• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

Although the exterior wood such as column may frequently contact with liquid water, little work has been found to measure liquid water absorption in wood. To investigate the moisture diffusivity of wood in the longitudinal direction including bound water and free water movement, liquid water absorption test was conducted at the room temperature. The order of magnitude for absorption coefficient and diffusivity was Japanese elm, horn beam, hemlock, spruce, radiata pine, and painted maple. The Boltzmann transformation method was used to determine the diffusivity from measured moisture content distributions in the absorption test. The shape of the curve representing the dependence of diffusivity with moisture content was similar in test samples. The diffusivity decreased with increasing moisture content until around the fiber saturation point and then increased at the nonhygroscopic region, which ranged from $10^{-10}$ to $10^{-7}m^2/s$.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.77-85
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• 2000

Simulation of local external forcing and its response in the rotation table experiment has been investigated. Spatially-uniform external forcings have been applied in many experimental studies, however, based on the fact that the north-south distribution of the wind-stress curl and the existence of local maximum of the sea surface heat loss in the northern part of the East Sea, new method of combined effects of local forcings has been employed in separate experiments. Carefully designed local source or sink at the bottom of the cylindrical container can produce horizontal pressure gradient within the Ekman layer, and consequently the interior also attains the same pressure gradient that produces geostrophic interior circulation. In order to keep free surface during the local-surface cooling, a side-wall cooling method is suggested. For the various type of local forcing including the effects local cooling and the periodic change of local wind-stress curl, western-boundary flow in terms of its strength, position of separation from the boundary have been observed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.2135-2139
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• 2007

현재 한국농촌공사에서는 농업용수의 효율적인 관리를 위하여 물관리자동화사업을 시행하고 약 8만ha를 대상으로 418개의 수리시설을 전동화하였다. 물관리자동화사업에서의 물관리는 공급자 위주로서 이미 결정되어진 물의 양을 시기에 따라 적절하게 공급하여 주며 이를 계측하고 제어하기 위한 시설이다. 그러나 현재 실제로 물관리가 일어나는 곳을 말단포장으로서 급수물꼬의 개폐에 따라 농업용수의 공급과 단절이 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 사실에 착안하여 본 연구에서는 급수물꼬를 논의 담수심에 따라 자동으로 개폐시키는 자동물꼬, 논의 담수심과 수로의 유황상황을 체크하여 정보전달을 수행하는 수로수위측정 및 담수심 측정장치, 상기의 논과 수로의 유황정보에 의하여 논에 물을 공급하는 태양광 전동수문, 수로의 수위증감에 따라서 수로의 수압을 일정하게 형성시켜 용수공급을 원활하게 해주며 또 기존의 제수문과는 다르게 항상 수위를 일정하게 유지하면서도 하류방향으로 물을 공급해주는 무동력 자동수문을 개발하여 시스템으로서 구성하여 설치하였다. 현재 담수심 측정 및 수로수위측정장치로부터의 정보전달은 무선으로 하며 이 정보를 기초로 하여 태양광 전동수문의 모터제어부에서 판단을 하여 수문의 개폐를 지시한다. 또한 무동력 자동수문의 경우에는 부력부가 별도로 설치되어 있어서 주수부를 통하여 수로내 수위와 같은 레벨로 물이 유입되고 이를 플로트가 감지하여 수문비 후방에 설치되어 있는 밸런스 웨이트를 제어하여 수문을 개폐한다. 본 무동력 자동수문은 수위를 유지하는 설정수심을 자유로이 변경할 수 있도록 주수부를 개량하였으며 부력부에 오물유입이 되지 않도록 스크린을 주수부의 물유입장소에 설치하였다. 현재까지 시스템의 작동상황에 대한 성능은 양호하다. 다만 향후의 문제점으로서 시스템이 설치된 지역과 설치되지 않은 지역과의 용수사용량을 비교분석하는 작업으로 본 시스템의 경제적 효과 및 효율성을 증명할 필요가 있으며 본 시스템의 실용화시 시스템 사용방안에 대해서는 대규모 평야부와 저수지 지구의 물공급특성이 다르기 때문에 이를 감안한 시스템 구성을 할필요가 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.298-304
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• 2007

We have studied the effect of $N_2$ flow rate on the structural and optical properties of GaN nanorods grown on (111) Si substrates by radio-frequency plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. The hexagonal shape nanorods with lateral diameters from 80 to 190 nm with increasing $N_2$ flow rate from 1.1 to 2.0 sccm are obtained. However, the ratio of length (thickness) and compact region increases with increasing $N_2$ flow rate up to 1.7 sccm and then saturate. From the photoluminescence, free exciton transition is clearly observed for GaN nanorods with low $N_2$ flow rate. And the PL peak energies are blue-shifted with decreasing diameter of the GaN nanorods due to size effect. Temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra for the nanorods with $N_2$ flow rate of 1.7 sccm show an abnormal behavior like "S-shape" with increasing temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.198-198
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• 2011

