• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.107-115
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• 2019

The possibility of using a combination of mineral admixtures as a replacement for cement may reduce the $CO_2$ emission which causes global warming and climatic changes on the environment. By using the combination of different byproducts from various industries, for replacing cement in concrete leads to saving in energy and natural resources. In this article, an attempt has been made to study the mechanical and water absorption properties of concrete incorporated with combination of Fly ash (FA), Alccofine (ALC) and Collodial Nano Silica (CNS) at 7, 28 and 56 days curing period. Cement has been partially replaced by combination of FA at 25%, ALC at 10% and CNS at 0.5%, 1%, 2% and 3% with water cement ratio of 0.43. The result indicates that the incorporation of combination of FA, ALC and CNS can be very effective in improvement of mechanical and water absorption properties of concrete. The Mix with a combination of 25% FA, 10% ALC and 1% CNS is most effective in improvement of mechanical and water absorption properties as compared with all other mixes.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2020

Exterior walls in buildings are exposed to various forms of thermal loads, which depend on the positions of walls. Therefore, one of the efficient methods for improving the energy competence of buildings is improving the thermal properties of insulation plaster mortar. In this study, lightweight fine aggregate (LWFA) and micro rubber ash (MRA) from recycled tires were used as partial replacements for sand. The flow ability, unit weight, compressive strength, tensile strength, thermal conductivity (K-value), drying shrinkage and microstructure scan of lightweight rubberized mortar (LWRM) were investigated. Ten mixtures of LWRM were prepared as follows: traditional cement mortar (control mixture); three mixes with different percentages of LWFA (25%, 50% and 75%); three mixes with different percentages of MRA (2.5%, 5% and 7.5%); and three mixes consisting both types with determined ratios (25% LWFA+5% MRA, 50% LWFA+5% MRA and 75% LWFA+5% MRA). The flow ability of the mortars was 22±2 cm, and LWRM contained LWFA and MRA. The compressive and tensile strength decreased by approximately 64% and 57%, respectively, when 75% LWFA was used compared with those when the control mix was used. The compressive and tensile strength decreased when 5% MRA was used. By contrast, mixes with determined ratios of LWFA and MRA affected reduced unit weight, K-value and dry shrinkage.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.337-350
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• 2022

This paper focuses on predicting the post-heating mechanical properties of cementitious composites reinforced with multi-scale additives using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach. A total of four different feed-forward ANN models are developed using 261 data sets collected from 18 published sources. The models are optimized using 12 input parameters selected based on a comprehensive literature review to predict the residual compressive strength, the residual flexural strengths, elastic modulus, and fracture energy of heat-damaged cementitious specimens. Furthermore, the ANN is employed to predict the impact of several variables including; the content of polypropylene (PP) microfibers and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) used in the concrete, mortar, or paste mix design, length of PP fibers, the average diameter of CNTs, and the average length of CNTs. The influence of the studied parameters is investigated at different heating levels ranged from 25℃ to 800℃. The results demonstrate that the developed ANN models have a strong potential for predicting the mechanical properties of the heated cementitious composites based on the mixing ingredients in addition to the heating conditions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3695-3702
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• 2022

South Korea, a country that built a world-class nuclear power infrastructure, shifted to a nuclear phaseout during the previous government's reign. This shift was pursued as part of a larger task of electricity mix reform, and one of the integral motives for such reform is addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) and fine dust problems. Thus, verifying the relationships between the public's concerns about GHG/fine dust and their acceptance of nuclear power generation is essential for designing public communication strategies to revive nuclear power under the ongoing environmental regime. Our analysis using a nationwide survey sample of South Korea (N = 1009, through proportionated quota sampling method) showed that the more people are concerned about GHG and fine dust, the less they accept nuclear power. These relationships held even after controlling for the effect of a third variable-energy-related environmentalism. This finding means that despite past communication efforts positioning nuclear power as a generation source that can mitigate GHG/fine dust emissions and the widely accepted scientific evidence that supports such positioning, nuclear power in Korea is in jeopardy. Our finding provides implications for public communications and fundamental knowledge for research on the determinants of nuclear power acceptance.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권6호
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• pp.615-624
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• 2023

