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A Study on Luminescent Characteristics according to Crystal Defect of ZnS Powder Phosphors (ZnS 형광체 분말의 결정결합에 따른 발광특성연구)

  • 박용규;성현호;조황신;양해석;이종찬;박대희
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.13 no.10
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    • pp.876-882
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    • 2000
  • ZnS phosphors were sintered at vacuum atmosphere, Sintered under the temperature of 950$\^{C}$, ZnS phosphors were grown into the sphalerite structure and two emission peaks were observed at the positions of 460nm and 528nm of the emission spectra. Sintered over the temperature of 1050$\^{C}$, there were simultaneously the sphalerite and wurtize structure in the ZnS phosphors and three emission peaks were observed at the positions of 440nm and 515nm of emission spectra. The emission peaks of 460nm obsrved under the sphalerite structure and 440nm observed under the wurtize structure were due to the vacancy of Zn formed in the ZnS phosphors. The emission peaks of 528nm observed under the sphalerite structure and 515nm observed under the wurtize structure wre caused by the radiative transitions from the level of the vacancy of S formed in the ZnS phosphors to the valance band.

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Comparative assessment of seismic rehabilitation techniques on a full scale 3-story RC moment frame structure

  • Di Ludovico, M.;Balsamo, A.;Prota, A.;Manfredi, G.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.727-747
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    • 2008
  • In the framework of the SPEAR (Seismic PErformance Assessment and Rehabilitation) research Project, an under-designed three storey RC frame structure, designed to sustain only gravity loads, was subjected, in three different configurations 'as-built', Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) retrofitted and rehabilitated by reinforced concrete (RC) jacketing, to a series of bi-directional pseudodynamic (PsD) tests under different values of peak ground acceleration (PGA) (from a minimum of 0.20g to a maximum of 0.30g). The seismic deficiencies exhibited by the 'as-built' structure after the test at PGA level of 0.20g were confirmed by a post - test assessment of the structural seismic capacity performed by a nonlinear static pushover analysis implemented on the structure lumped plasticity model. To improve the seismic performance of the 'as-built' structure', two rehabilitation interventions by using either FRP laminates or RC jacketing were designed. Assumptions for the analytical modeling, design criteria and calculation procedures along with local and global intervention measures and their installation details are herein presented and discussed. Nonlinear static pushover analyses for the assessment of the theoretical seismic capacity of the structure in each retrofitted configuration were performed and compared with the experimental outcomes.

Vibration-based method for story-level damage detection of the reinforced concrete structure

  • Mehboob, Saqib;Zaman, Qaiser U.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2021
  • This study aimed to develop a method for the determination of the damaged story in reinforced concrete (RC) structure with ambient vibrations, based on modified jerk energy methodology. The damage was taken as a localized reduction in the stiffness of the structural member. For loading, random white noise excitation was used, and dynamic responses from the finite element model (FEM) of 4 story RC shear frame were extracted at nodal points. The data thus obtained from the structure was used in the damage detection and localization algorithm. In the structure, two damage configurations have been introduced. In the first configuration, damage to the structure was artificially caused by a local reduction in the modulus of elasticity. In the second configuration, the damage was caused, using the Elcentro1940 and Kashmir2005 earthquakes in real-time history. The damage was successfully detected if the frequency drop was greater than 5% and the mode shape correlation remained less than 0.8. The results of the damage were also compared to the performance criteria developed in the Seismostruct software. It is demonstrated that the proposed algorithm has effectively detected the existence of the damage and can locate the damaged story for multiple damage scenarios in the RC structure.

Recent Advances in Electron Crystallography

  • Chung, Jeong Min;Lee, Sangmin;Jung, Hyun Suk
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.160-164
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    • 2017
  • Electron crystallography has been used as the one of powerful tool for studying the structure of biological macromolecules at high resolution which is sufficient to provide details of intramolecular and intermolecular interactions at near-atomic level. Previously it commonly uses two-dimensional crystals that are periodic arrangement of biological molecules, however recent studies reported a novel technical approach to electron crystallography of three-dimensional crystals, called micro electron-diffraction (MicroED) which involves placing the irregular and small sized protein crystals in a transmission electron microscope to determine the atomic structure. In here, we review the advances in electron crystallography techniques with several recent studies. Furthermore, we discuss the future direction of this structural approach.

