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Low mass star formation using the SPH simulation

  • 윤혜련;손정주
    • 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지구과학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.118-119
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    • 2010
  • 별탄생에 관한 연구는 최근 천문학 영역에서 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 별이 실제로 동역학적 과정을 거쳐 형성되고 분자운의 난류적 특성에 강하게 영향을 받는다는 것을 보여주고 있다. 별탄생 과정에 관한 관측적 영역에서 상당한 진전이 있음에도 불구하고, 별탄생의 초기단계는 여전히 해결되고 있지 않다. 따라서, 별 탄생의 복잡한 역학적 특성으로 인해 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션은 별탄생 연구의 중요한 도구로 사용된다. 우리는 SPH 시뮬레이션을 활용하여 낮은 질량의 별 탄생 과정을 제시하였고, 가장 진보된 dragon code를 사용하였다. 질량과 난류, 중심 밀도 등의 값을 변화시키면서 내부 특성의 변화를 살펴보고, 어떻게 진화하는지에 대해 알아보고자 한다. (질량범위는 0.1$5\;M{\odot}$) 이 결과에 근거하여 그들의 환경조건과 특성 그리고 성간운에서 낮은 질량의 별이 탄생하는 동안 어떻게 진화하는지에 대해 논의하고자 한다.

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자화율 차이로 인해 왜곡된 영상으로부터 금속 바늘의 위치 결정 (Determining the Location of Metallic Needle from MR Images Distorted by Susceptibility Difference)

  • 김은주;김대홍
    • Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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    • 제14권2호
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2010
  • 목적: 금속에 의한 영상 왜곡에 대한 정확한 계산하고 영상으로부터의 금속 물질의 위치 결정한다. 대상 및 방법: 주자기장과 일정 각도를 이루는 무한히 긴 비자성 금속 실린더에 대한 라플라스 방정식을 풀고, 이 결과를 이용하여 절편선택 경사자계와 주파수 부호화 경사자계에 의한 영상에 왜곡을 계산한다. 계산 결과를 바탕으로 하여 왜곡된 영상으로부터 원통형 보철물의 위치를 계산한다. 결과: Folded point와 금속 실린더의 중심 사이의 거리를 영상으로부터 측정하여 계산 결과와 비교한다. 측정 결과와 계산 결과 간의 퍼센트 오차는 한 경우를 제외하고 5% 이내였다. 결론: 금속 실린더가 자기장 하에 있을 때, 영상의 왜곡을 시뮬레이션 하였고, 이 기술은 생검술 또는 외과 수술 등을 자기공명영상법을 이용여 실시간 모니터링하는데 적용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

서로 다른 길이를 갖는 이중벽 탄소 나노튜브 공진기의 초고주파 주파수 특성 (Ultra-High Frequency Characteristics of Double-Wall Carbon Nanotube Resonator with Different Length)

  • 김진태;이준하;이강호;최종호
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제15권12호
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문에서는 고전적인 분자 동역학 시뮬레이션을 통해서 다양한 길이를 가진 이중벽 탄소나노 튜브로 만들어진 초고주파 나노 기계 공진기의 주파수 변동 특성을 분석한다. 분석의 목적은 이중벽 탄소나노 튜브 벽의 길이에 따라 변동하는 공진기의 주파수 분석이다. 실험 결과, 주파수 변동이 여러 가지 외벽 길이 값 L10에 대해서는 내벽/외벽 길이 비율 L5/L10의 함수로 최대 주파수로 정규화된 공진 주파수가 Pearson VII 함수에 잘 맞고, 여러 가지 내벽 길이 값에 대해서는 외벽/내벽 길이 비율의 함수로 최대 주파수로 정규화된 공진 주파수가 Gauss 분산 함수에 잘 맞는 것을 보여준다.

Identification of the Antidepressant Vilazodone as an Inhibitor of Inositol Polyphosphate Multikinase by Structure-Based Drug Repositioning

