• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제27권2E호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2008

In recent years, quantitative ultrasound (QUS) technologies have played a growing role in the diagnosis of osteoporosis. Most of the commercial bone somometers measure speed of sound (SOS) and/or broadband ultrasonic attenuation (EUA) at peripheral skeletal sites. However, the QUS parameters are purely empirical measures that have not yet been firmly linked to physical parameters such as bone strength or porosity. In the present study, the theoretical models for wave propagation in cancellous bone, such as the Biot model, the stratified model, and the modified Biot-Attenborough (MBA) model, were applied to predict the dependence of phase velocity on porosity in cancellous bone. The optimum values for the input parameters of the three models in cancellous bone were determined by comparing the predictions with the previously published measurements in human cancellous bone in vitro. This modeling effort is relevant to the use of QUS in the diagnosis of osteoporosis because SOS is negatively correlated to the fracture risk of bone, and also advances our understanding of the relationship between phase velocity and porosity in cancellous bone.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2013

$LiFePO_4$ is a promising active material (AM) suitable for use in high performance lithium-ion batteries used in automotive applications that require high current capabilities and a high degree of safety and reliability. In this study, an optimization of the electrode design parameters was performed to produce high capacity lithium-ion batteries based on $LiFePO_4$/graphite electrodes. The electrode thickness and porosity (AM density) are the two most important design parameters influencing the cell capacity. We quantified the effects of cathode thickness and porosity ($LiFePO_4$ electrode) on cell performance using a detailed one-dimensional electrochemical model. In addition, the effects of those parameters were experimentally studied through various coin cell tests. Based on the numerical and experimental results, the optimal ranges for the electrode thickness and porosity were determined to maximize the cell capacity of the $LiFePO_4$/graphite lithium-ion batteries.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집 II
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• pp.653-658
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• 2001

In this study, a new practical method of predicting the sound absorption coefficient for multiple perforated-plate sound absorbing system was developed using transfer matrix method. In order to validate the proposed method, the absorption coefficients calculated by transfer matrix method for single perforated plate were first compared with the absorption coefficients measured by SWR method according to different porosity, hole diameter, and thickness of the perforated plate. Based on the comparison results, transfer matrix method was further applied to double and triple perforated plates to evaluate the absorption coefficients. The experimental results showed that the absorption coefficients from transfer matrix method generally agreed well with the corresponding absorption coefficients from SWR method. However, due to the limitations of the impedance model used in this study, the measured values were differed with the calculated values for small porosity, hole diameter, and thickness in size of the perforated plate indicating the need of impedance model development for multiple perforated-plate sound absorbing system covering wide ranges of porosity, hole diameter, and thickness of the perforated plate.

• 대한공간정보학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 제주지역의 산사태가능성을 분석하기 위하여 사람의 발길이 많은 사라봉, 별도봉 지역과 송악산 지역의 지형 및 토질공학적 사면 붕괴 유발 인자들을 이용하여 로지스틱회귀분석기법과 인공신경망기법을 GIS기법과 결합하여 예측지도를 작성하고 비교분석하였다. 산사태 예측지도를 작성하기 위해서 산사태 발생에 영향을 주는 사면경사, 고도, 건조밀도, 투수계수, 간극율을 선택하였으며 선정된 지역을 대상으로 실시한 야외조사와 토양물성시험 결과를 정리한 후 이를 토대로 GIS기법을 적용하여 각 레이어별 주제도를 작성하였다. 생성된 주제도를 각각 로지스틱회귀분석기법과 인공신경망기법으로 작성하여 비교분석한 결과 사면경사와 간극율의 경중률이 가장 높게 나타났고, 예측지도는 로지스틱회귀분석기법이 더욱 정확한 결과를 나타내었으며, 도로변과 산책로를 중심으로 산사태 발생가능성이 높게 분포하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.124-133
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• 2012

콘크리트의 강도는 시간에 따라 증가하며, 많은 연구에서 시간에 대한 회귀 분석식을 사용하고 있다. 본 연구는 수화물량을 수화도 및 공극률의 함수로 가정하였으며, 재령의 증가에 따라 감소하는 공극률을 이용하여 고성능 콘크리트의 압축강도 모델링을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 시간에 대한 회귀분석없이 공극률의 감소만을 이용하여 압축강도를 예측하였다. 총 21개의 고성능 콘크리트 배합에 대해 초기재령 콘크리트의 거동 해석프로그램인 DUCOM을 이용하여 각각의 공극률을 도출하였으며, 강도 모델링을 수행하였다. OPC 콘크리트에 대해서 수화도, 단위시멘트량, 공극률의 함수로 강도 예측식을 제안하였으며, GGBFS 및 FA를 혼입한 콘크리트에 대해서는 장기강도 영향을 구현하기 위해 공극률을 고려한 장기강도변수를 도입하였다. 기존의 실험결과와의 비교를 통하여 제안된 강도예측식의 타당성을 입증하였다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.184-187
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• 2003

Complete prediction of second order permeability tensor for three dimensional circular braided preform is critical to understand the resin transfer molding process of composites. The permeability can be predicted by considering resin flow through the multi-axial fiber structure. In this study, permeability tensor for a 3-D circular braided preform is calculated by solving a boundary problem of a periodic unit cell. Flow field through the unit cell is obtained by using a 3-D finite volume method (FVM) and Darcy's law is utilized to obtain permeability tensor. Flow analysis for two cases that a fiber tow is regarded as impermeable solid and permeable porous medium is carried out respectively. It is found that the flow within the intra-tow region of the braided preform is negligible if inter-tow porosity is relatively high but the flow through the tow must be considered when the porosity is low. To avoid checkerboard pressure field and improve the efficiency of numerical computation, a new interpolation function for velocity variation is proposed on the basis of analytic solutions. Permeability of the braided preform is measured through a radial flow experiment and compared with the permeability predicted numerically.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.613-621
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• 2007

