• Computers and Concrete
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.299-313
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• 2014

Effects of polypropylene (PP) fibers, steel fibers (SF) and hybrid on the properties of highstrength fiber reinforced self-consolidating concrete (HSFR-SCC) under different volume contents are investigated in this study. Comprehensive laboratory tests were conducted in order to evaluate both fresh and hardened properties of HSFR-SCC. Test results indicated that the fiber types and fiber contents greatly influenced concrete workability but it is possible to achieve self consolidating properties while adding the fiber types in concrete mixtures. Compressive strength, dynamic modulus of elasticity, and rigidity of concrete were affected by the addition as well as volume fraction of PP fibers. However, the properties of concrete were improved by the incorporation of SF. Splitting tensile and flexural strengths of concrete became increasingly less influenced by the inclusion of PP fibers and increasingly more influenced by the addition of SF. Besides, the inclusion of PP fibers resulted in the better efficiency in the improvement of toughness than SF. Furthermore, the inclusion of fibers did not have significant effect on the durability of the concrete. Results of electrical resistivity, chloride ion penetration and ultrasonic pulse velocity tests confirmed that HSFR-SCC had enough endurance against deterioration, lower chloride ion penetrability and minimum reinforcement corrosion rate.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2020

This paper describes the experimental studies carried out to determine the properties of fresh and hardened concrete with Recycled Plastic Waste (RPW) as a partial replacement material for fine aggregates. In the experimental study, RPW was used for replacing river sand and manufactured sand (M sand) aggregates in concrete. The replacement level of fine aggregates was ranging from 5% to 20% by volume with an increment of 5%. M40 grade of concrete with water cement ratio of 0.40 was used in this study. Two different types of RPW were used, and they are (i) un-activated RPW and (ii) activated RPW. The activated RPW was obtained by alkali activation of un-activated RPW using NaOH solution. The hardened properties of the concrete determined were dry density, compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV). The properties of the concrete with river sand, M sand, activated RPW and un-activated RPW were compared and inferences were drawn. The effect of activation using NaOH solution was investigated using FT-IR study. The micro structural examination of hardened concrete was carried out using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The test results show that the strength of concrete with activated RPW was more than that of un-activated RPW. From the results, it is evident that it is feasible to use 5% un-activated RPW and 15% activated RPW as fine aggregates for making concrete without affecting the strength properties.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2020

This numerical study demonstrates the porosity conditions and the intensity of the interactions with the aggressive agents. It is established that the density as well as the elastic modulus are correlated to ultrasonic velocity The following investigation assessed the effects of cement grade and porosity on tensile strength, flexural and compressive of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) as a numerical model in PLAXIS 2d Software. Initially, the existing strength-porosity equations were investigated. Furthermore, comparisons of the proposed equations with the existing models suggested the high accuracy of the proposed equations in predicting, cement grade concrete strength. The outcome obtained showed a ductile failure when un-corroded reinforced concrete demonstrates several bending-induced cracks transfer to the steel reinforcement. Moreover, the outcome also showed a brittle failure when wider but fewer transverse cracks occurred under bending loads. Sustained loading as well as initial pre-cracked condition during the corrosion development have shown to have significant impact on the corrosion behavior of concrete properties. Moreover, greater porosity was generally associated with lower compressive, flexural, and tensile strength. Higher cement grade, on the other hand, resulted in lower reduction in concrete strength. This finding highlighted the critical role of cement strength grade in determining the mechanical properties of concrete.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.451-456
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 Virtual Mass-Spring-Damper 모델을 사용하여 이동로봇과 주위 물체와의 관계를 모델링하고 장애물의 충돌벡터를 검출하여 가상의 척력을 발생시키는 가상 임피던스 방법을 제안하였다. 이를 위하여 원격지 슬래이브 로봇의 주위 환경 정보 즉, 이동 로봇과 장애물과의 거리 및 접근 속도 등의 정보를 조작자에게 입체적으로 전달하기 위해 조이스틱의 각축에 연결된 모터를 이용하여 힘을 발생시킬 수 있도록 한다. 제안한 방법의 실제 로봇적용에 앞서 이동로봇의 장애물 회피 시뮬레이션을 통하여 알고리즘을 검증하였다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.277-290
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• 2011

