• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.332-339
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• 2017

노후화된 구조물의 경우 준공 후 시간이 지나 구조물의 정보가 유실되는 경우가 많으며, 시공관련 자료에 대한 정보 부족으로 인해 구조물의 잔존수명을 예측하는데 큰 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 현장에서 채취한 코어 시험체를 기반으로 각종 현장 및 실내시험법을 통한 내구성을 평가하고 이를 토대로 FEM 해석기법을 활용하여 콘크리트 구조물의 내구수명을 예측하였다. 그 결과, 중성화 속도계수는 $5.38E-6(cm^2/day)$로 매우 진행 속도가 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 탄산화 및 염해에 의한 복합열화의 발생 가능성은 매우 낮은 것으로 확인되었다

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1241-1249
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• 2002

The extent of materials deterioration can be evaluated accurately by mechanical test such as impact test or creep test. But it is almost impossible to extract a large test specimen from in-service components. Thus material degradation evaluation by non-destructive method is earnestly required. In this paper, the material degradation for virgin and several aged materials of a Cr-Mo-V steel, which is an candidated as structural material of the turbine casing components for electric power plant, is nondestructively evaluated by reactivation polarization testing method. And, the results obtained from the test are compared with those in small punch(SP) tests recommended as a semi-nondestructive testing method using miniaturized specimen. In contrast to the aged materials up to 1,000hrs which exhibit the degradation behaviors with increased ${\Delta}[DBTT]_{SP}$, the improvement of mechanical property can be observed on the 2,000hrs and 3,000hrs aged materials. This is because of the softening of material due to the carbide precipitation, the increase of ferritic structures and the recovery of dislocation microstructure by long-time heat treatment. The reactivation rates($I_R/I_{Crit},\;Q_R/Q_{Crit}$) calculated by reactivation current densityt ($I_R$) and charge($Q_R$) in the polarization curves exhibit a good correlation with ${\Delta}[DBTT]_{SP}$ behaviors.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

Given that the demand for dental care for elderly individuals is expected to increase according to demographic changes, long-term roadmaps for the current health insurance system should be actively planned. The study aimed to investigate the health insurance system in Korea, compared to that of Japan, and suggest directions for the work of dental hygienists to provide basic data on efficient improvements in the health insurance system. Based on the collected data, the website was used to collect additional related data from Korea and Japan. The most common cause of death in Korea was malignant neoplasms, and most patients were hospitalized for diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. Dental care covered by Korean medical insurance for individuals aged 65 years or older was treatment oriented, such as dentures and implants, while in Japan, treatment-intensive items, such as visiting a dental hygienist for guidance and provision of home-care professional oral hygiene treatment, were covered. The percentages of remaining teeth in Korea and the percentage of remaining 20 teeth were 68.9% in those aged 65 to 74 years and 51.2% in those aged 75 to 84 years in Japan. A strategy for promoting oral health among elderly individuals should be established, and a multilateral intervention approach is required to prevent oral problems from leading to deterioration of whole-body health. The role of dental hygienists in providing comprehensive assessment to elderly individuals is important. In order to provide systemic oral care, it is necessary to introduce oral care systems according to the national policy.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.759-769
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• 2021

발사체 추진 시스템에서 Titanium Hydride Potassium Perchlorate (THPP)는 에너지를 인가받으면 gas를 발생시키는 pyrotechnic initiator로써 혹은 NASA Standard Initiator (NSI)의 supplement charge로써 흔히 사용되는 물질이다. 하지만 금속으로 이루어진 복합 화약이 오랫동안 보관이 되면 노화라는 문제에 직면하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 열분석 및 표면분석을 통하여 다양한 습도환경에서 노화된 THPP에 대하여 열역학적 특성의 변화를 확인하였고, 이를 바탕으로 THPP에 대한 전반적인 노화 메커니즘을 구축해내었다. 우선, THPP가 노화됨에 따라 산화제 표면의 균열빈도가 증가하고 길이가 길어졌는데, 이는 열·수분 노화가 공통적으로 산화제의 분해를 초래함을 보여준다. 이때 열 노화된 경우 Viton의 열화 현상이, 수분 노화된 경우 연료의 산화가 더욱 두드러졌다. 또한 실험을 통해 계산된 반응률에 대한 THPP의 화학반응인자의 경우 습도에 따라 크게 달라졌는데, 이는 수분이 THPP의 연소에 상당한 변화를 미쳐 결국에는 수명의 감소로 이어지게 될 것을 시사한다.

