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Experimental Study on Consolidation and Bearing Capacity Characteristics of Marine Large Pack Pile (해상 대구경 팩 말뚝 공법의 압밀 및 지지력 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee Sang-Ik;Park Wong-Won;Ihm Chul-Woong;Kim Il-Gon
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.197-205
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    • 2005
  • This paper introduces a new method of improvement for marine soft ground, MLPP (Marine large Pack Pile). The MLPP is a reinforcement technique far the conventional SCP or GCP piles by confining them with geotextile pack. A pilot project at Busan New Port site and laboratory model tests were carried out to investigate the settlement reduction and bearing capacity enhancement effect of pack pile. The results of field and laboratory tests show that MLPP method can be a safe and economic alternative method for SCP and GCP.

Efficient analysis of SSI problems using infinite elements and wavelet theory

  • Bagheripour, Mohamad Hossein;Rahgozar, Reza;Malekinejad, Mohsen
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.229-252
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) effect is investigated using a new and integrated approach. Faster solution of time dependant differential equation of motion is achieved using numerical representation of wavelet theory while dynamic Infinite Elements (IFE) concept is utilized to effectively model the unbounded soil domain. Combination of the wavelet theory with IFE concept lead to a robust, efficient and integrated technique for the solution of complex problems. A direct method for soil-structure interaction analysis in a two dimensional medium is also presented in time domain using the frequency dependent transformation matrix. This matrix which represents the far field region is constructed by assembling stiffness matrices of the frequency dependant infinite elements. It maps the problem into the time domain where the equations of motion are to be solved. Accuracy of results obtained in this study is compared to those obtained by other SSI analysis techniques. It is shown that the solution procedure discussed in this paper is reliable, efficient and less time consuming as compared to other existing concepts and procedures.

Preparation of ${K_3}{Li_2}{Nb_5}{O_{15}}$(KLN) Thin Films by Heat Treatment Methods (열처리방법에 따른 ${K_3}{Li_2}{Nb_5}{O_{15}}$(KLN)박막의 제작)

  • 김광태;박명식;이동욱;조상희
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.8
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    • pp.731-738
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    • 2000
  • KLN(K3Li2Nb5O15) has attracted a great deal of attention for their potential usefulness in piezoelectric, electro-optic, nonlinear optic, and pyroelectirc devices. Especially, the KLN single crystal has been studied in the field of optics and electronics. However it is hard to produce good quality single crystals due to the crack propagation during crystal growing. One of the solutions of this problem is prepartion of thin film. But the intensive study has not been conducted so far. In this study, after the KLN thin film were prepared by R.F. magnetron Sputtering method on SiO2/Si substrate, the post-annealing methods of RTA(rapid thermal annealin) and IPA(insitu post annealing) were employed. The deposition condition of KLN thin film was RF power(100 W), Working pressure(100 mtorr). The commonness of both RAT and IPA was that the higher were deposition and post annealing temperature, the higher was the intensity of XRD but the less surface roughness. The difference of post-annealing methods affected XRD phase and surface condition very much. And in IPA process, the influence of O2 had much effect on the formation of KLN phase.

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Improved Critical current Density in $MgB_2$ by Graphene nano-platelets (그래핀 나노플레이트에 의한 $MgB_2$의 임계전류밀도 향상)

  • Sinha, B.B.;Chung, K.C.;Chang, S.H.;Kim, J.H.;Dou, S.X.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.34-38
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    • 2012
  • The effect of graphene inclusion in the ex-situ $MgB_2$ was analyzed with the help of resistivity behavior and critical current density studies. Amount of graphene was systematically varied from 0% for pristine sample to 3% by the weight of $MgB_2$. Graphene that is considered as a good source of carbon was found to be intact without any significant carbon doping in $MgB_2$ structure as reveled by XRD measurements. There was no signature of graphene inclusion as far as the superconducting transition is concerned which remained same at 39 K for all the samples. The transition width being sensitive to defect doping remained more or less about 2 K for all the samples showing no variation due to doping. Although there was no change in the superconducting transition or transition width, the graphene doped sample showed noticeable decrease in the overall resistivity behavior with respect to decrease in temperature. The graphene inclusion acted as effective pinning centers which have enhanced the upper critical field of these samples.

