• Wind and Structures
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.559-582
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• 2011

This paper presents an integrated wind-induced dynamic analysis and computer-based design optimization technique for minimizing the structural cost of general tall buildings subject to static and dynamic serviceability design criteria. Once the wind-induced dynamic response of a tall building structure is accurately determined and the optimal serviceability design problem is explicitly formulated, a rigorously derived Optimality Criteria (OC) method is to be developed to achieve the optimal distribution of element stiffness of the structural system satisfying the wind-induced drift and acceleration design constraints. The effectiveness and practicality of the optimal design technique are illustrated by a full-scale 60-story building with complex 3D mode shapes. Both peak resultant acceleration criteria and frequency dependent modal acceleration criteria are considered and their influences on the optimization results are highlighted. Results have shown that the use of various acceleration criteria has different implications in the habitability evaluations and subsequently different optimal design solutions. The computer based optimization technique provides a powerful tool for the lateral drift and occupant comfort design of tall building structures.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2019

The differential planetary gear reducer as a main component of the concrete mixer driving mechanism requires a strong torque to mix concrete compounds. As this component is currently dependent on imports, it is necessary to develop it by conducting a study on vibration analysis and the resonance problem. The noise and vibration of a concrete mixer reducer increase owing to the transmission error of planetary gears, and the damage of components occurs owing to the problems in design and production. In this study, the tooth-passing frequency is calculated to evaluate the noise and vibration of a mixer reducer, and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis is conducted through a vibration test using an acceleration sensor. The vibration of the reducer is measured at three points of input and output of the shaft and planetary gear housing with fixed and variable revolutions per minute. The operating conditions of gears and bearings are evaluated by performing the FFT analysis, and the resonance problem is verified. The results show that No. 1 pinion and ring gears revolve disproportionately. The amplitude values appear high, and the wear of tooth faces occur in tooth-passing frequencies and harmonic components of No. 1 and No. 2 pinion-ring gears. Therefore, we conclude that design changes in the reducer and a correction of tooth profiles are required.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.865-872
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• 2000

Helocobacter phylori is the major cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, and a principal risk factor for gastric cancer. As the firs step towards a vaccine against H. pylori infection, Hy.pylori urease was expressed and purified as a recombinant apoenzyme (rUrease) in E. coli. In order to develop an effective immunization protocol using rUrease, the host immune responses were evaluated after the oral immunization of mice with rUrease preparations plus cholera toxin relative to various conditions, such as the physical nature of the antigen, the frequency of the booster immunization, the dose of the antigen, and the route of administration. The protective efficacy was assessed using a quantitative culture following an H. pylori SS1 challenge. It was demonstrated that rUrease, due to its particulated nature, was more superior than the UreB subunit as a vaccine antigen. The oral immunization of rUrease elicited significant systemic and secretory antibody responses, and activated predominantly Th2-type cellular responses. The bacterial colonization was significantly reduced (~100-fold) in those mice immunized with three or four weekly oran doses of rUrease plus cholera toxin (p<0.05), when compared to the non-immunized/challenged controls. The protection correlated well with the elicited secretory IgA level against rUrease, and these secretory antibody responses were highly dependent on the frequency of the booster immunization, yet unaffected by the dose of the antigen (25-200$\mu\textrm{g}$). These results demonstrate the remarkable potential of rUrease as a vaccine antigen, thereby strengthening the possibility of developing an H. pylori vaccine for humans.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1996

본 연구는 원자력발전소 1차측 배관계통의 약 60% 이상을 차지하고 있는 오스테나이트계 스테인레스강 배관 용접부 검사시 낮은 신호 대 잡음비로 결함 발견 및 신호 해석에 있어 많은 문제점을 야기한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 레이다에서 확립된 신호 처리 기술인 스플릿-스펙트럼 기법을 도입하여 주파수를 다양하게 하고 이 다양한 주파수에 따른 RF신호의 진폭들을 최소화, 극성치 확률 분석 및 최소화-극성치 확률 분석법을 이용하여 개선된 신호 대 잡음비를 얻고자 하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.536-545
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• 2016

