• Advances in nano research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.261-271
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• 2023

The present study follows three main goals. First, an analytical solution with high accuracy is developed to assess the effects of embedding pre-strained shape memory alloy (SMA) wires on the critical buckling temperatures of rectangular sandwich plates made of soft core and graphite fiber/epoxy (GF/EP) face sheets based on piecewise low-order shear deformation theory (PLSDT) using Brinson's model. As the second goal, this study compares the effects of SMAs on the thermal buckling of sandwich plates with those of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The glass transition temperature is considered as a limiting factor. For each material, the effective ranges of operating temperature and thickness ratio are determined for real situations. The results indicate that depending on the geometric parameters and thermal conditions, one of the SMAs and CNTs may outperform the other. The third purpose is to study the thermal buckling of sandwich plates with advanced hybrid SMA/CNT/GF/EP composite face sheets. It is shown that in some circumstances, the co-incorporation of SMAs and CNTs leads to an astonishing enhancement in the critical buckling temperatures of sandwich plates.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.1472-1479
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• 2024

Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPESs) integrate cyber and hardware components to ensure a reliable and safe physical power production and supply. Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) add uncertainty to energy demand that can be dealt with flexible operation (e.g., load-following) of CPES; at the same time, scenarios that could result in severe consequences due to both component stochastic failures and aging of the cyber system of CPES (commonly overlooked) must be accounted for Operation & Maintenance (O&M) planning. In this paper, we make use of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to search for the optimal O&M strategy that, not only considers the actual system hardware components health conditions and their Remaining Useful Life (RUL), but also the possible accident scenarios caused by the failures and the aging of the hardware and the cyber components, respectively. The novelty of the work lies in embedding the cyber aging model into the CPES model of production planning and failure process; this model is used to help the RL agent, trained with Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and Imitation Learning (IL), finding the proper rejuvenation timing for the cyber system accounting for the uncertainty of the cyber system aging process. An application is provided, with regards to the Advanced Lead-cooled Fast Reactor European Demonstrator (ALFRED).

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.252-263
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• 2011

In this work, for the first time, the quality of restoration in wide-field microscopy images after deconvolution was analyzed as a function of different Point Spread Functions using one deconvolution method, on a specimen of known size and on a biological specimen. The empirical Point Spread Function determination can significantly depend on the numerical aperture, refractive index of the embedding medium, refractive index of the immersion oil and cover slip thickness. The influence of all of these factors is shown in the same article and using the same microscope. We have found that the best deconvolution results are obtained when the empirical PSF utilized is obtained under the same conditions as the specimen. We also demonstrated that it is very important to quantitatively check the process' outcome using several quality indicators: Full-Width at Half-Maximum, Contrast-to-Noise Ratio, Signal-to-Noise Ratio and a Tenengrad-based function. We detected a significant improvement when using an indicator to measure the focus of the whole stack. Therefore, to qualitatively determinate the best deconvolved image between different conditions, one approach that we are pursuing is to use Tenengrad-based function indicators in images obtained using a wide-field microscope.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.275-291
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• 2023

This paper has focused on presenting vibration analysis of trapezoidal sandwich plates with 3D-graphene foam reinforced polymer matrix composites (GrF-PMC) core and FG wavy CNT-reinforced face sheets. The porous graphene foam possessing 3D scaffold structures has been introduced into polymers for enhancing the overall stiffness of the composite structure. Also, 3D graphene foams can distribute uniformly or non-uniformly in the plate thickness direction. The effective Young's modulus, mass density and Poisson's ratio are predicted by the rule of mixture. In this study, the classical theory concerning the mechanical efficiency of a matrix embedding finite length fibers has been modified by introducing the tube-to-tube random contact, which explicitly accounts for the progressive reduction of the tubes' effective aspect ratio as the filler content increases. The First-order shear deformation theory of plate is utilized to establish governing partial differential equations and boundary conditions for trapezoidal plate. The governing equations together with related boundary conditions are discretized using a mapping-generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method in spatial domain. Then natural frequencies of the trapezoidal sandwich plates are obtained using GDQ method. Validity of the current study is evaluated by comparing its numerical results with those available in the literature. It is explicated that 3D-GrF skeleton type and weight fraction, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) waviness and CNT aspect ratio can significantly affect the vibrational behavior of the sandwich structure. The plate's normalized natural frequency decreased and the straight carbon nanotube (w=0) reached the highest frequency by increasing the values of the waviness index (w).

