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Experimental Determination of Concrete Fracture Properties with Modified S-FPZ Model

  • Yon, Jung-Heum;Kim, Tai-Hoon
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.18 no.3E
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2006
  • Modified singular fracture process zone(S-FPZ) model is proposed in this paper to determine a fracture criterion for continuous crack propagation in concrete. The investigated fracture properties of the proposed fracture model are strain energy release rate at a micro-crack tip and the relationship between crack closure stress(CCS) and crack opening displacement(COD) in the FPZ. The proposed model can simulate the actual fracture energy of experimental results fairly well. The results of the experimental data analysis show that specimen geometry and loading condition did not affect the CCS-COD relation. However, the strain energy release rate is a function of not only specimen geometry but also crack extension. The strain energy release rate remained constantly at the minimum value up to the crack extension of 25 mm, and then it increased linearly to the maximum value. The maximum fracture criterion occurred at the peak load for specimens of large size. The fracture criterion remained at the maximum value after the peak load. The variation of the fracture criterion is caused by micro-cracking and micro-crack localization. The fracture criterion of strain energy release rate can simply be the size effect of concrete fracture, and it can be used to quantify the micro-cracking and micro-crack localizing behavior of concrete.

A Study on the Refinement of Turbulent Flame Propagation Model for a Spark-Ignition Engine (스파크 점화기관의 난류화염전파 모델의 개선에 관한 연구)

  • 최인용;전광민
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.2030-2038
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    • 1995
  • In this study, three turbulent flame propagation models are compared using experimentally measured data of a 4 valves/cylinder spark-ignition engine. First two conventional models are B.K model and GESIM combustion model. The burning rates calculated from the two models are compared with the burning rates calculated from measured pressure data using the one-zone heat release analysis. GESIM combustion model predicts burning rates closer to the data acquired from the experiment in wide operating ranges than B-K model does. The third model is refined based on GESIM combustion model by including the effect of flame stretch, turbulent length scale band pass filter and a variable that considers flame size and the area of flame contacting the cylinder wall surface. The refined combustion model predicts burning rates closer to experimental results than GESIM combustion model does. Also, the refined combustion model predicts flame radius close to the experimental result measured by using optical fiber technique.

Effect of Screw Geometries on Pull-out Characteristics of Screw Anchor Piles Using Reduced Scale Model Tests (스크류 제원이 스크류 앵커 파일의 인발저항 특성에 미치는 영향에 관한 축소모형실험)

  • Yoo, Chung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.5-15
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents the results of an investigation into the pull-out characteristics of screw anchor piles for use in braced excavation and cut-slope. A series of reduced-scale model tests were performed on model screw anchor piles with different geometric characteristics such as screw size and pitch length. The results indicated that the pullout resistance increases with decreasing the pitch length for a given screw size. It was also observed that the pullout capacity of a screw anchor pile increases with the screw size up to a certain size beyond which the increase becomes minimal. The results are presented in such a way that the pullout characteristics of screw piles with different screw geometric characteristics can be identified. Practical implications of the findings are discussed.

A Study on Runoff Response according to Dividing Watershed. (유역분할에 따른 유출응답에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyung-Tak;Choi, Yun-Seok
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.911-924
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    • 2003
  • Many researches have been conducting on extracting geometry data and hydrologic parameters by using GIS technique. However, there is no clear standard on those methods yet. This study examines the changing pattern of runoff responses characteristics with applying lumped model on divided watershed. WMS is used in order to divide watershed and calculate hydrologic geometry data and parameters by GIS technique. HEC-1 is adopted as a hydrologic model to establish runoff responses. The basin is divided into small watersheds, which are approximately same size. This research conducted runoff response simulation of Pyoungchang River and Wichon River Basin. Especially, research was focused on what is the most appropriate level as a divined sub-basin, and tested the effect of size of sub-basin for the runoff response simulation. The results showed the size of sub-basin was not an important factor for the simulation results after a certain size. The results of this study can be applied as an appropriate guidance to select optimal simulation size of watershed for the lumped model in a specific watershed.

Effect of the characteristics of buoy on the holding power of trapnet (부이의 특성이 통발어구의 고정력에 미치는 영향)

  • LEE, Gun-Ho;CHO, Sam-Kwang;KIM, In-Ok;CHA, Bong-Jin;JUNG, Seong-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, numerical modeling is conducted to analyze the tension of an anchor line by varying the size and drag coefficient of a buoy when the trapnet is influenced by the wave and the current simultaneously. A mass-spring model was used to analyze the behavior of trapnet underwater under the influence of waves and current. In the simulation of numerical model, wave height of 3, 4, 5 and 6 m, a period of 4.4 s, and the flow speed of 0.7 m/s were used for the wave and current condition. The drag coefficients of buoy were 0.8, 0.4 and 0.2, respectively. The size of buoy was 100, 50 and 25% based on the cylindrical buoy ($0.0311m^3$) used for swimming crab trap. The drag coefficient of the trapnet, the main model for numerical analysis, was obtained by a circular water channel experiment using a 6-component load cell. As a result of the simulation, the tension of the anchor line decreased proportional to buoy's drag coefficient and size; the higher the wave height, the greater the decrease rate of the tension. When the buoy drag coefficient and size decreased to one fourth, the tension of the anchor line decreased to a half and the tension of the anchor line was lower than the holding power of the anchor even at 6 m of wave height. Therefore, reducing the buoy drag coefficient and size appropriately reduces the trapnet load from the wave, which also reduces the possibility of trapnet loss.

