• 제목/요약/키워드: Strain concentration ratio

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Modeling of damage in cement paste subject to external sulfate attack

  • Xiong, Chuansheng;Jiang, Linhua;Zhang, Yan;Chu, Hongqiang
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.847-864
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    • 2015
  • This study aimed to develop models of sulfate diffusion and ettringite content profile in cement paste for the predication of the damage behavior in cement paste subject to external sulfate. In the models, multiphase reaction equilibrium between ions in pore solution and solid calcium aluminates phases and the microstructure changes in different positions of cement paste were taken into account. The distributions of expansive volume strain and expansion stress in cement paste were calculated based on the ettringite content profile model. In addition, more sulfate diffusion tests and SEM analyses were determined to verify the reliability and veracity of the models. As the results shown, there was a good correlation between the numerical simulation results and experimental evidences. The results indicated that the water to cement ratio (w/c) had a significant influence on the diffusion of sulfate ions, ettringite concentration profile and expansion properties in cement paste specimens. The cracking points caused by ettringite growth in cement paste specimens were predicted through numerical methods. According to the simulation results, the fracture of cement paste would be accelerated when the specimens were prepared with higher w/c or when they were exposed to sulfate solution with higher concentration.

Decolorizing Characteristics of Crystal Violet by Enterobacter cloace MG82. (Enterobacter cloacae MG82에 의한 Crystal Violet의 탈색특성)

  • 정민선;지원대;김병홍;정영건
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • 제26권3호
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 1998
  • Decolorizing characteristics of crystal violet by Enterobacter cloace MG82, which can decolorize rapidly triphenylmethane dyes, were investigated. The higher growth and decolorization activity was shown at big ratio of dissolved oxygen in the medium. The decolorization activity of crystal violet revealed highest at the middle of lag phase. As the concentration of crystal violet was higher, the growth of E. cloacae MG82 and decolorizing activity of crystal violet by this strain were worse. The maximum concentration of crystal violet at which E. cloacae MG82 be able to grow was 375 ${\mu}$M. E. cloacae MG82 was not able to use the crystal violet itself as a sole carbon source. So, it was shown that growth of E. cloacae MG82 and decolorization activity of crystal violet by this strain needed addition of another energy sources except this dye.

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Experimental and numerical analysis of the punching behavior of RC isolated footings

  • Walid, Mansour;Sabry, Fayed;Ali, Basha
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제45권5호
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    • pp.665-682
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    • 2022
  • In the current study, punching behavior of Reinforced concrete (RC) isolated footings was experimentally and numerically investigated. The experimental program consisted of four half-scale RC isolated footing specimens. The test matrix was proposed to show effect of footing area, reinforcement mesh ratio, adding internal longitudinal reinforcement bars and stirrups on the punching response of RC isolated footings. Footings area varied from 1200×1200 mm2 to 1500×1500 mm2 while the mesh reinforcement ratio was in the range from 0.36 to 0.45%. On the other hand, a 3D non-linear finite element model was constructed using ABAQUS/standard program and verified against the experimental program. The numerical results agreed well with the experimental records. The validated numerical model was used to study effect of concrete compressive strength; longitudinal reinforcement bars ratio and stirrups concentration along one or two directions on the ultimate load, deflection, stiffness and failure patterns of RC isolated footings. Results concluded that adding longitudinal reinforcement bars did not significantly affect the punching response of RC isolated footings even high steel ratios were used. On the contrary, as the stirrups ratio increased, the ultimate load of RC isolated footings increased. Footing with stirrups ratio of 1.5% had ultimate load equal to 1331 kN, 19.6% higher than the bare footing. Moreover, adding stirrups along two directions with lower ratio (0.5 and 0.7%) significantly enhanced the ultimate load of RC isolated footings compared to their counterparts with higher stirrups ratio (1.0 and 1.5%).

