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Vascularized Fibular Graft in the Treatment of Bone Tumor (혈관부착 생비골 이식술을 이용한 골종양의 치료)

  • Han, Chung-Soo;Yoo, Myung-Chul;Chung, Duke-Whan;Lee, Geon-Hee;Lee, Chong-Won
    • The Journal of the Korean bone and joint tumor society
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.171-180
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    • 1995
  • Recently vascularized fibular transfer has been used in the treatment of bone tumor that are more than six centimeter in length. With refinements in microsurgical techniques and understanding of the biological and biomechanical characteristics of vascularized bone graft, the success rate of this procedure was increased. Fifteen bone tumor patients, sixteen cases seen from Apr. 1979 to Jun. 1995 were managed by means of vascularized bone graft at Kyung Hee University Hospital. Ten cases were done intercalary graft and the others were done osteoarticular graft. the ratio of male and female was 6 : 9, and mean age was 20.4 years old at operation. Mean follow up period was 5 years 4 months(range 17 months to 16 years 2 months) and mean graft length was 13.8cm. Duration for union was 5.3 months(range 3 months to 1 year) and over-all rate of union at the last follow up examination was 93.8%. Sufficient hypertrophy of grafted bone was obtained in all cases at the time of last follow up as compared to initial size of grafted bone. Several complications were found such as stress fractures, recurrence. Vascularized fibular transfer for the treatment of bone tumor is a valuable procedure in appropriately selected patients.

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Damage-controlled test to determine the input parameters for CWFS model and its application to simulation of brittle failure (CWFS모델변수 결정을 위한 손상제어시험 및 이를 활용한 취성파괴모델링)

  • Cheon, Dae-Sung;Park, Chan;Jeon, Seok-Won;Jung, Yong-Bok
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.263-273
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    • 2007
  • When a tunnel or an underground structure is excavated in deep geological environments, the failure process is affected and eventually dominated by stress-induced fractures growing preferentially parallel to the excavation boundary. This fracturing is generally referred to as brittle failure by spatting and slabbing. Continuum models with traditional failure criteria such as Hoek-Brown or Mohr-Coulomb criteria have not been successful in prediction of the extent and depth of brittle failure. Instead cohesion weakening and frictional strengthening (CWFS) model is known to predict brittle failure well. In this study, CWFS model was applied to predict the brittle failure around a circular opening observed in physical model experiments. To obtain the input parameters for CWFS model, damage-controlled tests were carried out. The predicted depth and extent of brittle failure using CWFS model were compared to the results of the physical model experiment and numerical simulation using traditional model.

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A Boundary Element Analysis for Damage and Failure Process of Brittle Rock using ERACOD (FRACOD를 이용한 취성 암석의 손상 및 파괴에 대한 경계요소 해석)

  • ;Baotang Shen;Ove Stephansson
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.248-260
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    • 2004
  • Damage in brittle rock due to stress increase starts from initiation of microcracks, and then results in failure by forming macro failure planes due to propagation and coalescence of these discrete cracks. Conventionally, continuum approaches using macro-failure criteria or a number of elasto-plastic models have been major solution to implement rock damage and failure. However, actual brittle failure processes can be better described in phenomenological approach if initiation and propagation of discrete fractures are explicitly considered. This study presents damage and failure process of rock using a boundary element code, FRACOD, which has been developed to model fracturing process of rocks. Through a series of numerical uniaxial compressive tests, the feasibility of the developed model was verified, and realistic rock failure process was reproduced considering scale effects in rocks. In addition, the fracturing process and the corresponding rock damage in the vicinity of deep shaft in rock mass were presented as an application of this approach. This approach will be expected to contribute to finding better engineering solutions for the analysis of stability problems in brittle rock masses.

Low-shrinking composites. Are they reliable for bonding orthodontic retainers?

  • Uysal, Tancan;Sakin, Caglar;AI-Qunaian, Talal
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2011
  • Objective: To evaluate the shear bond strength (SBS), fracture mode, wire pull out (WPO) resistance and microleakage between low-shrinking and conventional composites used as a lingual retainer adhesive. Methods: A total of 120 human mandibular incisor teeth, extracted for periodontal reasons, were collected. Sixty of them were separated into two groups. To determine the SBS, either Transbond-LR (3M-Unitek) or Silorane (3M-Espe) was applied to the lingual surface of the teeth by packing the material into standard cylindrical plastic matrices (Ultradent) to simulate the lingual retainer bonding area. To test WPO resistance, 20 samples were prepared for each composite where the wire was embedded in the composite materialand cured. Then tensile stress was applied until failure of the composite occurred. The remaining 60 teeth were divided into two groups and multi-stranded 0.0215-inch diameter wire was bonded with the same composites. Microleakage was evaluated by the dye penetration method. Statistical analyses were performed by Wilcoxon, Pearson chi-square, and Mann-Whitney-U tests at p < 0.05 level. Results: The SBS and WPO results were not statistically significant between the two groups. Significant differences were found between the groups in terms of fracture mode (p < 0.001). Greater percentages of the fractures showed mix type failure (85%) for Silorane and adhesive (60%) for Transbond-LR. Microleakage values were lower in low-shrinking composite than the control and this difference was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Low-shrinking composite produced sufficient SBS, WPO and microleakage values on the etched enamel surfaces, when used as a lingual retainer composite.