CFD/Kirchhoff Integral Method for the Prediction of the Air-Pumping Noise by a Car Tyre (CFD/Kirchhoff 적분 방법을 이용한 자동차 타이어의 Air-Pumping 소음 예측)

  • Kim, Sung-Tae;Lee, Soo-Gab
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.916-919
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    • 2004
  • The monopole theory has long been used to model air-pumped effect from the elastic cavities in car tire. This approach models the change of an air as a piston moving backward and forward on a spring and equates local air movements exactly with the volume changes of the system. Thus, the monopole theory has a restricted domain of applicability due to the usual assumption of a small amplitude acoustic wave equation and acoustic monopole theory. This paper describes an approach to predict the air-pumping noise of a car ave with CFD/Kirchhoff integral method. The type groove is simply modeled as piston-cavity-sliding door geometry and with the aid of CFD technique flow properties in the groove of rolling car tyre are acquired. And these unsteady flow data are used as a air-pumping source in the next Cm calculation of full tyre-road geometry. Acoustic far field is predicted from Kirchhoff integral method by using unsteady flow data in space and time, which is provided by the CFD calculation of full tyre-road domain. This approach can cover the non-linearity of acoustic monopole theory with the aid of using Non-linear governing equation in CFD calculation. The method proposed in this paper is applied to the prediction of air-pumping noise of modeled car tyre and the predicted results are qualitatively compared with the experimental data.

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Design of integral abutment bridges for combined thermal and seismic loads

  • Far, Narges Easazadeh;Maleki, Shervin;Barghian, Majid
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.415-430
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    • 2015
  • Integral abutment bridges have many advantages over bridges with expansion joints in terms of economy and maintenance costs. However, in the design of abutments of integral bridges temperature loads play a crucial role. In addition, seismic loads are readily transferred to the substructure and affect the design of these components significantly. Currently, the European and American bridge design codes consider these two load cases separately in their recommended design load combinations. In this paper, the importance and necessity of combining the thermal and seismic loads is investigated for integral bridges. A 2D finite element combined pile-soil-structure interactive model is used in this evaluation. Nonlinear behavior is assumed for near field soil behind the abutments. The soil around the piles is modeled by nonlinear springs based on p-y curves. The uniform temperature changes occurring at the time of some significant earthquakes around the world are gathered and applied simultaneously with the corresponding earthquake time history ground motions. By comparing the results of these analyses to prescribed AASHTO LRFD load combinations it is observed that pile forces and abutment stresses are affected by this new load combination. This effect is more severe for contraction mode which is caused by negative uniform temperature changes.

A Study on Optical Characteristic of Plasmonic Nanostructure Depending on Height of Deposited Silver (플라즈모닉 구조를 위한 은 증착 두께에 따른 광 특성 해석 연구)

  • Kim, J.H.;Jeong, M.Y.
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.55-58
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    • 2019
  • Surface plasmon effect was considered importantly because of the enhancement of optical signals. It is important to detect weak optical signal in neuroscience and bio technology due to detect weaker image or signal. The height of silver can change the optical characteristic of plasmonic nano structure including transmittance and reflectance. In this paper, the optical characteristic of plasmonic nano structure were confirmed by the FDTD analysis method depending on the silver height and it was confirmed that energy was concentrated at the center of nano structure, and high far-field gain and current density in particular wavelength coule be obtained.