Ductile crack initiation evaluation in stiffened steel bridge piers under cyclic loading

  • Fujie, Wataru;Taguchi, Miki;Kang, Lan;Ge, Hanbin;Xu, Bin
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제36권4호
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    • pp.463-480
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    • 2020
  • Although detailed shell analysis is suitable to predict the ductile crack initiation life of steel members, such detailed method adds time expense and complexity. In order to simply predict the ductile crack initiation life of stiffened steel bridge piers, a total of 33 cases are simulated to carry out the parametric analyses. In the analysis, the effects of the width-to-thickness ratio, slenderness ratio, plate thickness and so on are considered. Both shell analyses and beam analyses about these 33 cases are conducted. The plastic strain and damage index obtained from shell and beam analyses are compared. The modified factor βs is determined based on the predicted results obtained from both shell and beam analyses in order to simulate the strain concentration at the base corner of the steel bridge piers. Finally, three experimental results are employed to verify the validity of the proposed method in this study.

Continuous Alcohol Fermentation by a Tower Fermentor with Cell Recycle Using Flocculating Yeast Strain (Flocculating 효모균주의 재순환에 의한 Tower 발효조를 이용한 연속알콜발효)

  • 페차랏칸자나시리완;유연우김공환
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 1989
  • A study on the continuous fermentation with cell recycle by a tower fermentor to produce ethanol has been carried out. ethanol fermentation was conducted with flocculating yeast strain, Saccharomyces cerevisiae TS4, to compare the ethanol productivity with conventional continuous process. Employing a 15% glucose feed, a cell density of 50 g/l was obtaind. The ethanol productivity of the cell recycle system was found to be 26.5g EtOH/1-hr, which was nearly 7.5 times higher than the conventional continuous process without cell recycle. A cell recycle ratio of 7 to 8 resulted in the highest ethanol productivity and cell concentration. Thus the cell recycle ratio was found to be a key factor in controlling the production of clarified overflow liquid. An aeration rate above 3.8 $\times$ 10-3 VVM seemed to decrease the ethanol productivity. The continuous fermentation with cell recycle was successfully used in the separation of cells from fermentation broth with enhancement of mixing in the tower fermentor.

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Study on Lond Transfer Characteristics of Sand Compaction Piles in Soft Soil Deposits (연약지반의 모래다짐말뚝에 대한 하중전이 연구)

  • Kim Jaekwon;Kim Soo-Il;Jung Sang-Seom
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • 제20권7호
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    • pp.183-196
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    • 2004
  • Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) is a soft-ground improvement technique used for not only accelerating consolidation but also increasing bearing capacity of soils. In this study, laboratory tests and 3-D finite element analysis were peformed to investigate the characteristics of load transfer in SCP with an emphasis on free-strain behavior of piles with low replacement ratios in the range of 30 to $50\%$. Through these focused tests and numerical analyses, we proposed a simplified method to analyze the load transfer characteristics of SCP in soft ground. Moreover, it was shown that estimated normal stresses in SCP using the proposed method were in a reasonable agreement with actual values.

Microbiological Studies on the Treatment of Waste Liquer from Plup and Paper Industries(II) (펄프 및 제지공장 폐수의 처리에 관한 미생물학적 연구 2)

  • 홍순우;강영화
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 1974
  • Four strains of yeasts were chosen from those isolated previously, and a strain from 160 isolates collected in this year were examined for the treatment of pulp waste liquor. Experiments about optimum nutrient condition, composition of cells, and reduction of B.O.D. on the "S" pulp industry waste liquor were performed with 5 strains. 1. The isolates(strain 112) was identified as Candida utilis. 2. The optium concentration of 4 components of nutrients were ($NH_4$)$SO_2$lg/l, yeast extract 70mg/l, $KH_2PO_4$ 300mg/l, and $MgSO_4{\ddot}7H_2O$ 500mg/l. 3. Specific growth ratio of Candida utilis KYRI 112 was 0.48/hr at optimum nutrient media and the yield was 0.45%(V/V). 4. Endomycopsis capsularis KYRI 613 contained more crude protein than the most of commercial yeasts. 5. The B.O.D. of waste liquor was reduced ro 20% of its value by the culture.e culture.

