• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 지오텍스타일 공극 크기 분포를 이미지 분석방법을 이용하여 정량적으로 산출하였다. 연구과정은 실내시험을 통해 지오텍스타일-지오멤브레인 층으로 된 재료를 에폭시 레진으로 포화시킨 후, 양생, 절단하여 그 표면을 디지털 광학현미경으로 관찰하고 정량화함으로 이루어졌다. 여기서는 재료공학에서 주로 사용하는 공간학(stereology)의 개념을 사용하였으며, 지오텍스타일 필라멘트에 의해 둘러싸인 공극의 크기를 최대내접공극크기분포(LIOS)로 표현하였다. 지오텍스타일 내부 축적빈도 50%에 해당하는 공극직경이 압축응력이 10kPa에서 300kPa로 증가함에 따라 $45{\mu}m$가량 감소하였으며, 다시 압축응력을 10kPa로 되돌렸을 경우 초기치의 90%정도 수준으로 회복하였다. 마찰형 지오멤브레인 표면에서 연직응력 100, 300 kPa을 받으며 전단되었을 경우 평균 공극의 크기가 각가 32, 16.5% 감소하였다. 본 논문의 시험 및 분석 결과는 지오텍스타일 내부의 최대내접공극 크기분포가 표면거칠기가 다른 지오멤브레인 표면에서 압축 및 인터페이스 전단됨에 따라 어떻게 변화하는지를 보여준다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.160-169
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• 2023

Objective: Cryptorchidism is one of the main causes of infertility and can result in testicular cancer. This study aimed to present quantitative data on the damage caused by cryptorchidism using stereological analysis. Methods: Thirty newborn rats were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group underwent surgery to induce unilateral cryptorchidism in the left testis, whereas the control group underwent a sham surgical procedure 18 days after birth. The testes were removed at designated time points (40, 63, and 90 days after birth) for stereological evaluation and sperm analysis. Total testicular volume, interstitial tissue volume, seminiferous tubule volume and length, and seminiferous epithelium volume and surface area were measured. Other parameters, such as sperm count, sperm morphology, and sperm tail length, were also examined. Results: Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) were observed between the experimental and the control groups at different ages regarding the volumes of various parameters, including the surface area of the germinal layer, the length of the seminiferous tubules, sperm count, and sperm morphology. However, no significant differences were observed in the epithelial volume and the sperm tail length of the groups. Conclusion: Given the substantial effect of cryptorchidism on different testicular parameters, as well as the irreversible damage it causes in the testes, it is important to take this abnormality seriously to prevent these consequences.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.301-312
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• 2006

Experimental research revealed that the spatial dispersion of aggregate grains exerts pronounced influences on the mechanical and durability properties of concrete. Therefore, insight into this phenomenon is of paramount importance. Experimental approaches do not provide direct access to three-dimensional spacing information in concrete, however. Contrarily, simulation approaches are mostly deficient in generating packing systems of aggregate grains with sufficient density. This paper therefore employs a dynamic simulation system (with the acronym SPACE), allowing the generation of dense random packing of grains, representative for concrete aggregates. This paper studies by means of SPACE packing structures of aggregates with a Fuller type of size distribution, generally accepted as a suitable approximation for actual aggregate systems. Mean free spacing $\bar{\lambda}$, mean nearest neighbour distance (NND) between grain centres $\bar{\Delta}_3$, and the probability density function of ${\Delta}_3$ are used to characterize the spatial dispersion of aggregate grains in model concretes. Influences on these spacing parameters are studied of volume fraction and the size range of aggregate grains. The values of these descriptors are estimated by means of stereological tools, whereupon the calculation results are compared with measurements. The simulation results indicate that the size range of aggregate grains has a more pronounced influence on the spacing parameters than exerted by the volume fraction of aggregate. At relatively high volume density of aggregates, as met in the present cases, theoretical and experimental values are found quite similar. The mean free spacing is known to be independent of the actual dispersion characteristics (Underwood 1968); it is a structural parameter governed by material composition. Moreover, scatter of the mean free spacing among the serial sections of the model concrete in the simulation study is relatively small, demonstrating the sample size to be representative for composition homogeneity of aggregate grains. The distribution of ${\Delta}_3$ observed in this study is markedly skew, indicating a concentration of relatively small values of ${\Delta}_3$. The estimate of the size of the representative volume element (RVE) for configuration homogeneity based on NND exceeds by one order of magnitude the estimate for structure-insensitive properties. This is in accordance with predictions of Brown (1965) for composition and configuration homogeneity (corresponding to structure-insensitive and structure-sensitive properties) of conglomerates.