• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.476-485
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• 1999

In order to evaluate the gravity-injection capability to maintain core cooling after a loss-of-shutdown-cooling event during shutdown operation, the plant conditions of the Yong Gwang Units 3&4 were reviewed. The six cases of possible gravity-injection paths from the refueling water tank (RWT) were identified and the thermal-hydraulic analyses were performed using the RELAP5/MOD3.2 code. The core cooling capability was significantly dependent on the gravity-injection path, the RCS opening, and the injection rate. In the cases with the pressurizer manway opening higher than the RWT water level, the coolant was held up in the pressurizer and the system pressure continued increasing after gravity-injection. The gravity injection eventually stopped due to the high system pressure and the core was uncovered. In the cases with the injection path and opening on the same leg side, the core cooling was dependent on whether the water injected from the RWT passed the core region or not. However, in the cases with the injection path and opening on the different leg side, the system was well depressurized after gravity-injection and the core boiling was successfully prevented for a long-term transient. In addition, from the sensitivity study on the gravity-injection flow rate, it was found that about 54 kg/s of injection rate was required to maintain the core cooling and the core cooling could be provided for about 10.6 hours after event with that injection rate from the RWT. Those analysis results would provide useful information to operators coping with the event.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.309-322
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• 2022

Due to the complex terrain around high-speed railways, the windbreaks were established along different landforms, resulting in irregular windbreak transition regions between different subgrade infrastructures (flat ground, cutting, embankment, etc). In this paper, the effect of a windbreak transition on the wind flow around railways subjected to crosswinds was studied. Wind tunnel testing was conducted to study the wind speed change around a windbreak transition on flat ground with a uniform wind speed inflow, and the collected data were used to validate a numerical simulation based on a detached eddy simulation method. The validated numerical method was then used to investigate the effect of the windbreak transition from the flat ground to cutting (the "cutting" is a railway subgrade type formed by digging down from the original ground) for three different wind incidence angles of 90°, 75°, and 105°. The deterioration mechanism of the flow fields and the reasons behind the occurrence of the peak wind velocities were explained in detail. The results showed that for the windbreak transition on flat ground, the impact was small. For the transition from the flat ground to the cutting, the influence was relatively large. The significant increase in the wind speeds was due to the right-angle structure of the windbreak transition, which resulted in sudden changes of the wind velocity as well as the direction. In addition, the height mismatch in the transition region worsened the protective effect of a typical windbreak.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2022

Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is one of the problematic wasting diseases in cattle leading to huge economic losses. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of BVD including transient and persistent infection from cattle farms in Gyeongsangnam-do. A total of 2,667 blood samples from 24 farms were collected and the sera were subjected to ELISA to detect BVD virus (BVDV) antigen, E^rns. 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR) of BVDV-positive samples was sequenced to identify the genotype, and compared with isolates previously reported elsewhere. There were fourteen BVDV-positive calves from 2,667 samples (positive rate: 0.52%) from first ELISA testing followed by eight persistently infected out of eleven BVDV-positive samples (72.73%) in secondary ELISA that was conducted in at least four weeks suggesting the circulation of BVDV in the area. Sequencing analysis exhibited that thirteen BVDV-positive samples were identified as BVDV-1b and one sample was BVDV-2a. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the BVDV-1b-positive samples showed the highest homology in nucleotide sequence to Korean isolates collected from Sancheong, Gyeongsangnam-do, while the BVDV-2a-positive sample (21GN7) was more similar to reference strains collected outside South Korea. This study will provide the recent fundamental data on BVD prevalence in Gyeongsangnam-do to be referred in developing strategies to prevent BVDV in South Korea.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.104-117
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• 1991

자유표면을 가지는 유체에서 물체가 운동을 하게되면 물체와 자유표면의 교차점 주위에서 유제유동이 매우 급격해진다. 이 유동현상은 부유체의 운동에 따르는 유체유동, 탱크내에서의 슬로싱, 조파기 문제, 물체의 입수등 여러문제에서 발생된다. 이 유동은 교차점 주위에서 특이성을 가진다고 알려져 있었으나 Roberts(1987)는 물체의 운동이 충격운동이 아닐 경우에는 특이성이 존재하지 않는다는 것을 밝혔다. 본 논문에서는 표면장력을 고려하여 물체의 운동이 충격운동인 경우에도 특이성을 가지지 않는 해석해를 구하였고, 해의 특성을 조사하여 진동현상에 대한 임계치를 구하여 교차점에서 떨어진 거리가 이 임계치보다 작은 곳에서는 진동현상이 존재하지 않는다는 것을 밝혔다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.3017-3029
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• 2023