이 연구는 경북 영양 일대 석조문화재의 보존처리방안을 수립하기 위해 구성암석과 풍화특성을 고려한 강화제의 선정 및 효과적인 처리방법을 도출한 것이다. 영양 일대의 석조물들은 대부분 사암과 역질 사암으로 구성되며 표면 입상 분해와 박리박락이 현저하여 보존처리가 시급히 요구되고 있다. 따라서 영양 일대의 대표적인 석조문화재인 현리 삼층석탑의 재질분석과 풍화훼손도 평가를 수행하여 이와 동일한 특성을 갖는 노두 암석을 대상으로 강화처리 실내실험과 현장 적용실험을 실시하였다. 실험 결과, 영양지역 사암에는 Wacker OH 100과 Remmers 300의 강화 효과가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 특히 현리 삼층석탑과 같이 입상분해가 심하고 풍화도가 높은 문화재는 Remmers 300을 이용하여 3회 이상 도포처리하는 것이 향후 광물입자의 결실을 예방하고 암석의 강도를 증진하는데 효과적일 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.297-305
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• 1979

Occlusive coronary artery disease presents a potential threat to a significant population in the United States. According to many case reports, the increasing incidence of coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis is noted in Korean, recently. Operative vascular procedures have increased steadily in number over the past 20 years in the United States. There have been many isolated case reports about coronary artery surgery, but these had little clinical impact. Nowadays, major three coronary bypass surgery has developed principally at three cardiac centers in the United States since 1967. Among three coronary bypass operation, the aorta-coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft was first demonstrated by Favolaro and Effler at the Cleveland Clinic in 1967. We experienced one case of coronary artery disease, which was treated successfully by aorta-coronary saphenous vein graft with mild hypothermia under extracorporeal circulation in May, 1977. Saphenous vein was removed from above the knee and was 2.5 mm in diameter. The left ventricle was not vented for the left ventricle was not overdistended. Temporary artificial pace-maker-Medtronic-was implanted for the prevention and treatment of post-operative arrhythmia and heart block in post-operative first day. He is a 57 year old male businessman who had been suffered from hypertension [200 mmHg in systolic pressure] since 4 years ago, who had intermittent conservative treatment at local clinic. He had been afflicted with severe chest pain with choking sensation for 50 days. This symptom was aggravated exposing cold weather, or cold water, but was respond to rest. Pre-operative ECG revealed no any other ischemic sign except sinus bradycardia. Significant S-T segment depression was noted at lead II, AVF after double 5 minutes exercise, indicating positive Master`s test. Serum cholesterol was slight elevated to 253 mg/dl. Final pre-operative diagnosis was made by coronary arteriogram, which showed about 1.0-cm segmental 90 % occlusive atherosclerotic lesion in the proximal part of right coronary artery above the origin of acute marginal artery. Left coronary artery revealed good patency and there was no collateral circulation between right and left coronary artery .Hospital course was not eventful. He was discharged with good result on the post-operative day. He has been free from chest pain for longer than 2 years. And also the arterial flow in the coronary bypass graft is auscultated with the pocket-sized ultrasonic velocity detector, which shows the patency of the coronary bypass graft good.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.406-414
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• 2001

폴리에틸렌 코팅 가스배관의 결함탐상을 위해 광범위 비파괴탐상기법인 유도초음파를 적용하였다. 가스배관의 내경은 190.7mm, 두께는 5.3mm, 그리고 바깥 표면은 $1.9{\pm}0.5mm$의 폴리에틸렌 층으로 코팅되어 있다. 폴리에틸렌 코팅 배관의 외면에 0.5MHz 탐촉자와 가변각 웨지를 사용하여, 비축대칭 유도초음파를 가진 시켰다. 주파수와 위상속도 조정을 통하여 가스배관의 결함 탐상을 위한 적절한 모드를 찾아내고, 모드의 특성을 단시간 퓨리어 변환을 이용하여 분석하였다. 결함탐상 결과를 두께 손실 및 원통형 관통결함에 대한 인위결함에 대해 나타내었다. 그리고 가스배관에 인위적으로 삽입한 두께 손실과 원통형 관통결함에 대한 검출 성능을 평가하였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2004년도 학술발표회
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• pp.1198-1202
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• 2004

