• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.2664-2671
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• 2012

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical characteristics and walking ability in the elderly population. Subjects were 77 elderly (38 men and 39 women) who are capable of walking independently with and without walking aids. Correlation and stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were used to analyze the relationship between physical characteristics (age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, muscle mass, waist/hip ratio, heart rate, vital capacity, flexibility, maximum oxygen consumption, one-leg standing time, and strength of knee flexor and extensor) and walking velocity of subjects. Age, height, vital capacity, one-leg standing time, and strength of knee flexor and extensor showed significant correlations with walking velocity of subjects (p<.05). Further, the strength of knee flexor explained 27% of the variance, and up to 32% of the walking velocity could be explained when the strength of knee extensor were added to the model. The findings suggest that walking velocity of elderly depends on the strength of lower limb's strength and a variety of physical characteristics.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 2008

We present a detailed period analysis for the F-type primary of ${\in}$ Aurigae by means of Fourier and wavelet algorithm. After collecting all available data which have been observed for around 160 years (1842 - 2006) from various international databases and published references we selected only data obtained during outside eclipse among them again. As a result of analysis using CLEANest and WWZ(weighted wavelet Z-transform) several frequencies including two clear periods ($67^d\;and\;123^d$) were found. In contrast to previous results that the periods vary irregularly it seems that the primary of ${\in}$ Aurigae is double mode or multiperiodic pulsator. The presence of the two periods and their ratio indicates that the high-mass interpretation of the variable could be valid. Also better understanding of the mechanisms driving the light variability of F-type supergiant stars requires continual series of photometric and radial velocity measurements in outside eclipse of this star.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.347-353
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• 2006

A helium permeation type standard leak calibration system has newly developed by using dynamic gas expansion method. The measurement range was extended lower to $10^{-6}$ Pa L/s for participating CCM (Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities) standard leak key comparison. For the system, pressure ratios of high and ultra-high vacuum chamber and porous plug conductance for helium gas were determined. By using the system, a permeation type standard leak of $5.6{\times}10^{-4}$ Pa L/s range was calibrated. The calibration result showed that the difference between standard commercial leak was 11.1 %.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.43-59
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• 2003

보행 종료(gait termination)는 인간의 보행개시(gait initiation)나 율동성 보행(rhythmical walking)에 비해 관심을 적게 받고 있다. 파킨슨 환자들이 보행종료와 방향전환 시 가지는 어려움은 이들 환자들이 보행 시 넘어지게 되는 노출 요인으로 보고되어져 왔다. 보행종료에 대한 기전의 이해는 효과적으로 걸음을 멈추지 못해 넘어지게 되는 위험요인을 가진 사람들에게 적용되어질 수 있다. 이 논문에서 우리는 보행종료에 대한 최근문헌을 고찰하고 우리 실험실에서 진행되어온 파킨슨환자의 보행종료에 관한 일련의 실험들의 결과를 요약하였다. 본 연구는 율동적인 보행상태에서 완전한 멈춤으로의 전환에서 일어나는 동역학의 변화를 검사하기위해 시행되었다. 보행속도가 증가함에 따라 따르는 다리(trailing limb; 보행종료시점에서 뒤에 위치하는 다리)의 유의한 가속력 감소가 나타나고 멈출 때 이끄는 다리(leading limb; 보행종료시점에서 앞에 위치한 다리)에서 유의한 감속력의 증가가 나타난다. 보행종료 시, 이끄는 다리의 뒤쪽에 질량중심(center of mass) 을 유지시키기 위해 하지 신전근의 활성도가 오래 지속되어져야 한다. 예측하지 못한 상황에서 보행종료 시, 보행 중이나 예측되어진 상황에서 멈출 때보다 이끄는 다리 아래에서 감속력이 빠르게 발생하는 경향을 보였다. 대상자들을 보행속도에 따라 두 군으로 나눌 때, 계획되지 않은 보행종료를 하는 동안 보행속도가 느린 군이 빠른 군보다 전방 가속력을 급속하게 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과들은 보행속도가 느린 대상자들이 따르는 다리로 힘을 생성하기 보다는 주로 이끄는 다리에 의존하여 보행종료를 하는 것을 보여준다. 따르는 다리에서 발생되는 힘과 근육활성도의 조절을 측정하기 위하여, 파킨슨 환자와 연령에 의해 짝짓기된 정상 환자군에게 표적 조건(target condition)을 추가하였다. 파킨슨 환자군은 표적에 다리를 정확히 놓기 위해 몇 발자국 전부터 보행 속도를 줄였다. 파킨슨 환자들은 보행종료를 촉진하기 위해 필요한 근육들의 활성도를 증가시키는데 큰 어려움을 가지고 있다고 생각되어진다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.279-293
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• 2004

