• Computers and Concrete
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.399-407
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• 2024

This study nondestructively examined the evolution of crack density in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) upon cyclic loading. Uniaxial compression was repeatedly applied to the cylindrical specimens at levels corresponding to 32% and 53% of the maximum load-bearing capacity, each at a steady strain rate. At each stage, both P-wave and S-wave velocities were measured in the absence of the applied load. In particular, the continuous monitoring of P-wave velocity from the first loading prior to the second loading allowed real-time observation of the strengthening effect during loading and the recovery effect afterwards. Increasing the number of cycles resulted in the reduction of both elastic wave velocities and Young's modulus, along with a slight rise in Poisson's ratio in both tested cases. The computed crack density showed a monotonically increasing trend with repeated loading, more significant at 53% than at 32% loading. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of the crack density along the height was achieved, validating the directional dependency of microcracking development. This study demonstrated the capability of the crack density to capture the evolution of microcracks in UHPC under cyclic loading condition, as an early-stage damage indicator.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.52-66
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• 1983

The brown planthopper, N. lugens (Stal), has become a serious pest of rice in tropical Asia during the last decade. At high pest density, its feeding damage causes 'hopperburn' or complete wilting and drying of the rice plant. It also transmits grassy and ragged stunt virus diseases. The estimated losses caused by the pest in tropical Asia exceed $US\$300$ millions. While cultivation of resistant rice varieties has proved to be highly effective against the pest, their long-term stability is threatened because of the evolution of prolific biotypes which can destroy these varieties. At present, identification of biotypes is based principally on the differential reactions of host rice varieties to the pest and on host-mediated behavioral and physiological responses of the pest. Recent findings of morphological differences in adult rostrum, legs, and antennae, body parts that possess receptors for host plant location and discrimination, and cytological differences in N. lugens populations maintained as stock cultures strongly complement other biotype studies. So far, three N. lugens biotypes have been identified in the Philippines. Biotype I can survive on and damage varieties that do not carry and genes for resistance, while Biotype 2 survives on resistant varieties carrying Bph 1 gene and Biotype 3 on varieties carrying gene bph 2. However, none of these biotypes can survive on varieties with genes Bph 3 or bph 4. Several varieties which are resistant in the Philippines are susceptible in India and Sri Lanka as the South Asian biotypes of N. lugens are more virulent than Southeast Asian biotypes. To monitor the pest biotypes in different geographical regions and to identify new sources of resistance, an International Brown Planthopper Nursery has been established in many cooperating countries. The evolution of biotypes is an exceedingly complex process which is governed by the interactions of genetic and biological factors of the pest populations and the genetic makeup of the cultivated varieties. While the strategy for sequential release of varieties with major resistance genes has been fairly successful so far, the monegenic resistance of these varieties makes them vulnerable to the development of the pest biotypes. Therefore, present breeding endeavors envisage utilizing both major and minor resistance genes for effective control of the pest.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1057-1068
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• 2014

2개의 상으로 구성된 입자 강화 복합재에 대한 균질화와 내부 상태 변수에 대해 2차 미분항이 포함된 비구역적 이론을 적용하여 탄소성 구성 방정식을 제안하였다. 열역학과 소성 포텐셜을 통해 내부 상태 변수에 대한 전개식 또한 본 논문에 포함되었다. 연속체 결함 모델을 이용, 결함 인자에 따른 물성 저하 현상도 감안되었으며 이중 후방응력이 조합된 전개식 또한 제시하였다. 일부 예에 대한 수치해석 결과, 비구역적 변수의 영향이 증가할수록 전단밴드는 감소하나 반면 특정 후방응력 전개가 지배적일수록 소성변형 집중이 증가함이 관찰되었다. 더욱이 두 개의 강소성 상으로 이루어진 복합재의 경우 강성이 높은 게재물의 비중이 증가함에 따라 전단밴드 형성이 용이한 것으로 나타났다. 그 밖에 제어변수들의 변화에 따른 전단밴드 형성에 대한 분석 결과는 Rice 소성 불안정성 분석결과와 잘 일치함 또한 밝혀졌다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.306-319
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• 2020

