• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.38-48
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• 2013

Decomposition of plant material is an important component in the study of forest ecosystem because of its critical role in nutrient cycling. Different tree species has different nutrient release patterns, which are related to leaf litter quantitative traits and seasonal environmental factors. The quantitative traits of leaf litter are important predictors of decomposition and decomposition rates increase with greater nutrient availability in the forest ecosystems. At the ecosystem level, litter quantitative traits are most often related to the physical and chemical characteristics of the litter, for example, leaf toughness and leaf mass per unit area, and lignin content tannin and total phenolics. Thus, the analysis of litter quantitative traits and decomposition are highly important for the understanding of nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. By studying the role of litter quantitative traits on decomposition and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems will provide a valuable insight to how quantitative traits influence ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Such knowledge will contribute to future forest management and conservation practices.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2013

Silicon carbide with aluminium oxide was used to remove the sulphur hexafluoride ($SF_6$) gas using microwave irradiation. The destruction and removal efficiencies (DREs) of $SF_6$ were studies as a function of various decomposition temperatures and microwave powers. The decomposition of $SF_6$ gas was analyzed using GC-TCD. XRD (X-ray powder diffraction) and XRF (X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer) were used to characterize the properties of aluminum oxide. DREs of $SF_6$ were increased as the microwave powers were increased. Additive aluminium oxide on SiC increased the removal efficiencies and decreased the decomposition temperature. The XRD results show that the ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ was transformed to ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ during $SF_6$ decomposition by microwave irradiation. It was found that the best material to control $SF_6$ was SiC with $Al_2O_3$ 30 wt% in consideration of microwave energy consumption and $SF_6$ decomposition rate.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2011

Fire characteristics can be analyzed more realistically by using more accurate properties related to the fire dynamics and one way to acquire these fire properties is to use one of the inverse property estimation techniques. In this study two optimization algorithms which are frequently applied for the inverse heat transfer problems are selected to demonstrate the procedure of obtaining pyrolysis properties of charring material with relatively simple thermal decomposition. Thermal decomposition is occurred at the surface of the charring material heated by receiving the radiative energy from external heat sources and in this process the heat transfer through the charring material is simplified by an unsteady 1-dimensional problem. The basic genetic algorithm(GA) and repulsive particle swarm optimization(RPSO) algorithm are used to find the eight properties of a charring material; thermal conductivity(virgin, char), specific heat(virgin, char), char density, heat of pyrolysis, pre-exponential factor and activation energy by using the surface temperature and mass loss rate history data which are obtained from the calculated experiments. Results show that the RPSO algorithm has better performance in estimating the eight pyrolysis properties than the basic GA for problems considered in this study.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2018

Dust explosions are occurring in a variety of industries. A dust explosion caused by a specific energy generates huge amount of energy in the ignition and releases decomposition gas. Damages can be increased since this released decomposition gas can cause second and subsequent explosions. In this study, the goal was to obtain practical information on what could affect the explosion by comparing the characteristics of two kinds of dusts with completely different chemical properties. Three kinds of dusts were measured and evaluated for explosion pressure, dust explosion index, explosion limit and minimum ignition energy. It is possible to grasp the characteristics of each dust and use it as useful accident prevention data in the production of raw material powder.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.171-188
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• 2006

This paper deals with damage detection using active Lamb waves. The wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition methods are discussed for measuring the Lamb wave's arrival time of the group velocity. An experimental system to diagnose the damage in the composite plate is developed. A method to optimize this system is also given for practical applications of active Lamb waves, which involve optimal arrangement of the piezoelectric elements to produce single mode Lamb waves. In the paper, the single mode Lamb wave means that there exists no overlapping among different Lamb wave modes and the original Lamb wave signal with the boundary reflection signals. Based on this optimized PZT arrangement method, five damage localizations on different plates are completed and the results using wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition methods are compared.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 최소 입자 단위의 역동적인 회전 움직임을 나타낼 수 있는 MPM(Material Point Method) 기반 단일 프레임워크를 소개한다. 우리가 표현하고자 하는 입자는 다양한 형상(Shape)을 가질 수 있음과 동시에, 선형(Linear momentum), 회전(Angular momentum) 운동을 함께 묘사할 수 있다. 그 결과 기존 구형 입자의 선형 움직임만을 나타내던 입자 기반 시뮬레이션과는 달리, 시각적으로 단일 입자의 역동적인 모습을 표현할 수 있다. 제안하는 프레임워크는 회전 운동을 큰 변형(Large Deformation)으로부터 분해 및 추출 할 수 있다는 점에서 MPM을 활용하였다. 본 기법은 MPM 적분 과정 중 계산되는 변형 구배 텐서(Deformation Gradient Tensor)를 극 분해(Polar Decomposition)하는 과정을 통해 회전 텐서(Rotation Tensor)를 추출하고, 각 입자의 선형 운동과 함께 이를 적용하여 결과적으로 입자 자체의 회전, 선형 운동을 동시에 표현 하는 것이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 제안하는 기법의 검증을 위해 바람에 흩날리며 회전하는 입자의 모습 및 움직이는 물체와 정지한 입자간의 상호작용 시뮬레이션을 기존 MPM을 이용한 시뮬레이션과의 비교를 통해 진행하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2017