Evaluation on the leakage of ground-water through fractured rock under a spillway (여수로 구조물 하부 암반 내 발달한 절리들을 통한 지하수 누수량 분석)

  • Kim, Hyoung-Soo;Lee, Ju-Hyun;Jeong, Ui-Jin;Lee, Joong-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2006
  • Recently, spillways are need to control stable water level for supporting main dams because of floods by unusual change of weather such as Typhoon Rusa. This study has been focused on the amount of leakage through the rock mass distributed fractures and joints under the opened emergency spillway. It is very important to evaluate the amount of leakage as these affect stability of spillway by interaction between effective stress and pore pressure. The commercial program MAFIC has been used for analyzing groundwater flow in fractured rock mass. The results showed that the values of range, average and deviation of leakage were $2.85\sim\;3.79\times10^{-1}$, $3.32\times10^{-1}$ and $1.70\times10^{-2}\;m^3/day/m^2$ respectively. Secondary, we have estimated the effect of grouting after the transmissivity$(T_f)$ of joint 1 as main pathway of leakage known from above results was changed from $1.78\times10^{-7}$ to $1.59\times10^{-9}\;m^2/s$. The results showed that the values of range, average and deviation of leakage were $7.80\times10^{-4}\sim1.53\times10^{-3}$, $1.18\times10^{-3}$ and $1.32\times10^{-4}\;m^3/day/m^2$ respectively. As the result, the amount of leakage after grouting has been decreased by a ratio of 1 to 277.

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The Use of Hook Plate on the Management of Unstable Neer II Lateral End Fracture of The Clavicle (불안정한 Neer II형 원위쇄골 골절의 치료에서 Hook 금속판의 이용)

  • Ko, Sang-Hun;Cho, Sung-Do;Park, Moon-Soo;Ryu, SuGoo
    • Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.131-137
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    • 2003
  • Purpose: Unstable Neer type II lateral end fracture of clavicle may be required operation. The purpose of this study is the effectiveness of the use of Hook plate in the management of unstable Neer type II fractures. We preliminary reported the results of Unstable Neer type II lateral end fracture of clavicle using by Hook plate. Material and Methods: From May 1998 to May 2002, we operated 6 cases unstable Neer type II lateral end fracture of clavicle with Hook plate by one surgeon. We checked radiologic evaluation and disappearance of pain per 1 week, and evaluated improvement of range of motion per 2 week. And we followed up at each interval 3 months,6 months, 12 months and after that per 6months interval, at that each time we checked stress radiogram of shoulder and functional evaluation. The shoulder function was evaluated using Modified Shoulder Rating Scale (MSRC) for Distal Clavicle Fracture and UCLA score. Average follow up was on 37.2 (12∼57) months. Results: All 6 patients were regained satisfactory function. Average MSRC for distal clavicle fracture was 17.3 (15∼20) and average UCLA score was 33.2 (31∼35) at last follow up. Conclusion: There are many advantage of the use of Hook plate on management of unstable Neer II distal clavicle fracture in spite of several disadvantage. There have not yet been reported in our country. So we obtained good to excellent clinical result in surgical treatment of 6 cases on type II displaced lateral end fracture of the clavicle. But we think that more cases will be review and longer follow up will be needed in the future.

