• Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.209-214
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• 1991

The germination of seeds is developmentally complex process requiring water uptake, which is regulated by both genotypic and environmental factors. The present study was undertaken to determine the difference in germination characteristics, and to compare the ability of the logistic and Weibull functions to describe the cumulative germination curve when two levels of osmotic potential(0, -5 bar) were put to seeds of alfalfa, tall fescue, orchardgrass, and Kentucky bluegrass. The effects of grass type, osmotic potential, and their interaction on the total germination and coefficient of germination velocity were significant(P<0.01). The Weibull equation for predicting percent cumulative germination curve of alfalfa had significantly lower residuals than the logistic equation regardless of osmotic potential(P<0.01), indicating that the Weibull equation was more efficient than the logistic equation to fit the data of the percent cumulative germination of alfalfa. The rate parameter from the logistic equation was decreased under water stress, whereas the scale and shape parameters were increased. There were significant differences in days to 20% germination estimated from the logistic and Weibull equations.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.32-39
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• 2013

Effects of Weibull shape parameter, k, on capacity factors of wind turbines were investigated. Wind distributions with mean wind speeds of 5 m/s, 6 m/s, 7 m/s and 8 m/s were simulated and used to estimate the annual energy productions and capacity factors of a 2MW wind turbine for various Weibull shape parameters. It was found from the study that the capacity factors of wind turbines are much affected by Weibull shape parameters. When the annual mean wind speed at the hub height of a wind turbine was about 7 m/s, and the air density was assumed to be 1.225 $kg/m^3$, the maximum capacity factor of a 2 MW wind turbine having a rated wind speed of 13 m/s was found to occur with the shape parameter of 2. It was also found that as the mean wind speed increased, the Weibull k parameter which yielded the maximum capacity factor increased. The simulated results were also validated by predictions of capacity factors of wind turbines using wind data measured in complex terrain.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.479-484
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• 2001

고순도 알루미나 분말에 소결조제로서 MgO를 0ppm 및 500ppm 첨가하여 열분무건조기를 사용하여 준비한 과립을 80$0^{\circ}C$에서 하소를 함으로써 얻어진 과립으로 제작한 소결체의 MgO 첨가량에 따른 미세구조와 꺾임강도에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 또한 시편두께를 50$mu extrm{m}$의 박편으로 가공하여 투광법으로 내부구조도 관찰하였다. MgO를 500ppm 첨가하여 제작한 과립을 180 MPa의 냉간정수압성형성 후 1$600^{\circ}C$에서 소결한 소결체는 상대밀도가 100%에 도달하였고 균일한 결정립성장의 치밀한 미세구조를 나타내었다. MgO를 500ppm 첨가한 시편의 4점 꺾임강도 또한 각 소결온도에서 MgO를 9ppm 첨가한 시편보다 23%-32%정도 높은 강도를 나타내었으며, 특히 소결온도 1$600^{\circ}C$에서는 꺾임강도가 501MPa 그리고 weibull 계수가 20의 고강도이면서 신뢰성이 높은 알루미나 소결체가 얻어졌다. 본 연구에서는 weibull 계수의 값이 높은 시편일수록 내부구조의 결함크기가 작고 이 작은 결함이 시편내부에 균일하게 분포되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.35-40
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• 2019

The objective of this paper is to identify the fatigue properties of carbon-fiber composite which is widely applied for the development of aircraft structures and obtain data for full-scale fatigue test. The durability and damage tolerance evaluation of composite structures is achieved by fatigue tests and parameters such as fatigue life factor and load enhancement factor. The specimens are made with carbon-fiber/epoxy UD tape and fabric prepreg. Fatigue tests are performed with several stress ratios and lay-up patterns. The Weibull shape parameters are analyzed by Sendeckyj model and individual fatigue lives with Weibull distribution. And the fatigue life factor and load enhancement factor considering reliability are evaluated.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.346-352
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• 2009

In the present study, the Weibull statistical analysis using the Monte-Carlo simulation has been performed to investigate the micro-Vickers hardness measurement reliability considering the variability. Experimental indentation test were performed with a micro-Vickers hardness tester for as-received and quenching and tempering specimens in SCM440 steels. The distribution of micro-Vickers hardness is found to be 2-parameter Weibull distribution function. The mean values and coefficients of variation (COV) for both data set are compared with results based on Weibull statistical analysis. Finally, Monte-Carlo simulation was performed in order to evaluate the effect of sample size on the micro-Vickers hardness measurement reliability. For the parent distribution with shape parameter 30.0 and scale parameter 200.0 (COV=0.040), the number of sample data required to obtain the true Weibull parameters was founded by 20. For the parent distribution with shape parameter 10.0 and scale parameter 200.0 (COV=0.1240), the number of sample data required to obtain the true Weibull parameters was founded by 30.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.272-277
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• 2001

