• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.23-37
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• 2011

The scaling properties on the length distribution of microcrack populations from Tertiary crystalline tuff are investigated. From the distribution charts showing length range with 15 directional angles and five groups(I~V), a systematic variation appears in the mean length with microcrack orientation. The distribution charts are distinguished by the bilaterally symmetrical pattern to nearly N-S direction. The whole domain of the length-cumulative frequency diagram for microcrack populations can be divided into three sections in terms of phases of the distribution of related curves. Especially, the linear middle section of each diagram of five groups represents a power-law distribution. The frequency ratio of linear middle sections of five groups ranges from 46.6% to 67.8%. Meanwhile, the slope of linear middle section of each group shows the order: group V($N60{\sim}90^{\circ}E$, -2.02) > group IV($N20{\sim}60^{\circ}E$, -1.55) > group I($N60{\sim}90^{\circ}W$, -1.48), group II($N10{\sim}60^{\circ}W$, -1.48) > group III($N10^{\circ}W{\sim}N20^{\circ}E$, -1.06). Five sub-populations(five groups) that closely follow the power-law length distribution show a wide range in exponents( -1.06 - -2.02). These differences in exponent among live groups emphasizes the importance of orientation effect. In addition, breaks in slope in the lower parts of the related curves represent the abrupt development of longer lengths, which is reflected in the decrease in the power-law exponent. Especially, such a distribution pattern can be seen from the diagram with $N10{\sim}20^{\circ}E,\;N10{\sim}20^{\circ}W$ and $N60{\sim}70^{\circ}W$ directional angles. These three directional angles correspond with main directions of faults developed around the study area. The distribution chart showing the individual characteristics of the length-cumulative frequency diagrams for 15 directional angles were made. By arraying above diagrams according to the categories of three groups(A, B and C), the differences in length-frequency distributions among these groups can be easily derived. The distribution chart illustrates the importance of analysing microcrack sets separately. From the related chart, the occurrence frequency of shorter microcracks shows the order: group A > group B > group C. These three types of distribution patterns could reveal important information on the processes occurred during microcrack growth.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4642-4647
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• 2011

Solution for elastic foundation of plane strain state was derived by the application of variational method. Functions of the transverse distribution of the displacements for the analysis were chosen as linear functions. Loading conditions considered for the analysis were concentrated load and distributed load. Under the loading condition of the concentrated load, surface displacement was decreased drastically as the distance from the point of the loading increased. Under the loading condition of the distributed load, surface displacements were more uniformly distributed beneath the loading area when the ratio of the half of the loading width to the depth(B/H) of the compressible layer was greater. The surface displacement was more quickly converged from the edge of the loading area as the ratio(B/H) increased.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.91-102
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• 2010

This study analyzed methodologies for determining the representative direction of a storm event. The mean direction, median direction, and modal direction of von Mises distribution were considered as representative directions. In addition, the results with and without considering the storm moving distance were also compared. As results, the modal directions of von Mises distribution were found to explain the directional characteristics of a moving storm much better than other methods. Also, it was found that the storm moving distance has a significant effect on the determination of representative directions of a moving storm, whose uncertainty can also be decreased significantly by considering the moving distance.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.69-84
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• 2002

In this papers, an analytical model which can simulate the post-cracking behavior and tension stiffening effect in a reinforced concrete(RC) tension member is proposed. Unlike the classical approaches using the bond stress-slip relationship or the assumed bond stress distribution, the tension stiffening effect at post-cracking stage is quantified on the basis of polynomial strain distribution functions of steel and concrete, and its contribution is implemented into the reinforcing steel. The introduced model can be effectively used in constructing the stress-strain curve of concrete at post-cracking stage, and the loads carried by concrete and reinforcing steel along the member axis can be directly evaluated on the basis of the introduced model. In advance, the prediction of cracking loads and elongations of reinforced steel using the introduced model shows good agreement with results from the previous analytical studies and experimental data.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.19-25
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• 2004

This study was carried out to investigate a radial distribution of moisture contents (MCs) within a log cross section (LC) during oven-drying of 3 mm-thick circumferential slices cut from several domestic softwoods LCs.For Korean red pine, drying rate of sapwood slices during oven-drying represented much higher values than that of heartwood slices, and so sapwood with higher green MC early reached below fiber saturation point (FSP) rather than heartwood did. However, this distribution of moistures did not last for long duration. For Japanese larch, green MC of sapwood was approximately three times higher than that of heartwood. This similar distribution in MC was lasted until about 20% average MC. The MC was around uniform throughout the sapwood of Ginkgo when green and during oven-drying, although it was somewhat fluctuated. For Japanese cedar, the heartwood with so low moistures around FSP would begin to shrink from the beginning stage of drying, but the sapwood above hygroscopic MC prevents the heartwood from shrinking, and consequently, the heartwood or the transition wood goes into tension stress. The results for Japanese cypress showed that the green MCs of the sapwoods were much lower than those for heartwoods, and then this trend was continued until about 20% in average MC. For Chinese thuja, the green MCs of sapwoods were about 2 times as high as those of heartwood, but this along the radial gradient in MC rapidly became gentle during oven-drying.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.130-141
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• 2004

