• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권12호
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• pp.1097-1102
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• 2010

Silver coated copper powders were prepared by a chemical reduction method with controlling the deposition process variables such as the feeding rate of the silver ionic solution and concentration of the reductants at room temperature. The characteristics of the products were evaluated by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AA) and a 4 probe resistivity measurement system. The optimum condition of the preparation of Ag coated Cu powders was at 0.05 M of potassium sodium tartrate and 2 ml/min of the feeding rate of the silver ionic solution. Our method successfully produced dense, uniform, and well-dispersed Ag coated Cu powder of $2{\sim}2.5{\mu}m$ witha silver layer of 100~200 nm. Additionally, we found that thespecific resistivity of the 30 wt.% Ag coated Cu powder was similar to that of pure silver, so that the composite powder could be used as an alternative electromagnetic shielding material for silver.

• Plant Resources
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.13-25
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• 2001

Growth and yield of licorice were investigated under the different conditions of photoperiod and shading in order to establish its cultural practice for the domestic production with the aim to substitute the import. The photoperiod was adjusted to 8,10, and 12 h by shielding plants from the light with blackout curtain. Large seedlings(11-20g) appeared to be affected by photoperiod since around 65 days. Most of growth parameters, including plant height, number of leaf, fresh and dry weight of plant and root, were the highest in 12 h photoperiod among all the photoperiod levels, excepting stem diameter which was the highest in 10 h photoperiod(4.5mm). Each photoperiod was similar to each other in root length and diameter. Small seedlings(4-l0g) showed a similar trend to large seedlings. The results from field photoperiod experiment demonstrated that 12 h photoperiod was also the best among three photoperiod treatments in plant height, stem diameter, number of leaf, root length, fresh and dry weight of plant and root. The effect of shading was tested under the three levels of control (0%), half-shading (55%), and full shading (90%). Shading remarkably suppressed the growth and yield, compared to no-shading. Although plant height and root length were little affected by the shading, stem and root diameters were heavily reduced.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2021

The controversy over the risk of the human body being affected by electromagnetic fields emitted from 60 Hz power lines continues without end. There are currently no new studies or research progress being made in this direction that is notable, and the number of civil complaints is gradually increasing. The problem is that each study produces different results, among which the effect of exposure to magnetic fields on childhood leukemia is a major one. In Korea, an electrician who was maintaining a 22.9 kV power line died of leukemia, which has recently been recognized as an occupational disease. Methods to reduce magnetic fields from power lines include shielding with wire loops, incorporating split phases and compaction techniques, installing underground power lines, converting to high-voltage direct current (HVDC), and increasing the ground clearance of transmission towers. Depending on whether a separate power supply is needed or not, there are two types of wire loops: passive loop and active loop. Magnetic field reduction is currently done through underground power lines; however, the disadvantage of this process is high construction costs. Installing passive loops, with relatively low construction costs, leads to lower magnetic field reduction rates than installing underground cables and a weakness to not solving the landscape problem. This methodological study aims at designing methods and reducing the effects of 2-wire set loops-the simplest and most practical. Since the method proposed in this study has been designed after analyzing the distribution of complex electromagnetic fields near the expected loop installation location, a practical design can be implemented without the need for any difficult optimization programming.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.556-561
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 선박 용접공정에 사용되는 장비에 전력선통신 기술을 접목하고 금속블록을 통신매체로 사용하는 블록매체통신시스템을 제시한다. 여기서는 디지털 피더와 금속블록을 지지하는 핀지그에 유도성 커플러를 설치하고, 피더에 연결된 용접건에서 발생되는 전류에 정보신호를 더하여 금속블록에 인가함으로써 작업이 시작되면 현장에서 발생되는 정보를 상황실 서버에 실시간 전송한다. 현장시험 결과, 제시된 블록매체통신시스템의 송신부에서 전송된 데이터는 상황실 서버컴퓨터에 정확하게 수신되는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 제시된 시스템은 기존 용접공정에 대한 변경 없이 구축이 가능하므로 향후 조선소 스마트 팩토리화를 통한 조선산업의 경쟁력 강화에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. 또한 전자파 차폐 환경이나 밀폐된 공간에서 작업자에게 발생할 수 있는 응급상황에 신속한 대처가 가능하므로 산업재해 예방효과도 클 것으로 사료된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2614-2624
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• 2022

