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Prediction of the Volumetric Water Content Using the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve on an Unsaturated Soil (흙-수분 특성곡선 방정식을 이용한 체적함수비의 예측)

  • Song, Chang-Seob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this paper was to confirm the application of the equation of the soil-water characteristic curve on an unsaturated soil. To this ends, a series of suction test was conducted on the selected 4 kinds of soil which is located in Korea, using the modified pressure extractor apparatus. And it was carried out to analyze the experimental parameters which can describe the soil-water characteristics, were determined by using the data obtained from the experiment. From the results, it was found that the matric suction was varied according to the grain size distribution, amount of fine grain particle and void ratio. Also it was found that the residual volumetric water content was decreased with the void ratio, but the index related air entry value, the soil parameter related water content and the parameter with residual water content were increased with the void ratio. And the application of equation of the soil-water characteristic curve was confirmed for the various conditions and the various state by the comparison between the volumetric water content measured by the experiment and the predicted values.

Prediction of the Degree of Saturation Using the Soil-Water Characteristic Curves on an Unsaturated Soil (흙-수분 특성곡선 방정식을 이용한 포화도의 예측)

  • Song, Chang-Seob
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2004
  • The aim of the work described in this paper was to confirm the application of the equation of the soil-water characteristic curves on an unsaturated soil. A series of suction test for unsaturated soils was conducted on the selected 4 kinds of soil using modified pressure extractor apparatus. And it was carried out to analyse The experimental parameters which can be describe the soil-water characteristics, were determined by using the data obtained from the experiment. From the results, it was found that The matric suction varied according to the grain size distribution, amount of fine grain particles and void ratio. Also it was found that the residual degree of saturation was decreased with in crease of the void ratio, but the pore size distribution index and air entry value were increased with in crease of the void ratio. And The application of the soil-water characteristic curve equation was confirmed for the various conditions and the various state by the comparison between the measured degree of saturation and the predicted degree of saturation.

The study on the Two-Phase Swirl Flow Characteristics in Cylindrical Pipe (원관내의 이상선회유동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 차경옥;김재근
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.187-197
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    • 1996
  • Many investigations have been made to determine the pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics for single phase flow in tape generated swirl flow. But few studies have been carried out to investigate the heat transfer in two component, two phase swirl flow with non-boiling. An experimental study has been conducted to determine the effects of tape twist ratios on two phase convective heat transfer coefficients, pressure drop, and void fraction distribution in a non-boiling, air-water, two phase flow. The flow conditions were both swirl and non swirl flows. The internal diameter of the test section is 42.5mm. The tape twist ratios of pitch to diameter ratio varied from 4.0 to 10.6. The heating conditions were isothermal and nonisothermal. The flow patterns identified with experiments were bubbly, bubbly-slug, slug, and slug-annular flow in up-flow. This study has concluded that no significant difference in void fraction distribution were observed both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions, the pressure drop for two phase flow with twisted tape swirler increase as the tape twist ratio decrease, and that values of two phase heat transfer coefficient increase when the tape twist ratio decreases.

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The Chloride Diffusion Properties of Concrete with Mineral Admixtures (혼화재를 사용한 콘크리트의 염소이온 확산 특성)

  • Park, Jung-Jun;Koh, Kyoung-Taek;Kim, Do-Gyeum;Kim, Sung-Wook
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.239-246
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    • 2004
  • To improve the durability of concrete structure, we usually consider the reduction of water-cement ratio, the increase of concrete cover depth and the use of mineral admixtures. The use of admixtures make concrete more durable and tighten against water in recent papers so it is needed to study more about the relationship between the admixtures and the chloride ion diffusion. Therefore we analyzed the correlation between chloride ion diffusion and physical properties such as compressive strength, void ratio, air permeability of the concrete, and tried to use them as fundamental data for analyzing chloride ion diffusion mechanism of the concrete mixed with mineral admixtures.

A Study on the Drag Reduction with Polymer Additives (고분자물질(高分子物質) 첨가(添加)에 따른 마찰저항감소(摩擦抵抗減少)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, J.G.;Cha, K.O.;Choi, H.J.;Kim, C.B.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.198-207
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    • 1996
  • It is well known that drag reduction in single phase liquid flow is affected by polymer material, molecular weight, polymer concentration, pipe diameter, and flow velocity. Drag reduction in two phase flow can be applied to the transport of crude oil, phase change system such as chemical reactor, pool and boiling flow, and to present cavitation which occurs in pump impellers. But the research of drag reduction in two phase flow is not sufficient. The purpose of the present work is to evaluate the drag reduction by measuring pressure drop, void fraction, mean liquid velocity, and turbulent intensity whether polymer is added in the horizontal two phase system or not. Experiment has been conducted in a test section with the inner diameter of 24mm and the length of 1,500mm. The polymer materials used are two kinds of polyacrylamide[PAAM] and co-polymer[A611P]. The polymer concentration was varied with 50, 100 and 200 ppm under the same experimental conditions. Experimental results showed that the drag reduction of co-polymer is higher than that of polyacrylamide. Mean liquid velocities increased as polymer was added, and turbulent intensity decreased inversely near the pipe wall.

