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Effects of inclined bedrock on dissimilar pile composite foundation under vertical loading

  • Kaiyu, Jiang;Weiming, Gong;Jiang, Xu;Guoliang, Dai;Xia, Guo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.477-488
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    • 2022
  • Pile composite foundation (PCF) has been commonly applied in practice. Existing research has focused primarily on semi-infinite media having equal pile lengths with little attention given to the effects of inclined bedrock and dissimilar pile lengths. This investigation considers the effects of inclined bedrock on vertical loaded PCF with dissimilar pile lengths. The pile-soil system is decomposed into fictitious piles and extended soil. The Fredholm integral equation about the axial force along fictitious piles is then established based on the compatibility of axial strain between fictitious piles and extended soil. Then, an iterative procedure is induced to calculate the PCF characteristics with a rigid cap. The results agree well with two field load tests of a single pile and numerical simulation case. The settlement and load transfer behaviors of dissimilar 3-pile PCFs and the effects of inclined bedrock are analyzed, which shows that the embedded depth of the inclined bedrock significantly affects the pile-soil load sharing ratios, non-dimensional vertical stiffness N0/wdEs, and differential settlement for different length-diameter ratios of the pile l/d and pile-soil stiffness ratio k conditions. The differential settlement and pile-soil load sharing ratios are also influenced by the inclined angle of the bedrock for different k and l/d. The developed model helps better understand the PCF characteristics over inclined bedrock under vertical loading.

Hypervelocity Impact Analyses Considering Various Impact Conditions for Space Structures with Different Thicknesses (다양한 두께의 우주 구조물에 대한 다양한 충돌 조건의 초고속 충돌 해석 연구)

  • Won-Hee Ryu;Ji-Woo Choi;Hyo-Seok Yang;Hyun-Cheol Shin;Chang-Hoon Sim;Jae-Sang Park
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.43-57
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    • 2023
  • The hypervelocity impact simulations of space objects and structures are performed using LS-DYNA. Space objects with spherical, conical, and hollow cylindrical shapes are modeled using the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). The direct and indirect impact zones of a space structure are modeled using the SPH and finite element methods, respectively. The Johnson-Cook material model and Mie-Grüneisen Equation of State are used to represent the nonlinear behavior of metallic materials in hypervelocity impact. In the hypervelocity impact simulations, various impact conditions are considered, such as the shape of the space object, the thickness of the space structure, the impact angle, and the impact velocity. The shapes of debris clouds are quantitatively classified based on the geometric parameters. Conical space objects provide the worst debris clouds for all impact conditions.

Electronic properties of graphene nanoribbons with Stone-Wales defects using the tight-binding method

  • M.W. Chuan;S.Z. Lok;A. Hamzah;N.E. Alias;S. Mohamed Sultan;C.S. Lim;M.L.P Tan
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2023
  • Driven by the scaling down of transistor node technology, graphene became of interest to many researchers following the success of its fabrication as graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). However, during the fabrication of GNRs, it is not uncommon to have defects within the GNR structures. Scaling down node technology also changes the modelling approach from the classical Boltzmann transport equation to the quantum transport theory because the quantum confinement effects become significant at sub-10 nanometer dimensions. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Stone-Wales defects on the electronic properties of GNRs using a tight-binding model, based on Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) via numeric computation methods using MATLAB. Armchair and zigzag edge defects are also implemented in the GNR structures to mimic the practical fabrication process. Electronic properties of pristine and defected GNRs of various lengths and widths were computed, including their band structure and density of states (DOS). The results show that Stone-Wales defects cause fluctuation in the band structure and increase the bandgap values for both armchair GNRs (AGNRs) and zigzag GNRs (ZGNRs) at every simulated width. In addition, Stone-Wales defects reduce the numerical computation DOS for both AGNRs and ZGNRs. However, when the lengths of the structures increase with fixed widths, the effect of the Stone-Wales defects become less significant.

