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Experimental Evaluation of Construction Performance and Long-term Settlements in Soft Ground Breakwater (연약지반 방파제의 시공성능 및 장기침하에 관한 실험적 평가)

  • Kwon, O-Soon;Jang, In-Sung;Park, Woo-Sun;Yum, Ki-Dai
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.25 no.spc3
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2003
  • A new type of soft ground breakwater was recently developed, which does not need ground improvement because of light weight and structural characteristics. The various studies about consolidation settlements and lateral behavior of proposed soft ground breakwater have been conducted. But, the systematic investigations on the construction performance and long-term settlements of new type breakwater has not been accomplished. In this study, construction simulation of soft ground breakwater with soil box model test and experiments of the long-term wave loaded breakwater were performed. The results of test shows that it is possible to compensate differential settlements by dead loading and/or suction pressure, and to reduce the consolidation settlements by preloading method. It was also found that the vertical and lateral displacements of long-term wave loaded breakwater were negligible.

Development of Superplastic Forming/Diffusion Bonding Technology for Ti-6Al-4V Sandwich Panels (Ti-6Al-4V 샌드위치 패널제작을 위한 초소성/확산접합 기술개발)

  • Lee, Ho-Sung;Yoon, Jong-Hoon;Lee, Seung-Chul;Park, Dong-Kyu;Yi, Yeong-Moo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2008
  • Ti-6Al-4V alloy is a critical strategic metal used in aerospace structure due to the high specific strength, toughness, durability, low density, corrosion resistance. Examples of application of this alloy are airframe structural components, aircraft gas turbine disks and blades. Forming of this alloy is not easy due to its high strength and low formability. However, this alloy shows superplastic properties that allow for large plastic deformation under certain conditions. Combination of superplastic forming and diffusion bonding(SPF/DB) processes of this alloy has been widely used to replace mechanically fastened structures with reduced weight and fabrication costs. In this study, superplastic forming/diffusion bonding technology has been developed for fabricating lightweight sandwich panels with Ti-6Al-4V alloy. The experimental results show the forming of titanium lightweight sandwich structure is successfully performed from 3 and 4 sheets of Ti-6Al-4V.

Optimum parameterization in grillage design under a worst point load

  • Kim Yun-Young;Ko Jae-Yang
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2006
  • The optimum grillage design belongs to nonlinear constrained optimization problem. The determination of beam scantlings for the grillage structure is a very crucial matter out of whole structural design process. The performance of optimization methods, based on penalty functions, is highly problem-dependent and many methods require additional tuning of some variables. This additional tuning is the influences of penalty coefficient, which depend strongly on the degree of constraint violation. Moreover, Binary-coded Genetic Algorithm (BGA) meets certain difficulties when dealing with continuous and/or discrete search spaces with large dimensions. With the above reasons, Real-coded Micro-Genetic Algorithm ($R{\mu}GA$) is proposed to find the optimum beam scantlings of the grillage structure without handling any of penalty functions. $R{\mu}GA$ can help in avoiding the premature convergence and search for global solution-spaces, because of its wide spread applicability, global perspective and inherent parallelism. Direct stiffness method is used as a numerical tool for the grillage analysis. In optimization study to find minimum weight, sensitivity study is carried out with varying beam configurations. From the simulation results, it has been concluded that the proposed $R{\mu}GA$ is an effective optimization tool for solving continuous and/or discrete nonlinear real-world optimization problems.

Experimental Study on Process Design of Rubber Pad Bending (고무 패드 벤딩 공정설계에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kwon, Hyuck-Cheol;Im, Yong-Taek;Ji, Dong-Cheol;Rhee, Meung-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.407-412
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    • 2000
  • In this study, a research for process design in bending of structural frame of AA6061-T6 with rubber pad was conducted. In this process, the conventional lower die made of metal is replaced with a polyurethane pad, resulting in high flexibility during bending. Vulcanized polyurethane rubber with shore A hardness of 60 was used for the pad. Experiments on a newly developed bending machine were carried out by controlling the stroke of the roller and horizontal movement of roller pad lower die. From this, the relation between roller path and geometry of the materials bent was obtained for the process design of producing roof rail part of a passenger car and the experimental result was compared with the target profile. For more accurate process design, it is required to control the roller path interactively. Based on the experience in developing the prototype bending machine, it is construed that a fully automated bending system with rubber pad to produce various light-weight components for automotive body frames can be successfully developed.

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A Study on the Relationship between the Cutting Force and the Critical Ejecting Distance of Disk for a Mill Turret (복합공구대 디스크임계돌출거리와 절삭력과의 관계에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Ji-Hwan;Kim, Chae-Sil;Cho, Su-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.110-116
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    • 2013
  • Curvic coupling of mill turret should maintain disk weight and the cutting resistance which occurs the machining operation and must also have power transmission function. In order to improve machining operation range, the ejecting distance from curvic coupling to the disk must increase as much as possible. But moment is increased by the lack of capacity of the curvic coupling. Increase of moment is the cause of vibration/noise and degradation of machining performance not only stability problem. The manufacturer of mill turret has no the design information between the ejecting distance and the cutting resistance with safety of curvic coupling. Therefore this study describes a finite element analysis model of mill turret using ANSYS workbench. The structural analyses and modal analyses with varying of the ejecting distances and cutting resistances are performed. Finally the equation for relationship between the critical ejecting distance and the cutting resistance is defined under 5 of the safety factor for the maximum von-Mises stress at the curvic coupling.

