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Resistance Factors and Relationships for Measurements in Fluvial Rivers (충적하천 실측자료의 저항계수와 관계식)

  • Lee, Jong-Seok;Julien, Pierre Y.
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.445-452
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    • 2012
  • This study is used to analyze the distribution of resistance factors and the relationships of flow resistance with the field measurements which consist of the total 2,604 rivers for 1,865 bed material in natural channels and 739 vegetation in vegetated channels. Resistance factor relationships and distribution range of Manning roughness coefficients and Darcy-Weisbach friction coefficients by the regression analysis are derived from the power law form as a function of flow discharge and friction slope with bed materials and vegetations in natural and vegetated rivers, respectively.

Upwind Finite Element Model for Suspended Sediment Transport

  • Noh, Joon-Woo
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.67-78
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    • 2003
  • The unsteady 2D convection and diffusion equation is solved numerically for the real-time simulation of suspended load propagation. The streamlined upwind scheme efficiently reduces numerical oscillations due to the high Peclet number in the convection dominant flow. By using the mixed boundary condition to express the external source terms or externally induced suspended load as a function of time in the algorithm, the model is capable of handling not only continuous load cases but also non-continuous suspended load influx. The suspended load transport modelwas verified using a case study for which an analytical exact solution is available and was applied to the real-time simulation of a suspended load influx case on the Mississippi River. The model algorithm can provide a framework upon which water quality as well as contaminant transport models can be built.

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Two-Dimensional Analysis on Deposition and Erosion in River (하천에서의 2차원 하상변동 해석)

  • Noh, Joon Woo
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.53-66
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    • 2003
  • The subject of sediment transport has been studied for centuries by engineers and river morpohologists. Many of the complex aspects of sediment transport are yet to be understood, and remain among the challenging subject for future studies. In this study, the finite element model is applied to various hypothetical channels. On the basis of the flow analysis results, sediment transport analysis is conducted using 3-different optional equations, and the results are compared with experimental results. For the purpose of predicting the sediment movements in natural river, RMA model is applied to Geum-River. It turned out to be very effective tool to predict various aspects of river evolution and the effects of hydraulic structures. The simulation results are also linked to the Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

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An Enhanced Location-Based Location Update Scheme in Mobile Cellular Networks

  • Baek, Jang-Hyun;Seo, Jae-Young;Lim, Seog-Ku;Sicker, Douglas C.
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.457-460
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    • 2005
  • In this study, we consider a location-based location update (LU) scheme. We propose an enhanced LU (ELU) scheme that can store more cells to reduce the location update cost of the LU scheme and show that the ELU scheme always outperforms the LU scheme. Our scheme can be easily implemented in actual cellular systems.

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Shear behavior of multi-hole perfobond connectors in steel-concrete structure

  • Xing, Wei;Lin, Xiao;Shiling, Pei
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.983-1001
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    • 2015
  • This study focuses on the load carrying capacity and the force transfer mechanism of multi-hole perfobond shear connectors in steel-concrete composite structure. The behavior of multi-hole perfobond shear connector is more complicated than single-hole connector cases. 2 groups push-out tests were conducted. Based on the test results, behavior of the connection was analyzed and the failure mechanism was identified. Simplified iterative method and analytic solution were proposed based on force equilibrium for analyzing multi-hole perfobond shear connector performance. Finally, the sensitivity of design parameters of multi-hole perfobond shear connector was investigated. The results of this research showed that shear force distribution curve of multi-hole perfobond shear connector is near catenary. Shear forces distribution were determined by stiffness ratio of steel to concrete member, stiffness ratio of shear connector to steel member, and number of row. Efficiency coefficient was proposed to should be taking into account in different limit state.

