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A Study on Probabilistic Approach Method for Stability of the Ballasted Track (자갈궤도의 안정성 확보를 위한 확률론적 접근 방안에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Woo-Chul;Choi, Jin-Yu;Lim, Nam-Hyoung;Lee, Chin-Ok
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.299-302
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    • 2008
  • The behavior of continuous welded rail tracks is directly affected by the following various parameters: rail size; track curvature; neutral temperature; misalignment; and ballast resistance. Most of these parameters are having the nature of random variables. Therefore, uncertainties exist in the buckling safety assessments. The evaluation of the buckling safety and the maintenance strategy based on the deterministic analysis are very inefficient since the value of deterministic parameters are selected in worst track condition. In this study, the probabilistic approach method were investigated considering the probabilistic distribution of major parameters such as the neutral temperature of rail and the ballast resistance.

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Electrochemical Studies of Viologens in Homogeneous Aqueous and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Micellar Solutions

  • Park Joon Woo;Ko Seung Hyeon;Park Jong-Yoon
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.259-265
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    • 1992
  • Cyclic voltammetric behavior of symmetric (dimethyl, diheptyl, dioctyl, dibenzyl) and asymmetric (methyloctyl, methyldodecyl, methylbenzyl) viologens was investigated in homogeneous aqueous solution and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar media. In SDS-free 0.1 M NaCl solutions, the reduction potential is less negative as the chain length of alkyl substituent is longer. This is due to the stabilization of the reduced cationic radical and neutral form of viologen by adsorption on electrode surface. The adsorbed species show the "aging-effect". With the exceptions of methyldodecyl viologen and methylbenzyl viologen, the viologens show strong tendency of conproportionation reaction between viologen dications and neutral forms. In cases of methyldodecyl viologen and methylbenzyl viologen, the conproportionation reaction is kinetically disfavored, though it is thermodynamically favorable. SDS micelles dissolve the adsorbed species and the viologens exhibit two reversible redox processes in SDS micellar solutions. The reduction potentials of viologens in SDS micellar solutions depend little on the length of alkyl chain. Benzyl-substituted viologens are more easily reduced than the alkyl substituted viologens, presumably due to electron-withdrawing character of benzyl group.

Buckling analysis of functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundation by natural element method

  • Cho, J.R.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.171-181
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    • 2022
  • Functionally graded material (FGM) has been spotlighted as an advanced composite material due to its excellent thermo-mechanical performance. And the buckling of FGM resting on elastic foundations has been a challenging subject because its behavior is directly connected to the structural safety. In this context, this paper is concerned with a numerical buckling analysis of metal-ceramic FG plates resting on a two-parameter (Pasternak-type) elastic foundation. The buckling problem is formulated based on the neutral surface and the (1,1,0) hierarchical model, and it is numerically approximated by 2-D natural element method (NEM) which provides a high accuracy even for coarse grid. The derived eigenvalue equations are solved by employing Lanczos and Jacobi algorithms. The numerical results are compared with the reference solutions through the benchmark test, from which the reliability of present numerical method has been verified. Using the developed numerical method, the critical buckling loads of metal-ceramic FG plates are parametrically investigated with respect to the major design parameters.

Investment and Firm Performance Variability

  • Hee-Jung Yeo
    • Journal of Korea Trade
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.60-78
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    • 2023
  • Purpose - The study analyzed 90 online firms worldwise and observed them for ten years to investigate their investments and firm performance variabilities. This study attemped to verify the existence of agency problems in online firms. Through this, the paper intends to expand the scope of research in the fields of investment and firm value both empirically and in theory. This study also attempted to supplement the insufficient logic of previous studies by analyzing the relationship between investment and profitability. Design/methodology - In this study, the investment is subdivided into over-, under-, and neutral investments, and an empirical analysis of the firm performance was conducted. As investment generally has long-term effects, the impact of a firm's investment on future firm performance and variabilities in firm performance was considered over the short-and medium-term period. Findings - It was found that there was a negative relationship between firms with an overinvestment and future firm performance. Underinvestment has no clear statistically significant results on firm performance. This implies that overinvestment causes more reduction in future firm performance than underinvestment. It was also found that underinvestment and overinvestment significantly increased the variability of firm performance. A positive significance was found between under- and over- investment with a variability of 3 years and overinvestment with a variability of 4 years in the future. A negative relationship was found between neutral investment propensity and future performance variabilities. Neutral investment has less effect on the future performance variability of a firm than a firm's overinvestment and underinvestment. For online firms, underinvestment and overinvestment have a greater effect on the firm's future performance variability than neutral investment. Originality/value - The agency theory predicts that information asymmetry and adverse selection problems exacerbate conflicts of interest among stakeholders, thus firm performance. The study contributed to accumulating research on online firms that are currently underexplored by analyzing the investment behavior of major firms in the online industry.

