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Numerical Study of Three Dimensional Detonation Waves Structure in Highly Unstable Mode. (고불안정 조건에서의 3차원 데토네이션 파면 구조 해석 연구)

  • Cho, Deok-Rae;Won, Su-Hee;Shin, Jae-Ryul;Choi, Jeong-Yeol
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.359-362
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    • 2012
  • The results are shown highly unstable mode's detonation dynamics by compared with weakly unstable mode. And we investigate the difference and similar features of 2D and 3D results. By using PSD via FFT, the effects of pre-exponential factor difference and of unstable mode were investigated in this study. The result of PSD is shown pulsed features in weakly unstable mode, but noselike in highly unstable mode. By compared between Sheliren image and overlaid slice image, the irregular feature of detonation waves structure was discussed in highly unstable mode.

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Evaluation of Nd:YAG Laser Beam Quality in Unstable Rosonators (불안전형 공진기를 갖는 Nd:YAG 레이저에서의 beam quality 평가)

  • 김광석;김정묵;김철중;이종민
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 1994
  • First, the beam waist size of TE$M_{00}$ Nd:YAG laser mode with Positive Branch Unstable Resonator was calculated. and then, the output power, fundamental mode and multimode beam quality factor of PBUR were measured and compared with thouse of reference resonator with plane pallalel mirrors. In characterizing the beam quality, the $M^2$ concept was used. The focusability of laser beam in unstable resonators was discussed with this $M^2$.

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Stability of Construction Cost-variability Factor Rankings from Professionals' Perspective: Evidence from Dar es Salaam -Tanzania

  • Shabani, Neema;Mselle, Justine;Sanga, Samwel Alananga;Kanuti, Arbogasti Isidori
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.17-33
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    • 2018
  • This study investigates the stability of professionals' cost variability factor-rankings across different levels of cost-variability and response scenarios. Descriptive statistics are used to examine the stability of factor-ranking for 20 cost variability factors and a Multinomial Logistic (MNL) regression model was implemented to examine the stability of cost variability factors across three cost variability levels. The finding on the descriptive statistics indicated that professionals' factors-rankings are stable only for external factors. The MNL regression results on factor-stability suggested that 8 out of the 20 evaluated factors were unstable determinant of lower cost variability levels. These factors are "risk associated with the project", "personal bias and poor professionalism of the estimators", "limited time available to complete the project", "lack of skills and experience by estimator" "geographical location of projects", "incomplete & rush designs for estimate", "unforeseen or unexpected site constraints", "high class bidders for the contractors". Similarly lack of experience and large size projects were observed to be unstable as well. These observations suggest that professionals' view on pre-tender cost variability factor-ranking yields unstable factor rankings hence should not be relied upon as the only mechanisms to mitigate cost related risks in construction projects.

Are "Unstable" Burst Fractures Really Unstable?

  • Woo, Jun Hyuk;Lee, Hyun Woo;Choi, Hong June;Kwon, Young Min
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.64 no.6
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    • pp.944-949
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    • 2021
  • Objective : The stability is an important factor to decide the treatment plan in thoracolumbar burst fracture patients. Patients with an unstable burst fracture generally need operative management. Decrease in vertebral body height, local kyphosis, involvement of posterior column, and/or canal compromise are considered important factors to determine the treatment plan. On the other hand, in thoracolumbar injury classification system (TLICS), surgery is recommended in patients with TLICS of more than 5 points. The purpose of this study was to apply the TLICS score in patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures and to distinguish the differences of treatment plan on burst fracture. Methods : All patients, diagnosed as a thoracolumbar burst fracture between January 2006 and February 2019 were included in this study. Unstable thoracolumbar burst fracture was defined as burst fracture with neurologic deficit, three-column injury, kyphosis over 30 degrees, decrease of anterior body height over 40 percent and canal comprise more than 50%. TLICS score was measured with morphology, neurological involvement and posterior ligamentous complex integrity. The existence of instability was compared with TLICS score. Results : Total 233 patients (131 men, 102 women) were included in this study. In Denis classification, 51 patients (21.9%) diagnosed as stable burst fracture while 182 patients (78.1%) had unstable burst fracture. According to TLICS, 72 patients (30.9%) scored less than 4, while 161 patients (69.1%) scored 4 or more. All the patients with stable burst fracture scored 2 in TLICS. Twenty-one patients (9.0) scored 2 in TLICS but diagnosed as unstable burst fracture. Thirteen patients had over 40% of vertebra body compression, four patients had more than 50% of canal compromise, three patients had both body compression over 40% and kyphosis over 30 degrees, one patients had both body compression and canal compromise. Fifteen patients presented kyphosis over 30 degrees, and three (20%) of them scored 2 in TLICS. Seventy-three patients presented vertebral body compression over 40% and 17 (23.3%) of them scored 2 in TLICS. Fifty-three patients presented spinal canal compromise more than 50%, and five (9.4%) of them scored 2 in TLICS. Conclusion : Although the instability of thoracolumbar burst fracture was regarded as a critical factor for operability, therapeutic strategies by TLICS do not exactly match with the concept of instability. According to the concept of TLICS, it should be reconsidered whether the unstable burst fracture truly unstable to do operation.

