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A Study on the Relation between the Exterior Environmental Factors and Sensibility Responses in Apartment Housing Estates (아파트 외부환경요인과 감성적 반응과의 상관성 연구)

  • 이윤정;정준현;이중우
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between the exterior environmental factors and sensibility responses in apartment housing estates. The finding of the study may be summerized as follow: 1) The method of analysis was that the adequacy of 214 sensibility vocabularies primarily drawn were analyzed by the evaluation group through questionnaire. As a result of factor analysis on them, 36 sensibility vocabularies were finally drawn and used as a tool for evaluation. 2) 22 elements were drawn as physical elements that shows sensibility responses according to residential complexes and classified roughly into five factors; the architectural factor, the rest space, the horizontal system, the design factor, and the annexed facilities. 3) The average score for sensibility items by complexes suggested that the sensibility contents would vary depending on the physical conditions of facilities by complexes. 4) It was shown that the percentages of sensibility responses by physical structural elements were 50.7% for the rest space, 24.1% for the design factor, 13.7% for the architectural factor, 8.1% for the annexed facilities, and 3.2% for the horizontal system. 5) The analysis of relation between the physical elements and the sensibility contents showed that the sensibility contents such as 'emotions', 'comfortable', 'luxury', 'symbolic', and 'intimate', had a positive relation with the physical elements such as the entrance of a complex, design element, artistic structures, and kindergarten facilities but a negative relation with the physical elements such as the shape of buildings, walkways, and separate garbage collection yards.

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A Study on the Spatial Efficiency of Educational Facilities at Universities through Evaluation Models - With Focus on the 'C' University Engineering College - (평가모델에 의한 대학 교육시설 공간의 효율성에 관한 연구 - C대학 공과대학을 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Zong-Pill;Jeon, Jin-Sook;Kim, Soo-In
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2009
  • This study examines the issue of space management of university facilities by an assessment model as part of efforts to deal with the crisis of universities. To this end, the study addressed efficiency issue and structural problems using assessment model factors, with the aim of figuring out legitimacy and allocating methods for this purpose. Selected model factors included utilization ratio, residual ratio, vacancy ratio, and occupancy ratio, while for the latter, we investigated into the present situations of space use, focusing on construction, design, and living dimensions. As a result, the study suggested that in the future universities will resort to extension and rebuilding or new building for their facilities. To ensure space efficiency without conflict, we should follow legitimacy of space allocation and composition, building quality university facilities, creating quality environment, preventing tuition from rising or Improving welfare to keep pace with the new era.

A Study on the Performance Evaluation of Cycloid Reducer (사이클로이드 감속기의 성능평가에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jin-Seok;Kim, Ki-Hun;Kim, Lae-Sung;Qin, Zhen;Lyu, Sung-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.113-118
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, a study on the performance evaluation of a cycloid reducer for remote weapons systems is presented. Reduction gears applied to remote weapons vehicles need to be compact and capable of large torque transmissions as well as require structural optimization, high load capacity, and high precision position control. To meet these requirements, a cycloid reducer with low backlash, high precision, high overload capability, high rigidity, and high efficiency is required. Thus, a cycloid reducer with a reduction ratio of 127:1, backlash of 1 arcmin (1/60 deg) or less, and reduction gear efficiency of 70% or more, which are the design requirements for a remote weapons system, was designed utilizing a design and analysis program (HEXAGON) for gear engineering. To confirm the performance of the cycloid reducer, the hardness of the main components of the manufactured cycloid reducer, reduction ratio, and efficiency were measured.

Development of Piezoelectric Accelerometers and Their Performance Evaluation (압전형 가속도 센서의 개발과 특성평가에 관한 연구)

  • 이두희;임병덕;이용봉;김정태
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.811-818
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    • 1992
  • The sensor technology has becoming emerging area as the automation process in industry requires higher productivity, better quality, and the reliability. In this research, the dynamic measuring sensor such as piezoelectric accelerometers has been developed. Especially, the research concentrates on a design methodology, an analysis of the structural characteristics, and a method of the performance evaluation. The fabricated piezoelectric accelerometers show that the performance characteristics is better than commercial products available in the current market.

The Evaluation of Interlaminar Fracture Toughness and AE Characteristics in a Plain Woven CFRP Composite with ENF Specimen (ENF 시험편을 이용한 평직 CFRP의 층간파괴인성 및 AE 특성 평가)

  • Yun, Y.S.;Kwon, O.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2006
  • Woven fabrics composites are used as primary structural components in many applications because of their superior properties that offer high specific strength and stiffness. However, the complexity of the fabric structure makes understanding of their failure behavior very difficult. Also, laminate woven fabrics CFRP have unique failure mechanisms such as fiber bridging, fiber/matrix crack and so on. In particular, the delamination phenomenon of the composite materials is one of the most frequent failure mechanisms. So, we estimated interlaminar fracture and damage in composites using as ENF specimen by a 3 point bending test. And AE characteristics were examined for crack propagation on plain woven CFRP. We obtained the following conclusions from the results of the evaluation of the 3 point bending fracture test and AE characteristic estimation. AE counts of maximum crack length were obtained as $85.97{\times}10^4\;and\;93{\times}10^3\;for\;a_0/L=0.3$ and 0.6, respectively. Also the maximum amplitudes were over 80dB at both $a_0/L=0.3\;and\;0.6$. $G_{IIc}$ at that's $a_0/L$ ratio were obtained with $1.07kJ/m^2\;and\;3.79kJ/m^2$.