For a coastal or harbor structure design, one of the most important environmental factors is the appropriate design wave condition. Especially, the information of deepwater wave height distribution is essential for reliability design. In this paper, a set of deep water wave data obtained from KORDI(2003) were analyzed for extreme wave heights. These wave data at 67 stations off the Korean coast from 1979 to 1998 were arranged in the 16 directions. The probability distributions considered in this research were the Weibull, the Gumbel, the Log-pearson Type-III, and Lognormal distribution. For each of these distributions, three parameter estimation methods, i.e. the method of moments, maximum likelihood and probability weighted moments, were applied. Chi-square and Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit tests were performed, and the assumed distribution was accepted at the confidence level 95%. Gumbel distribution which best fits to the 67 station was selected as the most probable parent distribution, and optimally estimated parameters and 50 year design wave heights were presented.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.639-646
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• 2009

High-flow steel-fiber reinforced mortar may induce a certain fiber orientation distribution in the process of placing and thus have an influence on the tensile properties. In this paper, the variation of the fiber orientation distribution according to the flow of high-flow steel-fiber reinforced mortar was estimated in numerical simulation. The analytical results present that the major variation of fiber orientation distribution is made within 150mm of flow distance, thereafter the tendency of the fiber orientation distribution is not noticeable even though the peak of distribution density in the orientation parallel to the flow direction get bigger along the distance. Considering the close relation between the fiber orientation and the tensile behavior of composite, prediction of fiber orientation distribution make it possible to predict the variation in the tensile behavior of high-flow steel-fiber reinforced mortar according to the flow.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.387-392
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 에너지 절약을 위한 방법으로 여름철 냉방의 적정 온도 및 풍향을 제어하기 위한 가상의 시뮬레이션을 목적으로 열 영상과 퍼지 추론 규칙을 적용한 온도 및 풍향 제어 기법을 제안한다. 온도 제어를 위한 가상 시뮬레이션에서 열 영상을 분석하기 위해서 영상을 $300{\times}400$의 크기를 가지는 색상 분포 영상으로 변환한다. 색상 분포 영상은 Red, Magenta, Yellow, Green, Sky, Blue의 온도 값을 가지는 R, G, B 값이며 각 색상은 $ 24.0^{\circ}C$에서 $27.0^{\circ}C$의 분포의 온도 값을 가진다. 색상 분포 영상은 아래 계층부터 레벨1에서 레벨10의 높이 계층으로 분류한다. 분류한 각 계층은 고유의 색상 분포도를 가지며 색상이 가지는 온도 수치에 따라서 계층별로 온도를 구성한다. 풍향 제어를 위한 각 계층의 높이는 레벨1에서 레벨3까지는 하위층이며, 레벨 4부터 레벨 7은 중간층, 레벨 8부터 레벨 10은 상위층으로 분류한다. 각 계층의 온도와 높이 레벨 값은 온도 조절과 풍향의 우선 순위, 강도 조절, 지속 시간을 구하기 위한 파라미터이다. 실내 공간의 전체적인 온도의 균형과 풍향을 제어하는 과정으로 풍향의 방향, 지속시간을 적용하고 풍향의 강도를 구하기 위해서 색상 분포영상의 각 구간의 온도 및 높이의 특징을 적용하여 퍼지 소속 함수를 설계한 후, 소속 함수의 소속도를 구하고 퍼지 추론 규칙을 적용하여 풍향의 강도를 구한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.1793-1803
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• 2010

The weighting method and goal programming require weighting factors or target values to obtain a Pareto optimal solution. However, it is difficult to define these parameters, and a Pareto solution is not guaranteed when the choice of the parameters is incorrect. Recently, the Mahalanobis Taguchi System (MTS) has been introduced to minimize the Mahalanobis distance (MD). However, the MTS method cannot obtain a Pareto optimal solution. We propose a function called the skewed Mahalanobis distance (SMD) to obtain a Pareto optimal solution while retaining the advantages of the MD. The SMD is a new distance scale that multiplies the skewed value of a design point by the MD. The weighting factors are automatically reflected when the SMD is calculated. The SMD always gives a unique Pareto optimal solution. To verify the efficiency of the SMD, we present two numerical examples and show that the SMD can obtain a unique Pareto optimal solution without any additional information.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.553-561
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• 2002

We present a novel service discipline, called linear service discipline, to serve multiple QoS queues sharing a resource and analyze its properties. The linear server makes the output traffic and the queueing dynamics of individual queues as a linear function of its input traffic. In particular, if input traffic is Gaussian, the distributions of queue length and output traffic are also Gaussian with their mean and variance being a function of input mean and input power spectrum (equivalently, autocorrelation function of input). Important QoS measures including buffer overflow probability and queueing delay distribution are also expressed as a function of input mean and input power spectrum. This study explores a new direction for network-wide traffic management based on linear system theories by letting us view the queueing process at each node as a linear filter.