• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.5-10
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• 2010

This study sought to compare the amounts of posterior anchorage loss during the en masse retraction of the upper anterior teeth between orthodontic mini-implant (OMI) and conventional anchorage reinforcement (CAR) such as headgear and/or transpalatal arch. The subjects were 52 adult female patients treated with sliding mechanics (MBT brackets, .022" slot, .019X.025" stainless steel wire, 3M-Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA). They were allocated into Group 1 (N=24, Class I malocclusion (CI), upper and lower first premolar (UP1LP1) extraction, and CAR), Group 2 (N=15, Cl, UP1LP1 extraction and OMI), and Group 3 (N=13, Class II division 1 malocclusion, upper first and lower second premolar extraction, and OMI). Lateral cephalograms were taken before (T0) and after treatment (T1). A total of 11 anchorage variables were measured. Analysis of variance was used for statistical analysis. There was no significant difference in treatment duration and anchorage variables at T0 among the three groups. Groups 2 and 3 showed significantly larger retraction of the upper incisor edge (U1E-sag, 9.3mm:7.3mm, P<.05) and less posterior anchorage loss (U6M-sag, 0.7~0.9mm:2mm, P<.05; U6A-sag, 0.5mm:2mm, P<.01) than Group 1. The ratio of retraction amount of the upper incisor edge per 1 of anchorage loss in the upper molar made for the significant difference between Groups 1 and 2 (4.6mm:7.0mm, P<.05). Group 3 showed a relatively distal inclination of the upper molar (P<.05) and the intrusion of the upper incisor and first molar (U1E-ver, P<.05; U6F-ver, P<.05) compared to Groups 1 and 2. Although OMI could not shorten the treatment duration, it could provide better maximum posterior anchorage than CAR.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권3호
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• pp.255-272
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• 2023

Spatial cable systems can provide more transverse stiffness and torsional stiffness without sacrificing the vertical bearing capacity compared with conventional vertical cable systems, which is quite lucrative for long-span earth-anchored suspension bridges' development. Higher economy highlights the importance of refined form-finding analysis. Meanwhile, the internal connection between the lateral and vertical sags has not yet been specified. Given this, an analytic algorithm of form-finding for the earth-anchored suspension bridge with spatial cables is proposed in this paper. Through the geometric compatibility condition and mechanical equilibrium condition, the expressions for cable segment, the recurrence relationship between catenary parameters and control equations of spatial cable are established. Additionally, the nonlinear general reduced gradient method is introduced into fast and high-precision numerical analysis. Furthermore, the analytic expression of the lateral and vertical sags is deduced and discussed. This is very significant for the space design above the bridge deck and the optimization of the sag-to-span ratio in the preliminary design stage of the bridge. Finally, the proposed method is verified with the aid of two examples, one being an operational self-anchored suspension bridge (with spatial cables and a 260 m main span), and the other being an earth-anchored suspension bridge under design (with spatial cables and a 500 m main span). The necessity of an iterative calculation for hanger tensions on earth-anchored suspension bridges is confirmed. It is further concluded that the main cable and their connected hangers are in very close inclined planes.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.215-229
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• 2014

Due to the lack of effective longitudinal constraint for center tower, structural stiffness of three-tower suspension bridge becomes less than that of two-tower suspension bridge, and therefore it becomes more susceptible to the seismic action. By taking a three-tower suspension bridge-the Taizhou Highway Bridge over the Yangtze River with two main spans of 1080 m as example, structural dynamic characteristics and seismic performance of the bridge is investigated, and the effects of cable's sag to span ratio, structural stiffness of the center tower, and longitudinal constraint of the girder on seismic response of the bridge are also investigated, and the favorable structural system is discussed with respect to seismic performance. The results show that structural response under lateral seismic action is more remarkable, especially for the side towers, and therefore more attentions should be paid to the lateral seismic performance and also the side towers. Large cable's sag, flexible center tower and the longitudinal elastic cable between the center tower and the girder are favorable to improve structural seismic performance of long-span three-tower suspension bridges.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.550-558
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• 2018

This paper presents the current limit strategy of voltage controller of delta-connected H-bridge static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) under an unbalanced voltage fault event. When phase to ground fault happens, the feasibility to heighten the magnitude of sagging phase voltage is considered by using symmetric transformation method in delta-structure STATCOM. And the efficiency to cover the maximum physical current limit of switching device is considered by using vector analysis method that calculate the zero sequence current for balancing the cluster energy in delta connected H-bridge STATCOM. The result is simple and obvious. Only positive sequence current has to be used to support the unbalanced voltage sag. Although the relationship between combination of the negative sequence voltage with current and zero sequence current is nonlinear, the more negative sequence current is supplying, the larger zero sequence current is required. From the full-model STATCOM system simulation, zero sequence current demand is identified according to a ratio of positive and negative sequence compensating current. When only positive sequence current support voltage sag, the least zero sequence current is needed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.291-311
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• 2012

The multi-span suspension bridge having double main cables in the vertical plane is investigated regarding endurance of live load distribution in the case of non-displaced pylon and pylon displacement. The coefficient formula of live load distribution described as the ratio of live load on the bottom cable to the top cable is obtained. Based on this formula, some function in respect of this bridge are derived and used to analyze its characteristics. This analysis targets the cable force, the cable sag and the horizontal displacement at the pylon top under live load etc. The results clarified that the performance of the live load distribution and the horizontal force of cables in the case of non-deformed pylon has a similar tendency to those in the case of deformed pylon, and the increase of pylon rigidity can increase live load distributed to the bottom cable and slightly raise the cable horizontal force under live load. However, effect on the vertical rigidity of bridge and the horizontal force increment of cables caused by live load is different in the case of non-deformed pylon and deformed pylon.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.522-525
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• 1985

