigerator wall caused by thermal deformation was developed. The mechanical properties of ABS and PU foams were tested, theload factors causing delamination were analyzed, delamination was observed using a high-speed camera, and comparison and verification in terms of stress and strain were performed using a finite element model (FEM). The results indicated that the delamination phenomenon of a refrigerator wall can be defined in two cases. A method for predicting and evaluating delamination was established and applied in an actual refrigerator. To determine the effect of temperature changes on the refrigerator, strain measurements were performed at the weak point and the stress was calculated. The results showed that the proposed FEM prediction technique can be used as a basis for virtual testing to replace future QC testing, thus saving time and cost.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.3835-3850
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• 2024

The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) with spherical fuel elements contains complex pebble flow. The flow behavior of pebbles is influenced by various factors, such as pebble density, friction coefficient, wall structure, and discharge port size. Using a GPU-DEM numerical model, the effects of the friction coefficient on the cyclic loading and unloading of pebbles in the full-scale HTR-PM are studied. Numerical simulations with up to 420,000 spherical pebbles are conducted. Four sets of friction coefficient values are determined for comparative analysis based on experimental measurements. Discharging speed, residence time, stress, porosity, and velocity distribution are quantitatively analyzed. In addition, a comparison with the CT-PFD experiment is carried out to validate the numerical model. The results show that near-wall retention phenomena are observed in the reactor core only when using large friction coefficients. However, using friction coefficient values closer to the measured experimental values, the pebble bed in HTR-PM exhibited good flow characteristics. Furthermore, the friction coefficient also influences the porosity and velocity distribution of the pebble bed, with lower friction coefficients resulting in lower overall stress in the bed. The discharge outlet's influence varies with different friction coefficient values. In summary, this study demonstrates that the value of the friction coefficient has a complex influence on the pebble flow in HTR-PM, which provides important insights for future numerical and experimental studies in this field.