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.73-91
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• 2024

This paper has focused on presenting vibration analysis of trapezoidal sandwich plates with a damaged core and FG wavy CNT-reinforced face sheets. A damage model is introduced to provide an analytical description of an irreversible rheological process that causes the decay of the mechanical properties, in terms of engineering constants. An isotropic damage is considered for the core of the sandwich structure. The classical theory concerning the mechanical efficiency of a matrix embedding finite length fibers has been modified by introducing the tube-to-tube random contact, which explicitly accounts for the progressive reduction of the tubes' effective aspect ratio as the filler content increases. The First-order shear deformation theory of plate is utilized to establish governing partial differential equations and boundary conditions for the trapezoidal plate. The governing equations together with related boundary conditions are discretized using a mapping-generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method in spatial domain. Then natural frequencies of the trapezoidal sandwich plates are obtained using GDQ method. Validity of the current study is evaluated by comparing its numerical results with those available in the literature. After demonstrating the convergence and accuracy of the method, different parametric studies for laminated trapezoidal structure including carbon nanotubes waviness (0≤w≤1), CNT aspect ratio (0≤AR≤4000), face sheet to core thickness ratio (0.1 ≤ ${\frac{h_f}{h_c}}$ ≤ 0.5), trapezoidal side angles (30° ≤ α, β ≤ 90°) and damaged parameter (0 ≤ D < 1) are carried out. It is explicated that the damaged core and weight fraction, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) waviness and CNT aspect ratio can significantly affect the vibrational behavior of the sandwich structure. Results show that by increasing the values of waviness index (w), normalized natural frequency of the structure decreases, and the straight CNT (w=0) gives the highest frequency. For an overall comprehension on vibration of laminated trapezoidal plates, some selected vibration mode shapes were graphically represented in this study.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2015

열가소성 차선도료는 세계적으로 가장 보편적으로 사용되고 있는 차선도료이다. 그러나 국내 적용되고 있는 차선도료는 내구성이 1년 밖에 되지 않아 선진외국에 비해 수명(3년 이상)이 상대적으로 짧다. 이를 개선하고자 기존에 사용되고 있는 석유계 수지에 polyolefin 수지를 추가로 첨가하고, LDPE 왁스를 기능성이 부여된 산화 PE 왁스의 대체 사용으로 기존의 열가소성 차선도료의 단점을 보완하였다. 차선도료의 용융점도는 $220^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 분사 도장방식의 최적 점도인 500 cP 이하가 되게 설계하였고, 도료를 도포한 후 반사유리알을 살포하는 시간간격을 1 s로 하여 함침비를 50~60%로 조절하였다. 또한 filler 중 $CaCO_3$의 첨가량을 40 wt% 이하로 하여 유리알 고착비를 향상시켰다. 열가소성 차선도료의 내마모성 평가를 위하여 4가지 조건에서의 재귀 반사성능을 측정하였다. 교통사고 발생 최소화와 운전자의 노령화 등으로 운전자 주행 중 최소 야간재귀 반사성능계수는 $150mcd{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}lux^{-1}$ 이상을 만족하여야 하며, 마모횟수 증가에 따른 야간재귀 반사성능 저하가 가장 적은 TPRM-7를 열가소성 차선도료의 최적 배합비율로 결정하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2018

구조물을 지지하는 말뚝기초에 대한 내진설계 시 안정을 위해 지반-기초-구조물의 동적 상호작용이 반드시 고려되어야 한다. 말뚝기초의 내진설계에 정적 및 반복하중 조건에서 제안된 p-y 곡선이 이용되고 있다. 이 p-y 곡선은 지진과 같은 동하중 조건에서 지반-기초-구조물의 상호작용이 고려되지 않았기 때문에 내진설계에 적용하기 어렵다. 이에 지반-기초-구조물의 동적 상호작용을 고려한 동적 p-y 곡선에 관한 연구가 수행되었으나 공통된 조건으로 말뚝 캡이 지표면 위에 노출되어 있고, 상부구조물은 단순 중량으로 말뚝 캡에 추가하여 동적 p-y 곡선을 확인하였다. 그러나 해양구조물인 경우를 제외한 보편적인 무리말뚝의 경우 지반에 근입하여 시공됨에 따라 말뚝 캡의 근입 여부가 말뚝의 동적 p-y 곡선에 영향을 미칠 것으로 보인다. 이에 본 연구에서는 말뚝 캡의 지반 근입에 따른 무리말뚝의 동적거동을 확인하기 위해 진동대 모형실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 무리말뚝의 말뚝 캡이 지반에 근입된 경우와 근입되지 않은 경우의 동적거동은 다르게 나타났다.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 1995년도 Proceedings of special lectures on Molecular Biological Approaches to Plant Disease National Agricultural Science and Technology Institute Suwon, Korea
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• pp.27-53
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• 1995

