• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.123-139
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• 2020

The tube outward local buckling of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFST) beam under high compression stress is still considered a critical problem, especially for steel tubes with a slender section compared to semi-compact and compact sections. In this study, the flexural performance of stiffened slender cold-formed square tube beams filled with normal concrete was investigated. Fourteen (14) simply supported CFST specimens were tested under static bending loads, stiffened with different shapes and numbers of steel stiffeners that were provided at the inner sides of the tubes. Additional finite element (FE) CFST models were developed to further investigate the influence of using internal stiffeners with varied thickness. The results of tests and FE analyses indicated that the onset of local buckling, that occurs at the top half of the stiffened CFST beam's cross-section at mid-span was substantially restricted to a smaller region. Generally, it was also observed that, due to increased steel area provided by the stiffeners, the bending capacity, flexural stiffness and energy absorption index of the stiffened beams were significantly improved. The average bending capacity and the initial flexural stiffness of the stiffened specimens for the various shapes, single stiffener situations have increased of about 25% and 39%, respectively. These improvements went up to 45% and 60%, for the double stiffeners situations. Moreover, the bending capacity and the flexural stiffness values obtained from the experimental tests and FE analyses validated well with the values computed from equations of the existing standards.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2022

UAM(Urban Air Mobility) 은 승객과 화물을 운반할 수 있는 새로운 형태의 안전하고 적합한 운송수단으로써 각광받고 있다. UAM 의 상업적인 사용은 2025년부터 시작될 것으로 예측되고 있다. UAM의 생산률은 기존 항공기 생산률보다 자동차 생산률에 더 가까울 것으로 예측되므로, 대량 생산 항공기에 대비한 새로운 인증 방안을 구축할 필요가 있다. 이러한 UAM은 구조물의 중량을 줄이기 위해 복합재료가 주 재료로써 사용될 것으로 예상되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 항공기용 복합재료 시범인증을 수행함으로써 국내 복합재료 인증 방안을 제시하고 인증소재를 소형 항공기용 부품에 적용하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구를 통해 대량생산이 필요한 UAM 항공기의 인증 시간을 절감할 수 있을 것으로 예상한다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.122-126
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• 2010

The alginate-based hydrogel was prepared as a pH-sensitive drug delivery system. To enhance the drug loading capacity, activated carbon was introduced as a drug absorbent. The iron oxide was incorporated into the alginate matrix for the magnetic transferring to the target organ. The activated carbon and iron-oxide were dispersed uniformly in the alginate hydrogel. The drug release from the alginate/activated carbon composite hydrogel was carried out in various pH conditions with vitamin B12 and Lactobacillus lamnosers as model drugs. The fast and sustainable release of drug was observed in the basic condition due to the pH-sensitive solubility of alginate. The novel drug delivery system having pH-sensitive release property and magnetic movement to target place was developed by using the alginate/activated carbon composite magnetic hydrogels.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2021

Fly ash and silica fume belong to industry by-products that can be used to produce concrete. This study shows the model of a neural network to evaluate the strength development of blended concrete containing fly ash and silica fume. The neural network model has four input parameters, such as fly ash replacement content, silica fume replacement content, water/binder ratio, and ages. Strength is the output variable of neural network. Based on the backpropagation algorithm, the values of elements in the hidden layer of neural network are determined. The number of neurons in the hidden layer is confirmed based on trial calculations. We find (1) neural network can give a reasonable evaluation of the strength development of composite concrete. Neural network can reflect the improvement of strength due to silica fume additions and can consider the reductions of strength as water/binder increases. (2) When the number of neurons in the hidden layer is five, the prediction results show more accuracy than four neurons in the hidden layer. Moreover, five neurons in the hidden layer can reproduce the strength crossover between fly ash concrete and plain concrete. Summarily, the neural network-based model is valuable for design sustainable composite concrete containing silica fume and fly ash.