로켓 노즐에 적용되는 내열재는 고온의 연소가스에 노출되어 표면이 파괴되고 내부의 수지재질이 열분해되는 복잡한 열화학적 변화를 겪으며 이러한 현상을 예측해야 노즐의 내열설계가 가능하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 로켓 노즐 유동장과 탄소계 내열재의 표면삭마 및 내부 열반응을 통합하는 코드를 개발하여 노즐의 표면변화와 내열재 내부의 열응답을 도출하고자 하였다. 노즐 열유동장에서 발생하는 표면 열유속과 내열재 내부 열전도를 계산하기 위해 CFD를 사용하였으며 내열재 내부에서 발생하는 밀도변화와 흡열반응을 내부 에너지 방정식에 고려하였다. 또한 내열재 표면에서의 삭마계산을 위해 경계층 가정이 적용된 대수식을 이용하였다. 개발된 해석기법을 검증하기 위해 소형 시험모터에 대한 해석을 수행하였으며 해석결과 노즐 목의 삭마가 다소 크게 예측되었으나 내열재 형상변화 및 내부 열전도가 잘 해석되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 실험에서 측정된 온도와 비교 시 가열 구간에서 유사한 가열 속도를 나타내는 것을 확인하였으며 온도 오차는 100K 내외로 나타났다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.846-850
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• 2001

In the present study, nano-size powders of ternary ferrites, $Ni_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}Fe_2O_4$, as the potential catalysts of $CO_2$decomposition, were prepared by the wet processing of hydrothermal synthesis and coprecipitation method, and the catalyzing effects of impregnation of the noble metals, Pt and Pd, onto $Ni_{0.5}Zn_{0.5}Fe_2O_4$for the $CO_2$decomposition were investigated. XRD results of the synthesized ferrites showed a typical spinel structure of ferrite and the particle size was very small as about 6~10 nm. BET surface area of the ternary ferrites was not affected by the impregnation of Pt and Pd. The reactivity of the $CO_2$decomposition to carbon was improved by the impregnation of the noble metals of Pd and Pt. The effect of Pd-impregnation on the $CO_2$decomposition rate was higher than Pt-impregnation.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.907-915
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• 1990

The hydroxyapatite powder was prepared by the precipitation method. The obtained powder was heat-treated and its products were investigated in order to characterize its decomposition process. The powder was Ca-deficient hydroxyapatite with no relation to the Ca/P mole ratio in the initial solution. The obtained hydroxyapatite was thermally decomposed into tricalcium phosphate [Ca3(PO4)2, TCP] after heat-treatment above 80$0^{\circ}C$ and the extent of the decomposition was dependent on the nonstoichiometry of obtained hydroxyapatite, and the resultant hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate maintained stable forms up to 120$0^{\circ}C$. The hydroxyapatite powder had the better stability with the samller the nonstoichinometry of hydroxyapatite. And the quantities of tricalcium phosphate obtained after decomposition were decreased, and also the corresponding decomposition temperatures were increased with decreasing extent of nonstoichiometry in precipitated hydroxyapatite.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2008

The objective of this study is to obtain the optimal process condition and the maximum decomposition efficiency by measuring the decomposition efficiency, electricity consumption, and voltage in accordance with the change of the process variables such as the frequency, maintaining time period, concentration, electrode material, thickness of the electrode, the number of windings of the electrode, and added materials etc. of the harmful atmospheric contamination gases such as NO, $NO_2$, and $SO_2$ etc. with the plasma which is generated by the discharging of the specially designed and manufactured $TiO_2$ catalysis reactor and SPCP reactor. The decomposition efficiency of the NO, the standard samples, is obtained with the plasma which is being generated by the discharge of the combination effect of the $TiO_2$ catalysis reactor and SPCP reactor with the variation of those process variables such as the frequency of the high voltage generator($5{\sim}50kHz$), maintaining time of the harmful gases($1{\sim}10.5sec$), initial concentration($100{\sim}1,000ppm$), the material of the electrode(W, Cu, Al), the thickness of the electrode(1, 2, 3mm), the number of the windings of the electrode(7, 9, 11turns), basic gases($N_2$, $O_2$, air), and the simulated gas($CO_2$) and the resulting substances are analyzed by utilizing FT-IR & GC.