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The Plan of Rural Housing Development in Wonsam-myun (원삼면 전원주택단지 기본계획)

  • Kim, Sung-Hee;Kim, Shin-Won
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.8 no.3 s.17
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to present a new orientation for the residential culture that can meet the shifting demands of modern people as their attitudes toward life change. One of the rural regions that has lately attracted considerable attention, Wonsam-myun, Yongin city, is selected as the residence zone to develop a housing complex. In this study, a new housing complex is designed to supplement the defects of existing housing complexes by making the utmost use of the merits that Wonsam-myun as a residential environment can offer. The major findings of this study can be summarized as follows: 1. To present a new Korean model, yellow soil houses and traditional trees were used to utilize Korea's traditional landscape beauty in the construction and landscape aspect, instead of imitating indiscreetly foreign styles in which most newly developed housing complexes were built. 2. To provide convenience to prospective residents, a package sales scheme covering from lot purchase to building permit was adopted. 3. As for the planting plan, existing plants was preserved as much as possible to keep harmony with new plants. In selecting plant types, a traditional method that emphasizes on the visual effects of aesthetic plants and shade trees with the change of seasons and plants various kinds of plants according to directions was adopted. 4. Each household was given the opportunity to design its own garden according to the family's preference and taste. 5. The advantages of a rural area that city does not offer were fully utilized to provide the residents with convenience and pleasure of living.

The Effect of Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt to Cyanotic Heart Disease (청색증 심장기형에 대한 Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt의 효과)

  • 김경렬
    • Journal of Chest Surgery
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    • v.28 no.8
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    • pp.754-758
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    • 1995
  • Between February 1987 and April 1994,30 modified Blalock- Taussing shunts[MBTS were carried out at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of the Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center.The operation consists of interposing between the subclavian artery and the pulmonary artery a polytetrafluoroethylene graft.There were 19 boys and 11 girls.The average age at the time of shunt construction was 14 months [range 4 days to 5 years .Seventy-six percent [23/30 were less than 1 year of age.Cardiac defects treated with MBTS included tetralogy of Fallot[10 , pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect[8 , pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum[4 , uni-ventricular heart[3 , and other complex cardiac anomalies[5 .Prosthesis of 4mm were used in 13 cases, and 5mm in 17.Of the 30 operations, 21 were performed on the right side and 9 on the left side.The hemoglobin level decreased from 21.1 gm/dl preoperatively to 16.3 gm/dl postoperatively and systemic oxygen saturation level increased from 60.5 % preoperatively to 85.4 % postoperatively.In the 30 patients who recieved MBTS, there were one early [3% and three late deaths [10% .Seven patients have had an corrective operation and two patient required second palliative procedure.The remaining patients are awaiting further operation with ingestion of aspirin [5 mg/kg/day as an antiplatelet agent.These results indicate that the MBTS provide excellent palliation at a low operative mortality for most patients.

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Regional Cathodic Protection Design of a Natural Gas Distribution Station

  • Yabo, Hu;Feng, Zhang;Jun, Zhao
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 2017
  • Regional cathodic protection has significant impact on pipeline integrity management. After risk analyses of a newly built gas distribution station constructed in an area with large dwelling density, risk score was high because of potential threat caused by galvanic corrosion. Except reinforced steel in concrete, there are four kinds of metal buried under earth: carbon steel, galvanized flat steel, zinc rod and graphite module. To protect buried pipeline from external corrosion, design and construction of regional cathodic protection was proposed. Current density was measured with potential using potential dynamic test and boundary element method (BEM) was used to calculate current requirement and optimize best anode placement during design. From our calculation on the potential, optimized conditions for this area were that an applied current was 3A and anode was placed at 40 meters deep from the soil surface. It results in potential range between $-1.128V_{CSE}$ and $-0.863V_{CSE}$, meeting the $-0.85V_{CSE}$ criterion and the $-1.2V_{CSE}$ criterion that no potential was more negative than $-1.2V_{CSE}$ to cause hydrogen evolution at defects in coating of the pipeline.