Household refrigerator radiates noise of which the pattern is dependent on the operating condition of its parts, such as compressor, flow fans, etc. Thus the refrigerator noise has a variety of frequency characteristics. Therefore, it is required to consider the noise characteristics for evaluating the noise quality and eventually developing the sound quality index of the refrigerator noise. In this study, five units of household refrigerator were selected to measure their noises that were used to generate sound sources for jury test of the study. The measured noises of five refrigerators were divided into ten kinds of sound source by considering operating condition and frequency characteristics. Additionally, the ten sources were each edited to have the same SPL of 30 dBA. Totally twenty kinds of sound sources (10-original SPL, 10-edited SPL 30 dBA) were evaluated by twenty-two subjects, and compared with their sound quality metrics. It was found that only the loudness of the metrics was meaningfully correlated with the subjective evaluation. The rests, sharpness, roughness and fluctuation strength, were not related. The conclusion of this study is that a new sophisticated index is necessary to be developed to qualitatively evaluate the household refrigerator noise.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.220-226
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• 2019

본 연구는 발바닥 굽힘근에 저주파 치료인 경피신경전기자극과 중주파 치료인 간섭전류가 뇌졸중 환자의 보행 및 발목 관절가동범위에 즉각적인 영향을 미치는지 알고자 한다. 30명의 연구대상자는 경피신경전기자극군과 간섭전류군으로 동일하게 나누어 마비측 장딴지근에 각각 통전하였다. 60분 통전 직후 스마트폰을 이용한 보행 평가와 발등 굽힘 관절가동범위를 측정하였다. 연구결과 두 전기치료 방법 모두 보행속도, 분속수, 발목 관절가동범위에 유의한 증가를 보였다. 두 전기치료 방법 모두 뇌졸중 환자의 보행 및 발목 관절가동범위를 증가시킬 수 있는 중재 방법이었지만 두 전기치료방법 간의 차이는 더 많은 대상자 모집을 통해 확인되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.7179-7186
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• 2014

이 연구는 감염병 발생자료와 감염병 관리사업 평가지표와의 관계를 실증적으로 분석함으로써 감염병 관리사업의 평가지표의 타당성을 실증적으로 분석함을 목적으로 하였다. 자료는 2004년과 2005년 2개년간의 시군구(보건소) 감염병 환자 발생 수 합계와 2005년도 감염병관리사업 평가지표 등 이었다. 자료의 분석은 빈도분석, 분산분석, 다중회귀분석 등을 이용하였다. 보건소 유형 및 법정감염병 각 군별로 각기 상이한 지표들이 도출되었으며, 각 군로도 특이한 지표 보다는 다양한 분야의 지표들이 혼재되어 있는 양상으로 도출되었다. 특히, 교육실적 등이 발생건수와 유의한 관계를 보이는 경우가 많아 발생건수는 신고건수 즉, 사업의 성과의 결과로 판단하는 것이 더욱 타당할 것으로 판단된다. 전체적인 지표의 개선이 필요하거나 사업의 투입시간 및 추이를 본 후 재평가가 필요할 것으로 생각되며, 각 사업별로 분리하여 특이한 평가지표를 생산할 필요가 있어 보인다. 감염병관리사업의 평가지표 개발은 기초자치단체별 감염병관리사업 종합평가체계를 구축하는데 핵심적인 역할을 할 것이며, 감염병관련업무 표준화를 촉진하고 관련지침을 개정에 활용될 것이며, 향후 보건사업 및 보건의료조직의 계량적인 성과 평가에 활용될 것이다. 또한 시군구 보건소에서 수행한 성공적인 감염병 관리 사업의 사례를 발굴, 제시함으로써 보다 성공적인 감염병관시업의 접근이 가능케 할 것이다.

