• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제89권3호
• /
• pp.301-308
• /
• 2024

Concrete carbonation is a continuous and slow process from the outside to the inside, in which its penetration slows down with the increased depth of carbonation. In this paper, the results of the evaluation of the measurement of concrete carbonation depth using a non-destructive ultrasonic testing method are presented. According to the results, the relative nonlinear parameter caused more sensitivity in carbonation changes compared to Rayleigh's fuzzy velocity. Thus, the acoustic nonlinear parameter is expected to be applied as a quantitative index to recognize carbonation effects. In this research, combo diagrams were developed based on the results of ultrasonic testing and the experiment to determine carbonation depth using a phenolphthalein solution, which could be considered as instructions in the projects involving non-destructive ultrasonic test methods. The minimum and maximum accuracy of this method were 89% and 97%, respectively, which is a reasonable range for operational projects. From the analysis performed, some useful expressions are found by applying the regression analysis for the nonlinearity index and the carbonation penetration depth values as a guideline.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
• /
• 제91권3호
• /
• pp.239-250
• /
• 2024

With the aim to provide better predication about fracture behavior, a numerical simulating strategy based on the rigid spring model is proposed for reinforced concrete (RC) structures in this study. According to the proposed strategy, concrete is partitioned into a series of irregular rigid blocks based on the Voronoi diagram, which are connected by interface springs. Steel bars are simulated by bar elements, and the bond slip element is defined at bar element nodes to describe the interaction between reinforcement and concrete. A concrete damage evolution model based on the separation criterion is adopted to describe the weakening process of interface spring between adjacent blocks, while a nonlinear bond slip model is introduced to simulate the synergy behaviour of reinforced steel bars and concrete. In the damage evolution model of concrete, the influence of compressive stress perpendicular to the interface on the shear strength is considered. To check the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed modelling, experimental and numerical studies about a simply-supported RC beam and the two-notched concrete plates in Nooru-Mohamed's experiment are conducted, and the grid sensitivity are investigated.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
• /
• 제27권2호
• /
• pp.199-207
• /
• 1993

To study the underlying mechanism through which the endothelium-dependent relaxation is inhibited by blocking the $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump, the effects of $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump blockade on the release of EDRF and its relaxing activity were examined, using organ bath study, bioassay technique, and cGMP measurement. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was attenuated by blocking the $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump in the vascular ring with intact endothelium. In bioassay experiment EDRF release was decreased with the blockade of the $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump in the EDRF donor strip. Endothelium-dependent increase of cGMP level was suppressed by inhibiting the $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump in the test strips. The magnitude of relaxation of test strip which was induced by the perfusate that had passed through the EDRF donor strip was decreased with the blockade of the $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump in the test strip. Therefore, it could be suggested that the attenuation of endothelium-dependent relaxation caused by inhibiting $Na^+\;-K^+$ pump activity is due to both the decreased release of EDRF from endothelial cells and the decreased sensitivity of the smooth muscle cells to EDRF.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
• /
• 제31권7호
• /
• pp.808-815
• /
• 2007

The optical performance of the mirror fur satellite camera is highly dependent on the adhesive properties between the mirror and its support. Therefore, in order to design a mirror with high optical performance, the mechanical properties of adhesives should be well defined. In this research, the mechanical properties of three kinds of space adhesives are studied. In case of the materials which show nearly incompressible behavior such as space adhesives, it is important to measure shear modulus which governs deviatoric stress components. Also the experiment should be performed in circumstances similar to real manufacturing process of mirror, because extra factors such as size effects, the adhesion effects of primer and reactions between adhesive and primer affect the properties of adhesive regions. In this research shear moduli of the adhesives are determined by using a single lap adhesively bonded joint. For the shear tests, several temperatures have been selected from $-20^{\circ}C$ to $55^{\circ}C$ which is operating temperature range of the adhesive. In the case of linear behavior materials, shear moduli are calculated through a linear curve fitting. Shear stress-strain relation is obtained by using an exponential curve fitting for material which shows non-linear behavior. The shear modulus of each adhesive is expressed as a function of temperature. Characteristics and adaptability of the adhesives are discussed regarding their temperature sensitivity.

