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A Study on the Development of Self-Repairing Smart Concrete Using Microorganism (미생물(微生物)을 이용한 자기수부성(自己修復性) 스마트 콘크리트 개발에 관한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Wha-Jung;Chun, Woo-Young;Ko, Kwan-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.441-444
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to develop self-repairing ability for concrete so that inspection could be available even in the event of minute cracks, for more economic concrete structure maintenance and longevity. This is a basic attempt to develop self-repairing concrete using the biochemical reaction of bacteria through an innovative method. In this study, the characteristics and problems posed by self-repairing concrete as proposed in international scientific journals were examined, and the potential of new concrete reformation and performance improvement using bio-mineralization was explored. Bio-mineralization, which is an action of creating bio-minerals using an organism, was proposed. A new concept of bacteria such as bacillus pasteurii using bio-mineralization that precipitates calcium carbonate, as well as the possibility of mechanical performance and durability of concrete and repair of cracks, was introduced. Directions for further study through basic experiments and developmental feasibility of self-repairing concrete were also presented.

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Characteristics of Bond Strength as Types of Primer for the Facilities of Anti-corrosion Waterproofing Materials by the Reversed Pressure and Concrete Surface Condition (내부 방수⋅방식재의 프라이머 종류별 역수압 작용 및 콘크리트 표면 상태에 따른 부착강도 특성)

  • Oh, Sang-Keun;Heo, Neung-Hoe;Shin, Hong-Chul;Choi, Sung-Min
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 2014
  • Recently, concrete facility as advanced water treatment facilities is extending in the water treatment facilities according to raise awareness of pure drinking water and delicious water. For this reason, it is increased to the necessity need to make the standard and the development of waterproofing and anti-corrosion materials for concrete structures applied water treatment tank. So, related research has become active recently. However, as the limit of research focused on durability improvement of top coating material, it is insufficient to study on the adhesion strength between the concrete surface and primer. Therefore, there is to confirm the adhesion of between concrete surface and the three primers used as anti-corrosion waterproofing materials, and to investigate the properties of adhesion strength according to the condition such as dry condition, wet condition, and water pressure condition of the concrete surface in this study.

System Improvement Research for Commercial Propulsion about Government R&D Product(In Case of LRT) (국가 R&D 성과품 상용화 추진을 위한 제도개선방안 연구 (경량전철을 중심으로))

  • Hong, Jai-Sung;Park, Kwang-Bok;Rhy, Sang-Whan;Lee, An-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.322-330
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    • 2009
  • Traffic congestions in local cities have been getting worse since 1990s, so many local governments have considered the introduction of an LRT system. So far, there is no city operating the LRT due to social environments, financial reasons, feasibility and so on. But still many cities have examined LRT or started the construction. Until now, more than 30 cities are constructing LRT or planning the introduction of LRT and it becomes 96 routes, approximately 700km. With the support of MLTM, KRRI has developed automatic LRT system with rubber-wheels, K-AGT as a result of "LRT system technology development project" from 1999 to 2005 by investing 50.32 billion wons(the public 37, the private 13.32) and finished running durability test of 100,000km at Kyeong-san test line. Currently, two trains, coupled two cars respectively have running and signaling tested. K-AGT was appointed to supply for an extension line at Busan Subway Line 3(Minam-Anpyeong section) with 17 trains(six-unit car) 102 cars. However, except for Minam-Anpyeong section, other cities such as Uijeongbu, Yongin, Daegu(Line 3) and Kwangmyeong decided to use the foreign systems, not to use the product, a result of national R&D project. This results in a huge waste of foreign currency and it is expected to require much additional cost for maintenance. If local governments use the products of national R&D projects, many national benefits such as reducing imports and protecting home industries could be expected, therefore in this paper, some plans to encourage to use products of national R&D projects were dealt with.