An Analytical Study of Flexible Pavement Design Using Resilient Modulus Model of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) (EPS 회복탄성계수 모델을 이용한 연성포장설계의 해석적 연구)

  • Park, Ki-Chul;Chang, Yong-Chai
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2015
  • The resilient modulus model of EPS geofoam to be used for a flexible pavement design was developed. In this study, the model was applied to design the flexible pavement and to predict the magnitude of the deformation of EPS geofoam blocks as a subgrade in the flexible pavement structure by using the resilient modulus model of EPS geofoam (RMEG) program. The RMEG program presented how much the EPS geofoam subgrade settled over the designed duration and the AASHTO flexible pavement design equation with the resilient modulus of EPS geofoam noted that how long the flexible pavement endured under traffic loads with 70% reliability for the estimated duration with less than 5mm vertical deformation during 20.6 years without the significant pavement distress as a substitute material for the natural soils.

A Study on the Chinese Consumers' Purchase Intention of Digital Music Using an Extended Model of Goal-directed Behavior (EMGB) : Focused on Mobile Digital Music (확장된 목표지향적 행동모형을 적용한 중국인들의 디지털음악 구매의도에 관한 연구: 모바일 디지털음악을 중심으로)

  • Peng, Min;Bae, So Young
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.332-343
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    • 2020
  • As a study on the purchase intention of digital music, the research applied the Extended Model of Goal-directed Behavior(EMGB) with the perceived value and empirically evaluated the impact of variables such as attitude, subjective norms, positive and negative anticipated emotions, perceived behavioral control and desire on the purchase intention. The study was conducted using a survey data collected from valid questionnaires of 342 copies aimed at Chinese mobile music application users and employed the structure equation model. The findings indicate that attitude, negative anticipated emotions, perceived behavioral control towards digital music purchasing and the frequency of past behavior positively influenced users' desire for digital music purchasing. Another result has been confirmed that perceived value, which was an added variable, showed a significant impact on attitude. Along with the frequency of past behavior and desire, perceived value also exerted positive influence on purchase intention.

Validity of Two-layered Ocean Bottom Model for Ray Model (음선 모델에 적용된 이층 해저 바닥 모델의 유효성)

  • Lee, Keunhwa;Seong, Woojae
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.470-478
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    • 2015
  • A heuristic method treating a layered ocean bottom in a ray modeling is to use the plane wave reflection coefficient for multiple-layered structure, named an one-layer assumption in this paper. We examine the validity of one-layer assumption in the case of two-layered ocean bottom, and obtain a simple inequality condition depending on the sound speed ratio, the ratio of layer thickness to source-receiver range, and the grazing angle of first reflected ray. From this inequality condition, it is shown that an one-layer assumption can be applicable to ray propagation problems at mid frequencies. Finally, numerical experiments are performed in the ocean environment similar to the East Sea in Korea. Incoherent transmission loss is calculated by the geometrical beam model with the plane wave reflection coefficient for multiple-layered ocean bottom and compared with the result of SNUPE 2.0, which is a parabolic equation package developed in Seoul National University.

Numerical investigation of blade tip vortex cavitation noise using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulation and bubble dynamics model (Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes 해석과 기포동역학 모델을 이용한 날개 끝 와류 공동 소음의 수치적 고찰)

  • Ku, Garam;Cheong, Cheolung;Seol, Hanshin
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.77-86
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    • 2020
  • In this study, the Eulerian/Lagrangian one-way coupling method is proposed to predict flow noise due to Blade-Tip Vortex Cavitation (BTVC). The proposed method consists of four sequential steps: flow field simulation using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques, reconstruction of wing-tip vortex using vortex model, generation of BTVC using bubble dynamics model and acoustic wave prediction using the acoustic analogy. Because the CFD prediction of tip vortex structure generally suffers from severe under-prediction of its strength along the steamwise direction due to the intrinsic numerical damping of CFD schemes and excessive turbulence intensity, the wing-tip vortex along the freestream direction is regenerated by using the vortex modeling. Then, the bubble dynamics model based on the Rayleigh-Plesset equation was employed to simulate the generation and variation of BTVC. Finally, the flow noise due to BTVC is predicted by modeling each of spherical bubbles as a monople source whose strength is proportional to the rate of time-variation of bubble volume. The validity of the proposed numerical methods is confirmed by comparing the predicted results with the measured data.