Monte Carlo simulations were used to model a portable Neutron backscattering (NBT) sensor suitable for detecting plastic anti-personnel mines (APMs) buried in dry and moist soils. The model consists of a 100 MBq ²⁵²Cf source encapsulated in a neutron reflector/shield assembly and centered between two ³He detectors. Multi-parameter optimization was performed to investigate the efficiency of Be/Zr(BH₄)₄ and Be/Be(BH₄)₂ assemblies in terms of increasing the signal-to-background (S/B) ratio and reducing the total dose equivalent rate. The MCNP results showed that 2 cm Be/3 cm Zr(BH₄)₄ and 2 cm Be/3 cm Be(BH₄)₂ are the optimal configurations. However, due to portability requirements and abundance of Be, the ²⁵²Cf-2 cm Be/3 cm Be(BH₄)₂ NBT model was selected to scan the center of APM buried 3 cm deep in dry and moist soils. The selected NBT model has positively identified the APM with a S/B ratio of 886 for dry soils of 1 wt% hydrogen content and with S/B ratios of 615, 398, 86, and 12 for the moist soils containing 4, 6, 10, and 14 wt% hydrogen, respectively. The total dose equivalent rate reached 0.0031 mSv/h, suggesting a work load of 8 h/day for 806 days within the permissible annual dose limit of 20 mSv.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.277-292
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• 2023

Low-rise structures are generally immersed within the roughness layer of the atmospheric boundary layer flows and represent the largest class of the structures for which wind loads for design are being obtained from the wind standards codes of distinct nations. For low-rise buildings, wind loads are one of the decisive loads when designing a roof. For the case of cylindrical roof structures, the information related to wind pressure coefficient is limited to a single span only. In contrast, for multi-span roofs, the information is not available. In this research, the numerical simulation has been done using ANSYS CFX to determine wind pressure distribution on the roof of low-rise cylindrical structures arranged in rectangular plan with variable spacing in accordance with building width (B=0.2 m) i.e., zero, 0.5B, B, 1.5B and 2B subjected to different wind incidence angles varying from 0° to 90° having the interval of 15°. The wind pressure (P) and pressure coefficients (C_pe) are varying with respect to wind incidence angle and variable spacing. The results of present numerical investigation or wind induced pressure are presented in the form of pressure contours generated by Ansys CFD Post for isolated as well as variable spacing model of cylindrical roofs. It was noted that the effect of wind shielding was reducing on the roofs by increasing spacing between the buildings. The variation pf Coefficient of wind pressure (C_pe) for all the roofs have been presented individually in the form of graphs with respect to angle of attacks of wind (AoA) and variable spacing. The critical outcomes of the present study will be so much beneficial to structural design engineers during the analysis and designing of low-rise buildings with cylindrical roofs in an isolated as well as group formation.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.302-308
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• 2023

The influence of specimen geometry and notch on the hydrogen embrittlement of an SA372 steel for pressure vessels was investigated in this study. A slow strain-rate tensile (SSRT) test after the electrochemical hydrogen charging method was conducted on four types of tensile specimens with different directions, shapes (plate, round), and notches. The plate-type specimen showed a significant decrease in hydrogen embrittlement resistance owing to its large surface-to-volume ratio, compared to the round-type specimen. It is well established that most of the hydrogen distributes over the specimen surface when it is electrochemically charged. For the round-type specimens, the notched specimen showed increased hydrogen susceptibility compared with the unnotched one. A notch causes stress concentration and thus generates lots of dislocations in the locally deformed regions during the SSRT test. The solute hydrogen weakens the interactions between these dislocations by promoting the shielding effect of stress fields, which is called hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity mechanisms. These results provide crucial insights into the relationship between specimen geometry and hydrogen embrittlement resistance.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.1204-1212
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• 2024