In plant pathology there is an increasing necessity for improved cytological techniques as basis for the localization of cellular substances within the dynamic fine structure of the host-(plant)-pathogen-interaction. Low temperature (LT) preparation techniques (shock freezing, freeze substitution, LT embedding) are now successfully applied in plant pathology. They are regarded as important tools to stabilize the dynamic plant-pathogen-interaction as it exists under physiological conditions. - The main advantage of LT techniques versus conventional chemical fixation is seen in the maintenance of the hydration shell of molecules and macromolecular structures. This results in an improved fine structural preservation and in a superior retention of the antigenicity of proteins. - A well defined ultrastructure of small, fungal organisms and large biological samples such as plant material and as well as the plant-pathogen (fungus) infection sites are presented. The mesophyll tissue of Arabidopsis thaliana is characterized by homogeneously structured cytoplasm closely attached to the cell wall. From analyses of the compatible interaction between Erysiphe graminis f. sp. hordei on barley (Hordeum vulgare), various steps in the infection sequence can be identified. Infection sites of powdery mildew on primary leaves of barley are analysed with regard to the fine structural preservation of the haustoria. The presentation s focussed on the ultrastructure of the extrahaustorial matrix and the extrahaustorial membrane. - The integration of improved cellular preservation with a molecular analysis of the infected host cell is achieved by the application of secondary probing techniques, i.e. immunocytochemistry. Recent data on the characterization of freeze substituted powdery mildew and urst infected plant tissue by immunogold methodology are described with special emphasis on the localization of THRGP-like (threonine-hydrxyproline-rich glycoprotein) epitopes. Infection sites of powdery mildew on barley, stem rust as well as leaf rust (Puccinia recondita) on primary leaves of wheat were probed with a polyclonal antiserum to maize THRGP. Cross-reactivity with the anti-THRGP antiserum was observed over the extrahaustorial matrix of the both compatible and incompatible plant-pathogen interactions. The highly localized accumulation of THRGP-like epitopes at the extrahaustorial host-pathogen interface suggests the involvement of structural, interfacial proteins during the infection of monocotyledonous plants by obligate, biotrophic fungi.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈C:초등수학교육
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2012

진통 인지심리학과 달리 상황인지이론은 학습의 구성주의 본성을 강하게 반영하는 교육학 이론으로 이해된다. 학교에서 상황학습을 하기 위해서는 교실상황은 교수와 학습이 진정으로 일어나는 장소로 매우 중요하다. 인간의 정신활동인 학습은 그것이 일어나는 상황과 맥락에 의존하면서 학습 결과보다는 과정에, 그리고 실제 상황에서의 학습의 경험을 강조하고 있다. 수학교육에서는 주어진 정형화된 수학문제를 해결하는 것을 넘어서는 능력을 요구하고 있다. 본 논문의 목적은, 수학함이 잘 일어나도록 하기 위해 상황인지이론과 그에 토대한 상황학습이 수학 교실수업에 어떤 시사점을 주고, 어떤 방향으로 나아가야 하는지를 밝히고자 한다. 이를 위하여 상황인지와 상황학습을 간단하게 설명하고, 수학자들이 행하는 수학과 교실에서의 수학을 비교하여 보고, 상황인지론의 3가지 관점에 따른 수학교육과 관련성을 검토하고, 수학교육에서의 적용할 방안을 검토, 제시하고자 한다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2004년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2004
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• pp.371-374
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• 2004

The task of development and usage in a corporate computer network of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS) of integrated technology of joint use by the scientists of satellite and sub satellite data on a Northwestern Pacific is considered. This integrated technology is realized by embedding of satellite data in the corporate oceanographic GIS of FEB RAS as a new information layer, and also by support of GIS by program techniques for specialized processing of both kinds of the data. As a result of integration the specialists of FEB RAS have an opportunity to carry out coordinated samples of satellite and various oceanographic data as a function of area, time and other important conditions, visualize them together and carry out analytical processing with the usage of the GIS tools. Application of the realized approach to improve the techniques of detection and description of the oceanic phenomena on ERS-l and ERS-2 SAR images as well as to improve of perspective techniques of the usage the brightness temperatures measured by a microwave radiometers AMSR-E on a board of Aqua (USA) satellites are discussed.