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Polyhydroxyalkanoic Acid Production by Alcaligenes sp. GB-77 (Alcaligenes sp. GB-77 에 의한 Polyhydroxyalkanoic Acid의 생산)

  • 김근배;손홍주;이상준
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.220-228
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    • 1995
  • For polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) production, several microorganisms were isolated from sewage sludge. One of them, GB-77 strain, was chosen from its PHB/HV copolymer production on only fructose without cosubstrate. The isolated strain GB-77 was identified as the genus Alcaligenes. Optimal temperature and pH for cell growth were 36C and 6.8. Optimal medium composition was 10 g/l of fructose and 5 g/l of polypeptone, 1 $\times$ 10$^{-2}$M Na$^{2}$HP0$^{4}$, 1.3 $\times$ 10$^{-2}$M KH$^{2}$PO$^{4}$. To investigate the optimal condition for polyhydroxyalkanoic acid production two-stage culture technique was used; first stage for cell growth and second stage for PHA production on unbalanced growth conditions. Optimal conditions for high PHA production were C/N ratio 50, temperature 36$\circ$C and pH 6.8. To overcome fructose inhibition on cell growth, intermittent feeding fed-batch culture technique was used. Total cell concentration was 17.4 g/l with 9.1 g/l of PHA. The purified PHA was identified PHB/HV copolymer by NMR analysis.

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Isolation of Pseudomonas putida BM01 Accumulating High Amount of $PHA_{MCL}$

  • Song, Jae-Jun;Yoon, Sung-Chul
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.126-133
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    • 1994
  • A Pseudomonas putida strain able to accumulate high amount of polyesters of medium-chain-length 3-hydroxyalkanoic acids ($PHA_{MCL)$) was isolated from soil in a landfill site using an enrichment technique. Culture condition of the isolated strain for polyester production in a one-step culture was optimized in a mineral-salts medium against pH and concentrations of ammonium sulfate, carbon source(e.g., octanoate), and phosphate. The optimal values for maximal cell growth and PHA accumulation were: pH; 7$\sim$8, $(NH_4)_2SO_4$; 8 mM, octanoate; 40 mM. The optimum temperature was in the range of $20\sim30^{\circ}C$, which was rather broader than in other bacteria. Cell growth was strongly inhibited by the phosphate limitation to less than 1 mM. An increase of phosphate concentration above 1 mM showed little effect on cell growth and polyester accumulation. When the strain was grown on octanoate under this optimized condition it produced 3.4 g dry biomass per liter and yielded 1.7 g PHA per liter amounting to 53 wt% of dry cells. The monomer units composing the polyester synthesized from octanoate were 3-hydroxyoctanoate (3HO), 3-hydroxycaproate (3HC), and 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) (85:13:2, mole ratio). Other low linear $C_3\simC_{10}$ monocarboxylic acids were also tested for polyester production.

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A Study on the Improvement of Mechanical and Chemical Properties in Nano Semiconducting Materials (나도 반도전층 재료의 기계적/화학적 특성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Dong-Hoon;Kook, Jeong-Ho;Nah, Chang-Woon;Park, Dae-Hee;Yang, Jong-Seok
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • 제56권4호
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    • pp.739-744
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we have investigated mechanical and chemical properties by changing the content of carbon nanotube, which is component part of semiconductive shield in underground power transmission cable. Specimens were made of sheet with the eight of those for measurement. The condition of specimens was a solid sheet. Chemical properties of specimens was measured by FT-ATR (Fourier Transform Attenuated Total Reflectance). Stress-strain of specimens was measured by TENSOMETER 2000. A speed of measurement was 200[mm/min], ranges of stress and strain were 400[Kgf/Cm] and 600[%]. We could observe (unctional group (C=O, carbonyl group) of specimens through FT-ATR. From these experimental result, the concentration of functional group [C=O] was high accor야ng to increasing the content of carbon nanotube. We could know CNT/EEA was excellent more than other specimens from above experimental results. In Addition, the elongation ratio was decreased, and yield strength was increased according to increasing the content of carbon nanotube. Also, from these experimental result, we could know that a small amount of CNT/EEA has a excellent mechanical and chemical properties.