• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.925-932
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• 2018

이 연구는 특수형 회전교차로 중 터보형 회전교차로를 다루고 있다. 최근 많은 회전교차로가 국내에 건설되고 있으나, 회전교차로의 효과는 총 진입교통량과 용지면적에 달려 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 부도로 교통량이 매우 작은 신호교차로를 터보형 회전교차로로 전환함에 따른 운영 및 사고감소 효과를 분석하는데 있다. 주요 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 주도로의 교통량 비율이 높고, 부도로의 교통량이 10~15% 이하인 경우나 좌회전 비율이 30% 이하로 적을 경우 1차로형 및 2차로형 회전교차로 보다는 터보형 회전교차로로 전환할 경우 개선효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 둘째, 1차로형 회전교차로에 비해 터보형 회전교차로는 지체감소효과가 매우 높고, 2차로형 회전교차로에 비해 용지 면적이 적어 도로용량의 증대에도 더욱 효율적인 것으로 판단된다. 셋째, 터보형 회전교차로 전환설치 후 교통사고 건수는 45.9%, 부상자수는 76.5%가 감소하였고, 사고유형별로 차대사람 사고가 2.3명에서 2명(14.3%), 차대차 사고가 14.3명에서 0명(100%), 차량단독 사고가 0.3명에서 사상자가 0명(100%)으로 분석되었다. 마지막으로 이용자 만족도 조사 결과 긍정적인 평가는 60.4%에서 터보형 회전교차로 전환설치 후 76.8%로 약 16.4%가 향상되어 안전성, 접근성, 편의성 등에 대한 개선효과가 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제84권2호
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• pp.186-197
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• 1995

경기도 양평 지역에 생육하고 있는 리기다소나무, 낙엽송, 졸참나무 임분의 지상 부위 생체량과 엽면적을 추정하기 위해 흉고직경, 흉고단면적, 변재단면적, 변재부피 등의 변수를 이용하는 회귀식을 조제하였다. 지상 부위 생체량과 엽면적은 흉고직경, 흉고단면적, 변재단면적, 변재부피 등과 각각 통계적으로 유의한 상관 관계를 보였으며, 비슷한 직경급에서 3수종 모두 유사한 수간목부 생체량을 보였다. 그러나 수피, 잎, 가지와 지상 부위 총생체량과, 단위건중량당 엽면적 그리고 엽면적 변재단면적의 비에 있어 수종 간 차이가 뚜렷하였다. 생체량과 엽면적 추정을 위한 회귀식은 대상 수중의 잎의 습성과 수병에 영향을 받는 것으로 보이며, 이들 영향을 보다 확실하게 구명하치 위해서 상세한 연구가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.623-649
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• 2016

Most of the early studies on plates vibration are focused on two-dimensional theories, these theories reduce the dimensions of problems from three to two by introducing some assumptions in mathematical modeling leading to simpler expressions and derivation of solutions. However, these simplifications inherently bring errors and therefore may lead to unreliable results for relatively thick plates. The main objective of this research paper is to present 3-D elasticity solution for free vibration analysis of continuously graded carbon nanotube-reinforced (CGCNTR) rectangular plates resting on two-parameter elastic foundations. The volume fractions of oriented, straight single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction. In this study, an equivalent continuum model based on the Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka approach is employed to estimate the effective constitutive law of the elastic isotropic medium (matrix) with oriented, straight carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The proposed rectangular plates have two opposite edges simply supported, while all possible combinations of free, simply supported and clamped boundary conditions are applied to the other two edges. The formulations are based on the three-dimensional elasticity theory. A semi-analytical approach composed of differential quadrature method (DQM) and series solution is adopted to solve the equations of motion. The fast rate of convergence of the method is demonstrated and comparison studies are carried out to establish its very high accuracy and versatility. The 2-D differential quadrature method as an efficient and accurate numerical tool is used to discretize the governing equations and to implement the boundary conditions. The convergence of the method is demonstrated and to validate the results, comparisons are made between the present results and results reported by well-known references for special cases treated before, have confirmed accuracy and efficiency of the present approach. The novelty of the present work is to exploit Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka approach in order to reveal the impacts of the volume fractions of oriented CNTs, different CNTs distributions, various coefficients of foundation and different combinations of free, simply supported and clamped boundary conditions on the vibrational characteristics of CGCNTR rectangular plates. The new results can be used as benchmark solutions for future researches.

• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.49-58
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 게임의 실외 지형을 구성하는 많은 수의 다양한 나무를 효율적이고 자연스럽게 표현하기 위한 나무 성장 모델을 설계한다. 제안하는 나무 성장 모델은 (1) 다양한 종류의 나무를 보다 직관적이면서 자연스럽고 효율적으로 모델링하기 위한 성장 볼륨 및 약수 함수의 합성 곱 기반의 나무 모델링 방법, (2) 복잡한 구조의 다수 나무들의 실시간 처리를 위하여 인스턴싱 기반의 가지의 세분화 단계를 통한 렌더링 방법, 그리고 (3) 이를 조합하여 게임 배경을 효율적으로 구축하는 방법으로 구성된 나무 성장 모델이다. 제안한 나무 성장 모델을 통하여 자연스럽고 다양한 나무의 성장과 이를 통한 자연스러운 게임 배경의 구축 가능성 및 실시간 처리의 효율성을 실험을 통해 확인한다.

• Nano
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1850137.1-1850137.9
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• 2018

A series of silica surface-capped with hexamethyldisilazane (denoted as $H-SiO_2$) were prepared by liquid-phase in-situ surface-modification method. The as-obtained $H-SiO_2$ was incorporated into acrylic amino (AA) baking paint to obtain AA/$H-SiO_2$ composite extinction paints and/or coatings. $N_2$ adsorption-desorption tests were conducted to determine the specific surface area as well as pore size and pore volume of $H-SiO_2$. Moreover, the effects of $H-SiO_2$ matting agents on the physical properties of AA paint as well as the gloss and transmittance of AA-based composite extinction coatings were investigated. Results show that $H-SiO_2$ matting agents possess a large specific surface area and pore volume than previously reported silica obtained by liquid-phase method. Besides, they have better dispersibility in AA baking paint than the unmodified silica. Particularly, $H-SiO_2$ with a silica particle size of $6.7{\mu}m$ and the dosage of 4% (mass fraction) provides an extinction rate of 95.2% and a transmittance of 79.3% for the AA-based composite extinction coating, showing advantages over OK520, a conventional silica matting agent. Along with the increase in the silica particle size, $H-SiO_2$ matting agents cause a certain degree of increase in the viscosity of AA paint as well as a noticeable decrease in the gloss of the AA-based composite extinction coating, but they have insignificant effects on the hardness and adhesion to substrate of the AA-based composite coatings. This means that $H-SiO_2$ matting agents could be well applicable to preparing low-viscosity and low-gloss AA-based matte coatings.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제29권 6호
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• pp.375-391
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• 2022

This paper examined the impact of the cross-sectional structure on the structural results under different loading conditions of reinforced concrete (RC) members' management limited in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). The mechanical properties of CFRC was investigated, then, totally 32 samples were examined. Test parameters included the cross-sectional shape as square, rectangular and circular with two various aspect rates and loading statues. The loading involved concentrated loading, eccentric loading with a ratio of 0.46 to 0.6 and pure bending. The results of the test revealed that the CFRP increased ductility and load during concentrated processing. A cross sectional shape from 23 to 44 percent was increased in load capacity and from 250 to 350 percent increase in axial deformation in rectangular and circular sections respectively, affecting greatly the accomplishment of load capacity and ductility of the concentrated members. Two Artificial Intelligence Models as Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) were used to estimating the tensile and flexural strength of specimen. On the basis of the performance from RMSE and RSQR, C-Shape CFRC was greater tensile and flexural strength than any other FRP composite design. Because of the mechanical anchorage into the matrix, C-shaped CFRCC was noted to have greater fiber-matrix interfacial adhesive strength. However, with the increase of the aspect ratio and fiber volume fraction, the compressive strength of CFRCC was reduced. This possibly was due to the fact that during the blending of each fiber, the volume of air input was increased. In addition, by adding silica fumed to composites, the tensile and flexural strength of CFRCC is greatly improved.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2020