New Pervaporation Membrane for Petroleum Separation

  • Nam, Sang-Yong;John R. Dorgan
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 2003
  • Hydrocarbon-hydrocarbon separations are one of the most important processes in petroleum refining. Distillation process has been used for separating hydrocarbons, but this conventional process is very energy consuming. Pervaporation separation through polymeric membranes is an emerging process alternative to distillation because of energy savings, compact system installation, reduced capital investment, and other performance attributes. In hydrocarbon separations, polymeric membranes are easily swollen by hydrocarbons and can lose mechanical strength. Chemically robust membranes are needed for the separation of hydrocarbons. In this study, the blend membrane was applied to separate benzene and cyclohexane. This is a model system for aliphatic and aromatic separation. Cyclohexane is also physically very similar to benzene and as a result of the very closing boiling points (0.6$^{\circ}C$), benzene and cyclohexane form an azetrope. Thus the system provides a good model for azeotrope breaking by pervaporation. The semi-quantitative thermodynamic model predicts that the calculated selectivity increases with increasing Hydrin contents in the blend membranes. Pervaporation experiments utilizing various operating temperatures and feed concentrations with different blend membranes are compared with the result from semi-quantitative thermodynamic calculations.

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FRACTAL SURFACE ROUGHNESS OF CONCRETE

  • Roh Y.S.;Xi Yunping;Chung L.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.595-602
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    • 2004
  • In this study, the roughness of fracture surfaces in cementitious material has been characterized by roughness number (RN). A systematic experimental investigation was carried out to examine the dependency of fracture parameters on the aggregate sizes as well as the loading rates. Three aggregate sizes (0.1875 in, 0.5 in, and 0.75 in) and two loading rates (slow and fast loading rate) were used. A total of 52 compression tests and 53 tension tests were performed. All fracture parameters exhibited an increase, to varying degrees, when aggregates were added to the mortar matrix. The fracture surfaces of the specimens were digitized and analyzed. Fracture roughness was monotonically increased as maximum aggregate sizes increase.

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Temperature effect on multi-ionic species diffusion in saturated concrete

  • Damrongwiriyanupap, Nattapong;Li, Linyuan;Limkatanyu, Suchart;Xi, Yunping
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.149-171
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    • 2014
  • This study presents the mathematical model for predicting chloride penetration into saturated concrete under non-isothermal condition. The model considers not only diffusion mechanism but also migration process of chloride ions and other chemical species in concrete pore solution such as sodium, potassium, and hydroxyl ions. The coupled multi-ionic transport in concrete is described by the Nernst-Planck equation associated with electro-neutrality condition. The coupling parameter taken into account the effect of temperature on ion diffusion obtained from available test data is proposed and explicitly incorporated in the governing equations. The coupled transport equations are solved using the finite element method. The numerical results are validated with available experimental data and the comparison shows a good agreement.

Study on Plastic Deformation of Interior Support at the Continuous I-Beam Bridge (I-Beam연속교 내측지점의 소성변형에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Kyung-Hee;Kim, Jin-Sung;Yang, Seung-Ie
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.146-152
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    • 2002
  • The steel shows plastic deformation after the yield point exceeds. Because of overloads, the plastic deformation occurs at the interior support of a continuous bridge. The plastic deformation is concentrated at the interior support, and the permanence deformation at the interior support remains after loads pass. Because local yielding causes the positive moment at the interior support, it is called "auto moment". Auto moment redistributes the elastic moment. Because of redistribution, auto moment decreases the negative moment at the interior support of a continuous bridge. In this paper, the moment-rotation curve from Schalling is used. The Plastic rotation is computed by using Beam-line method, and auto moment is calculated based on the experiment curve. The design example is presented using limit state criterion.

Distribution of Tropical Tropospheric Ozone Determined by the Scan-Angle Method applied to TOMS Measurements

  • Kim, Jae-H.;Na, Sun-Mi;Newchurch, M. J.;Emmons, L.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.7-11
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    • 2002
  • This study introduces the first method that determines tropospheric ozone column directly from a space-based instrument. This method is based on the physical differences in the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) measurement as a function of its scan-angle geometry. Tropospheric ozone in September-October exhibits a broad enhancement over South America, the southern Atlantic Ocean, and western South Africa and a minimum over the central Pacific Ocean. Tropical tropospheric ozone south of the equator is higher than north of the equator in September-October, the southern burning season. Conversely, ozone north of the equator is higher in March, the northern burning season. Overall, the ozone over the southern tropics during September-October is significantly higher than over the northern tropics. Abnormally high tropospheric ozone occurs over the western Pacific Ocean during the El Nino season when the ozone amounts are as high as the ozone over the Africa.

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