• 교육녹색환경연구
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.54-63
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• 2017

건물에너지 자립과 온실가스 배출 저감에 BIPV 역할이 증대되는 가운데 기존 결정계의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 DSC의 적용이 주목받고 있다. 특히 DSC의 다양한 색상과 투명성 그리고 방향에 무관한 작동성은 모듈의 다기능 복합재로서 BIPV폭을 크게 확장시킨다. 이에 사례조사 분석을 통해 DSC BIPV의 가능성을 살펴보고 그 활용성을 조망한다. 국 내외 각 3건씩의 사례 조사 분석을 통해 나타난 대부분의 DSC BIPV는 주로 창호와 차양 장치로 구현되고 있고 이는 DSC의 특성과 무관치 않다. 즉, 다양한 색상과 투명성의 모듈은 건물 외피디자인과 에너지 획득에 커다란 전환점을 마련하고 있는 것으로 파악된다. 한편으로는 적용모듈의 색상으로 인한 눈의 자극성이 존재하여 BIPV 창호적용에는 건물 및 실의 용도에 따른 색감 고려가 필수적이고 건물외피 적용을 위한 유연한 모듈개발의 경우 DSC BIPV는 상당히 기대되는 확산성을 가질 것이다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.849-864
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• 2019

One way to achieve sustainable construction is to reduce concrete consumption by use of more sustainable and higher strength concrete. Modern building codes do not cover the use of ultra-high strength concrete (UHSC) in the design of composite structures. Against such background, this paper investigates experimentally the mechanical properties of steel fibre-reinforced UHSC and then the structural behaviors of UHSC encased steel (CES) members under both concentric and eccentric compressions as well as pure bending. The effects of steel-fibre dosage and spacing of stirrups were studied, and the applicability of Eurocode 4 design approach was checked. The test results revealed that the strength of steel stirrups could not be fully utilized to provide confinement to the UHSC. The bond strength between UHSC and steel section was improved by adding the steel fibres into the UHSC. Reducing the spacing of stirrups or increasing the dosage of steel fibres was beneficial to prevent premature spalling of the concrete cover thus mobilize the steel section strength to achieve higher compressive capacity. Closer spacing of stirrups and adding 0.5% steel fibres in UHSC enhanced the post-peak ductility of CES columns. It is concluded that the code-specified reduction factors applied to the concrete strength and moment resistance can account for the loss of load capacity due to the premature spalling of concrete cover and partial yielding of the encased steel section.

• 한국버섯학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2023

야생버섯 및 재배버섯들 중에서 생장이 우수한 균주를 선발하기 위하여 PDA 배지 상에서 생육이 빠른 9 균주를 선발하였다. 톱밥배지에서 균주별 균사체의 생장을 알아보기 위하여 참나무 톱밥과 미강 80% : 20% (w/w) 비율로 혼합한 배지에서 선발된 치마버섯(No. 7), 상황버섯(No. 29), 아까시재목버섯(No. 39), 영지(No. 52) 균주를 접종하여 14일간 배양한 결과, 영지(No. 52) 균주의 균사체 생장이 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, 기질 건조 후 취급비율도 영지버섯 균사체를 배양한 배지에서 가장 우수하였다. 수확후배지(SM)와 참나무 톱밥(OS) 혼합비율 50% : 50% (w/w), 60% : 40% (w/w), 80% : 20% (w/w)로 배지를 제조하여 선발 균주인 영지(No. 52) 균주를 접종하여 배양한 결과, 균사체의 직경은 수확후배지(SM) : 참나무 톱밥(OS) = 60% : 40% (w/w) 혼합배지에서 균사체 생육과 취급비율이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 영지(No. 52) 균주를 접종하여 배양한 균사체 소재 사각시편의 압축강도는 300.7 - 302.4 kgf로 스티로폼에 비하여 약 4배 정도 강도가 우수하였으나 탄력성은 없는 것으로 확인되었다. 위와 같은 결과는 버섯농가의 고민거리인 수확후배지를 활용한 균사체 복합소재 개발을 통하여 수확후배지의 새활용을 위한 높은 가능성을 확인하였으며, 향후 기초적인 자료로 활용도가 높으리라 기대된다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.508-514
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• 2022