• 운동영양학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.16-22
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• 2021

[Purpose] Aerobic exercise training (AT) reverses aging-induced deterioration of arterial stiffness via increased arterial nitric oxide (NO) production. Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA), an endogenous inhibitor of NO synthase, was decreased by AT. However, whether AT-induced changes in ADMA levels are related to changes in nitrite/nitrate (NOx) levels remains unclear. Accordingly, we aimed to clarify whether the relationship between plasma ADMA and NOx levels afected the AT-induced reduction of arterial stifness in middle-aged and older adults. [Methods] Thirty-one healthy middle-aged and older male and female subjects (66.4 ± 1.3 years) were randomly divided into two groups: exercise intervention and sedentary controls. Subjects in the training group completed an 8-week AT (60%-70% peak oxygen uptake [${\dot{V}}O_{2peak}$] for 45 min, 3 days/week). [Results] AT signifcantly increased ${\dot{V}}O_{2peak}$ (P < 0.05) and decreased carotid β-stifness (P < 0.01). Moreover, plasma ADMA levels were significantly decreased while plasma NOx levels and NOx/ADMA ratio were significantly increased by AT (P < 0.01). Additionally, no sex diferences in AT-induced changes of circulating ADMA and NOx levels, NOx/ADMA ratio, and carotid β-stifness were observed. Furthermore, the AT-induced increase in circulating ADMA levels was negatively correlated with an increase in circulating NOx levels (r = -0.414, P < 0.05), and the AT-induced increase in NOx/ADMA ratio was negatively correlated with a decrease in carotid β-stifness (r = -0.514, P < 0.01). [Conclusion] These results suggest that the increase in circulating NOx with reduction of ADMA elicited by AT is associated with a decrease in arterial stiffness regardless of sex in middle-aged and older adults.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.146-155
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• 2023

Background: Despite the recent increasing trend in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among older individuals, the relationship between diabetic retinopathy (DR) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in these patients remains unclear. This study investigated the severity of renal dysfunction according to the degree of DR in older patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: A total of 116 patients with diabetes and CKD stage ≥3 who visited both the nephrology and ophthalmology outpatient departments between July 2021 and January 2022 were screened. There were 53 patients in the no DR group, 20 in the nonproliferative DR (NPDR) group, and 43 in the proliferative DR (PDR) group. Results: DR severity was related to the deterioration of renal function. The proportion of patients with advanced CKD significantly increased with DR severity (p for trend <0.001). In the multivariate regression model adjusted for age of ≥80 years, male sex, poorly controlled diabetes, macroalbuminuria, insulin use, diabetes duration of ≥10 years, cerebrovascular accident, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cardiovascular disease history, the odds ratio compared with the no DR group was approximately 4.6 for the NPDR group and approximately 11.8 for the PDR group, which were both statistically significant (p=0.025 and p<0.001, respectively). Conclusion: DR severity in older patients with diabetes may be associated with deterioration of renal function and high prevalence of advanced CKD. Therefore, periodic examination for DR in older patients with diabetes is important for predicting renal function deterioration and CKD progression.

• 센서학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.404-415
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 산불에 의한 가공송전선의 열화에 대한 몇 가지 특성들과 비파괴 검사를 다룬다. 노화된 ACSR 도체에 대한 대기부식과 전해부식과 같은 부식기구를 설명한 후에 부식검출에 대해서 기술한다. 솔레노이드 코일의 임피던스 해석을 통하여 와류센서가 도체의 싱한 결함과 국부부식을 검사하는데 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 시험 도체를 코일 내부에 삽입한 경우에 센서코일의 임피던스가 변하므로, 산불에 의해 초래된 열화 정도를 측정하는 것이 가능하였다. 인공화염에 의해 열화 된 몇 개의 시료들을 사용하여 인장강도, 신장율과 센서 임피던스가 측정되었다. 화염 기간을 어느 정도 증가시키면, 알루미늄 소선의 인장은 현저하게 감소하기 시작하나 아연도금 강소선은 약간의 아연층이 부식되지만 인장은 초기와 유사하게 유지하였다. 일반적으로 도체의 인장하중이 감소하고 반대로 신장율이 증가하면 센서 임피던스는 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서, 센서의 출력은 도체의 기계적 특성 변화를 나타내므로 이 센서는 산등성이에 가설된 ACSR 도체에 대해 산불로 인한 열화상태를 검출하는데 이용할 수 있다. 결국, 산불에 의한 심한 열화상태에 대한 중요한 정보를 얻는데 솔레노이드 코일을 응용할 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.355-363
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• 1999