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The Analysis of Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) Characteristic using Physical Properties of Asphalt Mixtures (아스팔트 혼합물의 물리적 특성을 이용한 간접인장강도의 특성 분석)

  • Lee, Moon Sup
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 2014
  • PURPOSES : This study was performed to evaluate the possibility of Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) as a testing method that can predict cracking on pavement. METHODS : Three asphalt binders and one kind of aggregate were used in this study, and all asphalt mixtures were produced using Gyratory Compactor followed asphalt mix design. The ITS test was performed for the mixture which are artificially short-term aged using the oven. The ITS properties were analyzed by air void, compaction temperature, asphalt content, and asphalt binder. RESULTS : The results of this study indicated that (1) the compaction temperature did not show relationship with the ITS test; (2) there was no specific trend between the asphalt content and the ITS test; (3) the ITS could reveal the property of kinds of asphalt binders; (4) the asphalt mixture that were produced at optimum temperature suggested by manufacturer did not exhibit optimum result for all asphalt binder. CONCLUSIONS : The possibility of ITS was confirmed from this study for replacement of the Marshall Stability method. However, it needs to perform in further studies of aggregate and compaction property to suggest a new ITS standard value.

Utilization of Fly Ash in Asphaltic Concrete Mixtures

  • Min, Jeong-Ki
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.42
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2000
  • Dwindling supplies and increasing costs of conventional highway materials used in road construction as well as concerns over shrinking landfill spaces prompt researchers to investigate the use of waste products, such as fly ash, as substitute materials in highway construction. The highway industry is capable of utilizing waste materials in large quantities if their effect on pavement performance proves to be technically, economically and environmentally satisfactory. This research examines the effects of fly ash when used as partial replacement of aggregate in asphaltic concrete mixtures. And measuring the effect of fly ash on bulk specific gravity, air void, indirect tensile strength (ITS) under dry and wet conditioning as well as the tensile strength ratio (TSR) of asphaltic concrete mixture. The results indicated that asphaltic concrete mixtures containing 2% and 5% fly ash produced about the same TSR value as control mixture. And all of the mixtures met the minimum ITS and TSR requirements established by the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SC DOT) for Type 1A surface courses. At this point and with this limited study, these asphaltic concrete mixtures is recommended in several applications such as parking lot, secondary roads and driveways.

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A Study on the Break-down Characteristics of a Screw-type Centrifugal Pump due to Air Entrainment (공기흡입에 의한 스크류식 원심펌프의 양수불능 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, You-Taek
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.6 no.3 s.20
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    • pp.58-63
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    • 2003
  • The performance of turbo pump drops rapidly and it gets into break-down when the void fraction reaches above the threshold value because the impeller flow passage is choked up with air bubbles. Phenomenological understanding of break-down and pumping recovery mechanisms under air-water two-phase flow conditions are therefore important for pump designers and essential assignment for researchers. In this paper, we investigated the characteristics of break-down and pumping recovery due to entrained air occurring inside a screw-type centrifugal pump which has a wide flow passage mainly through the findings of suction and discharge pressures, rotational speed, flow rate measurements and visualization.

Air Influx Characteristics of Turbo Pumps (공기 유입시의 터보펌프 특성)

  • Kim, You-Taek;Nam, Cheong-Do;Kang, Ho-Keun;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.12a
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2004
  • A screw-type centrifugal pump was manufactured to carry solids primarily and its impeller has a wide flow passage. However, the effect of flow passage shape on delay of the choke due to entrained air has not been clarified yet. Moreover, because its impeller has a particular shape, only few studies have tried to clarify the pump performance and details of internal flow pattern of that pump. For that reason, we carried out the pump performance experiment under air-water two-phase flow condition with different impeller tip clearances, pump rotational speeds and void fractions by using a small screw-type centrifugal pump designed to acquire basic data. In a general centrifugal pump, it was reported that loss of pump head from single-phase flow to the choke due to air entrainment new the best efficiency point was large. However, the loss near the best efficient point in a screw-type centrifugal pump became less than that in a general centrifugal pump.

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