• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.115-122
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• 2008

Ductility is important in the design of reinforced concrete structures. In seismic design of reinforced concrete members, it is necessary to allow for relatively large ductility so that the seismic energy is absorbed to avoid shear failure or significant degradation of strength even after yielding of reinforcing steels in the concrete member occurs. Therefore, prediction of the ductility should be as accurate as possible. The principal aim of this paper is to present the basic data for the ductility evaluation of reinforced high-strength concrete beams. Accordingly, 23 flexural tests were conducted on full-scale structural concrete beam specimens having concrete compressive strength of 40, 60, and 70MPa. The test results were then reviewed in terms of flexural capacity and ductility. The effect of concrete compressive strength, web reinforcement ratio, tension steel ratio, and shear span to beam depth ratio on ductility were investigated experimentally.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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• v.32A no.1
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• pp.36-44
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• 1995

For a parabolic reflector antenna, a simple method is presented for computing efficiently the average power pattern degradations caused by the surface roughness of the reflector and misalignments between the reflector and the feed. In this procedure, both nonuniform surface errors and nonuniform illuminations are employed. The assumptions to derive the expressions are that in each annular region of the antenna, the rms value of the surface roughness is known, and in a zone in a annular region, the phase error by misalignments is constant, and can be taken to its value at the center of the zone. Detailed parametric studies are performed with derived expressions to determine the effects of those errors and illumination tapers on parameters such as gain and sidelobe levels.

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.41 no.11
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• pp.933-942
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• 2018

Traditionally, small-molecule or antibody-based therapies against human diseases have been designed to inhibit the enzymatic activity or compete for the ligand binding sites of pathological target proteins. Despite its demonstrated effectiveness, such as in cancer treatment, this approach is often limited by recurring drug resistance. More importantly, not all molecular targets are enzymes or receptors with druggable 'hot spots' that can be directly occupied by active site-directed inhibitors. Recently, a promising new paradigm has been created, in which small-molecule chemicals harness the naturally occurring protein quality control machinery of the ubiquitin-proteasome system to specifically eradicate disease-causing proteins in cells. Such 'chemically induced protein degradation' may provide unprecedented opportunities for targeting proteins that are inherently undruggable, such as structural scaffolds and other non-enzymatic molecules, for therapeutic purposes. This review focuses on surveying recent progress in developing E3-guided proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and small-molecule chemical modulators of deubiquitinating enzymes upstream of or on the proteasome.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.35-52
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• 1999

Realistic steel-concrete bond/slip relationships proposed in the literature are usually uniaxial. They are based on phenomenological theories of deformation and degradation mechanisms, and various pull-out tests. These relationships are usually implemented using different analytical methods for solving the differential equations of bond along the anchored portion, for particular situations. This paper justifies the concepts, and points out the assumptions underlying the construction and use of uniaxial bond laws. A finite element implementation is proposed using 2-D membrane elements. An application example on an interior beam-column joint illustrates the possibilities of this approach.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.741-754
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• 2014

The conventional PHC pile-footing connection is the weak part because the surface area and stiffness are sharply changed. The Composite PHC pile reinforced with the transverse shear reinforcing bars and infilled-concrete, hereafter ICP pile, has been developed for improving the flexural and shear performance. This paper investigates the cyclic behavior and performance of the ICP pile-footing connection. To investigate the behavior of the connection, one PHC and two ICP specimens were manufactured and then a series of cyclic loading tests were performed. From the test results, it was found that the ICP pile-footing connection exhibited higher cyclic behavior and connection performance compared to the conventional PHC pile-footing connection in terms of ductility ratio, stiffness degradation and energy dissipation capacity.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.57-66
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• 2000

The truss analogy for the analysis of beam-columns subjected of shear and flexure is limited by the contribution of transverse and longitudinal steel and diagonal concrete compression struts. However, it should be noted that even though the behavior of reinforced concrete beam-columns after cracking can be modeled with the truss analogy, they are not perfect trusses but still structural elements with a measure of continuity provided by a diagonal tension field. The mere notion of compression field denotes that there should be some tension field coexisting perpendicularly to it. The compression field is assumed to form parallel to the crack plane that forms under combined flexure and shear. Therefore, the concrete tension field may be defined as a mechanism existing across the crack and resisting crack opening. In this paper, the effect of concrete tensile properties on the shear strength and stiffness of reinforced concrete beam-columns is discussed using the Gauss two-point truss model. The theoretical predictions are validated against the experimental observations. Although the agreement is not perfect, the comparison shows the correct trend in degradation as the inelasticity increases.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.38-50
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• 1996