사용후핵연료의 심층처분 사업에서는 처분장 주변 모암의 수리역학적 성능을 저하시키는 굴착손상영역의 특성화가 중요하다. 이에 DECOVALEX-2019 프로젝트의 Task G에서는 균열암반 수치해석 모델을 구축한 후 암반 주변의 굴착손상영역의 수리역학적 거동을 모사하고, 구축한 모델로 처분장의 운영 시에 장기적으로 야기될 수 있는 추가적인 수리학적 변화를 관찰하였다. 과업의 첫 번째 단계에서는 2차원 균열암반 모델을 구축하여 수치해석 기법의 특성을 파악하고, 두 번째 단계에서는 3차원 균열암반 모델로 확장 후 스웨덴 애스푀 지하연구시설(Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory) 내 TAS04 간섭시험 결과와 비교하여 수치해석 모델을 검증한 후, 세 번째 단계에서는 열과 빙하 하중에 의한 영향을 반영하여 균열암반의 수리역학적 반응을 순차적으로 확인하였다. 과업의 전 과정에서 유한요소법과 개별요소법으로 균열암반에서의 수리역학적 분석을 수행하였으며, 균열의 기하학적 특성을 반영 및 굴착손상영역을 반영하는 과정에서 각 수치해석 기법에 따라 다양한 접근방법으로 고려하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 향후 결정질 균열암반에 사용후핵연료 처분장을 계획할 시 수치해석 단계에서 채택될 수 있는 다양한 접근 방법과 고려해야 할 사항들을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 전망한다.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 복합재료의 섬유와 기지사이의 경계면 손상을 고려한 멀티스케일 점진적 피로 손상 모델을 제안한다. 먼저 점진적인 경계면 손상을 고려하기 위해 서로 다른 4개의 경계면 상태를 정의한 미소구조 모델을 도입하였다. 각각의 상태에 대한 부피분율은 피로 하중의 사이클 수가 증가함에 따라 온전한 상태의 계면에서 완전 박리 상태의 계면으로의 전환이 일어난다. 손상된 경계면의 에쉘비 텐서(Eshelby's tensor)를 계산하기 위해 선형 스프링 모델이 사용되었으며 균질화 방법을 통해 복합재료의 유효 물성을 얻었다. 또한 복합재료의 피로거동을 묘사하기 위해 교번 응력에 대한 섬유, 기지, 그리고 섬유-기지 간의 계면 각각에 대한 손상 변수들이 정의되었고 이를 chaotic firefly 알고리즘을 통해 손상 변수를 특성화 하였다. 제안된 모델은 유한요소해석프로그램 ABAQUS의 UMAT subroutine으로 구현되어 AS4/3501-6 복합재료의 단일방향 라미네이트(unidirectional laminate) 시편들([0]₈, [90]₈,[30]₁₆)을 통해 성공적으로 검증되었다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.367-374
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• 2015

The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence and foraging of social and other wasps and bees in Jirisan National Park (JNP, South Korea), in particular in an apiary. Sixty one traps were placed in the southwestern part of JNP to identify social wasps from July to September 2014, and the damage to the apiary caused by wasps or bees was observed once a month from May to December 2014 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. In total, 10 species of Vespidae were collected by trapping. Vespa crabro was the most abundant (245 individuals, 28.3%), followed by Vespa velutina (162 individuals, 18.7%). In the apiary, however, V. velutina was the most frequent species. V. velutina visited a maximum of 167 times a day in September, which corresponded to one visit in 2.5 min. Accordingly, these data are in line with the most serious impact of V. velutina on the apiaries in South Korea. V. simillima was the second most frequent species; both Vespa species hawked honeybees. Even though the occurrence of V. mandarinia was low, this species caused serious damage by mass slaughter of honeybees. The occurrence of V. crabro, V. analis and V. ducalis was quite low and their impact on honeybees was negligible. There have been few reports of V. dybowskii foraging for honeybees, but they are considered to be a new pest because their impact on apiaries is considerable. Most Vespa species attacked the apiary from June to October, with a maximum in September. However, V. velutina visited until November to early December. Vespula species are not more serious pests than Vespa species, but many adults were observed stealing honey from beehives. Polistes, Orancistrocerus, and Bombus species had no impact on honeybee colonies in the apiary.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.227-239
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• 2020

