• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.429-440
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• 2014

This study was conducted to investigate the main cause of water quality deterioration during the spring season in the transition zone between the South Han River and the river-reservoir Paldang. A water quality model modified from QUAL2E (U.S.EPA) was used, and the model showed that eutrophication and algal production in the low flow season affected about 60% of the organic pollution at the downstream of the South Han River. This result means that phosphorus control is prior to external organic material management to ameliorate the deterioration of water quality in the water body.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2008

Objective : Total laminectomy (TL) is an effective surgical technique for the treatment of cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) along multiple levels. However, kyphosis and probable neurological deterioration have been frequently reported after laminectomy. We analyzed the changes in the cervical curvature after TL and subsequent changes in neurological status. Methods : We retrospectively reviewed the records of 14 patients who underwent TL for the treatment of cervical OPLL between Jan. 1998 and Dec. 2003. TL was selected according to the previously determined criteria. The curvature of the cervical spine was visualized on a lateral cervical spine X-ray and measured using Ishihara's Curvature Index (CI) before the operation and at the last follow-up examination. Perioperative neurological status was estimated using the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association score and the Improvement Rate (IR) at the same time as the images were evaluated. Results : The mean age of the patients was 57 years, the male/female ratio was 10:4, and the mean follow-up period was 41 months. The mean number of OPLL was 4.9, and the mean number of operated levels was also 4.9. The CI decreased after TL (p=0002), which was indicative of a kyphotic change. However, this kyphotic change showed no correlation with the length of the follow-up period, number of operated levels and preoperative CI. Neurological examination at the last follow-up showed an improved neurological status in all patients (p=0.001). There was no neurological deterioration in any case during the follow-up period. Moreover, there was no correlation between IR and the degree of kyphotic change. Postoperative complications, such as C5 radiculopathy and epidural bleeding, resolved spontaneously without neurological sequelae. Conclusion : Kyphotic change was observed in all but one patient who underwent TL for the treatment of cervical OPLL. However, we did not find any contributing factors to kyphosis or evidence of postoperative neurological deterioration.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.574-584
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• 2003

도심지 환경에서 콘크리트 구조물의 열화를 일으키는 주요한 요인 중 하나는 중성화이다. 최근, 대기 중 $CO_2$농도와 온도가 크게 증가하는 지구 온난화 현상으로 인하여 중성화 열화환경도 더욱 심각해지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 IPCC에서 제안한 지구규모 대기환경 변화 시나리오인 IS92a를 토대로 향후 100년까지 대기 중 $CO_2$ 농도와 온도 상승율을 예측하였다. 질량보존의 법칙과 Fick의 1법칙을 기초방정식으로 하여 시간경과에 따른 콘크리트의 수화도, 콘크리트 열화에 미치는 각종 주요변수 등의 재료물성을 반영하였다. 또한, 서울시의 미세기후조건을 반영하기 위하여 추계학적 및 통계학적 기법을 도입하여 중성화로 인한 내구수명예측 기법에 반영하였다. 연구결과에 의하면 물-시멘트비가 큰 콘크리트에서 COS 농도증가로 인한 중성화 진행속도가 뚜렷히 빨라지는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 물-시멘트비 55% 이하에서 충분히 양생된 보통 포틀랜드 콘크리트의 조건에서 중성화에 대한 우려가 높지 않을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.7-15
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• 2017

PURPOSES : Infiltration of moisture, polluted material, and deicer into concrete, accompanied by freeze and thaw can cause significant deterioration of concrete pavement. In order to protect concrete from deterioration, it is necessary to prevent the infiltration of these concrete external materials. The moisture-repellent agent, which is a surface treatment and maintenance material added to concrete structures to render them water resistant, has advantages such as prevention of water infiltration and security against air permeation. Nano-coat, which is referred to as silicon hydride, is typically used as a moisture-repellent agent. Therefore, in this study, an attempt is made to use penetration-type Nano-coat as an alternative in order to evaluate its applicability through environmental resistance tests. METHODS : This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of penetration-type Nano-coat, which can provide water repellency to concrete, in concrete pavements, through various environmental resistance tests such as freezing and thawing resistance, chloride ion penetration resistance, and surface scaling resistance tests. The applicability of penetration-type Nano-coat was demonstrated based on the specification of KS F 2711, KS F 2456, and ASTM C 672. RESULTS :In the case of penetration-type Nano-coat applied on sound concrete, an increase in concrete durability was demonstrated by the negligible chloride ion penetrability and the absence of scaling, as revealed by visual observation of the surface, after 50 cycles of scaling resistance test. In addition, test result of the application of penetration-type Nano-coat on deteriorated concrete established that concrete surface pretreated by grinding provided improved durability than non-treated concrete. CONCLUSIONS :This study indicates that penetration-type Nano-coat is applicable as an effective alternative, to increase the durability of concrete structures. In addition, it was known that pretreatment of deteriorated concrete surface, such as grinding, is required to improve the long-term performance of concrete pavement.

