• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.149-160
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• 2023

Over the course of the last 4-5 years, India's northeastern region have widely used Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) blocks to construct load-bearing masonry structures. The aim of this investigation is to examine the shear characteristics of AAC masonry triplet assemblage strengthened by using two techniques, i.e., the bead joint (BJ) and the bed-head joint (BHJ) technique. Three unique variations of wire mesh were involved in the strengthening method. Furthermore, three strengthening configurations were used to strengthen each of the three wire mesh variations and the two-strengthening method, i.e. (-), L and (Z) configuration. The unreinforced and reinforced triplet masonry wallets were tested under direct shear test. From the results obtained, the 'BJ'triplet masonry wallets observed an enhanced in shear strength of about 2.23% to 23.33 % whereas the 'BHJ' triplet masonry wallets observed an enhanced in shear strength of about 22.92% to 50.69%. The "BHJ" strengthening method effectively enhance the shear strength of the triplet masonry wallets compared to the "BJ" and the "UR" wallets with an increase in capacity as the wire mesh strength increases. Furthermore, in terms of the strengthening configuration, the (Z) configuration performs better, followed by the (L) and (-) configuration demonstrating the strengthening configuration effectiveness.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.363-382
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• 2024

In India's north-eastern region, low-strength autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks are widely used for constructing masonry structures, making them susceptible to lateral forces due to their low tensile and shear strengths and brittleness nature. The absence of earthquake-resistant attributes further compromises their resilience during seismic events. An economically viable solution to enhance the structural integrity of these masonry structures involves integrating steel wire mesh within the masonry mortar joints. This study investigates the in-plane shear behaviour of AAC masonry by employing two approaches: incorporating steel wire mesh within the masonry bed joint "BJ" and the masonry bed and head joint "BHJ". These approaches aim to augment strength and ductility, potentially serving as earthquake-resistant attributes in masonry structures. Three distinct variations of steel wire mesh and three reinforcing arrangements, i.e. (-), (L) and (Z) arrangement were employed to reinforce the two approaches. The test result reveals a significant enhancement in structural performance upon inclusion of steel wire mesh in both reinforcing approaches, with the "BHJ" approach outperforming the "BJ" approach and the unreinforced masonry, along with increase in capacity as the wire mesh size increases. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the reinforcing arrangement is ranked with the (Z) arrangement showing the largest performance, followed by the (L) and (-) arrangement.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.66-74
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 HE-AAC (High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding) 오디오 부호화기의 저주파 대역과 고주파 대역을 담당하고 있는 AAC부호화기와 SBR (Spectral Band Replication) 부호화기에 대해 낮은 비트율에서 효과적인 개선 방법을 제안한다. AAC 부호화기가 담당하는 저주파 대역에서 과도신호가 발생하는 부분의 프리에코를 줄이기 위하여 적용 주파수범위가 저주파 대역 방향으로 선택적으로 확장되는 eTNS (exteded Temporal Noise Shaping) 방법을 고안하였다. 또한 SBR에 의해 부호화되는 고주파 대역에서 톤 성분 복원 시에 잡음층 (Noise floor)이 추가 발생되지 않도록 정현파 모델을 통해 톤을 사전 인지하고 인지된 톤들의 주파수를 QMF 밴드의 중앙으로 재배치하여 성능 향상을 이루었다. 제안한 방법들을 사용하여 복호화한 샘플 음원들에 대해 주/객관적 음질평가를 실시한 결과, 표준 HE-AAC에 비해 향상된 결과를 보여주었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TE
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.355-355
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 디지털 오디오의 하드웨어 설계 시 가장 중요하고 고집적도를 요구하는 부동소수점 유닛을 설계하였다. 대부분의 모든 오디오 시스템이 다채널을 지원하고 고음질을 요구한다. 하드웨어로 구현한 부동소수점 연산기는 MPEG-2 AAC 복호기를 DSP로 구현 시 실시간 디코딩이 가능하도록 설계하였다. 그 이유는 오디오 분야에서 MPEG-2 AAC는 MPEG-4 이후 오디오와 상호 호환성을 갖기 때문이다. MPEG-2 AAC 디코더에서 가장 많은 연산부분을 차지하는 부동소수점유닛의 속도향상을 위하여 하드웨어로 설계하였다. FPU는 승산기와 가산기로 구성되어있다. 승산기는 Radix-4 Booth알고리즘을 사용하였고 가산기는 속도향상을 위하여 1의 보수 방식을 채택하였다. 부동소수점 형식은 지수부에 8bit 가수부에 24bit를 사용한다. IEEE 단정도 포맷과 호환되도록 설계하였으며, 연산기의 속도를 향상시키기 위하여 파이프라인 구조를 채택하였다. 모든 세부블록들은 ISO/IEC 13818-7 표준에 의거하여 구현하였다. 알고리즘 테스트는 C언어를 사용하였고, 설계는 VHDL(VHSIC Hardware Description Language)을 사용하였다. 최대동작속도는 23.2MHz이고, 안정상태의 동작속도는 약 19MHz이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2682-2695
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• 2021

This paper aims to evaluate the structural dynamic responses and damage/failure of the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under the free drop impact of spent fuel cask (SFC) and fuel assembly (FA) during the on-site transportation. At the present Part I of this paper, the large-scale SFC model free drop test and the corresponding numerical simulations are performed. Firstly, a composite target which is composed of the protective structure, i.e., a thin RC plate (representing the inverted U-shaped slab in the loading shaft) and/or an autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks sacrificial layer, as well as a thick RC plate (representing the bottom slab in the loading shaft) is designed and fabricated. Then, based on the large dropping tower, the free drop test of large-scale SFC model with the mass of 3 t is carried out from the height of 7 m-11 m. It indicates that the bottom slab in the loading shaft could not resist the free drop impact of SFC. The composite protective structure can effectively reduce the damage and vibrations of the bottom slab, and the inverted U-shaped slab could relieve the damage of the AAC blocks layer dramatically. Furthermore, based on the finite element (FE) program LS-DYNA, the corresponding refined numerical simulations are performed. By comparing the experimental and numerical damage and vibration accelerations of the composite structures, the present adopted numerical algorithms, constitutive models and parameters are validated, which will be applied in the further assessment of drop impact effects of full-scale SFC and FA on prototype nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the next Part II of this paper.

• 한국디지털건축인테리어학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2012

Autoclaved lightweight concrete (ALC), also known as autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC), is a lightweight, precast building material that simultaneously provides structure, insulation. ALC is a unique building material. Because of its cellular nature, it is lightweight, self-insulating, as well as sound and fireproof. ALC products include blocks, wall panels, floor and roof panels, and lintels. Recently, the use of ALC has became increasingly popular. However, ALC have high water absorption, low compressive strength and popout the origin of the low surface strength in its properties. Thus, this study is to improve the fundamental strength by controls of increasing of admixtures and chemical reactants. Admixtures make use of meta kaolin and silica fume, chemical reactants make use of sodium silicate and sodium hydroxide. From the test result, the ALC using admixtures and chemical reactants have a good fundamental properties compared with plain ALC. These good fundamental properties is caused by the admixtures and chemical reactants of ALC by the reason of the micro filling effect and chemical binding of C-S-H gel, tobermolite and quartz.