• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.979-985
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• 1997

The three-dimensional particle packing process is simulated using Lahey FORTRAN 90 as a programming language running on a personal computer. Particle clusters constructed with rearrangement which occurs during packing have higher average coordination number and packing density than particle clusters rearranged after packing. Rearranging particles can not completely block other particles from entering pore volume in 3-dimensional packing unlike in 2-dimensional packing. It is found that there is a region of instability where lower packing density results from the destruction of the ordered packing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09b
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• pp.750-751
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• 2006

We investigated the mechanism how the high green density can be provided during die lubricated warm compaction (WD). We observed and analyzed the densification processes of iron powders including different contents of an inner lubricant, and measured the lateral pressure at the die wall during WD in comparison with conventional compaction and warm compaction. As a result, the high density in WD was due to not only the particles-deformation enhanced by warming powders but also the particles-rearrangement promoted by reducing an amount of the inner lubricant rather than the die lubrication.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.29 no.12
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• pp.956-962
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• 1992

The predominant sintering mechanisms of low firing temperature ceramic substrate which consists of borosilicate glass containing alumina as a filler are the rearrangement of alumina particles and the viscous flow of glass powders. In this system, sintering condition depends on the volume ratio of alumina to glass and on the particle size. When the substrate contains about 35 vol% alumina filler and the average alumina particle size is 4 $\mu\textrm{m}$, the best firing condition is obtained at the temperature range of 900∼1000$^{\circ}C$. The extensive rearrangement behavior occurs at these conditions, and the optimum sintering condition is attained by smaller size of glass particles, too. The formation of cristobalite during sintering causes the difference of thermal expansion coefficient between the substrate and Si chip. This phenomenon degradates the capacity of Si chip. Therefore, the crystallization should be prevented. In the alumina filled borosilicate glass system, the crystallization does not occur. This effect may have some relation with aluminum ions in alumina. For aluminum ions diffuse into glass matrix during sintering, functiong as network former.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.527-534
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• 1995

In this research, the emphasis was focused on the rearrangement and densification behavior of CaO particles when the aluminum was added to improve the hydration resistance. For the case of 0.5vol% Al added specimen, the rearrangement of CaO particles due to liquid aluminum was terminated near 140$0^{\circ}C$ where the theoretically calculated fractional volume of solid reached 0.74 under Ar atmosphere. The density of the specimen sintered at 155$0^{\circ}C$ for 5hrs reached 96% of relative theoretical density when the ambient was switched to O2 at intermediate and final stages of the sintering. The weight gain due to the hydration after 60 days under 72% of relative humidity at 26$^{\circ}C$ was less than 1%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.66.2-66
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.434-438
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• 2013

Monodispersed 3Y-$ZrO_2$ spherical agglomerates were synthesized by thermal hydrolysis process followed by crystallization processes (hydrothermal treatment and calcination). The crystallization process affected the properties of the final particles, such as the primary particle size, the agglomeration state, and the fraction of $ZrO_2$ monoclinic phase. The hydrothermal treated spherical particles were porous microstructures (weak agglomerates) composed of small primary particles with a size of 14 nm, but the calcined spherical particles had a dense microstructure due to the hard aggregation between primary particles. While the calcined particles had a low green density due to the hard aggregation, hydrothermal treated ones were soft agglomerates and had a deflection point at 50 MPa due to the rearrangement of secondary spherical particles and the filling of the interstices with the primary particles. Finally, the green density of hydrothermally treated $ZrO_2$ particles was 58% at 200 MPa.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.453-462
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• 2015

A critical review on existing creep theories in calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) is presented with an emphasis on several fundamental questions (e.g. the roles of water, relative humidity, temperature, atomic ordering of C-S-H). A consensus on the rearrangement of nanostructures of C-S-H as a main consequence of creep, has almost been achieved. However, main disagreement still exists on two basic aspects regarding creep mechanisms: (1) at which site the creep occurs, like at interlayer, intergranular, or regions where C-S-H has a relatively higher solubility; (2) how the structural rearrangement evolutes, like in a manner of interlayer sliding, intra-transfer of water at various scales, recrystallization of gelled-like particles, or dissolution-diffusion-reprecipitation at inter-particle boundary. The further understanding of creep behavior of C-S-H relies heavily on the appropriate characterization of its nanostructure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09a
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• pp.68-69
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• 2006

When an alloy such as Ni-W is liquid phase sintered, heavy solid W particles sedimentate to the bottom of the container, provided that their volume fraction is less than a critical value. The sintering process evolves typically in two stages, diffusiondriven macrosegregation sedimentation followed by true sedimentation. During macrosegregation sedimentation, the overall solid volume fraction decreases concurrently with elimination of liquid concentration gradient. However, in the second stage of true sedimentation, the average solid volume fraction in the mushy zone increases with time. It is proposed that the true sedimentation results from particle rearrangement for higher packing efficiency.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.103-114
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• 2007

Sands distributed in Jeju island's coastal areas, Korea, can be classified as silicate sand derived from volcanic rock, carbonate sand derived from shells, and mixed sands containing both silicate and carbonate sands. These three types of sands typically exist in Jeju coastal areas. Samples of silicate, carbonate and mixed sands were obtained from Samyang beach, Gimnyeong beach, and Jeju harbor area, respectively. Compression tests were conducted to assess the compression characteristics of these sands. As a result of these tests, each sand showed different behaviors. For Samyang beach sand, it appeared that initial compression is a larger than the other two sands. For Cimnyeong and Jeju harbor sands, however, the additional compression occurred after initial compression. This could result from the crushing, shattering, and rearrangement of sand particles. In addition, settlement behavior of Jeju harbor ground according to the construction stages was analyzed using the measured data. It showed that in addition to the initial elastic compression, a considerable additional compression occurred with time. The settlements of Jeju harbor ground were predicted by using the elastic settlement calculation methods (empirical methods) and the compression test method. The empirical methods, which did not consider the crushing, shattering, and rearrangement of particles could show smaller result than that occurring actually.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.96-106
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• 2017

In pressable polymer bonded explosives (PBXs), densification occurs due to rearrangement and deformation of explosive particles during pressing. If brittle explosives are compressed till particle fraction become higher than theoretical random close packing fraction (RCPF), bigger particles should be fractured to fill the void. In this study, multi-modal particle system was introduced for the decrease in possibility of particle fracture during compression expecting decrease in shock sensitivity of highly filled pressable PBX. The experimental results showed the trimodal particle system had low sensitivity with high density, compared to bimodal particle system.