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Ratio of Torsion (ROT): An index for assessing the global induced torsion in plan irregular buildings

  • Stathi, Chrysanthi G.;Bakas, Nikolaos P.;Lagaros, Nikos D.;Papadrakakis, Manolis
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.145-171
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    • 2015
  • Due to earthquakes, many structures suffered extensive damages that were attributed to the torsional effect caused by mass, stiffness or strength eccentricity. Due to this type of asymmetry torsional moments are generated that are imposed by means of additional shear forces developed at the vertical resisting structural elements of the buildings. Although the torsional effect on the response of reinforced concrete buildings was the subject of extensive research over the last decades, a quantitative index measuring the amplification of the shear forces developed at the vertical resisting elements due to lateral-torsional coupling valid for both elastic and elastoplastic response states is still missing. In this study a reliable index capable of assessing the torsional effect is proposed. The performance of the proposed index is evaluated and its correlation with structural response quantities like displacements, interstorey drift, base torque, shear forces and upper diaphragm's rotation is presented. Torsionally stiff, mass eccentric single-story and multistory structures, subjected to bidirectional excitation, are considered and nonlinear dynamic analyses are performed using natural records selected for three hazard levels. It was found that the proposed index provides reliable prediction of the magnitude of torsional effect for all test examples considered.

Study on the Development of a Safety Education System for Technical High Schools (공업고등학교 안전교육 내용 체계 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Kyoo-Eun;Jung, Hye-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.169-183
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a safety education system and its contents for technical high schools including textbooks and instruction manuals for teachers. Methods: Reference materials and surveys were both employed in the study. Basic theory and relevant contents were estimated. The contents of safety education included in the current curriculum in technical high schools were evaluated and the laws and regulations related to safety education in such schools were analyzed by researching references. In addition, the status of safety education in technical high schools and the demand for safety education were reviewed. Results: The goal of safety education has been established based on the status and theory of the estimated safety education, The goal was classified into an overall goal and sub-goals, setting five areas of safety education. Furthermore, the contents of safety education, total 17 hours per year for each grade, were organized into 20 content goals and 47 activity elements. These activity factors of safety education has been systemized by grade. Conclusion: All technical high-schools need to carry out safety education based on the contents related to safety education. The operation of this systematic safety education will be more efficient and effective than the current system and the knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding safety at technical high schools are expected to undergo positive changes. Moreover, the result from this study will contribute to the establishment of various policies for safety education in technical high schools.

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A finite element algorithm for contact problems with friction

  • Liu, C.H.;Hofstetter, G.;Mang, H.A.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.289-297
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    • 1995
  • A finite element algorithm for consideration of contact constraints is presented. It is characterized by introducing the geometric constraints, resulting from contact conditions, directly into the algebraic system of equations for the incremental displacements of an incremental iterative solution procedure. The usefulness of the proposed algorithm for efficient solutions of contact problems involving large displacements and large strains is demonstrated in the numerical investigation.

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE IN RESEARCH ON THE CULTURAL HERITAGE

  • Cechak, Tomas;Kopecka, Ivana;Musilek, Ladislav
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.321-326
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    • 2001
  • Radionuclide X-ray fluorescence analysis is a method, which has many advantages for analysing various historic artefacts, as it is relatively cheap, sensitive and non-destructive, and it allows measurements in-situ. However, this analysis has also certain limitations especially concerning sensitivity to chemical elements only, irrespective of the compounds or chemical forms in which these elements have been bonded. In addition, light elements emitting very soft X-rays cannot be measured, and in order to detect a wide range of elements, it is necessary to carry out repeated measurements with different radiation sources. Despite these limitations, valuable information can be obtained about the composition of historic materials and data about the origin and age of these artefacts can be derived. Analyses of wall paintings, ancient metal sculptures or other objects of art provide the basis for historic considerations documented in our results for some objects belonging to the Czech cultural heritage. The results are promising. Thus it is expected that our laboratory will expand its work into more fields of the fine and applied arts.

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Strategies for the Building of the Culture and Tourism Website in Urban Tourism Information Service

  • Kim, Jae-Seok
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.7-11
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    • 2008
  • This research analyzes the need for technical elements based on related articles and empirical experience when culture tourism homepage is to be developed or renewed focused on the research of main elements in 6 web sites. Technological elements required for the development of culture tourism homepage are use, contents, structure, linkage, search, and appearance. Tourism information service provides many conveniences to tourists, and help to maximize profits and additional income for urban tourism.