Piezoelectric composite films which are enabled by inorganic piezoelectric nanomaterials-embedded polymer, have attracted enormous attention as a sustainable power source for low powered electronics, because of their ease of fabrication and flexible nature. However, the absorption of applied stress by the soft polymeric matrices is a major issue that must be solved to expand the fields of piezoelectric composite applications. Herein, a flexible and porous piezoelectric composite (piezoelectric sponge) comprised of BaTiO₃ nanoparticles and polydimethylsiloxane was developed using template method to enhance the energy conversion efficiency by minimizing the stress that vanishes into the polymer matrix. In the porous structure, effective stress transfer can occur between the piezoelectric active materials in compression mode due to direct contact between the ceramic particles embedded in the pore-polymer interface. The piezoelectric sponge with 30 wt% of BaTiO₃ particles generated an open-circuit voltage of ~12 V and a short-circuit current of ~150 nA. A finite element method-based simulation was conducted to theoretically back up that the piezoelectric output performance was effectively improved by introducing the sponge structure. Furthermore, to demonstrate the feasibility of pressure detecting applications using the BaTiO₃ particles-embedded piezoelectric sponge, the composite was arranged in a 3 × 3 array and integrated into a single pressure sensor. The fabricated sensor array successfully detected the shape of the applied pressure. This work can provide a cost-effective, biocompatible, and structural strategy for realizing piezoelectric composite-based energy harvesters and self-powered sensors with improved energy conversion efficiency.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.32-36
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• 2023

최근 탄소 중립 등 지속 가능한 발전을 위한 지구환경 문제가 대두되면서 기존 풍력터빈의 소재인 유리섬유 복합재의 폐기 시 처리 방안이 문제가 되고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 기존의 유리섬유 복합재를 대체할 수 있는 친환경 복합재인 아마섬유 기반 복합재를 활용하여 30kW 풍력터빈 블레이드를 제조하고 적합성을 평가하였다. 먼저 친환경 천연 아마섬유 복합재의 풍력터빈 블레이드 소재로 활용 가능성을 검증하기 위해 기계적 강도 시험을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 선행 아마섬유 복합재 물성 연구 대비 좀 더 우수한 강도가 측정된 것을 확인하였다. 또한 제작된 30kW 급 아마섬유 복합재 블레이드를 활용하여 아마섬유 복합재 블레이드의 정적강도를 측정하는 정적강도 성능평가 시험을 통하여 적합성을 확인하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.319-336
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• 2024

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has attracted increasing attention in prefabricated steel-concrete composite beams as achieving the onsite construction time savings and structural performance improvement. The inferior replacement and removal efficiency of conventional prefabricated steel-UHPC composite beams (PSUCBs) has thwarted its sustainable applications because of the widely used welded-connectors. Single embedded nut bolted shear connectors (SENBs) have recently introduced as an attempt to enhance demountability of PSUCBs. An in-depth exploration of the mechanical behavior of SENBs in UHPC is necessary to evidence feasibilities of corresponding PSUCBs. However, existing research has been limited to SENB arrangement impacts and lacked considerations on SENB geometric configuration counterparts. To this end, this paper performed twenty push-out tests and theoretical analyses on the shear performance and design recommendation of SENBs. Key test parameters comprised the diameter and grade of SENBs, degree and sequence of pretension, concrete casting method and connector type. Test results indicated that both diameters and grades of bolts exerted remarkable impacts on the SENB shear performance with respect to the shear and frictional responses. Also, there was limited influence of the bolt preload degrees on the shear capacity and ductility of SENBs, but non-negligible contributions to their corresponding frictional resistance and initial shear stiffness. Moreover, inverse pretension sequences or monolithic cast slabs presented slight improvements in the ultimate shear and slip capacity. Finally, design-oriented models with higher accuracy were introduced for predictions of the ultimate shear resistance and load-slip relationship of SENBs in PSUCBs.