• 수산해양기술연구
• /
• 제47권3호
• /
• pp.234-240
• /
• 2011

In order to obtain the fundamental data about the behavior of sharks by underwater audible sound, this experiment was carried out to investigate the auditory characteristics of tiger shark Scyliorhinus torazame which was caught in the coast of Jeju Island by heart rate conditioning method using pure tones coupled with a delayed electric shock. The audible range of tiger shark extended from 80Hz to 300Hz with a peak sensitivity at 80Hz including less sensitivity at 300Hz. The mean auditory thresholds of tiger shark at the frequencies of 80Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz and 300Hz were 90dB, 103dB, 94dB and 115dB, respectively. The positive response of tiger shark was not evident after the sound projection of over 300Hz. At the results, the sensitive frequency range of tiger shark is narrower than that of fish that has swim bladder. In addition, it is assumed that the most sensitive frequency in auditory thresholds of Chondrichthyes is lower than that of Osteichthyes. Critical ratios of tiger shark measured in the presence of masking noise in the spectrum level range of about 60-70dB (0dB re $1{\mu}Pa/\sqrt{Hz}$) increased from minimum 27dB to maximum 39dB at test frequencies of 80-200Hz. The noise spectrum level at the start of masking was distributed at the range of about 65dB within 80-200Hz.

• 상하수도학회지
• /
• 제28권2호
• /
• pp.171-179
• /
• 2014

In this study, a novel method was proposed to test the integrity of water treatment system specifically equipped with membrane filtration process. We applied the silica particles coated with a fluorescent agent (rhodamine B isothiocyanate) as a surrogate to detect a membrane process integrity and evaluate the reliability of effluent quality in the system. Additionally, a series of experiments was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of the method through the laboratory scale experiment. The laboratory scale experiments showed that the feasibility of application of proposed method to detect a breach or damaged part on the membrane surface. However, the sensitivity on predicting the area of a breach was significantly influenced by the testing conditions such as a concentration of surrogate, filtration flux, and detection time. The lowest error of predicting the area of breach was 3.5% at the testing condition of surrogate concentration of 80 mg/L injected with flux of $20L/m^2/hr$ for 10 minutes of detection time for the breach having the actual area of $7.069mm^2$. However, the error of estimation was increased at the small breach with area less than $0.785mm^2$. A future study will be conducted to estimate a damaged area with more accuracy and precision.

• 한국작물학회지
• /
• 제44권3호
• /
• pp.296-301
• /
• 1999

The concerns on the crop damage by ultraviolet (UV) radiations is increasing owing to the decrease of their absorbing stratospheric ozone in the tropospheric. Cultivar differences on early growth of UV radiation among five Korean rice cultivars, four japonica types and one Tongil type (indica-japonica cross hybrid), were studied. Pot-seeded rice plants were grown under four different radiation conditions, i.e., visible radiation only, visible radiation with supplemented with high or low dose of UV-B (280~320 nm in wavelength) and UV-C (less than 280 nm in wavelength). The inhibitory degree on plant height, shoot and root weight and length of leaf blade and leaf sheath were determined at 40 days after seeding. UV-C showed the most severe inhibitory effect on the degree of biomass gain and leaf growth in most cultivars examined, followed by high UV-B and low UV-B. Among the cultivars used, the Kuemobyeo was the most sensitive cultivar and had not repair or showed resistance ability to continued irradiation of UV radiation. However, Janganbyeo and Jaekeon showed different responses that the elongation of leaf blades was promoted on 2nd and 3rd leaves and inhibited on 4th and 5th leaves but this inhibitory degree was reduced on 6 th and 7th leaves. Such tendency on leaf growth means that both cultivars had low sensitivity and most resistant ability to continued irradiation of UV radiation. While Tongil showed different response to enhanced UV radiation, ie., low UV-B promoted leaf growth but the inhibitory was severely increased by continued irradiation of high UV-B and UV-C, which means that Tongil had high threshold of UV radiation for response as an inhibitory light of plant growth. The results of this study indicate that the differences on sensitivity or resistant to the effects of UV radiation were existed among Korean rice cultivars.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
• /
• 제7권5호
• /
• pp.571-577
• /
• 2006

