• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.127-138
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• 2012

The composite materials may be exposed to environmental (thermal or hygral or both) condition during their service life. The effect of environmental condition is usually adverse from the point of view of design of composite structures. In the present research study the effect of hygrothermal condition on the design of laminated composite structures is investigated. The active fiber composite (AFC) which may be utilized as actuator or sensor is considered in the present analysis. The sensor layer is used to sense the level of response of the composite structures. The sensed voltage is fed back to the actuator through the controller. In this study both displacement and velocity feedback controllers are employed to reduce the response of the composite laminate within acceptable limit. The Newmark direct time integration scheme is employed along with modal superposition method to improve the computational efficiency. It is observed from the numerical study that the laminated composite structures become weak in the presence of hygrothermal load. The response of the structure can be brought to the acceptable level once the AFC layer is activated through the feedback loop.

• Computers and Concrete
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.505-521
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• 2009

The analysis of prismatic members made of reinforced concrete under inclined bending, especially the computation of ultimate loads, is a pronounced non-linear problem which is frequently solved by discretizing the stress distribution in the cross-section using interpolation functions. In the approach described in the present contribution the exact analytical stress distribution is used instead. The obtained expressions are integrated by means of a symbolic manipulation package and automatically converted to optimized Fortran code. The direct problem-computation of ultimate internal forces given the position of the neutral axis-is first described. Subsequently, two kinds of inverse problem are treated: the computation of rupture envelops and the dimensioning of reinforcement, given design internal forces. An iterative Newton-Raphson procedure is used. Examples are presented.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.51 no.8
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• pp.482-492
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• 2002

This paper deals with overvoltage stresses in the field circuit of synchronous machine connected to HVDC terminal. A load rejection of the HVDC may cause generator in the station to become self-excited, resulting in a severe system overvoltage. This paper shows that violent field current oscillations can be produced by resonance between the machine inductance and the terminal capacitance. As most conventional excitation system do not allow reverses current, new topology of excitation system to allow reverse current is proposed. the proposed system can limit the rate of rise of terminal voltage during conditions of self excitation. Apart from these simulations, the nature(Magnitude and frequency) of the field transient state is explained mathematically. Finally, the EMTDC program is used for the simulation studies.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.229-236
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• 1981

The boron content in reactor grade aluminum has been determined by means of a capture gamma-ray counting method. The experimental detection limit is found to be 5.7% ppm with 10% uncertainty. In order to improve the sensitivity, the boron is preconcentrated from aluminum by cation exchange resin system. The accuracies of both methods, i.e., one by the direct measurement and the other by the measurement after preconcentration, are checked by an additive method. The results show good agreements with less than 5% deviation.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.242-248
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• 1987

A sensitive, direct method for the determination of trace amounts of uranium in solution has been developed utilizing laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy and a fluorescence enhancing reagent 'Fluran.' Standard addition technique is incorporated into the analysis to eliminate sample matrix effects. Analytical data show that a detection limit of 0.1 ppb (part per billion) uranium has been achieved and the precision of the analysis is in the range of 5% relative standard deviation. Results using the laser fluorescence method on many sets of unknown samples have been compared against corresponding values determined by other methods.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.103-122
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• 2006

The capacity of tubular truss chords subjected to concentrated reaction forces in the vicinity of the open end (i.e., the bearing region) is not directly treated by existing design specifications; although capacity equations are promulgated for related tubular joint configurations. The lack of direct treatment of bearing capacity in existing design specifications seems to represent an unsatisfactory situation given the fact that connections very often control the design of long-span tubular structures comprised of members with slender cross-sections. The case of the simple-span overhead highway sign truss is studied, in which the bearing reaction is applied near the chord end. The present research is aimed at assessing the validity of adapting existing specifications' capacity equations from related cases so as to be applicable in determining design capacity in tubular truss bearing regions. These modified capacity equations are subsequently used in comparisons with full-scale experimental results obtained from testing carried out at the University of Pittsburgh.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 1999.02a
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• pp.198-201
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• 1999

An optimal cooling method for HTS(high Tc superconductor) current leads has been analytically sought to minimize the required refrigerator power. The binary current lead is a series combination of a normal metal conductor at the warmer part and an HTS at the colder part. The lead is cooled by direct contacts with a two-stage cryocooler at the joint and at the cold end. It is clearly proven that there exists unique optimal values for the joint temperature and the current density to minimize the refrigerator power per unit current. the actual power input to the cryocooler in the optimal conditions is compared with its thermodynamic limit, and some significant issues in practical design are presented with a useful graphical method.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.47.1-47.1
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• 2012

Given high accretion rates close to the Eddington limit, narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1) are arguably the most important AGN subclass in investigating the origin of the black hole mass-galaxy stellar velocity dispersion ($M_{BH}-{\sigma}$) relation. Currently, it is highly debated whether NLS1s are offset from the local $M_{BH}-{\sigma}$ relation. The controversy mainly comes from the fact that the [OIII] line width has been used as a proxy for stellar velocity dispersion due to the difficulty of measuring stellar velocity dispersion in NLS1s. Using the SDSS spectra of a sample of 105 NLS1, we performed multi-component fitting analysis to separate stellar absorption lines from strong AGN [FeII] complex in order to directly measure stellar velocity dispersion. We will present the result of decomposition analysis and discuss whether NLS1s follow the same $M_{BH}-{\sigma}$ relation based on the direct measurements of stellar velocity dispersion.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.147-166
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• 1997

The convergence of the power sequence of an $n{\times}n$ fuzzy matrix has been studied. Some theoretical necessary and sufficient con-ditions have been established for the power sequence to be convergent generally. Furthermore as one of our main concerns the convergence index was studied in detail especially for some special types of Boolean matrices. Also it has been established that the convergence index is bounded by $(n-1)^2+1$ from above for an arbitrary $n{\times}n$ fuzzy matrix if its power sequence converges. Our method is concentrated on the limit behavior of the power se-quence. It helped us to make our proofs be simpler and more direct that those in pure algebraic methods.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.990-992
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• 2006

In a previous study, we obtained polyclonal antibodies against the organophosphorus insecticide fenitrothion and developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for this pesticide. Using these antibodies and an enzyme tracer, a direct competitive ELISA method specific for fenitrothion using a dipstick format was developed. Dipstick ELISA using antibodies to fenitrothion immobilized on an Immunodyne membrane allowed the quick visual detection of fenitrothion at concentrations above $10\;{\mu}g/L$. The $IC_{50}$ value of dipstick ELISA using reflectance detection was $27\;{\mu}g/L$ with a detection limit of $2\;{\mu}g/L$. The recovery of fenitrothion from spiked lettuce and rice samples using the dipstick ELISA ranged from 87-107%.