In the late in-vessel phase of a nuclear reactor severe accident, the internal heat transfer and crust evolution during the debris bed melting process have important effects on the thermal load distribution along the vessel wall, and further affect the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) failure mode and the state of melt during leakage. This study coupled the phase change model and large eddy simulation to investigate the variations of the temperature, melt liquid fraction, crust and heat flux distributions during the debris bed melting process in the hypothetical severe accident of HPR1000. The results indicated that the heat flow towards the vessel wall and upper surface were similar at the beginning stage of debris melting, but the upward heat flow increased significantly as the development of the molten pool. The maximum heat flux towards the vessel wall reached 0.4 MW/m². The thickness of lower crust decreased as the debris melting. It was much thicker at the bottom region with the azimuthal angle below 20° and decreased rapidly at the azimuthal angle around 20-50°. The maximum and minimum thicknesses were 2 and 90 mm, respectively. By contrast, the distribution of upper crust was uniform and reached stable state much earlier than the lower crust, with the thickness of about 10 mm. Moreover, the sensitivity analysis of initial condition indicated that as the decrease of time interval from reactor scram to debris bed dried-out, the maximum debris temperature and melt fraction became larger, the lower crust thickness became thinner, but the upper crust had no significant change. The sensitivity analysis of in-vessel retention (IVR) strategies indicated that the passive and active external reactor vessel cooling (ERVC) had little effect on the internal heat transfer and crust evolution. In the case not considering the internal reactor vessel cooling (IRVC), the upper crust was not obvious.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.413-422
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• 2024

Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) modulate postsynaptic neuronal excitability and epileptogenesis. We investigated roles of group I mGluRs on low extracellular Mg²⁺ concentration ([Mg²⁺]_o)-induced epileptiform activity and neuronal cell death in the CA1 regions of isolated rat hippocampal slices without the entorhinal cortex using extracellular recording and propidium iodide staining. Exposure to Mg²⁺-free artificial cerebrospinal fluid can induce interictal epileptiform activity in the CA1 regions of rat hippocampal slices. MPEP, a mGluR 5 antagonist, significantly inhibited the spike firing of the low [Mg²⁺]_o-induced epileptiform activity, whereas LY367385, a mGluR1 antagonist, did not. DHPG, a group 1 mGluR agonist, significantly increased the spike firing of the epileptiform activity. U73122, a PLC inhibitor, inhibited the spike firing. Thapsigargin, an ER Ca²⁺-ATPase antagonist, significantly inhibited the spike firing and amplitude of the epileptiform activity. Both the IP₃ receptor antagonist 2-APB and the ryanodine receptor antagonist dantrolene significantly inhibited the spike firing. The PKC inhibitors such as chelerythrine and GF109203X, significantly increased the spike firing. Flufenamic acid, a relatively specific TRPC 1, 4, 5 channel antagonist, significantly inhibited the spike firing, whereas SKF96365, a relatively non-specific TRPC channel antagonist, did not. MPEP significantly decreased low [Mg²⁺]_o DMEM-induced neuronal cell death in the CA1 regions, but LY367385 did not. We suggest that mGluR 5 is involved in low [Mg²⁺]_o-induced interictal epileptiform activity in the CA1 regions of rat hippocampal slices through PLC, release of Ca²⁺ from intracellular stores and PKC and TRPC channels, which could be involved in neuronal cell death.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 가습조건의 변화에 따른 정상상태 및 비정상상태 운전특성을 살펴보았다. 전압을 OCV에서 0.25 V까지 변화시키면서 PEFC 연료전지의 정상상태 성능을 정전압 모드에서 측정하여 전류-전압 곡선에 나타내어 고찰하였다. 또한, 일부 전압조건에서 연료전지의 비정상상태 성능변화를 측정하였다. 수소극 가습에 따른 성능을 평가하기 위하여 공기극은 건조공기를 공급한 상태에서 수소극에 공급되는 수소의 습도를 20%에서 100%로 변화시키면서 연료전지의 성능을 측정하였다. 일반적으로 고전압 영역에서는 높은 작동온도가 높은 성능을 나타내고 있으나, 저전압 영역에서는 낮은 작동온도가 높은 성능을 나타내었다. 임피던스 측정을 통하여 건조한 전해질막 조건에서 ohmic 손실이 커지며 외부가습과 자체가습량이 커지면 저주파수 영역에서 물질전달손실 효과가 나타나는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 전압을 감소시킨 후 전류의 시간에 따른 변화를 고찰하여 연료전지 시스템의 동적특성을 고찰하였다. 전압을 감소시킨 경우, 작동온도의 상승에 따라서 정상상태에 도달하는 시간이 줄어들었으며, 저전압 영역을 제외하면 생성된 물에 의한 자체가습은 정상상태 도달시간을 지연시키는 효과를 가져왔다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권7호
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• pp.567-578
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• 2015