The focus of this study is on the structural behaviour of reinforced concrete beams in which basalt fiber and SBR latex were added and the cement was partially replaced with 10% of hypo sludge. Eight different mixes of reinforced beam specimens were tested under static loading behaviour. The experiments showed, the structural behaviour with features such as load-deflection relationships, crack pattern, crack propagation, number of crack, crack spacing and moment curvature. A stress-strain relationship to represent the overall behavior of reinforced concrete in tension, which includes the combined effects of cracking and mode of failure along the reinforcement, is proposed. The structural behaviour results of reinforced concrete beams with various types of mix were tested at the age of 28 days. The investigation revealed that the flexural behaviors of hypo sludge reinforced concrete beams with addition of basalt fiber and SBR latex was higher than that of control concrete reinforced beam. The specimen (LHSBFC) with 10% hypo sludge, 0.25% Basalt fiber and 10% SBR latex showed an increase of 5.08% load carrying capacity, 7.6% stiffness, 3.97% ductility, 31.29% energy dissipation when compared to the control concrete beam. The analytical investigation using FEM shows that it was in good agreement with the experimental investigation.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.105-115
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• 2024

Objective: A study was conducted to determine the chemical composition of barley and co-products from barley, corn, and wheat produced in South-East Asia or Australia, and to test the hypothesis that production area or production methods can impact the chemical composition of wheat co-products. Methods: Samples included seven barley grains, two malt barley rootlets, one corn gluten feed, one corn gluten meal, one corn bran, eight wheat brans, one wheat mill mix, and four wheat pollards. All samples were analyzed for dry matter, gross energy, nitrogen, amino acids (AA), acid hydrolyzed ether extract, ash, minerals, starch, and insoluble dietary fiber and soluble dietary fiber. Malt barley rootlets and wheat co-products were also analyzed for sugars. Results: Chemical composition of barley, malt barley rootlets, and corn co-products were in general similar across countries. Wheat pollard had greater (p<0.05) concentrations of tryptophan, magnesium, and potassium compared with wheat bran, whereas wheat bran had greater (p<0.05) concentration of copper than wheat pollard. There were no differences in chemical composition between wheat bran produced in Australia and wheat bran produced in Thailand. Conclusion: Intact barley contains more starch, but fewer AA, than grain co-products. There were only few differences in the composition of wheat bran and wheat pollard, indicating that the two ingredients are similar, but with different names. However, corn gluten meal contains more protein and less fiber than corn bran.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2013

저항성 황화광물 정광으로부터 최적의 gold를 용출시키기 위하여 염소-차아염소산 용액과 다양한 온도와 농도를 소금소성정광에 적용하였다. 정광은 황철석, 황동석, 방연석으로 구성되었으며, 공기 중에서 $750^{\circ}C$ 소성처리하자 적철석으로 변환되었고, 소금으로 소성처리하자 적철석과 난토카이트(nantokite, CuCl)으로 변환되었다. 다양한 변수로 용출실험을 수행한 결과, 염소-차아염소산 나트륨 혼합 비율 1 : 2에서, $FeCl_3$ 첨가량 1.0 M에서, 광액농도 1.0%에서, 그리고 용출온도 $60^{\circ}C$에서 최대의 금 용출율을 얻었다. 금 용출율은 정광에서보다 소성정광에서 더 높게 용출되었고, 소성정광에서보다 소금소성정광에서 더 높게 용출되었다. XRD 분석 결과, 소금소성정광에서, 그리고 $60^{\circ}C$의 염소-차아염소산 용출용액 고체 잔유물에서 석영이 관찰되었다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2009

