• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권11호
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• pp.1477-1484
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• 2002

Various characteristics of a thin liquid film in its vapor-phase are investigated using the molecular dynamics technique. Local distributions of the temperature, density, normal and tangential pressure components, and stress are calculated for various film thicknesses and temperature levels. Distributions of local stresses change considerably with respect to film thicknesses, and interracial regions on both sides of the film start to overlap with each other as the film becomes thinner. Integration of the local stresses, i.e., the surface tension, however, does not vary much regardless of the interfacial overlap. The minimum thickness of a liquid film before rupturing is estimated with respect to the calculation domain sizes and is compared with a simple theoretical relation.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2012

We introduce an understanding of silver (Ag) inkjet overlap-printing characteristics from the viewpoints of cohesion between ink droplets and adhesion between an ink droplet and a surface. The printing characteristics were closely monitored by changing the surface energy to elucidate the effect of adhesion and cohesion on printing instability, such as droplet merging and line bulging. The surface energy of the substrate was changed through the hydrophilization of a hydrophobic fluorocarbon-coated surface. The surface energy and ink wettability of the prepared surfaces were characterized using sessile drop contact angle analysis, and printing instability was observed using an optical microscope after drop-on-demand inkjet printing with a 50% overlap in diameter of deposited singlet patterns. We found that the surface energy is not an appropriate indicator based on the experimental results of Ag ink printing on a hydrofluoric-treated silicon surface. The analytical approach using adhesion and cohesion was helpful in understanding the instability of the inkjet overlap-printing, as adhesion and cohesion represent the direct interfacial relationship between the Ag inks used and the substrate.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.328-332
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• 2014

Thin film transistors (TFTs) with an amorphous silicon zinc tin oxide (a-2SZTO) channel layer have been fabricated using an RF magnetron sputtering system. The effect of the change of excitation electron on the variation of the total interfacial trap states of a-2SZTO systems was investigated depending on sputtering power, since the interfacial state could be changed by changing sputtering power. It is well known that Si can effectively reduce the generation of the oxygen vacancies. However, The a-2SZTO systems of ZTO doped with 2 wt% Si could be degraded because the Si peripheral electron belonging to a p-orbital affects the amorphous zinc tin oxide (a-ZTO) TFTs of the s-orbital overlap structure. We fabricated amorphous 2 wt% Si-doped ZnSnO (a-2SZTO) TFTs using an RF magnetron sputtering system. The a-2SZTO TFTs show an improvement of the electrical property with increasing power. The a-2SZTO TFTs fabricated at a power of 30 W showed many of the total interfacial trap states. The a-2SZTO TFTs at a power of 30 W showed poor electrical property. However, at 50 W power, the total interfacial trap states showed improvement. In addition, the improved total interfacial states affected the thermal stress of a-2SZTO TFTs. Therefore, a-2SZTO TFTs fabricated at 50 W power showed a relatively small shift of threshold voltage. Similarly, the activation energy of a-2SZTO TFTs fabricated at 50 W power exhibits a relatively large falling rate (0.0475 eV/V) with a relatively high activation energy, which means that the a-2SZTO TFTs fabricated at 50 W power has a relatively lower trap density than other power cases. As a result, the electrical characteristics of a-2SZTO TFTs fabricated at a sputtering power of 50 W are enhanced. The TFTs fabricated by rf sputter should be carefully optimized to provide better stability for a-2SZTO in terms of the sputtering power, which is closely related to the interfacial trap states.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2013

Several joining methods involving resistance welding, laser welding, ultrasonic welding and mechanical joining are currently applied in manufacturing lithium-ion batteries. Cu and Al alloys are used for tab and bus bar materials, and laser welding characteristics for these alloys were investigated with similar and dissimilar material combinations in this study. The base materials used were Al 1050 and oxygen-free Cu 1020P alloys, and a disk laser was used with a continuous wave mode. In bead-on-plate welding of both alloys, the joint strength was higher than the strength of O tempered base material. In overlap welding, the effect of welding parameters on the tensile shear strength and bead shape was evaluated. Tensile shear strength of overlap welded joint was affected by interfacial bead width and weld defect formation. The tensile-shear specimen was fractured at the heat affected zone by selecting proper laser welding parameters.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.569-577
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• 2010

다상 유체 시스템에 적용할 수 있는 다중스케일 입자 시뮬레이션 기법을 개발하였다. 거시 모델과 미시모델이 만나는 경계영역에서 세가지로 구별되는 기능을 수행하도록 하였다. 먼저, 기상과 액상을 분리하여 연결하기 위해 벽을 설정하였다. 또 경계영역을 근처에서 경계의 위치를 측정하고 이것에 벽의 각도와 위치가 연동하여 접촉각 값을 미시모델에서 거시모델로 전달하게 하였다. 마지막으로, 입자의 삽입과 제거를 통해 경계영역의 질량과 온도를 거시적 조건에 맞추도록 하였다. 이 알고리즘들을 적용한 완전습윤과 부분습윤시스템들은 좋은 결합 결과를 보였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 새로운 비중첩 영역 분할 기법을 바탕으로 한 병렬해석의 정확도 분석이 수행된다. Tak 등(2013)에 의해 제안된 이 방법에서 분할된 하위도메인들은 서로 중첩되지 않으며 계면요소(interfacial element)라 불리는 가상연결유한요소를 통해 서로 간의 관계가 결정된다. 이 접근법의 주요 장점은 영역 분할시 floating 도메인에서 발생할 수 있는 특이강성행렬(singular stiffness matrix)을 계면요소의 결합을 이용하여 가역행렬(invertible matrix)로 변환할 수 있다는 것과 기존의 FETI법에 비하여 해석시간과 스토리지(storage) 사용을 줄일 수 있다는 것이다. 반면에 3개 이상의 하위도메인들이 한 점에서 연결되는 경우를 의미하는 cross point에서는 해석의 정확도가 저하되는 경향이 나타났다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 새로운 비중첩 영역 분할기법에 대해 다양한 영역분할의 경우에 따라 발생하는 하나의 cross point에 접촉하는 하위도메인의 개수에 따른 정확도 분석이 수행되고 정확도가 저하되는 원인분석 및 대책이 논의된다.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2019

This paper aims at presenting a numerical method for estimating the elastic modulus of recycled concrete with crushed aggregates. In the method, polygonal aggregates following a given sieve curve are generated, and placed into a square simulation element with the aid of the periodic boundary condition and the overlap criterion of two polygonal aggregates. The mesostructure of recycled concrete is reconstructed by embedding an old interfacial transition zone (ITZ) layer inside each recycled aggregate and by coating all the aggregates with a new ITZ layer. The square simulation element is discretized into a regular grid and a representative point is selected from each sub-element. The iterative method is combined with the fast Fourier transform to evaluate the elastic modulus of recycled concrete. After the validity of the numerical method is verified with experimental results, a sensitivity analysis is conducted to evaluate the effects of key factors on the elastic modulus of recycled concrete. Numerical results show that the elastic modulus of recycled concrete increases with the increase of the total aggregate content and the elastic moduli of old and new ITZ but decreases with increasing the replacement ratio of recycled aggregate and the thicknesses of old and new ITZ. It is also shown that, for a replacement ratio of recycled aggregate smaller than 0.3, the elastic modulus of recycled concrete is reduced by no more than 10%.