Experimental study on the mechanical property of coal and its application

  • Jiang, Ting T.;Zhang, Jian H.;Huang, Gang;Song, Shao X.;Wu, Hao
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2018
  • Brazilian splitting tests, uniaxial compression tests and triaxial compression tests are carried out on the coal samples cored from Shanxi group $II_1$ coal seam of Jiaozuo coal mine, Henan province, China, to obtain their property parameters. Considering the bedding has notable effect on the property parameter of coal, the samples with different bedding angles are prepared. The effects of bedding on the anisotropic characteristics of the coal seam are investigated. A geological geomechanical model is built based on the geology characteristics of the Jiaozuo coal mine target reservoir to study the effects of bedding on the fracture propagations during hydraulic fracturing. The effects of injection pressure, well completion method, in-situ stress difference coefficient, and fracturing fluid displacement on the fracture propagations are investigated. Results show bedding has notable effects on the property parameters of coal, which is the key factor affecting the anisotropy of coal. The hydraulic cracks trends to bifurcate and swerve at the bedding due to its low strength. Induced fractures are produced easily at the locations around the bedding. The bedding is beneficial to form a complicated fracture network. Experimental and numerical simulations can help to understand the effects of bedding on hydraulic fracturing in coalbed methane reservoirs.

Studies on Fracture Criterion in Yellow Lauan(Shorea spp.) under Mode I, Mode II and Mixed Mode Loading (황(黃)라왕재(Shorea spp.)의 모드 I, 모드 II 및 혼합(混合)모드 하중시(荷重時) 파괴기준(破壞基準)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Shim, Kug-Bo;Lee, Jun-Jae;Jung, Hee-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 1992
  • This study was carried out to investigate the fracture behavior and the fracture criterion of yellow lauan(Shorea spp.), when has used for furniture and wood structures, and to offer a reliability for wood structure and basic data for wood fracture criterion in experiments which are fracture tested under mode I, mode II and mixed mode loading condition. The results were summarized as follows; 1. Fractures in specimens which have inclined grain in yellow lauan procedeed from crack tip in the radial direction along the grain. 2. In yellow lauan, $K_{IC}RL$ was 42.1kg/$cm^{3/2}$ and $K_{IIC}RL$ was 15.8kg/$cm^{3/2}$. 3. The fracture criteria of lauan were; ($K_I/K_{IC}$)+($K_{II}/K_{IIC}$)=1 in RL system with inclined grain at $45^{\circ}$, ($K_I/K_{IC}$)+$(K_{II}/K_{IIC})^2$=1 with inclined grain at $15^{\circ}$ and $(K_I/K_{IC})^2$+$(K_{II}/K_{IIC})^2$=1 with inclined grain at $30^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$, $75^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$, respectively. 4. The fracture criterion of wood could vary with the species, and the load applying condition. In order to measure the fracture criterion strictly, along with standardization of specimen geometry a large amount of experimental data is needed. 5. $K_{IC}$(critical stress intensity factor) can be predicted by grain angle. As the grain inclined angle increased, $K_{IC}$ and $K_{IIC}$ are increased.

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Pattern and Origin of the Rhyolitic Dike Swarm, Northeastern Cheongsong, Korea (청송 북동부 유문암질 암맥군의 패턴과 성인)

  • Hwang, Sang Koo;Kwon, Tae Ho;Seo, Seung Hwan
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.91-105
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    • 2015
  • Jungtaesan and Galpyeongji intrusions in the northeastern Cheongsong occur as laccolith and stock which intrude Gasongdong Formation and Dogyedong Formation, respectively. Cheongsong dike swarm, intruding the Dogyedong Formation, is closely associated with this stock. The dike swarm is more radial to focus into Galpyeongji and its outline is oval. The dikes of the dike swarm are only rhyolite dikes with flow banded, spherulitic and rare stony structures, and represents a single intrusive phase of magma. It can be interpretated that orientation of the dikes is controlled by stress states. Therefore, the dikes display a radial pattern through occupying vertical joints that have been generally attributed to radial fractures formed during doming of the sedimentary rocks by the intrusion of the Galpyeongji stock. The dike pattern could sufficiently account for dike injections into these joints.

Analysis of the Fracture Roughness of Crystalline Rock under Multi-stage Stress Conditions (다단계압력 환경하에서의 결정질 암석의 절리면 거칠기 변화 분석)

  • Choi, Junghae;Kim, Heyjin
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.237-249
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    • 2019
  • The roughness changes on a fracture surface were analyzed via a multi-stage compression test under high temperatures to assess how the cracks in a rock mass affect groundwater movement. The analyzed samples consist of coarse granitic rocks from approximately 40 and 270 m depth, and fine granitic rocks from 500 m depth. The compression test was conducted on $20{\times}40{\times}5mm$ samples using a loading system where the pressure increases in 10 MPa increments to 120 MPa. A high-resolution 3D confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM) was used to observe the surface changes, including the roughness changes, at each pressure step. The roughness change was calculated based on the roughness factor. The experimental results indicate that the roughness of the fracture surface varies with rock type under the stepwise pressure conditions. These data provide a basis for predicting groundwater flow along rock fractures.