  • Lee, Boah;Park, Seung Ju;Lee, Seulgi;Park, Seung Eun;Lee, Eunhye;Song, Ji-Joon;Byun, Youngjoo;Kim, Seyun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • 제43권3호
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    • pp.222-227
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    • 2020
  • Inositol polyphosphate multikinase (IPMK) is required for the biosynthesis of inositol phosphates (IPs) through the phosphorylation of multiple IP metabolites such as IP3 and IP4. The biological significance of IPMK's catalytic actions to regulate cellular signaling events such as growth and metabolism has been studied extensively. However, pharmacological reagents that inhibit IPMK have not yet been identified. We employed a structure-based virtual screening of publicly available U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs and chemicals that identified the antidepressant, vilazodone, as an IPMK inhibitor. Docking simulations and pharmacophore analyses showed that vilazodone has a higher affinity for the ATP-binding catalytic region of IPMK than ATP and we validated that vilazodone inhibits IPMK's IP kinase activities in vitro. The incubation of vilazodone with NIH3T3-L1 fibroblasts reduced cellular levels of IP5 and other highly phosphorylated IPs without influencing IP4 levels. We further found decreased Akt phosphorylation in vilazodone-treated HCT116 cancer cells. These data clearly indicate selective cellular actions of vilazodone against IPMK-dependent catalytic steps in IP metabolism and Akt activation. Collectively, our data demonstrate vilazodone as a method to inhibit cellular IPMK, providing a valuable pharmacological agent to study and target the biological and pathological processes governed by IPMK.

자연환기상태 실내공간에서의 화학작용제 확산 모델링 연구 (A Study on the Chemical Warfare Agents Dispersion Modelling in a Naturally Ventilated Indoor System)

  • 계영식;정우영;김용준
    • 한국군사과학기술학회지
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    • 제11권4호
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study is to provide response methods to minimize the damage from chemical terrorism in a naturally ventilated indoor system using several types of dispersion simulations. Three chemical warfare agents such as sarin(GB), phosgene and chlorine gas which have high potential to be used in terror or to be involved with accidents were selected in this simulation. Fire dynamic simulation based on Large Eddy Simulation which is effective because of less computational effort and detailed expression of the dispersion flow was adopted to describe the dispersion behavior of these agents. When the vent speed is 0.005m/s, the heights of 0.1 agent mass fraction are 0.9m for sarin, 1.0m for phosgene and 1.1m for chlorine gas, and the maximum mass fraction are 0.27 for all three agents. However, when the vent speed is increased to 0.05m/s, the heights of 0.1 agent mass fraction become 1.6m for all three agents and maximum mass fraction inside the room increase to 0.70 for sarin, 0.58 for phosgene and 0.53 for chlorine gas. It is shown that molecular weight of the agents has an important role for dispersion, and it is important to install ventilation system with height less than 1.6m to minimize the damage from chemical toxicity.

단순 형상 해양플랜트 내의 수소의 분산 시뮬레이션 (Dispersion Simulation of Hydrogen in Simple-shaped Offshore Plant)

  • 석준;허재경;박종천
    • 한국해양공학회지
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    • 제27권5호
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    • pp.105-114
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    • 2013
  • Lots of orders of special vessels and offshore plants for developing the resources in deepwater have been increased in recent. Because the most of accidents on those structures are caused by fire and explosion, many researchers have been investigated quantitatively to predict the cause and effect of fire and explosion based on both experiments and numerical simulations. The first step of the evaluation procedures leading to fire and explosion is to predict the dispersion of flammable or toxic material, in which the released material mixes with surrounding air and be diluted. In particular turbulent mixing, but density differences due to molecular weight or temperature as well as diffusion will contribute to the mixing. In the present paper, the numerical simulation of hydrogen dispersion inside a simple-shaped offshore structure was performed using a commercial CFD program, ANSYS-CFX. The simulated results for concentration of released hydrogen are compared to those of experiment and other simulation in Jordan et al.(2007). As a result, it is seen that the present simulation results are closer to the experiments than other simulation ones. Also it seems that the hydrogen dispersion is closely related to turbulent mixing and the selection of the turbulence model properly is significantly of importance to the reproduction of dispersion phenomena.

Large cylindrical deflection analysis of FG carbon nanotube-reinforced plates in thermal environment using a simple integral HSDT

  • Djilali, Nassira;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Kaci, Abdelhakim;Selim, Mahmoud M.;Bourada, Fouad;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Mahmoud, S.R.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • 제42권6호
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    • pp.779-789
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    • 2022
  • This work presents a non-linear cylindrical bending analysis of functionally graded plate reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in thermal environment using a simple integral higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). This theory does not require shear correction factors and the transverse shear stresses vary parabolically through the thickness. The material properties of SWCNTs are assumed to be temperature-dependent and are obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. The material properties of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composites (FG-CNTCRs) are considered to be graded in the thickness direction, and are estimated through a micromechanical model. The non-linear strain-displacement relations in the Von Karman sense are used to study the effect of geometric non-linearity and the solution is obtained by minimization of the total potential energy. The numerical illustrations concern the nonlinear bending response of FG-CNTRC plates under different sets of thermal environmental conditions, from which results for uniformly distributed CNTRC plates are obtained as benchmarks.