A Case Study on the Plumbing Pipe Burst of Floor Radiant Heating (바닥 복사난방 배관설비에서 배관파열 사례 연구)

  • Jung, Hong-Do;Shin, Youn-Han;Park, Chen-Kwan;Jeong, Hyo-Min;Chung, Han-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.24 no.10
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    • pp.745-749
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    • 2012
  • Heating pipes burst was occurred in the apartment complex that was applied floor radiant heating system. There were two opinions for the cause of the bursted heating pipes that was the flaw during construction and defects in the product and also there were conflicting among them. Officials analyzed it in order to investigate the cause of the rupture. Tensile test results showed different tensile strength between the lower part of heating pipe and the upper part of heating pipes. The lower tensile strength is maintained while the top was not secured. The reason why rupture heating pipes is that flow velocity isn't secured and then the air get stagnant. Stagnant air makes hardening. It is caused rupturing. The proper flow rate was confirmed 0.166 m/sec after experiment. It isn't make stagnant air inside heating pipes.

A Study on the load Flow Calculation for preserving off Diagonal Element in Jacobian Matrix (Jacobian 행렬의 비 대각 요소를 보존시킬 수 있는 조류계산에 관한 연구)

  • 이종기;최병곤;박정도;류헌수;문영현
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.48 no.9
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    • pp.1081-1087
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    • 1999
  • Load Flow calulation methods can usually be divided into Gauss-Seidel method, Newton-Raphson method and decoupled method. Load flow calculation is a basic on-line or off-line process for power system planning. operation, control and state analysis. These days Newton-Raphson method is mainly used since it shows remarkable convergence characteristics. It, however, needs considerable calculation time in construction and calculation of inverse Jacobian matrix. In addition to that, Newton-Raphson method tends to fail to converge when system loading is heavy and system has a large R/X ratio. In this paper, matrix equation is used to make algebraic expression and then to slove load flow equation and to modify above defects. And it preserve P-Q bus part of Jacobian matrix to shorten computing time. Application of mentioned algorithm to 14 bus, 39 bus, 118 bus systems led to identical results and the same numbers of iteration obtained by Newton-Raphson method. The effect of computing time reduction showed about 28% , 30% , at each case of 39 bus, 118 bus system.

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A Study on the Variation of Magnetic Field Intensity by Ceramics Coating Material in AF Track Circuits (AF궤도회로에서 세라믹 코팅재에 의한 자계의 세기 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Min-Kyu;Kim, Sun-Dong;Ko, Young-Hwan;Kim, Min-Seok;Lee, Jong-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.1656-1662
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    • 2010
  • Automatic train control systems are divided into ATC, ATP and ATS systems etc. The ATP and ATS systems offer discontinuous information for train control. While the ATC systems provide continueous information for train control. There is a method for offering continuous information by AF track circuits. Magnetic fields are formed by current through rails in the AF track circuit systems. So, the continuous information is received by the magnetic fields on a on-board antenna. Coating materials on rails are researched to decrease defects such as head check, shelling, corrugation, squats and so on in Germany. Currently, a coating method of rail construction is proposed by using the ceramics in Korea. When deciding physical characteristic of ceramics, researches are required about variation of flux density by the ceramics. In case that the flux density is much lower than existing value, the information for train control is not transmitted to the on-board antenna. In this paper, inductance on rails is calculated and a model is presented about variation of the magnetic field intensity in the AF track circuit. Standard permeability of ceramics is proposed by analyzing the variation of magnetic field intensity. It is demonstrated by using Maxwell and Matlab program.

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A case study on the prevention and occurrence of fault in Transmission & Substation (변전설비의 보수 정비 사례 및 고장 실태 조사 연구)

  • Lee, Seog-Kyu;Park, Hee-Woo;Kim, In-Kun;Lee, Jong-Hak;Lee, Man-Seon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.11b
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    • pp.83-85
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    • 1999
  • Recently, a rapid increase of electricity demands have made Transmission & Substation device large-sized. complicated and diverse. Moreover, a rising level of customer's requirement and high growth of industry increase the reliability of electricity service. Therefore on the basis of the case study on the occurrence of fault, the prevention of defects for each device and the analyzing of the outbreak and prevention of systematic breakdown in Sin-Incheon Power Transmission Branch Office, this paper presents some important matters and suggests the method of improvement in design, construction, maintenance, and repairing the Transmission & Substation device.

