• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권4호
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• pp.409-421
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• 2018

In the present paper, functionally graded (FG) materials are presented to investigate the bending analysis of simply supported plates. It is assumed that the material properties of the plate vary through their length according to the power-law form. The displacement field of the present model is selected based on quasi-3D hyperbolic shear deformation theory. By splitting the deflection into bending, shear and stretching parts, the number of unknowns and equations of motion of the present formulation is reduced and hence makes them simple to use. Governing equations are derived from the principle of virtual displacements. Numerical results for deflections and stresses of powerly graded plates under simply supported boundary conditions are presented. The accuracy of the present formulation is demonstrated by comparing the computed results with those available in the literature. As conclusion, this theory is as accurate as other shear deformation theories and so it becomes more attractive due to smaller number of unknowns. Some numerical results are provided to examine the effects of the material gradation, shear deformation on the static behavior of FG plates with variation of material stiffness through their length.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 1995

본 논문에서는 Polarity Thresholding(PT) 알고리즘을 원자력 발전소의 중요 배관 재료인 스테인레스강(SUS-304) 탐상에 응용하여 초음파 수신신호를 개선시키는 방법을 연구하였다. PT 알고리즘은 수신신호의 스펙트럼을 분할하여 얻은 각각의 주파수분할 신호들이 갖는, 결정립에 의한 간섭패턴의 분산적 신호와 결함에 의한 비분산적 신호를 구분하여 S/N 비를 개선시키는 것이다. 실험을 위하여, 실제 검사부위의 특성과 유사하게 스테인레스강을 각각 1125, 1150, 1175, $1200^\circ{C}$로 열처리하였고, 시료의 배면에 원통형 결함을 인공 가공하였다. 중심주파수가 5MHz인 초음파변환기를 사용하여, 펄스-반사법에 의해 데이터를 획득한 후 PT 알고리즘을 적용한 결과 개선된 S/N 비는 평균 14.2 dB로 나타났다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 1996

Alkaline water electrolysis has been commercialized as the only large-scale method for a long time to produce hydrogen and the technology is superior to other methods such as photochemical, thermochemical water splitting, and thermal decomposition method in view of efficiency and related technical problem. However, such conventional electrolyzer do not have high electric efficiency and productivity to apply to large scale hydrogen production for energy or chemical feedstocks. Solid polymer electrolyte water electrolysis using a perfluorocation exchange membrane as an $H^+$ ion conductor is considered to be a promising method, because of capability for operating at high current densities and low cell voltages. So, this is a good technology for the storage of electricity generated by photovoltaic power plants, wind generators and other energy conversion systems. One of the most important R&D topics in electrolyser is how to minimize cell voltage and maximize current density in order to increase the productivity of the electrolyzer. A commercialized technology is the hot press method which the film type electrocatalyst is hot-pressed to soild polymer membrane in order to eliminate the contact resistance. Various technologies, electrocatalyst formed over Nafion membrane surface by means of nonelectrolytic plating process, porous sintered metal(titanium powder) or titanium mesh coated with electrocatalyst, have been studied for preparation of membrane-electrocatalyst composites. In this study some experiments have been conducted at a solid polymer electrolyte water electrolyzer, which consisted of single cell stack with an electrode area of $25cm^2$ in a unipolar arrangement using titanium mesh coated with electrocatalyst.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 밀집된 무선센서네트워크에서 노드의 밀집도를 고려하고 에너지 효율적으로 동작하는 클러스터 기반의 새로운 MAC 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안한 프로토콜은 인접노드의 밀집도가 높으면 발생하는 에너지 낭비 요인들을 줄이기 위해 클러스터 헤더가 인접 노드의 밀집도를 고려하도록 디자인 되었다. 클러스터 헤더가 인접노드의 밀집도를 파악하고 밀집도가 높을 경우 2개 이상의 티어로 분리하여 동작하도록 ACK 메시지를 수정하였다. 그리하여 같은 티어에 있는 노드들간의 통신을 하도록 구현하여 에너지 낭비요소를 줄이고 네트워크의 수명을 연장하였다. 본 논문에서는 NS-2 네트워크 시뮬레이터를 사용하여 기존의 MAC 프로토콜인 S-MAC과 비교하였으며, 패킷전송률, 처리량, 에너지 소모 부분에서 S-MAC보다 우수함을 보였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.2072-2078
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• 2011

