• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.111-117
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• 2019

Shear experiments were carried out to evaluate shear performance of SFRC deep beams with end-anchorage of SD600 high strength headed reinforcing tensile bars. The experimental variables include the end-anchorage methods of tensile bars (headed bar, straight bar), the end-anchorage lengths, and the presence of shear reinforcement. Specimens with a shear span ratio of 1 showed a pattern of the shear compression failure with the slope cracks progressed after the initial bending crack occurred. Specimens with end-anchorage of headed bars (H-specimens) showed a larger shear strengths of 5.6% to 22.4% compared to straight bars (NH-specimens). For H-specimens, bearing stress reached 0.9 to 17.2% of the total stress of tensile bars up to 75% of the maximum load, and reached 22.4% to 46%. This shows that the anchorage strength due to the bearing stress of headed bars has a significant effect on shear strength. The experimental shear strength was 2.68 to 4.65 times the theoretical shear strength by the practical method, and the practical method was evaluated as the safety side.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.105-111
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• 2023

Electronic devices have been evolved to be mechanically flexible that can be endured repetitive deformation. This evolution emphasizes the importance of long-term reliability in metal wiring connecting electronic components, especially under bending fatigue in compressed environments. This study investigated methods to enhance adhesion between copper (Cu) and polyimide (PI) substrates, aiming to improve the reliability of copper wiring under such conditions. We applied oxygen plasma treatment and introduced a chromium (Cr) adhesion layer to the polyimide substrate. Our findings revealed that these adhesion enhancement methods significantly affect compression fatigue behavior. Notably, the chromium adhesion layer, while showing weaker fatigue characteristics at 1.5% strain, demonstrated superior performance at 2.0% strain with no delamination, outperforming other methods. These results offer valuable insights for improving the reliability of flexible electronic devices, including reducing crack occurrence and enhancing fatigue resistance in their typical usage environments.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.53-64
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• 2024

This paper is a basic study on replacing ordinary aggregates with zeolite aggregates with high absorption rates in paving concrete for sidewalks. In order to determine the optimal replacement ratio of coarse and fine zeolite aggregates in paving concrete, absorption performance through absorption and drying tests and mechanical properties through compression, bending, and splitting tensile strength tests were investigated. As a result of the absorption tests, the absorption performance, which can be defined as the difference between absorption rate and drying rate, was 6% for coarse aggregates, which was about 4% higher than that of normal aggregates, and 31% for fine aggregates, which was about 11% higher than that of normal aggregates. In addition, in paving concrete mixed with zeolite aggregates, the absorption rate was up to 4.5%, and the drying rate was at least 0.72%, which showed a relatively high absorption performance considering the unit volume weight. The compressive strength of paving concrete mixed with zeolite aggregate decreased at some replacement ratios compared to that of normal aggregate, but all satisfied the design compressive strengths specified in the Korean design standard. The flexural strength also decreased by up to 16% depending on the replacement ratio and was lower than the design flexural strength specified in the mixture design guidelines. However, it was judged that there would be no problem in applying it to concrete pavement for sidewalks with small design loads. The splitting tensile strength, which is important for crack resistance, was the same or decreased at a rate of 6% or less depending on the replacement ratio, so it is considered to be suitable for paving concrete for sidewalks. From the research results on absorption performance and mechanical properties, it was confirmed that zeolite aggregates can be applied to absorbent paving concrete for sidewalks, and the optimal replacement ratio for this was determined to be 20% coarse aggregate and 10% fine aggregate based on a total of 30% replacement.