• 지질공학
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2017

이 연구는 저주파 결함 탐지법을 이용하여 하중단계에 따른 암석 내부의 상태를 정량적으로 평가하는 것이다. CND에 의한 초기 종파속도는 X축 방향 1687.5 m/s, Y축 방향 1690.7 m/s, Z축 방향 1548.3 m/s이며, 평균 1642.2 m/s로 Z축 < X축 < (${\fallingdotseq}$)Y축 관계를 보였다. 실버슈미트 해머에 의한 Q값의 전체 평균은 62.6으로 약 105 MPa의 일축압축강도에 해당되었다. 저주파 결함 탐지기에 의해 측정된 하중단계 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% 수준에서 종파속도 크기는 X축 < Y축 < Z축 순으로 대체적으로 하중단계가 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 하지만, 이들 값은 초기 종파속도와 다른 경향을 나타냈다. 하중단계가 증가함에 따라 Y축이나 Z축 방향보다 X축 방향의 종파속도를 감소시키는 요인이 더 많은 영향을 미쳤기 때문으로 판단된다. 이러한 사실은 암석 내부의 초기상태는 응력상태가 변화함에 따라 다르게 나타날 수 있다는 것을 의미한다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.481-487
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• 2013

Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the visual reactions of users when they are playing games of different flow levels, and to explore the visual variables that can sensitively reflect the different flow levels. Background: The flow is defined as a psychological state where interface users feel their actions in a virtual setting identical to those in real environment. To measure the flow states of users, the questionnaire-based FSS(Flow State Scale) has mostly been used. However, this method is a qualitative test that has limits in terms of the accuracy of users' flow experiences. Therefore, more accurate methods to measure users' flow experiences are required. Method: Ten subjects participated in the experiment, where the independent variables were three games with different flow levels(puzzle games, dot drawing and coloring) and the time frame(the first and last 10 seconds in game playing), whereas the dependent variables included the pupil size and the frequency and duration of eye blinking. This study was a within-subject design. Each participant performed three types of games with different flow levels 3 times for each for 10 minutes, and their visual reactions to each game were measured. Results: The higher the flow cause the bigger pupil size(p<0.01) and the lower eye blinking frequency(p<0.1), indicating that different types of games lead to different flow levels. The pupil size during the last 10 seconds when the flow level was higher was bigger by 2.1% compared with that during the first 10 seconds in game playing(p<0.1), and the eye blinking frequency decreased by 12%(p<0.01). Conclusion: It was found out that the pupil size and the frequency and duration of eye blinking were psychophysiological indices for evaluating users' flow experiences, which could quantify the flow states users go through. The psychophysiological variables capable of measuring diverse aspects of the flow need diversifying to be applicable to precise measurement of the flow. Application: These studies are warranted for both quantitative analysis of flow levels and qualitative improvement of cyber leisure in line with development of healthy games.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.281-289
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• 2012

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential risk of shoulder muscle at particular working postures in sitting. Background: The cause of shoulder pain needs to be specifically studied in relation with particular shoulder postures to prevent shoulder MSDs in workplace. Method: In this study MVC, fatigue and subjective workload were investigated depending on the change of shoulder posture. An experiment was designed to evaluate the six shoulder muscles at nine shoulder postures including the combination of 30(adduction), 0, 30(abduction) degrees and 60, 90, and 120 degrees of shoulder flexion. Surface electrodes were attached to the middle trapezius, inferior middle trapezius, anterior deltoid, posterior deltoid, serratus anterior and teres major. Thirteen subjects participated in the experiment. Dependent variables were RPE (rating of perceived exertion), MVC(maximum voluntary contraction) and MPF(mean power frequency) shift by EMG (electromyography). Results: The middle trapezius and inferior middle trapezius were not significantly fatigued at all postures. The decline of MPF slope was less than 10% at all postures. The anterior deltoid was significantly fatigued all postures. The decline of MPF slope was more than 10% at all postures. The posterior deltoid was significantly fatigued 30 degrees of adduction and 90 degrees of flexion. And, neutral and 30 degrees of abduction postures were fatigued more than 90 degrees of flexion. The serratus anterior was significantly fatigued except for 30 degrees of adduction and 60 degrees of flexion posture. The teres major was significantly fatigued except for neutral and 60 degrees of flexion, 30 degrees of abduction and 60 degrees of flexion posture. Conclusion: It was found that a certain muscle was fatigued fast at particular posture compared to other muscles, which would mean that a certain shoulder muscle at particular posture could be easily exposed to the risk of musculoskeletal disorders than other muscles. Application: It is expected that the result can be applied to design workplace using shoulder muscles.