• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.185-193
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• 2018

Jang Bogo Station (JBS), the second Korean Antarctic research station, was established in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica ($74.62^{\circ}S$ $164.22^{\circ}E$) in February 2014 in order to expand the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) research capabilities. One of the main research areas at JBS is space environmental research. The goal of the research is to better understand the general characteristics of the polar region ionosphere and thermosphere and their responses to solar wind and the magnetosphere. Ground-based observations at JBS for upper atmospheric wind and temperature measurements using the Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) began in March 2014. Ionospheric radar (VIPIR) measurements have been collected since 2015 to monitor the state of the polar ionosphere for electron density height profiles, horizontal density gradients, and ion drifts. To investigate the magnetosphere and geomagnetic field variations, a search-coil magnetometer and vector magnetometer were installed in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Since JBS is positioned in an ideal location for auroral observations, we installed an auroral all-sky imager with a color sensor in January 2018 to study substorms as well as auroras. In addition to these observations, we are also operating a proton auroral imager, airglow imager, global positioning system total electron content (GPS TEC)/scintillation monitor, and neutron monitor in collaboration with other institutes. In this article, we briefly introduce the observational activities performed at JBS and the preliminary results of these observations.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.589-601
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• 2016

Himawari-8/Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) 열적외 채널 자료에 Maximum Cross Correlation (MCC), Zero-mean Sum of Absolute Distances (ZSAD), Zero-mean Sum of Squared Distances (ZSSD) 알고리즘을 적용하여 표층 해류를 산출하고, 그 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 각 알고리즘으로 쿠로시오해류 해역의 표층 해류장을 산출한 결과 서로 유사한 양상을 보였다. 오차 발생 비율은 알고리즘에 따른 차이가 거의 나타나지 않았으며, 표층 해류 산출 연산에 소요되는 시간은 ZSAD와 ZSSD 알고리즘이 MCC 알고리즘에 비해 각각 24%, 18% 감소하였다. 산출된 표층 해류는 인공위성 추적 표층 뜰개 자료와 인공위성 고도계 자료로 계산한 표층 해류를 통해 검증하였고, 세 가지 알고리즘의 정확도는 모두 유사한 범위의 값으로 나타났다. 또한 산출된 표층 해류의 정확도는 휘도 온도 수평 구배의 크기와 두 영상 사이의 시간 간격에 의해 영향을 받았다.

• 대기
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.119-131
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• 2017

We present and discuss the Tropopause Folding Turbulence Detection (TFTD) algorithm for the Korean Communication, Ocean, Meteorological Satellite (COMS) which is originally developed for the Tropopause Folding Turbulence Product (TFTP) from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R. The TFTD algorithm assumes that the tropopause folding is linked to the Clear Air Turbulence (CAT), and thereby the tropopause folding areas are detected from the rapid spatial gradients of the upper tropospheric specific humidity. The Layer Averaged Specific Humidity (LASH) is used to represent the upper tropospheric specific humidity calculated using COMS $6.7{\mu}m$ water vapor channel and ERA-interim reanalysis temperature at 300, 400, and 500 hPa. The comparison of LASH with the numerical model specific humidity shows a strong negative correlation of 80% or more. We apply the single threshold, which is determined from sensitivity analysis, for cloud-clearing to overcome strong gradient of LASH at the edge of clouds. The tropopause break lines are detected from the location of strong LASH-gradient using the Canny edge detection based on the image processing technique. The tropopause folding area is defined by expanding the break lines by 2-degree positive gradient direction. The validations of COMS TFTD is performed with Pilot Reports (PIREPs) filtered out Convective Induced Turbulence (CIT) from Dec 2013 to Nov 2014 over the South Korea. The score test shows 0.49 PODy (Probability of Detection 'Yes') and 0.64 PODn (Probability of Detection 'No'). Low POD results from various kinds of CAT reported from PIREPs and the characteristics of high sensitivity in edge detection algorithm.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.155-167
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• 2007

