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Blast resistance of a ceramic-metal armour subjected to air explosion: A parametric study

  • Rezaei, Mohammad Javad;Gerdooei, Mahdi;Nosrati, Hasan Ghaforian
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.74 no.6
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    • pp.737-745
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    • 2020
  • Nowadays, composite plates are widely used as high-strength structures to fabricate a dynamic loading-resistant armours. In this study, the shock load is applied by an explosion of spherical TNT charge at a specified distance from the circular composite plate. The composite plate contains a two-layer ceramic-metal armour and a poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) target layer. The dynamic behavior of the composite armour has been investigated by measuring the transferred effective stress and maximum deflection into the target layer. For this purpose, the simulation of the blast loading upon the composite structure was performed by using the load-blast enhanced (LBE) procedure in Ls-Dyna software. The effect of main process parameters such as the thickness of layers, and scaled distance has been examined on the specific stiffness of the structure using response surface method. After validating the results by comparing with the experimental results, the optimal values for these parameters along with the regression equations for transferred effective stress and displacement to the target have been obtained. Finally, the optimal values of input parameters have been specified to achieve minimum transferred stress and displacement, simultaneously with reducing the weight of the structure.

Thermal Property of Geopolymer Ceramics Based on Fly Ash-Blast Furnace Slag (플라이애시-고로슬래그 기반 지오폴리머 세라믹스의 열적특성)

  • Kim, Jin-Ho;Nam, In-Tak;Park, Hyun;Kim, Kyung-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.26 no.10
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    • pp.521-527
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    • 2016
  • Geopolymers have many advantages over Portland cement, including energy efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, high strength at early age and improved thermal resistance. Alkali activated geopolymers made from waste materials such as fly ash or blast furnace slag are particularly advantageous because of their environmental sustainability and low cost. However, their durability and functionality remain subjects for further study. Geopolymer materials can be used in various applications such as fire and heat resistant fiber composites, sealants, concretes, ceramics, etc., depending on the chemical composition of the source materials and the activators. In this study, we investigated the thermal properties and microstructure of fly ash and blast furnace slag based geopolymers in order to develop eco-friendly construction materials with excellent energy efficiency, sound insulation properties and good heat resistance. With different curing times, specimens of various compositions were investigated in terms of compressive strength, X-ray diffraction, thermal property and microstructure. In addition, we investigated changes in X-ray diffraction and microstructure for geopolymers exposed to $1,000^{\circ}C$ heat.

The transition of noteworthy rice diseases and their control in Korea

  • Park J. S.
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.4
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 1965
  • In Korea the most important plant industry is the rice-growing but she has not yet attained self-sufficiency with regard to rice which is the basic food of Korean. In the past, various measures of increasing rice production have been tried with some success but the increasing rate of did not show the sufficient result. Judging from experiences, disease control may be the most important factor which has influence on increasing of rice production in Korea. During the past 60 years three periods divided by the transition of rice diseases were noted, and especially the recent transition attracted much attention . That is, sheath blight and stripe which were minor diseases in the past have promptly spread all over the country and caused heavy losses to rice plant, and also local outbreak of bacterial leaf blight and dwarf were noticed. Various environmental factors are related to such transition of rice disease. Above all, cultivated varieties susceptible to these diseases, increase of application of nitrogenous fertilizer, earlier transplanting and density of transplanting are considered to be lucre closely related to the development of these diseases and successive development of blast. On the other hand. application of forage fungicides such as organic mercury compounds specific to blast contributed to reduce prevalent area if blast in spite of wide spread of susceptible varieties and increase of application of nitrogenous fertilizer. These facts were confirmed by Korean investigators At the present which various diseases to control coexist in the same region, no one variety resistant to all of these diseases is provided and cultural practices for the control of these diseases often do not produce sufficient yield of rice. it is emphasized that a role of pesticides is very great.

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A Study on Material Properties of Composite Panel for Impact·Blast Resistance (방호·방폭 보강용 복합패널의 재료특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Woonhak;Kang, Seokwon
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.373-380
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    • 2016
  • In order to develop composite fiber panels that can maximize the protection and blast resistance of the existing structures by improving lightweight, high-strength and fireproof performances of the single layer material of precast panels, the basic properties of the inner and outer covers that are mixed with aramid fibers (AF) and polyester fibers (PF) were evaluated in this study. Also, a basic study was performed on the performance of composite fiber panels by testing Nano-sized composite materials that are lightweight and excellent in fire resistance for their compressive strength, bending strength and tensile strength.

