• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.23-36
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• 2006

본 연구는 사질토 지반에 근입되어 있는 벽체의 극한지지력을 구하기 위해 새로운 근사적인 해석법의 전개과정에 대해 설명한다. 이러한 근사적인 형태의 해석기법은 상계 및 하계법으로 구성되어 있다. 상 하계법으로 계산된 값은 소성영역에서 구해진 2차원 실내벽체모형의 하중재하시험 및 유한요소해석 결과와 비교하였다. 비교 결과, 모형실험과 유한요소해석으로부터 구한 극한하중 값은 상계와 하계 사이에 모두 분포하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 비교에서 특이 할 사항은 하계법으로 구한 벽체의 극한하중이 모형실험 및 유한요소해석에서 구한 극한하중과 잘 일치되는 것을 보여 주었다. 그러나, 평면변형률 조건에서 기존의 경험적인 식에 의한 계산에서 얻어진 극한하중은 하계법의 극한하중에 훨씬 못 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2013

Background The aim of this investigation was to systematically review the current literature to provide the best data for indications, outcomes, survival, and complication rates of pedicled propeller perforator flaps for upper body defects. Methods A comprehensive literature review for articles published from January 1991 to December 2011 was performed using the PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane Databases. Articles without available full-text, single case reports or papers with excessive missing data were excluded. Papers reporting pedicle-perforator (propeller) flaps used for lower extremity reconstruction were excluded from meta-analysis. Results From the initial 1,736 studies our search yielded, 343 studies qualified for the second stage of selection. Of 117 full-text reports screened, 41 studies, met the definitive inclusion and exclusion criteria. Of the selected 41 articles, 26 were case series, original papers or retrospective reviews and were included, whereas 15 were case report papers and therefore were excluded. Two hundred ninety-five propeller flaps were reported to have been used in a total of 283 patients. Indications include repair of trauma-induced injuries, post-trauma revision surgery, cancer resection, chronic infection, pressure sores, and chronic ulcers with a major complication rate (3.3%) comparable to that of free flaps. No specific exclusion criteria for the procedure were presented in the studies reviewed. Conclusions Pedicled propeller flaps are a versatile and safe reconstructive option that are easy and quick to raise and that provide unlimited clinical solutions because of the theoretical possibility of harvesting them based on any perforator chosen among those classified in the body.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.675-685
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• 2014

본 연구는 고속도로의 혼잡 완화를 위해 차선통행료 방식에 근거한 고속도로 구간별 차등요금 부과전략을 개발하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 상위단계의 교통혼잡 최소화를 위한 각 구간의 주행요금을 산정하는 문제와 하위단계의 가변수요 통행배정문제로 구성된 바이레벨 형태의 모형을 제시하였다. 상위단계 문제의 최적 해를 찾기 위해 민감도 분석 기반의 알고리즘을 이용하였으며, 제안된 모형의 검증을 위해 수정된 Sioux-Falls 네트워크에 적용하였다. 적용 결과 차등요금 부과전략 적용 시 균일한 요금을 징수한 경우보다 교통혼잡이 개선된 것으로 나타났으며 이는 고속도로 구간의 혼잡 완화로 인한 것임을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 고속도로 특정 구간의 과도한 혼잡으로 인해 발생하는 비효용을 절감하기 위한 수요관리 방안으로 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.723-731
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• 2009

최근 지구 온난화 등의 영향으로 집중호우의 빈도가 급증하고 있으며, 강우강도 역시 강해지고 있는 실정이다. 이에 따라 국지적인 홍수피해가 증가하고 있으며, 댐 상류지역에서는 지형적 특성과 댐에 의한 배수위의 영향으로 많은 피해가 발생하고 있다. 그러나 대부분의 홍수피해의 경감대책은 인구밀집지역인 하류지역에 집중되고 있어 상류지역의 침수는 상대적으로 소홀히 다뤄지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 정밀 3차원 지형모델을 구축하여 상류지역의 지형적 특성을 반영하고 강우발생시 유출특성을 조사하여 홍수시뮬레이션을 수행함으로써 상류지역의 침수피해양상과 침수취약지역을 분석하고자 하였다. 연구 결과, 홍수시뮬레이션에 의해 상류지역의 침수발생을 재현할 수 있었으며, 발생 가능한 강우에 대한 가상 홍수 시나리오에 의해 시뮬레이션을 수행함으로써 침수 취약지역과 그 피해면적을 효과적으로 도출할 수 있었다. 또한 침수 취약 지역에 대한 침수 예측도를 제작함으로써 강우 규모별 피해지역의 신속한 판단과 침수방어 대책의 수립에 효과적으로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.173-194
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• 2017

Access shaft is of critical importance to the construction and operation of underground rock caverns. It usually has a relatively large cross-section and penetrates through fill materials, soil layers, and weathered rocks before reaching the caverns excavated in solid bedrock. In this paper, the design and construction of vertical shafts are reviewed in terms of diameter, depth, geological conditions, and support structure. Three shaft alternatives, namely alternative I: vertical shaft with spiral roads, alternative II: upper shaft with spiral roads & lower tunnels, alternative III: plain shaft, are proposed based on a simplified geological profile of the Jurong formation, Singapore. The advantages and limitations of the three types of shafts are discussed. The key issues relating to shaft design and construction, such as the shaft sinking, water control, support structure, are also discussed with a series of solutions provided, such as the sequential excavation, pre-grouting and diaphragm walls.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2018