내구성에 대한 중요성이 부각됨에 따라, 주요 열화현상인 탄산화에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 그러나 탄산화에 대한 연구는 주로 탄산화 깊이의 도출에 국한하고 있으며 경화된 콘크리트를 가정하므로 실제적인 탄산화 거동과는 많은 차이를 보이고 있다. 강재와는 다르게 콘크리트는 공극률과 내부의 수화물의 거동이 매우 중요한데, 탄산화 진행에 따라 초기재령에서 결정되어지는 거동 (공극률 및 수화물)이 다르게 변화한다. 열화 물질의 이동은 주로 콘크리트의 공극률 및 포화도에 의존하므로, 탄산화 후의 거동 평가는 장기열화해석 및 복합열화해석 등에 고려되는 것이 바람직하다. 공극률의 경우, 변화된 공극률이 고려되지 않으면 확산계수의 감소가 구현될 수 없으며 이에 따라 과다한 탄산화 해석을 야기하게 된다. 한편 수화물, 특히 수산화칼슘의 잔존량 평가는 탄산화 깊이의 평가 및 내부 공극수의 특성 변화를 결정하기도 하며, 복합열화에서 발생하는 고정화 염화물량에 큰 영향을 주게 된다. 그러므로 실내 실험들을 통한 공극률 및 수화물 분석은 최근들어 탄산화에 대해서도 많이 적용되고 있다. 본 연구는 미세 관측 실험을 통하여, 탄산화 전후의 공극률 분포 변화, 수화물 거동의 변화를 실험적으로 수행하였다. 공극률 측정으로는 MIP 실험을, 수화물 변화에서는 TGA 실험을 수행하였으며, 기존의 해석 모델인 다상복합수화발열모델 및 미세 공극 구조 형성모델을 개선하여 각각의 탄산화 이후의 공극률 변화 및 수화물 변화를 개발하였다. 개발된 각각의 모델의 결과는 탄산화 전후의 공극률 및 수화물의 변화를 잘 예측하였으며, 탄산화 이후의 열화현상 등에 기초적으로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 평가되었다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.212-218
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• 2016

The research was conducted windward of an irrigated Acacia amplicips Maslin windbreak established to protect As Salam Cement Plant from winds and moving sands. Two belts with approximate optical porosities of 50% and 20% were studied in River Nile State, Sudan. The research aimed at assessing the efficiency of the two belts in wind speed reduction and sand deposition. Research methods included: (i) estimation of optical porosity, (ii) measurements of windward wind speeds at a control and at distances of 0.5 h (h stands for windbreak height), 1 h and 2 h at two vertical levels of 0.25 h and 0.5 h, (iii) estimation of relative wind speeds at the three positions (distance and height) at windward and (iv) estimation of wind erosive forces and prediction of zones of sand deposition. Results show that while the two belts reduced windward wind speeds at the two levels for the three distances, belt II was more effective. Nearest sand deposition occurred at 2 h and 1h windward of belt II and belt I, respectively, at level 0.25 h. At level 0.5 h, sand was deposited only at 2 h windward of belt II and no sand deposition occurred windward of belt I. The study concludes that less porous windbreaks are more effective in reducing wind speed and in depositing sand in windward direction at a distance of not less than twice the belt height.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2013

PURPOSES : This study is to construct the regression models of drainage asphalt concrete specimens and to provide the appropriate coefficients of hydraulic conductivity prediction models. METHODS: In terms of easy calculation of the hydraulic conductivity from porosity of asphalt concrete pavement, the estimation model of hydraulic conductivity was proposed using regression analysis. 10 specimens of drainage asphalt concrete pavement were made for measurement of the hydraulic conductivity. Hydraulic conductivity model proposed in this study was calculated by empirical model based on porosity and the grain size. In this study, it shows the compared results from permeability measured test and empirical equation, and the suitability of proposed model, using regression analysis. RESULTS: As the result of the regression analysis, the hydraulic conductivity calculated from the proposal model was similar to that resulted from permeability measured test. Also result of RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) analysis, a proposed regression model is resulted in more accurate model. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed model can be used in case of estimating the hydraulic conductivity at drainage asphalt concrete pavements in fields.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.771-785
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• 2016

The thermal conductivity of soils is an important property in energy-related geotechnical structures, such as underground heat pumps and underground electric power cable tunnels. This study explores the effects of geotechnical engineering properties on the thermal conductivity of soils. The thermal conductivities of quartz sands and Korean weathered silty sands were documented via a series of laboratory experiments, and its variations with effective stress, porosity, and water saturation were examined. While thermal conductivity was found to increase with an increase in the effective stress and water saturation and with a decrease in porosity, replacing air by water in pores the most predominantly enhanced the thermal conductivity by almost one order of magnitude. In addition, we have suggested an improved model for thermal conductivity prediction, based on water saturation, dry thermal conductivity, saturated thermal conductivity, and a fitting parameter that represents the curvature of the thermal conductivity-water saturation relation.