• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.113-128
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• 2017

This paper highlights a study undertaken on the free vibration of a precast steel-concrete composite slab panel for track support. The steel-concrete composite slab track is an evolvement from the slab track, a form of ballastless track which is becoming increasingly attractive to asset owners as they seek to reduce lifecycle costs and deal with increasing rail traffic speeds. The slender nature of the slab panel due to its reduced depth of construction makes it susceptible to vibration problems. The aim of the study is driven by the need to address the limited research available to date on the dynamic behaviour of steel-concrete composite slab panels for track support. Free vibration analysis of the track slab has been carried out using ABAQUS. Both eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes have been extracted using the Lanczos method. The fundamental natural frequencies of the slab panel have been identified together with corresponding mode shapes. To investigate the sensitivity of the natural frequencies and mode shapes, parametric studies have been established, considering concrete strength and mass and steel's modulus of elasticity. This study is the world first to observe crossover phenomena that result in the inversion of the natural orders without interaction. It also reveals that replacement of the steel with aluminium or carbon fibre sheeting can only marginally reduce the natural frequencies of the slab panel.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2004년도 제28회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.102-111
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• 2004

Partial quenching structure of turbulent diffusion flames in a turbulent mixing layer is investigated by the method of flame hole dynamics to develope a prediction model for the turbulent lift off. The present study is specifically aimed to remedy the problem of the stiff transition of the conditioned partial burning probability across the crossover condition by adopting level-set method which describes propagating or retreating flame front with specified propagation speed. In light of the level-set simulations with two model problems for the propagation speed, the stabilizing conditions for a turbulent lifted flame are suggested. The flame hole dynamics combined with level-set method yields a temporally evolving turbulent extinction process and its partial quenching characteristics is compared with the results of the previous model employing the flame-hole random walk mapping. The probability to encounter reacting' state, conditioned with scalar dissipation rate, demonstrated that the conditional probability has a rather gradual transition across the crossover scalar dissipation rate in contrast to the stiff transition of resulted from the flame-hole random walk mapping and could be attributed to the finite response of the flame edge propagation.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2013

The consumption of fruits and vegetables that have high polyphenol content has been previously associated with a reduced risk for cardiovascular disease. We investigated the effects of onion peel extract on plasma total antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation, and leukocyte DNA damage. This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Healthy female subjects received either onion peel extract or placebo (dextrin) for two weeks, underwent a 1-week washout period, and then received the other treatment for an additional two weeks. After two weeks of onion peel extract supplementation, the total cholesterol level, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, and atherogenic index significantly decreased (P < 0.05). No changes were observed in activities of erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes or levels of lipid peroxidation markers following onion peel extract supplementation. Additionally, no significant difference was found in plasma antioxidant vitamin (retinol, tocopherols, carotenoids, and coenzyme Q10) levels or ex vivo $H_2O_2$-provoked oxidative DNA damage after onion peel extract supplementation. The present interventional study provides evidence of the health benefits of onion peel extract and demonstrates its effects in modulating lipid profiles in healthy young Korean women.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2009

Crosslinked membrane based on sulfonated polyimide was prepared by the introduction of crosslinkable monomer in polymerization process and crosslinking during membrane casting. Crosslinked membranes showed different properties from non-crosslinked membranes. Crosslinking decreased methanol crossover and therefore unit cell using crosslinked membrane showed increased open circuit voltage, 0.81 V, in comparison with unit cell using noncrosslinked membrane, 0.71 V. In addition, water uptake of crosslinked membrane, 40.5%, was lower than that of non-crosslinked membrane, 57.0%, and this resulted in improved dimensional stability. However, proton conductivity of crosslinked membranes showed rather low relative to non-crosslinked membrane due to reduced water uptake.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.427-442
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• 2017

This paper presents unprecedented damped oscillation behaviours of a precast steel-concrete composite slab panel for track support. The steel-concrete composite slab track is an innovative slab track, a form of ballastless track which is becoming increasingly attractive to asset owners as they seek to reduce lifecycle costs and deal with increasing rail traffic speeds. The slender nature of the slab panel due to its reduced depth of construction makes it susceptible to vibration problems. The aim of the study is driven by the need to address the limited research available to date on the dynamic behaviour of steel-concrete composite slab panels for track support. Free vibration analysis of the track slab has been carried out using ABAQUS. Both undamped and damped eigenfrequencies and eigenmodes have been extracted using the Lancsoz method. The fundamental natural frequencies of the slab panel have been identified together with corresponding mode shapes. To investigate the sensitivity of the natural frequencies and mode shapes, parametric studies have been established, considering concrete strength and mass and steel's modulus of elasticity. This study is the world first to observe crossover phenomena that result in the inversion of the natural orders without interaction. It also reveals that replacement of the steel with aluminium or carbon fibre sheeting can only marginally reduce the natural frequencies of the slab panel.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2007

