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SECONDARY ELECTRONS IN CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES AND GALAXIES

  • HWANG CHORNG- YUAN
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.461-463
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    • 2004
  • We investigate the role of secondary electrons in galaxy clusters and in ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIGs). The radio emission in galaxy clusters and ULIGs is believed to be produced by the synchrotron radiation of relativistic electrons. Nonetheless, the sources of these relativistic electrons are still unclear. Relativistic secondary electrons can be produced from the hadronic interactions of cosmic-ray nuclei with the intra-cluster media (ICM) of galaxy clusters and the dense molecular clouds of ULIGs. We estimate the contribution of the secondary electrons in galaxy clusters and ULIGs by comparing observational results with theoretical calculations for the radio emission in these sources. We find that the radio halos of galaxy clusters can not be produced from the secondary electrons; on the other hand, at least for some ULIGs, the radio emission can be dominated by the synchrotron emission of the secondary electrons.

Explorative and Mechanistic Studies of the Photooxygenation of Sulfides

  • Albini, Angelo;Bonesi, Sergio M.
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2003
  • The results of recent work on the dye-sensitized photooxygenation of sulfides is discussed. In the case of dialkyl sulfides, the weakly bonded adduct initially formed with singlet oxygen (the persulfoxide) decays unproductively unless protonation by an acid (an alcohol or a carboxylic acid) facilitates its conversion to the sulfoxide. The effect is proportional to the strength of the acid (eg., less than 0.1 % chloroacetic acid in benzene is sufficient for maximal efficiency) and corresponds to general acid catalysis, suggesting that protonation of the persulfoxide occurs. On the other hand, with sulfides possessing an activated hydrogen in ${\alpha}$ position (eg., benzyl and allyl sulfides), hydrogen transfer becomes an efficient process in aprotic media and yields a S-hydroperoxysulfoniumm ylide, possibly arising from a conformation of the persulfoxide that is different from the one protonated in the presence of acids. Calculations on some substituted sulfides support this hypothesis. This process, which leads to C-S bond fragmentation with formation of an aldehyde, may be viewed as a general method for the preparation of aryl and heteroaryl aldehydes. In this effort, mechanistic studies offered new hints on the structure of the intermediate persulfoxide.

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Efficient Multi-Touch Detection Algorithm for Large Touch Screen Panels

  • Mohamed, Mohamed G.A.;Cho, Tae-Won;Kim, HyungWon
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.246-250
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    • 2014
  • Large mutual capacitance touch screen panels (TSP) are susceptible to display and ambient noise. This paper presents a multi-touch detection algorithm using an efficient noise compensation technique for large mutual capacitance TSPs. The sources of noise are presented and analyzed. The algorithm includes the steps to overcome each source of noise. The algorithm begins with a calibration technique to overcome the TSP mutual capacitance variation. The algorithm also overcomes the shadow effect of a hand close to TSP and mutual capacitance variation by dynamic threshold calculations. Time and space filters are also used to filter out ambient noise. The experimental results were used to determine the system parameters to achieve the best performance.

Parametric Analysis and Design Engine for Tall Building Structures

  • Ho, Goman;Liu, Peng;Liu, Michael
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.53-59
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    • 2012
  • With the rise in CPU power and the generalization and popularity of computers, engineering practice also changed from hand calculations to 3D computer models, from elastic linear analysis to 3D nonlinear static analysis and 3D nonlinear transient dynamic analysis. Thanks to holistic design approach and current trends in freeform and contemporary architecture, BIM concept is no longer a dream but also a reality. BIM is not just providing a media for better co-ordination but also to shorten the round-the-clock time in updating models to match with other professional disciplines. With the parametric modeling tools, structural information is also linked with BIM system and quickly produces analysis and design results from checking to fabrication. This paper presents a new framework which not just linked the BIM system by means of parametric mean but also create and produce connection FE model and fabrication drawings etc. This framework will facilitate structural engineers to produce well co-ordinate, optimized and safe structures.

Improvement of VSDS (Ventilation System Design Software) (산업환기시스템 설계 소프트웨어의 개선)

  • Park, Dong-Hee;Kim, Tae-Hyeung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.78-97
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    • 2000
  • Designing the industrial ventilation system is the complex and time-consuming job. It could generate some errors in the design calculations if one uses the hand-calculator or the spreadsheet program. To overcome these difficulties, VSDS(Ventilation System Design Software) had been developed a few years ago. But, it had the difficulty in designing a complex system having many branches because the user can not see the layout of the system on the screen. Another difficulty is that VSDS had been based on the assumption of the standard air condition. VSDS has thus been improved to overcome the shortcomings of the old version of VSDS.