• 대한화장품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한화장품학회 2003년도 IFSCC Conference Proceeding Book II
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• pp.370-378
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• 2003

MFD (Make up Film Deterioration) is a gradual deterioration of applied make up and is a common problem experienced by most foundation users. Our investigation revealed that for 64% of all make up users MFD is their greatest consern is using foundations. Known that the primary cause of MFD is sebum secretion. We observed that the length of time prior to onset of MFD in people who produce high level of sebum varies significantly from person to person. This suggests that other factors besides quantity of sebum production can affect MFD. Control over this factor would, we believe, be key to developing longer-lasting makeups. We studied the relationship between MFD and skin surface conditions. Our study revealed that furrows on the skin surface affect MFD significantly. Sebum reaches the skin surface from sebaceous glands and flows along furrow on the skin. If there are many deep furrows, it takes longer for sebum to overflow. But if the furrows are few or shallow, sebum quickly overflows and spreads over the skin surface where it can degrade the make up film. Therefore even when the volume of sebum produced is the same, the rate of MFD will be different depending on the number and shape of the furrows. A longer-lasting foundation could be produced by matching personal skin condition, but this would be very difficult because individual variations in texture are very large. Therefore we approached the problem by attempting to impose sebum resistance in under make up and foundation. We have developed two new materials and make up products based on our theory. A new fluoroalkyl acrylate-methacrylates copolymer designed for incorporation in under make up is extremely sebum resistant and sweat proof. Another new acrylate polymer designed for inclusion in foundation absorbs sebum and changes to a solid. Usage tests confirm it is possible to reduce MFD by using under make up and foundation which incorporate our new materials to cover where skin furrows are few or shallow

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.136-141
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• 2021

Heating cables, widely used in office buildings, factories, streets and railways, deteriorate in electrical insulation during operation. The insulation deterioration of heating cables leads to electric discharges that can cause electrical fires. With this background, this paper dealt with a condition monitoring technique for heating cables by the analysis of discharge signals to prevent electrical fires. Insulation deterioration was simulated using an arc generator specified in UL1699 under AC operation, and the characteristic and propagation of discharge signals were analyzed on a 100 meter-long heating cable. Discharge signals produced by insulation deterioration were detected as a voltage pulse because they are as small as a few mV and they are attenuated through propagation path. The frequency spectrum of discharge signals mainly existed in the range from 70 kHz to 110 kHz, and the maximum attenuation of the signal was 84.8% at 100 meters away from the discharge point. Based on the experimental results, a monitoring device, which is composed of a high pass filter with the cut-off frequency of 70 kHz, a comparator, a wave shaper and a microprocessor, was designed and fabricated. Also, an algorithm was designed to discriminate the discharge signal in the presence of noise, compared with the pulse repetition period and the number of pulse counts per 100ms. In the experiment, the result showed that the prototype monitoring device could detect and discriminate the discharge signals produced at every discharge point on a heating cable.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2007

유입량과 라이닝에 작용하는 간극수압은 터널 설계시 고려해야 할 중요한 요소 중 하나이다. 간극수압의 발생은 누수를 가속화시키며 라이닝 열화를 초래한다. 본 논문에서는 모형실험을 통하여 배수시스템 기능저하로 인한 간극수압의 발생과 그 영향을 조사하였다. 배수시스템 기능저하거동은 배수재의 투수계수제어법과 유량 조절법으로 모사화 하여 터널 라이닝의 잔류수압발생 메카니즘을 확인하였다. 또한, 유량제어법이 배수시스템 기능저하현상을 모사하기에 보다 더 효과적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다. 모형실험을 수치해석으로 재현한 결과, 배수시스템 기능저하로 인한 영향을 Coupled 수치 모델링을 통해 이론적으로 예측 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.60-71
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• 2019

