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Study of WMA Additive's Compaction Characteristics in Terms of Temperature Change by Using DSR (DSR을 이용한 온도변화에 따른 중온화 첨가제의 다짐특성 연구)

  • Hwang, Sung-Do;Lee, Sang Jae;Cho, Dong-Woo;Rhee, Suk Keun
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2013
  • PURPOSES : This study is to develop a method to evaluate the compaction effects of asphalt binders using WMA additives and compare their compaction effects on two types of WMA additives, two types of testing temperatures, and three types of asphalt film thicknesses. METHODS : This study is based on laboratory experiments and rheological analysis of the experimental results. Testing materials are aggregate disks, asphalt, and WMA additives. The main testing method is the stress sweep test by using dynamic shear rheometer (DSR). In addition, the testing parameters obtained from the stress sweep results to evaluate lubrication effects are complex modulus and LVE-Limit. RESULTS : At both the first compaction condition ($110^{\circ}C$, 0.3mm) and second compaction condition ($80^{\circ}C$, 0.2mm) assumed, LEADCAP showed better compaction effects than Sasobit. CONCLUSIONS : The temperature $30^{\circ}C$ lower than general compaction temperatures can provide a better sensitivity for the evaluation of compaction effects. If a testing temperature and film thickness are grouped for the proper compaction conditions in the testing results, the compaction performance of each WMA additive can be more clearly discriminated in the grouped testing results matched with the grouped conditions.

A Study of Dry-Wall Performance Evaluation - An Alternative to Korean Traditional Mud Walling - (전통주택 흙벽을 대신할 수 있는 건식벽체 성능평가에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Yong-Woon
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2011
  • Korea's traditional house type, the Hanok, has been the essence of Korean domestic culture for hundreds of years. However, Hanok, have begun to disappear as result of urbanization. Because mud walls are crude and weak in water walls are also easily broken by impact. There are further problems in that construction cost is expensive and takes more time than modern house construction, and that the maintenance of Hanok is more difficult than people sometimes predict. Despite much interest in Hanok construction, there is a lack of in younger generation. Thus seeking new ways of maintaining Korea's traditional housing culture and extending Korean traditional houses is important. This study proposes directions for creating new residential environments for the future generation of Korea. A Dry-wall alternative to the Korean traditional mud wall is particularly needed. Dry-walling, made by sustainable materials such as mud board and wood, can strengthen the advantages and make up for the weaknesses of the Korea traditional mud wall. In this study, both wall types underwent various evaluations in terms of their performance in insulation testing, freezing and thawing testing, impacting testing and weight measuring (the size of material in this experiment was $69cm{\times}105cm$). On all of these tests, findings revealed that the dry-wall alternative performed better than traditional mud wall.

Development of Charger/Discharger to Test Performance for EDLC (EDLC를 위한 성능시험용 충방전기 개발)

  • Kim, Geum-Soo;Moon, Jong-Hyun;Cho, Hyun-Cheol;Kim, Dong-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.26 no.7
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    • pp.16-22
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    • 2012
  • With the increase of consumption of new renewable energy, the use of Electric Double Layer Capacitor(EDLC) is being gradually widened as the next generation energy storage device. In order to expand the market of EDLC which is recently receiving a lot of attraction as a new promising area, development of a charge/discharge cycle tester to measure and test performance, is essential. Therefore, this research designed a circuit to measure capacity and internal resistance and a circuit to measure voltage maintenance properties, based on EDLC's basic charging/discharging properties so it is able to measure the state of charge and discharge at high speed. When evaluating performance characteristics, the 5[V]/100[A] prototype-EDLC charge/discharge testing system developed for this research showed ${\pm}0.1$[%] of accuracy of voltage and current measurement. It was also proved that the developed charge/discharge testing system for EDLC can be applied to the actual industry, when testing the entire system using a program produced for data monitoring and acquisition.

Experimental Study on Reinforcing Fiber for Civil Engineering used for Waterproofing Protection and Root Resistance Performance (방수보호재 및 방근재로서의 활용을 위한 토목용 보강섬유의 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Bum Soo;Lee, Jung Hun;Song, Je Young;Song, Young-Chan;Kim, Yong-Ro;Oh, Sang Keun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.67-68
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    • 2017
  • This paper discusses the application of civil structure use reinforcing fiber mixed with concrete to be used as protection layer of waterproofing material and root resistant layer installed in below-grade parking lot upper slab of residential building. A performance evaluation under the prescribed method outlined in KS F 4938 was used for this new material. The testing results showed that the fiber reinforcement can be used to strengthen the protection for the waterproofing material. Also, plants that were planted in June 2016 have not yet penetrated the specimens used for root resistance testing. The domestic root resistance performance testing usually covers the period of 2 years, thus further observation to make any conclusion about the root resistance property is required.

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Field Feasibility Study of an Eddy Current Testing System for Steam Generator Tubes of Nuclear Power Plant (원전 증기발생기 와전류검사 시스템 현장적용 연구)

  • Moon, Gyoon-Young;Lee, Tae-Hun;Kim, In-Chul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2015
  • Steam generator is one of the most important component of nuclear power plant, and it's integrity and reliability are to be assured to high level by pre-service inspection and in-service inspection. To improve the reliability of steam generator heat exchanger tubes and to secure the management of nuclear power plant safely, KHNP CRI recently has developed eddy current testing system for steam generator. KHNP CRI have performed a series of experimental verification and field application to confirm the performance of the developed ECT system in accordance with ASME Code requirements. The ECT system consists of a remote data acquisition unit, an ECT signal acquisition and analysis software, a water chamber robot controller and a probe push-puller. In this paper, we will details of the developed ECT system and the software and their experimental performance. And also we will report the field applying performance and the issues for further steps.