In order to evaluate variation of fatigue data of the LP steam turbine blade steel, it is important to estimate P - S - N curves to accurately define the probability distributions. In this study, new procedure is introduced to determine the expression of P - S - N curves. For this purpose, 3-parameter Weibull distribution was found to be most appropriate among assumed distributions when the probability distributions of the fatigue life were examined by the proposed analysis. Furthermore, parameter estimation for P - S - N curves was performed using various optimization to maximize the correlation coefficient. As a result of this, sequential linear programing method is used for estimation of P - S - N curves.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.55-59
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• 1993

한국의 중서부 지역에서 주로 벌채한 잣나무 간벌 제재목을 경기도 광주 소재 제재소에서 무작위로 추출하여 구입하였다. 본 연구는 휨강도 시험을 표준 시험 방법에 의하여 실시하였다. 각 무결점 시편으로부터 측정한 영 계수와 휨 강도에 대하여 이론적 통계 분포인 정상 분포, Log-normal 분포, Weibull 분포를 계산하여 비교하였다. Weibull 분포가 휨영계수 및 휨강도 모두에 적합하였으며, Log-normal 분포는 영계수 분포에 대한 이용에 적합하였다. 휨강도 분포에서는 Normal 분포가 Log-normal 분포보다 적합하다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.1B
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• pp.59-69
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• 2012

Probabilistic design is required to effectively consider the coastal environment of great uncertainty. However, designers who are familiar with the deterministic design method prefer a method which is similar to the existing method but is based on the probabilistic concept. Therefore, the partial safety factor method has been adopted as a new design method over the world. In Korea, Tetrapod is widely used for armoring rubble mound breakwaters. Even though the partial safety factor method developed in the United States and Europe covers Tetrapods, the limited wave and structure conditions in its development make the engineers hesitate about its use in practical breakwater design. In this study, partial safety factors for Tetrapod armor blocks have been developed by analyzing 116 breakwater cross-sections and wave conditions in 16 trade harbors and 15 coastal harbors with the FORM and optimal code calibration approach. Especially, partial safety factors have been proposed depending on the shape parameter of the Weibull extreme wave height distribution. For other types of extreme distributions, it is possible to apply the proposed partial safety factors using the relationship between skewness coefficient and shape parameter. Finally, the proposed partial safety factors have been applied to existing structures to show that they better satisfy the target reliability of the structures than previous partial safety factors.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.375-381
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• 2011

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the probabilistic characteristics of the fatigue parameters that describe the fatigue crack growth behavior in magnesium alloy. Statistical fatigue crack propagation experiments have been performed on rolled AZ31 magnesium alloy CT specimens with different specimen thickness, load ratio, and maximum load at ambient temperature in a laboratory. Using the statistical fatigue data obtained from these experiments, the goodness-of-fit of the probability distribution of the fatigue behavior parameters is evaluated in this study by performing statistical analyses. The crack growth rate coefficient is a fatigue parameter having a very large COV(Coefficient of Variation), but the variation of a crack growth rate exponent is not substantial. It is considered that a crack growth rate exponent can be a material constant. It is also found that the best fit probability distribution of the parameters such as the crack growth rate coefficient and crack growth rate exponent for a magnesium alloy is a three-parameter Weibull distribution, and two-parameter Weibull distribution is a good distribution only for the crack growth rate coefficient.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.999-1004
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• 2014

In the present paper, the effects of initial crack location on spatial randomness of fatigue crack growth resistance (FCGR) in friction stir welded (FSWed) AA7075-T651 plates were studied. The objective of this study is to characterize the statistical properties of FCGR for three different types of initial crack location (ICL) specimens. In this work, the FCGR coefficients were treated as a spatial random process. It was found that the FCGR coefficients for all initial crack location specimens closely followed a two parameter Weibull distribution. The shape parameter of the Weibull distribution for BM-ICL specimens showed the largest value of 7.50, and that for the WM-ICL specimens showed the smallest value of 2.61. In addition, the autocorrelation functions for all the ICL specimens followed the exponential function.