This paper deals with dynamic tensile characteristics for the polypropylene used in an IP(Instrument Panel). The polypropylene is adopted in the dash board of a car, especially PAB(Passenger Air Bag) module. Its dynamic tensile characteristics are important because the PAB module undergoes high speed deformation during the airbag expansion. Since the operating temperature of a car varies from $-40^{\circ}C$ to $90^{\circ}C$ according to the specification, the dynamic tensile tests are performed at a low temperature($-30^{\circ}C$), the room temperature($21^{\circ}C$) and a high temperature($85^{\circ}C$). The tensile tests are carried out at strain rates of six intervals ranged from 0.001/sec to 100/sec in order to obtain the strain rate sensitivity. The flow stress decreases at the high temperature while the strain rate sensitivity increases. Tensile tests of polymers are rather tricky since polymer does not elongate uniformly right after the onset of yielding unlike the conventional steel. A new method is suggested to obtain the stress-strain curve accurately. A true stress-strain curve was estimated from modification of the nominal stress-strain curves obtained from the experiment. The modification was carried out with the help of an optimization scheme accompanied with finite element analysis of the tensile test with a special specimen. The optimization method provided excellent true stress-strain curves by enforcing the load response coincident with the experimental result. The material properties obtained from this paper will be useful to simulate the airbag expansion at the normal and harsh operating conditions.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
• /
• 제10권3호
• /
• pp.22-25
• /
• 2015

본 논문에서는 PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED패치의 음원감성 연계형 컬러코드 제어 기술에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. PA스피커 음원에 따라 LED패치의 컬러코드를 제어할 수 있는 기술을 제시하였으며, 이를 위한 PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED 패치를 개발하였다. PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED패치의 컬러코드 제어 기술은 PA스피커로부터 음원 감지 유무를 확인하고, 음원이 감지된 경우 아날로그 신호(음원)을 디지털 신호로 변환하여 메인컨트롤러에 전달하여 LED패치의 컬러코드 색상 및 패턴을 제어할 수 있도록 구현하였다. 본 논문에서는 PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED패치의 음원감성 연계형 컬러코드 제어 시스템을 구축하고, 이를 통하여 PA스피커의 음원에 따라 효과적으로 컬러코드를 제어할 수 있는 PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED패치 컬러코드 제어 실험을 진행하였으며, LED패치의 컬러코드 제어 유무를 통한 제안기술의 유용성을 보였다. PA스피커 시설물 부착형 LED패치의 음원감성과 연계된 컬러코드 제어 기술은 향후 다양한 분야에 연구 방향을 제시하고, 응용사례로 널리 활용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 전기화학회지
• /
• 제2권3호
• /
• pp.130-133
• /
• 1999

본 연구에서는 음주 측정에 적용할 수 있는 다공질 실리콘층으로 된 저농도의 캐퍼시턴스형 알코올 가스 측정용 센서를 제작하고, 상온에서 그 특성을 측정하였다. 기존의 $SnO_2$등의 금속 산화물 반도체를 이용한 센서는 저농도의 알코올을 정확하게 검지하기에 어려울 뿐만 아니라 감도를 높이기 위해 $200\~400^{\circ}C$로 가열이 필요하였다. 이에 비해 다공질 실리콘층을 이용한 센서는 넓은 표면적을 갖고 있어 상온에서도 감도가 양호할 뿐만 아니라 집적화 센서로 제작이 용이한 점을 갖고 있다. 실험은 증류수에 희석한 알코올 수용액을 체온과 같은 $36^{\circ}C$를 비롯하여 25와 $45^{\circ}C$로 유지한 상태에서 0에서 $0.5\%$의 농도범위에 대해서 $0.05\%$의 간격으로 120 Hz와 1 kHz의 두 주파수에서 측정하였다. 그 결과, 양호한 선형성과 함께 120 Hz의 주파수에서 측정하였을 때, $0.1\%$의 알코올 농도의 증분마다 $25,\;36,\;45^{\circ}C$의 알코올 수용액의 온도에 대해 각각 1.1, 2.6 및 $4.6\%$로 캐퍼시턴스의 증가율을 보였다.