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Application of ultrasonic energy to enhance capability of soil improving material (지반보강용 주입재의 성능향상을 위한 초음파 에너지의 활용)

  • Moon, Jun-ho;Xin, Zhenhua;Jeong, Ghang-bok;Kim, Young-uk
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.567-576
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    • 2017
  • In a performance-based design, the structural safety is estimated from pre- defined damage states and corresponding damage indices. Both damage states and damage indices are well defined for above-ground structures, but very limited studies have been performed on underground structures. In this study, we define the damage states and damage indices of a cut-and-cover box tunnel which is one of typical structures used in metro systems, under a seismic excitation from a series of inelastic frame analyses. Three damage states are defined in terms of the number of plastic hinges that develop within the structure. The damage index is defined as the ratio of the elastic moment to the yield moment. Through use of the proposed index, the inelastic behavior and failure mechanism of box tunnels can be simulated and predicted through elastic analysis. In addition, the damage indices are linked to free-field shear strains. Because the free-field shear strain can be easily calculated from a 1D site response analysis, the proposed method can be readily used in practice. Further studies are needed to determine the range of shear strains and associated uncertainties for various types of tunnels and site profiles. However, the inter-linked platform of damage state - damage index - shear wave velocity - shear strain provides a novel approach for estimating the inelastic response of tunnels, and can be widely used in practice for seismic designs.

Application of non-destructive method for evaluation of soil nail length (쏘일네일의 길이평가를 위한 비파괴 기법의 적용)

  • Kim, Ki-Hong;Kim, Nag-Young;Lee, Jong-Sub;Yu, Jung-Doung
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.75-90
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    • 2015
  • As soil nails support a ground by the friction between nails and soils being reinforced, the length of soil nails is important factor for a ground stability. Thus, the soil nail length has to be accurately evaluated in order to secure a ground stability. The goal of this study is to suggest the applicability of the non-destructive method as the basic research for the evaluation of the soil nail length. First, the elastic and electromagnetic waves are adopted to select an applicable method for the soil nails connected by the coupler. Test results show that while the ultrasonic waves are not detected due to the coupler, the electromagnetic waves are free for the influence of the coupler. Second, electromagnetic waves are measured for combined soil nails with the length of 1 m~15 m for the investigation of the characteristics of electromagnetic waves. The travel time of the electromagnetic wave increases with an increase in the soil nail length. In addition, the ground cable is used to apply the electromagnetic waves to pre-installed soil nails. Test results show that the travel time of the electromagnetic wave by using the ground cable increases with an increase in soil nail length. This study demonstrates that the electromagnetic wave may be a promising method for the evaluation of the soil nail length.

Evaluation of Optimum Moisture Content for Composting of Beef Manure and Bedding Material Mixtures Using Oxygen Uptake Measurement

  • Kim, Eunjong;Lee, Dong-Hyun;Won, Seunggun;Ahn, Heekwon
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.753-758
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    • 2016
  • Moisture content influences physiological characteristics of microbes and physical structure of solid matrices during composting of animal manure. If moisture content is maintained at a proper level, aerobic microorganisms show more active oxygen consumption during composting due to increased microbial activity. In this study, optimum moisture levels for composting of two bedding materials (sawdust, rice hull) and two different mixtures of bedding and beef manure (BS, Beef cattle manure+sawdust; BR, Beef cattle manure+rice hull) were determined based on oxygen uptake rate measured by a pressure sensor method. A broad range of oxygen uptake rates (0.3 to 33.3 mg $O_2/g$ VS d) were monitored as a function of moisture level and composting feedstock type. The maximum oxygen consumption of each material was observed near the saturated condition, which ranged from 75% to 98% of water holding capacity. The optimum moisture content of BS and BR were 70% and 57% on a wet basis, respectively. Although BS's optimum moisture content was near saturated state, its free air space kept a favorable level (above 30%) for aerobic composting due to the sawdust's coarse particle size and bulking effect.

