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Asperities on the Surface of Plate-like Alumina and their Effect on Nacre-inspired Alumina-PMMA Composites

  • Kim, Bo-Yeon;Lee, Yoonjoo;Kim, Soo-Ryong;Shin, Dong-Geun;Kwon, Woo-Teck;Choi, Duck-Kyun;Kim, Younghee
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.52 no.4
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    • pp.248-252
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    • 2015
  • Natural materials often have unique mechanical properties, such as the hierarchical structure of nacre formed through mineral bridges or asperities created between an inorganic particle and a natural-layer surface. As these asperities produce an exceptional shear resistance, in this study, we aimed to emulate the natural structure of nacre by synthesizing inorganic asperities and mineral bridges with different temperatures in the range of $1100-1300^{\circ}C$ and clay contents from 10 - 50 wt%. Following the infiltration of methyl methacrylate, we measured the mechanical properties to assess whether they were improved by the asperities. It was confirmed that the asperities improved the bending strength by 10%, and the anchoring effect was observed on the fracture surface.

Research on Characteristics of Natural Joint with Low Roughness (낮은 거칠기를 갖는 자연절리면의 특성 연구)

  • 이수곤;양홍석;김부성
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.745-750
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    • 2000
  • The shear strength of rock discontinuities is very important in many rock engineering project including analysis of tunnel and slope. But shear strength of rock that acquired through discontinuity shear test is different from soil shear test and more complex. Shear strength is effected by the factors which are various, but it is the best influence of filling material and joint roughness. In this research, we studied shear strength characters of natural joint of phillite that was placed importance on joint roughness, JRC is less low than 8.

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Smouldering Combustion of Combustible Natural Polymer Dust Layer (가연성 천연고분자 분체의 훈소에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.7-18
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    • 1990
  • This study measured the smouldering temperature of dust layer for various combustible natural polymer material by practical apparatus. The dust layer was either put on the preheated plate of constant temperature, or formed with cylinderical metal sleeve of various diameters and depths at room temperature and then heated up to a pre-determined smouldering temperature. Plots of arrival times versus smouldering temperature were made to compare the smouldering characteristics with kinds of dusts. The natural polymer material was divided into theree groups by characteristics of smouldering mechanism. This groups are cellulose group, lipide group and glucose group.

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An Exploratory Study on the Ecosystem Service and Benefit Indicators of Natural Seaweed Beds (천연 해조장 생태계 서비스 및 편익지표에 관한 탐색적 연구)

  • Kang, Seok-Kyu
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.53-69
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to explore the ecosystem service and benefit indicators of natural seaweed beds. Ecosystems of natural seaweed beds provide a wide range of services and benefits to human society including provisioning services, regulating services, supporting services, and cultural services. Indicators for each of the ecosystem services are chosen by marine plants ecologists and as follows. Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for provisioning services are well-being food(amount of seaweed harvested/amount of fish landed, fish biomass, area of natural seaweed beds, the number of species, contribution to the second production), raw materials(amount of biomass by breed, amount of aquaculture feed), genetic resources(amount of genetic material extracted, amount of genetic material contained by age and habitat), and medicinal resources(amount of medicinal material extracted). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for regulating services are air purification(amount of fine dust/NOx or $SO_2$ captured), climate regulation(amount of $CO_2$ sequestered), waste treatment(amount of N, P stored, biochemical degradation capacity COD), and costal erosion prevention(length and change of natural coast line, amount of sediment prevented). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for supporting services are lifecycle and maintenance(primary production, contribution to the second production) and gene pool protection(amount of compositional factors in ecosystem, introduced species). Ecosystem indicators of natural seaweed beds for cultural services are recreation and tourism(the number of visits of an area) and information for cognitive development(amount of time spent in education, research and individual learning about ecosystem of natural seaweed beds).

Study of Effectiveness of Antimicrobial on Restraining Formation of Biofilms on the Surface of Aluminum (항균제를 이용한 알루미늄 표면에 생물막 형성 억제효과 분석)

  • Park, SangJun;Oh, YoungHwan;Jo, BoYeon;Choi, MiYeon;Hyun, MinWoo;Jeong, JaeHyun;Kim, EuiYong
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2015
  • The antibacterial activity of a antimicrobial (organic synthetic or organic natural material) on the bacteria (Bacillus megaterium, Arthrobacter oxydans, Micrococcus luteus, Methylobacterium aquaticum) detected in the automobiles showed 99.9% bacteria decrease rate within 30 min of being in contact with the tested bacteria culture. The MIC of the organic synthetic material based antimicrobials and the organic natural material based antimicrobial on the bacteria were 31~500 mg/mL and 8~250 mg/mL, respectively. The bacteria and biofilms were formed on the surface of aluminum after 5 ~8 days in the case of addition of the organic synthetic material based antimicrobial to the MIC values for the tested bacteria culture. On the other hand, there was no proliferation of bacteria and formation of biofilms on the surface of aluminum even after 30 days in the case of addition of the organic natural material based antimicrobial to the MIC values for the tested bacteria culture. As a result, the organic natural material based antimicrobial was confirmed to be more excellent effect of inhibition of bacterial proliferation and restraint of biofilms formation than the organic synthetic material based antimicrobial.

