• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.649-657
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• 2019

Recently, an advanced video deflectometer based on the principle of off-axis digital image correlation was presented and advocated for remote and real-time deflection monitoring of large engineering structures. In engineering practice, measurement accuracy is one of the most important technical indicators of the video deflectometer. However, it has been observed in many outdoor experiments that data drift often presents in the measured deflection-time curves, which is caused by the instability of imaging system and the unavoidable influences of ambient interferences (e.g., ambient light changes, ambient temperature variations as well as ambient vibrations) in non-laboratory conditions. The non-ideal unstable imaging conditions seriously deteriorate the measurement accuracy of the video deflectometer. In this work, to perform high-accuracy deflection monitoring, potential sources for the drift error are analyzed, and a drift error model is established by considering these error sources. Based on this model, a simple, easy-to-implement yet effective reference point compensation method is proposed for real-time removal of the drift error in measured deflections. The practicality and effectiveness of the proposed method are demonstrated by in-situ deflection monitoring of railway and highway bridges.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.709-731
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• 2022

Loss of fracture resistance due to thermal aging degradation is a potential limiting factor affecting the long-term (80+ year) viability of nuclear reactors. To evaluate the effects of decades of aging in a practical time frame, accelerated aging must be employed prior to mechanical characterization. In this study, a variety of chemically and microstructurally diverse austenitic stainless steels were aged between 0 and 30,000 h at 290-400 ℃ to simulate 0-80+ years of operation. Over 600 static fracture tests were carried out between room temperature and 400 ℃. The results presented include selected J-R curves of each material as well as K_0.2mm fracture toughness values mapped against aging condition and ferrite content in order to display any trends related to those variables. Results regarding differences in processing, optimal ferrite content under light aging, and the relationship between test temperature and Mo content were observed. Overall, it was found that both the ferrite volume fraction and molybdenum content had significant effects on thermal degradation susceptibility. It was determined that materials with >25 vol% ferrite are unlikely to be viable for 80 years, particularly if they have high Mo contents (>2 wt%), while materials less than 15 vol% ferrite are viable regardless of Mo content.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2023

We present the results of using small telescopes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for observing variable stars and asteroids. Two telescopes, namely, 5" apochromatic refractor and 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain, at Al-Khatim Observatory (M44) were used for the observations. The targets were the three variable stars RR GEM, AG LMi, and DL CMi and the asteroid 22 Kalliope. We found a good consistency between our light curves and published ones for the calibration targets, i.e., the asteroid 22 Kalliope and the variable star RR GEM. According to previous studies, AG LMi has two suggested periods, 16.3 hours and 32.62 hours. Our results clearly confirm the second one, with a period of 32.6175 hours. The star DL CMi has several suggested periods as per previous studies, such as 4.0173 days, 1.9606 days, and 2.0086 days. Our observations confirm the first one, with a period of 4.0159 days. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of using small telescopes for observing variable stars and asteroids. This work provides some recommendations on using small telescopes for such observations.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.47.4-48
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• 2021

Gravitationally lensed Type Ia supernovae may be the next frontier in cosmic probes, able to deliver independent constraints on dark energy, spatial curvature, and the Hubble constant. Measurements of time delays between the multiple images become more incisive due to the standardized candle nature of the source, monitoring for months rather than years, and partial immunity to microlensing. While currently extremely rare, hundreds of such systems should be detected by upcoming time-domain surveys. Others will have the images spatially unresolved, with the observed lightcurve a superposition of time delayed image fluxes. We investigate whether unresolved images can be recognized as lensed sources given only lightcurve information and whether time delays can be extracted robustly. We develop a method that we show can identify these systems for the case of lensed Type Ia supernovae with two images and time delays exceeding ten days. When tested on such an ensemble the method achieves a false positive rate of ≲5%, and measures the time delays with the completeness of ≳93% and with a bias of ≲0.5% for time delay ≳10 days. Since the method does not assume a template of any particular type of SN, the method has the potential to work on other types of lensed SNe systems and possibly on other transients.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.49.2-49.2
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• 2021

