• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.277-286
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• 2003

Nitrification performance of fixed film biofilters using coarse sand, loess bead, or styrofoam beads in biofilter columns 1 meter high and 30cm in diameter were studied at different hydraulic and organic matter loading rates. Synthetic wastewater was supplied to the culture tank in order to maintain desired TAN concentrations in inlet water to biofilters. All the biofilters were conditioned 5 months before start of sampling. TAN and $NO_2-N$ conversion rates increased with an increase in the hydraulic loading rate (HLR). However, the improvement in biofilter performance was not linearly correlated to HLR in styrofoam bead filters. This is mainly due to the characteristics of the styrofoam beads used. TAN conversion rates of sand filters increased with the increase of HLR up to $200m^3/m^2$. per day. No increase in the TAN conversion rate was observed at the highest HLR since flooding on the media surface took place. HLR had a significant impact on the TAN conversion rates in loess bead filter up to the highest HLR tested (P<0.05). TAN conversion rates were much less at organic matter loading rates of 9 and 18kg $O_2/m^3$ per day than those without the addition of organic matter in styrofoam bead filters. The addition of glucose resulted in a reduction of the TAN conversion rate from 540 to 284g $TAN/m^3$ per day. No significant difference of TAN conversion rates between the two organic matter loading rates was found (p<0.05). This indicates that the impact of organic matter on nitrification becomes less and less sensitive with an increase in the COD/TAN ratio. At an organic matter loading rate of 9kg $O_2/m^3$. per day, a great reduction of TAN conversion rates was observed in sand filters and loess bead filters. Clearly, organic matter can be one of the most Important Impacting factors on nitrification. $NO_2-N$ conversion rates showed a similar trend for TAN. Based on the TAN and nitrite conversion rates, styrofoam beads showed the best performance among the three filter media tested. Also, the low gravity and price of styrofoam beads make the handling easier and more cost-effective for commercial application. The results obtained at the highest organic matter loading rates can be used in the biofilter design in recirculating aquaculture system.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2008

현장계측 자료를 이용하여 연약지반의 향후 침하거동을 예측하는 기존의 방법들은 모두 즉시재하 조건을 가정하고 개발된 방법으로써 실제로는 연약지반의 안정성 등을 고려하여 점증재하가 이루어지는 현장에 적용하기에는 많은 제약이 있다. 본 연구에서는 연약층의 두께, 성토하중 크기, 선행압밀하중, 배수거리, 성토속도 등의 다양한 영향인자를 고려하였으며 점증재하가 완료된 이후의 지반개량 기간에도 지속적으로 예측 정확도를 높일 수 있는 계측기반 침하거동 예측기법을 개발하였다. 점증재하 과정에서의 예측방법과 성토완료 이후의 예측방법이 개발되었으며, 성토 완료 이후의 예측방법은 기하학적 보정을 이용한 정확도 향상기법과 확률론적 보정을 이용한 정확도 향상기법 두 가지를 제안하였다. 대형압밀시험 결과를 이용한 예측기법의 적용성 검증 결과, 기존의 예측기법을 적용할 수 없는 점증재하 초기에도 비교적 적은 데이터를 이용하여 상당히 높은 정확도를 가지고 침하거동을 예측할 수 있었다. 또한, 성토완료이후에도 기존 예측기법과 제안된 방법의 비교, 분석 결과 최종침하량과 RMSE에서 모두 제안된 방법이 기존의 예측기법에 비하여 우수한 예측결과를 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.2647-2662
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• 2014

This paper proposes an efficient and low complexity power-loading algorithm for MIMO-OFDM downlink based cognitive radio system that maximizes the sum rate of single secondary user (SU) under constraints on the tolerable interference thresholds between secondary user and primary user's frequency bands and the total transmission power. Our suboptimal algorithm is based on the $2^{nd}$ order interference tracking and nulling mechanism to allocate transmission power of the subcarriers among SU's scheme. The performance of our proposed suboptimal scheme is compared with the performance of the classical power loading algorithms, e.g., water filling, $1^{st}$ order interference tracking, nulling, and other suboptimal schemes. Numerical results show that our algorithm has low complexity but obtains a higher channel capacity than that of some previous suboptimal algorithms in some scenarios. We dedicate also that for a given interference threshold, the $2^{nd}$ order interference tracking mechanism has dynamic number of nulling position instead fixed number of nulling position.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.809-822
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• 2013

Base isolation is widely used in seismic resisting buildings due to its low construction cost, high reliability, mature theory and convenient usage. However, it is difficult to design the isolation layer in high-rise buildings using the available bearings because high-rise buildings are characterized with long period, low horizontal stiffness, and complex re-distribution of the internal forces under earthquake loads etc. In this paper, a simple and innovative isolation bearing, named Teflon-based lead rubber isolation bearing, is developed to address the mentioned problems. The Teflon-based lead rubber isolation bearing consists of friction material and lead rubber isolation bearing. Hence, it integrates advantages of friction bearings and lead rubber isolation bearings so that improves the stability of base isolation system. An experimental study was conducted to validate the effectiveness of this new bearing. The effects of vertical loading, displacement amplitude and loading frequency on the force-displacement relationship and energy dissipation capacity of the Teflon-based lead rubber isolation bearing were studied. An analytical model was also proposed to predict the force-displacement relationship of the new bearing. Comparison of analytical and experimental results showed that the analytical model can accurately predict the force-displacement relationship and elastic shear deflection of the Teflon-based lead rubber isolation bearings.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.703-710
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• 1994

