• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.321-328
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• 2000

An improved formulation of thin-wailed curved beams with variable curvatures based on displacement field considering the second order terms of finite semitangential rotations is presented. From linearized virtual work principle by Vlasov's assumptions, the total potential energy is derived and all displacement parameters and the warping functions are defined at cendtroid axis. In developing the thin-walled curved beam element having eight degrees of freedom per a node, the cubic Hermitian polynomials are used as shape functions. In order to verify the accuracy and practical usefulness of this study, free vibrations and buckling analyses of parabolic and elliptic arche shapes with mono-symmetric sections are carried out and compared with the results analyzed by ABAQUS' shell element.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.223-228
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• 1997

밀도가 온도의 변화에 따라 비선형적으로 변하는 경우, 예를 들어 공업적으로 많이 이용되고 있는 저온의 물인 경우에는 $4^{\circ}C$부근의 최대밀도점의 존재로 인해 매우 특이한 유동형태 및 열전달 특성이 나타난다. 또한 유체와 접하는 고체면이 평판의 경우와는 달리 어떤 일정의 곡률을 가지는 원기둥일 경우에는 곡률반경의 효과에 대한 특성이 고려되어야 한다. 이러한 현상은 공업적 측면뿐만 아니라 자연환경의 변화 등에서 매우 중요한 의미를 갖는다. (중략)

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.156-166
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• 2001

This work uses tensor calculus to derive a complete set of three-dimensional field equations well-suited for determining the behavior of thick shells of revolution having arbitrary curvature and variable thickness. The material is assumed to be homogeneous, isotropic and linearly elastic. The equations are expressed in terms of coordinates tangent and normal to the shell middle surface. The relationships are combined to yield equations of motion in terms of orthogonal displacement components taken in the meridional, normal and circumferential directions. Strain energy and kinetic energy functionals are also presented. The equations of motion and energy functionals may be used to determine the static or dynamic displacements and stresses in shells of revolution, including free and forced vibration and wave propagation.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.278-285
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• 1990

It is well know that optical oupler that is composed of the polished single-mode optical fiber can separate two arbitrary wave lengths. Wavelength division ranges of the WDM optical coupler that is made of the bending fiber with radius R vary with the center wavelength of the signal and spacing between two cores. In this paper, when optical fiber is fixed with the radius R, We proposed the spacing between two cores that can provide minimum division range. Also, We proposed the minimum radius R necessary to separate two arbitary wavelengths of the signal.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.691-693
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• 2005

가상 내시경 기법 중 하나 펼친 영상 가시화(unfold rendering) 기법은 장기 내부를 펼쳐서 본 영상을 제공함으로써 장기의 내부 구조와 병변의 유무를 쉽게 판단할 수 있도록 해준다. 가장 일반적으로 사용하는 원형 광선 투사법은 곡률이 급격하게 변하는 경우에 광선들이 교차하여 병변이 두 개로 나타나는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 경로의 제어점을 따라 광선 템플릿을 적용하여 적은 비용으로 펼친 영상을 생성하는 방법을 제안한다. 우선 중심 경로의 제어점들에서 곡률을 계산하여 곡률에 해당하는 광선 템플릿을 적용하여 광선 원뿔(ray Cone)을 구한다. 그리고 생성된 광선 원뿔간의 교차 검사와 보정을 통해 이들이 서로 교차하지 않도록 조정한다. 제어점들 사이의 샘플점들은 앞서 구한 제어점에서의 광선 투사 위치로부터 다음 제어점에서의 투사 위치를 잇는 선분을 보간하여 광선 투사 방향을 결정하게 된다. 마지막으로 계산된 방향에 따라 광선을 투사하여 영상을 생성한다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.2A
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• pp.145-153
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• 2009

