• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.212-215
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• 2005

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy in clinical practice, with a 0.1% life time risk in the general population. Conventional neurophysiological studies have been useful in the diagnosis of this condition, as have a number of more specialized procedures. Therefore, we evaluated the diagnostic sensitivities of several parameters in nerve conduction technique for CTS patients. We analyzed 100 patients (159 hands) who were diagnosed with CTS clinically and electrophysiolosically. Median motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities (MCV and SCV) with wrist, palm, and finger stimulation were performed in traditional methods. Sensitivities of each test were calculated and compared to normal control data. The sensitivities of existing nerve conduction method were noted in terminal latency on median nerve, 2nd finger-wrist segment, 3rd finger-wrist segment, palm-wrist segment and distoproximal ratio, as 72.96%, 92.45%, 94.34%, 94.97%, and 97.48%, respectively. In the early course of CTS, sensory nerve conductions in the median nerve are more valuable than motor nerve conduction. Sensory nerve conductions are usually affected before motor nerve conductions in CTS. In this study, we detected that slowing of median SCV was the most frequent in the distoproximal ratio.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.38-49
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• 2021

Slug flow is the most common multi-phase flow encountered in oil and gas industry. In this study, the hydrodynamic features of flow in pipes investigated numerically using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations for the effect of slug flow on the vertical and bent pipeline. The compressible Reynold averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equation was used as the governing equation, with the volume of fluid (VOF) method to capture the outline of the bubble in a pipeline. The simulations were tested for the grid and time step convergence, and validated with the experimental and theoretical results for the main hydrodynamic characteristics of the Taylor bubble, i.e., bubble shape, terminal velocity of bubble, and the liquid film velocity. The slug flow was simulated with various air and water injection velocities in the pipeline. The simulations revealed the effect of slug flow as the pressure occurring in the wall of the pipeline. The peak pressure and pressure oscillations were observed, and those magnitudes and trends were compared with the change in air and water injection velocities. The mechanism of the peak pressures was studied in relation with the change in bubble length, and the maximum peak pressures were investigated for the different positions and velocities of the air and water in the pipeline. The pressure oscillations were investigated in comparison with the bubble length in the pipe and the oscillation was provided with the application of damping. The pressures were compared with the case of a bent pipe, and a 1.5 times higher pressures was observed due to the compression of the bubbles at the corner of the bent. These findings can be used as a basic data for further studies and designs on pipeline systems with multi-phase flow.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1991년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.361-365
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• 1991

The problem being considered here is the determination of optimal guidance laws for a launch vehicle for scientific missions. The optimal guidance commands are determined in the sense that the least amount of fuel is used. A numerical solution was obtained for the case where the position and velocity state variables satisfy a specified constraint at the time of thrust cutoff. The method used here is based on the Pontryagin's maximum principle. This is the method of solving a problem in the calculus of variations. In particular, it applies to the problem considered here where the magnitude of the control is bounded. Simulations for the optimal guidance algorithm, during the 2nd and the 3rd-stage flight of the Japanese rocket M-3H-3, are carried out. The results show that the guided trajectory that satisfying the terminal constraints is optimal, and the guidance algorithm works well in the presence of some errors during the 1st-stage pre-programmed guidance phase.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 고속도로 상에서 발생한 사고 현장의 상황을 실시간으로 전송할 수 있는 WiFi 기반의 동영상 전송 장비를 제작하고 영상 전송 시스템을 구축하였다. 영상 장비는 H.264 비디오 코덱을 기반으로 하고 있으며 WiFi모듈을 내장하고 있으며 Wibro 단말을 이용하여 Wibro 망을 통하여 관제 센터에 영상 및 위치 기반 등의 메타 데이터들을 전송할 수 있다. 실험 결과, 영상장비를 탑재한 차량이 80 km/h로 주행 시 2~3 Mbps 전송속도로 고화질의 영상이 전송됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.194-199
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• 1998

본 연구는 석회석 노천채광장의 발파 분진이 주변을 통과하는 특고압 선로에 어느정도 비산 퇴적할 것인지, 어떤 문제를 일으킬 것인지를 평가하기 위한 연구였다. 발파 현장이 분진 발생량 및 입도분포는 그간의 연구 실적도 있고 계측도 가능하지만 얼마만큼의 분진이 어느 정도 거리까지 비산 퇴적할 것인지를 예측하기란 매우 어려운 일이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 최근 개발한 바 있는 수치유체역학(CFD)을 이용한 3차원 유체거동 해석 프로그램(3D-Flow)을 이용하여 송전선로에 미치는 영향을 예측하는 시도를 하였다. 지형조건, 기상조건에 따른 시뮬레이션을 통하여 석회석 분진은 송전선로에 큰 영향을 미치지 않을 것으로 판단 되었다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.37-48
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• 2018

Massive stars blow powerful stellar winds throughout their evolutionary stages from the main sequence to Wolf-Rayet phases. The amount of mechanical energy deposited in the interstellar medium by the wind from a massive star can be comparable to the explosion energy of a core-collapse supernova that detonates at the end of its life. In this study, we estimate the kinetic energy deposition by massive stars in our Galaxy by considering the integrated Galactic initial mass function and modeling the stellar wind luminosity. The mass loss rate and terminal velocity of stellar winds during the main sequence, red supergiant, and Wolf-Rayet stages are estimated by adopting theoretical calculations and observational data published in the literature. We find that the total stellar wind luminosity due to all massive stars in the Galaxy is about ${\mathcal{L}}_w{\approx}1.1{\times}10^{41}erg\;s^{-1}$, which is about 1/4 of the power of supernova explosions, ${\mathcal{L}}_{SN}{\approx}4.8{\times}10^{41}erg\;s^{-1}$. If we assume that ~ 1 - 10 % of the wind luminosity could be converted to Galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) through collisonless shocks such as termination shocks in stellar bubbles and superbubbles, colliding-wind shocks in binaries, and bow-shocks of massive runaway stars, stellar winds might be expected to make a significant contribution to GCR production, though lower than that of supernova remnants.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.629-636
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• 2003