Infodemic: The New Informational Reality of the Present Times

  • Araujo, Carlos Alberto Avila
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.59-72
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    • 2022
  • This text discusses elements and characteristics of contemporary informational reality, that is, the ways of producing, circulating, organizing, using, and appropriating information in the current context. Initially, seven terms and concepts used to describe this reality are discussed: fake news, false testimonials, hate speech, scientific negationism, disinformation, post-truth, and infodemic. Next, an attempt is made to present a framework for such phenomena as an object of study in information science. Therefore, this scenario is characterized based on the three main models of information science study: physical, cognitive, and social. The contribution of each of them to the study of contemporary informational reality is analyzed, identifying aspects such as the bubble effect, clickbaits, confirmation bias, cults of amateurism, and post-truth culture. Finally, it presents the discussion of a possible veritistic turn in the field, in order to think about elements not covered so far by information science in its task and challenge of producing adequate understanding and diagnoses of current phenomena. In conclusion, it is argued that only accurate and comprehensive diagnoses of such phenomena will allow information science to develop services and systems capable of combating their harmful effects.

Utilising artificial neural networks for prediction of properties of geopolymer concrete

  • Omar A. Shamayleh;Harry Far
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.327-335
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    • 2023
  • The most popular building material, concrete, is intrinsically linked to the advancement of humanity. Due to the ever-increasing complexity of cementitious systems, concrete formulation for desired qualities remains a difficult undertaking despite conceptual and methodological advancement in the field of concrete science. Recognising the significant pollution caused by the traditional cement industry, construction of civil engineering structures has been carried out successfully using Geopolymer Concrete (GPC), also known as High Performance Concrete (HPC). These are concretes formed by the reaction of inorganic materials with a high content of Silicon and Aluminium (Pozzolans) with alkalis to achieve cementitious properties. These supplementary cementitious materials include Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS), a waste material generated in the steel manufacturing industry; Fly Ash, which is a fine waste product produced by coal-fired power stations and Silica Fume, a by-product of producing silicon metal or ferrosilicon alloys. This result demonstrated that GPC/HPC can be utilised as a substitute for traditional Portland cement-based concrete, resulting in improvements in concrete properties in addition to environmental and economic benefits. This study explores utilising experimental data to train artificial neural networks, which are then used to determine the effect of supplementary cementitious material replacement, namely fly ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) and silica fume, on the compressive strength, tensile strength, and modulus of elasticity of concrete and to predict these values accordingly.

Ozone Production Characteristics of the DBD Discharge the Electrode Shape at the Same Electrode surface area (동일한 전극 표면적에서 DBD방전형 내부전극 형상에 따른 오존생성특성 연구)

  • Kwon, Young-Hak;Park, Hyunmi;Song, HyunGig;Park, Won-Zoo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2016
  • The dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) has low efficiency due to about 70% input power is consumed as thermal energy in the discharge space. However, because of the usage of DBD ozone generator is easier than other methods. The DBD ozone generator has been widely applied for high concentration ozone generation in the industrial application. But, the low-capacity compact DBD ozone generator is not applied so far. Therefore, the DBD ozone generator is necessary to improve ozone production efficiency and reduce the capacity. In this paper, the stainless steel pipe inner electrode was designed with hall type and screw type to improve the ozone production yield. The manufactured two inner electrodes were experimented with normal type for comparison of the discharge characteristics and the ozone generating characteristics. As the experimental results, the discharge current effective value of designed inner electrodes with hall type and screw type are higher than the normal type, due to unequal electric field is formed at the boundary. However, the difference of designed and original electrodes is less than 0.1mA that has no effect on the discharge characteristic. On the other hand, the screw type inner electrode increased higher than original model about 7 times when the flow rate of the oxygen source gas was increased from $0.6{\ell}/min$ to $1.0{\ell}/min$ The reason was assumed by the flow rate of the raw gas through the inner electrode was became fast that has a cooling effect. The designed hall type and screw type inner electrodes have shown good performances in ozone generation and ozone production that better than normal type in the same electrode surface area.