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Monitoring degradation in concrete filled steel tubular sections using guided waves

  • Beena, Kumari;Shruti, Sharma;Sandeep, Sharma;Naveen, Kwatra
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.371-382
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    • 2017
  • Concrete filled steel tubes are extensively applied in engineering structures due to their resistance to high tensile and compressive load and convenience in construction. But one major flaw, their vulnerability to environmental attack, can severely reduce the strength and life of these structures. Degradation due to corrosion of steel confining the concrete is one of the major durability problems faced by civil engineers to maintain these structures. The problem accelerates as inner surface of steel tube is in contact with concrete which serves as electrolyte. If it remains unnoticed, it further accelerates and can be catastrophic. This paper discusses a non-destructive degradation monitoring technique for early detection corrosion in steel tubes in CFST members. Due to corrosion, damage in the form of debonding and pitting occurs in steel sections. Guided ultrasonic waves have been used as a feasible and attractive solution for the detection and monitoring of corrosion damages in CFST sections. Guided waves have been utilized to monitor the effect of notch and debond defects in concrete filled steel tubes simulating pitting and delamination of steel tubes from surrounding concrete caused by corrosion. Pulse transmission has been used to monitor the healthy and simulated damaged specimens. A methodology is developed and successfully applied for the monitoring of concrete filled steel tubular sections undergoing accelerated chloride corrosion. The ultrasonic signals efficiently narrate the state of steel tube undergoing corrosion.

Seismic performance of RC frames retrofitted with haunch technique

  • Akbar, Junaid;Ahmad, Naveed;Alam, Bashir;Ashraf, Muhammad
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.67 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2018
  • Shake table tests performed on five 1:3 reduced scale two story RC moment resisting frames having construction defects, have shown severe joint damageability in deficient RC frames, resulting in joint panels' cover spalling and core concrete crushing. Haunch retrofitting technique was adopted herein to upgrade the seismic resistance of the deficient RC frames. Additional four deficient RC frames were built and retrofitted with steel haunch; both axially stiffer and deformable with energy dissipation, fixed to the beam-column connections to reduce shear demand on joint panels. The as-built and retrofitted frames' seismic response parameters are calculated and compared to evaluate the viability of haunch retrofitting technique. The haunch retrofitting technique increased the lateral stiffness and strength of the structure, resulting in the increase of structure's overstrength. The retrofitting increased response modification factor R by 60% to 100%. Further, the input excitation PGA was correlated with the lateral roof displacement to derive structure response curve that have shown significant resistance of retrofitted models against input excitations. The technique can significantly enhance the seismic performance of deficient RC frames, particularly against the frequent and rare earthquake events, hence, promising for seismic risk mitigation.

Detection and Comparison of Surface Defects in Pipe Welds (배관 용접부 표면결함 검출 및 비교)

  • Jung, Yoon-Soo;Gao, Jia-Chen;Ahn, Tae-Hyoung;Kim, Jae-Yeol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2020
  • At present, 24 nuclear power plants are in operation nationwide as the main power source responsible for about 27% of Korea's electricity, and five nuclear power plants are currently under construction. Issues of nuclear safety and reliability have always existed, but after the Fukushima accident, ensuring reliability has become an even more important issue for safety. Compared to other kinds of accidents, the initial response after a nuclear accident is more important than any other accident. Prior to accidents, it is important to be able to predict and judge the accident in advance for the sake of prevention. In this research, non-destructive inspection methods for existing pipe welds include radiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic particle practice, and liquid penetration testing. For this experiment, carbon steel pipes like that of the material used in nuclear pipes were adopted, and specimen welded to the flange (Flange) were manufactured. After testing, the weld specimen were not damaged through the infrared thermography (IRT) experiment. This study attempted to improve the safety of carbon steel pipes through a comparative analysis of finite element analysis.