Electrical power supply is needed to operate the radar system in the field. In addition, it should not cause performance deterioration under the environmental factors due to characteristics of military equipment, and should not cause malfunction due to electromagnetic waves generated in radar, and then should not cause malfunction in radar equipment. Therefore, By applying a permanent magnet to the rotor of the generator, light weighting and high efficiency of generator were achieved. As a result, electrical performance test of the generator, the rated output power was 80.8 kW, the maximum output power was 88.1 kW, and the output power efficiency was 98.1 % under the full load condition. When the load capacity of the generator was changed from no load to full load, the maximum voltage variation was 3.6 % and the frequency variation was 0.3 %. As a result of the transient response test for measuring the output power of the generator according to the load characteristics change, the maximum voltage variation of 7.9 %, frequency variation of 0.5 % were confirmed, and the transient response time was 2.1 seconds. Environmental tests were conducted in accordance with MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461F to evaluate the operability of the generator groups. Normal operation of radar system generator group was confirmed under high temperature and low temperature environment conditions. Electromagnetic tests were conducted to check if electromagnetic wave generated from both radar system and generator group in operation caused any performance deterioration to each other. As a result, it was confirmed that the performance deterioration due to electromagnetic wave inflow, radiation, and conduction did not occur. It is expected that it should be possible to provide high efficiency power supply and stable power supply by applying to various military system as well as radar system.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1113-1124
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• 2018

Geological dynamic hazards during deep coal mining are caused by the failure of a composite system consisting of the rock and coal layers, whereas the joint in coal affects the stability of the composite system. In this paper, the compression test simulations for the rock-coal combined body with single joint in coal were conducted using $PFC^{2D}$ software and especially the effects of joint length and joint angle on strength and failure characteristics in a rock-coal combined body were analyzed. The joint length and joint angle exhibit a deterioration effect on the strength and affect the failure modes. The deterioration effect of joint length of L on the strength can be neglected with a tiny variation at ${\alpha}$ of $0^{\circ}$ or $90^{\circ}$ between the loading direction and joint direction. While, the deterioration effect of L on strength are relatively large at ${\alpha}$ between $30^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$. And the peak stress and peak strain decrease with the increase of L. Additionally, the deterioration effect of ${\alpha}$ on the strength becomes larger with the increase of L. With the increase of ${\alpha}$, the peak stress and peak strain first decrease and then increase, presenting "V-shaped" curves. And the peak stress and peak strain at ${\alpha}$ of $45^{\circ}$ are the smallest. Moreover, the failure mainly occurs within the coal and no apparent failure is observed for rock. At ${\alpha}$ between $30^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$, the secondary shear cracks generated in or close to the joint tips, cause the structural instability failure of the combined body. Therefore, their failure models present as a shear failure along partial joint plane direction and partially cutting across the coal body or a shear failure along the joint plane direction. However, at ${\alpha}$ of $60^{\circ}$ and L of 10 mm, the "V-shaped" shear cracks cutting across the coal body cause its final failure. While crack nucleations at ${\alpha}$ of $0^{\circ}$ or $90^{\circ}$ are randomly distributed in the coal, the failure mode shows a V-shaped shear failure cutting across the coal body.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2022

국내 RC 슬래브교의 경우 공용연수가 20년 이상인 교량이 전체의 70% 이상을 차지하며, 노후화된 구조물의 수가 증가함에 따라 구조물의 안전 진단 및 유지관리의 중요성이 증가하는 실정이다. 고속도로 교량의 경우 바닥판 균열은 열화현상의 우선적인 원인이 되며, 교량 내구성 및 사용수명 저하에 밀접한 관계가 있다. 또한 신축이음과 교량받침 등의 부재 손상으로 인한 손상 발생 비율이 약 73%로 주부재보다 높다. 따라서 본 연구에서 교량 부재 손상과 바닥판 열화가 결합된 손상 시나리오를 정의하였다. 설계하중으로는 일교차를 고려한 온도 증감과 차랑햐중을 고려하여 개별 단일 손상 및 이종손상 시나리오 발생 시 바닥판 응력 분포와 최대 응력 발생 지점을 비교 분석하였다. 또한 바닥판 열화의 주요한 원인이 되는 균열의 점검 및 진단이력데이터 기반으로 공용연수 별 손상 시나리오에 대한 손상확산 분석 및 상태등급 예측을 수행하였다. 교량부재 손상이 동반되어 발생하는 이종손상의 경우 단일손상 대비 균열 면적율과 손상확산율이 증가되며, 상태등급 C에 도달하는 시기도 매우 빠를 것으로 예측된다. 따라서 교량부재 손상이 발생하였을 때, 신속한 보수 및 교체가 이루어지지 않으면 바닥판의 손상 발생과 손상 확산으로 인한 2차 피해를 유발하는 원인이 될 수 있다. 따라서 바닥판 응답에 대한 지속적인 관찰과 대응이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.