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A Study on Chlorine Resistance Improvement of Reverse Osmosis Membrane by Surface Modification (역삼투 분리막의 표면개질을 이용한 내염소성 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Younggil;Kim, Nowon;Lee, Yong-Taek
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.320-329
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    • 2005
  • Polyamide membrane degradation by chlorine has been studied to improve membrane durability. In this study, it was found that the salt rejection was reduced rapidly and flux of the membrane was increased slowly far membrane treated under chlorine condition. In order to improve resistance to chlorine of the polyamide reverse osmosis membrane, fluorine-containing silane coupling agent (FSCA) was introduced to surface modification. Surface properties and chlorine resistance of silane modified membrane were compared with virgin membrane. It was found that the surface of silane modified membrane has dense structure according to FSCA concentration increasing. The results of surface analysis suggest that FSCA retrieved a severe change in the hydrophobicity and surface roughness. In addition, it appears that FSCA can enhance chlorine resistance due to the interaction of such substance with free radical chlorine.

Prosthetic shoulder arthroplasty in patients 40 years or younger: outcomes stratified by diagnosis and surgery

  • Samer S. Hasan;Leslie E. Schwindel;Cassie M. Fleckenstein
    • Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.311-320
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    • 2022
  • Background: The outcomes of patients 50-55 years old or younger undergoing prosthetic shoulder arthroplasty (PSA) may not generalize to younger patients. We report outcomes following PSA in a consecutive series of patients 40 years or younger. We hypothesize that total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) provides better outcome and durability than resurfacing hemiarthroplasty (RHA). Methods: Patients were stratified by diagnosis and surgical procedure performed, RHA or TSA. Active range of motion and self-assessed outcome were evaluated preoperatively and at final follow-up. Results: Twenty-nine consecutive PSAs were identified in 26 patients, comprising 9 TSAs and 20 RHAs, with a minimum of 2-year follow-up. Twelve PSAs were performed for chondrolysis. Mean active forward elevation, abduction, external rotation, and internal rotation improved significantly (p<0.001 for all). Mean pain score improved from 6.3 to 2.1, Simple Shoulder Test from 4.0 to 9.0, and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score from 38 to 75 (p<0.001 for all). Patients undergoing RHA and TSA had similar outcomes; but three RHAs required revision, two of these within 4 years of implantation. Four of five patients undergoing revision during the study period had an original diagnosis of chondrolysis. Conclusions: PSA in young patients provides substantial improvement in active range of motion and patient reported outcomes irrespective of diagnosis and glenoid management. However, patients undergoing RHA, especially for chondrolysis, frequently require subsequent revision surgery, so that RHA should be considered with caution in young patients and only after shared decision-making and counsel on the risk of early revision to TSA.

A Study on improvement for disaster resilience of the smart city - Mainly on the data analysis in Great East Japan Earthquake (스마트시티의 재해회복력 향상을 위한 고찰 - 동일본 대지진 데이터 분석을 중심으로)

  • Chang, Hye-Jung;Kim, Do-Nyun
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.373-387
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    • 2016
  • The citizen is going to live on security for better life stably in all times, and, as for such human basic desire, it is to the base which is important about the durability and the development of the smart city. I defined needs and the priority about the disaster recovery of the community as a citizen through date analysis until I came back to the normal environment again after a smart city suffered the damage by the misfortune in the study. I was going to suggest a method to support inhabitants of the damage area that was the immediate, and was necessary for a base in such date analysis and recovery of the community. I considered the Great East Japan Earthquake in an example in 2011. I studied the smart city plan which could improve the resilience of the local citizen and community through data utilization.

A Study on Optimization of Catalyst Injection Controller for Reducing Soot (Soot 저감을 위한 촉매 분사 최적화 방안 연구)

  • Kim Byeong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.278-284
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    • 2006
  • The popularity of the diesel engine revolves around its fuel efficiency, reliability, and durability compared to the gasoline engine. However, the main disadvantage of diesel engine is the emission of particulate matter (PM) which is known as carcinogenic substance. Therefore recent progress in engine management and after-treatment systems has led to great improvement to satisfy strict emission regulations. To comply with powerful environment regulations, this study is focused on the decrease of PM(soot) as to increase significantly exhaust temperature. Therefore, HC injection is used as the method to go to the PM regeneration temperature in front of filters composed of diesel oxidation catalyst(DOC) and diesel particulate filter(DPF). And especially, LPG is used because it has good chemical reactions with exhaust. In this study, we could manufacture the test bench thought LPG injection - with which soot can be decreased-, construct 3 kinds of database(DB) according to quantity of temperature to decide the LPG injection quantity and develop DPF ECU algorithm.

