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Design and Fabrication of Single-person Neighborhood Electric Vehicle with Streamlined Car Body (유선형 차체가 적용된 1인용 저속 전기 자동차의 설계 및 제작)

  • Na, Yeong-min;Park, Jong-kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2018
  • In recent years, with the growing interest in electric vehicles, the development of a Neighborhood Electronic Vehicle (NEV) made for urban driving is accelerating. Existing NEVs are set to ~0.3 - 0.35 with more emphasis on performance rather than minimizing air resistance. In this paper, a NEV with a streamlined car body is proposed. The shape of dolphins and sharks was applied to the car body to minimize the air resistance generated when driving. Also, the performance of the vehicle was estimated by calculating the traction force and the roll couple, etc. To check the drag coefficient of the car body, finite element analysis software (COMSOL Multiphysics) was used. The frame of the vehicle is divided into the forward and the rear parts. Carbon pipe is used for the frame by MIG welding. The car body of the vehicle was fabricated by forming carbon fiber. This study confirmed the general possibility of using NEVs through driving experiments.

Changes in the Chemical Compositions of Chopi(Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) (초피(Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) 품종과 수확시기에 따른 화학성분의 변화)

  • 김용두;강성구;최옥자;정현숙;장미정;서재신;고무석
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.199-203
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    • 2001
  • Chopi, Zanthaxylum piperitum DC., has been used as natural spice traditionally in the Far East countries including Korea. This study was performed with the object of providing basic data, firstly for the decision of the appropriate harvesting time for traditional use of chopi and secondly for developing a new spice satisfying the national dietary custom from chopi as raw material. Concerning the conte수 and its change of the proximate composition, the content of moisture and crude protein decreased in all sample, while the content of fiber and ash tended to increased with the lapse of harvest time. The content of mineral elements tended to increase in every sample with the lapse of harvest time, and contents of K and P were higher than that of Ca, Na and Mg. Every sample showed the highest content of 15~16 components of total amino acids at the first period and the content decreased gradually with the lapse of harvest time. On the basis of the first period, every sample showed the highest content of aspartic acid, the lowest content of methionine and the trace of cysteine. Free amino acids increased considerably with the lapse of harvest time for peels of chopi and minchopi broth, while the amount for leaves increased on the contrary.

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Image-Based Computational Modeling of Porous Matrix Composites and Calculation of Poroelastic Coefficients (다공성 기지를 갖는 복합재의 이미지 기반 전산 모형화 및 기공 탄성 계수 산출)

  • Kim, Sung Jun;Shin, Eui Sup
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.527-534
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    • 2014
  • Poroelastic analyses of fiber-reinforced composites were performed using image-based computational models. The section image of a porous matrix was analyzed in order to investigate the porosity, number of pores, and distribution of pores. The resolution, location, and size of the section image were considered to quantify the effective elastic modulus, poroelastic parameter, and strain energy density using the image-based computational models. The poroelastic parameter was calculated from the effective elastic modulus and pore pressure-induced strain. In addition, the results of the poroelastic analyses were verified through representative volume elements by simplifying various pore configurations and arrangements.

Chemical Properties of bamboo Shoots and Their Changes of Chemical Components during The Manufacture of Pickles (죽순의 화학적 특성 및 염장 죽순 제조과정 중 성분 변화)

  • 정희종
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.575-581
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    • 1999
  • In result of chemical properties of bamboo shoots and changes of chemical components of salted bamboo shoots during 120 days salting, the contents of moisture crude fat tannin and ascorbic acid were decreased but those of crude protein curde ash and salt concentration were increased. The main free amino acids of bamboo shoots were serine arginine alanine leucine and tyrosine. The content of total free amino acid was rapidly decreased in 80days-past of salting and after that slowly decresed. Wang bamboo shoots was the highest as 1060.18mg/100g in content of total free amino acid. The main mineral elements were K, P, Na and Mg. The contents of Fe and K were the hihest among them. The contents of P, Fe, Zn. Mn. Ge and Cu were decreased but K, Mg, Na and Ca were increased during salting. When fresh bamboo shoots were compared with salted bamboo shoots fresh bamboo shoots contained the contents of moisture crude protein crude fat tannin and ascorbic acid more than salted bamboo shoots did but the less the contents of ash fiber and salt concentration.

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Aroma constituents, ergosterol and proximate analysis of Neolentinus lepideus (잣버섯의 일반성분 및 에르고스테롤, 향기성분)

  • Jang, Myoung-Jun;Kim, Jeong-Han;Ju, Young-Cheol
    • Journal of Mushroom
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.73-76
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    • 2014
  • Nutritional and functional components, such as approximate, and volatile flavor compounds, ergosterol and proximate analysis of artificially cultivated Neolentinus lepideus were analyzed. The common elements of N. lepideus were analyzed to have 6.3% crude ash, 19.1% crude protein, 1.9% crude fat, and 8.9% crude fiber, respectively. The volatile flavor compounds of N. lepideus were characterized as 3-Octanone, 3-Octanol and 1-Octanol. The ergosterol content of N. lepideus was shown to be 145.9 ppm.