태양광을 이용한 태양광 발전시스템은 태양을 정면으로 바라 볼 때 가장 큰 효율을 얻을 수 있다. 즉, 태양의 위치에 대한 집광판(PV; Photovoltic)의 법선벡터를 일치시켜야 가장 높은 효율을 얻게 된다. 본 논문에서는 시간의 변화에 따라 태양의 이동경로를 추적할 수 있도록 태양의 그림자를 판독할 수 있는 8개의 CdS 센서 모듈을 통하여 태양의 위치를 판독하여 태양의 위치를 추적할 수 있는 시스템을 제시하고자 한다. 태양광 추적시스템의 퍼지제어기(fuzzy controller)는 퍼지 입력공간에 대한 격자형 퍼지분할(grid-type fuzzy partition) 영역으로 분할한 후 퍼지규칙(fuzzy rule)을 수립하여 시스템을 제어하도록 설계하였다. 본 논문에서는 태양광 추적을 위한 간단한 모형의 2축 제어시스템을 구성하였으며, CdS 모듈의 좌표축과 집광판의 좌표축을 일치시키도록 구성하였다. 이러한 시스템은 고정된 장소 및 선박과 같은 이동하는 환경에 효과적으로 태양광을 추적할 수 있는 지능형 퍼지제어기의 적용가능 성을 제시하고자 한다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.30-50
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• 2017

현재, 석탄이나 석유, 천연가스 등의 화석연료를 대량으로 소비하는 화력발전소나 각종 연료시설로부터 배출되는 배기가스에는 고농도의 $CO_2$가 포함되어 있으며, 지구온난화의 주된 원인으로 되어 있다. 종래, 이 대책법으로서 다방면으로부터 연구개발이 수행되고 있으며, 배기가스 중의 $CO_2$를 분리 회수하여 처분하는 것도 매우 유망한 방법의 하나라고 생각되고 있다. 이산화탄소의 화학적 이용이 적은 이유의 하나는, 이산화탄소가 탄소화합물 중에서도 산화되어 가장 안정한 상태로 존재하기 때문이다. $CO_2$ 배출의 관점에서 앞으로 $CO_2$를 화학적으로 유용한 화합물로 변환시키는 $CO_2$ 고정화 기술이 더욱 중요하다고 생각된다.

• 약학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.449-458
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• 2005

There have been rapid changes in the pharmaceutical environment after the separation of Dispensing and Prescribing practice. In the early stage of this system, outpatients had few options to choose their pharmacies due to various obstacles. Under these circumstances, this study on the defection tendency of long-term care patients was performed through the analysis of outpatients who quit visiting a pharmacy nearby general hospital. PowerBuilder ver 9.0 program was used to extract significant data, and SPSS package was employed for statistic analysis. 3,308 outpatients who visited a pharmacy nearby hospital for a month (in January, 2004) were studied. Patients' sex, age and location of residence, the class of medical insurance, the characteristic type of medication (powder, split form, medication for external use/injection), waiting time, disease (department) were considered as variable factors. It turned out that the patient revisit ratio was 80.8$\%$ and the patient defection ratio was 32.4$\%$. As was expected, those factors mentioned above influenced on the revisit and defection ratio considerably. In terms of patient factors, it proved that there was no relationship among sex, location of residence, the class of medical insurance and revisit (defection) ratio. Only age factor influenced the ratio; the older, the higher revisit ratio and the less defection ratio. In respect of dispensing factors, there were obvious relationships among the factors and the ratio: bill (money they had to pay individually), waiting time, number of medications, splitting of tablets, unit price of drug and revisit (defection) ratio showed significant relationship. The result of this study revealed an aspect of outpatients' behavior and it could be used as a reference for better patient service and customer relationship management.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권4A호
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• pp.378-383
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• 2004