A Study of Nonlinear Unstable Phenomenon of Framed Space Structures Considering Joint Rigidity (절점 강성을 고려한 공간 구조물의 비선형 불안정 거동에 관한 연구)

  • Shon, Su-Deok;Kim, Seung-Deog;Hwang, Kyung-Ju;Kang, Moon-Myung
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.3 no.1 s.7
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2003
  • The structural system that discreterized from continuous shells is frequently used to make a large space structures. As well these structures show the unstable phenomena when a load level over the limit load, and snap-through and bifurcation are most well known of it. For the collapse mechanism, rise-span ratio, element stiffness and load mode are main factor, which it give an effect to unstable behavior. In our real situation, most structures have semi-rigid joint that has middle characteristic between pin and rigid joint. So the knowledge of semi-rigid joint is very important problem of stable large space structure. And the instability phenemena of framed space structures show a strong non-linearity and very sensitive behavior according to the joint rigidity For this reason In this study, we are investigating to unstable problem of framed structure with semi-rigidity and to grasp the nonlinear instability behavior that make the fundamental collapse mechanism of the large space frame structures with semi-rigid joint, by proposed the numerical analysis method. Using the incremental stiffness matrix in chapter 2, we study instability of space structures.

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Nonlinearly Unstable Waves Dominated by Entropy Mode (엔트로피 모드에 의한 비선형 불안정 파동)

  • 윤웅섭
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.99-109
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    • 1999
  • This paper is concerned with instability of flow fields which are dominated by the entropy mode with the presence of usual acoustic and vortical modes. These combined modes lead to nonlinear unstable waves which may occur in automobile, aircraft, or rocket engines. In this study instability in a side-burning rocket is investigated. It is shown that the energy growth rate parameters increase with an increase of the energy growth factor. The energy growth rate parameters for turbulent flows are larger than those for laminar flows. It is further shown that unstable wave motions for the high-temperature side-burning rocket are dictated mostly by the entropy mode, somewhat by the vortical mode, and least by the acoustic mode.

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A case study additional slope failure caused by a bench failure (절토사면 소단부의 취약성으로 인한 붕괴 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Yong-Soo;Nah, Kwang-Hee;Shin, Chang-Gun;Shim, Jeong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.777-780
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    • 2005
  • The bench of cut-slope is necessary to stabilizing. But it is possible to be a weak zone in slope. When a small scale failure is occurred in a bench, it influence a large scale failure of slope. So when it is found out any unstable factor, weathering of rock, a direction of joint in a bench, if the bench is reinforced suitably, the holly failure is prevented in cut-slope

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Visualization of Electro-osmotic Flow Instability in a T-shape Microchannel (T자형 마이크로 채널 내부 전기삼투 유동의 불안정성 가시화)

  • Han, Su-Dong;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2005
  • Electro-osmotic flow (EOF) instability in a microchannel has been experimentally investigated using a micro-PIV system. The micro-PIV system consisting of a two-head Nd:Yag laser and cooled CCD camera was used to measure instantaneous velocity fields and vorticity contours of the EOF instability in a T-shape glass microchannel. The electrokinetic flow instability occurs in the presence of electric conductivity gradients. Charge accumulation at the interface of conductivity gradients leads to electric body forces, driving the coupled flow and electric field into an unstable dynamics. The threshold electric field above which the flow becomes unstable and rapid mixing occurs is about 1000V/cm. As the electric field increases, the flow pattern becomes unstable and vortical motion is enhanced. This kind of instability is a key factor limiting the robust performance of complex electrokinetic bio-analytical devices, but can also be used for rapid mixing and effective flow control fer micro-scale bio-chips.

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Coupled Vibration of Lateral and Torsional Vibrations in a Rotating Shaft Driven through a Universal Joint - Derivation of Equations of Motion and Stability Analysis - (유니버셜 조인트에 의해 구동되는 회전축의 횡진동과 비틀림진동의 연성진동 - 운동방정식의 유도 및 안정성해석 -)

  • 김정렬;전승환;이돈출
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.461-465
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    • 1999
  • This paper presents theoretical analyses for unstable vibrations caused by the couple of bending and torsion in a rotating shaft driven through a universal joint. A driving shaft is assumed to be rigid and to rotate with a constant angular velocity. The driven shaft system consists of a flexible shaft with a circular section and a symmetrical rotor attached at a point between the shaft ends. Equations of motion derived hold with an accuracy of the second order of shaft deformations, and are analyzed by the asymptotic method. The vibrations become unstable when the driving shaft rotates with the angular velocity to be approximately equal to half of the sum of the natural frequencies for whirling and torsional vibrations.

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A Study on Countermeasures to Prevent Unstable Approach to Improve Aviation Safety (항공안전도 향상을 위한 불안정 접근 방지대책)

  • Jeon, Je-hyung;Song, Jehwan;Jung, Chang-jae;Lim, se-hoon;Song, Byung-Heum
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2018
  • Aviation industry is growing rapidly, and this growth is expected to continue. However, aircraft accident rate is still high, and 65 percent of accidents occur during landing phase due to unstable approach. Therefore, this research analyzed causes and countermeasures of unstable approach. In order to derive countermeasures, this study selected P International Airport as an example case. In addition, this research analyzed A airline's FOQA data, regional Standard Operating Procedures, and 5 years of environmental factors to identified correlation of those contributing factors. In conclusion, his research concluded following results. First of all, because of P International Airport's geological features, pilots are required to conduct Circling Approach, and this advanced maneuver increases workload at the final stage of flight. Secondarily, meteorological factors such as crosswind, seasonal rain front, local visibility contributes unstable approach. Lastly, these geological and meteorological factors are interrelated, and this uncommon environment can decrease circumstantial judgement ability of pilots and jeopardize aviation safety. As a consequence, it is recommended to reinforce the Crew Resource Management and Threat & Error Management systems so that pilots can perceive identical safety target.