The Extraction of Quality Evaluation Elements for Medical Serious Game (의료용 기능성 게임의 품질평가 요소 추출)

  • Yoon, Seon-Jeong;Ryu, Mi-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2013
  • As the Medical Serious Games are recently proven effective, the quality evaluation of the game has become an important issue. In quality evaluation, objective criteria and evaluation elements are important. Quality evaluation of the serious game is divided into two areas : the technical (from the point of view of Program) and the non-technical (from the point of view of Content). In this study, we developed the quality evaluation element of the non-technical area to the psychotherapy and the health & rehab game according to developing process of quality evaluation model. We extracted five evaluation elements from the two kinds of medical games, and interviewed with medical experts in order to ensure the validity of them. The goodness of fit tests for the elements mentioned above were verified by conducting. Chi-square test results for the two groups did not differ significantly. In conclusion, we expect to take advantage of the results of this study to design and develop serious games for medical treatment.

Surface Oxidation of High Strength Automotive Steels during Continuous Annealing, and the Influence of Trace Elements of P,B, and Sb

  • Sohn, Il-Ryoung;Park, Joong-Chul;Kim, Jong-Sang
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2010
  • In continuous hot dip galvanizing process, oxide formation on steel surface has an influence on Zn wetting. High strength automotive steel contains high amount of Si and Mn, where Si-Mn composite oxides such as $Mn_2SiO_4$ or $MnSiO_3$ covers the surface after annealing. Zn wetting depends on how the aluminothermia reaction can reduce the Mn-Si composite oxides and then form inhibition layer such as $Fe_2Al_5$ on the steel surface. The outward diffusion of metallic ions such as $Mn^{2+}$, $Si^{2+}$ in the steel matrix is very important factor for the formation of the surface oxides on the steel surface. The surface state and grain boundaries provide an important role for the diffusion and the surface oxide reactions. Some elements such as P, Sb, and B have a strong affinity for the interface precipitation, and it influence the diffusivity of metallic ions on grain boundaries. B oxide forms very rapildly on the steel surface during the annealing, and this promote complex oxides with $SiO_2$ or MnO. P has inter-reacted with other elements on the grain boundaries and influence the diffusion through on them. Small addition of Sb could suppress the decarburization from steel surface and retards the formation of internal and external selective oxides on the steel surface. Interface control by the trace elements such as Sb could be available to improve the Zn wettability during the hot dip galvanizing.

A Study on the Character of Media space in Responses viewd through the Digital poetics (디지털 시학 관점으로 본 뉴미디어 시대 매체공간의 특성 연구)

  • Chung, Jae-Won
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.217-226
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study had started from trying to look for a new standard in new media era and sounding out possibility of perspective of digital poetry, and had been extracting interpretational elements based on characteristics of otology in digital poetics research in technical method. Through examination of many documentary records, we suggested interpretive elements of medial space based on meaning and the theory of digital poetics. We deduced three perspectives based on relationship between the basic thesis in poetics and interpretive elements of medial space. We used them as tool for analysis of example. We chose as an example that change of program in space is clear through connection of media and space in where new form of creation happens through digital instruments and chose article as subject to which digital technology is applied and had been since 2000, The result of this study is as following: First, epistemological analysis about a space of digital media in new media era requires poetical approach unlike aesthetic approach. We can endow creative action and creation process with significance and pay attention to technical method of manufacturing, stating appropriateness of perspective in digital poetics. Second, the justice of digital poetics and its basic thesis help derive analytic elements from medial space and study purpose of production, technical method, ontological characteristics, which are three perspectives of digital poetics. Third, it analyzed characteristics of example according to three perspectives above and we can analyze characteristics of spacial expression in space of digital media into potential, trans-active, and semiosis space. It would be possible through analyzing examples in digital poetic perspective to overlook new methods of design in 21th and various perspectives and possibilities of medial space design.

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Research on immersive elements to improve the reality of AR / VR content (AR/VR 콘텐츠의 현실감 향상을 위한 몰입 요소 연구)

  • Heo, Junwon;Byun, Daniel H.
    • Trans-
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    • v.13
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    • pp.17-34
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    • 2022
  • This paper summarizes the differences and characteristics between virtual worlds and virtual reality, and advances research on immersive elements for improving the reality of virtual worlds. The immersive elements are broadly studied by separating the sensory immersive elements and the technical immersive elements, focusing on the sensory organs of sight, perception, touch, and hearing, and investigating the correlation between these elements to improve the immersive feeling in content design. Set standards.

A Study on the Social Informatics in Digital Library Studies (디지털도서관 연구를 위한 사회정보학)

  • 정경희
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.1-20
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    • 2003
  • Through analyzing papers on digital libraries and the contexts of usage of the term, ‘digital library’, this study investigates that the professional discourses about digital libraries regard them digital technologies. But digital libraries need to be recognized as socio-technical networks which are constructed by social interaction between heterogeneous elements. The study suggested that Social Informatics and a STIN(Socio-Technical Interaction Network) model should be applied to understand and analyze digital libraries as socio-technical networks.

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