• 성인간호학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.493-502
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• 2005

Purpose: To investigate the effects of foot reflexology massage on sleep and fatigue of elderly women. Method: The study was performed from April thru July of 2004 on the nonequivalent control group non-synchronized quasi-experimental design. Fifty elderly women were selected for each group. The foot reflexology massage was performed for 45 minutes every three days for experimental group. The data were analyzed using the Cronbach's $\alpha$, Chi-Square test, t-test and Repeated measures ANOVA and Bonferroni. Result: 1. The sleep score of the experiment group is significantly higher than that of the control group(t=-5.944, p=.000). 2. For the experiment group, it is seen that the sleep score increases as the frequency of the foot reflexology massage increases(F=96.362, p=.000). 3. The fatigue score of the experiment group is significantly lower than that of the control group(t=4.356, p=.000). 4. For the experiment group, the fatigue is relieved gradually as the frequency of the foot reflexology massage increases(F=118.444, p=.000). Conclusion: Based on the results described above, it is considered that the foot reflexology massage is effective for elderly women in promoting a good sleep and relieving the fatigue.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2019

A study on the sloshing flow of highly-viscous fluid in a rectangular box was made by both of theoretical approach and experimental visualization method. Assuming a smallness of external forcing to oscillate the container, it was investigated a linear sloshing flow of highly-viscous fluid utilizing asymptotic analysis by Taylor-series expansion as a small parameter R_e (≪1) in which R_e denotes Reynolds number. The theory predict that, during all cycles of sloshing, a linear shape of free surface will prevail in a bulk zone and it has confirmed in experiment. The relevance of perfect slip boundary condition, adopted in theoretical approach, to the bulk zone flow at the container wall was tested in experiment. It is found that quasi-steady coated thin film, which makes a lubricant layer between bulk flow and solid wall, is generated on the wall and the film makes a role to perfect slip boundary condition.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2011

This study is about comparison of tangental entry type cyclone dust collector with axial vane type cyclone dust collector. Cut diameter and dust collection efficiency of both collector was compared by theory and experiment. Cut diameter was calculated by an quasi-empirical formula by Lapple and Shepherd. Measurement of cut diameter was conducted by particle counter through dust generator. As the result, cut diameter obtained by experiment was a little larger than that by theory. But the error is within $0.5{\mu}m$ in both type of collector, so it could be confirmed that theoretical value and experimental value were almost identical. And, as flow rate increased, dust collection efficiency was increased. Also axial vane type showed higher dust collection efficiency than tangental entry type. Therefore, it can be said that axial vane type cyclone dust collector has higher performance than the other.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1106-1110
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• 2004

A human sign language is generally composed of both static and dynamic gestures. Each gesture is represented by a hand shape, its position, and hand movement (for a dynamic gesture). One of the problems found in automated sign language translation is on segmenting a hand movement that is part of a transitional movement from one hand gesture to another. This transitional gesture conveys no meaning, but serves as a connecting period between two consecutive gestures. Based on the observation that many dynamic gestures as appeared in Thai sign language dictionary are of quasi-periodic nature, a method was developed to differentiate between a (meaningful) dynamic gesture and a transitional movement. However, there are some meaningful dynamic gestures that are of non-periodic nature. Those gestures cannot be distinguished from a transitional movement by using the signal quasi-periodicity. This paper proposes a hybrid method using a combination of the periodicity-based gesture segmentation method with a HMM-based gesture classifier. The HMM classifier is used here to detect dynamic signs of non-periodic nature. Combined with the periodic-based gesture segmentation method, this hybrid scheme can be used to identify segments of a transitional movement. In addition, due to the use of quasi-periodic nature of many dynamic sign gestures, dimensionality of the HMM part of the proposed method is significantly reduced, resulting in computational saving as compared with a standard HMM-based method. Through experiment with real measurement, the proposed method's recognition performance is reported.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 UHF 대역 휴대형 RFID 리더용 소형 준-야기 안테나 설계 방법에 대해 연구하였다. 안테나는 유전체 기판에 인쇄된 다이폴 투사기와 반사기로 이루어지며 마이크로스트립 선로로 급전된다. 안테나를 소형화하기 위해 다이폴과 반사기를 구부리고, 급전 마이크로스트립 선로와 코플래너스트립 선로 간 발룬은 코플래너스트립 선로에 내장형으로 구성하였다. 제안된 안테나 구조의 파라미터들이 안테나 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하고 UHF RFID 용 주파수 대역(902-928 MHz)에 적합하도록 파라미터 값들을 조정하였다. 제작된 안테나의 크기는 $70mm{\times}75mm$이고, 특성을 실험한 결과 VSWR < 2인 대역은 892-942 MHz, UHF RFID 대역 내 이득 > 3.5 dBi, 전후방비 > 6.6 dB 이었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.2199-2205
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 코플래너 도파관으로 급전되는 소형 2-소자 준-야기 안테나 설계 방법에 대해 연구하였다. 평면 다이폴을 급전하기 위한 코플래너 스트립과 코플래너 도파관 간의 밸런은 코플래너 도파관의 한 쪽 접지 스트립을 신호선과 연결시켜서 구성하였다. 스트립 다이폴과 반사기를 구부리고 밸런을 안테나에 내장하여 소형화하였다. 제안된 구조를 UHF RFID 대역(902-928 MHz)에 적합하도록 설계하였으며, 여러 가지 파라미터들(다이폴 길이, 반사기 길이, 다이폴과 반사기 사이의 거리, 급전 위치 등)에 의한 영향을 점검하였다. FR4 기판 상에 $90mm{\times}80mm$ 크기의 안테나를 제작하고 특성을 실험한 결과 전압 정재파비가 2이하인 주파수 대역은 885-942 MHz, RFID용 주파수 대역 내 이득은 4.3 dBi 이상, 전후방비 7 dB 이상인 특성을 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.48-58
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 1992년 도로교설계기준의 내진설계도입 이전 규정에 따라 설계, 시공된 교각의 축소 모델을 실험체로 제작하여 원형기둥의 변위비에 따른 횡하중을 변위제어 방식으로 입력하여 준정적 방법을 통해 실험을 실시하였다. 연구에 적용한 보강재는 성능을 향상시킨 무기계 합금강인 Helical Bar로써 원형기둥 외부에 보강 후 실내실험을 통하여 파괴거동, 하중-변위 관계, 연성도 평가 및 에너지 평가를 실시하였다. 실험변수로는 위험단면 내에서 나선으로 보강한 보강재의 단면력의 크기와 나선보강의 간격, 보강형태로 두었으며, 준정적 실험을 통해 보강성능의 차이와 효과를 확인하였다. 실험결과 보강대상 부재의 성능에 따라 적절한 보강재의 단면력 크기결정과 보강간격 및 형식의 선정이 필요하며 기계적 보강재뿐만 아니라 고강도 콘크리트 피복으로의 치환으로도 보강성능이 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.46-57
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• 2013