Development and its Performance Evaluation of a Depth-Sensing Micro-Indentation Testing Device (깊이 측정이 가능한 마이크로 압입 시험기 개발 및 성능평가)

  • Chung, Chin-Sung;Kim, Ho-Kyung
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2009
  • We developed a compact micro indentation testing device (designated SNUT) which is capable to measure Young's modulus of a sample using depth and applied load data during indentation. Performance of this device was evaluated using pure Ti, pure Ni, and die steel (SKD11). As a result of analysing the indentation test data, the frame compliance $C_f$ was found to influence mainly the modulus by 80% among several factors affecting accuracy of Young's modulus. Project area, which was determined by indirect indentation method, was modified using direct SEM observation. Finally, Young's modulus error was reduced to 5% after taking into consideration the frame compliance and modified projected area from 80% error without any these two correction factors. The performance of SNUT and MTS instruments was compared using same specimen (pure Ti).

Selection of Optimal Number of Francis Runner Blades for a Sediment Laden Micro Hydropower Plant in Nepal

  • Baidar, Binaya;Chitrakar, Sailesh;Koirala, Ravi;Neopane, Hari Prasad
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.294-303
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    • 2015
  • The present study is conducted to identify a better design and optimal number of Francis runner blades for sediment laden high head micro hydropower site, Tara Khola in the Baglung district of Nepal. The runner is designed with in-house code and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis is performed to evaluate the performance with three configurations; 11, 13 and 17 numbers of runner blades. The three sets of runners were also investigated for the sediment erosion tendency. The runner with 13 blades shows better performance at design as well as in variable discharge conditions. 96.2% efficiency is obtained from the runner with 13 blades at the design point, and the runners with 17 and 11 blades have 88.25% and 76.63% efficiencies respectively. Further, the runner with 13 blades has better manufacturability than the runner with 17 blades as it has long and highly curved blade with small gaps between the blades, but it comes with 65% more erosion tendency than in the runner with 17 blades.

The Durability Performance Evaluation of Automotive Components in the Virtual Testing Laboratory (차량 부품의 내구성 평가를 위한 가상시험실 구축)

  • Kim, Gi-Hoon;Kang, Woo-Jong;Kim, Dae-Sung;Ko, Woong-Hee;Lim, Jae-Yong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 2006
  • The evaluation of durability performance in Virtual Testing Laboratory(VTL) is a new concept of vehicle design, which can reduce the automotive design period and cost. In this study, the multibody dynamics model of a car is built with a reverse engineering design. Hard points and masses of components are measured by a surface scanning device and imported into CAD system. In order to simulate the non-linear dynamic behavior of force elements such as dampers and bushes, components and materials are tested with specialized test equipments. An optimized numerical model for the damping behavior is used and the hysteresis of bush rubber is considered in the simulation. Loads of components are calculated in VTL and used in the evaluation of durability performance. In order to verify simulation results, loads of components in the vehicle are measured and durability tests are performed.

A Testing Method for Evaluating the Call Success Rate of a Mobile Communication System using Interval Estimation (구간 추정 기법을 이용한 이동통신 시스템의 통화 성공률 시험 방법)

  • Hwang, Ik-Soon;Park, Jae-Sung
    • Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.494-498
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    • 2010
  • Performance requirements of a system are usually closely related to the quality of service provided by the system. The call success rate of a mobile communication system is, for example, directly linked with the quality of call service. Therefore, meeting the performance requirements is one of the critical issues during the operation of services as well as in system development. In this paper, we present a testing method for evaluating the call success rate of a mobile communication system by using interval estimation. Also we analyze the criterion used in the evaluation of the quality of 3G mobile communication services which was recently performed by Korea Communications Commission and then discuss the problems.

Performance evaluation of nitrate removal in high TDS wet scrubber wastewater by ion exchange resin with dissolved air flotation (DAF) process

  • Kim, Bongchul;Yeo, Inseol;Park, Chan-gyu
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2022
  • The regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have been steadily strengthened in ship emissions. Accordingly, there is a growing need for development of related technologies for the removal of contaminants that may occur during the treatment of SOx and NOx using a wet scrubber. However, this system also leads to wastewater production when the exhaust gas is scrubbed. In this research, we evaluated the performance of an ion selective resin process in accordance with scrubber wastewater discharge regulations, specifically nitrate discharge, by the IMO. Accelerated real and synthetic wastewater of wet scrubbers, contained high amounts of TDS with high nitrate, is used as feed water in lab scale systems. Furthermore, a pilot scale dissolved air flotation (DAF) using microbubble generator with ion exchange resin process was combined and developed in order to apply for the treatment of wet scrubber wastewater. The results of the present study revealed that operating conditions, such as resin property, bed volume (BV), and inlet wastewater flow rate, significantly affect the removal performance. Finally, through a pilot test, DAF with ion exchange resin process showed a noticeable improvement of the nitrate removal rate compared to the single DAF process.