The lateral-torsional buckling strengths of the parabolic arches are investigated in this study. The curvatures of a parabolic arch vary along the center line of the arch. Thus, the problem is much more complicated comparing that of arches with constant curvature such as circular arches. Moreover, most of previous studies are limited to the circular arches. In this study, lateral-torsional buckling equations are derived for the arches with varying curvatures considering the warping effects. To obtain the buckling strength of parabolic arches, numerical solutions based on the finite difference technique are provided. The numerical solutions are compared with the those of previous researchers and finite element analyses. Then, the lateral-torsional strengths of parabolic arches are successfully verified. Finally, comparison study of critical buckling loads of parabolic arches with those of circular arches for the various rise to span ratios are discussed.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.3A
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• pp.367-373
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• 2008

In the design of horizontally curved plate girder web panels, it is required to evaluate accurately the elastic buckling strength under pure shear. Currently, elastic shear buckling coefficients of curved web panels stiffened by transverse intermediate stiffeners are determined by assuming conservatively that straight web panels without curvature are simply supported at the juncture between the flange and web. However, depending upon the geometry and the properties of the curved plate girder, the elastically restrained support may behave rather closer to a fixed support. The buckling strength of curved girder web is much greater (maximum 38%) than that of a straight girder calculated under the assumption that all four edges are simply supported in Lee and Yoo (1999). In the present study, a series of numerical analyses based on a 3D finite element modeling is carried out to investigate the effects of geometric parameters on both the boundary condition at the juncture and the horizontal curvature of web panel, and the resulting data are quantified in a simple design equation.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the changes of lens morphology and tear stability during wearing soft contact lenses (SCLs) which were kept in drying condition like dry eye or became to be dried due to heedless care. Method: SCLs having different water content, thickness or material were rehydrated after being dehydrated artificially 2 or 4 times, and estimated their diameter and radius. Furthermore, the changes of tear film break-up time (TBUT) during SCL wearing were also measured. Result: Due to the dryness, the diameter of both 70% water content SCL and 59% water content SCL decreased, but the decrement was larger in 59% water content SCL. The more 59% water content SCL was dehydrated, the more its radius changed. However, the radius of 70% water content SCL did not change by 2 times dehydration and increased greatly by 4 times dehydration. The reduction of diameter of -1.00 D SCL was greater than that of -9.00 D SCL. Moreover, the radius of -1.00 D SCL increased depending on the frequency of dehydration but that of -9.00 D SCL did not changed. The diameter and radius changes of lotrafilcon B, silicone hydrogel lens, were less than those of hilafilcon B, copolymer of HEMA and N-vinyl pyrrolidone. TBUT during wearing SCLs decreased by wearing dehydrated SCLs. Conclusion: The diameter and radius of dehydrated SCLs as well as TBUT during wearing them were changed in spite of rehydration, which would be the important cause of uncomfortable feeling when people wore dehydrated SCL. The changes of SCL morphology and TBUT differed according to the water content, lens thickness and material.

• Geotechnical Engineering
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.79-86
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• 1996

This study develops a new method for interpreting the yield load from load tests on drilled shaft foundations ended on general soils, which is defined as a point where the maximum curvature on the hyperbolic-approximated load-settlement curve occurs. How ever, the point of maximum curvature is a variable depending on the units and scales of the load and settlement. Therefore, to obtain a unique maximum curvature point, both the load and settlement must be normalized by proper parameters, respectively, and be expressed on the same scaled arses(1:1). Normalization has been processed so that the yield load by the new interpretation is to be close to the average of yield loads interpreted by other methods investigated in this study. The quantitative comparison between the new criterion and other conventitonal methods is presented.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.5 s.101
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• pp.527-534
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• 2005

Rotation and scale variations make it difficult to solve the problem of shape description and recognition because these variations change the location of points composing the shape. However, some geometric Invariant points and the relations among them are not changed by these variations. Therefore, if points in image space depicted with the r-y coordinates system can be transformed into a new coordinates system that are invariant to rotation and scale, the problem of shape description and recognition becomes easier. This paper presents a shape description method via transformation from the image space into the invariant feature space having two axes: representing relative distance from a centroid and contour segment curvature(CSC). The relative distance describes how far a point departs from the centroid, and the CSC represents the degree of fluctuation in a contour segment. After transformation, mesh features were used to describe the shape mapped onto the feature space. Experimental results show that the proposed method is robust to rotation and scale variations.