• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.371-376
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• 2007

Objective : Balloon kyphoplasty can effectively relieve the symptomatic pain and correct the segmental deformity of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. While many articles have reported on the effectiveness of the procedure, there has not been any research on the factors affecting the deformity correction. Here, we evaluated both the relationship between postoperative pain relief and restoration of the vertebral height, and segmental kyphosis, as well as the various factors affecting segmental deformity correction after balloon kyphoplasty. Methods : Between January 2004 and December 2006, 137 patients (158 vertebral levels) underwent balloon kyphoplasty. We analyzed various factors such as the age and sex of the patient, preoperative compression ratio, kyphotic angle of compressed segment, injected PMMA volume, configuration of compression, preoperative bone mineral density (BMD) score, time interval between onset of symptom and the procedure, visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain rating and surgery-related complications. Results : The mean postoperative VAS score improvement was $4.93{\pm}0.17$. The mean postoperative height restoration rate was $17.8{\pm}1.57%$ and the kyphotic angle reduction was $1.94{\pm}0.38^{\circ}$. However, there were no significant statistical correlations among VAS score improvement, height restoration rate, and kyphotic angle reduction. Among the various factors, the configuration of the compressed vertebral body (p=0.002) was related to the height restoration rate and the direction of the compression (p=0.006) was related with the kyphotic angle reduction. The preoperative compression ratio (p=0.023, p=0.006) and injected PMMA volume (p<0.001, p=0.035) affected both the height restoration and kyphotic angle reduction. Only the preoperative compression ratio was found to be as an independent affecting factor (95% CI : 1.064-5.068). Conclusion : The two major benefits of balloon kyphoplasty are immediate pain relief and local deformity correction, but segmental deformity correction achieved by balloon kyphoplasty does not result in additional pain relief. Among the factors that were shown to affect the segmental deformity correction, configuration of the compressed vertebral body, direction of the most compressed area, and preoperative compression ratio were not modifiable. However, careful preoperative consideration about the modifiable factor, the PMMA volume to inject, may contribute to the dynamic correction of the segmental deformity.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2011

본 논문은 명암 변화가 심한 비디오 시퀀스에 대해 효율적인 동영상 압축기법을 제안한다. 제안한 알고리즘에서는 화면간의 명암 변화 변수들을 추정하고 지역적인 움직임 보상을 수행한다. 밝기 보상이 필요한 화면을 검출하기 위하여 연속되는 두 프레임간의 히스토그램의 크로스 엔트로피를 계산하여 프레임 분류를 하고 명암 변화가 심한 화면에 대해서만 밝기 보상을 수행하여 명암 변화가 심하지 않은 경우에 발생할 수 있는 불필요한 계산량을 줄였다. 명암 변화가 심한 비디오 시퀀스에 대한 실험결과 제안한 알고리즘은 기존의 알고리즘에 비해 적은 계산량으로 높은 PSNR (peak signal to noise ratio) 성능을 나타내었다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.349-356
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• 2002

현재 우리나라 스틸하우스 건설에 사용하는 구조재는 SGC41 강종으로 제작된 보통 C-형강이나 Lip-C-형강이 주를 이루고 있으나 이 분야의 선진국가에서는 좌굴 강도가 높고 시공성이 좋은 고유의 단면 형상을 개발하여 사용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 정량이면서 강도 및 강성이 높고 다양한 시공상 장점이 있는 고강도 신형상 박판냉간성형단면의 압축부재로서의 구조적인 고동과 성능을 연구하기 위하여 재료실험 및 압축실험을 수행하고 해석치와 비교하여 보았다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.657-679
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• 2014

This paper describes a series of compression tests performed on cold-formed steel channel sections with perforations in the web (thermal studs) fabricated from a galvanized steel plate whose thickness ranged from 1.0 mm to 1.6 mm and nominal yield stress was 295 MPa. The structural behavior and performance of thermal studs undergoing local, distortional, or flexural-torsional buckling were investigated experimentally and analytically. The compression tests indicate that the slits in the web had significant negative effects on the buckling and ultimate strength of thin-walled channel section columns. The compressive strength of perforated thermal studs was estimated using equivalent solid channel sections of reduced thickness instead of the studs. The direct strength method, a newly developed and adopted alternative to the effective width method for designing cold-formed steel sections in the AISI Standard S100 (2004) and AS/NZS 4600 (Standard Australia 2005), was calibrated to the test results for its application to cold-formed channel sections with slits in the web. The results verify that the DSM can predict the ultimate strength of channel section columns with slits in the web by substituting equivalent solid sections of reduced thickness for them.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.371-376
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• 2007

Purpose: The earlobe is one of the areas which are most vulnerable to trauma. Various auricular diseases need compression treatment. We report a new compression method using magnetic disks. Methods: Seventeen patients with auricular diseases were treated from October 2002 to September 2006. The mean age was 29.1 years. The diseases details were osteochondroma in 2 patients; cauliflower's ears in 2 patients; acute otohematoma in 1 patient; and hypertrophic scars in 11 patients. The most common cause of their disease was ear piercing. The mean follow-up period was 8.9 months. All surgical procedures were performed under local anesthesia. To compress immediately, a pair of magnetic disks was applied to the anterior and posterior surface of the earlobe. Results: The results were generally good. Major complications, such as recurrence, necrosis, dehiscence, or infection, did not occur. Conclusion: A pair of magnetic disks are useful compression tool in various auricular diseases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.499-517
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• 2013

