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Improvement plan and factual survey for weirs, drop structures and bridges in medium scale streams of Kyonggi province (경기도 지방하천에서의 보, 낙차공 및 교량 시설물의 실태 및 개선 방안 제시)

  • Noh, Huiseong;Ahn, Taejin
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2020
  • Weirs are to secure amount water of streams and drop structures are to enhance stabilization of stream bed and bridges are to connect isolated region, which are called stream crossing structures. In the stream design criteria, directions for minimum size of structures are suggested to secure stability of stream crossing structures. However the sizes of almost all existing weirs and drop structures are not satisfied with the stream design criteria and only 22 percent of the peirs of bridges are satisfied. To enhance hydraulic stability of existing weirs and drop structures, it is required that the ratio of bed protection to apron should be above 3.3. According to factual survey of structures in the sample streams, it has been shown that the longitudinal slope of rapid works with 1:20 is the most reasonable to design velocity if existing weirs and drop structures are rehabilitated into rapid works. It has been known that violating freeboard and span length of piers should make existing bridges reconstructed or removed. However, comprehensive review including deterioration level of bridges, special regulation for span length, etc. should be considered to determine rehabilitation plan of bridges. In this study, a procedure has been suggested to improve hydraulic stability of weirs, drop structures and piers of bridges. Sound environment of stream and reduction of natural disaster could be achieved by improving stability of cross structures, which could be obtained by governmental budget and active stream management including observance of design criteria.

Evalulation of Specific Gravity in Post Member by Drilling Resistance Test

  • Park, Chun-Young;Kim, Se-Jong;Lee, Jun-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2006
  • The structural wooden members of the ancient building are deteriorated by fungi and termite over time. The deteriorate of the members causes the decrease of the specific gravity and the strength of it, so the stability of the building is threatened. Therefore, in this study, the evaluation of the specific gravity, which is correlated with the strength of the wood, was conducted in the post member using Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) - Drilling Resistance Test (DRT). For the purpose of it, the specific gravity and drilling resistance of small specimens was measured to obtain the correlation between the specific gravity and the drilling resistance. And then, the drilling resistance test of the post members, which were expected to have the deteriorated parts, was performed. Consequently, the correlation between the specific gravity and the drilling resistance was very high ($R^2=0.89$) and the distributions of the specific gravity were evaluated for the each member. Also, the results were verified by the visual inspection of the cross section of it. Especially, the various variations of the wood member such as the deteriorated parts with termite or fungi and the crack could be detected exactly but the knot couldn't because the drill could pass by or could not penetrate the knot.

Feedback control of intelligent structures with uncertainties and its robustness analysis

  • Cao, Zongjie;Wen, Bangchun;Kuang, Zhenbang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.327-340
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    • 2003
  • Variations in system parameters due to uncertainties of parameters may result in system performance deterioration and create system internal stability problems. Uncertainties in structural modeling of structures are often considered to ensure that the control system is robust with respect to response errors. So the uncertain concept plays an important role in the analysis and design of the engineering structures. In this paper, the active control of the intelligent structures with the uncertainties is studied and a new method for analyzing the robustness of systems with the uncertainties is presented. Firstly, the system with uncertain parameters is considered as the perturbation of the system with deterministic parameters. Secondly, the feedback control law is designed on the basis of deterministic system. Thirdly, perturbation analysis and robustness analysis of intelligent structures with uncertainties are discussed when the feedback control law is applied to the original system and perturbed system. Combining the convex model of uncertainties with the finite element method, the analysis theory of the robustness of intelligent structures with the uncertainties can be developed. The description and computation of the robustness of intelligent structures with uncertain parameters is obtained. Finally, a numerical example of the application of the present method is given to show the validity of the method.