Leidenfrost 온도 이상으로 가열된 벽면과 충돌하는 액적의 속도가 열전달 특성에 미치는 영향에 관한 실험 연구를 수행하였다. 동기화된 초고속 가시화 카메라와 적외선 카메라를 이용하여 벽면과 충돌하는 액적의 충돌 특성과 충돌면의 온도 분포를 측정하였다. 획득한 표면온도 분포를 충돌면의 경계 조건으로 이용하여 가열 벽면의 3차원 비정상 열전도 수치해석을 통해 표면 열유속 분포를 얻었다. 수직방향 충돌속도가 증가할수록 최대 액막 직경이 증가하고 가열 벽면과 액막 사이에 존재하는 증기막의 두께가 감소하여 열전달 효율이 증가하였다. 액적은 웨버수가 30보다 작은 경우 되튐현상이 발생하였으며, 큰 경우 작은 액적들로 분쇄되어졌다. 충돌속도에 의한 열전달량의 증가 경향이 되튐영역에서 분쇄영역에서 가면서 약화되었으며, 이는 분쇄현상에 의해 유효 열전달 면적의 확대 효과가 저감되었기 때문으로 해석된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.538-545
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• 2004

A new CRT binding factor (CBF) gene designated Cbcbf25 was cloned from Capsella bursa-pastoris, a wild grass, by the rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA of Cbcbf25 was 898 bp with a 669 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a putative DRE/CRT (LTRE)-binding protein of 223 amino acids. The predicted CbCBF25 protein contained a potential nuclear localization signal (NLS) in its N-terminal region followed by an AP2 DNA-binding motif and a possible acidic activation domain in the C-terminal region. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that Cbcbf25 has a high level of similarity with other CBF genes like cbf1, cbf2, and cbf3 from Arabidopsis thaliana, and Bncbf5, Bncbf7, Bncbf16, and Bncbf17 from Brassica napus. A cold acclimation assay showed that Cbcbf25 was expressed immediately after cold triggering, but this expression was transient, suggesting that it concerns cold acclimation. Our study implies that Cbcbf25 is an analogue of other CBF genes and may participate in cold-response, by for example, controlling the expression of cold-regulated genes or increasing the freezing tolerance of plants.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.158-165
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• 2002

목적: 체내에 주입된 Gd-DTPA가 뇌의 확산강조 자기공명영상 신호강도 및 현성확산계수에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 대상 및 방법 : 성숙한 잡견 5마리에 대하여 동맥내 도관삽입에 의한 좌측 내경동맥 색전방법을 이용하여 초급성 뇌경색 동물모델을 만들었다. 색전 후 1시간째 확산강조영상을 시행하고, Gd-DTPA를 주입한 다음 다시 90분까지 11회의 추가 확산강조영상을 얻었다. 관심영역을 설정하여 측정한 초급성 뇌경색부위와 반대측 정상부위의 확산강조영상 신호강도 및 현성확산계수를 분석하였다. 결과: 뇌경색은 색전 후 1시간에 시행한 확산강조 자기공명영상에서 잡견 5마리 모두에서 발견되었다. 확산강조영상에서 초급성 뇌경색부위의 신호강도는 Gd-DTPA 주입 여부와 관계없이 시간이 경과함에 따라 증가하였으나, 관류가 유지된 정상부위의 신호강 도는 Gd-DTPA 주입 후 2분에 시행한 첫 검사에서 오히려 저하된 후, 시간경과에 따라 다시 증가하였다. 현성확산계수는 초급성 뇌경색부위에서 Gd-DTPA주입여부에 관계없이 시간 이 경과함에 따라 지속적으로 감소되었으나, 관류가 유지된 반대측 정상부위에서는 변화하지 않았다. 결론: 체내에 주입된 Gd-DTPA는 초급성 뇌경색부위 및 정상부위의 현성확산계수에 영향을 미치지 않으나, 정상부위에서는 조영제 주입 직후 초기의 자화율효과에 의해 확산강조영상의 신호 강도를 저하시켰다. 조영제 주입 후 시행한 확산강조영상 신호 강도의 정량적인 측정이 필요한 연구 혹은 임상 증례에 대하여는 현성확산계수를 측정함으로써 Gd-DTPA의 자화율효과에 의한 영향을 배제하여야 할 것이다.