In order to investigate shear behavior of granular materials due to excavation and associated unloading actions, load-controlled plane strain compression tests under decreasing confining pressure were performed under drained conditions and the results were compared with the conventional plane strain compression tests. Four types of granular material consisting of two quartz sands and two glass beads were used to investigate particle shape effects. It is clarified that macro stress-strain behavior is more easily influenced by stress level and stress path in sands than in glass beads. Development of localized deformation was analyzed using photogrammetry method. It was found that shear bands are generated before peak strength and shear band patterns vary during the whole shearing process. Under the same test condition, shear band thickness in the two sands was smaller than that in one type of glass beads even if the materials have almost the same mean particle size. Shear band thickness also decreased with increase of confining pressure regardless of particle shape or size. Local maximum shear strain inside shear band grew approximately linearly with global axial strain from onset of shear band to the end of softening. The growth rate is found related to shear band thickness. The wider shear band, the relatively lower the growth rate. Finally, observed shear band inclination angles were compared with classical Coulomb and Roscoe solutions and different results were found for sands and glass beads.

• International Journal of CAD/CAM
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

The compression of CAD models is a key technology for realizing Internet-based collaborative product development because big model sizes often prohibit us to achieve a rapid product information transmission. Although there exist some algorithms for compressing discrete CAD models, original precise CAD models are focused on in this paper. Here, the characteristics of hierarchical structures in CAD models and the distribution of their redundant data are exploited for developing a novel data encoding method. In the method, different encoding rules are applied to different types of data. Geometric data is a major concern for reducing model sizes. For geometric data, the control points of B-spline curves and surfaces are compressed with the second-order predictions in a local coordinate system. Based on analysis to the distortion induced by quantization, an efficient method for computation of the distortion is provided. The results indicate that the data size of CAD models can be decreased efficiently after compressed with the proposed method.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.517-530
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• 2022

In re-assessing the Jacket-type fixed steel structures, the current standards often allow the simplicity of corrosion sections using local buckling or equivalent section approach to applying empirical formulae of frame stress and resistance analyses. However, those approaches can lead to significant errors for non-uniform corroded frames in a specific area, including force distribution, stress, and allowable strength of the tubular section, compared to the actual cases. This paper investigates a suitable approach to determine the actual stress on non-uniform corroded tubular frames under compression through the non-linear ABAQUS model by considering the effect of large deformation on the frame axis and the frame section. There are 3 scenarios of interest. In the 1st and 2nd scenarios with simple corrosion cases, the stress ratios using the numerical model and theoretical formulae correspond to the calculation of allowable strength reduction ratios in standards. However, scenario 3, which describes non-uniform corroded sections based on survey data, provides considerable differences in results. Therefore, it proves the reliable and effective results when using this method to analyze the resistance of the actual corroded section in the Jacket platforms.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.393-405
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• 2023

In this paper, the energy absorption capability of a novel cruciform composite lattice structure was evaluated through the simulation of compression tests. For this purpose, several test samples of Polylactic acid cellular reinforced with continuous glass fibers were prepared for compression testing using the additive manufacturing method of material extrusion. Using a conventional path design for material extrusion, multiple debonding is probable to be occurred at the joint regions of adjacent cells. Therefore, an innovative printing path design was proposed for the cruciform lattice structure. Afterwards, quasistatic compression tests were performed to evaluate the energy absorption behaviour of this structure. A finite element model based on local material property degradation was then developed to verify the experimental test and extend the virtual test method. Accordingly, different combinations of unit cells' dimensions using the design of the experiment were numerically proposed to obtain the optimal configuration in terms of the total absorbed energy. Having brilliant energy absorption properties, the studied cruciform lattice with its optimized unit cell dimensions can be used as an energy absorber in crashworthiness applications. Finally, a cellular structure will be suitable with optimal behavior in crush load efficiency and high energy absorption.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2013

HSB를 적용한 플레이트거더의 압축플랜지 국부좌굴을 고려한 극한휨강도를 비선형 유한요소해석으로 분석하였다. 압축플랜지의 비탄성 국부좌굴 또는 소성항복이 휨강도를 지배하는 압축플랜지 세장비를 갖도록 해석대상 강거더를 선정하였다. HSB600 및 HSB800 강재로 제작된 균질단면 강거더와 HSB800 강재와 SM570-TMC 강재를 함께 적용한 하이브리드 단면을 고려하였으며, 일반강재와의 비교를 위하여 SM490-TMC 강거더에 대한 해석도 수행하였다. 비선형 유한요소해석 시에는 플랜지와 복부판을 쉘요소로 강재는 탄소성-변형경화 재료로 모델링하였으며, 초기변형과 단면의 잔류응력을 고려하였다. 비선형 유한요소해석 결과와 기존 문헌의 실험결과를 비교하여 유한요소 해석결과를 검증하였으며, 초기변형과 잔류응력이 극한휨강도에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 총 60개 해석대상 강거더의 휨극한강도를 유한요소해석으로 구하고, 도로교설계기준, AASHTO LRFD와 Eurocode 3의 설계규정으로 구한 휨강도와 비교하여 이들 규정의 HSB 강거더에 대한 적용성을 검토하였다.