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Development of Methodology for Fracture Network Analysis in the Unsaturated Zone using MINC Approach in TOUGH2 Code (TOUGH2 전산코드의 MINC 기법을 이용한 불포화 암반 내 단열 해석 방법론 개발)

  • Ha, Jaechul;Cheong, Jae-yeol;Kim, Soogin;Yoon, Jeonghyoun
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.325-330
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    • 2016
  • The second phase of low- and intermediate-level waste (LILW) disposal facility is under planned on the sedimentary rock in unsaturated zone. In this study, we created two meshes which were a matrix continuum mesh and a fracture continuum mesh to carry out 2 dimensional numerical modeling for groundwater flow in the unsaturated zone containing fractures focused on the second phase of LILW disposal facility. Two continuum meshes were developed using MINC in meshmaker module of TOUGH2 code. A fracture continuum mesh was included the k-field distribution of the permeability derived from the Discrete Fractured Network (DFN) modeling. To apply the unsaturated zone for the modeling, the gridding steps to generate mesh were developed. Each step to generate a mesh consisted of definition of materials, setting the initial conditions and creating grids using MINC. The methodology development of meshes in this study will be applied for more precise modeling of groundwater flow and mass transport.

A HYDROSTATIC MODEL OF A TYPICAL UMBRAL CORE OF SUNSPOTS

  • Yun, Hong-Sik
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 1978
  • A hydrostatic model atmosphere of a typical umbral core is constructed on the basis of both Na I $D_2$ line profile and umbral core-to disk continuum intensity ratio. The observations were obtained by Mullan and Wyller with photoelectric means over the range from $4000{\AA}\;and\;6500{\AA}$. The computed line profile of Na I $D_2$ and the emergent continuum intensity distribution are compared with the observations. The temperature of umbral cores is found to be lower by $300^{\circ}K\;to\;500^{\circ}K$ than that of their ambient umbral region. The detailed physical structure of a working model of umbral cores is proposed.

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Settlement of and load distribution in a granular piled raft

  • Madhav, Madhira R.;Sharma, J.K.;Sivakumar, V.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.97-112
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    • 2009
  • The interactions between a granular pile and raft placed on top are investigated using the continuum approach. The compatibility of vertical and radial displacements along the pile - soil interface and of the vertical displacements along the raft - top of ground interfaces are satisfied. Results show that consideration of radial displacement compatibility does not influence the settlement response of or sharing of the applied load between the granular pile and the raft. The percentage load carried by the granular pile (GP) increases with the increase of its stiffness and decreases with the increase of the relative size of raft. The normal stresses at the raft - soil interface decrease with the increase of stiffness of GP and/or relative length of GP. The influences of GP stiffness and relative length of GP are found to be more for relatively large size of raft. The percentage of load transferred to the base of GP increases with the increase of relative size of raft.

Analytical solutions for bending of transversely or axially FG nonlocal beams

  • Nguyen, Ngoc-Tuan;Kim, Nam-Il;Lee, Jaehong
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.641-665
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the analytical solutions for the size-dependent static analysis of the functionally graded (FG) beams with various boundary conditions based on the nonlocal continuum model. The nonlocal behavior is described by the differential constitutive model of Eringen, which enables to this model to become effective in the analysis and design of nanostructures. The elastic modulus of beam is assumed to vary through the thickness or longitudinal directions according to the power law. The governing equations are derived by using the nonlocal continuum theory incorporated with Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. The explicit solutions are derived for the static behavior of the transversely or axially FG beams with various boundary conditions. The verification of the model is obtained by comparing the current results with previously published works and a good agreement is observed. Numerical results are presented to show the significance of the nonlocal effect, the material distribution profile, the boundary conditions, and the length of beams on the bending behavior of nonlocal FG beams.

Development of Two-Dimensional Hydrogen Mixing Model in Containment Subcompartment Under the Severe Accident Conditions

  • Lee, Byung-Chul;Cho, Jae-Seon;Park, Goon-Cherl;Chung, Chang-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.05b
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    • pp.663-668
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    • 1996
  • A two-dimensional continuum model for the prediction of the hydrogen mixing phenomena in the containment compartment under the severe accident conditions is developed. The model could predict well the distribution of time-dependent hydrogen concentration for selected HEDL Experiment. For a simulation of these experiments, the hydrogen is mixed uniform over the test compartment. To predict the extent of non-uniform distribution, the dominant factors such as the geometrical shape of obstacle and velocity of source injection in mixing phenomena are investigated. If the obstacle disturbing the flow of gas mixture exists in the compartment, the uniform distribution of hydrogen may be not guaranteed. The convective circulation of gas flow is separately formed up and down of the obstacle position, which makes a difference of hydrogen concentration between the upper and lower region of the compartment. The recirculation flow must have a considerable mass flow rate relative to velocity of the source injection to sustain the well-mixed conditions of hydrogen.

