• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2007

Bacterial chemotaxis is essential to the study of structure and function of bacteria. Although many studies have accumulated the knowledge about chemotaxis in the past, the motion of a single bacterium has not been studied much yet. In this study, we have developed a device microfabricated by soft lithography and consisting of microfluidic channels. The microfluidic assay generates a concentration gradient of chemoattractant linearly in the main channel by only diffusion of the chemicals. Bacteria are injected into the main channel in a single row by hydrodynamic focusing technique. We measured the velocity of bacteria in response to a given concentration gradient of chemoattractant using the microfludic assay, optical systems with CCD camera and simple PTV (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) algorithm. The advantage of this assay and experiment is to measure the velocity of a single bacterium and to quantify the degree of chemotaxis by statistically analyzing the velocity at the same time. Specifically, we measured and analyzed the motility of Escherichia coli strain RP437 in response to various concentration gradients of L-aspartate statistically and quantitatively by using this microfluidic assay. We obtained the probability density of the velocity while RP437 cells are swimming and tumbling in the presence of the linear concentration gradient of L-aspartate, and quantified the degree of chemotaxis by analyzing the probability density.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.387-393
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 기존 랙-피니언 시스템의 랙 치형을 핀 또는 롤러로 대체한 롤러 랙 피니언 (RRP) 시스템의 표면피로 향상방안을 고찰하였다. 우선 전위계수(profile shift coefficient)를 고려하여 RRP 시스템의 캠 피니언(cam pinion)에 대한 엄밀 치형설계 방법 및 언더컷 방지 조건을 소개하였고, 이를 바탕으로 설계인자의 변화에 따른 하중 및 하중응력계수(load stress factor)의 변화를 검토하였다. 이를 통해 RRP 시스템의 표면 내구성을 향상시킬 수 있는 방안으로 전위계수의 증가가 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2003년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.572-578
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• 2003

The free vibration of a spinning flexible disk-spindle system supported by hydro dynamic bearings in a HDD is analyzed by FEM. The spinning flexible disk is described using Kirchhoff plate theory and von Karman non-linear strain, and its rigid body motion is also considered. It is discretized by annular sector element. The rotating spindle which includes the clamp, hub, permanent magnet and yoke, is modeled by Timoshenko beam including the gyroscopic effect. The flexible supporting structure with a complex shape which includes stator core, housing, base plate, sleeve and thrust pad is modeled by using a 4-node tetrahedron element with rotational degrees of freedom to satisfy the geometric compatibility. The dynamic coefficients of HDB are calculated from the HDB analysis program, which solves the perturbed Raynolds equation using FEM. Introducing the virtual nodes and the rigid link constraints defined in the center of HDB, beam elements of the shaft are connected to the solid elements of the sleeve and thrust pad through the spring and damper element. The global matrix equation obtained by assembling the finite element equations of each substructure is transformed to the state-space matrix-vector equation, and the associated eigenvalue problem is solved by using the restarted Arnoldi iteration method. The validity of this research is verified by comparing the numerical results of the natural frequencies with the experimental ones. Also the effect of supporting structures to the natural modes of the total HDD system is rigorously analyzed.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1042-1048
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• 2012

A 2-axis gimbal system is one of main disturbance sources affecting image jitter response of a satellite. The gimbal system comprises azimuth stage and elevation stage, and these pointing mechanism can be rotated by stepping motors about its azimuth and elevation axes simultaneously. Because of the complex and coupled dynamic motion of the gimbal system, its moment of inertia and structural modes can be changed according to the system configuration, and thus the gimbal system generates complicated and non-linear disturbance characteristics. In order to improve the jitter response of a spacecraft, it is an indispensable process to reduce the micro-vibration disturbance level of the antenna system. In the present research, a 2-axis gimbal system was manufactured and then its micro-vibration test was performed in terms of two types of stepping motors(2-phase and 5-phase). The test results show that the disturbance level of the gimbal system can be reduced by replacing the 2-phase stepping motor with the 5-phase one, and the average disturbance attenuation ratio is 56 % in peak level and 48 % in standard deviation level. The experimental results confirm that it is an efficient jitter reduction method to adopt a high-phase stepping motor.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2002

영구자석형 선형동기전동기(PMLSM)는 고속, 고추력의 직선추진이 가능하므로 산업현장에서 위치결정장치나 물류반송시스템 및 공작기계 등의 선형 서보 시스템에 이용이 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PMLSM의 AC 서보화를 위해 동기 프레임상에서 제어구조가 미리 설정된 스위칭 함수에 따라 불연속적으로 변화되는 가변구조 전류제어방식 및 간접 벡터제어이론을 기본으로하여 도달시간을 제거하고, 구동시스템의 추력 이용도를 높이기 위해 파라미터 변동과 한정된 외란에 거의 영향을 받지 않으며 오버슈트가 없는 고속응답을 실현하기 위해 슬라이딩 모드제어 알고리즘을 제안하여 PMLSM의 위치제어에 적용하고자 한다.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.126-136
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• 1991

본 논문에서는 파랑하중을 받는 Guyed Tower의 비선형 동적거동에 대하여 연구하였다. Guyed Tower를 효율적으로 해석하기 위하여 Tower는 등가의 기둥으로 모형화 하였으며, 계유장치는 수평방향의 비선형 경계요소로 이상화하였다. 또한 파일 기초부는 회전방향의 선형경계요소로 대치하였다. Tower에 작용하는 파랑하중은 Morison 방정식에 의한 산정하였다. 계유장치와 유체의 점성에 기인된 항력 등의 비선형성을 적절히 고려하기 위하여 시간영역에서 해석을 수행하였으며, 비선형 운동방정식을 효율적으로 풀기 위해 Newmark 적분기법에 기초한 모우드 중첩법을 사용하였다. Guyed Tower의 중요한 설계변수인 계유선의 Clump weight 중량 조건과 파일 기초부 조건의 변화에 대한 수치해석을 수행하였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.1904-1926
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• 2016