The analysis of linear static and free vibration problems of isotropic and laminated composite plates and shells is performed by the improved 9-node shell element with the new strain displacement relationship. In that relationship, the effect of new additional terms between the bending strain and displacement has been investigated in the warping problem. Natural co ordinate based strains, stresses and constitutive equations are used. The assumed natural strain method is used to alleviate both membrane and shear locking behavior from the element. The Lanczos method is employed in the calculation of the eigenvalues of laminated composite structures and the Gauss integration rule is adopted to evaluate the mass matrix. The numerical examples are compared with the analytical solutions to validate the current formulation and the results presented could be useful for the understanding of the behaviour of laminates under free vibration conditions.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.2 s.54
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• pp.69-79
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• 2007

In this paper, a technique to detect structural damage and estimate its severity using peaks and zeros of frequency response functions (FRFs) is developed. The peaks in FRFs represent the natural frequencies of the structure and the zeros provide additional information. The characteristics of peaks and zeros are defined and the calculation procedure to obtain the peaks and zeros from the relationship between frequency response function and stiffness and mass matrices are clearly explained. A structural system identification theory which is utilizing the sensitivity of stiffness of a structural member to eigenvalues, i.e., peaks and zeros, is established. The proposed method can identify damage location and its severity, with natural and zero frequencies, by estimating structural stiffness of the structure in the process of making a analytical model The accuracy and feasibility is demonstrated by numerical models of a spring-mass system and a beam structure.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.20-29
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• 2013

To investigate numerically the effects of geometry and location of vertical opening on the thermal and chemical fire characteristics in full-scale under-ventilated compartment fires, the ventilation factor ($A\sqrt{h}$) to estimate a theoretical maximum inflow of ambient air and the mass loss rate in a heptane pool fire were fixed for all cases. It was shown that variations in door geometry affected significantly the change in thermal and chemical characteristics inside the compartment. Variations in window location resulted in the complex change in additional fire characteristics including the fire duration time and recirculating flow structure. These results were analyzed in details by the multi-dimensional flow and fire characteristics including the vent flow and fuel/air mixing phenomena.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.14 no.5 s.60
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• pp.641-646
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• 2002

A new damage detection technique using static displacement data was developed, in order to assess the structural integrity of bridge structures. In conventional damage assessment techniques using dynamic response, the variation of natural frequencies is intrinsically insensitive to the damage of the bridge: thus, it is usually difficult to obtain them from the measured data. The proposed detection method enables the estimation of the stiffness reduction of bridges using the static displacement data that are measured periodically, without requiring a specific loading test. Devices such as a laser displacement sensor can be used to measure static displacement data due to the dead load of the bridge structure. In this study, structural damage was represented by the reduction in the elastic modulus of the element. The damage factor of the element was introduced to estimate the stiffness reduction of the bridge under consideration. Likewise, the proposed algorithm was verified using various numerical simulations and compared with other damage detection methods. The effects of noise and number of damaged elements on damage detection were also investigated. Results showed that the proposed algorithm efficiently detects damage on the bridge.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.789-796
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• 2012

Radiated noise analysis from a ship structure is a challenging topic owing to difficulties in the accurate calculation of the fluid-structure interaction as well as owing to a massive degree of freedom of the problem. To reduce the severity of the problem, a new fluid-structure interaction formulation is proposed in this paper. The complex frequency-dependent added mass and damping matrices are calculated using the high-order Burton-Miller boundary integral equation formulation to obtain accurate values over all frequency bands. The calculated fluid-structure interaction effects are added to the structural matrices calculated by commercial finite element software, MSC/NASTRAN. Then, the impedance and underwater radiation noise due to an excitation of structure are calculated. The present formulation is applied to a ship to calculate the underwater radiated noise.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.519-527
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• 2016

This research aims at investigating the measures of agreement between BMI classification standard and that of 9-point contour drawing rating scale(CDRS), verifying their usefulness for the application to the filed, examining university students' substantial understanding of their bodies, and offering correct information regarding the distorted recognition of their bodies. In order to examine the measures of agreement between the classification standard of BMI and that of CDRS, and the women university students' recognition of their body images depending on BMI, Cross tabulation was carried out, and ${\chi}^2$, Spearman rank correlation coefficient and kappa statistics were calculated. As the analysis results, the classification standards of CDRS and BMI judged by general female college students showed statistically the correlation was high with ${\rho}=.719$(p<.001) and an average level of confirmity with ${\kappa}=.506$(p<.001). Based on these results, regarding body shape, sizes and shapes according to racial characteristics need to be controlled later.