• Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.24-35
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• 2014

An experimental study on the structural behavior of connection types between approach slab and integral abutment has been done for three typical bar connections. Typical hinge style reinforcing bar detail for its connection is preferred in order to accommodate rotation of the approach slab among engineers. However, the straight horizontal bars can be used as connection detail accomodate structural capacity. Total six specimens with three types of rebar detail are tested for direct tensile and bending load. The characteristic structural behaviors are carefully monitored and all the strain gauge data obtained are analyzed. It is shown that the structural performance of all the specimens well exceed its design allowance. Several design suggestions are given based on careful reviews on the experiment.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.101-106
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• 2007

This study was performed to investigate whether vision therapy (vision training) was an effective way to influence fusional vergence and asthenopic symptoms in case of convergence excess. Patients who had esophoria at far and near had history and symptoms (horizontal diplopia, eye strain, asthenopia and blur). Among them for one chosen patient who had convergence excess, vision therapy and added plus lens were prescribed and trained for 7 weeks. 7 weeks later vision therapy was quite effective, that is, it was an effective means of reducing symptoms, improving fusional vergence and decompensating esophoria in patient with convergence excess. Therefore continuous research of vision therapy in binocular dysfunction was necessary.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.155-166
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• 1988

An "equivalent homogeneous, orthotropic" model that includes edge effects and an accompanying finite element analysis is presented for elastomeric bearings. The model is developed for two-dimensional configurations with horizontal layers, and for linear, elastic, small deformation conditions. The equivalent homogeneous theory, in addition to capturing the overall response characteristics of the layered elastomeric bearing system, approximately models the important edge effects, which occur at and near boundaries that cut the layers, and the stress concentrations at layer interfaces. The primary dependent variables for the theory have been selected such that the highest derivatives appearing in the strain energy function are first-order, thus requiring only $C_0$ continuity of the finite element approximations. As a result, the finite element analysis is simple and computationally efficient. Numerical examples are presented to verify the theory and to illustrate potential applications of the analysis.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.252-257
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• 1997

The 8 mm dia: Sn-38%Pb eutectic alloy rods were produced by use of the horizontal continuous casting process with the heated mold and chill cast process. The cast rods were rolled into 2.0${\sim}$0.5 mm thick plates and structural and mechanical properties were examined. The results revealed that the plates produced by the continuous casting process with the heated mold show much higher superplasticity at ambient temperature (1550% elongation at 0.5mm thick plate and 0.5mm/min strain rate) than the plates procuced by chill cast process (630% elongation). Such a high superplasticity of the continuous cast plates is due to the high-quality plates free from any inside and surface defects with fine and uniform distribution of eutectic phases.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.49-61
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 한국에서 구삼각강(1910-1915)과 정밀1차측지망(1975-1994)을 사용하여 지각변동량을 계산하고, 지체구조의 일반적인 변형패턴을 기하학적으로 조사하였다. 본 연구에서는 변형량을 계산하기 위하여 2차원의 무한소 변형모델을 설정하였으며, 수평변형량은 구좌표와 정밀1차측지망의 정밀동시강조정을 자유강조정법에 의하여 최초로 실시하여 일괄성있는 신좌표를 사용하여 계산된 측지선의 변화량으로 추정하였다. 변형설계결과로부터 1910년부터 1994년까지 누적된 변형량은 평균(1.07$\pm$0.5)$\times$10-5이고, 이로부터 년변형속도는 (0.13$\pm$0.063)$\mu$/yr 임을 알 수 있었으며, 변형의 경향을 보면 변형량이 10$\mu$ 보다 큰 값이 한반도의 동해안 지역에 분포하고 있으며, 서부쪽에는 10$\mu$이하의 값이 분포하고 있는 것으로 나타나 한반도의 동해안에서 지진의 발생빈도가 높은 것을 고려한다면 본 연구로부터 계산된 결과는 장래의 연구를 위해 중요한 데이터가 될 것이다. 본 연구에서 얻은 주변형축의 방향은 전국적으로 $77.6^{\circ}$$\pm$$13.5^{\circ}$방향임을 보여주고 있어 한반도의 지각은 ENE~WSW방향으로 압축상태에 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 이 결과는 지질학자나 지진학자들의 연구로부터 얻은 결과와 P-축의 방향이 일치하고 있고, 최대전단변형 이론과 일치하고 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.375-394
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• 2005