Electrohydrodynamic Jet Process for Pore-Structure-Controlled 3D Fibrous Architecture As a Tissue Regenerative Material: Fabrication and Cellular Activities

  • Kim, Minseong;Lee, Hyeongjin;Kim, GeunHyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.134.1-134.1
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we propose a new scaffold fabrication method, "direct electro-hydrodynamic jet process," using the initial jet of an electrospinning process and ethanol media as a target. The fabricated threedimensional (3D) fibrous structure was configured with multilayered microsized struts consisting of randomly entangled micro/nanofibrous architecture, similar to that of native extracellular matrixes. The fabrication of the structure was highly dependent on various processing parameters, such as the surface tension of the target media, and the flow rate and weight fraction of the polymer solution. As a tissue regenerative material, the 3D fibrous scaffold was cultured with preosteoblasts to observe the initial cellular activities in comparison with a solid-freeform fabricated 3D scaffold sharing a similar structural geometry. The cell-culture results showed that the newly developed scaffold provided outstanding microcellular environmental conditions to the seeded cells (about 3.5-fold better initial cell attachment and 2.1-fold better cell proliferation).

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Convergence Technique Study through CAE due to the Shape of Lift for Car (차량용 리프트의 형상에 따른 CAE를 통한 융합 기술 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Ho;Cho, Jae-Ung
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2015
  • Nowadays, one lift among the fundamental equipments at auto-repair must withstand the heavy weight of car. Therefore, the strong lift which is easy to make repairs on cars is the indispensible equipment. In this study, three kinds of lifts are modelled and the simulation analysis is carried out with the finite element analysis program of ANSYS. The durability of lifts due to each configuration can be estimated on the background of this study result and the data to be contributed to the development of new lift for car with safety and durability can be accumulated ultimately. And it is possible to be grafted onto the convergence technique at design and show the esthetic sense.

Changes in Physical Properties of Paper by Solvent-Bonding between Cellulose Fibers Using Aqueous Solution of N-Methylmorpholine N-Oxide (N-Methylmorpholine N-Oxide 수용액을 이용한 셀룰로오스 섬유들간의 용제접착에 의한 종이의 물성 변화)

  • 이양헌;박찬헌;이현진;이선희
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.34-41
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    • 1999
  • To examine the increase of paper strength by solvent-bonding using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO), a paper was treated with aqueous solutions of NMMO, concentrated at $90^\circ{C}$ for selected periods of time, and pressed for 5 seconds followed by washing and drying. The effect of the increasing NMMO concentration on bonding state and some important properties of samples were mainly investigated. With increasing concentration of NMMO, the degree of bonding between fibers was increased, the fiber cross-sectional shape was changed from 'thin ribbonlike' to 'round rodlike' by swelling with solvent, and the longitudinal waves (crimp) were introduced to fibers, hence the shrinkage, weight per unit area, and thickness of paper were increased. Consequently, the tensile strength and elongation, under standard and wet conditions, and the stiffness were increased, and the water absorption was decreased generally with increasing concentration of NMMO. The moisture regain of treated samples was lower than that of the untreated sample, because of the reduction of space between fibers. But the moisture regain was increased a little with increasing concentration of NMMO due to the fiber swelling with NMMO followed by structural relaxation.

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Eco-Moving Wall for a Preventing Floods using Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite (유리섬유복합소재를 이용한 지중매설형 승하강식 홍수방지 벽체구조물)

  • Yun, Youngman
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.462-468
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    • 2013
  • Walls for preventing floods using overturning or buoyancy method have been developed as replacement construction for preventing floods in and outside country. However, as they have some problems with pre-inspection and maintenance control, Eco-moving wall structure for preventing floods was studied and first developed using Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite which has not only light weight but outstanding strength. The developed wall structure for preventing floods offering structural stability and field applicability through numerical analysis was confirmed to reduce construction expenses by around 87~95% and secure waterproof property with the inside of the wall installed rubber water stopper.

A Study on the Investment Strategy of the IT R&D using Portfolio Analysis and AHP Method (포트폴리오 분석과 계층화분석기법(AHP)을 활용한 정부 IT분야 연구개발 투자 전략 연구)

  • Kim, Yun-Jong;Jung, Uk;Yim, Seong-Min;Jeong, Sang-Ki
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.37-51
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    • 2009
  • Korean IT industry has been given much weight in national R&D management. A negative side of this fact is that Korean economy is likely to become vulnerable to a condition of the export business in certain items of IT industry which has a serious influence on the national economy. A customized investment strategy through the analysis of technology competitiveness and R&D status in each technology of IT field is required in order to rectify the structural vulnerability and pursue a continuous growth. In this research, a strategic direction to set up an efficient investment strategy is presented. In this process, it draws a portfolio analysis with two axes of technology level and technology life cycle. It also derives a priority order of the national investment considering the degree of technological impact, marketability, and adequacy of public support from AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method by a survey of IT experts. A portfolio analysis in the prior stage helps the respondents in AHP become more familiar with the alternatives' characteristics so that their decision making process more corresponds with national R&D strategies.