• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.88-94
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• 2007

Objective : The aim of this study is to investigate predictable risk factors for radiologic degeneration of adjacent segment after lumbar fusion and preoperative radiologic features of patients who underwent additional surgery with adjacent segment degeneration. Methods : Between January 1995 and December 2002, 201 patients who underwent lumbar fusion for degenerative conditions of lumbar spine were evaluated. We studied radiologic features, the method of operation, the length of fusion, age, sex, osteoporosis, and body mass index. Special attention was focused on, preoperative radiologic features of patients who required additional surgery were studied to detect risk factors for clinical deterioration. Results : Follow-up period ranged from 3 to 11 years. In our study, 61 [30%] patients developed adjacent segment degeneration, and 15 [7%] patients required additional surgery for neurologic deterioration. Age, the postoperative delay, facet volume, motion range, laminar inclination, facet tropism, and preexisting disc degeneration of adjacent segment considered as possible risk factors. Among these, laminar inclination and preexisting disc degeneration of adjacent segment were significantly correlated with clinical deterioration. Conclusion : The radiologic degeneration of adjacent segment after lumbar fusion can be predicted in terms of each preoperative radiologic factor, age and the postoperative delay. Laminar inclination and preexisting disc degeneration of adjacent segment have shown as strong risk factors for neurologic deterioration. Thus, careful consideration is warranted when these risk factors are present.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.628-636
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• 1997

Flow visualization technique incorporating photochromic dye is used to study the flow characteristics of the gravity driven laminar wavy film. The film thickness and wave speed are successfully measured by flow visualization. As the inclination angle increases, the waves have higher peaks and lower substrate thickness. The measured cross stream velocity at the free surface is up to 10% of stream wise velocity, which shows enhanced mixing in the lump of the film. The measured stream wise velocity profiles are close to parabolic profile near the substrate and the peak but show significant velocity defect near the rear side of the wave. The measured wall shear rate distributions show good agreement with the previous workers' numerical results.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.78-85
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• 2005

A numerical calculation is performed to study the effects of buoyancy force on the heat transfer characteristics of laminar forced convection flow in inclined parallel plates with the upper part cooled and the lower Part heated uniformly. Numerical results are presented for the Reynolds number ranges from $4.0\times10^{-3}$ to $1.13\times10^{-1}$. the angle of inclination, $\theta$. from 0 to 90 degree and Pr of the high viscosity fluid is 909. It is found that the flow pattern of mixed convection in inclined parallel Plates can be classified into four patterns which affected by Reynolds number and the angle of inclination.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

Numerical investigation has been carried out for laminar flow past an inclined square cylinder in cross freestream. In particular, inclination of a square cylinder with respect to the main flow direction can cause sudden shift of the separation points to other edges, resulting in drastic change of flow-induced forces on the cylinder such as Strouhal number (St) of vortex shedding, drag and lift forces on the cylinder, depending upon the inclination angle. Collecting all the numerical results obtained, we propose contour diagrams of drag/lift coefficients and Strouhal number on an Re-Angle plane. This study would be the first step towards understanding flow-induced forces on cylindrical structures under a strong gust of wind from the viewpoint of wind hazards.

• 대한설비공학회지:설비저널
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.148-156
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• 1984

The effect of inclination on the steady, two-dimensional, laminar natural convection in rectangular enclosures with localized heating from below has been investigated numerically. The enclosure was uniformly heated with a partial heat source at the center of the bottom wall and cooled from the upper wall while the other walls were insulated. The governing equations were solved numerically by using the ADI finite difference method with the SOR method. The computations were carrid out with air, Pr =0.733, in the Grashof number range, $1\times10^4\~3\times10^4$, for the inclination of the enclosures was varied from $0^{\circ}\;to\;90^{\circ}$. The effects of Grashof number and aspect ratio on the inclination for the transition of the flow pattern in enclosures were determined. From the results, it was found that the transition angles of the flow in the enclosures were greater in localized heating than in uniform heating from below, and that the inclination was to strongly effect on the heat transfer and the flow pattern within the enclosure.

