• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2020

Here in this work, a 4-chlorophenol (4-CP)-degrading bacterial strain Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) MF447840.1 was isolated from the drain outside the Hyundai car service center, Agartala, Tripura, India. 16S rDNA technique used carried out for genomic recognition of the bacterial species. Isolated bacterial strain was phylogenetically related with B. subtilis. This strain was capable of breaking down both phenol and 4-CP at the concentration of 1,000 mg/L. Also, the isolated strain can able to metabolize five diverse aromatic molecules such as 2-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 4-nitrophenol, and pentachlorophenol for their growth. An extensive investigation was performed to portray the kinetics of cell growth along with 4-CP degradation in the batch study utilizing 4-CP as substrate. Various unstructured models were applied to evaluate the intrinsic kinetic factors. Levenspiel's model demonstrates a comparatively enhanced R² value (0.997) amongst every analyzed model. The data of specific growth rate (μ), saturation constant (K_S), and Y_X/S were 0.11 h^-1, 39.88 mg/L, along with 0.53 g/g, correspondingly. The isolated strain degrades 1,000 mg/L of 4-CP within 40 h. Therefore, B. subtilis MF447840.1 was considered a potential candidate for 4-CP degradation.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2011

광산이 폐광을 하는 경우 배수시스템을 정지함으로 인해 갱도는 물로 포화된다. 갱도가 포화되었을 때 갱도 주변의 암석은 완전히 포화되고 갱도 주변 암반에는 수압이 작용한다. 암석의 일축압축강도는 함수율에 따라 달라지며 함수율이 증가함에 따라 감소한다. 수압은 암석 내 균열이나 암반 내 불연속면의 확장을 유발하게 된다. 갱도 내 포화된 수압이 지보압을 발휘할 수도 있지만 지하수에 의해 발생한 암반 물성의 저하는 갱도의 안정성을 감소시킬 것이다. 본 연구에서는 수압에 의해 발생한 갱도 주변 암반의 물성 저하가 갱도의 안정성에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위하여 2차원 불연속해석과 3차원 연속해석을 실시하였다. 수치해석 결과 수압에 의해 유발된 갱도 주변 암반의 물성 저하는 갱도 주변 암반의 변위 증가에 영향을 미치고, 2차원 해석 결과는 3차원 해석 결과 보다 큰 변위를 나타냈다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.859-868
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• 2017

In this study, the reductive dechlorination of triclosan using zero-valent iron (ZVI, $Fe^0$) and modified zero-valent iron (i.e., acid-washed iron (Aw/Fe) and palladium-coated iron (Pd/Fe)) was experimentally investigated, and the reduction characteristics were evaluated by analyzing the reaction kinetics. Triclosan could be reductively decomposed using zero-valent iron. The degradation rates of triclosan were about 50% and 67% when $Fe^0$ and Aw/Fe were used as reductants, respectively, after 8 h of reaction. For the Pd/Fe system, the degradation rate was about 57% after 1 h of reaction. Thus, Pd/Fe exhibited remarkable performance in the reductive degradation of triclosan. Several dechlorinated intermediates were predicted by GC-MS spectrum, and 2-phenoxyphenol was detected as the by-product of the decomposition reaction of triclosan, indicating that reductive dechlorination occurred continuously. As the reaction proceeded, the pH of the solution increased steadily; the pH increase for the Pd/Fe system was smaller than that for the $Fe^0$ and Aw/Fe system. Further, zero-order, first-order, and second-order kinetic models were used to analyze the reaction kinetics. The first-order kinetic model was found to be the best with good correlation for the $Fe^0$ and Aw/Fe system. However, for the Pd/Fe system, the experimental data were evaluated to be well fitted to the second-order kinetic model. The reaction rate constants (k) were in the order of Pd/Fe > Aw/Fe > $Fe^0$, with the rate constant of Pd/Fe being much higher than that of the other two reductants.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권1C호
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• pp.65-76
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• 2010

OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) 시스템은 고속의 무선 데이터 전송이 가능한 기술이다. 하지만 OFDM과 같은 다중 반송파 시스템은 비선형 왜곡에 매우 민감하다. OFDM 시스템에서는 심볼들을 다중 반송파를 이용하여 변조 후 더하여 전송함으로써 전송 신호 진폭의 변화가 매우 심하다. 이러한 신호 진폭의 변화와 송신기 내에 사용되는 고출력 증폭기 (High Power Amplifier; HPA)의 비선형 특성으로 인해 심각한 비선형 왜곡을 겪게 된다. 본 논문에서는 OFDM 시스템의 높은 PAPR (Peak-to-Average Power Ratio)과 HPA에 의한 비선형 왜곡을 보상하기 위해 CPWL (Canonical Piecewise-Linear) 모델 기반의 새로운 디지털 사전왜곡기를 제안한다. 모의실험을 통하여 새로운 사전왜곡 기법의 성능을 TD (Total Degradation)와 비트오율 (Bit Error Ratio; BER) 측면에서 평가한 결과, HPA에 의해 발생하는 비선형 왜곡을 효과적으로 보상함으로써, 우수한 성능 향상이 있음을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권6호
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• pp.1063-1077
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• 2016

Components manufactured from composite materials are frequently subjected to superimposed mechanical and thermal loadings during their operating service. Both types of loadings may cause fracture and failure of composite structures. When composite cross-ply laminates of type [$0_m/90_n]_s$ are subjected to uni-axial tensile loading, different types of damage are set-up and developed such as matrix cracking: transverse and longitudinal cracks, delamination between disoriented layers and broken fibers. The development of these modes of damage can be detrimental for the stiffness of the laminates. From the experimental point of view, transverse cracking is known as the first mode of damage. In this regard, the objective of the present paper is to investigate the effect of transverse cracking in cross-ply laminate under thermo-mechanical degradation. A Finite Element (FE) simulation of damage evolution in composite crossply laminates of type [$0_m/90_n]_s$ subjected to uni-axial tensile loading is carried out. The effect of transverse cracking on the cross-ply laminate strength under thermo-mechanical degradation is investigated numerically. The results obtained by prediction of the numerical model developed in this investigation demonstrate the influence of the transverse cracking on the bearing capacity and resistance to damage as well as its effects on the variation of the mechanical properties such as Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio and coefficient of thermal expansion. The results obtained are in good agreement with those predicted by the Shear-lag analytical model as well as with the obtained experimental results available in the literature.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.649-655
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 난분해성 물질인 페놀을 초음파와 자외선 광선(UV-C)을 이용하여 분해를 알아본 연구이다. 초음파, 자외선, 그리고 초음파와 자외선의 결합반응에서 주파수, 온도, 용액의 pH, 아르곤 가스 purging, 그리고 자외선 세기의 효과를 조사하였다. 초음파 단독 반응의 경우 pH 4, $5^{\circ}C$, 35kHz에서 360분 동안 30%의 페놀의 최적 분해효율을 보였다. 자외선(UV-C) 단독 반응의 경우 $19.3\;mW/cm^2$의 자외선 세기와 pH 4, $5^{\circ}C$에서 60분에 100%의 페놀 분해 효율을 보였다. 이에 반하여 초음파와 자외선의 결합반응에서는 동일 조건에서 45분 동안 페놀이 모두 제거되었다. 초음파와 자외선의 결합 반응에서 페놀은 자외선 강도가 $7.6\;mW/cm^2$일 때 360분 안에 $19.3\;mW/cm^2$일 때는 45분 안에 완전히 분해되었고, 각각의 분해 속도 상수는 $17.3{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$와 $138.1{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$이었다. 페놀의 분해반응에서 OH 라디칼의 scavenger로 작용하는 메탄올을 첨가하는 실험을 한 결과 초음파와 자외선 광선의 조합반응에서 페놀 분해의 주요인자는 OH 라디칼이라는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 페놀 분해의 반응효율 비교는 초음파 + 광반응 조합반응 > 자외선 광선 단독 반응 > 초음파 단독 반응과 같이 확인되었다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2005