We present the results of long-term simultaneous monitoring observations (~ 12 years) of H²O (22 GHz) maser and several vibrationally excited lines of SiO J = 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 masers (43, 86, 129 GHz) carried out with the 21-m antennas of the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) toward a sample of three AGB stars (RT Vir, RR Aql, IRC-10151) that are believed to be semiregular variable star, Mira variable star, and OH/IR star, respectively, according to a sequential evolutionary phase of AGB star. A total 10 transitions were observed, of which we detected H²O, SiO 𝝊 = 1 and 2, J = 1-0, SiO 𝝊 = 1, J = 2-1 and J = 3-2 maser lines in all three target objects, depending on the observational epochs. In this study, we scrutinize the evolutionary traits of each target object based on the maser line profiles, flux/velocity variations, and phase lags with the optical light curves. The IRAS two color diagram and the infrared spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in the wavelength range from 1.2 to 240 ㎛ of three observed sources were also analyzed.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.68.2-68.2
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• 2019

Most of the stellar mass accretes during the early evolutionary stage of protostars. However, the accretion process in protostars is in a veil of the thick envelope. Monitoring the submillimeter emission from the envelope is a way to trace the accretion process in protostars since the submillimeter emission linearly responses to the temperature of the envelope, which is heated by the accretion process at the center. In the JCMT transient Survey, we detected a submillimeter variable, EC 53. EC 53 is a Class 1 protostar that was known to have a periodic variation at NIR. EC 53 has been monitored with United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT), Liverpool telescope, and JCMT/SCUBA-2 since we detected the 850 ㎛ flux enhancement in the JCMT transient survey. We also adopt the photometric data sets of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Over all wavelengths from NIR to submillimeter, we see two modes of variation, a 1.5-years periodic variation and a long-term increase. We present the light curves of EC 53 at multi-wavelengths and discuss the cause of variability in EC 53.

• 분석과학
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.189-193
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• 2006

Chromatographic separation of glycerol monostearate, glycerol distearate and glycerol tristearate (GMS, GDS, and GTS) has been performed by normal phase HPLC method utilizing a Zorbax silica ($250{\times}4.6mm$, $5{\mu}m$) column and hexane-hexane, IPA and ethyl acetate mixtures as the eluent within 20 min. The observed reproducibility was less than 5% RSD, Suggesting that ELSD was an effective tool for detection of the glycerol stearates of low volatility without chromophore. The detection limits were in the concentration range of 0.3~2 mg/L, and the calibration curves (the log-log plots) were linear in the range of 4~1000 mg/L (with the slopes of 1.06~1.32). The application of the analytical procedure without pretreatment demonstrated that the proposed chromatographic method would be practical for a routine analysis of commercial products.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.80.1-80.1
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• 2021

Intensive Monitoring Survey of Nearby Galaxies (IMSNG) is a program monitoring nearby galaxies with a high cadence within a day. The main goal of the project is to constrain the SNe explosion mechanism and properties of their progenitors by catching the early lights from the shock-heated cooling emission. The observation campaign began in 2014 with two 1-m class telescopes in the northern hemisphere. Now more than ten telescopes are monitoring galaxies with 60 IMSNG targets, which have a high probability of supernova explosion every night all around the world. Since the project started, the following observations have been carried out on 14 SNe Ia(including -pec), 27 core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), and around 40 transients in other types. In this poster, we present the current status of IMSNG SNe data first and then focus more on the CCSNe. CCSNe are the explosion of massive stars, more massive than eight times of the Sun. They have been studied for more than a half decades but still have key questions to be solved, such as distinct types, the characteristics driving their diversity, and so on. Here, we show our ongoing studies of CCSNe in IMSNG, focusing on their usefulness as distance indicators and properties of early light curves.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2024