건식공정에서 우라늄 수지상의 성장을 억제하는데 사용할 교반기를 개발하기 위하여, 수용액계로 된 모의시험 장치(아연 양극 - 갈륨 음극)에서 자체 제작한 여러 가지 교반기의 성능을 평가하였다. 교반기를 사용하지 않았을 경우에는 전착 후 1 시간 내에 액체음극 표면에서 아연이 수지상으로 성장되기 시작하여 6 시간 정도면 수지상 중의 일부가 도가니 바깥으로 자라게 되었다. 사각형 또는 경사형 교반기로 액체음극을 40${\sim}$150 rpm으로 교반하면 8 시간까지 아연이 수지상으로 성장되는 것을 억제할 수 있었으나, 회전수가 150 rpm으로 증가하면 전착물 중의 일부가 음극 도가니 바깥으로 흘러넘치게 되었다. 해로우형 교반기는 40 rpm에서는 수지상 성장을 억제하지 못하였으나, 100 rpm 이상에서는 수지상으로 전착되는 것을 억제할 수 있었고, 또한 아연 전착물이 150 rpm에서도 도가니 바깥으로 흘러넘치지 않았다. 파운더 교반기는 수지상의 성장을 어느 정도 억제할 수 있었으나 전위가 불규칙하게 변화되고 운전 장치가 복잡한 것이 단점으로 나타났다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.445-454
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• 2001

The stochiometric mix of evaporating materials for the CuInSe$_2$ single crystal thin films was prepared from horizontal furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, CuInSe$_2$ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the Hot Wall Epitaxy(HWE) system. The source and substrate temperature were 62$0^{\circ}C$ and 41$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. The crystalline structure of single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of CuInSe$_2$ single crystal thin films measured from Hall effect fby van der Pauw method are 9.62x10$^{16}$ cm$^{-3}$ , 296$\textrm{cm}^2$/V.s at 293 K, respectively. From the photocurrent spectrum by illumination of perpendicular light on the c-axis of the CuInSe$_2$ single crystal thin film we have found that he values of spin orbit splitting ΔSo and the crystal field splitting ΔCr were 6.1 meV and 175.2 meV at 10K, respectively. From the photoluminescence measurement on CuInSe$_2$ single crystal thin film we observed free excition (Ex) existing only high quality crystal and neutral bound exiciton (D$^{\circ}$,X) having very strong peak intensity. Then, the full-width-at-half-maximum(FWHM) and binding energy of neutral donor bound excition were 7meV and 5.9meV, respectivity. by Haynes rule, an activation energy of impurity was 50 meV.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.63-77
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• 1994

이 연구는 가압경수로의 원자로 다운커머내에서 과도냉각시 직접용기주입에 따른 유체혼합현상을 가압열충격의 견지에서 시험모델을 사용하여 조사한 것이다. 시험모델은 ABB-CE System80＋ 원자로 구조에 근거하여 설계되었다. 이 원자로에 대한 가능성 있는 가압열충격 사고로서 콜드레그 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고와 주중기관 판단 사고가 선정되었다. 시험은 두 부분으로 구성되는데 첫째 부분은 원자로 다운커머에서 직접용기 주입수와 기존냉각재간의 유체혼합을 가시화법에 의하여 시험한 것이고, 둘째 부분은 별도의 시험모델에서 직접용기주입에 따른 열적혼합을 시험한 것이다. 가시화 시험에서는 과도적 냉각기간중 직접용기 주입수와 1차 냉각재간의 물리적 상호작용이 밝혀졌다. 열적혼합시험에서는 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고시 직접용기주입에 의한 심한 냉각현상이 다운커머내서 관찰되었다. 측정된 온도곡선은 소형파단 냉각재 상실사고에 대하여 REMIX 로드, 증기관 파단사고에 대하여는 COM-MIX-1B 코드에 의한 계산과 비교되었다.