Iris recognition for biometric personnel identification has gained much interest owing to the increasing concern with security today. The image quality plays a major role in the performance of iris recognition systems. When capturing an iris image under uncontrolled conditions and dealing with non-cooperative people, the chance of getting non-ideal images is very high owing to poor focus, off-angle, noise, motion blur, occlusion of eyelashes and eyelids, and wearing glasses. In order to improve the accuracy of iris recognition while dealing with non-ideal iris images, we propose a novel algorithm that improves the quality of degraded iris images. First, the iris image is localized properly to obtain accurate iris boundary detection, and then the iris image is normalized to obtain a fixed size. Second, the valid region (iris region) is extracted from the segmented iris image to obtain only the iris region. Third, to get a well-distributed texture image, bilinear interpolation is used on the segmented valid iris gray image. Using contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) enhances the low contrast of the resulting interpolated image. The results of CLAHE are further improved by stretching the maximum and minimum values to 0-255 by using histogram-stretching technique. The gray texture information is extracted by 1D Gabor filters while the Hamming distance technique is chosen as a metric for recognition. The NICE-II training dataset taken from UBRIS.v2 was used for the experiment. Results of the proposed method outperformed other methods in terms of equal error rate (EER).

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 1989

근래에 생명과학과 의료기술의 발전으로 인공장 기의 설용화와 더불어 생체에 이용되는 새로운 소재의 개발이 매우 활발하다. 생체의료용 재료는 독성 이 없고, 생체適合性(biocompatibility)이 우수하며, 생체의료기능과 생체內 내구성이 뛰어나 야한다. 재료의 생체적합성은 생체와 접촉시에 부작용을 일으키지 않는 성질이다. 재료가 혈액과 접촉하면 혈액이 응고되며, 응혈형성이 억제되는 혈액적합 성(blood compatibility)재료의 개 발은 혈관, 인공 심장, 인공신장 및 인공섬폐기등의 순환계 인공장 기개발에 펄수적이다. 또한 재료가 생체조직과 접 촉시에 발열, 염증, 조직폐사플 야기하지 않는 조직융화성(tissue compatibility)이 필요하다. 생체 적합성 재료를 개발하기 위하여 생체에 자극을 일 으키지 않는 생체不活性(bioinert) 재료에 대한 연구가 활발하지만, 끈래에는 생체와 강한 친화력 을 가져서 조직과 결합될 수 있는 생체親和(bi- oadhesive)재료가 많이 개발되고 있으며, 체내에서 분해되는 생체분해성(biodegradable) 재료를 이용 하는 사례도 많이 발표되고 있다. 현재 인공신장을 위시한 인공장기와 인공뼈, 인공관절용 이식재료등에 다양한 금속, 요업재료 및 고분자재료가 활용되고 있으나 보다 우수한 생체 적합성과 생체의료기능을 가지는 재료개발에 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.86-93
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• 2020

Background: Several systematic reviews have reported on the conservative treatment of full-thickness rotator cuff tears; however, clinical results of this treatment still remain determined. Methods: PubMed, Cochrane Library, PEDro, and CINAHL databases were systematically searched for randomized clinical trials and observational studies. Two independent researchers reviewed a total of 2,981 articles, 28 of which met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Clinical outcome measures included Constant score, visual analog scale score for pain, range of motion, and short-form 36 questionnaires. The meta-analysis used a linear mixed model weighted with the variance of the estimate. Results: The meta-analysis showed a significant improvement after surgery. Pain score is 26.2 mm (1 month) to 26.4 mm (3 months), and 24.8 mm (12 months) (P<0.05); active abduction: 153.2° (2 months), 159.0° (6 months), 168.1° (12 months) (P<0.05); Constant score: 67.8 points (2 months) to 77.2 points (12 months) (P<0.05); short-form 36 questionnaires "vitality" section: 57.0 points (6 months) to 70.0 points (12 months) (P<0.05). Conclusions: Our data confirmed the effectiveness of conservative treatment in patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears 12 months post-intervention. The results suggest that conservative treatment for patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears should be the first line of treatment before considering surgery.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.715-728
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• 2012

This paper deals with determining the fundamental frequency of tall buildings that consist of framed tube, shear core, belt truss and outrigger systems in which the framed tube and shear core vary in size along the height of the structure. The effect of belt truss and outrigger system is modeled as a concentrated rotational linear spring at the belt truss and outrigger system location. Many cantilevered tall structures can be treated as cantilevered beams with variable cross-section in free vibration analysis. In this paper, the continuous approach, in which a tall building is replaced by an idealized cantilever continuum representing the structural characteristics, is employed and by using energy method and Hamilton's variational principle, the governing equation for free vibration of tall building with variable distributed mass and stiffness is obtained. The general solution of governing equation is obtained by making appropriate selection for mass and stiffness distribution functions. By applying the separation of variables method for time and space, the governing partial differential equation of motion is reduced to an ordinary differential equation with variable coefficients with the assumption that the transverse displacement is harmonic. A power-series solution representing the mode shape function of tall building is used. Applying boundary conditions yields the boundary value problem; the frequency equation is established and solved through a numerical process to determine the natural frequencies. Computer program has been developed in Matlab (R2009b, Version 7.9.0.529, Mathworks Inc., California, USA). A numerical example has been solved to demonstrate the reliability of this method. The results of the proposed mathematical model give a good understanding of the structure's dynamic characteristics; it is easy to use, yet reasonably accurate and suitable for quick evaluations during the preliminary design stages.