Bending of axially functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams

  • Ahmed Drai;Ahmed Amine Daikh;Mohamed Oujedi Belarbi;Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari;Benoumer Aour;Amin Hamdi;Mohamed A. Eltaher
    • Advances in nano research
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.211-224
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    • 2023
  • This work presents a modified analytical model for the bending behavior of axially functionally graded (AFG) carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (CNTRC) nanobeams. New higher order shear deformation beam theory is exploited to satisfy parabolic variation of shear through thickness direction and zero shears at the bottom and top surfaces.A Modified continuum nonlocal strain gradient theoryis employed to include the microstructure and the geometrical nano-size length scales. The extended rule of the mixture and the molecular dynamics simulations are exploited to evaluate the equivalent mechanical properties of FG-CNTRC beams. Carbon nanotubes reinforcements are distributed axially through the beam length direction with a new power graded function with two parameters. The equilibrium equations are derived with associated nonclassical boundary conditions, and Navier's procedure are used to solve the obtained differential equation and get the response of nanobeam under uniform, linear, or sinusoidal mechanical loadings. Numerical results are carried out to investigate the impact of inhomogeneity parameters, geometrical parameters, loadings type, nonlocal and length scale parameters on deflections and stresses of the AFG CNTRC nanobeams. The proposed model can be used in the design and analysis of MEMS and NEMS systems fabricated from carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeam.

Computational Evaluation on the Interactions of an Opaque-Phase ABC Transporter Associated with Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans, by the Psidium guajava Bio-Active Compounds

  • Mithil Vora;Smiline Girija Aseervatham Selvi;Shoba Gunasekaran;Vijayashree Priyadharsini Jayaseelan
    • 대한약침학회지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.91-100
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    • 2024
  • Objectives: Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that occurs as harmless commensals in the intestine, urogenital tract, and skin. It has been influenced by a variety of host conditions and has now evolved as a resistant strain. The aim of this study was thus detect the fluconazole resistant C. albicans from the root caries specimens and to computationally evaluate the interactions of an opaque-phase ABC transporter protein with the Psidium guajava bio-active compounds. Methods: 20 carious scrapings were collected from patients with root caries and processed for the isolation of C. albicans and was screened for fluconazole resistance. Genomic DNA was extracted and molecular characterization of Cdrp1 and Cdrp2 was done by PCR amplification. P. guajava methanolic extract was checked for the antifungal efficacy against the resistant strain of C. albicans. Further in-silico docking involves retrieval of ABC transporter protein and ligand optimization, molinspiration assessment on drug likeness, docking simulations and visualizations. Results: 65% of the samples showed the presence of C.albicans and 2 strains were fluconazole resistant. Crude methanolic extract of P. guajava was found to be promising against the fluconazole resistant strains of C. albicans. In-silico docking analysis showed that Myricetin was a promising candidate with a high docking score and other drug ligand interaction scores. Conclusion: The current study emphasizes that bioactive compounds from Psidium guajava to be a promising candidate for treating candidiasis in fluconazole resistant strains of C. albicans However, further in-vivo studies have to be implemented for the experimental validation of the same in improving the oral health and hygiene.

Static bending response of axially randomly oriented functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams

  • Ahmed Amine Daikh;Ahmed Drai;Mohamed Ouejdi Belarbi;Mohammed Sid Ahmed Houari;Benoumer Aour;Mohamed A. Eltaher;Norhan A. Mohamed
    • Advances in nano research
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.289-301
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    • 2024
  • In this work, an analytical model employing a new higher-order shear deformation beam theory is utilized to investigate the bending behavior of axially randomly oriented functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams. A modified continuum nonlocal strain gradient theory is employed to incorporate both microstructural effects and geometric nano-scale length scales. The extended rule of mixture, along with molecular dynamics simulations, is used to assess the equivalent mechanical properties of functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) beams. Carbon nanotube reinforcements are randomly distributed axially along the length of the beam. The equilibrium equations, accompanied by nonclassical boundary conditions, are formulated, and Navier's procedure is used to solve the resulting differential equation, yielding the response of the nanobeam under various mechanical loadings, including uniform, linear, and sinusoidal loads. Numerical analysis is conducted to examine the influence of inhomogeneity parameters, geometric parameters, types of loading, as well as nonlocal and length scale parameters on the deflections and stresses of axially functionally graded carbon nanotubes reinforced composite (AFG CNTRC) nanobeams. The results indicate that, in contrast to the nonlocal parameter, the beam stiffness is increased by both the CNTs volume fraction and the length-scale parameter. The presented model is applicable for designing and analyzing microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) constructed from carbon nanotubes reinforced composite nanobeams.