OFDM 기술은 전송 대역을 다수의 협대역으로 분할한 뒤 다수의 부반송파를 이용하여 고속의 데이터를 전송한다. 여기서 부반송파 대역은 협대역으로서 코히런스 대역보다 작아야 한다. 본 논문은 주파수 다이버시티 효과를 증대시켜 성능을 개선시키는 새로운 기술인 반송파 간섭신호를 OFDM 시스템에 적용한 반송파 간섭신호 OFDM을 제안한다. 본 반송파 간섭신호를 적용한 OFDM 시스템의 성능 검증을 위해 다중레벨 변조를 적용하였으며 높은 지연확산을 가지는 페이딩 채널 환경에서 성능을 조사하였다. 본 OFDM 시스템의 성능 조사는 친사용자 환경의 시뮬레이션 플렛포옴인 SPW를 사용하여 구현한 시abf레이터를 이용하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과에서 반송파 간섭신호를 적용한 OFDM 시스템은 주파수 선택적 페이딩 채널에 대해 강한 특성과 개선된 성능을 제공함을 알 수 있었는데 특히 보호구간 800㎱ 에 비해 높은 지연 확산 현상을 나타내는 151㎱ 채널 모델에서 적절한 전송 전력이 제공될 경우 $10^{-3}$ 혹은 더 양호한 비트오율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.107-115
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• 2022

With the improvements in computer technologies, utilization of image processing techniques has increased in many areas (such as medicine, defence industry, other industries etc.) Many different image processing techniques are used for surface analysis, detection of manufacturing defects, and determination of physical and mechanical characteristics of composite materials. In this study, cementitious composites were obtained by addition of Grounded Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag (GGBFS), Styrene Butadiene polymer (SBR), and Grounded Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag and Styrene Butadiene polymer together (GGBFS+SBR). Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) beads were added to these cementitious composites in different ratios (20%, 40% and 60%). The mechanical and physical characteristics of the composites were determined, and homogeneity indexes of the composites were determined by image processing techniques to determine EPS distribution forms in them. Physical and mechanical characteristics of the produced samples were obtained by applying consistency, density, water absorption, compressive strength (7 and 28 days), flexural strength (7 and 28 days) and tensile splitting strength (7 and 28 days) tests on them. Also, visual examination by using digital microscope, and image analysis by using image processing techniques with open source coded ImageJ program were performed. As a result of the study, it is determined that GGBFS and SBR addition strengthens the adhesion sites formed as it increases the adhesion power of the mixture and helps to get rid of the segregation problem caused by EPS. As a result of the image processing analysis it is demonstrated that GGBFS and SBR addition has positive contribution on homogeneity index.

• 영어영문학
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.187-217
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• 2010

By reading the main character, Rene Gallimard, in M. Butterfly as a spatial metaphor of America, this article examines how homogeneous American national identity of heterosexuality and white masculinity has been reinforced since the cold war and has constituted a crisis of hegemony with the decline of imperialism and how its pathological symptom is shown through the melancholic suicide of Gallimard. This article also argues how the feminine attributes implied in race, gender and sexuality in M. Butterfly are designated and allegorized as an impure, contaminated and ahistorical marker of national integrity in pthe social and material status of the heterosexual American white male. To develop my argument, I read M. Butterfly from a psychoanalytic point of view. Therefore I depend on Freud, Lacan, and Bhabha's psychoanalysis as the theoretical basis. In this paper, I also argue that the homogenized and fixed national identity is splitted and collapsed from within as shown in the Gallimard's melancholy and in the process of splitting the "Third Space" of hybrid subjects for the marginal and the emergent like Song Liling, a homosexual Asian man, can be built "from a space in-between." Therefore Hwang calls into questions conventions of fixed, essentialist identities through the shifting gender identities between Song and Gallimard in M. Butterfly and how identities in the plural are constructed variously in throughly historicized, politicized situations, and these constructions can be complicated by relations of power.