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The Courtyard as a Microcosm of Everyday Life and Social Interaction

  • Lee, Myung-Sik;Park, Youjung
    • Architectural research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2015
  • The habitual rooms and other structures related to everyday life are almost always grouped around the courtyard and together make up a house. There are many kinds of variety in types of courtyard houses depending on location, composition, allocation and relationship with inner space of the house. Every type of courtyard house accumulates many factors, which are social and economic circumstances, weather and geographical conditions. They are still well harmonized with life style and weather conditions in each area and basic unit of city organization. A courtyard can be shown as a place for everyday conversation like a community. Everyday space is the connective tissue that binds daily lives together, amorphous and so persuasive that it is difficult even to perceive. In spite of its ubiquity, everyday space is nearly invisible in the professional discourses of the city, like everyday life. Therefore Courtyards are special places that are outside yet almost inside, open to the sky, - a microcosm which gives relief to the inner rooms, gives the inhabitants a sense of ease and calm, and the feeling that they have their own piece of sky to use and protect them. This research will explore a variety of space use and dwelling types through courtyards based on field research and design projects.

Evaluation of Creep Behaviors of Alloy 690 Steam Generator Tubing Material (Alloy 690 증기발생기 전열관 재료의 크리프 거동 평가)

  • Kim, Jong Min;Kim, Woo Gon;Kim, Min Chul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.64-70
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    • 2019
  • In recent years, attention has been paid to the integrity of steam generator (SG) tubes due to severe accident and beyond design basis accident conditions. In these transient conditions, steam generator tubes may be damaged by high temperature and pressure, which might result in a risk of fission products being released to the environment due to the failure. Alloy 690 which has increased the Cr content has been replaced for the SG tube due to its high corrosion resistance against stress corrosion cracking (SCC). However, there is lack of research on the high temperature creep rupture and life prediction model of Alloy 690. In this study, creep test was performed to estimate the high temperature creep rupture life of Alloy 690 using tube specimens. Based on manufacturer's creep data and creep test results performed in this study, creep life prediction was carried out using the Larson-Miller (LM) Parameter, Orr-Sherby-Dorn (OSD) parameter, Manson-Haford (MH) parameter, and Wilshire's approach. And a hyperbolic sine (sinh) function to determine master curves in LM, OSD and MH parameter methods was used for improving the creep life estimation of Alloy 690 material.

A Study on the Regional Gap Analysis and Management of the Elderly Health in an Aging Society

  • YOO, Chae-Hyun;SHIN, Seung-Jung
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.168-174
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    • 2021
  • Korea is ranked as the world's No. 1 country in its aging rate. While the interest and demand for health is rapidly increasing, the health status of the elderly is in the lowest among OECD members. Increased chronic diseases, the burden of medical costs and digital/untact changes of societies after COVID-19 have caused the direction of healthcare to be changed from treatment oriented to health care and prevention oriented, along with increased income levels and a desire for a healthy life. Amid this paradigm of change, the gap in health standards and health inequality for the elderly according to local structure and social conditions affects not only socio-economic but also the quality of life for individual senior citizen. Utilizing prior data of Aging Research Panel Survey, this study aims to compare and analyze health conditions and regional gaps which are significant influences on the satisfaction of the life of the elderly, and to suggest direction of studies for health care to provide solutions for health inequalities. The findings are intended to be a basic data for researching models of the New Normal Smart Healthcare System that bridge the health gap between the elderly and enhance life satisfaction with health care models suitable for regional characteristics in aging society.

Characterization of transcription factor genes related to cold tolerance in Brassica napus

  • Sharma, Mayur Mukut Murlidhar;Ramekar, Rahul Vasudeo;Park, Nam-Il;Choi, Ik-Young;Choi, Seon-Kang;Park, Kyong-Cheul
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.45.1-45.8
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    • 2021
  • Brassica napus is the third most important oilseed crop in the world; however, in Korea, it is greatly affected by cold stress, limiting seed growth and production. Plants have developed specific stress responses that are generally divided into three categories: cold-stress signaling, transcriptional/post-transcriptional regulation, and stress-response mechanisms. Large numbers of functional and regulatory proteins are involved in these processes when triggered by cold stress. Here, our objective was to investigate the different genetic factors involved in the cold-stress responses of B. napus. Consequently, we treated the Korean B. napus cultivar Naehan at the 4-week stage in cold chambers under different conditions, and RNA and cDNA were obtained. An in silico analysis included 80 cold-responsive genes downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database. Expression levels were assessed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, and 14 cold-triggered genes were identified under cold-stress conditions. The most significant genes encoded zinc-finger proteins (33.7%), followed by MYB transcription factors (7.5%). In the future, we will select genes appropriate for improving the cold tolerance of B. napus.

