• The korean journal of orthodontics
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.95-105
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• 2010

Objective: To identify clinical, salivary, and bacterial changes during orthodontic treatment with follow-up to 24 months. Methods: In 30 patients, clinical (decayed, missing, and filled surfaces [DMFS], O'Leary's plaque index, and plaque pH), salivary (unstimulated and stimulated saliva, buffer capacity, pH, and occult blood), and bacterial (Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus) markers were evaluated. A questionnaire was employed to evaluate their hygienic-dietary habits. Data were analyzed by ANOVA, logistic regression and Spearman's correlation. Results: DMFS increased significantly, whereas the plaque index diminished, plaque pH was more acidic (p = 0.23), and unstimulated salivary flow showed significant differences during the treatment (p = 0.013). Stimulated saliva flow increased in females after the placement of appliances; buffer capacity was diminished in males during the therapy; salivary pH remained at basal values. Bacterial levels and occult blood increased to high-risk levels and were not statistically significant different between genders (p > 0.05). Two major relationships were confirmed: initial plaque with use of dental aids (r = 0.429; p = 0.018) and final DMFS with unstimulated salivary flow (r = -0.372; p = 0.043). Conclusions: The increase in retentive surfaces increased the bacterial levels, plaque pH became acidified, and gingival damage was greater. Buffer capacity was altered but maintained a healthy salivary pH during the treatment.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.535-542
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• 2015

A reactor containment acts as a final barrier to prevent leakage of radioactive material due to the possible reactor accidents into external environment. Because of the functional importance of the containment building, the SIT(Structural Integrity Test) for containments shall be performed to evaluate the structural acceptability and demonstrate the quality of construction. In this paper, numerical analyses are presented, which simulate the results obtained from the SIT for a prestressed concrete(PSC) structure. A sophisticate structural analysis model is developed to simulate the structural behavior during the SIT properly based on various preliminary analysis results considering contact condition among structural elements. From the comparison of the analysis and test results based on the acceptance criteria of ASME CC-6000, it can be concluded that the construction quality of the containment has been well maintained and the acceptable performance of new design features has been verified.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.523-533
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• 2015

A reactor containment acts as a final barrier to prevent leakage of radioactive material due to the possible reactor accidents into external environment. Because of the functional importance of the containment building, the SIT(Structural Integrity Test) for containments shall be performed to evaluate the structural acceptability and demonstrate the quality of construction. An initial numerical analysis was performed to simulate the results obtained from the SIT for a prestressed concrete(PSC) structure. But the analysis results by the initial model expected smaller displacements than the measured ones by 30% at some locations. Accordingly, the research and development to improve the initial model to corelate the measured results of the SIT more properly have been performed. In this paper, the effects of the loss of concrete due to duct for tendons and the contact of duct and tendons in un-bonded tendon system are mainly evaluated based on the preliminary analysis results. In addition, the importances of the proper definition of mesh connectivity among structural elements of concrete, liner plates, rebars and tendons are discussed.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

Structures requiring chemical resistance are usually coated with surface protecting agents, but the cost for maintenance and re-construction is incurred due to the low durability. Therefore, in this study, sulfur was polymerized and the performance was examined so that it could be used as the concrete surface protecting agents for structures requiring chemical resistance. The evaluation results indicated that for the spray of the sulfur polymer surface coating agents, the application of the gravity type was appropriate; and for the number of coating times, about 3 cycle spray gave the best results. For the surface condition of the concrete to be coated with the surface protecting agents, outstanding quality was obtained above room temperature ($20{\sim}30^{\circ}C$), and the bond strength increased as the temperature increased. The evaluation results of the strength characteristics depending on the filler content of the surface protecting agents indicated that about 20~40% filler mixing contributed to the strength improvement as it reduced the shrinkage of the sulfur polymer. Also, the mixing of silica showed larger increase in the bond strength than the mixing of fly ash, and the most outstanding bond strength characteristics could be obtained by the mixing of both silica and fly ash. In the case of the chemical resistance, the strength reduction was minimized and outstanding chemical resistance was obtained when the fly ash and silica were substituted by 20%, respectively. The performance evaluation of the chloride ion penetration indicated that for the specimens coated with the sulfur polymer surface protecting agents, the chloride ion penetration resistance increased by 29~48% compared to the specimen without the coating of the surface protecting agent. The examination of the coating condition of the surface protecting agents, compressive strength, bond strength, chemical resistance, and salt damage resistance indicated that in the range of this study, the optimal level was when the silica and fly ash were substituted by 20%, respectively, as the filler for the sulfur polymer.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.274-278
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• 2008

Hard coating solutions were prepared from glycidoxypropyl trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) and methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) precursors with different molar ratios of 10:0, 9:1, 7:3, 5:5, 3:7, and 0:10, respectively, by the sol-gel method. The polycarbonate (PC) sheets were spin-coated, and cured at $130^{\circ}C$ for 3 h. The effect of the GPTMS:MPTMS molar ratios of the mixture was investigated on the properties of coating films. The highest pencil hardness and adhesion to PC sheets of coating films were found for solution with GPTMS:MPTMS molar ratio of 5:5. Also, the pencil hardness of coating films was increased with increasing the $H_2O$ content in the coating solutions.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.401-408
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• 2009