A Study on the Development of a pub level Silica Measuring Technology by the Split-beam Type System (스플리트빔 형태의 고정도 단위 실리카 측정기술 개발에 관한 연구)

  • 정경열;류길수
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.382-388
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    • 2002
  • Dissolved silica is one of fatal components at a boiler facility Therefore, a dissolved silica measurement system should be equipped for managing efficiently the boiler facility. Most of silica measurement systems are composed of a sensor module of single-beam type structure, and silica density is measured with a infrared spectrometry using the Lambert-beer method. However, such a system occurs measuring error of large range and inconsistency of a light source, because of measuring a standard sample and a measuring sample alternatively. This paper introduces a method that the sensor module has a split-beam type structure and a tungsten lamp. The proposed system can measure silica density quickly and precisely more than those composing of a single-beam type structure, because of measuring and comparing with two samples at a same time. And examination results are shown to compare efficiencies of the system and existing commercial products, and for an ammonia influence.

Functional Silk Proteins: Molecular Structure and Application to Biomaterials

  • Makoto Demura;Yeo, Joo-Hong;Lee, Kwang-Gill;Lee, Yong-Woo
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2002
  • Silk proteins consist of two major proteins, fibroin and sericin. There is currently an enormous reawakening of interest in these silk proteins as a biomaterial due to their mechanical and biological properties based on the detailed findings. Novel method for determination of the crystalline structure of silk proteins in an atomic level using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was reviewed. Recent application of silks to biomaterials and prospects for future were discussed.

Optimization of T-Structure Supporting Steering System Using μGA (승용차용 스티어링시스템 지지 T-형구조물의 최적설계)

  • Lee Jong Soo;Kim Sung Chul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.29 no.6 s.237
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    • pp.809-814
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    • 2005
  • The goal of this paper is to minimize the weight of the T-structure supporting steering system in reducing the vibration level on steering wheel which could be amplified by the resonance. Presently, requirements for reducing noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in automotive area are more stringent than ever. One of them is the vibration of steering system which occurs sometimes at high speeds or when the engine is idling. Besides, the reduction of weight is also one of requirements for improvement of vehicle performance. This paper used the micro genetic algorithm as an optimization method to satisfy above two requirements. The whole T-structure assembly including steering column was used for frequency analysis.

Identification of Damage on a Substructure with Measured Frequency Response Functions

  • Park Nam-Gyu;Park Youn-Sik
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1891-1901
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    • 2005
  • Recently the authors tried to find damage position only using measured frequency response functions. According to their work, it seems that the algorithm is very practical since it needs only measured frequency responses while other methods require exact analytic model. But when applying the method to a real structure, it requires lots of experiment. The authors, in this time, propose a method to reduce its experimental load by detecting damage within a substructure. This method searches damages not within an entire structure but within substructures. In addition, damage severity was treated in this paper since it is worthy to know damage severity. Optimization technique is used to estimate damage level using measured responses and damage model. Two test examples, a plate and a jointed structure, are chosen to verify the suggesting method.

Block Erection Simulation in Shipbuilding Using the Open Dynamics Module and Graphics Module (범용 동역학 모듈과 가시화 모듈을 이용한 조선 블록 탑재 시뮬레이션)

  • Cha, Ju-Hwan;Roh, Myung-Il;Lee, Kyu-Yeul
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2009
  • The development of a simulation system requires many sub modules such as a dynamic module, a visualization module, etc. If a different freeware is used for each sub modules, it is hard to develop the simulation system by incorporating them because they use their own data structures. To solve this problem, a high-level data structure, called Dynamics Scene Graph Data structure (DSGD) is proposed, by wrapping data structures of two freeware; an Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) for the dynamic module and an Open Scene Graph (OSG) for the visualization module. Finally, to evaluate the applicability of the proposed data structure, it is applied to the block erection simulation in shipbuilding. The result shows that it can be used for developing the simulation system.

A Dual Vacuum Wafer Prealigner and a Multiple Level Structure (2단 진공 웨이퍼 정렬장치 및 다층 구조 설계)

  • Kim, H.T.;Choi, M.S.
    • Transactions of The Korea Fluid Power Systems Society
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2011
  • This study aims at aligning multiple wafers to reduce wafer handling time in wafer processes. We designed a multilevel structure for a prealigner which can handle multiple wafer simultaneously in a system. The system consists of gripping parts, kinematic parts, vacuum chucks, pneumatic units, hall sensors and a DSP controller. Aligning procedure has two steps: mechanical gripping and notch finding. In the first step, a wafer is aligned in XY directions using 4-point mechanical contact. The rotational error can be found by detecting a signal in a notch using hall sensors. A dual prealigner was designed for 300mm wafers and constructed for a performance test. The accuracy was monitored by checking the movement of a notch in a machine vision. The result shows that the dual prealigner has enough performance as commercial products.