Comparison of the Physical Properties Korean and Japanese Lining Papers (국내.외 배접지의 물성 비교 분석)

  • Jeong, So-Young;Choi, Kyoung-Hwa;Park, Ji-Hee;Kang, Yeong-Seok
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.60-64
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    • 2009
  • Paper is easily damaged by physical and chemical deterioration under several factors. Damaged paper cultural heritage is usually restored by Lining. A traditional method of Lining is attaching the lining paper behind the original paper cultural heritage using starch and water. It supports the weakened quality of paper. In Japan, paper cultural heritage is restored with "Washi" which is made from mixture of Paper mulberry and Japanese cedar. In the west, the lining paper made from Paper mulberry, which has extraordinary excellent conservativeness, is usually used as a restoration material for paper. But Japanese Washi has dominated the demand for restoration materials as the most preferred restoration paper, and most kinds of paper made from Paper mullbery have been called as 'Japanese paper'. Result showed that the strength of the Korean lining papers was generally higher than that of the Japanese ones. As a result from measuring the rate of dimensional change after water-immersion and drying, sample B of the Korean lining papers and sample E of the Japanese lining papers showed the highest stability.

Optimized Design of Rotor Considering Cost-Reduction of Small BLDC Motor for the Water Pump (펌프용 소형 BLDC 모터의 원가절감을 고려한 회전자 최적화 설계)

  • Kim, Hoe-Cheon;Jung, Tae-Uk
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.4
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    • pp.495-501
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    • 2013
  • In the present study, a BLDC motor for a pump in which a neodymium PM is replaced with a Ferrite PM has been developed in preparation for the cost increase and to ensure the stability of the resource supply. One of the currently used motors for pumps is a BLDC motor having an interior PM wherein a rare-earth PM is adopted. However, a BLDC motor for a pump is designed to have large airgap because of the use of a waterproof insulator according to its structural characteristics, and therefore, a SPM structure is suitable. Hence, an SPM BLDC motor in which a Ferrite PM is used is designed. Nevertheless, the use of Ferrite instead of rare-earth materials causes a deterioration in the performance of the electric motor, such as a decrease in the BEMF and the maximum power of the motor and the irreversible demagnetization of the PM. In order to mitigate such disadvantages, an optimized design of the BLDC motor is developed by changing each design parameter and by improving the electromagnetism structure.

Poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) Nanocomposites Filled with Fumed Silicas by Melt Compounding

  • Chung, Su-Chul;Hahm, Wan-Gyu;Im, Seung-Soon;Oh, Seong-Geun
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.221-229
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    • 2002
  • PET nanocomposites filled with fumed silicas were prepared via direct melt compounding method at various mixing conditions such as filler type and filler content. Some fumed silicas were pre-treated to improve the wettability and dispersibility, and principal characterizations were performed to investigate the effects of nano fumed silicas on polymer matrix. Hydrophobic fumed silica (M-FS), which has the similar contact angles of water with neat PET, acted as the best reinforcement for the thermal stability and mechanical properties of PET nanocomposite, and FE-SEM images also showed that M-FS was uniformly dispersed into matrix and had good wettability. But, some filler (O-FS) had low dispersibility and caused the deterioration of mechanical properties. Besides, the results of DSC revealed the nucleation effect of all fillers in polymer matrix, and PET nanocomposite filled with hydroptilic fumed silica (FS) showed markedly the characteristic dynamic rheological properties such as shear thinning behavior at very low frequencies and the decrease of viscosity.

On the Physical Function Evaluation, Prevention Training, and Cognitive Ability Improvement through the Design of a Healthcare Independence Support System based on Emotional Satisfaction of Senior Users

  • Lee, Sang Min;Kim, Joo Uk;Kim, Young Min
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2021
  • Recently, social technologies have been created to solve problems from businesses for the establishment of generational solidarity ecosystem in terms of employment, residential space, network and social capital, age, cognitive and environmental aspects. This is senior-friendly healthcare business system aimed at meeting the senior needs for health life to enjoy active consumption culture life even after retirement, becoming a catalyst for minimizing generational conflicts, preventing the cognitive and physical deterioration of seniority in the areas of life healthcare, fitness and well-aging, and expanding into systems necessary for seniority self-reliance. We would like to draw up the development and requirements of the concept of the service platform for the study of collective characteristics for generation solidarity with senior class and the establishment of a customized senior health life system for generation solidarity. This system is characterized by a platform that can prevent the decline of seniors' cognitive and physical functions and enhance emotional stability. It is significant in providing feedback on the risk perception index, fall index, and prevention training index information to the child through the analysis and extraction of the senior health index for risk perception, fall probability, and fall prevention.

