• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.400-414
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• 2021

Under high-level radioactive waste repository conditions, bentonite as an engineered barrier material undergoes thermal, hydrological, mechanical, and chemical processes. We report the applications of X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) imaging technique on the characterization and analysis of bentonite over the past decade to provide a reference of the utilization of this technique and the recent research trends. This overview of the X-ray CT technique applications includes the characterization of the bentonite either in pellets or powder form. X-ray imaging has provided a means to extract grain information at the microscale and identify crack networks responsible for the pellets' heterogeneity. Regarding samples of pellets-powder mixtures under hydration, X-ray CT allowed the identification and monitoring of heterogeneous zones throughout the test. Some results showed how zones with pellets only swell faster compared to others composed of pellets and powder. Moreover, the behavior of fissures between grains and bentonite matrix was observed to change under drying and hydrating conditions, tending to close during the former and open during the latter. The development of specializing software has allowed obtaining strain fields from a sequence of images. In more recent works, X-ray CT technique has served to estimate the dry density, water content, and particle displacement at different testing times. Also, when temperature was added to the hydration process of a sample, CT technology offered a way to observe localized and global density changes over time.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.69-78
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• 1999

In this paper, a neural network approach to forecast Korean regional precipitation is presented. We first analyze the characteristics of the conventional models for time series prediction, and then propose a new model and its learning method for the precipitation forecast. The proposed model is a layered network in which the outputs of a layer are buffered within a given period time and then fed fully connected to the upper layer. This study adopted the dual connections between two layers for the model. The network behavior and learning algorithm for the model are also described. The dual connection structure plays the role of the bias of the ordinary Multi-Layer Perceptron(MLP), and reflects the relationships among the features effectively. From these advantageous features, the model provides the learning efficiency in comparison with the FIR network, which is the most popular model for time series prediction. We have applied the model to the monthly and seasonal forecast of precipitation. The precipitation data and SST(Sea Surface Temperature) data for several decades are used as the learning pattern for the neural network predictor. The experimental results have shown the validity of the proposed model.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.219-228
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• 1996

An ab initio molecular orbital method has been applied to investigation of molecular properties and equilibrium geometries for hexahydroxybenzene triscarbonate (C9O9) and its analogous cyclic compounds (C9S9, C9O6S3, C9O3S6). In these works, the optimized geometry of each compound has been obtained at HF and MP2 levels. These results have shown that the optimized geometries of these compounds prefer D3h planar structure to C3v bowl structure. Calculations of harmonic vibrational frequencies have been also carried out at HF/3-21G* level to analyze normal modes of these compounds. Bonding characters of these compounds are studied by Mulliken and natural populations obtained at HF/6-31G* level. We have also studied the structures and the populations of C6O6 and C6S6 at HF and MP2 levels which are obtained by pyrolyses of C9O9 and analogous compounds. In addition, the single point calculations have been performed to predict the approximate energy barrier for pyrolysis of each compound.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.116-123
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• 2008

