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A CASE STUDY ON OPEN PIT MINE ROCK SLOPE STABILITY

  • Um, Jeong-Gi
    • Proceedings of the KSEG Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2002
  • Development of a three-dimensional mine visualization model for a section of the mine is addressed first. Discontinuity orientation and location information was taken from this visualization model for use in slope stability analyses. Estimated shear strength properties of discontinuities and mechanical properties of intact rock from the rock mass samples obtained from the mine are discussed next. The third part of the paper is focused on the results obtained for maximum safe slope angles for the section considered of the mine based on block theory analysis conducted under only the gravitational forces using the mapped discontinuities at the mine. Finally, the effects of water that exist in the rock mass, a tension crack, slope face inclination, overall wedge height and double benching on factor of safety of wedge stability are illustrated through limit equilibrium slope stability analyses conducted on a single tetrahedral wedge belonging to potential key block category that exist in the investigated area of the mine.

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Cooling Simulation for Fixed-Bed of Rough Rice (벼 퇴적층 냉각 시뮬레이션)

  • 김동철;김의웅;금동혁
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 1999
  • The objective of this study were to develop a cooling simulation model for fixed-bed of rough rice and to analyze the factors affecting cooling time of rough rice. A computer simulation model based on equilibrium conditions between grain and air was developed to predict temperature and moisture content changes during cooling of rough rice. the result of t-test showed that there were no significant differences between predicted and measured temperature changes on significance model agreed well with measured values. This cooling simulation model was applied to analyze the effect of some factors, such as air flow rate, cooling air temperature and humidity, initial grain temperature and moisture content, and bed depth, on cooling time of rough rice. Cooling rate increased with increase of air flow rate and bed depth whereas it decreased with increase of cooling air temperature and humidity and initial grain temperature. Among these factors, the most important factor was air flow rate. Specific air flow rate of 0.35㎥/min㎥ was required for cooling rough rice in 24 hours.

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An Improvement of Transient Stability of Multi-machine Power System (다기계통의 과도 안정도 향상)

  • Kim, Soo-Nam;You, Seok-Ku
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07c
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    • pp.911-913
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    • 1997
  • This paper presents a method for optima] placement of series capacitors in order to improve the power system transient stability, using genetic algorithms. For the formulation, this paper considers the objective function which is the energy margin as the difference between transient energy and critical energy. The most important factor in determining an accurate critical energy is the controlling unstable equilibrium point (UEP). This paper proposes the controlling UEP methods, concurrently with the DFP(Davidon-Fletcher-Powell) method, which enables the enhancement of multi-machine analysis. The proposed method is applied to 6-bus, 7-line, 4-machine model system to show its effectiveness in determining the locations to install series capacitors and the it's size to be installed in system, simultaneously.

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On thermal stability of plates with functionally graded coefficient of thermal expansion

  • Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Benyoucef, Samir;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Mahmoud, S.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.60 no.2
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    • pp.313-335
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    • 2016
  • In this article, a four-variable refined plate theory is presented for buckling analysis of functionally graded plates subjected to uniform, linear and non-linear temperature rises across the thickness direction. The theory accounts for parabolic distribution of the transverse shear strains, and satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the surfaces of the plate without using shear correction factor. Young's modulus and Poisson ratio of the FGM plates are assumed to remain constant throughout the entire plate. However, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the FGM plate varies according to a power law form through the thickness coordinate. Equilibrium and stability equations are derived based on the present theory. The influences of many plate parameters on buckling temperature difference such ratio of thermal expansion, aspect ratio, side-to-thickness ratio and gradient index will be investigated.

Thermal buckling of functionally graded plates using a n-order four variable refined theory

  • Abdelhak, Z.;Hadji, L.;Daouadji, T.H.;Bedia, E.A.
    • Advances in materials Research
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.31-44
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents a simple n-order four variable refined theory for buckling analysis of functionally graded plates. By dividing the transverse displacement into bending and shear parts, the number of unknowns and governing equations of the present theory is reduced, and hence, makes it simple to use. The present theory is variationally consistent, uses the n-order polynomial term to represent the displacement field, does not require shear correction factor, and eliminates the shear stresses at the top and bottom surfaces. A power law distribution is used to describe the variation of volume fraction of material compositions. Equilibrium and stability equations are derived based on the present n-order refined theory. The non-linear governing equations are solved for plates subjected to simply supported boundary conditions. The thermal loads are assumed to be uniform, linear and non-linear distribution through-the-thickness. The effects of aspect and thickness ratios, gradient index, on the critical buckling are all discussed.