Objectives : This study was performed to evaluate the general distribution and the efficacy of oriental medical treatment for low back pain. Methods: We have selected of the moxa bucket moxibustion. We make a comparative study of the thermodynamic characteristics of moxa bucket moxibustion. We examined combustion times, temperatures, temperature gradients in each period during a combustion of moxa bucket moxibustion made by oak wood. Results : The 80 cases of low back pain patients was analyzed according to the distribution of sex, age, the period of disease, contributing factor, the patient-condition on admission, the symptom on admission, the duration of admission, the reading of the X-ray and the treatment efficacy was evaluated respectively. 1. Female was more than male in the ratio of 1:1.2, and thirties and seventies 25% the most, the acutest phase 46.3% the most, reason unknown 33.8% the most, Grade III 50% the most, L.B.P. only 51.3% the most, the day of 6-10 30% the most, compression Fx 30% the most. 2. In the total treatment result, the good was 51.3%, the excellent 22.5%, the fair 17.5%, the poor 8.8% in order. About 'the effective rate'(the percentage of positive effective treatment cases) of each distribution, the fifties 100% the most, the acutest phase 97.3% the most, the slip down, weight lifting, overuse 100% the most respectively, Grade III 97.5% the most, L.B.P. only 95.1% the most, the day of 11-15 100% the most, HN.P. 93.3% the most. Conclusions : We have known the efficacy of oriental medical treatment for L.B.P. was good and early treatment was better than late treatment and main cause of L.B.P. was degenerative change.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.709-728
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• 2017

This disquisition proposes a nonlocal strain gradient beam theory for thermo-mechanical dynamic characteristics of embedded smart shear deformable curved piezoelectric nanobeams made of porous electro-elastic functionally graded materials by using an analytical method. Electro-elastic properties of embedded curved porous FG nanobeam are assumed to be temperature-dependent and vary through the thickness direction of beam according to the power-law which is modified to approximate material properties for even distributions of porosities. It is perceived that during manufacturing of functionally graded materials (FGMs) porosities and micro-voids can be occurred inside the material. Since variation of pores along the thickness direction influences the mechanical and physical properties, so in this study thermo-mechanical vibration analysis of curve FG piezoelectric nanobeam by considering the effect of these imperfections is performed. Nonlocal strain gradient elasticity theory is utilized to consider the size effects in which the stress for not only the nonlocal stress field but also the strain gradients stress field. The governing equations and related boundary condition of embedded smart curved porous FG nanobeam subjected to thermal and electric field are derived via the energy method based on Timoshenko beam theory. An analytical Navier solution procedure is utilized to achieve the natural frequencies of porous FG curved piezoelectric nanobeam resting on Winkler and Pasternak foundation. The results for simpler states are confirmed with known data in the literature. The effects of various parameters such as nonlocality parameter, electric voltage, coefficient of porosity, elastic foundation parameters, thermal effect, gradient index, strain gradient, elastic opening angle and slenderness ratio on the natural frequency of embedded curved FG porous piezoelectric nanobeam are successfully discussed. It is concluded that these parameters play important roles on the dynamic behavior of porous FG curved nanobeam. Presented numerical results can serve as benchmarks for future analyses of curve FG nanobeam with porosity phases.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2005

FBG 센서는 다중화의 큰 장점으로 인해 다른 여러 광섬유 센서에 비해 더욱 활발한 연구가 진행 되어오고 있다. FBG 센서는 센서 피크 신호의 파장 이동량을 감지함으로써 변형률, 온도 등의 물리량을 측정하는 복조기법을 가지고 있다. 하지만, 센서를 구조물에 부착 혹은 삽입 적용하는 과정에서 구조물의 기하학적인 특성이나 결함 등에 의해 구조물에 변형률 구배가 발생할 수 있으며 이는 센서의 격자 부분에 작용할 경우 센서 피크 신호의 안정성에 영향을 미처 측정 오차로 작용하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 FBG 센서의 격자 부분에 변형률 구배가 작용할 경우 변형률 구배에 따른 FBG 센서의 신호 특성을 고찰하였고 또한 격자의 길이와 변형률 구배의 상관관계에 대해 알아보았다. 이를 통해, 변형률 구배가 작용할 경우 FBG 센서의 적절한 사용 영역을 FBG 센서의 격자 길이에 따라 정량적으로 제시하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권11호
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• pp.4121-4128
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• 2010