This paper introduces the developed geometry PIG (Pipeline Inspection Gauge), one of several ILI (In-Line Inspection) tools, which provide a full picture of the pipeline from only single pass, and has compact size of the electronic device with not only low power consumption but also rapid response of sensors such as calipers, IMU and odometer. This tool is equipped with the several sensor systems. Caliper sensors measure the pipeline internal diameter, ovality and dent size and shape with high accuracy. The IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) measures the precise trajectory of the PIG during its traverse of the pipeline. The IMU also provide three-dimensional coordination in space from measurement of inertial acceleration and angular rate. Three odometers mounted on the PIG body provide the distance moved along the line and instantaneous velocity during the PIG run. The datum measured by the sensor systems are stored in on-board solid state memory and magnetic tape devices. There is an electromagnetic transmitter at the back end of the tool, the transmitter enables the inspection operators to keep tracking the tool while it travels through the pipeline. An experiment was fulfilled in pull-rig facility and was adopted from Incheon LT (LNG Terminal) to Namdong GS (Governor Station) line, 13 km length.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.1777-1781
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• 2011

본 연구는 통신 시스템 설계 시 백플레인 (Backplane)에서 HSTL (High-Speed Transceiver Logic)의 데이터 전송 및 수신 특성을 HSPICE를 사용하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하고 FPGA에 실제 구현하여 데이터 전송특성 분석하여 시뮬레이션 결과 비교 설명 하였다. 시뮬레이션과 측정 조건은 point to point 배선 길이에 대해 데이터 전송 특성을 가능한 데이터 전송 및 수신 한계 속도에 대해 검토 하였다. 측정 결과 point to point 접속 신호 전송 및 수신 한계속도에 영향을 주는 요인은 배선 길이와 주변 전기적 잡음이 매우 중요한 역할을 함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 1995

땅콩을 대상으로 하는 각종 농산가공기계의 개발 및 최적 작동에 필요한 땅콩 자실의 물리적, 기계적 및 공기 역학적 성질에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 영호, 올, P.I. 314817의 3 가지 품종에 대해 땅콩 자실의 형상, 각부 칫수, 진밀도, 산물밀도 및 종실율이 측정되었으며, 땅콩자실에 대해 압축실험을 실시함으로써 자실이 파괴될 때의 힘, 변형량, 그리고 단위 체적당 최대 흡수 에너지인 터프니스 계수를 측정하여 기계적 성질로서 제시하였다. 공기 역학적 성질로서는 땅콩 자실과 종실의 종말속도 및 항력계수가 측정되었다. 1. 땅콩 자실의 기하학적 형상은 수원체로 모형화할 수 있었다. 2. 진밀도는 땅콩 자실의 경우는 515-620 $kg/m^3$, 종실의 경우는 960-1,090 $kg/m^3$, 의 값을 보였다. 3. 대합면이 수평인 자세에서의 파괴력은 영호가 61.9 N, P.I. 314817은 71.5 N, 올 땅콩은 84.8 N였으며, 터프니스 계수는 각각 30, 43, 72 kN-$m/m^3$, 의 값을 보였다. 모든 품종과 함수율에서 파괴력과 터프니스 계수는 대합면이 수직인 자세에서보다 수평자세에서 더 큰 값들을 보였다. 4. 땅콩 자실과 종실의 평균 종말속도는 각각 8.7-9.9 m/s, 10.0-11.6 m/s 범위였다. 종말속도는 진밀도와 직선적인 관계가 있었으며 품종과 형상에 따른 뚜렷한 종말속도의 차이는 보이지 않았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1711-1716
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• 2010

A gene encoding the ${\beta}$-xylosidase/${\alpha}$-arabinofuranosidase (XylC) of Paenibacillus woosongensis was cloned into Escherichia coli. This xylC gene consisted of 1,425 nucleotides, encoding a polypeptide of 474 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence exhibited an 80% similarity with those of both Clostridium stercorarium ${\beta}$-xylosidase/${\alpha}$-N-arabinosidase and Bacillus cellulosilyticus ${\alpha}$-arabinofuranosidase, belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase family 43. The structural gene was subcloned with a C-terminal His-tag into a pET23a(+) expression vector. The His-tagged XylC, purified from a cell-free extract of a recombinant E. coli BL21(DE3) Codon Plus carrying a xylC gene by affinity chromatography, was active on para-nitrophenyl-${\alpha}$-arabinofuranoside (pNPA) as well as para-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-xylopyranoside (pNPX). However, the enzymatic activities for the substrates were somewhat incongruously influenced by reaction pHs and temperatures. The enzyme was also affected by various chemicals at different levels. SDS (5 mM) inhibited the enzymatic activity for pNPX, while enhancing the enzymatic activity for pNPA. Enzyme activity was also found to be inhibited by addition of pentose or hexose. The Michaelis constant and maximum velocity of the purified enzyme were determined for hydrolysis of pNPX and pNPA, respectively.