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Full-scale study of conical vortices and roof corner pressures

  • Wu, F.;Sarkar, P.P.;Mehta, K.C.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.131-146
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    • 2001
  • A full-scale synchronized data acquisition system was set up on the roof of the experimental building at the Texas Tech University Wind Engineering Research Field Laboratory to simultaneously collect approaching wind data, conical vortex images, and roof corner suction pressure data. One-second conditional sampling technique has been applied in the data analysis, which makes it possible to separately evaluate the influencing effects of the horizontal wind angle of attack, ${\theta}$, and the vertical wind angle of attack, ${\varphi}$. Results show a clear cause-and-effect relationship between the incident wind, conical vortices, and the induced roof-corner high-suction pressures. The horizontal wind angle of attack, ${\theta}$, is shown to be the most significant factor in influencing the overall vortex structure and the suction pressures beneath. It is further revealed that the vertical wind angle of attack, ${\varphi}$, plays a critical role in generating the instantaneous peak suction pressures near the roof corner.

Entrepreneurial networking and performance of new high-tech ventures in Korea (국내 벤처기업의 네트워킹 특성과 성과에 관한 연구)

  • 박상문;배종태
    • Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.23-37
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    • 1998
  • Recent entrepreneurship researches emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial behaviors, entrepreurs activities. This study focused entrepreneurial behaviors, especially entrepreneurial networking for using external resources which are critical to success. This study examines the relationship between characteristics of entrepreneurial networking and performance using data from 55 new high-tech ventures in Korea. We tested hypotheses that the characteristics of entrepreneurial networking are related to the performance of new high-tech ventures using regression analysis and t-test. Major findings of this study are as follows: (1) entrepreneurial networking are related to the performance of new high-tech ventures, (2) significant differences are found in the characteristics of entrepreneurial networking between high and low-performance firms, (3) some factors are related to the entrepreneurial networking. Finally, some managerial and policy implications are presented and future research directions are suggested.

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FORECASTING THE COST AND DURATION OF SCHOOL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS USING REGRESSION ANALYSIS

  • Wei Tong Chen;Ying-Hua Huang;Shen-Li Liao
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.892-896
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    • 2005
  • This paper collected 132 schools reconstruction projects in central Taiwan, which received the most serious damage from the Chi-Chi Earthquake. Regression analysis was implemented to build the prediction model of the cost and the duration for the collected projects. It is found that the cubic regression models are capable for predicting the cost and the duration of the projects contracted by the central agency of which the contracting awarding approach was based on the most advantageous tendering (MAT) approach. On the other hand, power regression models are capable for predicting the cost and the duration of the projects contracted through the low bid tendering (LBT) approach. It is also found that the performance of the regression prediction model differs in accordance with organizations that contracted the reconstruction projects.

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A Study on the Characteristics of Chlorine-Containg Cement Depending on Changes in Gypsum and Iron Modulus (이수석고 함량과 Iron Modulus 변화에 따른 염소 함유 시멘트의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Young-Jun;Kim, Nam-Il;Cho, Jeong-Hoon;Seo, Sung-Kwan;Chu, Yong-Sik
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2022
  • The physical properties of chlorine-containing cement were analyzed to optimize the operational conditions when waste resources containing chlorine were used in the cement manufacturing process. Cement with clinker to gypsum weight ratios of 95:5 and 93:7 were manufactured. In addition, the iron modulus (IM) of clinker was set to 1.3, 1.5, and 1.7 to evaluate the burnability and physical properties of clinker. With constant chlorine content, increasing gypsum content resulted in a decrease in the 3 day-compressive strength, whereas the 28 day-compressive strength increased. In addition, flow and setting time also increased with increasing gypsum content. As the IM decreased, burnability was improved, free-CaO content decreased, alite and ferrite content increased, and compressive strength increased In particular, the compressive strength of IM 1.3 was approximately 14% greater than that of IM 1.7.

The 'Middle-Income Country Trap' and Technological Catch-up: The Case of the Machine Tools Industry in Korea (기계산업에서의 중진국 함정과 기술추격: 한국 기계산업의 사례)

  • Kim Yoon-Zi
    • Journal of Technology Innovation
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.147-175
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    • 2006
  • One of the biggest problems of Korean economy is polarization of firms for export and domestic demand and that of conglomerates and SME's achievement. One of the culprits lies weakness of intermediate industry such as machine tool. Since intermediate industry is important path where export performance affects domestic demand and whose actor usually is SMEs with high spill over effect in labor market. Especially, intermediate industry Is vulnerable because of industrial policy biased In backward linkage effect. However if a country fails to develop intermediate industry above some critical point, that country would fall in low-tech equilibrium without growth. In case of benign circle where final goods industry growth leads growth of intermediate industry and again it leads that of final goods industry, it can reach high-tech equilibrium. By contrast, in opposite case where in industrialization latecomer fails to link industries likewise above some critical point that country would fall in low-tech equilibrium without growth. Moreover, for several reasons, machine tool firms of Korea have difficulty in catching up technology above critical point. Firstly. Conglomerate demander neglects their product. Secondly, even after success of development overcoming difficulties they fail to get market share for response of dumping of foreign competitors. And the last one is patent litigation of foreign competitors that incapacitate the technology development. For these, Korean machine tool firms fell in 'middle-income country trap' itself, since they stuck in some extent when they technologically catch up. Consequently, for latecomer country in machine tool industry to leapfrog meaningfully policy support is necessary, Weak intermediate industry does not Induce domestic firms and remained fragile. Therefore, localization, policy should reflect condition of technological catch up more than before, in order to be effective and fruitful. There should be turning point over relationship between conglomerates, major demander of machine tool and SME's, for only with active purchasing of conglomerate Korean machine industry can grow.

