• Geosystem Engineering
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2018

The aim of this work is to study the effect of aggregate type on the physico-mechanical properties and microstructure of bio-mortar (BM). Three different aggregates such as sand, dolomite and basalt were used. BM was prepared by mixing aggregates with bacterial cells (Sporosarcina Pasteurii) and one equimolar (1 M) of $urea/CaCl_2.2H_2O$. The results proved that the chemical composition and physical properties of aggregates play an important role in the microbial precipitation rate as well as size, morphology and crystallinity of the precipitated calcite, which strongly reflects on the properties of the prepared BM. The BM containing dolomite gave the highest compressive strength and lowest water absorption.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.13-27
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• 2014

The principal objective of this study is to deepen the characterization studies already led on sand concretes in previous works. Indeed, it consists in studying the effect of the sand type on the main properties of sand concrete: fracture and mechanical properties. We particularly insist on the determination of the fracture characteristics of this material which apparently have not been studied. To carry out this study, four different types of sand have been used: dune sand (DS), river sand (RS), crushed sand (CS) and river-dune sand (RDS). These sands differ in mineralogical nature, grain shape, angularity, particle size, proportion of fine elements, etc. The obtained results show that the particle size distribution of sand has marked its influence in all the studied properties of sand concrete since the sand having the highest diameter and the best particle size distribution has given the best fracture and mechanical properties. The grain shape, the angularity and the nature of sand have also marked their influence: thanks to its angularity and its limestone nature, crushed sand yielded good results compared to river and dune sands which are characterized by rounded shape and siliceous nature. Finally, it should further be noted that the sand concrete presents values of fracture and mechanical properties slightly lower than those of ordinary concrete. Compared to mortar, although the mechanical strength is lower, the fracture parameters are almost comparable. In all cases, the sand grains are debonded from the paste cement during the fracture which means that the crack goes through the paste-aggregate interface.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2011

The cell permeability and cytotoxic effects of different-sized zinc oxide (ZnO) particles were investigated using a human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line called Caco-2. Morphological observation by scanning electron microscopy revealed that three zinc oxides with different mean particle sizes (ZnO-1, 20 nm; ZnO-2, 90~200 nm; ZnO-3, $1\sim5\;{\mu}m$) tended to aggregate, particularly in the case of ZnO-1. When cytotoxicities of all three sizes of zinc oxide particles were measured at concentration ranges of $1\sim1000\;{\mu}g$/mL, significant decreases in cell viability were observed at concentrations of $50\;{\mu}g$/mL and higher. Among the three zinc oxides, ZnO-1 showed the lowest viability at $50\;{\mu}g$/mL in Caco-2 cells, followed by ZnO-2 and ZnO-3. The permeate concentration of ZnO-1 from the apical to the basolateral side in the Caco-2 model system after four hours was about three-fold higher than that of either ZnO-2 or ZnO-3. These results demonstrated that ZnO-1, with a 20 nm mean particle size, had poorer viability and better permeability in Caco-2 cells than ZnO-2 and ZnO-3.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2012

In order to capture the fast crack propagation in an unmanipulated concrete fracture test, we employed mechanoluminascent(ML) material, which emits visible light when stressed, as a crack visualization tool. Three-point bending fracture test setup, a paint type ML material and a high speed camera were used to capture the images of fast moving cracks. The maximum size of coarse aggregates of concrete was used as an experimental parameter. The crack images, loading, and crack mouth opening displacement were successfully recorded as a function of time elapsed. From the test results, several interesting cracking behavior in the unmanipulated fracture test was observed in such that (1) the crack moves fast while the load is slowly decreased after the maximum loading, and (2) the crack in concrete with larger coarse aggregates moves faster than the others.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.763-769
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• 2021

The relationship between government size and unemployment is an important topic of study in economics. Large public expenditure has been blamed for causing higher unemployment contrary to the belief that it would help in reducing unemployment. More research on the topic, however, needs to be done as the available literature has been based largely on data from developed countries. The present paper examines the existence of the relationship in states of India by using panel data analysis. For more comprehensive study, public expenditure is divided into development, non-development, and aggregate expenditures, while the types of unemployment under consideration are usual status and current weekly status. Indeed, it has been observed that development and non-development expenditures increase both the types of unemployment though the impact of the latter is higher. The findings are important as it implies that a cut in expenditure can be an important fiscal tool to fight unemployment. It was further observed that unemployment was higher among states with a more educated population, which also suggests a revisiting of the education policy in the country. States ruled by left parties have higher unemployment rate. Higher income states as well as states with higher growth rate tend to have lower unemployment rate.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2002

암반 구조물의 거동에 있어 지배적인 영향을 마치는 3차원 암반 절리계의 정의는 2차원 혹은 3차원 불연속 암반 거동의 예측을 위한 수치해석 시 매우 중요하다 .3차원 절리계의 정의에 있어 현실성을 높이기 위해서는 기본적인 절리 기하학적 속성에 대한 객관적이고 정확한 통계량 추정이 필수적이다. 이에 본 연구는 절리 기하학적 속성 중 절리 크기 및 밀집도를 중심으로 통계적 분석기법에 대해 제안하고 , 절리 크기 및 밀집도의 추정에 필요한 관계식을 유도하였다 .3차원 공간상에 위치하는 절리 기하는 위치, 크기, 밀집도, 방향의 결합된 형태로서 정의할 수 있다. 그러나, 조사방법 및 자료의 차원 한계 (dimensional limit)로 인해 3차원 기하학적 속성은 확률론적이다. 따라서, 절리 크기의 추정 시 차원 한계로부터 발생할 수 있는 여러 편향들을 보정하기 위한 기법을 논의하였고, 업체해석학적 기법을 도입하여 절리 크기의 통계량으로부터 3차원 밀집도를 유도하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2019