The methods of applied genetic toxicology are changing from qualitative hazard identification to quantitative risk assessment. Recently, quantitative analysis with point of departure (PoD) metrics and benchmark dose (BMD) modeling have been applied to in vitro genotoxicity data. Two software packages are commonly used for BMD analysis. In previous studies, we performed quantitative dose-response analysis by using the PROAST software to quantitatively evaluate the mutagenicity of four piperidine nitroxides with various substituent groups on the 4-position of the piperidine ring and six cigarette whole smoke solutions (WSSs) prepared by bubbling machine-generated whole smoke. In the present study, we reanalyzed the obtained genotoxicity data by using the EPA's BMD software (BMDS) to evaluate the inter-platform quantitative agreement of the estimates of genotoxic potency. We calculated the BMDs for 10%, 50%, and 100% (i.e., a two-fold increase), and 200% increases over the concurrent vehicle controls to achieve better discrimination of the dose-responses, along with their BMDLs (the lower 95% confidence interval of the BMD) and BMDUs (the upper 95% confidence interval of the BMD). The BMD values and rankings estimated in this study by using the EPA's BMDS were reasonably similar to those calculated in our previous studies by using PROAST. These results indicated that both software packages were suitable for dose-response analysis using the mouse lymphoma assay and that the BMD modeling results from these software packages produced comparable rank orders of the mutagenic potency.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2011

A highly efficient AC-DC converter for small wind power generation systems using a brushless DC generator (BLDCG) is presented in this paper. The market standard AC-DC converter for a BLDCG consists of a three-phase diode rectifier and a boost DC-DC converter, which has an IGBT and a fast recovery diode (FRD). This kind of two-stage solution basically suffers from a large amount of conduction loss and the efficiency greatly decreases under a light load, or at a low current, because of the switching devices with a P-N junction. In order to overcome this low efficiency, especially at a low current, a three-phase bridgcless converter consisting of three upper side FRDs and three lower side Super Junction FETs is presented. In the overall operating speed region, including the cut-in speed, the efficiency of the proposed converter is improved by up to 99%. Such a remarkable result is validated and compared with conventional solutions by calculating the power loss based on I-V curves and the switching loss data of the adopted commercial switches and the current waveforms obtained through PSIM simulations.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.688-698
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• 2016

In this paper, we investigate the achievable sum rate and energy efficiency of downlink massive multiple-input multiple-output antenna systems with zero-forcing precoding, by taking into account the randomness of user locations. Specifically, we propose two types of non-uniform user distributions, namely, center-intensive user distribution and edge-intensive user distribution. Based on these user distributions, we derive novel tight lower and upper bounds on the average sum rate. In addition, the impact of user distributions on the optimal number of users maximizing the sum rate is characterized. Moreover, by adopting a realistic power consumption model which accounts for the transmit power, circuit power and signal processing power, the energy efficiency of the system is studied. In particular, closed-form solutions for the key system parameters, such as the number of antennas and the optimal transmit signal-to-noise ratio maximizing the energy efficiency, are obtained. The findings of the paper suggest that user distribution has a significant impact on the system performance: for instance, the highest average sum rate is achieved with the center-intensive user distribution, while the lowest average sum rate is obtained with the edge-intensive user distribution. Also, more users can be served with the center-intensive user distribution.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.19-37
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• 2013

The optimum design of base isolation system considering model parameter uncertainty is usually performed by using the unconditional response of structure obtained by the total probability theory, as the performance index. Though, the probabilistic approach is powerful, it cannot be applied when the maximum possible ranges of variations are known and can be only modelled as uncertain but bounded type. In such cases, the interval analysis method is a viable alternative. The present study focuses on the bounded optimization of base isolation system to mitigate the seismic vibration effect of structures characterized by bounded type system parameters. With this intention in view, the conditional stochastic response quantities are obtained in random vibration framework using the state space formulation. Subsequently, with the aid of matrix perturbation theory using first order Taylor series expansion of dynamic response function and its interval extension, the vibration control problem is transformed to appropriate deterministic optimization problems correspond to a lower bound and upper bound optimum solutions. A lead rubber bearing isolating a multi-storeyed building frame is considered for numerical study to elucidate the proposed bounded optimization procedure and the optimum performance of the isolation system.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.303-314
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• 2018

An original quasi-3D hyperbolic shear deformation theory for simply supported functionally graded plates is proposed in this work. The theory considers both shear deformation and thickness-stretching influences by a hyperbolic distribution of all displacements within the thickness, and respects the stress-free boundary conditions on the upper and lower surfaces of the plate without using any shear correction coefficient. By expressing the shear parts of the in-plane displacements with the integral term, the number of unknowns and equations of motion of the proposed theory is reduced to four as against five in the first shear deformation theory (FSDT) and common quasi-3D theories. Equations of motion are obtained from the Hamilton principle. Analytical solutions for dynamic problems are determined for simply supported plates. Numerical results are presented to check the accuracy of the proposed theory.