A compression lap splice becomes an important issue due to development of ultra-high strength concrete. Current design codes regarding compression lap splice do not utilize merits of the improved strength of ultra-high strength concrete. Especially, a compression lap splice can be calculated longer than a tension lap splice according to the codes because they do not consider effects of compressive strength of concrete and transverse reinforcement. This anomaly confuses engineers in practice. Design equation is proposed for compression lap splice in 40 to 70 MPa of compressive strength of concrete. The proposed equation is based on 51 specimens conducted by authors. Basic form of the equation includes main parameters which are derived from investigating test results. Through two-variable non-linear regression analysis of measured splice strengths, a strength equation of compression lap splices is then derived. A specified splice strength is defined using a 5% fractile coefficient and a lap length equation is constructed. By the proposed equation, the anomaly of lap lengths in tension and compression is got rid of. In addition, the equation has a reliability equivalent to those of the specified strengths of materials.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.343-351
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• 2011

Nuclear containment building is the last barrier for being secure from any nuclear power plant accident. Therefore, it is very important to understand the ultimate capacity of nuclear containment building to loads associated with severe accidents. LOCA (loss of coolant accident) is considered as the basic accidental load and CANDU-type containment building is considered as a target structure in order to conduct the numerical analysis for the structural safety of a containment building. The CANDU-type containment building is a prestressed concrete shell structure which has the dome and the cylindrical wall and is reinforced with bonded tendons. In this paper, the evaluation of ultimate internal pressure capacity was carried out by nonlinear analysis of a prestressed concrete containment building using 3-dimensional structural analysis system.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.218.1-218.1
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• 2010

천연가스를 대체하며 21세기 신 에너지원으로 기대되고 있는 메탄 하이드레이트가 주목을 받게된 것은 1930년대 시베리아의 화학 플랜트에서 고압의 천연가스 수송용 파이프라인이 막히는 사고가 빈번하게 발생하여 그 원인을 조사한 결과, 파이프 내에서 가스와 물이 결합하여 하이드레이트를 형성하고, 그것이 파이프의 내벽에 부착되어 파이프를 막고 있다는 것으로 밝혀지면서 천연가스 하이드레이트가 주목을 받게 되었다. 또한 메탄 하이드레이트의 경우 46개의 물분자에 8개의 메탄가스 분자가 포획된 구조로, 그 분자식은 $CH_4{\cdot}5.75H_2O$이다. 따라서 메탄가스와 물의 이론적 용량비가 216:1로써, 표준상태에서 $1m^3$의 메탄 하이드레이트는 $172m^3$의 메탄가스와 $0.8m^3$의 물로 분해된다. 만약 이와 같은 특징을 역으로 이용할 경우 메탄을 주성분으로 하는 천연가스를 물에 포집시켜 인공적으로 하이드레이트를 제조할 수 있기 때문에 천연가스 수송 및 저장의 수단으로써 그 중요성이 커지고 있으며, 액화수송보다 18-24%의 비용절감이 이루어진다고 보고하였다. 그러나 인공적으로 메탄 하이드레이트를 제조할 경우 가스 포집율의 예측이 매우 어려운 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 동일한 조건에서 메탄 하이드레이트 형성의 반복성 실험을 10회 수행한 결과 과냉도가 클수록 최대최소차이가 줄었고 또한 교반을 시킬 경우도 최대최소차이가 줄어 들었다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.672-677
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• 2006

유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서 상황 인지 서비스 제공을 위한 프레임워크들은 환경에 있는 응용 서비스들로 하여금 사용자 행동 패턴을 지속적으로 모니터링하며, 하나의 중앙집중식 서버에서 축적된 사용자 프로파일을 관리하도록 개발되어 왔다. 그러나, 전체 환경이 사용자 개개인의 서비스에 대한 요구 및 선호도를 파악하고 관리하는 일은 비효율적이다. 그리하여, 사용자 프로파일 관리 서버를 사용하지 않고 개인화된 서비스를 제공하기 위하여 휴대용 정보 단말기가 직접 사용자의 서비스에 대한 선호도를 인식하고 관리하는 사용자 프로파일 관리 프레임워크를 제안한다. 스마트 홈 환경의 이동형 사용자의 컨텍스트 인식을 위해서는 사용자 몸에 부착되어 있는 센서들이 사용자에 대한 정보를 휴대용 정보 단말기로 전달하며, 각 정보 단말기는 다양한 센서들로부터 획득한 정보와 정보단말기를 통해 제공되는 사용자의 직접적인 요구정보를 서비스 목적에 맞게 재해석하여 사용자 선호도에 맞는 서비스 내용을 제공하도록 하는 것이다. 제안된 프레임워크는 휴대용 정보 단말기를 통해 사용자와 환경과의 상호작용을 필요로 하는 유비쿼터스 기술이 활용 가능한 다양한 어플리케이션에 광범위하게 활용될 수 있다. 더 나아가, 사용자의 사적인 정보 보호를 보장하면서 개인화된 서비스 제공을 가능하게 할 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.73-80
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• 2006

Present study is concerned with an experimental study on the cooling characteristics of heat-generating components arranged in channels which are made by printed circuit boards. To assess the thermal performance of the heat-generating components arranged by $5\times11$ in flow channel, three variables are used: the velocity of the fluid at the entrance, the height of channel, and row number of the component. The cooling characteristics of the heat-generating components such as the surface temperature rise, the adiabatic temperature rise, the adiabatic heat transfer coefficient, and the effect of thermal wake are compared with the result of the experiment and the numerical analysis. Based on the experiment analysis, some conclusions can be drawn: First of all, the experiment and numerical analysis are identical comparatively; the heat transfer coefficient increases as H/B decreases. Howeve., when H/B is over 7.2, the effect of H/B is rather trivial. The effect is the biggest at the first component from the entrance, and it decreases until the fully developed flow, where it becomes very consistent. The thermal wake function calculated for each row decreases as H/B increases.