Despite proven effectiveness and accuracy in laboratories, the existing damage assessment based on guided ultrasonic waves (GUWs) or acoustic emission (AE) confronts challenges when extended to real-world structural health monitoring (SHM) for railway tracks. Central to the concerns are the extremely complex signal appearance due to highly dispersive and multimodal wave features, restriction on transducer installations, and severe contaminations of ambient noise. It remains a critical yet unsolved problem along with recent attempts to implement SHM in bourgeoning high-speed railway (HSR). By leveraging authors' continued endeavours, an SHM framework, based on actively generated diffuse ultrasonic waves (DUWs) and a benchmark-free condition contrast algorithm, has been developed and deployed via an all-in-one SHM system. Miniaturized lead zirconate titanate (PZT) wafers are utilized to generate and acquire DUWs in long-range railway tracks. Fatigue cracks in the tracks show unique contact behaviours under different conditions of external loads and further disturb DUW propagation. By contrast DUW propagation traits, fatigue cracks in railway tracks can be characterised quantitatively and the holistic health status of the tracks can be evaluated in a real-time manner. Compared with GUW- or AE-based methods, the DUW-driven inspection philosophy exhibits immunity to ambient noise and measurement uncertainty, less dependence on baseline signals, use of significantly reduced number of transducers, and high robustness in atrocious engineering conditions. Conformance tests are performed on HSR tracks, in which the evolution of fatigue damage is monitored continuously and quantitatively, demonstrating effectiveness, adaptability, reliability and robustness of DUW-driven SHM towards HSR applications.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.200-205
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• 1998

질화규소-질화붕소 복합재료의 접촉하중에 의한 손상거동을 질화붕소 첨가량의 함수로 고찰하였다. Indentation응력-변형율 곡선은 선형성을 벗어나 소성 특성을 갖는 재료임이 밝혀졌으며, 재료 표면으로 부터의 ring이나 cone형상의 균열 대신 표면하부에 전단응력에 의한 마이크로 크기의 준소성 변형 영역이 넓게 형성되어 손상저항성이 높은 재료로의 활용이 기대되었다. 이 때 마이크로 파괴와 연관된 shear faults가 이 재료의 소성을 갖도록 하는데 중요한 역할을 하였다. 질화붕소의 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 질화규소-질화붕소 재료는 보다 soft해지고 준소성의 특성을 나타내었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.93-105
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• 2022

With the exploitation of natural resources in China, underground resource extraction and underground space development, as well as other engineering activities are increasing, resulting in the creation of many defective rocks. In this paper, uniaxial compression tests were performed on rocks with double holes and fractures at different angles using particle flow code (PFC2D) numerical simulations and laboratory experiments. The failure behavior and mechanical properties of rock samples with holes and fractures at different angles were analyzed. The failure modes of rock with defects at different angles were identified. The fracture propagation and stress evolution characteristics of rock with fractures at different angles were determined. The results reveal that compared to intact rocks, the peak stress, elastic modulus, peak strain, initiation stress, and damage stress of fractured rocks with different fracture angles around holes are lower. As the fracture angle increases, the gap in mechanical properties between the defective rock and the intact rock gradually decreased. In the force chain diagram, the compressive stress concentration range of the combined defect of cracks and holes starts to decrease, and the model is gradually destroyed as the tensile stress range gradually increases. When the peak stress is reached, the acoustic emission energy is highest and the rock undergoes brittle damage. Through a comparative study using laboratory tests, the results of laboratory real rocks and numerical simulation experiments were verified and the macroscopic failure characteristics of the real and simulated rocks were determined to be similar. This study can help us correctly understand the mechanical properties of rocks with defects and provide theoretical guidance for practical rock engineering.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 중앙태평양 지역의 비정상적인 해수면 온도변화를 3가지 진화패턴(Prolonged-decaying, Abrupt-decaying, Symmetric-decaying)에 따라 분류하였으며, 이에 따른 한반도 영향 태풍을 중심으로 태풍의 발생지점 및 경로, 중심기압의 특성변화와 낙동강유역의 태풍 강우량 및 중호우사상의 발생빈도에 대한 특성변화를 분석하였다. 분석결과, Prolonged-decaying 해와 Symmetric-decaying 해의 경우, 낙동강 유역의 태풍에 의한 여름철 강우량 및 중호우사상의 발생빈도가 평년보다 크게 나타났다. 그러나, Abrupt-decaying 해의 경우, 태풍강우는 대체로 감소하는 패턴을 보이는 것으로 분석되었으며, 이는 태풍의 발생지점이 비교적 한반도에 근접하게 위치하며 태풍의 중심기압이 높고 태풍의 경로가 대체로 일본으로 이동하기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 성과는 중앙태평양 엘니뇨의 진화패턴별 태풍활동특성 및 지역적 태풍강우 특성 분석을 통하여 침수피해를 저감하고 기후변화에 대비한 적응방안 수립에 유용한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.