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Performance improvement of BOP Components for 1kW Stationary Fuel Cell Systems to Promote Green-Home Dissemination Project (그린홈 보급확대를 위한 건물용 연료전지 보조기기의 성능 향상)

  • Lee, Sunho;Kim, Dongha;Kim, Minseok;Jun, Heekwon
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.89.1-89.1
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    • 2011
  • According to green growth's policy, green-home dissemination's projects are promoting. Among them, stationary fuel cell systems are receiving attention due to high efficiency and clear energy. But it need absolutely to develop cost down technologies and improve system durability for commercialization of the fuel cell system. To achieve this objectives, in 2009, the Korean Government and "Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP)" launched into the strategic development project of BOP technology for practical applications and commercializations of stationary fuel cell systems, named "Technology Development on Cost Reduction of BOP Components for 1kW Stationary Fuel Cell Systems to Promote Green-Home Dissemination Project". This paper introduces a summary of improved BOP performances that has been achieved through the 2nd year development precesses(2010.06~2011.05) base on 1st year development precesses(2009.06~2010.05). The major elements for fuel cell systems are cathode air blowers, burner air blowers, preferential oxidation air blowers, fuel blowers, cooling water pumps, reformer water pumps, heat recovery pumps, mass flow meters, electrical valves, safety valves and a low-voltage inverter. Key targets of those elements are the reduction of cost, power consumption and noise. Invert's key targets are development the low -voltage technologies in order to reduce the number of unit cell in fuel cell system's stack.

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An Study on the Investigation of Bridge Deck Condition by Analysis of Concrete Core Properties (교량바닥판 콘크리트 코어의 물성분석을 통한 상태조사연구)

  • Suh, Jin-Won;Rhee, Ji-Young;Ku, Bon-Sung;Shin, Jae-In;Shin, Do-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.789-792
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    • 2008
  • Recently, the deteriorations of RC bridge decks on express-way are frequently observed. The major cause of deterioration for the RC concrete bridge decks exposed to de-icing chemiclas would be chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion. Therefore, Waterproofing is necessary for improvement of bridge deck durability and comfortable utility. In this study is to investigate the appearance of deterioration and properties of concrete core from the collect in a bridge deck. The results of this study shows that penetration waterproofing agents shows low infiltration depth and low water-repellent. It appears that the damaging of concrete deck is primarily waterproofing system rather than physical property.

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Performance Evaluation of Recycled Synthetic Resins Euro-form by Injection Modeling Method (합성수지계 사출성형 재생유로폼의 성능 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Byeung-Yeul;Lee, Hyun-Chul;Kim, Jun-Hee;Go, Seong-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2010
  • Method or work type improvement is needed in relation to reducing cost and increasing efficiency by ensuring construction quality and reducing labor in the form work process. This would have a great influence on the entire construction process, and make the process of adopting materials and methods more rational and economic. Hence, this study aimed to develop a Synthetic Resins Euroform that could improve durability, water-proofing, sophistication, and organizational unity through the use of injection modeling. Accordingly, this paper first investigated various performance requirements and necessary techniques, and then verified feasibility by evaluating the physical safety and technical validity when it is applied to construction field. In addition, this study evaluated the constructability, safety performance, environmental performance, and systemic excellence in terms of maintaining convenience of Synthetic Resins Euroform. Moreover, to verify feasibility in the construction field, this study analyzed and evaluated the maximum stress by measuring the load and deformation of the space of the horizontal furring, which is attached to Euroform as an armature.