• 태양에너지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 1992

정상상태에서 고온부가 존재하는 밀폐공간내의 자연대류 열전달을 $Gr=1.5{\times}10^5$, Pr=0.71 및 $k_s/k_f=14710$ 조건에서 경사각을 변화시켜 연구하였다. 고온부는 밀폐공간 면적의 1/25 을 차지하고 형상비는 1.0이다. 전체평균 누셀트 수는 경사각을 증가시키면 감소하였고 ${\theta}=90^{\circ}$인 경우가 ${\theta}=0^{\circ}$ 일때보다 14% 낮게 나타났다.

• 대한설비공학회지:설비저널
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 1988

Steady laminar natural convection heat transfer from an isothermal square beam with adiabatic wall has been studied for various inclination angles of the wall and Rayleigh numbers by using Mach-Zehnder Interferometer in air. The different temperature and fluid fields were obtained as the inclination angle changes showing the effects of the ascending heated fluid and the adiabatic wall. The maximum total mean Nusselt number was found at ${\theta}=45^{\circ}$.

• 태양에너지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 1991

본 연구는 장방형 발열체 주위에서의 열전달 특성을 고려하기 위하여 주위유체가 공기인 정상, 층류 상태하에서 수평단열판에 등온 사각비임이 부착된 경우 발열체 주위에서의 자연대류 열전달현상을 단열판의 경사각과 Rayleigh수를 변수로 하여 실험적으로 고찰하였다. 단열판의 경사각 ${\theta}$를 변화시킴으로써 비임의 수평 및 수직표면에 의해 형성되는 열상승류의 영향에 따라 서로 다른 온도장과 유동장이 형성되었고 ${\theta}=45^{\circ}$인 경우의 직각모서리를 제외한 나머지 직각모서리에서 가열된 상승류의 상호작용에 의해 국소 Nusselt수가 증가하였다. Rayleigh수가 증가함에 따라 ${\theta}=90^{\circ}$인 경우 $X_2$표면에서의 Thermal depression 현상이 가장 현저하였으며, ${\theta}=-45^{\circ}$인 경우 $X_1$ 표면에서의 유동 정체현상이 가장 심하였다. 단열판의 경사각을 변화시켜 실험 고찰한 결과 전평균 Nusselt수는 ${\theta}=45^{\circ}$인 경우 최대, ${\theta}=-45^{\circ}$인 경우 최소였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2006

Natural convection flows in a cubical air-filled cavity that has one pair of opposing faces isothermal at different temperatures, $T_h\;and\;T_c$, respectively, the remaining four faces having a linear variation from $T_c\;to\;T_h$ are numerically simulated by a solution code(PowerCFD) using unstructured cell-centered method. Special attention is paid to three-dimensional flow and thermal characteristics according to the variation of inclination angle $\theta$ of the isothermal faces from horizontal: namely $\theta=0^{\circ},\;15^{\circ},\;30^{\circ},\;45^{\circ},\;50^{\circ},\;60^{\circ},\;75^{\circ}\;and\;90^{\circ}$. Comparisons of the average Nusselt number at the cold face are made with experimental benchmark results found in the literature. It is demonstrated that the average Nusselt number at the cold face has a maximum value around the inclination angle of $50^{\circ}$. It is also found that the code is capable of producing accurately the nature of the laminar convection in a cubical air-filled cavity with differentially heated walls.

• 에너지공학
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 마주보는 두 벽면들이 서로 다른 온도로 유지되는 2차원 사각형 공간 내 공기의 층류 자연대류를 수치해석 방법을 사용하여 $10^6$의 Rayleigh 수까지 조사하였다. 사각공간의 폭과 높이의 비가 1, 2, 4인 경우와 $0^{\circ}{\leq}{\theta}{\leq}90^{\circ}$의 경사각도 범위에서 계산을 수행하였다. $10^3{\leq}Ra{\leq}10^6$의 범위에서 공간의 경사각도가 유동 구조와 열전달에 미치는 영향을 각 종횡비에 대하여 조사하였다. 작은 종횡비의 경우에는 공간 구석에서 발달되는 2차 유동 셀들이 총괄 열전달의 감소를 초래하는 것으로 나타났으며, 큰 종횡비의 경우에는 3개의 유동 셀이 1개로 전이되는 과정에서 스텝모양과 비슷한 열전달의 급 감소가 일어났다. 수직의 경우인 ${\theta}=90^{\circ}$에 대해서 새로운 평균 Nusselt 수 상관식이 제공되었다.