Adding fibers improves concrete performance in respect of strength and plasticity. There are numerous fibers for use in concrete that have different mechanical properties, and their combination in concrete changes its behavior. So, to investigate the behavior of the fiber reinforced concrete, an in vitro study was conducted on concrete with different fiber compositions including different ratios of steel, polypropylene and glass fibers with the volume of 1%. Two forms of fibers including single-stranded and aggregated fibers have been used for testing, and the specimens were tested for compressive strength and dividable tensile strength (splitting tensile) to determine the optimal ratio of the composition of fibers in the concrete reinforced by hybrid fibers. The results show that the concrete with a composition of steel fibers has a better performance than other compounds. In addition, by adding glass and propylene fibers to the composition of steel fibers, the strength of the samples is reduced. Also, if using the combination of fibers is required, the use of a combination of glass fibers with steel fibers will provide a better compressive strength and tensile strength than the combination of steel fibers with propylene.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.347-360
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• 2017

The goal of this study is to fill this apparent gap in the area about vibration analysis of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) curved panels by providing 3-D vibration analysis results for functionally graded multiwalled carbon nanotubes (FG-MWCNTs) sandwich structure with power-law distribution of nanotube. The effective material properties of the FG-MWCNT structures are estimated using a modified Halpin-Tsai equation. Modified Halpin-Tsai equation was used to evaluate the Young's modulus of MWCNT/epoxy composite samples by the incorporation of an orientation as well as an exponential shape factor in the equation. The exponential shape factor modifies the Halpin-Tsai equation from expressing a straight line to a nonlinear one in the MWCNTs wt% range considered. Also, the mass density and Poisson's ratio of the MWCNT/phenolic composite are considered based on the rule of mixtures. Parametric studies are carried out to highlight the influence of MWCNT volume fraction in the thickness, different types of CNT distribution, boundary conditions and geometrical parameters on vibrational behavior of FG-MWCNT thick curved panels. Because of using two-dimensional generalized differential quadrature method, the present approach makes possible vibration analysis of cylindrical panels with two opposite axial edges simply supported and arbitrary boundary conditions including Free, Simply supported and Clamped at the curved edges. For an overall comprehension on 3-D vibration analysis of sandwich panel, some mode shape contour plots are reported in this research work.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.241-259
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• 2013

This paper presents the optimum load-speed diagram evaluation for a linear micromotor, including multitude cantilever piezoelectric bimorphs, briefly. Each microbeam in the mechanism can be actuated in both axial and flexural modes simultaneously. For this design, we consider quasi-static and linear conditions, and a relatively new numerical method called the smoothed finite element method (S-FEM) is introduced here. For this purpose, after finding an optimum volume fraction for piezoelectric layers through a standard numerical method such as quadratic finite element method, the relevant load-speed curves of the optimized micromotor are examined and compared by deterministic topology optimization (DTO) design. In this regard, to avoid the overly stiff behavior in FEM modeling, a numerical method known as the cell-based smoothed finite element method (CS-FEM, as a branch of S-FEM) is applied for our DTO problem. The topology optimization procedure to find the optimal design is implemented using a solid isotropic material with a penalization (SIMP) approximation and a method of moving asymptotes (MMA) optimizer. Because of the higher efficiency and accuracy of S-FEMs with respect to standard FEMs, the main micromotor characteristics of our final DTO design using a softer CS-FEM are substantially improved.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.541-557
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• 2018

This paper presents the influence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) waviness and aspect ratio on the vibrational behavior of functionally graded nanocomposite sandwich annular sector plates resting on two-parameter elastic foundations. The carbon nanotube-reinforced (CNTR) sandwich plate has smooth variation of CNT fraction along the thickness direction. The distributions of CNTs are considered functionally graded (FG) or uniform along the thickness and their mechanical properties are estimated by an extended rule of mixture. In this study, the classical theory concerning the mechanical efficiency of a matrix embedding finite length fibers has been modified by introducing the tube-to-tube random contact, which explicitly accounts for the progressive reduction of the tubes' effective aspect ratio as the filler content increases. Effects of CNT distribution, volume fraction, aspect ratio and waviness, and also effects of Pasternak's elastic foundation coefficients, sandwich plate thickness, face sheets thickness and plate aspect ratio are investigated on the free vibration of the sandwich plates with wavy CNT-reinforced face sheets. The study is carried out based on three-dimensional theory of elasticity and in contrary to two-dimensional theories, such as classical, the first- and the higher-order shear deformation plate theories, this approach does not neglect transverse normal deformations. The sandwich annular sector plate is assumed to be simply supported in the radial edges while any arbitrary boundary conditions are applied to the other two circular edges including simply supported, clamped and free.