Heavy Metal Distribution in Soils from the Maehyang-ri Inland Shooting Range Area (매향리 내륙 사격장 토양의 중금속 오염 분포)

  • Lee, Jun-Ho;Park, Kap-Song
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the heavy metal contamination in the soils of Maehyang-ri inland shooting range area. The texture of the Maehyang-ri inland shooting range soil was sandy. Extraction of heavy metals reached quasi-equilibrium within 6 hours using shaking with 0.1 N HCl. 95% and 94% of extraction efficiency was observed for Cu and Pb in the Maehyang-ri shooting range soils, respectively. And Cu and Pb contamination of level of the T-1 region soil was $114.4{\pm}5.7mg/kg$ and $362.3{\pm}20.5mg/kg$. This may be due to the effects of mineralogical factor, soil particle size and un-residual fractions such as exchangeable, carbonate, Fe-Mn oxide and organic+sulfide.

An Adaptive Construction of Quadrilateral Finite Elements Using H-Refinement (h-분할법에 의한 사각형 유한요소망의 적응적 구성)

  • 채수원
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.18 no.11
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    • pp.2932-2943
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    • 1994
  • An efficient approach to the automatic construction of effective quadrilateral finite element meshes for two-dimensional analysis is presented. The procedure is composed of, firstly, an initial mesh generation and, secondly, an h-version of adaptive refinement based on error analysis. As for an initial mesh generation scheme, a modified looping algorithm has been employed. For the adaptive refinement process, an error indicator obtained by computing the residual error of the equilibrium equations in the energy norm with a relaxation factor has been employed. Examples of mesh generation and self-adaptive mesh improvements are given. These example solutions demonstrate that an effective mesh for a given error tolerance can be obtained in a few steps of the analysis processes.

Use of Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Estimating the Economy Model

  • Lee, Seung Moon
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.127-132
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    • 2008
  • This project follows the heterogeneous agent market segmented model of Landon-Lane and Occhino (2007) with using Korean data, M1 and GDP deflator from 1882:I to 2007:II. This paper estimates parameters with Monte Carlo Markov Chain. The fraction of traders, ${\lambda}$, in Korea is 15.64%. The quarterly preferences discount factor's, ${\beta}$, posterior mean is 0.9922. The posterior mean of the inverse of the elasticity of the labor supply to the real wage, ${\varphi}$, is 0.0316. The elasticity of the labor supply to the real wage has a very large value. By Hansen (1985) and Christiano and Eichenbaum (1992) and Cooley and Hansen (1989), models having large elasticity of the aggregate labor supply better match macroeconomic data.

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Evaluation of the Applicability of FRP Grouted Reinforcing Method for Rock Slopes (암반사면에서 FRP 보강 그라우팅 공법의 적용성 평가)

  • Kim, Seong-Chan;Lee, Dal-Won
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.213-223
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    • 2008
  • The instability of rock slopes caused by heavy rainfall and soil mass sliding needs the preventable and reinforcing method. The most important factor for the stability is the shear strength available in the planar part of the failure surface, which shows that a progressive failure takes place and a reinforcing of rock slope using FRP grout is effectively available. In this study, a grouting bolting interval predictions by limit equilibrium analysis and Matlab mathematical computer codes in several cases is presented for FRP reinforced rock slope. The proposed mathematical computer code can be easily applied for seeking properly FRP grout intervals prior to design and execute a reinforcement of a rock slope in practice.

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A study on the dielectric properties by measurement of relaxation time of dipole polarization in solid dielectrics (고체유전체의 쌍극자분극 완화시간 측정에 의한 유전특성의 연구)

  • 박중순;서장수;김병인;국상훈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.05a
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 1992
  • When relaxation time will be distributed, TSC observed in the experimental procedure was analysed by using a potential model having two equilibrium positions and equations of dielectric properties was derived. Calculation of distribution was made by matrix method and compared/confirmed values obtained by TSC and alternating current which have a correspondence with each other. In this measurement, distribution of activation energy and relaxation time was determined by TSC peak at around 147k/364 of which center is 10$\^$-4/ sec/10$\^$5/ sec respectively at room temperature and also obtained dielctric loss factor at the range of 10$\^$-7/-10$\^$5/Hz. It seems that low temperature peak is local dispersion and high temperature peak have a relation to dielectric transition of the material.

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