Interrupted creep tests for investigating the structural degradation during creep were conducted for a Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel in the range of stress from 71 to 167 MPa and temperature from 873 to 923 K. The change of hardness and tempered martensitic lath width was measured in grip and gauge parts of interrupted creep specimens. The lath structure was thermally stable in static conditions. However, it was not stable during creep, and the structural change was enhanced by creep strain. The relation between the change in lath width and creep strain was described quantitatively. The change in Vickers hardness was expressed by a single valued function of creep LCR(life consumption ratio). Based on the empirical relation between strain and lath width, a model was proposed to describe the relation between change in hardness and creep LCR. The comparison of the model with the empirical relation suggests that about 65% of hardness loss is due to the decrease of dislocation density accompanied by the movement of lath boundaries. The role of precipitates on subboundaries was discussed in connection with the abnormal subgrain growth appearing in low stress regime.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.309-314
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• 1998

Vegetables are known to contain high amounts of natural antioxidants such as ascorbate, $\alpha$-tocopherol, $\beta$-carotene, and flavinoids. The antioxidant activities of several vegetables including broccoli, carrot , green pepper, spinach and tomato, and their blends were investigated using various iron-catalyzed lipid peroxidation systems. In linoleic acid micelles, carrot and spinach significantly inhibited lipid peroxidation by 29.0% and 35.8% , respectively (p<0.05).Blends of two, three , or four vegetables indluding spinach increased the inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation, mainly due to high level of antioxidants in spinach. In beef homogenates, tomato significantly inhibited lipid peroxidation by 19.9%(p<0.05), whereas spinach and broccoli significantly stimulated lipid peroxidation by 67.3% and 11.5%, respectively (p<0.05). In the presence of 100$\mu$M ferrous ions, all vegetables inhibited degradation of deoxy-ribose by 43.6~77.6%(p<0.05). In the presence of 100$\mu$M ferric ions , broccoli and spinach stimulated deoxyribose degradation by 39.8% and 55.8%, respectively. These results indicate that the antioxidant activity of vegetables varied with the different model systems and depended on the provided environment such as iron content and substrates. The activity of the various combinations (blends) of vegetables was strongly related to that of the individual vegetable.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2012

An image obtained from a low light environment results in a low-exposure problem caused by non-ideal camera settings, i.e. aperture size and shutter speed. Of particular note, the multiple color-filter aperture (MCA) system inherently suffers from low-exposure problems and performance degradation in its image classification and registration processes due to its finite size of the apertures. In this context, this paper presents a novel method for the color enhancement of low-exposure images and its application to color shift model-based MCA system for image refocusing. Although various histogram equalization (HE) approaches have been proposed, they tend to distort the color information of the processed image due to the range limits of the histogram. The proposed color enhancement algorithm enhances the global brightness by analyzing the basic cause of the low-exposure phenomenon, and then compensates for the contrast degradation artifacts by using an adaptive histogram specification. We also apply the proposed algorithm to the preprocessing step of the refocusing technique in the MCA system to enhance the color image. The experimental results confirm that the proposed method can enhance the contrast of any low-exposure color image acquired by a conventional camera, and is suitable for commercial low-cost, high-quality imaging devices, such as consumer-grade camcorders, real-time 3D reconstruction systems, digital, and computational cameras.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.291-301
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• 1998

본 논문은 공용년수가 오래되어 노후화된 철근콘크리트 교량의 파괴가지의 거동에 예측하기 위한 비선형 파괴해석 모델링 기법이 개발에 관한 연구이다. 본 논문에서는 비선형파괴해석을 위해철근부식으로 인하여 철근주변 콘크리트의 열화를 고려한 인장경화모델을 제안하였으며 교량의 노후화된 지점조건을 고려할 수 있는 지점 모델링 기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 모델을 사용하여 반복하중을 받는 노후화된 철근콘크리트 T형 교량이 파괴될 때까지의 2차원 및 3차원 파괴해석을 수행하였으며 파괴시험으로부터 분석된 교량의 파괴거동과 비교하였다. 해석결과와 실험결과의 비교로부터 본 논문의 모델링기법이 노후화된 교량의 파괴해석에 유용하게 사용될 수 있으며 노후화된 지점조건의 모델링이 교량의 강도평가에 매우 큰 영향을 주는 것을 규명하였다.