초음파를 이용한 측정은 하천의 반대편에 흐름방향에 경사지게 초음파를 발사하여 다시 반사되어 오는 시간차를 기록함으로써 주어진 길이에서 유속을 연속적으로 측정하는 것이다. 하류로 내려가는 음파는 음향 측선(acoustic path)과 평행한 유속 성분 때문에 상류로 올라가는 음파보다 빠른 속도를 가진다. 탄천 및 괴산댐에 초음파 유량 측정시스템을 시험 설치하고 운영 결과를 검토하였다. 시험적용결과 연속적인 유량자료 획득이 가능하였으며, 기존 유속면적법 대비 $4.21\%$의 상대오차를 지니고 있어 기존 방법과 비교적 일치하는 측정결과를 나타냈다. 또한 지표유속(Index Velocity)를 활용한 단일회선 유량산정법을 검토한 결과, 다회선에 의해 운영한 결과와 평균 $2.9\%$의 상대오차를 지니고 있었다. 이 방법은 조석구간 및 배수영향을 받는 구간에서 작은 비용으로 연속유량자료를 획득할 수 있는 방법으로 판단된다. 시험적용 결과 개선해야 할 사항으로는 안정적인 자료 획득을 위한 초음파 변환기의 개선, 자료의 필터링 기술의 정밀화, 그리고 유량산정 방법에서 정확도 향상 기술 개발 등이 도출되었다. 초음파 유량 측정시스템은 자료의 연속성을 확보할 수 있는 점에서 매우 중요한 의미를 지니고 있다. 지금까지의 연속 유량 산출법은 연속적인 수위를 측정하고 각 수위에 따른 유량 측정 후 수위-유량관계를 통하여 연속적인 유량을 산출하였다. 그러나 초음파 유량 측정 시스템은 직접 유속과 수위를 측정하여 연속유량이 산출되기 때문에 연속유량 산출에 비교적 간편하다고 할 수 있다. 또한 정확도 면에서 기존 유량 측정법인 유속-면적법의 불확실도 $5\%\~10\%$에 비교하여 $5\%$ 내외의 정확도 수준을 지니고 있어 정확도 향상을 기대할 수 있다. 경제적인 측면에서도 매년 측정사업에 소요되는 비용과 비교하였을 때 장기적으로는 경제적인 방법이 될 수 있다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 실시간 충격위치 검출이 가능한 FBG 센서 시스템의 개발에 관하여 설명하였다. 충격위치 검출을 위해서는 동시 다정 신호취득이 가능한 초음파 센서 시스템이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 23.80nm의 투과파장 간격을 갖는 가변 패브리-페로 복조화 장치를 사용하여 파장분할 다중화가 가능한 FBG 고주파 진동 센서시스템에 적용하였다. 또한 외부의 준정적 환경변화에 대해 FBG 센서의 민감도를 일정하게 유지시키기 위한 민감도 안정화 장치를 사용하였다. 저속충격 실험을 위한 알루미늄보 시편의 아랫면에는 두개의 FBG 센서를 부착하였으며 시편 표면의 세 지점에 대해 1 차원 충격위치 검출을 시도하였다. 실험결과 FBG 센서를 이용하여 저속충격 시점을 정확히 감지할 수 있었으며, 평균 오차 0.58mm 로 충격위치를 검출할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.751-764
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• 2020

Real-time monitoring of stiffness and strength in cement based system has received significant attention in past few decades owing to the development of advanced techniques. Also, use of environment friendly supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in cement, though gaining huge interest, severely affect the strength gain especially in early ages. Continuous monitoring of strength- and stiffness- gain using an efficient technique will systematically facilitate to choose the suitable time of removal of formwork for structures made with SCM incorporated concrete. This paper presents a technique for monitoring the strength and stiffness evolution in hydrating fly ash blended cement systems using electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) based technique. It is important to observe that the slower pozzolanic reactivity of fly ash blended cement systems could be effectively tracked using the evolution of equivalent local stiffness of the hydrating medium. Strength prediction models are proposed for estimating the strength and stiffness of the fly ash cement system, where curing age (in terms of hours/days) and the percentage replacement of cement by fly ash are the parameters. Evaluation of strength as obtained from EMI characteristics is validated with the results from destructive compression test and also compared with the same obtained from commonly used ultrasonic wave velocity (UPV). Statistical error indices indicate that the EMI technique is capable of predicting the strength of fly ash blended cement system more accurate than that from UPV. Further, the correlations between stiffness- and strength- gain over the time of hydration are also established. From the study, it is found that EMI based method can be effectively used for monitoring of strength gain in the fly ash incorporated cement system during hardening.