To accurately calculate the heating distribution of the fast reactor, a neutron-photon library in MATXS format named Knight-B7.1-1968n × 94γ was processed based on the ENDF/B-VII.1 library for ultrafine groups. The neutron cross-section processing code MGGC2.0 was used to generate few-group neutron cross sections in ISOTXS format. Additionally, the self-developed photon cross-section processing code NGAMMA was utilized to generate photon libraries for neutron-photon coupled heating calculations, including photo-atom cross sections for the ISOTXS format, prompt photon production cross sections, and kinetic energy release in materials (KERMA) factors for neutrons and photons, and the self-shielding effect from the capture and fission cross sections of neutron to photon have been taken into account when the photon source generated by neutron is calculated. The interface code GSORCAL was developed to generate the photon source distribution and interface with the DIF3D code to calculate the neutron-photon coupling heating distribution of the fast reactor core. The neutron-photon coupled heating calculation route was verified using the ZPPR-9 benchmark and the RBEC-M benchmark, and the results of the coupled heating calculations were analyzed in comparison with those obtained from the Monte Carlo code MCNP. The calculations show that the library was accurately processed, and the results of the fast reactor neutron-photon coupled heating calculations agree well with those obtained from MCNP.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.233-242
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 전산화 단층검사 시 방사선 투과 물질로 방사선량을 흡수하여 피폭 선량을 감소시키는 물질로 알려진 차폐용 Bismuth(비스무스)와 CARE kV(Automated Dose-Optimized Selection of X-ray Tube Voltage)을 사용하여 유용성을 평가하였다. 방사선 감수성이 높은 기관인 수정체(안와), 갑상선, 가슴(유방), 생식기의 선량 감소 효과와 각 기관의 심부선량 차폐 효과를 평가하기 위해 Rando Phantom과 유리 선량계를 이용하여 Bismuth 사용 전 후와, CARE kV의 적용에 따른 선량 감소 효과를 비교해 보았다. 그 결과, 뇌혈관 검사 시 CARE kV을 단독 설정한 검사 방법의 선량이 가장 적었으며, CARE kV 사용여부에 따라 63%의 선량 감소 효과가 있었다. 경동맥 검사 시 CARE kV+Bismuth의 설정 방법에서 선량이 13% 증가하였다. 심혈관 검사 시 CARE kV+Bismuth의 설정 방법이 31% 선량 감소 효과가 있었다. 하지 혈관 검사 시 Bismuth 전체의 설정 방법이 가장 선량이 적게 측정되었지만, 영상 평가 기준에 부적합 하였다. CARE kV을 설정한 검사 방법과는 약 9%의 선량 감소 효과가 있었다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.297-307
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• 2014

암반공동을 이용한 열에너지 저장은 대용량 저장이 가능하며 열저장매체를 선택할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 사일로 형태의 열저장공동이 지반 내 두 개 이상 배치될 때 공동 사이에 형성되는 암반 필라의 안정성에 대해 3차원 유한차분해석 프로그램인 $FLAC^{3D}$를 이용하여 분석하였으며, 저장된 열에너지로 인해 암반에 발생하는 열응력을 반영할 수 있도록 열-역학적 연계모델을 사용하였다. 해석 결과, 열에너지 장기 저장으로 인해 암반 필라에 작용하는 최대주응력이 상당량 증가하였으며, 필라 폭이 좁아질수록 근접한 열원 때문에 열응력 증가량도 커짐을 확인하였다. 필라 안정성에 영향을 미치는 주요인자로서 저장공동 간격, 측압계수, 심도를 선정하고 민감도 분석을 실시한 결과, 측압계수, 저장공동 간격, 심도 순서로 영향력이 크게 평가되었다. 저장공동 간격의 경우 동일한 크기의 공동 건설 시 필라 폭을 최소 저장공동 직경 이상 확보해야 할 것으로 판단되었다. 큰 규모의 저장공동 주변에 소규모 수직갱이 설치될 때는 최소한 저장공동 직경의 0.5배 이상 이격함으로써 크기 차이로 인해 수직갱에 응력이 집중되는 현상을 해소할 수 있었다. 또한 최대수평주응력 작용방향과 공동 중심을 잇는 축이 평행하도록 배치하여 저장공동에 의한 방패효과가 발휘될 수 있게 함으로써 현지응력이 공동 사이 암반 필라에 미치는 영향을 최소화할 수 있었다.