Analysis of the Relational Structure among Service Failure-related Variables after Moderation of Fairness - Focusing on fairness-related - (공정성 조절효과에 따른 서비스 실패 관련 변인들 간의 관계구조분석 - 공정성 조절효과를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Seong-Ah;Yoo, Tai-Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.64 no.3
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    • pp.13-31
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    • 2014
  • This study attempts to analyze relational structures among service failure-related variables after the moderation of fairness in the beauty service industry with the following purposes: First, it aims to review and investigate service failure & service recovery strategies, non-switching intentions after recovery, revisit intention, the intent to provide word-of-mouth recommendations and previous studies on service failure and recovery in the beauty service industry. Second, it targets the analysis of the role of fairness as a variable that moderates relations between service recovery strategies and post-recovery satisfaction in the beauty service industry. For this, the following research method was used: This study has investigated the effect of service failure and its recovery strategies (behavioral recovery strategy, psychological recovery strategy, monetary recovery strategy) on customer satisfaction for beauty service users and used the Structural Equation Model (SEM) to further analyze and verify the effect of the satisfaction on post-satisfaction behavior (non-switching intention, repurchase intention and the intent to provide word-of-mouth recommendations). The SEM was divided into a measurement model and structural model to determine if the model is appropriate and estimate the parameters of the path coefficient. In addition, this study examined to see if fairness (procedural fairness, distributive fairness and interactive fairness) works as a moderating variable while the service recovery efforts affect customer satisfaction. Then, the role of service recovery strategies, targeted to satisfy the customers who were dissatisfied because of service failure, were investigated. In addition, its effect on post-satisfaction behavior was analyzed from the structural aspect, and the moderating role was examined as well. Then, the role of the service recovery strategy, which can be used to satisfy dissatisfied customers, was examined, and the effect of the satisfaction on customer behavior was analyzed from a structural perspective. In addition, the moderating role of fairness was tested. As a result, this study is significant in that it helps service providers formulate service recovery-related strategies.

An Analytical Model for the Threshold Voltage of Short-Channel Double-Material-Gate (DMG) MOSFETs with a Strained-Silicon (s-Si) Channel on Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) Substrates

  • Bhushan, Shiv;Sarangi, Santunu;Gopi, Krishna Saramekala;Santra, Abirmoya;Dubey, Sarvesh;Tiwari, Pramod Kumar
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.367-380
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, an analytical threshold voltage model is developed for a short-channel double-material-gate (DMG) strained-silicon (s-Si) on silicon-germanium ($Si_{1-X}Ge_X$) MOSFET structure. The proposed threshold voltage model is based on the so called virtual-cathode potential formulation. The virtual-cathode potential is taken as minimum channel potential along the transverse direction of the channel and is derived from two-dimensional (2D) potential distribution of channel region. The 2D channel potential is formulated by solving the 2D Poisson's equation with suitable boundary conditions in both the strained-Si layer and relaxed $Si_{1-X}Ge_X$ layer. The effects of a number of device parameters like the Ge mole fraction, Si film thickness and gate-length ratio have been considered on threshold voltage. Further, the drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) has also been analyzed for gate-length ratio and amount of strain variations. The validity of the present 2D analytical model is verified with ATLAS$^{TM}$, a 2D device simulator from Silvaco Inc.

A Study on the model found of the duty factor whom follows in old person welfare facility worker holding office duration and organized performance research (노인복지시설 종사자 재직기간에 따른 직무요인, 조직성과의 모형정립에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Woo-Hong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.15 no.11
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    • pp.233-239
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    • 2010
  • The research which sees the fact that about model found of the duty factor whom follows in old person welfare facility worker holding office duration and organized performance researches in purpose. From theoretical background about the old person welfare facility system investigated a theory about the duty factor and organized performance of literature investigation and the old person welfare facility worker. A theory analysis of positive data led based on about the effect factor of the causality which the duty factor of the old person welfare facility worker reaches in organized performance under verifying boil the modulating effect of holding office duration. The repair which is a duty factor of the old person welfare facility worker, according to the holding office duration which is a personal quality factor job satisfaction the promotion and organized natural features, business environment and organized structure are organized performance and organization immersion and loyalty degree different assumed with the fact that will affect. From positive analysis about the research object verifies a suitable degree about demographics school register analytical and study model, structural equation model leads and construction verification and modulating effect analysis under executing boil.