Recently carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) has been used structural materials in corrosive environment such as for water, chemical tank and pipes. However, mechanical properties of such materials may be change when CFRP and exposed to corrosive environment for long periods of time. The degradation behavior of carbon fiber/epoxy resin composite material in distilled water is investigated using acoustic emission (AE) technique, Fracture toughness tests are performed on the compact tension specimens that are pilled by two types of $[O_2/9O_2]_{3s}$ and $[O/9O]_6s$. During the testes, AE test was carried out to monitor the damage of CFRP by moisture absorption. The data was treated by 2-parameter Weibull distribution and the fracture surface was observed by scanning electron microscope.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.147-164
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• 2008

Recently, many researches have been done to examine the behavior of fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) subjected to the static loading. However, a few studies have been devoted to cyclic behaviors of FRC. A main objective of this paper is to investigate the cyclic behavior of FRC through theoretical method. A new cyclic bridging model was proposed for the analysis of fiber reinforced cementitious composites under cyclic loading. In the model, non-uniform degradation of interfacial bonding under cyclic tension was considered. Fatigue test results for FRC were numerically simulated using proposed models and the proposed model is achieving better agreement than the previous model. Consequently, the model can establish a basis for analyzing cyclic behavior of fiber reinforced composites.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.717-722
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• 1997

노후화된 고온설비의 안정성 및 효율적인 운전조건을 확보하고, 고온부재의 취성파괴 방지를 위해서는 재질열화의 정량적 평가는 매우 중요하다. 그러나 현장실기에서 기계적 성질의 평가를 위한 대량의 시험편 채취는 거의 불가능하다. 따라서, 실기부재의 강도에 영향을 미치지 않는 범위에서 플랜트 구조물의 재질열화 평가를 비파괴적으로 검출 평가할 수 있는 새로운 시험방법들의 개발이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 화력설비 부재의 다양한 탄소강을 대상으로 재질열화도 평가를 위한 전기화학적 양극분극시험법의 적용 가능성을 조사하였다. 또한 양극분극시험에 의한 재질열화평가 유효성을 조사하기 위해 전기화학적 시험결과를 입계부식시험결과와 비교.검토해 보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1988.11a
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• pp.35-48
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• 1988

상대 접촉하고 있는 물체에 미끄럼 운동이 가해질 경우 마찰에 의해 발생되는 거의 모든 에너지는 열로써 나타나게 된다. 이러한 마찰열은 주로 adhered junctions의 파괴 및 표면돌기(surface asperities)들의 소성 변형에 의한 열역할적 비가역 반응의 결과로 발생된다. 접촉부위의 발생열은 양 접촉제의 접촉면에 전달되어 접촉표면 온도의 급격한 증가를 초래하며 그 결과로 여러가지 surface phenomena, 즉 마찰, 마모, 산화(oxidation), 부식 및 구조적 열화(structural degradation) 금속학적 상변화등에 큰 영향을 미치게 된다. 딸서 볼 및 로울링 엘레먼트 베어링, 기어, 캠과 태핏, 브레이크 등 기계요소의 설계를 위한 주인자로서 근래에 들어 접촉표면의 온도가 주목받고 있다. 표면에 존재하는 layer로서는 금속표면에 응착시킨 coating layers, contaminant films, physisorbed 또는 chemisorbed films, oxide layers 또는 마찰열에 의해 형성되는 경도가 아주 높은 내마모층(hard wear-resistant layers) 등이 고려될수 있다. 낮은 열전도성을 가진 oxide film이 접촉 표면이 온도를 증가시킨다는 것이 Jaeger에 의해 지적되었으며 Ling과 Lai는 moving heat sjource가 가해지는 layered surface의 표면온도분포를 구하면서 substrate와 thermal property가 다른 layer가 존재하게 되면 그 두께가 아주 얇더라도 (1 마이크론 정도) 표면온도는 크게 변화됨을 보였다.