Insertional Mutation of the Rice Blast Resistance Gene, Pi-b, by Long Terminal Repeat of a Retrotransposon

  • Jwa, Nam-Soo;Lee, Yong-Hwan
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.105-109
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    • 2000
  • The Pi-b is the rice gene conferring race specific resistance to the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea race having a corresponding avirulence gene, AVR-Pi-b. All resistant cultivars have two copies of the Pi-b gene, but susceptible cultivars have a single copy of the gene. About 1 Kbp insertion sequence was detected in the open reading frame of the Pi-b gene from the susceptible cv. Nipponbare. The nature of insertion sequence was identified as a solo long terminal repeat (LTR) of new rice Tyl-copia-like retrotransposon. LTR was widely distributed in the rice genome. Various types of different patterns of restriction fragment length polymorphism of LTR were detected in indica cultivars, whereas a single type was detected from japonica cultivars. The insertion of LTR sequence in the Pi-b gene in the susceptible cultivar suggested that retrotransposon-mediated insertional mutation might played an important role in the resistance breakdown as well as evolution of resistance genes in rice.

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Effects of Admixture to Sulfate Attack Resistance of Cement Mortar (시멘트 모르타르의 황산염 침식 저항성에 대한 혼화재의 영향)

  • 형원길;소승영;소양섭
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.704-709
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    • 2000
  • This study is to test effects of sulfate attack on deterioration of cement mortar. Four tests have been carried out with four types of mortars mixed by ordinary portland cement and sulfate-resistant portland cement containing blast-furnace slag and fly-ash. It was immersed in sulfate solution for 7, 28, 91, and 180 days. from the test results, sulfate attack resistance of cement mortar was improved by admixtures (blast-furnace slag and fly-ash), sulfate-resistance portland cement mortar showed high resistance than ordinarily portland cement at compressive strength, and similar the resistance of sulfate attack with ordinarily portland cement mortar with admixtures.

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Blast Reaction of Korean Rice Cultivars against Korean and Philippines Isolates (국내 주요 벼 품종의 한국과 필리핀 도열병 균주에 대한 저항성 평가)

  • Roh, Jae-Hwan;Cho, Young-Chan;Oh, In-Seok;Kim, Yeon-Gyu;Han, Seong-Sook;Vera Cruz, C.;Leung, H.
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.394-400
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    • 2008
  • Blast resistance of one hundred and thirty-one rice cultivars bred in Korea was tested with thirty Korean isolates and twenty-two Philippines isolates using three screening methods. In the blast nursery conducted in Korea and in the Philippines, average disease index of rice cultivars were 4.6 and 2.2, respectively. Seventy-nine cultivars showed different resistance reaction in Korea and in the Philippines, and 19 cultivars showed the same resistant reaction in two locations. In the seedling test, Korean blast isolates displayed different levels of virulence. 93-093, a Korean isolate, was compatible with 90 cultivars whereas 97-057 showed a compatible reaction with 13 cultivars. Twenty-three cultivars showed high level of resistance against Korean and Philippines isolates but Chucheongbyeo, Heugnambyeo, and Manmibyeo showed susceptible reaction to all blast isolates. Through the sequential planting test in Korea and in the Philippines, Palgongbyeo and Seomjinbyeo displayed durable resistance, and Nagdongbyeo and Gihobyeo showed high level of disease infection over the planting time. These results indicate that blast isolates collected in two countries have different genetic background and number of compatible isolates should be considered in definition the durability of rice cultivar to rice blast.

Advanced concrete for Skyscraper (초고층 구조물을 위한 특수 콘크리트)

  • Cho, Yun-Gu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.106-111
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    • 2008
  • Advanced concrete technology, which is the main construction technology of skyscraper, is dealt with in this paper. Advanced concrete technologies are classified into several types such as super high strength concrete(SHSC), low heat concrete(LHC), fire resistant concrete(FRC) and blast resistant concrete(BRC). The necessity, principal and application examples of advanced concrete technology are described respectively. In the last part of the paper, the introduction of HYUNDAI E&C's technology of Advanced concrete and future research trend are described.

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A Novel ABC Transporter Gene ABC2 Involved in Multidrug Susceptibility but not Pathogenicity in Rice Blast Fungus, Magnaporthe grisea

  • Lee, Young-Jin;Kyosuke Yamamoto;Hiroshi Hamamoto;Ryoji Nakaune;Tadaaki Hibi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Pathology Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.21-22
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    • 2003
  • Fungicide treatment is the most important method for the control of plant diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi. But fungicide resistant strains have appeared in many phytopathogenic fungi. Until now, molecular mechanisms of fungicide resistance such as mutation of target protein, overproduction of target enzyme and detoxification of fungicide have been designated. Recently, it was demonstrated that active efflux of fungicides mediated by ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters also contributes to fungicide resistance in several filamentous fungi, such as Aspergillus nidulans, Penicillium digitatum and Botrytis cinerea.(중략)

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