• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.292-296
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• 1998

In wet powder processing of alumina, a number of organic molecules such as dispersant and binder are used to produce the flow behavior and properties requisite for shape forming. In this study, interparticle forces of alumina particles suspended in aqueous media were controlled by suspension pH, poly (methacrylic acid) (PMAA, used as dispersant) and poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA, used as binder). The combined adsorption isotherms of the dispersant and binder additives on alumina were determined by total organic carbon analyzer, while the adsorption of dispersant was differentiated from binder in the mixed additive system by ultraviolet spectroscopy. The electrokinetic behavior of alumina suspensions were then correlated with the adsorption characteristics of dispersant and binder onto alumina particles. It was found that the isoelectric ($pH_{iep}$) of alumina shifted from pH 8.9${\pm}$0.1 to acidic pH as PMAA concentration increased, while PVA adsorption did not affect the $pH_{iep}$ but caused a decrease in the near surface potential.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.662-668
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• 2015

A suspension of titanium nanoparticles (Ti NPs) in liquid sodium (Na) has been proposed as a method to mitigate the violent sodium-water reaction (SWR). The interparticle potential between Ti NPs in liquid Na may play a significant role in the agglomeration of NPs on the reaction surface and in the bulk liquid Na, since the potential contributes to a reduction in the long-term dispersion stability. For the effective control of the SWR with NPs, a physical understanding of the molecular dynamics of NPs in liquid Na is key. Therefore in this study, the nonretarded Van der Waals model and the solvation potential model are employed to analyze the interparticle potential. The ab initio calculation reveals that a strong repulsive force driven by the solvation potential exceeds the interparticle attraction and predicts the agglomeration energy required for two 10-nm Ti NPs to be $4{\times}10^{-17}J$. The collision theory suggests that Ti NPs can be effective suppressors of the SWR due to the high energy barrier that prevents significant agglomeration of Ti NPs in quiescent liquid Na.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.65-77
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• 1995

The kinetics of flocculation of heterodisperse suspension like those in water treatment plants and natural water system are usually described by the Smoluchowski equation, which incorporates collision frequency functions for particle collisions by Brownian motion, fluid shear, and differential sedimentation. These collisionfrequeney functions have been based on a rectilinear view of collisions, i.e., one that ignores short-range forces and changes in fluid motion as particles approach one another. In this research, a curvilinear approach, i.e., one that accounts for hydrodynamic forces and particle interaction in the collision of two different size particles is developed. Collision efficiency factors of each mechanism can be calculated by trajectory analysis (fluid shear and differential sedimentation) or the solution of diffusion equation (Brownian motion). The results are presented as a set of corrections to the rectilinear collision frequency functions for each mechanism.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.83-101
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• 2002

탄성파는 지표면에 가까운 흙에 관한 중요한 정보를 공급한다. 흙특성 파악에 물리탐사기법의 원활한 적용을 위하여 탄성파인자와 흙특성과의 관계를 고찰하였다. 적용 예로서, 비포화토의 거동 및 특성을 전단파 시험을 통하여 알아보았다. 포화시료를 건조하면서 밴더엘리먼트를 사용하여 미소변형률 전단강성을 연속적으로 측정하였다. 비포화토에서는 모세관현상, 이온공유에 의한 접착, 세립자 이동에 의한 강화효과, 염 침전에 의한 시멘트결합과 같은 입자간 힘의 변화가 강성의 변화에 직접적으로 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다. 비포화토의 시료를 교란함으로써 메니스커스의 회복에 대한 연구를 수행하였고, 비포화토에서 일어나는 여러 가지 현상들을 제시하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제73권5호
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• pp.585-598
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• 2020

We develop design model within which nucleation and propagation of crack in a fibrous composite is described. It is assumed that under loading, crack initiation and fracture of material happens in the composite. The problem of equilibrium of a composite with embryonic crack is reduced to the solution of the system of nonlinear singular integral equations with the Cauchy type kernel. Normal and tangential forces in the crack nucleation zone are determined from the solution of this system of equations. The crack appearance conditions in the composite are formed with regard to criterion of ultimate stretching of the material's bonds. We study the case when near the fiber, the binder has several arbitrary arranged rectilinear prefracture zones and a crack with interfacial bonds. The proposed computational model allows one to obtain the size and location of the zones of damages (prefracture zones) depending on geometric and mechanical characteristics of the fibrous composite and applied external load. Based on the suggested design model that takes into account the existence of damages (the zones of weakened interparticle bonds of the material) and cracks with end zones in the composite, we worked out a method for calculating the parameters of the composite, at which crack nucleation and crack growth occurs.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.217-233
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• 2005

Elastic and electromagnetic waves can be used to gather important information about particulate materials. To facilitate smart geophysical characterization of particulate materials, their fundamental properties are discussed and experimental procedures are presented for both elastic and electromagnetic waves. The first application is related to the characterization of particulate materials using shear waves, concentrating on changes in effective stress during consolidation, multi-phase phenomena with relation to capillarity, and microscale characteristics of particles. The second application involves electromagnetic waves, focusing on stratigraphy detection in layered soils, estimation of void ratio and its spatial distribution, and conduction in unsaturated soils. Experimental results suggest that shear waves allow studying particle contact phenomena and the evolution of interparticle forces, while electromagnetic waves give insight into the characteristics of the fluid phase and its spatial distribution.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2018

대표적인 양이온성 폴리사카라이드인 키토산은 생체 친화적인 특성으로 인하여 식품 및 의약품으로의 다양한 응용성이 제시되고 있으나, 용액의 pH에 따른 급격한 용해도 변화로 인하여 실제적인 사용에 많은 제약이 따른다. 본 연구에서는 양이온성 키토산 고분자체와 음이온성 고분자 전해질인 PAA의 이온성 상호작용을 이용하여 두 고분자 전해질의 구성 비율 및 용액의 pH에 따른 polyplex 형성 과정을 관찰하였다. 특히, 두 고분자체의 조성 비율에 따라 나타나는 입자 표면의 전하량은 입자 간정전기적 반발력을 제공하여 균일한 입자 크기와 높은 콜로이드 안정성을 제공하였으며, 이와 같이 안정화된 polyplex 입자는 추가적인 가교화 반응을 통하여 하이드로젤 입자로의 형성이 가능하였다. 두 고분자 전해질의 부분적인 교차 결합으로 형성된 하이드로젤 입자 내부의 acryl amide 작용기는 특징적인 저임계 용액 온도(LCST)를 나타냄으로써 입자의 온도에 따른 수화 작용에 차이를 보이며 그에 따른 입자의 수력학적 직경 변화가 관찰되어 온도에 따른 하이드로젤 입자의 가역적인 팽윤 작용이 관찰되었다. 이와 같은 하이드로젤 입자는 생리활성적인 환경에서 제한된 용해도를 보이는 키토산의 응용성을 한 층 더 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.