• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.121-136
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• 1989

In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyze the theoretically and verify experimentally the effect of curvature on the radiation characteristics of microstrip array antennas mounted conformally on the concave surface and the convex surface of the cylindrical body. The analysis of single element microstrip antenna is made by using the analysis method of Transmission Line Model. The theory of array antennas is established by application of the method of transformed coordinates, in which the translation and the ratation about each single element arrayed two-demensionally on the nonplanar surface are under consideration, and it is investigated by computation of the synthetic electric field strength in the far zone. In addition, various radiation characteristics, such as return loss, resonant frequency, radiation pattern, half-power, beamwidth, gain, are measrued and compared with the theroetical values according to the variation of curvature, by designing and building 4-element array microstrip antenna operating at 10 GHz, and microstrip feed lines. As predicted in theroy, it is verified that radiation pattern of antennas mounted on the concave and the convex surfaces alike broadens as the radius of curvature decreases. And for the curved surfaces, aggrement between computed values of the total synthetic radiation power pattern by the method of transformed coordinates and measured valuse is good. Besides, it is found that resonant frequency, input impedance and gain are hardly affected by the radius of curvature.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.871-876
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• 2019

We fabricated concave optical fiber tips using hydrofluoric acid solution and photothermal effect induced by $1.55{\mu}m$ wavelength laser applied to an optical fiber. The radius of curvature of the concave optical fiber tips fabricated with different applied laser power, etching time, and concentration of hydrofluoric acid was measured with an optical microscope. Then, we analyzed how the radius of curvature changes for those three variables. In addition, the reliability of the measurement method using a microscope was verified through a free spectral range(FSR) and a scanning electron microscope(SEM). Through this paper, the radius of curvature can be adjusted by the variables of the fabrication process of concave optical fiber tips; thus, it is overcoming the limitations of conventional optical fiber etching methods using hydrofluoric acid solutions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.302-312
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• 1992

Three dimensional velocity measurements of a 35.deg. inclined jet issuing into turbulent boundary layer on both concave and convex surfaces have been conducted. To investigate solely the effect of each curvature on the flow field, streamwise pressure variations are minimized by adjusting the shape of the opposite wall in the curved region. From the measured velocity components, streamwise mean vorticities are calculated to determine jet-crossflow interface. The results on convex surface show that the injected jet is separated from the wall and the bound vortex maintains its structure far downstream. On concave surface, the secondary flow in the jet cross-sections are enhanced and in some downstream region from the jet exit, the flow on the concave surface has been developed to Taylor-Gortler vortices

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics T
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• v.36T no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

This paper presents a new algorithm for surface segmentation and feature description. In the first stage of proposed algorithm, the signature of an edge image of object is extracted. The signature technique represents a surface using the distance from the mass center to the boundary of the image as a function of angle rotating counterclockwise. If there exists a range in the angle axis where more than two signatures form a closed curve, we can conclude there is a surface inside the range. Using this feature of the signature, surface can be segmented. The surface features such as number of vertices, number of edges, convex and type of surface can also be extracted from segmented surfaces. This algorithm has distinguished advantages; it can easily recover the lost part in the edge image using the curve fitting method; it extracts surface features correctly regardless of the rotation of the surface in 3-D space.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1706-1710
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• 2007

하천의 교각주위에는 국부세굴현상과 이에 따른 퇴적현상이 나타난다. 특히 교각주위에서의 국부세굴특성은 교량의 안전성과 관련하여 중요한 문제가 되므로 세굴의 크기를 감소하기 위한 대책이 필요하다. 교각주위에서의 국부세굴현상은 교각부 인근에 형성되는 말발굽형 와류가 중요한 역할을 하고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 교각주위에서의 수류변화를 적절히 제어함으로서 세굴특성을 감소하고자 하는 연구가 행해져 오고 있으며, 교각에 원환(collars)을 설치하거나 조도를 증가시킴으로 세굴감소 대책을 제안하고 있다(Zarrati et al, 2006). 본 연구에서는 교각주위에서의 세굴을 감소하기 위해 원주교각의 표면을 파상형(riblet type)으로 하였으며, 파상형교각의 기본개념은 원주교각 전면에 나타나는 하강류를 파상형 원주내로 흡수하여 세굴작용을 감소시키고자 하는 것이다. 이같은 형식은 원주형 교각에 원환을 설치하는 방법이 대표적이며 하상과 교각사이 경계부에 수평방향의 단일 파형(single riblet type)을 설치한 Sato et al(1993)의 연구가 있다. 이들의 결과에 의하면 원형교각과 비교하여 초기 세굴감소 효과가 있음을 확인하였으나 시간경과에 따라 세굴이 점차 증가하고 있는 바 그 원인으로서 세굴이 진행되면서 하상면과 단일 파형과의 간격이 확대하여 단일파형내로의 흐름흡수 효과가 감소하기 때문으로 보고되었다. 따라서 여기서는 이같은 문제를 해결하기 위해 다단의 오목 및 볼록 파상형(concave/convex riblet type) 원주교각에 대한 국부세굴 특성을 검토하였다. 또한 원주형의 교각에서는 단일원주보다는 원주군으로 설치되는 경우가 대부분이며 이때 교각의 직경(D)에 대한 교각 사이 간격$(L_d)$의 비$(L_d/D)$에 따른 전면교각에서의 수류변화의 영향이 후면교각에 작용하여 상호 복합적인 흐름 및 세굴특성을 나타내므로 이와 같은 복렬형 원주군의 세굴특성을 파상형 원주교각에 적용하여 국부세굴의 크기 변화를 해석하였다. 따라서, 교각주위에서의 수류특성 및 세굴의 변동은 원주군 및 교각파상의 크기와 간격 등과 같은 구조물의 배열조건과 Froude 수, 수심 등의 수리학적 조건에 따라 달라지므로 이의 조건을 체계적으로 변화시켜 가면서 교각주위에서의 국부세굴 및 세굴 감소특성을 검토하였다. 실험결과 오목 및 볼록 파상형 원주 주위에서의 세굴크기는 원형원주와 비교하여 전체적으로 감소하는 것으로 확인되었으며 특히 오목형 $B/\acute{h}=3$에서는 세굴경감효과가 탁월하여 70%이상 감소하는 것으로 확인되었으나 볼록형 $B/\acute{h}=5$에서는 세굴촉진특성이 나타나고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 파상형 원주에서는 하강류나 와류를 파상형의 내부로 유도하여 세굴의 크기를 조절할 수 있는 최적의 파상이 존재하고 있는 것으로 예측되었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.440-452
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• 1994