Workload-Aware Page Size Modeling for Fast Storage in Virtualized Environments (가상화 환경에서 고속 스토리지를 위한 워크로드 맞춤형 페이지 크기 모델링)

  • Bahn, Hyokyung;Park, Yunjoo
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2022
  • Recently, fast storage media such as Optane have emerged, and memory system configurations designed for disk storage should be reconsidered. In this paper, we analyze the effect of the page size on the memory system performances when fast storage is adopted. Based on this, we design a page size model that can guide an appropriate page size for given workloads in virtualized environments. Configuring different page sizes for various workloads is not an easy matter in traditional systems, but due to the widespread adoption of cloud systems, page sizing performed in our model is feasible for virtual machines, which are generated for executing specific workloads. Simulation experiments under various virtual machine scenarios show that the proposed model improves the memory access time significantly by configuring page sizes for given workloads.

Experimental Investigation on Particle Size of Soils Erodible by Wind using Portable Wind Erosion Tunnel (소형 풍동을 이용한 토양의 풍식 가능 입경 분석)

  • Kim, Tae-Wan;Son, Young-Hwan;Min, Seul-Gi;Lee, In-Bok;Hong, Se-Woon;Kim, Min Young
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate maximum and minimum grain size which eroded by wind according to soil and wind conditions, such as top soil water content, roughness, land slope, wind velocity and proportion of grain size under 0.84mm. For performing this study, portable wind erosion tunnel was designed and utilized during field test, which facilitated measuring actual wind erosions under artificially controlled wind conditions. In the result, maximum, minimum grain size had strong negative correlation with roughness while weak positive correlation with wind velocity. Also, Slope which means the effect of gravity also influence grain size erodible by winds. Based on these results, regression equations were suggested for predicting maximum and minimum grain sizes by using multiple linear regression analysis from SPSS 20.0. The equation for maximum grain size erodible by winds showed a good agreement with the observed data with $R^2$=0.896. Other equation for minimum grain size had $R^2$=0.777.

The Effect of Substrate Pore Size on Gas Permeation Mechanism in Composite Membrane by Plasma Polymerization (플라즈마 중합된 고분자 복합막에서 기질의 기공크기가 기체투과 메카니즘에 미치는 영향)

  • Hyun, Sang-Won;Jung, Il-Hyun
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.502-508
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    • 1999
  • We prepared non-porous membrane on the $Al_2O_3$ substrate with the different pore by the size by the plasma polymerization of $CHF_3$. We studied the permeability characteristics of membrane by Ar treatment and the effect of substrate pore size on gas permeation mechanism. The selectivity was increased with Ar plasma treatment time and rf-power near the substrate to the cathode while the permeability was decreased. It was observed that the solution-diffusion model would be applied to non-porous layers while it is applied Knudsen diffusion model to the substrate. From the experimental observation, it could be concluded that the pore size of $Al_2O_3$ membrane influenced on the permeability and the selectivity.

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A sample size calibration approach for the p-value problem in huge samples

  • Park, Yousung;Jeon, Saebom;Kwon, Tae Yeon
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.545-557
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    • 2018
  • The inclusion of covariates in the model often affects not only the estimates of meaningful variables of interest but also its statistical significance. Such gap between statistical and subject-matter significance is a critical issue in huge sample studies. A popular huge sample study, the sample cohort data from Korean National Health Insurance Service, showed such gap of significance in the inference for the effect of obesity on cause of mortality, requiring careful consideration. In this regard, this paper proposes a sample size calibration method based on a Monte Carlo t (or z)-test approach without Monte Carlo simulation, and also proposes a test procedure for subject-matter significance using this calibration method in order to complement the deflated p-value in the huge sample size. Our calibration method shows no subject-matter significance of the obesity paradox regardless of race, sex, and age groups, unlike traditional statistical suggestions based on p-values.

Effect of Ginseng on Fat Accumulation in the Obese Rats Induced by High Fat Diet (인삼이 고지방식이에 의한 비만유도 Rat에서 지방축적에 미치는 영향)

  • 김신일;김영숙
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.167-179
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    • 1986
  • Obesity is common disease resultly accumulated excess fat. In the model for obesity induced by high fat diet contains 30% fat, administration of ginseng extract inhibited increment of body weight, epididymal fat pads and enlargement of fat cell size. This was as the result of inhibition of lipogenesis in the liver and fat accumulation in the adipose tissues.

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