극저사이클 하중하에서 강구조부재의 비선형 유한요소해석을 실험과 더불어 수행하였다. 본 해석은 강진과 같은 반복하중하에서 강구조부재의 균열발생전까지를 유한요소법으로 추적한 것이다. 해석과 실험결과로부터 얻어진 히스테러틱 거동을 비교한 후, 큰 반복변형을 받는 응력집중부에 있어서 국소변형율의 이력을 수치해석에 의해 시뮬레이션하였다. 이 국소변형율의 이력과 극저사이클 파괴설험시의 균열발생 현상과의 관계를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 실험과 수치해석 결과를 바탕으로 강구조부재의 내전안전성 평가를 위한 새로운 방법이 본 논문에서 제시되었다.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.94-104
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• 2013

This paper describes the design to increase the blade loading factor of a low speed axial flow fan from normal 0.42 to highly loaded 0.55. A three-dimensional viscous solver is used to model the flows in the highly-loaded and normal loaded stages over its operation range. At the design point operation the static pressure rise can be increased by 20 percent with a deficit of efficiency by 0.3 percent. In the highly loaded fan stage, the rotor hub flow stalls, and separation vortex extends over the rotor hub region. The backflow, which occurs along the stator hub-suction surface, changes the exit flow from the prescribed axial direction. Results in this paper confirm that the limitation of the two dimensional diffusion does not affect primarily on the fan's performance. Highly loaded fan may have actually better performance than its two dimensional design. Three dimensional designing approaches may lead to better highly loaded fan with controlled rotor hub stall.

• Computational Structural Engineering : An International Journal
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2001

The present paper investigates the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete shear walls with a crank based on a finite element analysis. The loading type is a horizontal cyclic one such as earthquake loads. Experiments of the shear walls with and without cranks, performed previously to see flow the behavior changes depending on the crank, are compared with the results obtained from the finite element analysis. The finite element analysis is based on an isoparametric degenerated shell formulation. The nonlinear constitutive equations fur concrete are modeled adopting the formulation based on a concept of Ring Typed-Lattice Model. The experiments indicate that the shear walls with a crank have low stiffness and relatively low carrying capacity compared with an ordinary plane shear wall without cranks and that they are more ductile, and the tendency is a1so confirmed based on the finite element analysis. Moreover, a good agreement between the experiments and analyses is obtained, accordingly, it is confined that the present numerical analysis scheme based on the Lattice Model is a powerful one to evaluate the behavior of reinforced concrete shear walls with cranks and without cranks.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2016

The intermediate mixing chamber is one of various methods for improving the regression rate and combustion efficiency of the hybrid rocket. The mixing chamber with its non-combustible material makes the propulsion performance increase, but it leads to a low fuel-loading density in the combustion chamber; therefore, this performance-related trade-off between the mixing chamber and the low fuel-loading density was studied. In this study, the trade-off was conducted by comparing the intermediate-mixing-chamber case with a w/o-mixing-chamber case. The small hybrid-sounding rocket is designed with internal ballistics for comparing the rocket length to the weight. In addition, an external ballistic analysis was conducted for comparing the performances of the w/- and w/o-mixing-chamber cases. As a result, the intermediate-mixing-chamber case shows that the length and the weight were decreased to 12 % and 8 %, respectively; furthermore, when compared with the normal cases, the estimated altitude result of the w/-mixing-chamber case was increased to approximately 75 m.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2008

Zeta potential, sedimentation bulk density and rheology in the dispersion system have been studied in terms of solid loading (40-55 vol%), and types of additives. Ammonium polymethacrylate, glycerol, ethoxylated acetylenic diol, and polyvinyl alcohol have been used as the dispersant, cryo-protectant, surfactant, and binder, respectively. Sedimentation density greatly increased upon adding dispersant; the effect was more pronounced with ionic alumina suspension compared with covalent silicon carbide. With further addition of cryo-protectant and surfactant to dispersant, the sedimentation density increased somewhat. The suspension viscosity generally behaviored in an opposite manner to the sedimentation density, i.e., high sedimentation gave low high-shear viscosity, indicative of low order structure formation in the suspended particles. Shear rate rheology in shear rate of $2-300\;sec^{-1}$ showed a shear thinning and its onset began at similar shear rate (${\sim}100\;sce^{-1}$), regardless of solid loading.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2004

스크린 프린팅법은 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 전극 촉매층 제조의 편리함과 적용성의 면에서 가장 일반적인 방법 중에 하나이다. 본 논문은 기존의 방법과 비교하여 매우 낮은 백금 함침량을 가지기 때문에 경쟁적이고, 부가적인 공정 없이 swelling 문제를 간단하게 억제시켜 개선된 스크린 프린팅 법을 제안하였다. 특히, 가스켓 일체형 MEA는 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 작동 중에 가스 침투의 영향을 방지하여 고전류 영역에서 기존의 방법으로 제조된 MEA보다 높은 성능을 가지게 제작하였다. 이와 같은 방법들은 보다 간단하고 빠른 제조의 기회를 준다.