프로브 카드는 웨이퍼의 칩 검사에 사용된다. 또한 반도체의 고집적화에 따른 미세피치 대응으로 높은 위치 정도가 요구된다. 그러나 실제 장비에서는 하부 척에서 높은 열이 프로브 카드로 전달되어, 프로브 카드의 열변형을 초래하게 된다. 프로브 카드의 수직방향 열변형은 핀의 접촉관련 문제를 야기할 것이고, 수평방향의 열변형은 x-y 방향으로의 위치 오차를 만들 것이다. 따라서 프로브 카드는 허용 범위내의 열변형이 이루어지도록 재질과 구조를 갖게 설계되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 유한요소 해석프로그램인 ANSYS$^{TM}$를 이용하여 프로브 카드의 실제 부하 조건들을 적용한 열전달 해석을 수행하였다. 정상상태 온도 구배에 대해 열변형이 계산되었으며, 최종적으로 적절한 설계변수들을 조정하여 열변형이 최소화 될 수 있는 새로운 구조를 제안하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.107-116
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• 1986

새로이 개발된 망상구조 충전탑에서의 중수증류성능해석 및 설계를 위한 정상 및 비정상상태 모델을 수립하였다. 정상상태 모델은 MESH 방정식에 각단의 압력강하를 고려하여 설정하고, Equation Tearing방법으로 그 해를 구하여 중수중류탄내의 농도, 온도 및 압력구배를 얻었다. 비정상상태 거동해석을 위하여 Cohen의 이상단 모델을 수정한 평형단 전이모델을 세웠으며, 그 모델식의 해석적 해를 구함으로써 시간에 따른 중수 농축과정을 예측할 수 있게 되었다. 설정된 모델들은 전환류 중수증류탑에서의 실험결과와 매우 잘 일치하였으며 개발된 충전물임이 높은 이론단수에 낮은 압력강하, 저체류량을 갖는 우수한 중수농축용 충전물임이 확인되었다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2022

Leaf functional traits widely have been used to understand the environmental controls of resource utilization strategy of plants along the environmental gradients. By using key leaf functional traits, we quantified the relationships between leaf traits and local climate throughout the distributional range of Rhododendron caucasicum Pall. in eastern and western Georgian mountains (the South Caucasus). Our results revealed, that all traits showed high levels of intraspecific variability across study locations and confirmed a strong phenotypic differentiation of leaf functional variation along the east-west longitudinal gradient in response to the local climate; out of the explored climatic variables, the moisture factors related to precipitation and number of precipitation and dry days for winter and growth seasons were more strongly related to leaf trait variation than the elevation and air temperature. Among studied leaf traits, the leaf specific area (SLA) showed the highest level of variability indicating the different resource utilization strategies of eastern and western-central Rh. caucasicum individuals. High SLA leaves for western-central Caucasian individuals work in relatively resource-rich environments (more humid in terms of precipitation amount and the number of precipitation days in winter) and could be explained by preferential allocation to photosynthesis and growth, while eastern Caucasian samples work in resource-poor environments (less humid in terms of precipitation amount and the number of precipitation days in winter) and the retention of captured resources is a higher priority appearing in a low SLA leaves. However, more evidence from a broader study of the species throughout its distribution range by including additional environmental factors and molecular markers are needed for firmer conclusions of intraspecific variability of Rh. caucasicum.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.873-886
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• 2021

In this paper, an analytical solution for thermodynamic response of functionally graded (FG) sandwich plates resting on variable elastic foundation is performed by using a quasi 3D shear deformation plate theory. The displacement field used in the present study contains undetermined integral terms and involves only four unknown functions with including stretching effect. The FG sandwich plate is considered to be subject to a time harmonic sinusoidal temperature field across its thickness with any combined boundary conditions. Equations of motion are derived from Hamilton's principle. The numerical results are compared with the existing results of quasi-3D shear deformation theories and an excellent agreement is observed. Several numerical examples for fundamental frequency, deflection, stress and variable elastic foundation parameter's analysis of FG sandwich plates are presented and discussed considering different material gradients, layer thickness ratios, thickness-to-length ratios and boundary conditions. The results of the present study reveal that the nature of the elastic foundation, the boundary conditions and the thermodynamic loading affect the response of the FG plate especially in the case of a thick plate.