Successful Damage Control Resuscitation with Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in a Pediatric Patient

  • Heo, Yoonjung;Chang, Sung Wook;Kim, Dong Hun
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.170-174
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    • 2020
  • Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is considered an emerging adjunct therapy for profound hemorrhagic shock, as it can maintain temporary stability until definitive repair of the injury. However, there is limited information about the use of this procedure in children. Herein, we report a case of REBOA in a pediatric patient with blunt trauma, wherein the preoperative deployment of REBOA played a pivotal role in damage control resuscitation. A 7-year-old male patient experienced cardiac arrest after a motor vehicle accident. After 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, spontaneous circulation was achieved. The patient was diagnosed with massive hemoperitoneum. REBOA was then performed under ongoing resuscitative measures. An intra-aortic balloon catheter was deployed above the supraceliac aorta, which helped achieved permissive hypotension while the patient was undergoing surgery. After successful bleeding control with small bowel resection for mesenteric avulsion, thorough radiologic evaluations revealed hypoxic brain injury. The patient died from deterioration of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Although the patient did not survive, a postoperative computed tomography scan revealed neither remaining intraperitoneal injury nor peripheral ischemia correlated with the insertion of a 7-Fr sheath. Hence, REBOA can be a successful bridge therapy, and this result may facilitate the further usage of REBOA to save pediatric patients with non-compressible torso hemorrhage.

The Allowable Displacement Limit on the Approach Slab for a Railway Bridge with Ballastless Track (콘크리트궤도부설 교량의 접속슬래브 허용변위한도에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jin-Yu;Yang, Shin-Chu;Yoo, Jin-Young;Cho, Hyun-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.1149-1155
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    • 2007
  • The transition area between a bridge and an earthwork is one of the weakest area of track because of the track geometry deterioration caused unequal settlement of backfill of abutment. In case of a ballastless track, the approach slab is installed to prevent the phenomenon. But, if there is occurred the inclined displacement on the approach slab by a settlement of the foundation or formation, the track is also under the inclined displacement. And this defect causes reducing the running stability of a vehicle, the riding comfort of passengers, and the deteriorations of track by excessive impact subjected to the track. In this study, parametric studies were performed to know what is the allowable displacement limit on the approach slab to avoid such a bad effect. The length and amount of unequal settlement of the approach slab was adopted as parameter for numerical analysis. And car body accelerations, variations of wheel force and rail stress and uplift force induced on a fastener clip are investigated. From the result, resonable settlement limits of an approach slab according to slab length was suggested.

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Enzymatic Characteristics of Laccase from White Rot Fungus, Flammulina velutipes (백색부후균(白色腐朽菌) Flammulina velutipes로 부터 추출(抽出)한 리그닌 분해효소(分解酵素)의 효소적(酵素的) 특성(特性))

  • Suh, Dal-Sun;Lee, Jae-Sung;Cho, Nam-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.36-42
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    • 1986
  • The production media and the enzymatic charateristics of laccase from Flammulina velutipes were investigated. The activity of laccase during incubation reached to the maximum at the 40 days of incubation in the case of Barley straw medium. The maximum laccase activity in Barley straw medium was 5 and 16 times higher than those in Onion basic and Sawdust media, respectively. The laccase from Flammulina velutipes has the optimum pH of 6.6 and showed to be stable at relatively broad pH range. 4.5-9.5. Temperature stability showed that above 96% activity could be preserved after holding at 40$^{\circ}C$ for 40 minutes. At the above 70$^{\circ}C$, the laccase activity decreased very rapidly. The Km value of the laccase was estimated to be 28.0 mM which is much higher than that of the laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus. Organic solvents for precipitiation of the enzyme did not inactivation the laccase. Sodium azide which was added for preventing microbial deterioration affected significantly the inactivation of laccase, but this activity was recovered completely by precipitating the enzyme with acetone.

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