On the effect of GFRP fibers on retrofitting steel shear walls with low yield stress

  • Edalati, S.A.;Yadollahi, Y.;Pakar, I.;Bayat, M.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.1453-1461
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    • 2015
  • In this article the non-linear behavior of the shear wall with low yield stress retrofitted with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) is investigated under pushover loading. The models used in this study are in ${\frac{1}{2}}$ scale of one story frame and simple steel plates with low yield stress filled the frame span. The models used were simulated and analyzed using finite elements method based on experimental data. After verification of the experimental model, various parameters of the model including the number of GFRP layers, fibers positioning in one or two sides of the wall, GFRP angles in respect to the wall and thickness of the steel plate were studied. The results have shown that adding the GFRP layers, the ultimate shear capacity is increased and the amount of energy absorbed is decreased. Besides, the results showed that using these fibers in low-thickness plates is effective and if the positioning angle of the fibers on the wall is diagonal, its behavior will improve.

A new design chart for estimating friction angle between soil and pile materials

  • Aksoy, Huseyin Suha;Gor, Mesut;Inal, Esen
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.315-324
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    • 2016
  • Frictional forces between soil and structural elements are of vital importance for the foundation engineering. Although numerous studies were performed about the soil-structure interaction in recent years, the approximate relations proposed in the first half of the 20th century are still used to determine the frictional forces. Throughout history, wood was often used as friction piles. Steel has started to be used in the last century. Today, alternatively these materials, FRP (fiber-reinforced polymer) piles are used extensively due to they can serve for long years under harsh environmental conditions. In this study, various ratios of low plasticity clays (CL) were added to the sand soil and compacted to standard Proctor density. Thus, soils with various internal friction angles (${\phi}$) were obtained. The skin friction angles (${\delta}$) of these soils with FRP, which is a composite material, steel (st37) and wood (pine) were determined by performing interface shear tests (IST). Based on the data obtained from the test results, a chart was proposed, which engineers can use in pile design. By means of this chart, the skin friction angles of the soils, of which only the internal friction angles are known, with FRP, steel and wood materials can be determined easily.

An optical fiber construction training curriculum and an embodiment system (광통신 시공인력 실습교과과정 및 종합 실습장 조성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Myoung-Saeng
    • Journal of The Institute of Information and Telecommunication Facilities Engineering
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.22-31
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    • 2003
  • The existing training courses for the optical communication construction in even a college and the university, consist of simple cutting and connecting cable technique and the subjects are splitted into parts, to which can not be grasped in a whole. Now, it is strongly demanded that the educational curriculum involves the whole process of the optical communication system construction, which includes design, supervision and up to the fusion splice connection. In this paper, the essential training elements for the optic execution worker are investigated and suggested with the appropriating solution for the experiment room.

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Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behavior of Composite Structures by Supercomputing Technology

  • Kim, Seung-Jo;Ji, Kuk-Hyun;Paik, Seung-Hoon
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.373-407
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    • 2008
  • This paper will examine the possibilities of the virtual tests of composite structures by simulating mechanical behaviors by using supercomputing technologies, which have now become easily available and powerful but relatively inexpensive. We will describe mainly the applications of large-scale finite element analysis using the direct numerical simulation (DNS), which describes composite material properties considering individual constituent properties. DNS approach is based on the full microscopic concepts, which can provide detailed information about the local interaction between the constituents and micro-failure mechanisms by separate modeling of each constituent. Various composite materials such as metal matrix composites (MMCs), active fiber composites (AFCs), boron/epoxy cross-ply laminates and 3-D orthogonal woven composites are selected as verification examples of DNS. The effective elastic moduli and impact structural characteristics of the composites are determined using the DNS models. These DNS models can also give the global and local information about deformations and influences of high local in-plane and interlaminar stresses induced by transverse impact loading at a microscopic level inside the materials. Furthermore, the multi-scale models based on DNS concepts considering microscopic and macroscopic structures simultaneously are also developed and a numerical low-velocity impact simulation is performed using these multi-scale DNS models. Through these various applications of DNS models, it can be shown that the DNS approach can provide insights of various structural behaviors of composite structures.

Evaluating the accuracy of a new nonlinear reinforced concrete beam-column element comprising joint flexibility

  • Izadpanah, Mehdi;Habibi, AliReza
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.525-535
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    • 2018
  • This study presents a new beam-column model comprising material nonlinearity and joint flexibility to predict the nonlinear response of reinforced concrete structures. The nonlinear behavior of connections has an outstanding role on the nonlinear response of reinforced concrete structures. In presented research, the joint flexibility is considered applying a rotational spring at each end of the member. To derive the moment-rotation behavior of beam-column connections, the relative rotations produced by the relative slip of flexural reinforcement in the joint and the flexural cracking of the beam end are taken into consideration. Furthermore, the considered spread plasticity model, unlike the previous models that have been developed based on the linear moment distribution subjected to lateral loads includes both lateral and gravity load effects, simultaneously. To confirm the accuracy of the proposed methodology, a simply-supported test beam and three reinforced concrete frames are considered. Pushover and nonlinear dynamic analysis of three numerical examples are performed. In these examples the nonlinear behavior of connections and the material nonlinearity using the proposed methodology and also linear flexibility model with different number of elements for each member and fiber based distributed plasticity model with different number of integration points are simulated. Comparing the results of the proposed methodology with those of the aforementioned models describes that suggested model that only uses one element for each member can appropriately estimate the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete structures.