건조된 콩우유 비지의 첨가가 두부의 품질(品質)에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 조사하고자 제조된 두부의 부피, 견고성, 보수력 그리고 관능적 성질을 비교하였다. Acetone으로 세척하여 건조(乾燥)된 비지를 건물량 기준으로 원료(原料) 대두(大豆)에 10-30% 되게 여과된 대두 추출액에 혼합하여 두부를 제조하였을 때 부피 및 보수력(保水力)의 감소와 침입도(針入度)의 증가가 있었다. 건조비지의 혼합비율(混合比率)을 10%로 할때는 침입도(針入度)는 감소하였으나 Sag의 값이 감소함으로서 딱딱함은 오히려 증가하였고 부피의 감소는 비교적 적었다. 또한 관능적(官能的) 성질(性質)인 부서짐성과 과립성이 향상되어 10% 범위 내에서의 건조비지 혼합에 의한 두부제조의 가능성을 보여주었다. 또한 두부의 보수력(保水力) 비교를 위하여 여과지에 비결합수(非結合水)를 흡착시켜 측정함이 간편하며 비교성이 좋은 방법(方法)임이 밝혀졌다.

• 암석학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.79-91
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• 2009

경기육괴 북부에 위치하는 춘천시 오탄리와 화천군 구운리 일대에는 쥬라기에 생성된 각섬석 반려암체가 분포한다. 주로 각섬석과 사장석으로 이루어져 있는 이 관입암체는 주요 유색광물인 각섬석의 형태에 따라 아구형(subshperical)의 각섬석 반정이 우세한 각섬석 반려암(Subspherical amphibole gabbro, Sag)과 주상형의 각섬석이 우세한 각섬석 반려암(Prismatic amphibole gabbro, Pag)으로 구분된다. Sag의 주요 유색광물인 아구형의 각섬석 결정은 Pag의 주요 유색광물인 주상형 각섬석보다 더 높은 Mg/($Mg+Fe^{2+}$) 비와 Cr 함량을 보여준다. 이것은 이 각섬석 반정이 휘석으로부터 전이되어 생성된 것으로서 아구형의 모양은 휘석의 가상조직에서 유래한 것임을 지시한다. 각섬석과 사장석 결정들에 대한 산소 동위원소 연구 결과는 이들 광물들이 비교적 무거운 ${\delta}^{18}O$값을 가지는 유체와 평형상태에서 상당히 오랜 기간에 걸친 산소 교환반응을 경험하였음을 지시하는 것으로서 마그마로부터 유래한 유체가 아구형 각섬석 반정 형성에 관여하였음을 알려준다. 각섬석 반려암체내에 존재하는 각섬석 결정들은 결정 형태에 관계없이 생성시기를 달리하는 서로 다른 종류의 각섬석류인 파가사이트, 마그네시오혼블렌드 및 양기석으로 되어있다.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.330-339
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• 2015

Power quality (PQ) problems are becoming a big issue, since delicate complex electronic devices are widely used. We present a new denoising technique using discrete wavelet transform (DWT), where a modified correlation thresholding is used in order to reliably detect the PQ disturbances. We consider various PQ disturbances on the basis of IEEE-1159 standard over noisy environments, including voltage swell, voltage sag, transient, harmonics, interrupt, and their combinations. These event signals are decomposed using DWT for the detection of disturbances. We then evaluate the PQ disturbance detection ratio of the proposed denoising scheme over Gaussian noise channels. Simulation results also show that the proposed scheme has an improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) over existing scheme.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.533-536
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• 2006

A distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser and a high speed electroabsorption modulator (EAM) are integrated on the basis of the selective area growth technique. The typical threshold current is 4 to 6 mA, and the side mode suppression ratio is over 40 dB with single mode operation at 1550 nm. The DBR laser exhibits 2.5 to 3.3 mW fiber output power at a laser gain current of 100 mA, and a modulator bias voltage of 0 V. The 3 dB bandwidth is 13 GHz. A 10 Gbps non-return to zero operation with 12 dB extinction ratio is obtained. A four-channel laser array with 100 GHz wavelength spacing was fabricated and its operation at the designed wavelength was confirmed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제60권4호
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• pp.595-614
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• 2016

By taking the Runyang Highway Bridge over the Yangtze River with 1490 m main span as example, structural response of the bridge under the horizontal and vertical seismic excitations is investigated by the response spectrum and time-history analysis of MIDAS/Civil software respectively, the seismic behavior and the influence of structural nonlinearity on the seismic response of the bridge are revealed. Considering the aspect of seismic performance, the suitability of employing the suspension bridge in super long-span bridges is investigated as compared to the cable-stayed bridge and cable-stayed-suspension hybrid bridge with the similar main span. Furthermore, the effects of structural parameters including the span arrangement, the cable sag to span ratio, the side to main span ratio, the girder height, the central buckle and the girder support system etc on the seismic performance of the bridge are investigated by the seismic response spectrum analysis, and the favorable earthquake-resistant structural system of suspension bridges is also discussed.