A Comparison Study on Mechanical Properties of XLPE Insulation Thermally Degraded at Equivalent and Variable Temperature Conditions (XLPE 절연체의 등가 및 가변온도 가속열화실험을 통한 기계적 특성 비교 분석)

  • Taejoon, Kim;Jae-Sang, Hwang;Sung Hoon, Jung;Tae Young, Kim
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2022
  • Recently, as the number of years of operation has increased for more than 30 years, interest in evaluating the remaining life of major power facilities such as transformers and ultra-high voltage cables is increasing. In particular, the risk of failure is increasing because the underground transmission XLPE cable has been built since 1980 and has been operating in excess of 30 years of design life or close proximity. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an algorithm to evaluate the residual life of the XLPE cable considering the load to determine the risk of failure. Since load data is large amount of data, it is necessary to make the variable load information equivalent to the time unit first in order to calculate the remaining life of the system quickly. In overseas literature, transformers are reported to be standardized for variable load equivalent conversion formulas, but they have not been reported for ultra-high voltage cables. Therefore, in this paper, whether the equivalent conversion formula of a transformer can be applied to XLPE cables was reviewed through accelerated degradation tests under equivalent and variable temperature conditions, and considerations were studied when evaluating the remaining operating life of XLPE cables based on the experimental results.

Solid media based on Monochamus alternatus to growth and physiologically active substance of Paecilomyces tenuipes fruiting bodies

  • Si Young Ha;Woo Seok Lim;Hyeon Cheol Kim;Ji Young Jung;Jae-Kyung Yang
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2024
  • Paecilomyces tenuipes (P. tenuipes) is a fungus cultivated artificially by South Korean researchers, utilizing rice bran as its substrate. The increased demand for this fungus has not been met with successful cultivation methods for fruiting body production in natural environments. Therefore, we tested the effect on the growth of P. tenuipes using a Solid media based on pests. In this results, the Solid media based on M.alternatus was effective in increasing the growth of P. tenuipes and the content of cordycepin. Moreover, we confirmed the conditions for manufacturing a Solid media based on M.alternatus for P. tenuipes growth. We suggested that the growth-promoting compounds offers valuable insights for optimizing fungal cultivation conditions, thereby enhancing productivity and contributing to a broader understanding of fungal physiology in varying nutritional environments.

A Study on the Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of Spot Welds under Tensile-shear Load (인장-전단 하중을 받는 점용접부의 피로균열 전파거동에 관한 연구)

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    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 1997
  • Spot welding has been used in the sheet metal jointing processes because of its high productivity and convenience. In this study, effects of welding conditions on the fatigue life and prediction methods of fatigue life of spot welded joint have been studded . Fatigue life was estimated by stress index parameter considering multiaxial stresses. Fatigue tests were conducted with the tensile-shear specimens using SPCC. Fatigue life of spot welded joint was influenced by welding currents and was predicted exactly with taking into account StageIII.

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A Reliability Analysis on the Fatigue Life Prediction in Carbon/Epoxy Composite Material (Carbon/Epoxy 복합재료의 피로수명예측에 관한 신뢰성 해석)

  • Jang, Seong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.143-147
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    • 2007
  • In recents years, the statistical properties has become an important quantity for reliability based design of a component. The effects of the materials and test conditions for parameter estimation in residual strength degradation model are studied in carbon/epoxy laminate. It is shown that the correlation between the experimental results and the theoretical prediction on the fatigue life distribution using the life distribution convergence method is very reasonable.

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Technology for Fatigue Life Prediction of Mechanical Components using Multibody Dynamics (다물체동력학을 이용한 기계 부품의 피로수명 예측 기술)

  • Han, Hyeong-Seok
    • 연구논문집
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    • s.27
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    • pp.47-55
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    • 1997
  • Fatigue life prediction of mechanical components is necessary to develop new products, which is very expensive and time-consuming. This paper reviews technologies proposed for computation of dynamic stress in mechanical components. The methods based on multibody dynamics are considering more real operational conditions than other methods. The technology for fatigue life prediction without the prototype for experiment results in cost and time saving. This technology can be applied to design of various mechanical components like carbody.

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