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Study for Fabrication of Dielectric Thick Films with Low Dielectric Constant and Low Loss Tangent Grown by Aerosol Deposition Method at Room Temperature (에어로졸 데포지션법에 의한 저유전율, 저손실 유전체 후막의 상온 증착 공정에 대한 연구)

  • Park, J.C.;Yoon, Y.J.;Kim, H.T.;Koo, E.H.;Nam, S.M.;Kim, J.H.;Shim, K.B.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.210-210
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    • 2008
  • 에어로졸 증착법은 상온에서 다양한 기판 상에 고밀도의 세라믹 후막을 코팅할 수 있는 최신 기술로써 다양한 방면으로의 응용이 개대되고 있다. 본 실험에서는 ADM을 이용하여 고주파수 영역에서 사용가능한 기판소재 제조에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. ADM을 통해 형성된 $Al_2O_3$ 막의 유전율은 9-10으로 bulk 시료와 비슷한 특성을 보였으나 후막의 손실률의 경우는 bulk 시료에 비해 상당히 컸으며 주파수 증가에 따라 그 값이 크게 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 본 실험에서는 ADM으로 형성된 $Al_2O_3$의 높은 손실률의 원인에 대해 고찰하고 ADM 을 통해 기판소재로 사용가능한 저손실의 $Al_2O_3$막의 제조를 위한 방법을 제시하고자 하였다.

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An optimal design of 4${\times}$4 optical matrix switch (4${\times}$4 매트릭스 광스위치의 최적 설계)

  • Choi, Won-Jun;Hong, Song-Cheol;Lee, Seok;Kim, Hwe-Jong;Lee, Jung-Il;Kang, Kwang-Nham;Cho, Kyu-Man
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.32A no.8
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    • pp.153-165
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    • 1995
  • The design procedure of a GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor matrix optical switch is presented for a simplified tree architecture in the viewpoint of optical loss. A low loss, 0.537 dB/cm, pin type substrate is designed by considering the loss due to imputity doping at 1.3 $\mu$m wavelength. The operating voltage and the device length of a reversed ${\Delta}{\beta}$ electro-optic directional coupler(EODC) swith which is a cross-point device of the 4${\times}$4 matrix optical switch and the bending loss of rib waveguide are caculated as functions of waveguide parameters and bending parameters. There is an optimum bending radius for some waveguide parameters. It is recommened that higher optical confinement conditions such as wide waveguide width and higher rib-height should be chosen for structural parameters of a low loss and a process insensitive 4${\times}$4 matris optical switch. A 4${\times}$4 optical matrix switch which has a 3 dB loss and a 12 volt operating voltage is designed.

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A forensic study of the Lubbock-Reese downdraft of 2002

  • Holmes, J.D.;Hangan, H.M.;Schroeder, J.L.;Letchford, C.W.;Orwig, K.D.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.137-152
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    • 2008
  • This paper discusses engineering aspects of the rear-flank downdraft that was recorded near Lubbock, Texas on 4 June 2002, and produced a gust wind speed nearly equal to the design value (50-year return period) for the region. The general characteristics of the storm, and the decomposition of the time histories into deterministic 'running mean' and random turbulence components are discussed. The fluctuating wind speeds generated by the event can be represented as a dominant low-frequency 'running mean' with superimposed random turbulence of higher frequencies. Spectral and correlation characteristics of the residual turbulence are found to be similar to those of high-frequency turbulence in boundary-layer winds. However, the low-frequency components in the running-mean wind speeds are spatially homogeneous, in contrast to the low-frequency turbulence found in synoptic boundary-layer winds. With respect to transmission line design, this results in significantly higher 'span reduction factors'.

WiSeMote: a novel high fidelity wireless sensor network for structural health monitoring

  • Hoover, Davis P.;Bilbao, Argenis;Rice, Jennifer A.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.271-298
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    • 2012
  • Researchers have made significant progress in recent years towards realizing effective structural health monitoring (SHM) utilizing wireless smart sensor networks (WSSNs). These efforts have focused on improving the performance and robustness of such networks to achieve high quality data acquisition and distributed, in-network processing. One of the primary challenges still facing the use of smart sensors for long-term monitoring deployments is their limited power resources. Periodically accessing the sensor nodes to change batteries is not feasible or economical in many deployment cases. While energy harvesting techniques show promise for prolonging unattended network life, low power design and operation are still critically important. This research presents the WiSeMote: a new, fully integrated ultra-low power wireless smart sensor node and a flexible base station, both designed for long-term SHM deployments. The power consumption of the sensor nodes and base station has been minimized through careful hardware selection and the implementation of power-aware network software, without sacrificing flexibility and functionality.

Design and Implementation of Road Construction Risk Management System based on LPWA and Bluetooth Beacon

  • Lee, Seung-Soo;Kim, Yun-cheol;Jee, Sung-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.145-151
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    • 2018
  • While commercialization of IoT technologies in the safety management sector is being promoted in terms of industrial safety of large indoor businesses, implementing a system for risk management of small outdoor work sites with frequent site movements is not actively implemented. In this paper, we propose an efficient dynamic workload balancing strategy which combined low-power, wide-bandwidth (LPWA) communication and low-power Bluetooth (BLE) communication technologies to support customized risk management alarm systems for each individual (driver/operator/manager). This study was designed to enable long-term low-power collection and transmission of traffic information in outdoor environment, as well as to implement an integrated real-time safety management system that notifies a whole field worker who does not carry a separate smart device in advance. Performance assessments of the system, including risk alerts to drivers and workers via Bluetooth communication, the speed at which critical text messages are received, and the operation of warning/lighting lamps are all well suited to field application.