Nuclear fuel bundles are designed such that the heat flux at a-fuel pin surface should not exceed the critical heat flux (CHF) during normal operation and anticipated transient. Therefore, evaluation of the CHF for fuel bundle is demanded in an exact and reliable manner. One of the major concerns with the current application of CHF correlations is that the CHF based on circular tubes is applied to the fuel bundle subchannel analysis, mainly in terms of the hydraulic diameter with correction factors which may result in a source of possibly large uncertainties in CHF prediction. The hydraulic diameter does not recognize the local properties of fluid nor such effect as the surface curvature; the turbulence action on the convex surface is much more pronounced than that on the concave surface. Even for the tube having concave curvature, the effect of tube diameter on CHF becomes important with decreasing diameter. These facts imply that the convex curvature effect is significant and crucial to the reliable CHF prediction. This paper reviews and discusses analytical and experimental aspects of effect of transverse convex curvature in incompressible turbulent flow and heat transfer, and on CHF. Flow models to quantify this effect are briefly mentioned and future works are recommended.

• Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.149-157
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• 2016

Tooth preparation design is essential for successful laminate veneer treatment. Preservative tooth preparation limited on enamel, supra-margin advantageous for plaque control, and maintaining contact points known as a standard concept. However, the tooth preparation design has been the controversial issue. In biomechanical considerations, the incisal coverage should be decided on esthetic needs and necessity for the anterior guidance reconstruction. In occasion for sufficient enamel thickness, preparation can prolong to the palatal side but not recommended at palatal concavity. Elongation to contact point is selective option according to the cases. If an old resin restoration located at contact area, laminate veneer should cover over half area of that after surface treatment. The laminate veneer can be also selected at a partially discolored tooth root canal therapy (RCT) and at this occasion, the fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) posts are recommended.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.733-747
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• 2017

In the shallow tunnel, the surrounding ground could be loosened and deformed, which could be the cause of stress change in the ground. Terzaghi has clarified the development of a ground arching induced by the deformation of a tunnel crown in the trap door tests. However, he considered only the case in which that the tunnel crown deformed uniformly. He did not consider the effect of deformation shapes. Therefore, the relation between the shape of the ground relaxation above the tunnel crown and the deformation shape of the tunnel crown is not clear yet. In this study, model tests were performed for the three types of the tunnel crown, such as uniform, concave and convex shapes. As results, it was found that the vertical load would be transferred in various types depending on the deformation shapes of the tunnel crown.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.447-454
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• 2006

We obtained analytic solutions of boundary conditions to the stable region of Z-fold $Cr^{4+}$ : YAG laser cavity when the conditions are with and without thermal tensing effect. Also we investigated the influence of the thermal tensing effect on the stability of cavity, beam waist, and astigmatic compensation using aberration transformation matrices. The thermal tensing effect almost has no influence on the stable region of the cavity when the crystal is located in the middle of two concave mirrors and when the distances from the concave mirror to the reflecting mirror and the output coupler are the same. The beam waist, however, is affected more in a tangential plane than in a sagittal plane, and so it is difficult to have astigmatic compensation when the thermal tensing effect exists. This result means that the thermal tensing effect should be considered even for the Kerr-lens mode-locking.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.399-406
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• 2019

The variation of ground-penetrating radar(GPR) signal characteristics from dielectric-filled nonmetallic pipes buried in inhomogeneous ground are compared through a numerical simulation. The relative permittivity distribution of the ground is generated by using the continuous random media(CRM) technique. As a function of the relative permittivity of the material filling the nonmetallic pipe buried in the ground media, GPR signals are simulated by using the finite-difference time-domain(FDTD) method. We show that, unlike the case for homogeneous ground, the distortion characteristics of the reflected waves caused by the front convex surface and the rear concave surface of the pipe buried in inhomogeneous ground are different depending on the permittivity contrast between the inside and outside of the pipe.