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Numerical Fracture Mechanics Evaluation on Surface Cracks in a Spherical Oxygen Holder (구형 산소용기 내 표면균열에 대한 수치파괴역학 평가)

  • Cho, Doo-Ho;Kim, Jong-Min;Chang, Yoon-Suk;Choi, Jae-Boong;Kim, Young-Jin;Han, Sang-In
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.11
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    • pp.1187-1194
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    • 2009
  • During the last decade, possibility of flaw occurrences has been rapidly increased world-widely as the increase of operating times of petro-chemical facilities. For instance, from a recent in-service inspection, three different sized surface cracks were detected in welding parts of a spherical oxygen holder in Korea. While API579 code provides corresponding engineering assessment procedures to determine crack driving forces, in the present work, numerical analyses are carried out for the cracked oxygen holder to investigate effects of complex geometry, analysis model and residual stress. With regard to the detailed finite element analysis, stress intensity factors are determined from both the full three-dimensional model and equivalent plate model. Also, as an alternative, stress intensity factors are calculated for equivalent plate model by employing the noted influence stress function technique. Finally, parametric structural integrity evaluation of the cracked oxygen holder is conducted in use of failure assessment diagram method, J/T method and DPFAD method. Effects of the geometry and so forth are examined and key findings from the simulations are fully discussed, which enables to determine practical safety margins of spherical components containing a defect.

Quality Evaluation of Resistance Spot Welding using Acoustic Emission (음향방출을 이용한 저항 점용접의 용접 품질평가)

  • Jo Dae-Hee;Rhee Zhang-Kyu;Park Sung-Oan;Cho Jin-Ho;Kim Bong-Gag;Woo Chang-Ki
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.98-104
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, for the purpose of investigation the acoustic emission(AE) behaviors during resistance spot welding process and tension test of spec steels. As the results present the resistance spot welding method that can get suitable welding qualities or structural integrity estimating method. The resistance spot welding process consists of several stages: set-down of the electrodes; squeeze; current flow; forging; hold time; and lift-off. Various types of AE signals are produced during each of these stages. For tensile-shear test and cross tensile test in resistance spot welded specimens, fracture pa 야 ems are produced: tear fracture; shear fracture; and plug fracture. Tensile-shear specimens strength appeared higher than cross tensile specimens one. In case of tensile-shear specimen happened tear fracture that crack happens in most lower plate. Also, in case of cross tensile specimens, upper plate and lower plate are detached perfect fracture was exposed increases a little as acting force is lower than ordinary welding condition. Therefore, the structure which is combined by resistance spot welding confirmed that welding design must attain so that shear stress may can interact mainly.

The Role of Functional Imaging Techniques in the Dementia (치매 환자에서 기능 영상법의 역할)

  • Ryu, Young-Hoon
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2004
  • Evaluation of dementia in patients with early symptoms of cognitive decline is clinically challenging, but the need for early, accurate diagnosis has become more crucial, since several medication for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer' disease are available. Many neurodegenerative diseases produce significant brain function alteration even when structural imaging (CT or MRI) reveal no specific abnormalities. The role of PET and SPECT brain imaging in the initial assessment and differential diagnosis of dementia is beginning to evolve vapidly and growing evidence indicates that appropriate incorporation of PET into the clinical work up can improve diagnostic and prognostic accuracy with respect to Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia in the geriatric population. in the fast few years, studios comparing neuropathologic examination with PET have established reliable and consistent accuracy for diagnostic evaluations using PET - accuracies substantially exceeding those of comparable studies of diagnostic value of SPECT or of both modalities assessed side by side, or of clinical evaluations done without nuclear imaging. This review deals the role of functional brain imaging techniques in the evaluation of dementias and the role of nuclear neuroimaging in the early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

A study on the rock fracture mechanism of cutter penetration and the assessment system of TBM tunnelling procedure

  • Baek, Seung-Han;Moon, Hyun-Koo
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.162-169
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    • 2003
  • Excavation by TBM can be characterized by a rock-machine interaction during the cutting process on a small scale, but on a large scale the interaction between the rock mass and TBM becomes very significant. For the planning and evaluation of TBM tunnelling it needs to understand rock fracture mechanism by a cutter or cutters on a small scale, and to estimate penetration rate, advance rate and utilization on a large scale. In this study rock chipping mechanism due to cutter-penetration is analysed by numerical simulation, showing that rock chipping is mainly occurred by tensile failure. Also, through the analysis of factors that affect on TBM procedures in various assessment systems, it is determined that the key elements that should be considered in the planning and evaluation of TBM tunnelling are classified into rock properties, the geological structures and properties of rock mass, and the structural and functional specifications of the machine. The user-friendly assessment tool is developed, so that penetration rate, advance rate and TBM utilization are evaluated from various input data. The tool developed in this study can be applied to a practical TBM tunnelling by understanding TBM tunnelling procedures.

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Evaluation of Crack Length and Thickness Effects of Fracture Specimen using Damage Mechanics (손상역학에 근거한 파괴시편의 균열길이와 두께 영향 평가)

  • Chang Yoon-Suk;Lee Tae-Rin;Choi Jae-Boong;Seok Chang-Sung;Kim Young-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.23 no.4 s.181
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 2006
  • During the last two decades, many researchers investigated influences of stress triaxiality on ductile fracture for various specimens and structures. With respect to a transferability issue, the local approach reflecting micro-mechanical specifics is one of effective methods to predict constraint effects. In this paper, the applicability of the local approach was examined through a series of finite element analyses incorporating modified GTN (Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman) and Rousselier models as well as fracture toughness tests. To achieve this goal, fracture resistance (J-R) curves of several types of compact tension (CT) specimens with various crack length, with various thickness and with/without 20% side- grooves were estimated. Then. the constraint effects were examined by comparing the numerically estimated J-R curves with experimentally determined ones. The assessment results showed that the damage models might be used as useful tool for fracture toughness estimation and both the crack length and thickness effects should be considered for realistic structural integrity evaluation.