• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제89권3호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2024

Concrete carbonation is a continuous and slow process from the outside to the inside, in which its penetration slows down with the increased depth of carbonation. In this paper, the results of the evaluation of the measurement of concrete carbonation depth using a non-destructive ultrasonic testing method are presented. According to the results, the relative nonlinear parameter caused more sensitivity in carbonation changes compared to Rayleigh's fuzzy velocity. Thus, the acoustic nonlinear parameter is expected to be applied as a quantitative index to recognize carbonation effects. In this research, combo diagrams were developed based on the results of ultrasonic testing and the experiment to determine carbonation depth using a phenolphthalein solution, which could be considered as instructions in the projects involving non-destructive ultrasonic test methods. The minimum and maximum accuracy of this method were 89% and 97%, respectively, which is a reasonable range for operational projects. From the analysis performed, some useful expressions are found by applying the regression analysis for the nonlinearity index and the carbonation penetration depth values as a guideline.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2006

지반 설계 인자는 공간적으로 분포하는 특성이 있으며, 이는 터널의 설계와 시공과정 뿐만 아니라 장기 거동에 큰 영향을 미친다. 그러나 일반적으로 터널의 수치해석을 위한 설계 지반 인자는 대상 영역을 대표하는 값 또는 대상 영역의 광역적 평균값 등이 적용되고 있다. 특히, 지하공간의 크기가 증가할수록 설계 지반 인자의 불확실성 및 공간적 분포 또한 증가한다. 결국 이러한 불확실성과 공간적 분포 특성의 확대는 해석의 정확성 및 신뢰성 저하를 초래하게 된다. 따라서, 대형 터널의 구조적 안정성을 확보하기위해 지반 물성치들의 공간적인 분포에 대한 정량적인 조사가 설계시 포함되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 지반 물성치 및 구조적 설계 인자의 공간적 분포가 터널의 변위에 미칠 수 있는 영향을 분석하였다. 여러 COV(Coefficient of Variation)에 따라 정규분포하는 지반 물성치의 공간적 특성이 이상화된 원형 터널의 변위에 미치는 영향에 대한 분석과, NATM(New Austrian Tunneling Method) 터널에서 숏크리트의 강도의 공간적 분포가 터널 변위에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 공간적 분포의 COV가 증가할수록 터널 주변 발생하는 변위량도 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며, 분석 결과 이들은 지반 물성치에 따라 고유한 계수를 갖는 삼차방정식으로 표현된다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1797-1808
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• 2021

Objective: To determine whether volumetric CT texture analysis (CTTA) using fully automatic tumor segmentation can help predict recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinomas (IMCCs) after surgical resection. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study analyzed the preoperative CT scans of 89 patients with IMCCs (64 male; 25 female; mean age, 62.1 years; range, 38-78 years) who underwent surgical resection between January 2005 and December 2016. Volumetric CTTA of IMCCs was performed in late arterial phase images using both fully automatic and semi-automatic liver tumor segmentation techniques. The time spent on segmentation and texture analysis was compared, and the first-order and second-order texture parameters and shape features were extracted. The reliability of CTTA parameters between the techniques was evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Intra- and interobserver reproducibility of volumetric CTTAs were also obtained using ICCs. Cox proportional hazard regression were used to predict RFS using CTTA parameters and clinicopathological parameters. Results: The time spent on fully automatic tumor segmentation and CTTA was significantly shorter than that for semi-automatic segmentation: mean ± standard deviation of 1 minutes 37 seconds ± 50 seconds vs. 10 minutes 48 seconds ± 13 minutes 44 seconds (p < 0.001). ICCs of the texture features between the two techniques ranged from 0.215 to 0.980. ICCs for the intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility using fully automatic segmentation were 0.601-0.997 and 0.177-0.984, respectively. Multivariable analysis identified lower first-order mean (hazard ratio [HR], 0.982; p = 0.010), larger pathologic tumor size (HR, 1.171; p < 0.001), and positive lymph node involvement (HR, 2.193; p = 0.014) as significant parameters for shorter RFS using fully automatic segmentation. Conclusion: Volumetric CTTA parameters obtained using fully automatic segmentation could be utilized as prognostic markers in patients with IMCC, with comparable reproducibility in significantly less time compared with semi-automatic segmentation.