Design Research of the Natural Leather using a Marbling Technique (I) (Marbling 기법을 응용한 천연가죽의 디자인 연구 (I))

  • Lee, Sang-Chul;Shin, Eun-Chul;Kim, Won-Ju;Park, Soo-Min
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2008
  • The study has attempted to introduce a new coating than the conventional standardized method of spray, padding and roll coating. The study has focused on finding condition for separating water and organic layer in marble bath and surface effects according to kind of raw hide. It was found that dyestuff-free was to be used in water layer and the input amount of initial insoluble pigment to be added in marble bath should be adjusted following the change of surface area of the marble bath in order to get efficient marble effect while preventing coagulation of water and organic layers. Eventually, amorphous high value-added leather could be obtained treated in process other than the conventional standardized method. Even raw hides of low grades($C{\sim}E$ grades) could be processed into amorphous marble effect that could conceal or shield surface scratches by the colorant, which eventually eliminated necessity of using excessive amount of chemicals in the coating process leading to achieving high quality marble leather of natural look.

The Capacity of Applying Electrical Resistance Probe in Natural Corrosion Tests of Vietnam

  • Pham, Thy San;Le, Thi Hong Lien;Le, Quoc Hung
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.98-101
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    • 2003
  • The Electrical Resistance Probe of carbon steel and weight loss coupons were exposed in atmosphere and in the lake water of Hanoi. The comparison of data received by two methods after one year exposure was presented. The correspondence of the data of these methods on the exposure time in both environments showed a capacity of using Electrical Resistance Probe in Vietnamese natural corrosion testing of Carbon steel.

Natural Rubber Electrical Conduction Mechanism in High and Low Electric Fields (고전계와 저전계에서 천연고무의 전기전도기구)

  • Yun, Ju-Ho;Choi, Yong-Sung;Moon, Jong-Dae;Lee, Kyung-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.307-308
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    • 2007
  • This work shows the experimental results obtained from ageing at a temperature of 100 C for 48, 70 and 312 h, although the application of AC electrical tension in samples and the measuring of current leakage are presented. The measurements in samples were carried out with samples prepared from the deformulated commercial materials and respectively reformulated into thin films. The obtained results showed the mechanisms of conduction of samples in low and high electric fields. It was also identified an electric tension transition showing that in low fields it prevails the Ohm's law conduction, and in high electric fields it prevails the conduction of space charge limited current (SCLC). These results can support the natural rubber formulation process having as their main objective the reducing of the mechanisms that occur under high conduction current in high electric fields, which leads the material to a dielectric breakdown. Raw Natural rubber in Brazil is extracted from rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) in farms in So Paulo State by using some new plantation technology in smaller spaces, with trees placed a few meters from each other. In the Amazon rain forest the rubber trees are found naturally and their spacing may be of hundreds of meters or even kilometers between them. It is necessary to research this raw material from different internationally standard clones to characterize dielectric and electric properties for industrial applications. Moreover, this natural material has a low commercial price when compared to the synthetic ones.

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The Measurement Test of Stiffness and Natural Frequencies for Bearingless Rotor System of Helicopter (헬리콥터용 무베어링 로터 시스템의 강성 및 고유 진동수 측정)

  • Yun, Chul Yong;Kim, Deog-kwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.12
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    • pp.881-887
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    • 2015
  • The stiffness and natural frequencies for blades, flexbeam, and torque tube of bearingless rotor system are measured to determine the material input properties such as mass distributions and stiffness distribution for the rotor dynamics and load analysis. The flap stiffness, lag stiffness, and torsional stiffness are calculated by measuring section strain or twist angle, gages position, and applied loads through bending and twist tests. The modal tests are undertaken to find out the natural frequencies for flap, lag, torsion modes in non-rotating conditions. The stiffness values and mass properties are tuned and updated to match prediction frequencies to the measured frequencies. The rotorcraft comprehensive code(CAMRAD II) is used to analyze the natural frequencies of the specimens. The analysis results with the updated material properties agree well with the measured frequencies. The updated properties will be used to analyze the rotor stability, dynamic characteristics and loads for the rotor rotation test in a whirl tower.

Magnetic circular dichroism measurement of Co films on Pd(111) substrate

  • Kwanghyun Cho;C. C. Whang;Kim, Wookje;Kim, Wondong;Kim, H.-J.;Kim, Jae-Young;Hoon Koh;S.-J Oh;Park, J.-H.
    • Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 2001
  • We measured x-ray magnetic circular dichroism of Co films on Pd(111) surface with and without Pd capping layer at the Co L$_2$,$_3$ edges. Perpendicular magnetization and orbital-moment enhancement are induced by the capping layer. The increase of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy induced by capping layer is considered to result from the increase of surface anisotropy due to the hybridization at the surface.

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