단분산 결정질 실리콘 나노입자 (<10 nm)는 양자점 효과로 인한 선택적 파장 흡수가 가능하므로 태양전지 분야에 응용 가능성이 크다. 특히 입경의 크기가 작아지면 부피대비 표면적이 넓어지기 때문에 태양빛 흡수 면적이 증가한다. 따라서 입자의 크기는 태양전지에서 효율을 결정하는 중요한 요소 중 하나이다. 이러한 이유에서 plasma arc synthesis, laser ablation, pyrolysis 그리고 PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) 등이 실리콘 나노입자를 합성하는데 연구되어 왔으며, 특히 PECVD는 입자 생성과 동시에 균일한 증착이 이루어질 수 있기 때문에 태양전지 제작 시 공정 효율을 높일 수 있다. PECVD를 이용한 나노입자 합성에서 입경을 제어하는데 중요한 전구물질은 Ar과 SiH4가스이다. Ar 가스는 ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) 챔버 내부에 가해준 전력을 통해 가속됨으로써 분해되어 Ar plasma가 생성된다. 이는 공급되는 SiH4가스를 분해시켜 핵생성을 유도하고, 그 주위로 성장시킴으로써 실리콘 나노입자가 합성된다. 이때 중요한 변수 중 하나는 핵생성과 입자성장시간의 조절을 통한 입경제어 이다. 또한 공급되는 가스의 유량은 입자가 생성될 때 필요한 화학적 구성비를 결정하므로 입경에 중요한 요소가 된다. 마지막으로 공정압력은 챔버내부의 plasma 구성 요소들의 평균 자유 행로를 결정하여 SiH4가 분해되어 입자가 생성되는 속도와 양을 제어한다. PECVD를 이용한 실리콘 나노입자 형성의 주요 변수는 RF pulse, 가스(Ar, SiH4, H2)의 유량, Plasma power, 공정압력 등이 있다. 본 연구에서는 RF (Radio Frequency) PECVD방법을 이용하여 실리콘 나노입자를 만드는데 필요한 여러 변수들을 제어함으로써 이에 따른 입경분포 차이를 연구하였다. 또한 SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)과 SMPS (Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer)를 이용하여 각 변수에 따라 생성된 나노입자의 입경과 농도를 분석하였다. 이 중 plasma power에 따른 입경분포 측정 결과 600W에서 합성된 실리콘 나노입자가 상당히 단분산 된 형태로 나타남을 확인할 수 있었고 향후 다른 변수의 제어, 특히 DC bias 전압과 열을 가함으로써 나노입자의 결정성을 확인하는 추가 연구를 통해 태양전지 제작에 응용 할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2009

Abstract By investigating the stress redistribution caused by the preceding cut blasting when applying the pre-splitting method to tunnel round, an attempt was made to find conditions that were favorable for the propagation of cracks in contour holes. The investigation of the direction of minor principal stress in the numerical analysis revealed that the most significant factor affecting the change of the direction was the loading condition, while the core shape, rock type, and tunnel depth seemed to be less important in determining the direction of minor principal stress. Moreover, the number of cracks tended to increase with the increase of deviatoric stress. Through the model test of pre-splitting, it is confirmed that the pre-splitting method taking the stress field into account can reduce the extent of yield zone and has advantage in controlling the direction of crack than the conventional one.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.886-892
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• 1997

There are many methods to synthesize polystyrene latex. Emulsion polymerization technique is commonly used commercially, but it requires a new technology to replace a traditional polymerization method because of the disadvantage of chemical initiator for environmental pollution. Since free radicals can be produced by ultrasound energy effect, polystyrene latex was synthesized using ultrasound energy instead of chemical initiator. As the ultrasonic irradiation time was increased, average molecular weight was increased and polydispersity was decreased. The degree of polymerization was increased with the concentration of SDS and maximum degree of polymerization was shown at 2wt.% SDS concentration and the reaction temperature of $40^{\circ}C$. During the course of polymerization, molecular weight was repeatedly fluctuated because of occurrence of depolymerization. Narrow molecular weight distribution polystyrene latex having controlled molecular weight was synthesized by controlling ultrasonic irradiation time and the concentration of SDS.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.84-89
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• 2007

Direct decomposition of hydrocarbon (methane, propane) was studied using a thermal plasma to produce high purity hydrogen and carbon black. Thermodynamic equilibrium compositions were calculated based on the minimization of Gibb's free energy, and decomposition experiments were performed on the basis of calculation results. The purity of hydrogen was found to be depended strongly on the flow rate of hydrocarbon. The decomposition conditions for high purity hydrogen were investigated. The purity of hydrogen produced from methane decomposition was higher than that from propane. In the case of propane, it was investigated that by products such as methane, acetylene, and ethane etc., by radical recombination under thermal plasma were produced more than that of methane. Produced carbon blacks were characterized by material analyses, such as XRD, Raman spectroscopy, SEM, and particle size analysis. In both methane and propane decompositions, well-crystallized carbon blacks were produced and showed uniform and sphere-like morphologies. The size of carbon black synthesized from methane was observed to be smaller than that from propane.

• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.231-242
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• 2006

Accurate proofreading Interface requires resolving the ambiguity that occurs when the system determines the relations between the free-form by the user and editing scopes of the document. Proofreading for structure documents such as XML/XHTML involves modification of document structures and modified document also should follow the pre-defined DTD. This paper present a CPI (Context-based Proofreading Interface) based on the XML. The CPI supports free-form drawing of correction marks and provides context-based scope recognition and revision methods. CPI provides both implicit and explicit modification methods for document structures. As a result, the correction mark information produced in this paper includes more accurate scope information than that in other systems.

• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.562-571
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• 2000

Practical research, as well as theoretical research, about performance assessment is important for the successful application of performance assessment in school. To do this, two school teachers with professional educators studied theoretical basics of performance assessment for several months. As a result, 4 categories of issues for designing performance assessment were generated and described by teachers. Based on those issues, 5 directions for development were established, and finally, 7 types of performance assessment were developed. Developed items were disseminated to other two middle school teachers for application in school. After application during several months, interviews with them were conducted to obtain the informations and implications about the practical application of performance assessment.