In order to study the heat transfer, effectiveness and pressure drop of an internal heat exchanger (IHX) for $CO_2$, heat pump under heating condition, the experiment and numerical analysis were performed. Four kinds of IHXs were used. The section-by-section method and Hardy-Cross method were used for the numerical analysis. The effects of IHX on the flow rate of refrigerant, the IHX length, the operating condition of a gas-cooler and an evaporator and the type of IHXs were investigated. With increasing the flow rate, the heat transfer rate increased about 25%. The heat transfer of the micro-channel tube was larger about 100% than that of the coaxial tube. With increasing the IHX length, the heat transfer rate decreased. The low-side pressure drop was larger compared with that of the high-side. And the pressure drop of the microchannel tube was larger about 100% than that of the coaxial tube. With increasing the high-side temperature and decreasing the low-side temperature, the heat transfer rate increased about 3%. From this study, we can see that new correlation on $CO_2$ heat transfer characteristics and tube type is necessary.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4388-4397
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to research the property change of acrylic resins depending on the induced-beam change and research the improved physical property of dry-heat and microwave-cured dental place acrylic resin in order to develop the acrylic resins with the optimum characteristic. As a result of observing flexural rigidity, hardness and color difference, the dry-heat-cured specimens of Vertex RS and Paladent 20 showed ideal property at 5, 15, and 25 kGy irradiation. The microwave-cured specimens of Vertex RS and Paladent 20 showed ideal property at 5 kGy irradiation. The correlation analysis showed a positive correlation among ARD, flexural rigidity (0 418), E coefficient (0.675) and Barcol hardness (0 588). The radiation cure technology is helpful for relieving the contamination caused by the manufacture of polymer composite. It can significantly contribute to the fusion of ultra violet cure technology and nano technology and the improvement of mechanical property without giving effect to the workability of polymer.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.161-170
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to find the solution that overcomes the existing assumption of symmetric cost functions in multi-class assignment. In the assignment problem, the assumption of a symmetric cost function means that the link cost is determined by each unique mode and is not affected by any other modes. In this study, the authors have applied a diagonalized algorithm and a heuristic model based on column generation to a multi-class assignment model and analyzed the result. Through the study, the authors found that the diagonalized algorithm produces equilibrium solutions by the initial convergence condition. In contrast to the diagonalized algorithm, the column generation algorithm has improved the solution model to overcome the problem of equilibrium solutions in the diagonalized algorithm.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.76-89
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a MAC(Media Access Control) protocol based on flexible RWT(RTS Waiting Time) for underwater mobile ad-hoc networks with a three-way handshaking mechanism. This protocol can solve a problem of collision between RTS(Request-To-Send) and CTS(Clear-To-Send) packets in existing MACA(Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) protocol. This proposed MAC protocol is also an effective protocol which can apply to underwater mobile ad-hoc networks in a real field by using implementable technologies. We set flexible RTS Waiting Time called RWT, considering various characteristics of underwater environment. It is possible to support variable network size according to node mobility. Finally, we conduct a performance evaluation between proposed MAC protocol and existing MACA based MAC protocol through practical implementation and experiment. As a result, we verify the superiority of our proposed MAC protocol in terms of throughput, packet drop rate, average transmission time, energy consumption and channel utilization.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.425-429
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• 2011

In the unlikely of nuclear reactor meltdown, the leaked core melt or corium must be contained in a device called core-catcher so that the corium can be cooled and stabilized. The ex-vessel behavior of corium involves complex physical and chemical mechanisms of flow propagation, heat transfer, and reactions with sacrificial substrates. In this study, the detailed characteristics of corium flow and heat transfer were investigated by using a commercial CFD code for VULCANO VE-U7 test reported in the literature. The volume-of-fluid (VOF) model was used to predict the interfacial surface formation of corium and the surrounding air, and the discrete ordinate model was adopted to calculate radiation between corium and the surroundings. It was found that cooling via radiation through the top surface of corium had a dominant effect on the temperature and viscosity profiles at the front of the corium flow.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.197-206
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• 2016

This study carried out structural behaviors and power generation performances of customized energy harvesting block structures, especially for infrastructures such as parking facility. The improved energy block structures described in this study were represented by using numerical and experimental models. In particular, the composite-PZT hybrid energy blocks are tentatively proposed for better structural durability and power generation effects. The finite element model using ABAQUS program is used for studying static and dynamic characteristics of block structures made of composite materials. In addition, we evaluated the various power generation capacities of advanced energy block structures through laboratory-scale and field experiments.

• Composites Research
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 2020

Over the past decade, liquid crystalline epoxy (LCER) has attracted much attention as a promising matrix for the development of efficient heat dissipation materials. This study presents a comprehensive study including synthesis, preparation and chacterization of polymer/inorganic composites using typical 4,4-diglycidyloxybiphenyl (DP) epoxy among LECR. To confirm the thermal conductivity of composite materials, we have prepared composite samples composed of epoxy resin and single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) as a filler. In particular, DP composites exhibit higher thermal conductivity than commercial epoxy composites that use the same type of filler due to the highly ordered microstructure of the LCER. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the DP composite can be controlled by controlling the amount of filler. In particular, the DP composite containing a SWCNT content of 50 wt% has the highest thermal conductivity of 2.008 W/mK.