• 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.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2007

쇄석말뚝은 느슨한 사질토지반이나 점토지반에 치환법에 의해 다져진 자갈이나 쇄석을 연약한 지반에 삽입하여 개량하는 공법이다. 쇄석말뚝 공법은 흙과 말뚝 접촉면에서 압밀거동이 다양한 인자에 의해 영향을 받게 되어 정량적인 해석에 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 재하시험을 통해 선단지지 군말뚝의 거동에 대한 다양한 인자의 영향을 조사하였다. 궁극적으로 연약지반의 개량 특성과 설계인자의 영향력을 PR값을 사용하여 평가하였다. 실험결과와 계산된 PR 값으로부터 쇄석말뚝의 침하거동이 근입비나 매트의 설치여부 보다는 말뚝의 직경이나 복합지반의 치환율에 의해 영향을 받고 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1954-1957
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• 2005

A quantitative evaluation of postural balance training using a virtual reality bicycle system was performed. In the experiment, the effectiveness of virtual reality bicycle system on postural balance training was analyzed with four male subjects in their twenties. The parameters measured during cycling were cycling time, average velocity, number of times subject deviated from path, and weight shift. Those parameters were evaluated for the quantification of the extent of control. We also measured the parameters on postural control capability after 5th trial and 10th trial in a balance testing system with a force plate to find out the effectiveness of the training. In the balance test with force plate, it was found out that the weight shift was almost zero and the deviation from the target trace reduced significantly after the training with the virtual cycle. The result showed that the virtual bicycle system was an effective system as a rehabilitation training device.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.871-877
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• 2008

Adaptive 아크 로봇 용접을 위한 용접 공정 변수와 용접 부 형상 사이에 상관관계를 조사하는 것은 중요한 일이다. 하지만 맞대기 용접의 공정에 있어 갭으로 인해 정확한 이면비드를 예측하는 것은 어려운 일이다. 본 연구에서는, 먼저 맞대기 용접을 통해 외부 용접 조건과 용접 비드 형상사이 상관관계가 규명되었고, 이를 응용하여 적절한 이면비드를 얻기 위한 개발이 이루어졌고, 이 연구결과는 산업 전 분야에 폭넓게 사용될 수도 있다. 다중회귀분석법이 공정변수 예측을 위한 연구방법으로 적용되었다. 예측방법의 결과들 또한 비교 및 분석이 이루어졌다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2000

To determine what is the change of pre and postoperative voice and image analysis parameters and correlations between them, videostroboscopy was analyzed in each 18 patients with unilateral vocal cord paralyses or vocal polyps before and after the surgery from November, 1996 to April, 1999. The correlation between acoustic and aerodynamic parameters was investigated. The software-Videolink and $\pi$-View(Mediface Co, Seoul, Korea)-was used in a quantitative analysis. In unilateral vocal cord paralysis, the glottic angle is well correlated with maximum phonation time, jitter and shimmer preoperatively. The postoperative glottic angle is also correlated with preoperative maximum phonation time. In patients with the vocal polyp, the chink is postoperatively decreased, but the size of the chink and the polyp is not correlated with pre and postoperative voice analysis parameters. These findings reveal that glottic an and vocal fold angle are good indicators of e postoperative glottic configuration in unilateral vocal cord paralysis. Vocal fold ratio is also a useful indicator that represents the length of vocal folds. We consider that the computerized analysis through videostroboscopy is one of objective diagnostic methods in many voice disorders if we can measure a distance between the telelaryngoscope and vocal folds.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.301-307
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• 2011

In this paper, effects of major design parameters of cold forging dies on die mechanics are quantitatively investigated with emphasis on shrink fit using a thermoelastic finite element method. A ball-stud cold forging process found in a cold forging company is selected as a test process and the effects of die insert material, magnitude of shrink fit, dimension of shrink ring, number of shrink rings, partition of die insert and clamping force on effective stress and circumferential stress are analyzed. It has shown that the number of shrink rings, magnitude of shrink fit, and Young's modulus of die insert material have strong influence on compressive circumferential stress in die insert but that the influence of the other design parameters is relatively weak.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.860-864
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• 2008

In modern society, people tend to spend their time on various types of chairs. However, it is not easy for a designer to design a comfortable chair, because satisfaction with the chair depends not only on the quantitative elements such as size, but also on the qualitative element such as the user's feeling. To deal with these problems, there have been many studies on designing an ergonomics chair. In this paper, the hapticaided design (HAD) system was adopted to design the ergonomics chair. Based on the HAD system, the designer can experience whether the chair is comfortable or not through the haptic device, and also can modify the design parameters instantaneously. The haptic chair capable of controlling the design parameters in real time was proposed as a haptic simulator. The controllable parameters such as the seat height, reclining angle, stiffness of the backrest, and so on were selected based on the previous researches related to ergonomics chairs. It will reduce the development cost and time by replacing the process of making the real mock-up and prototype with the haptic chair.