• Journal of Korean Foot and Ankle Society
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.81-86
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• 2020

Purpose: Ankle fractures with dislocations and pilon fractures at the distal tibia are usually associated with soft tissue damage caused by high-energy damage. Recently, a two-stage operation to perform internal fixation after the application of external fixation devices for stabilizing soft tissues has been accepted as the treatment of choice. This paper reports the clinical result of these injuries treated with threaded trans-calcaneal pin external fixation devices. Materials and Methods: Thirty-three patients diagnosed with ankle fractures with dislocations or tibial pilon fractures without open wounds. They underwent surgical treatment with threaded trans-calcaneal pin external fixation from January 2008 to February were enrolled in this study. This study evaluated the visual analogue scale (VAS), foot function index (FFI), and Olerud & Molander score as well as whether complications occurred. Results: The average VAS showed a meaningful decrease (p<0.001) from 7.4 before surgery to 2.6 after application of the external fixation device, and 1.4 at 12 months after surgery. The FFI also decreased significantly from 84.3 preoperatively to 20.3 at 12 months postoperatively (p<0.001). The Olerud & Molander score averaged 71.4 points, showing good clinical results. Complete bone union was observed in all patients. One patient each underwent debridement due to wound necrosis and infection in the pin insertion site. At the final follow-up, seven patients had posttraumatic ankle joint arthritis, according to a radiological examination. Conclusion: Manual reduction and external fixation using a threaded trans-calcaneal pin is a suitable surgical technique that is easy to perform and shows good clinical outcomes in stabilizing soft tissue damage in fractures and dislocations of ankle fracture or tibia pilon fractures in foot and ankle injury.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.187-194
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• 2012

The strength of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites is, in general, known to be increased by the geometrically necessary dislocations punched around a particle that form during cooling after consolidation because of coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between the particle and the matrix. An additional strength increase may also be observed, since another type of geometrically necessary dislocation can be formed during extensive deformation as a result of the strain gradient plasticity due to the elastic-plastic mismatch between the particle and the matrix. In this paper, the magnitudes of these two types of dislocations are calculated based on the dislocation plasticity. The dislocations are then converted to the respective strengths and allocated hierarchically to the matrix around the particle in the axisymmetric finite-element unit cell model. The proposed method is shown to be very effective by performing finite-element strength analysis of $SiC_p$/Al2124-T4 composites that included ductile failure in the matrix and particlematrix decohesion. The predicted results for different particle sizes and volume fractions show that the length scale effect of the particle size obviously affects the strength and failure behavior of the particle-reinforced metal matrix composites.

• Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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• 1997.06a
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• pp.219-222
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• 1997

The principle of dark field imaging is comprehensively discussed using real images of dislocations, stacking faults and gettering phenomena due to defects obtained by Cz Si wafers and LEC semi-insulating GaAs crystals. Resulution of dark field imaging is improved by Fourier transformation of Fraunhofer diffraction pattern obtained at an out-of focusing position of an objective lens.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.661-669
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• 1989

The defect structure in LiNbO3 single crystals grown by Czochralski method from the congruently melting composition were investigated. Chemical etching patterns were studied in x-plane, z-plane, and major cleavage plane, respectively, dislocation density was higher at the periphery of crystals than at the center because the thermal stress due to radial temperature gradient had a main effect on it, as compared with dislocations formed from the solid-liquid interface. Many dislocation lineages were arranged along several directions.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.433-441
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• 1986

본 연구에서는 인장시험과 인장시 변형율속도 변화와 온도변화를 주는 시험을 통하여 316스테인리스강에 있어서의 비탄성거동을 규명하여 가공경화에 대한 용질강화 효과를 시험하고, Voce형의 발전방정식(evolutionary equation)을 포함하는 Arrhenius 형의 구성식에 용질강화효과를 첨가하여 정확한 비탄성 해석을 기하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.53-56
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• 2003

The disappearance of continuous yielding and the formation of an extended region in engineering stress-strain curves at tempering temperatures of 673-873K is closely related to the reduction of mobile dislocations during tempering and dynamic recovery during tensile deformation. In addition, the occurrence of discontinuous yielding at tempering temperature above 923K would be attributed to the formation of new strain-free polygonal ferrite grain.

• International Journal of Safety
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.27-30
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• 2008

In the 21st century, safety issues in the strained silicon industry, such as dislocation injection, should be carefully considered. This is because a microelectronic device usually contains sharp features (e.g., edges and corners) that may intensify stresses, inject dislocations into silicon, and ultimately cause the failure of the device. In this paper, critical residual stresses in various strained structures are calculated. It is confirmed that this model correctly predicts trends and the order of magnitude of critical residual stresses.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.211-215
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• 2007

Cervicothoracic junction instability should be stabilized with the circumferential fusion. In addition, cervicothoracic junctional area should be examined carefully in acute traumatic injury not only to confirm hidden lesions but also to make the proper surgical plans. Here, three patients who underwent cervicothoracic arthrodesis at our institution are presented with a review of literature.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.30-37
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• 1992

The displacement and pressure field of liquid crystals are analyzed numerically and compared with classical Reynolds theory. A plane slider bearing is employed as a simple example considering elasticity, permeability and splay effect which are the inherent characteristics of layered liquid crystals. Due to the geometric constraint of thin wedge and the strong anchoring behavior of the liquid crystals dislocations are inevitable. A finite element method is used to solve five coupled nonlinear equations. The load characteristics based on the pressure distribution along the gap shows that the liquid crystals can carry large load compared to the conventional lubricants.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2002.09a
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• pp.183-199
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• 2002

Reliability.The reliability strongly depended on the CTE of underfill resin..The fractured portion was identical with the maximum plastic equivalent strain..1 % or less value of the maximum plastic equivalent strain certified more than 1000 cycle of TCT life. UFB.Bonding accuracy was confirmed within2$2{\mu}{\textrm}{m}$..The fundamental bondability of UFB was confirmed with no damage around aluminum pads. Some dislocations and vacancies were observed at the interface, however, the atomic level bonding was confirmed. CBB.Dry process was applied to UBM removal.