유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 구조물의 지진응답해석에 사용할 인공 가속도시간이력을 작성하는 방법을 제시한다. 유전자 알고리즘을 적용하기 위해서 유전원질에 해당되는 결정변수로서 응답스펙트럼 값을 계산할 진동수를 결정하고, 산술평균 교차연산자와 산술비 돌연변이연산자를 제안한다. 이들 연산자와 전형적인 단순 교차연산자를 사용하여 설계응답스펙트럼에 부합하는 인공 지진파 작성에 사용한다. 또한 작성된 인공 가속도시간이력은 실제 계측되는 지진파의 몇 가지의 외형적 특성을 가져야 하므로 이를 고려한 인공 가속도시간이력이 작성되도록 한다. 이 외형적 특성으로는 가속도시간이력의 포락형태, 지진파의 2수평성분간의 상관관계, 지반의 최대가속도 - 최대속도 - 최대변위 관계 등이다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 선행제약순서결정문제(Sequencing problem with precedence constraints, SPPC)를 효과적으로 해결하기 위한 적응형 유전알고리즘(Adaptive genetic algorithm, aGA)을 제안한다. aGA에서 는 SPPC를 효과적으로 표현하기 위해 위상정렬에 기초한 표현절차(topological sort-based representation procedure) 를 사용한다. 제안된 aGA는 퍼지로직제어를 이용한 적응형구조를 가지고 있으며, 유전 탐색과정을 통해 교차변이 연산자(Crossover operator)의 비율을 적응적으로 조절한다. 수치예제에서는 다양한 형태의 SPPC를 제시하였으며, 그 실험결과는 제안된 aGA가 기존의 알고리즘보다 우수함을 보여주었다. 결론적으로 말하자면 본 논문에서는 제안된 aGA가 다양한 형태의 SPPC에서 최적해 혹은 최적순서를 발견하는데 아주 효과적이라는 것을 밝혔다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.611-620
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• 2017

A new theory of weightless sagging planer elasto-flexible cables under point loads is developed earlier by the authors and used for predicting the nonlinear dynamic response of cable-suspended linear elastic beams. However, this theory is not valid for nonlinear elastic cracked concrete beams possessing different positive and negative flexural rigidity. In the present paper, the flexural response of simply supported cracked concrete beams suspended from cables by two hangers is presented. Following a procedure established earlier, rate-type constitutive equations and third order nonlinear differential equations of motion for the structures undergoing small elastic displacements are derived. Upon general quasi-static loading, negative nodal forces, moments and support reactions may be introduced in the cable-suspended concrete beams and linear modal frequencies may abruptly change. Subharmonic resonances are predicted under harmonic loading. Uncoupling of the nodal response is proposed as a more general criterion of crossover phenomenon. Significance of the bilinearity ratio of the concrete beam and elasto-configurational displacements of the cable for the structural response is brought out. The relevance of the proposed theory for the analysis and the design of the cable-suspended bridges is critically evaluated.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2006

Ionic cluster mimic, polymer electrolyte membranes were prepared using polymer composites of crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with sulfated-${\beta}$-cyclodextrins (${\beta}-CDSO_3H$) or phosphated-${\beta}$-cyclodextrins (${\beta}-CDPO(OH)_2$). When Nafion, developed for a fuel cell using low temperature, polymer electrolyte membranes, is used in a direct methanol fuel cell, it has a methanol crossover problem. The ionic inverted micellar structure formed by micro-segregation in Nafion, known as ionic cluster, is distorted in methanol aqueous solution, resulting in the significant transport of methanol through the membrane. While the ionic structure formed by the ionic sites in either ${\beta}-CDSO_3H$ or ${\beta}-CDPO(OH)_2$ in this composite membrane is maintained in methanol solution, it is expected to reduce methanol transport. Proton conductivity was found to increase in PVA membranes upon addition of ionized cyclodextrins. Methanol permeability through the PVA composite membrane containing cyclodextrins was lower than that of Nafion. It is thus concluded that the structure and fixation of ionic clusters are significant barriers to methanol crossover in direct methanol fuel cells.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 유전자 프로그래밍의 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 강화학습법에 기반한 강화 유전자 프로그래밍을 제안한다. 트리구조와 프로그램을 염색체로 가지는 유전자 프로그래밍(GP)은 다른 진화 알고리즘에 비해 염색체의 크기에 제한이 없기 때문에 표현력에 융통성이 많다는 장점이 있다. 그러나 이러한 특징은 반대고 교차 및 돌연변이 연산에 있어서 수렴성을 떨어뜨리는 단점을 나타낸다. 따라서 유전자 프로그래밍은 다른 진화알고리즘에 비해 개체군의 크기 및 진화 세대수를 크게 잡는 것이 일반적이다. 본 논문에서는 유전자 프로그래밍의 이러한 성질을 개선하기 위해서 프로그램에 강화신호를 주어 이것의 보답/벌칙의 정도에 기반한 교차 및 돌연번이 연산을 실행하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 인공개미(Artificial Ant)문제에 적용하여 그 유효성을 입증한다.