The experiments were carried out to elucidate the varietal variation of retrogradation in aged cooked rice and its association with some physicochemical properties of milled rice. The fifteen rice materials were selected from forty-three low-amylose japonica and Tongil-type rice cultivars based on palatability and retrogradation of cooked rice stratified by preliminary sensory evaluation of warm and cooled cooked rice. One japonica glutinous rice variety was included for comparison of retrogradation of cooked rice. The $\alpha$-amylase-iodine method was adopted for checking the varietal difference in retrogradation of cooked rice. The desirable checking time for evaluating the varietal difference in deterioration of aged cooked rice was four hours after storing in room temperature and two hours after preserving in refrigerator based on the largest coefficients of variations in degree of retrogradation of cooked rice. The rice cultivars revealing the relatively slow retrogradation in aged cooked rice were Ilpumbyeo, Chucheongbyeo, Sasanishiki, Jinbubyeo and Koshihikari. A Tongil-type rice, Taebaegbyeo, and a japonica cultivar, Seomjinbyeo, showed the relatively fast deterioration of cooked rice. The retrogadation index represented by the percentage of retrogradation difference between warm and cooled cooked rice to original estimates of warm cooked rice was significantly affected by the degree of retrogradation of cooled cooked rice. Generally, the better rice cultivars in eating quality of cooked rice showed less retrogradation and much sponginess in cooled cooked rice. Also, the rice varieties exhibiting less retrogradation in cooled cooked rice revealed higher hot viscosity and lower cool viscosity of rice flour in amylogram. The sponginess of cooled cooked rice was closely associated with magnesium content and volume expansion of cooked rice. The hardness-changed ratio of cooked rice by cooling was negatively correlated with solids amount extracted during boiling and volume expansion of cooked rice. The major physicochemical properties of rice grain closely related to the palatability of cooked rice may be directly or indirectly associated with the retrogradation characteristics of cooked nce. The varietal difference in retrogradation of cooked rice can be effectively classified by scatter diagram on the plane of upper two principal components based on some retrogradation properties of cooked rice. The deteriorated structural change in cooled cooked rice by observing through the scanning electron microscope was more conspicuous in the fastly retrograded cooked rice than in the slower one.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2020

In this case study, the brake line failure of air over hydraulic(AOH) brake system is described. AOH brake system is applied to commercial vehicles between 5 to 8 tons. It consists of a hydraulic system using compressed air and operates the air master to form hydraulic pressure to transfer braking power to the wheels. When the brake lines of the system applied to vehicles with high load capacity are damaged, the braking force of one shaft is lost, and the braking distance increases rapidly, leading to a big accident. Failure of the brake line occurs due to various causes such as road surface fragmentation, corrosion of the line, and aged deterioration of air brake hose. The braking force could be decreased even when a very small break in the form of a pin-hole occurs. However, it is difficult to find a part where the thickness of the line is thin due to stone pecking or corrosion generated in the pin-hole formed on the brake line located under the lower part of the vehicle by the sensory evaluation or the conventional braking force test. Accordingly, it is necessary to analyze the condition and cause of the failure of the brake line more precisely when the accident investigation of the heavy vehicles, and also to examine the necessity of the advanced test for the aged brake line.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2003

우리나라 군 시설에서 조적조가 차지하는 비중은 매우 크며, 군 시설 현대화사업의 추진 등으로 성능에 대한 정확한 평가가 없이 노후 시설물을 철거하는 경우가 있어서 낭비를 초래하고 있다. 본 연구는 조적조 노후 군시설을 효율적으로 유지보수 하는데 도움을 주기 위해서 시설물의 기울기 및 침하, 내하력, 내구성 등을 조사하여 시설물 전반의 성능을 객관적으로 평가할 수 있는 기준을 제시하였다. 내하력은 조적상태, 줄눈모르터 상태, 긴결철물의 상태, 테두리보 상태, 하중상태 등으로 평가하고, 내구성은 균열, 표면노후화, 진동등의 항목으로 평가하도록 하였다. 평가항목의 중요도는 AHP 기법을 적용하여 산정한 가중치로 결정하였다. 조사대상 조적조 노후 군시설의 성능을 판정할 수 있는 절차도 제시하였으며, 사례연구를 통하여 본 연구에서 제시한 평가기준의 적용성을 확인할 수 있었다.