CNT 유동층 반응기(내경 0.15 m, 높이 2.6 m) 프리보드 내 미세 CNT 입자(평균입도 $46{\mu}m$, 벌크밀도 $93.2kg/m^3$)의 높이 별 거동을 확인하기 위해 레이저 슬릿광 형상 측정법을 이용하여, CNT 응집체의 크기 및 형태를 측정하였다. 기체 유속 증가에 대해, 비산되는 CNT 응집체의 Feret 직경과 Heywood 직경이 증가하였다. 프리보드 내 높이가 증가할수록 평균 직경은 작아졌고, 응집체 내 CNT 입자수가 감소하였다. 기체 유속 증가에 대해, 응집체의 종횡비는 농후상에 가까울수록 증가하였으나, 높은 높이에서는 감소하였다. 그러나, 견고도는 큰 변화를 보이지 않았다. 응집체의 형상 분석 정보에 기반하여, 높이 별 CNT 입자의 응집과정이 서로 다름을 확인하였다. 유동층 프리보드 내 CNT 응집체의 Heywood 직경을 예측할 수 있는 상관관계식을 제안하였다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.320-327
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• 2011

본 연구는 ○○ 석회석 광산의 화강암 폐석을 이용한 부순 모래를 전색재로 이용하기 위하여 그 현장의 주변에서 쉽게 구할 수 있는 바다 모래, 강 모래, 점토와 물의 전색재와 동일한 조건으로 모르타르 블록의 시험발파를 통해 전색효과에 대한 비교가 이루어졌다. 이때 모르타르 블록은 폭 50 cm, 길이 50 cm와 높이 70 cm로 제작하였다. 전색재료들에 대한 물리.역학적 특성을 알아보기 위하여 체가름 시험, 직접전단시험과 압출시험이 수행되었다. 모르타르 발파시험에서 전색길이 10 cm 및 20 cm에 대하여 폭발 충격압에 따른 강봉의 축방향 변형율과 전색재의 분출속도가 동적 변형율 측정기에 의해 측정되었다. 강봉의 축방향 변형율은 화강암 부순 모래가 가장 크게 나타났으며, 전색재의 분출속도는 물을 전색재로 사용하였을 때 가장 작은 값을 보이고 있다. 이 결과는 사용된 전색재의 발파 공내 다짐단위중량, 입도분포, 전단저항 및 압출시험결과와 상호 연관성을 보이고 있다. 전색재의 분출속도와 축방향 변형률은 서로 지수적으로 반비례하는 경향을 나타낸다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2005

Response in a modified reciprocal recurrent selection scheme for egg production was evaluated considering variable family sizes and genetic correlation between purebred and crossbred half sisters. The criteria of selection of purebred breeders included pullet's own performance, purebred full and half sisters and crossbred half sister's performance. Heritability of egg production of crossbreds (aggregate genotype) and purebred's was assumed to be 0.2 and genetic correlation between purebred and crossbred half sisters ($r_{pc}$) as 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 1.0, -0.1, -0.2, -0.3, -0.4, -0.5 and -1.0. Number of dams per sire to produce purebred and crossbred progenies assumed to be 5, 6, 7, 8, while number of purebred female progeny ($N_p$) and crossbred progeny ($N_c$) per dam were considered to be 3, 4, 5 and 6 in each case. Considering phenotypic variance as unity, selection indices were constructed for different combinations of dams and progeny for each value of $r_{pc}$. Following selection index theory, response in crossbred and purebred for egg production was computed. Results indicated that response in crossbreds depended mainly on crossbred family size and also on magnitude of$r_{pc}$ irrespective of its direction, and response was greater with large crossbred family size than the purebred families. Correlated response in purebreds depends both on magnitude and direction of $r_{pc}$ and was expected to be greater with large purebred family size only. Inclusion of purebred information increased the accuracy of selection for crossbred response for higher magnitude of$r_{pc}$ irrespective of its direction. Present results indicate that desirable response in both crossbred and purebred performance is a function of $r_{pc}$ and family sizes. The ratio of crossbred and purebred family sizes can be optimized depending on the objective of improving the performance of crossbreds and/or of purebreds.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.715-723
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• 2017

이 연구에서는 고성능 시멘트 복합체의 잔골재 일부를 석분으로 대체하여 사용할 경우 재료의 성질 변화를 실험을 통해 살펴보았으며, 실험결과와 입도분포 특성과의 연관성을 여러 가지 모델들을 이용하여 분석하였다. 잔골재 중량 대비 0~30% 범위에서 석분을 치환한 시멘트 모르타르에 대해 유동성, 레올로지 특성, 강도 시험을 실시하였으며, 그 결과 석분 사용량이 증가함에 따라 유동성이 향상되고, 레올로지 정수(항복응력 및 소성점도)값이 감소하며, 압축강도 및 휨인장강도가 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 실험결과는 모르타르를 구성하는 고체 입자들의 충전밀도와 밀접한 관련이 있으므로 최대 충전밀도를 얻기 위한 최적 입도분포 모델을 이용하여 그 영향을 분석하였다. 석분 사용량이 증가함에 따라 입자들의 입도분포가 최대 충전밀도를 얻기 위한 최적 입도분포에 더 가까워짐을 확인할 수 있었으며, 평균제곱근 오차를 이용하여 정량적으로 최적화 정도를 비교하였다. 석분 사용을 통한 입도분포 개선이 유동성의 향상과 소성점도의 감소, 그리고 강도의 향상에 미치는 영향은 관련한 여러 모델들을 이용하여 제시하였으며, 항복응력의 감소는 석분 사용에 따른 평균입경 크기의 증가와 관련이 있음을 보였다.