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A Practical Method of Prediction of Resistance for Displacement Vessels

  • Doctors, Lawrence J.
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1997
  • The prediction of the total resistance of a ship is generally based on considering it to be a simple sum of the viscous resistance and the wave resistance. An experimental approach for predicting full-size ship resistance on this basis is practical but obviously has the deficiency that a model has to be built for each prototype of interest and the resulting tank tests are time consuming. On the other hand, purely theoretical calculations of the wave resistance, using, for example, the Michell theory, require relatively little computer time and give an excellent portrayal of the overall variation of the vessel resistance as a function of forward speed. Unfortunately, there are sufficient differences between this theory and the measured results to make this method impractical for design purposes. The proposal examined here is to use a data bank of experimental resistance results to modify the theoretical predictions. It is demonstrated that the technique will produce remarkably accurate resistance predictions and can take into account the effects of the water depth, any restriction of canal or river width, as well as the prismatic coefficient, and other geometric parameters.

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A Numerical Investigation on the Rule of Mixtures for the Mechanical Properties of Composites with Homogeneously Distributed Particles (입자가 균일하게 분포된 복합체의 기계적 성질과 혼합률에 관한 수치적 연구)

  • 김형섭
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.396-401
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    • 2001
  • The concept of the mixtures can be used not only in the composites but also in the materials with precipitates and matrix. In this investigation, the finite element method of axisymmetric unit cell models and the rule of mixtures of the Voigt and the Reuss models are used to analyze the overall mechanical response of composites with homogeneously distributed particles. The calculations have been cameo out by taking the materials as i) hardening and ii) perfect plastic materials. The Plastic properties are predicted for various volume fractions of the soft and hard particles. The computational results are compared with the results of the rule of mixtures. It is found that the plastic flow curves agree well with the Voigt model when the volume fraction of the particles is high. On the other hand, the calculated flow curves exist between the Voigt model and the Reuss model when the volume fraction of the particles is low.

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Second-Order Wave Resistance Calculation of Thin-Ship (얇은 배에 대한 고차 조파저항 계산)

  • Shin-Hyoung,Kang
    • Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.35-47
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    • 1979
  • Wave resistance of a parabolic thin ship, with its boundary layer and wake taken into account, was calculated up to second order. In addition to the double-model source distribution on the centerplane, image sources of the wave potential were calculated to keep the body introduced boundary condition undisturbed. Boundary layer and wake effects on the wave-making resistance were included by generating an irrotational flow which matches that exterior to the boundary layer and wake. For this purpose, the boundary layer and wake were calculated. The wave resistance refined with second-order corrections are found to be very important for wave resistance calculations even at moderate Froude numbers($Fr=0.2{\sim}0.3$). Wave-potential corrections are dominate around the bow. On the other hand, Viscosity plays and important role at the stern with its boundary layer and wake development.

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Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Spectral, Tautomerism and Acid-Base Properties of Schiff Bases Derived from Some Amino Acids

  • Ebead, Y.H.;Salman, H.M.A.;Abdellah, M.A.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.850-858
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    • 2010
  • The electronic absorption spectra of five Schiff bases derived from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde with glycine, alanine, leucine, valine and phenylalanine have been measured in various solvents. The observed bands were assigned to the proper electronic transitions and compared with the predicted transitions at the semiempirical level of theory. The calculated equilibrium constants are in agreement with the experimental results, predicting the existence of all studied compounds predominantly or completely in keto-imine tautomerism. On the other hand, a correlation between $\nu\;(cm^{-1})$ (main frequency of each compound) and the well known solvent parameters $E_T$ (30), $\varepsilon_T$, $\pi^*$ been made. Furthermore, the acid dissociation constants, $pK_a$, were determined by using three different spectrophotometric methods.

Analysis of the Turbulent Heat/Fluid Flow in a Ribbed Channel for Various Rib Shapes (채널 내 주기적으로 배열된 요철 형상이 난류 유동장/온도장에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Choi D. H.;Ryu D. N.;Han Y. S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.128-133
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    • 2002
  • The heat transfer characteristics of a turbulent flow in a ribbed two-dimensional channel have been investigated numerically. The fully elliptic governing equations, coupled with a four-equation turbulence model, $\kappa-\omega-\bar{t^2}-\epsilon_t$, are solved by a finite volume method of SIMPLE type. Calculations have been carried out for three rib cross-sections : square, triangular, and semicircular, with various rib pitches and Reynolds numbers. The procedure appears to be satisfactory as the results for the square rib compare favorably with available experimental data and earlier calculation. The optimal rib pitch that yields the maximum heat transfer has been identified. It is also found that the square rib is most effective in enhancing the heat transfer. The semicircular rib, on the other hand, incurs the least amount of pressure drop but the improvement in heat transfer is substantially lower.

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