In recent years, there have been an increasing number of experimental studies showing the need to include robustness criteria in the design process to develop complex active control designs for practical implementation. The paper investigates the crosswind aerodynamic parameters after the blocking phase of a two-dimensional square cross-section structure by measuring the response in wind tunnel tests under light wind flow conditions. To improve the accuracy of the results, the interpolation of the experimental curves in the time domain and the analytical responses were numerically optimized to finalize the results. Due to this combined effect, the three aerodynamic parameters decrease with increasing wind speed and asymptotically affect the upper branch constants. This means that the aerodynamic parameters along the density distribution are minimal. Taylor series are utilized to describe the fuzzy nonlinear plant and derive the stability analysis using polynomial function for analyzing the aerodynamic parameters and numerical simulations. Due to it will yield intricate terms to ensure stability criterion, therefore we aim to avoid kinds issues by proposing a polynomial homogeneous framework and utilizing Euler's functions for homogeneous systems. Finally, we solve the problem of stabilization under the consideration by SOS (sum of squares) and assign its fuzzy controller based on the feasibility of demonstration of a nonlinear system as an example.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.450-459
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 새로 개발한 점탄성 측정기를 사용하여 수종의 광중합 복합레진의 초기 동적 점탄성 변화를측정하는 것이다. 본 연구에 사용된 점탄성 측정기는 세 부분으로 구성되었다. 첫째, 시편이 놓여지는 parallel plates; 둘째, DC 모터와 크랭크로 이루어진 회전진동전단변형 (Oscillatory shear strain)을 발생시키는 부분; 셋째, 전자기적 토크센서를 이용한 응력 측정 부분으로 구성되었다. 본 점탄성 측정기는 최대 2 Ncm의 토크를 측정할 수 있으며, 광중합기의 스위치는 컴퓨터와 연동하여 데이터 획득을 시작할 때 동시에 켜지도록 하였다. 본 연구에서는 시판 중인 6종의 광중합 복합레진 [Z-100 (Z1), Z-250 (Z2), Z-350 (Z3), DenFil (DF), Tetric Ceram (TC), Clearfil AP-X (CF)]을 사용하였다. 점탄성 측정기를 사용하여 동적 회전전단실험을 시행하였다. 직경 3 mm인 유리막대로 구성된 parallel plates 사이에 $14.2\;mm^3$의 복합레진을 적용시켰으며, 6 Hz의 진동수와 0.00579 rad의 진폭으로 변형을 가하고 발생된 응력을 측정하였다. 광중합이 시작됨과 동시에 측정이 시작되었으며, 광중합 후 10초 동안 점탄성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 각 복합레진에 대해 5 회 반복하여 측정하였고, 실험은 $25{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$에서 진행되었다. 측정된 변형-응력 곡선으로부터 복소전단탄성계수 G*, 저장전단탄성 계수 G', 손실전단탄성 계수 G"를 구하였고 G*가 10 MPa에 이르는 시간을 구하였다. 각 재료의 복소전단탄성계수 G*와 10 MPa에 이르는 시간에 대해 일원분산분석 (One-way ANOVA)과 사후검정 (Tukey 검정)을 시행하였다 (${\alpha}$= 0.05). 결과는 다음과 같다. 1.본 연구를 위해 제작한 점탄성 측정기는 광중합 복합레진의 중합 초기 10초 동안의 동적 점탄성 변화를 신뢰성 있게 측정 할 수 있었다. 2. 모든 복합레진은 광조사 개시 후 $1{\sim}2$초의 불응기를 지난 다음 급격한 전단탄성계수의 증가를 보였다. 3. 모든 복합레진은 광중합 10 초간 손실전단탄성계수보다 저장전단탄성계수의 높은 증가를 보였다. 4. 광중합 초기 10초 후 복소전단탄성계수 값은 $150.3{\sim}563.7\;MPa$로, Z-100이 가장 높았고, 그 다음 Clearfil, Z-250, Z-350, Tetric Ceram, DenFil의 순이었다. 5. 복소전단탄성계수가 10 MPa에 이르는 시간은 Z-100이 2.55초로 가장 빨랐고, DenFil이 4.06초로 가장 느렸다.