A Study on the Characteristics of Preferred Housing Interior Image and Sensibility of University Students (대학생의 감성과 선호하는 주거 실내공간이미지 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Ji-Min;Yoon, Chung-Sook;Park, En-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.97-106
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    • 2011
  • Due to the belief that housing for university students is uniform materialistic and non-human, a variety of needs and preferences of the residents is becoming more important. In order to more positively identify the user's emotional needs, a design that meets the needs of the resident's living space is absolutely necessary. The purpose of this study is to group the sensibility types of university students, to analyze the preferred interior image and interior design elements, and then to understand the preferred characteristics according to sensibility type. To collect the data, a survey method was used for 224 university students in Seoul and the metropolitan area. The data analysis used SPSS PC 14.0 to find the frequency, t-test, chi-square, factor analysis, and cluster analysis. The results of the analysis are as follows: First, sensibility types were segmented into four groups including 'Unique & Elegant', 'Static & Tidy', 'Warm & Comfortable', and 'Characteristic & Free'. Second, the preferred interior image was the Minimal-Dandy-Natural Image, the preferred floor_material was wood, and the preferred wall_material was marble. Third, there were different interior preferences according to each type of gender & sensibility.

Recoil Effects of Neutron-irradiated Metal Salts

  • Lee, Byung-Hun;Lee, Jong-Du
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.99-105
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    • 1980
  • The distribution of $^{55}$ Mn and $^{38}$ Cl recoil species following radiative neutron capture in permanganates, chlorates and perchlorates has been investigated by using ion-exchange chromatography method. The whole of the $^{55}$ Mn radioactivity in permanganates appeared in two valence states, the $^{38}$ Cl radioactivity in chlorates in two valence states and also the $^{38}$ Cl radioactivity in perchlorates in three valence states. Recoil energy was calculated. The internal conversion of $^{38}$ Cl isomer transition affects the retention value. The greater the radii of the cation, the higher is the probability of the recoil atom breaking through the secondary cage. In ammonium salt, the ammonium ion behaves as a reducing agent. Crystal structures with their greater free space have shown low retention.

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Limb-Salvage Surgery using Ilizarov Technique - Report of 2 cases - (Ilizarov술식을 이용한 사지 구제술 - 2례 보고 -)

  • Cho, Duck-Yun;Koh, Eun-Sung;Lee, Ji-Sup
    • The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.226-232
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    • 1995
  • Survival rate of osteosarcoma has been improved recently due to the neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy. Limb-salvaging operation(LSO) has replaced the amputation technique without' lowering the survival rate. And there occurred a lot of patients who are suffering from the high cost of artificial implants and forced to choose amputation due to economic problem. In LSO, usually relatively high cost artifical implant is needed. When a patient and not afford such an expensive implant he had to choose an inexpensive way, amputation. Authors tried bone lengthening by adopting Ilizarov technique after wide resection of tumor in two patients. Bone transportation was successful in one patient and less successful in the other. One case in CDF(continuosly disease free since the surgical procedure) state at follow-up 3 year 4 months after knee joint fusion. And the other was given lobectomy for lung metastasis at postop. 1 year and 9 months, and given osteosynthesis for infected nonunion at the docking site. Bone transportation was thought to be a good method for the bony coverage of dead space caused by wide resection. Bone transportation technique was economical as well as biological We present two osteosarcoma patient who treated with Ilizarov bone transportation.

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A Performance Analysis of the SIFT Matching on Simulated Geospatial Image Differences (공간 영상 처리를 위한 SIFT 매칭 기법의 성능 분석)

  • Oh, Jae-Hong;Lee, Hyo-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.449-457
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    • 2011
  • As automated image processing techniques have been required in multi-temporal/multi-sensor geospatial image applications, use of automated but highly invariant image matching technique has been a critical ingredient. Note that there is high possibility of geometric and spectral differences between multi-temporal/multi-sensor geospatial images due to differences in sensor, acquisition geometry, season, and weather, etc. Among many image matching techniques, the SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) is a popular method since it has been recognized to be very robust to diverse imaging conditions. Therefore, the SIFT has high potential for the geospatial image processing. This paper presents a performance test results of the SIFT on geospatial imagery by simulating various image differences such as shear, scale, rotation, intensity, noise, and spectral differences. Since a geospatial image application often requires a number of good matching points over the images, the number of matching points was analyzed with its matching positional accuracy. The test results show that the SIFT is highly invariant but could not overcome significant image differences. In addition, it guarantees no outlier-free matching such that it is highly recommended to use outlier removal techniques such as RANSAC (RANdom SAmple Consensus).