The Effect on the Wear-Corrosion Behavior of Ductile Cast Iron in the Various pH Environments (구상흑연주철재의 마멸-부식특성에 미치는 pH의 영향)

  • 임우조;박동기
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.31-35
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    • 2003
  • This paper reports the studies on the wear-corrosion behavior of ductile cast iron in the various pH environments. In the variety of pH solutions, corrosion and wear-corrosion loss of GCD 600 were investigated. Also, the anodic polarization test of GCD 600 using potentiostat/galvanostat was carried out. And rubbed surface of GCD 60 using scanning electron micrographs after immersion and wear-corrosion test was examined in the environment of various pH values. The main results are as following In alkali zone, the wear-corrosion loss of GCD 600 increases, but corrosion loss decreases. The unevenness and crack of wear-corrosion surface in neutral zone becomes duller than that in alkali zone. As the corrosive environment is acidified, wear-corrosion behavior of GCD 600 with passing immersion time becomes sensitive.

Analysis of Nonlinear Behavior in Idea of Physical Exercise with Unification of Mind and Body (심신일여 체육 사상에서의 비선형 거동 해석)

  • Kim, Myung-Mi
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.645-652
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    • 2016
  • The basic equation of body and mind that can be represented as body and mind based on love model of Romeo and Juliet is presented in this paper. In order verify validity for physical idea of unification for body and mind when the external force is applied in the basic equation. We display the time series and phase portrait for nonlinear behavior, and this paper confirms the point of difference between body-mind neutral monism and body-mind dualism.

A Study on Dental Hygiene Students Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior towards the Elderly in Gyeong-Ju (경주지역 일부 치위생과 학생들의 노인에 대한 지식과 태도 및 행동에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sung-Suk
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2007
  • As the number of elderly grows in today's modern socity, dental hygienist's role is more emphasized than ever before for hygiene management of the aged. It is also find out college students knowledge, attitude and behavior towards the elderly Form March and May 2007 three monthly during collected. This is study conducted through interview with college students who are majoring in dental hygiene of health care in Gyeong-Ju and will be in charge of oral hygiene According to the interview, this study obtains the following results: 1. The level of undergraduate students knowledge of elderly shows a total score of $8.39{\pm}2.80$. 2. The average score of undergraduate students attitude toward elderly is in a neutral range(50~70), recording $55.1{\pm}8.66$ on a scale of 100. 3. The average score of undergraduate students behavior toward elderly is in a neutral range(43~60), recording $28.7{\pm}6.17$on a scale of 85 and showing negative behavior. 4. Participating in volunteer job lead the significant differences in undergraduate students attitude toward elderly. 5. Participating in volunteer job lead the significant differences in undergraduate students behavior toward elderly, That is undergraduate students volunteer job with the show a positive behavior towards elderly.

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Floating Power Supply Based on Bootstrap Operation for Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Voltage-Source Inverter

  • Nguyen, Qui Tu Vo;Lee, Dong-Choon
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.3-4
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents a survey of floating power supply based on bootstrap operation for three-level voltage-source inverters. The floating power supply for upper switches is achieved by the bootstrap capacitor charged during on-time of the switch underneath. Hence, a large number of bulky isolated DC/DC power supplies for each gate driver are reduced. The Pspice simulation results show the behavior of bootstrap devices and the performance of bootstrap capacitor voltage.

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An Experimental Investigation on the Bond Characteristics of Reinforced Concrete Structure (철근 콘크리트 부재의 부착거동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 오병환;이성로;방기성
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1990.04a
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    • pp.122-127
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    • 1990
  • The transfer of forces across the interface by bond between concrete and steel is of fundamental importance to many aspects of reinforced concrete behavior. Bond stress - slip relationships were studied using a symmetrical tension test specimen. This type of test is intented to simulate conditions in the tension zone of a concrete beam between primary cracks and below the neutral axis. These relationships between local bond stress and local slip are quite different at different locations along the bar. The present study allows more accurate analysis of reinforced concrete structures by employing more realistic bond stress-slip relations.

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