Flutter stability and buffeting response have been the topics of most concern in the design state of long-span suspension bridges. Among approaches towards the aerodynamic stability, the aerodynamic-based control method which uses control surfaces to generate forces counteracting the unstable excitations has shown to be promising. This study focused on the mechanically controlled system using flaps; two flaps were attached on both sides of a bridge deck and were driven by the motions of the bridge deck. When the flaps moved, the overall cross section of the bridge deck containing these flaps was continuously changing. As a consequence, the aerodynamic forces also changed. The efficiency of the control was studied through the numerical simulation and experimental investigations. The values of quasi-steady forces, together with the experimental aerodynamic force coefficients, were proposed in the simulation. The results showed that the passive flap control can, with appropriate motion of the flaps, solve the aerodynamic instability. The efficiency of the flap control on the full span of a simple suspension bridge was also carried out. The mode-by-mode technique was applied for the investigation. The results revealed that the efficiency of the flap control relates to the mode number, the installed location of the flap, and the flap length.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2001

The widely used spot welded section members of vehicles are structures which absorb most of the energy in a front-end collision. In front-end collision, sufficiently absorbed in the front parts, the impact energy does not reach the passengers. Simultaneously, the frame gets less damaged. This structures have to be very stiff, but collapse progressively to absorb the kinetic energy as expected. In the view of stiffness, the double-hat shaped section member is stiffer than the hat shaped section member. In progress of collapse, the hat shaped section member is collapsing progressively, but the double-hat shaped section member does not due to stiffness. An analysis on the hat shaped section member was previously completed. This paper concerns the collapse characteristic of the double-hat shaped section member. In the program system presented in this study, an explicit finite element code, LS-DYNA3D is adopted for simulating complicate collapse behavior of double hat shaped section members with respect to spot weld pitches. And comparing with the results from the quasi-static and impact experiment, the simulation has been verified.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.543-562
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• 2002

The main purpose of this study is to discuss the design wind loads for the structural frames of single-layer latticed domes with long spans. First, wind pressures are measured simultaneously at many points on dome models in a wind tunnel. Then, the dynamic response of several models is analyzed in the time domain, using the pressure data obtained from the wind tunnel experiment. The nodal displacements and the resultant member stresses are computed at each time step. The results indicate that the dome's dynamic response is generally dominated by such vibration modes that contribute to the static response significantly. Furthermore, the dynamic response is found to be almost quasi-static. Then, a series of quasi-static analyses, in which the inertia and damping terms are neglected, is made for a wide range of the dome's geometry. Based on the results, a discussion is made of the design wind load. It is found that a gust effect factor approach can be used for the load estimation. Finally, an empirical formula for the gust effect factor and a simple model of the pressure coefficient distribution are provided.