An analysis on the impurities generated by discharge in AC plasma display panel (교류 플라즈마 표시기 방전 시 발생하는 불순물 종의 분석)

  • 김광남;김중균;양진호;황기웅;이석현
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.8 no.4A
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    • pp.482-489
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    • 1999
  • AC PDP(P1asma Display Pane1)s use the mixture of inert gases to generate a discharge inside the display pixels. Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$ and OH inside discharge region may deteriorate the characteristics of PDP operation during long life time of PDP. Electro-negative gas such as CO can cause the sustain pulse amplitude to rise by attaching electrons which will play an important role in the earlier stage of the discharge. MgO film is used to protect the dielectric layer in AC PDP, and is in contact with the free space of display pixel where it is filled with the inert gas mixture. So, MgO film can be a main source of impurities. In this experiment, we observed the change of impurity generation of various MgO films which were deposited by different methods, by using QMS. (quadropole mass spectrometer) The main impurites were $H_2$, CO and $CO_2$. And with the comparison of the TPD (temperature programmed desorption) result, it can be understood that impurity gases are generated by sputtering of MgO surface not by outgassing. Deposition method had effects on the characteristics of the impurity generation. The MgO film manufactured by e-beam evaporation generated more amount of impurity gases than the MgO films manufactured by sputtering or ion-plating. And also heat treatment of MgO film after deposition decreased the magnitude of impurity gas generation.

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Seismic Analysis of 3D-Truss by Response Spectrum (응답스펙트럼에 의한 트러스 구조물의 내진해석)

  • 안주옥;이승재
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1999.04a
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    • pp.159-168
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    • 1999
  • In seismic analysis, there are two main ways - uniform load method and dynamic analysis, dynamic analysis can be divided into response spectrum analysis and time history analysis. In case of which get the complexion of the vibration with 3-axis of coordinate direction in each mode of free vibration mode happened owing to complication of the shape, 3-dimensional dynamic analysis is recommended to perform as multi-mode spectral analysis in standard specification for highway bridge. The purpose of this study is to understand the dynamic behavior by performing multi-mode seismic analysis according to responses analysis and time history anal)'sis in using record of earthquake. In accordance with the criterion of seismic design as defined in standard specification for highway bridge by using modified records of the El Centre and Coyote Lake earthquake, response spectrum was constructed by using the tripartite logarithmic plot. The 3-span continuous space truss bridge was selected as model of numerical analysis. As the result performed time history analysis and analysis of response spectrum for the model of numerical analysis, the result of time history analysis was slightly larger than that of response spectrum analysis. This coincide with the tendency of the result came from the analysis when using a jagged response spectrum analysis, This coincide with the tendency of the result came from the analysis when using a jagged response spectrum for a single excitation. In the Process of performing these two analysis. response spectrum analysis is more effective than time history analysis in saving times in analyzing data.

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Search of Optimal Path and Implementation using Network based Reinforcement Learning Algorithm and sharing of System Information (네트워크기반의 강화학습 알고리즘과 시스템의 정보공유화를 이용한 최단경로의 검색 및 구현)

  • Min, Seong-Joon;Oh, Kyung-Seok;Ahn, June-Young;Heo, Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.10b
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    • pp.174-176
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    • 2005
  • This treatise studies composing process that renew information mastered by interactive experience between environment and system via network among individuals. In the previous study map information regarding free space is learned by using of reinforced learning algorithm, which enable each individual to construct optimal action policy. Based on those action policy each individuals can obtain optimal path. Moreover decision process to distinguish best optimal path by comparing those in the network composed of each individuals is added. Also information about the finally chosen path is being updated. A self renewing method of each system information by sharing the each individual data via network is proposed Data enrichment by shilling the information of many maps not in the single map is tried Numerical simulation is conducted to confirm the propose concept. In order to prove its suitability experiment using micro-mouse by integrating and comparing the information between individuals is carried out in various types of map to reveal successful result.

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