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Numerical Simulation of Bubble-Free Surface Interaction (기포-자유표면 상호작용에 대한 수치적 고찰)

  • Yang Chan-Kyu;Kim Hyeon-Ju
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.48-57
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    • 1999
  • This paper deals with the numerical simulation of the behavior of single bubble rising near the free surface. Volume fraction of fluid (VOF) method with continuum surface force (CSF) model, the well known method for two phase flow simulation is adopted. A bubble of spherical shape positioned beneath the free surface is assumed at the initial stage. The difference according to the fluid properties of surrounding medium is examined. Simulation results are depicted and explained with the time history of bubble shape, velocity field and vorticity distribution.

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Nonlinear static analysis of functionally graded porous beams under thermal effect

  • Akbas, Seref D.
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.399-415
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    • 2017
  • This paper deals with the nonlinear static deflections of functionally graded (FG) porous under thermal effect. Material properties vary in both position-dependent and temperature-dependent. The considered nonlinear problem is solved by using Total Lagrangian finite element method within two-dimensional (2-D) continuum model in the Newton-Raphson iteration method. In numerical examples, the effects of material distribution, porosity parameters, temperature rising on the nonlinear large deflections of FG beams are presented and discussed with porosity effects. Also, the effects of the different porosity models on the FG beams are investigated in temperature rising.

EFFECT OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON THE ADHESION OF SILICON WAFERS PRIOR TO BONDING

  • Lee, D. H.;B. Derby
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.497-502
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    • 1998
  • To understand the effect of surface roughness on silicon wafer bonding, a continuum mechanical model is presented. This model is based on Obreimoff's experiment and the contact theory of rough surfaces. The surface energy of silicon was calculated to be much reduced than the theoretical value. Problems are discussed concerning surface film effects and the assumption of constant asperity radius and statistical distribution function.

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Ordination Analysis on the Forest Communities of Mt. Changan , Chonbuk (序列法에 依한 全北 長安山 森林群落 分析)

  • Kim, Chang-Hwan;Kil, Bong-Seop
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.231-241
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    • 1991
  • The analyses of correlation, enviromental gradient, continuum and polar ordination methods were used for studing on relationships between forest vegetation and their habitats in Mt. changan, chagsu-gun, korea. influencing correlation of moisture index to the main 41species from the study area they were composed of several groups by leading species of quercus mongoulica, that of carpinus tschonoskii and that of fraxinus mandshurica. On the other hand, it was found three communities in different habitats by environmental gradient i.e. each community of f. mandshurica, mangnolia sieboldii and hydrangea serrata for. acuminata have occurred in moist place, that of c. teschonoskii and q. serrata, in mesic and that of q. mongolica, q.variabilis, rhododendron schlippenbachii, in dry. in addition an occupied distribution area was investigated according to continuum index e.g. cornus controversa,betula costata,q. variabilis, q. serrata and q. mongolica over altitudinal 800m were distributed to a habitat were forming climax by q. mongolica, and/or c. controversa, f. mandshurica, q. serrata and c. tschonoskii under altitudinal 800m were done, by g. tschonoskii. while the forest vegetation of the area was classified into 6 communities such as q. mongolica community, q. variabilis community,q. serrata community, g. tschonoskii community,c. controversa community and f. mandshurica community by means of polar ordination analysis and these have come under the influence of environmental factors.

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A Study on the Quantification of Qualitative Attributes in Industrial Design (질적 디자인 가치의 수량화(I))

  • 우흥룡
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.117-130
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    • 1989
  • Evaluation is to be seen a~ a central component of design activity. It is an attempt to ensure that the proposal which arises is accepted and that the resulting artefact itself suited to its purposes in practice. Recent surveys of Evaluation show that most methods require quantitative and explicit attributes. Always a significant part of the attributes of design proposals is qualitative. Therefore we need some study that convert qualitative attributes into quantitative scale values, because in many cases con\ulcornerclusions can be drawn about the order of the overall value of the design proposals. Following to Thurstone's psychological scaling methods, attributive values are assigned by ruting scale methods, met, hod of rank-order and method of paired comparisons. The problem of psycho\ulcornerlogical scaling is then to determine whether the stimuli can be ordered on a psychological continuum with respect to the degree of the attributes each possesses. The law of comparative judgement assumes that for a given stimulus there is associated a most frequently aroused or modal discriminal process on a psychological continuum. This paper is based upon the premise that the modal discriminul process will also be the same as the mean or median of the distribution.The objective of this paper is to argue for an acceptance of qualitative approaches to the evalua\ulcornertion of Design as a complement to the existing quantitative techniques. The scale values of 10 attri\ulcornerbutes \ulcorner(1) originality, (2) aesthetics, (3) satisfaction, (4) effeciency, (5) function, (6) size, (7) texture, (8) simplicity, (9) symbol, and (10) facility) in case of TV sets are obtained and their interactions are examined.

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