An experimental study was conducted to develop a new base plate anchorage system for concrete filled tubular column under an axial load and a moment. The column was connected to a concrete foundation using ordinary deformed reinforcing bars that are installed at the inside and outside of the column. In order to investigate the moment resisting capacity of the system, horizontal cyclic loads are applied until the ultimate condition is reached with the axial load held constant. To derive a design method for moment resisting capacity, the reinforced concrete section approach was investigated with the assumption of strain compatibility. The results by this approach agreeded well with those of experiments when the bearing pressure of confined concrete and tangent modulus of steel bars are assumed appropriately. Also, it was found that the column interaction curve can be used to predict the yield strength of the base plate system.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.3-9
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• 2003

Geosynthetics as a reinforcing material for earth structures have ever increased due to their excellent economy, fine external appearance, and easy construction. Geogrids are high-strength, orientated-polymer grid structures used to reinforce soil. This paper deals with the construction and sire monitoring for a 5.1m high-reinforcd slope with $75^{\circ}$ steep. The purpose of site monitoring is to evaluate the applicability of reforced slope with geogrid. Full scale field performance during and after construction was monitored by incorporating instrumentation including strain gauges on the geogrid, and horizontal and vertical movements.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.1079-1092
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• 2020

A parametric study of several parameters relevant to design safety on the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) rod response under a drop accident is presented. In the view of the complexity of interactions between the independent safety-related parameters, a factorial design of experiment is employed as an efficient method to investigate the main effects and the interactions between them. A detailed single full-length fuel rod is used with consideration of post-irradiated fuel conditions under horizontal and vertical free-drops onto an unyielding surface using finite-element analysis. Critical drop heights and critical g-loads that yield the threshold plastic strain in the cladding are numerically estimated to evaluate the fuel rod structural resistance to impact load. The combinatory effects of four uncertain parameters (pellet-cladding interfacial bonding, material properties, spacer grid stiffness, rod internal pressure) and the interactions between them on the fuel rod response are investigated. The principal finding of this research showed that the effects of above-mentioned parameters on the load-carrying capacity of fuel rod are significantly different. This study could help to prioritize the importance of data in managing and studying the structural integrity of the SNF.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.515-525
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• 2019

The calculation of active earth pressure behind retaining wall is a typical three-dimensional (3D) problem with spatial effects. With the help of limit analysis, this paper firstly deduces the internal energy dissipation power equations and various external forces power equations of the 3D retaining wall under the nonlinear strength condition, such as to establish the work-energy balance equation. The pseudo-static method is used to consider the effect of earthquake on active earth pressure in horizontal state. The failure mode is a 3D curvilinear cone failure mechanism. For the different width of the retaining wall, the plane strain block is inserted in the symmetric plane. By optimizing all parameters, the maximum value of active earth pressure is calculated. In order to verify the validity of the new expressions obtained by the paper, the solutions are compared with previously published solutions. Agreement shows that the new expressions are effective. The results of different parameters are given in the forms of figures to analysis the influence caused by nonlinear strength parameters.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.1339-1348
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• 2015

Until now, considerable effort has been made to engineer novel nitrogen-fixing organisms through the transfer of nif genes from various diazotrophs to non-nitrogen fixers; however, regulatory coupling of the heterologous nif genes with the regulatory system of the new host is still not well understood. In this work, a 49 kb nitrogen fixation island from P. stutzeri A1501 was transferred into E. coli using a novel and efficient transformation strategy, and a series of recombinant nitrogen-fixing E. coli strains were obtained. We found that the nitrogenase activity of the recombinant E. coli strain EN-01, similar to the parent strain P. stutzeri A1501, was dependent on external ammonia concentration, oxygen tension, and temperature. We further found that there existed a regulatory coupling between the E. coli general nitrogen regulatory system and the heterologous P. stutzeri nif island in the recombinant E. coli strain. We also provided evidence that the E. coli general nitrogen regulator GlnG protein was involved in the activation of the nif-specific regulator NifA via a direct interaction with the NifA promoter. To the best of our knowledge, this work plays a groundbreaking role in increasing understanding of the regulatory coupling of the heterologous nitrogen fixation system with the regulatory system of the recipient host. Furthermore, it will shed light on the structure and functional integrity of the nif island and will be useful for the construction of novel and more robust nitrogen-fixing organisms through biosynthetic engineering.