• Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.201-213
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Children with significant adenotonsillar hypertrophy (ATH) may show right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. We aimed to evaluate RV dysfunction in such children before adenotonsillectomy by evaluating peak longitudinal right atrial (RA) strain (PLRAS) in systole. PLRAS, electrocardiogram (ECG) and conventional echocardiographic parameters were compared to distinguish children with significant ATH with sleep-related breathing disorder (ATH-SRBD) from controls. METHODS: Fifty-six children (23 controls and 33 children with ATH-SRBD without symptoms of heart failure) were retrospectively studied. Preoperative echocardiograms and ECGs of children with ATH-SRBD who underwent adenotonsillectomy were compared to those of controls. Available postoperative ECGs and echocardiograms were also analyzed. RESULTS: Preoperatively, prolonged maximum P-wave duration (Pmax) and P-wave dispersion (PWD), decreased PLRAS, and increased tricuspid annulus E/E' were found in children with ATH-SRBD compared to those of controls. From the receiver operating characteristic curves, PLRAS was not inferior compared to tricuspid annulus E/E', Pmax, and PWD in differentiating children with ATH-SRBD from controls; however, the discriminative abilities of all four parameters were poor. In children who underwent adenotonsillectomy, echocardiograms $1.2{\pm}0.4$ years after adenotonsillectomy showed no difference in postoperative PLRAS and tricuspid annulus E/E' when compared with those of the preoperative period. CONCLUSIONS: Impaired RA deformation was reflected as decreased PLRAS in children with ATH-SRBD before adenotonsillectomy. Decreased PLRAS in these children may indicate subtle RV dysfunction and increased proarrhythmic risk. However, usefulness of PLRAS as an individual parameter in differentiating preoperative children with ATH-SRBD from controls was limited, similar to those of tricuspid annulus E/E', Pmax, and PWD.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.774-783
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• 2004

다중채널 탄성파 자료를 이용하여 낙동강 하구 삼각주 지역 연약지반의 지반 특성을 구하기 위하여 S파 속도와 Q$s^{-1}$ 구조를 구하고 이를 시추조사 결과와 비교하였다. 다중채널 신호의 분산곡선을 역산하여 S파 속도구조를 구하고 감쇠지수(attenuation coefficient)를 구하였다. 다중채널 신호 중 음원에서 가장 가까운 신호를 기준 신호로 정하고 10 Hz에서 45 Hz 사이의 주파수에 대하여 거리에 따라 기준 신호에 대한 진폭의 비가 감소하는 정도를 나타내는 기울기를 구하여 감쇠지수를 결정하였다. 이 감쇠지수를 역산하여 지반 최상부 8 m 층의 S파 속도와 함께 Q$s^{-1}$를 구하였다. 이 지역의 시추조사에 의하면 이 지역의 지층은 크게 상부 4 m 실트질 모래층과 하부 4 m 실트질 점토층으로 나누어진다. 표면파 역산에 의해 구해진 S파 속도와Q$s^{-1}$를 시추조사 결과와 비교해보면, 상부 실트질 모래층에서 S파 속도의 공간적 해상도는 약 80m/sec로 하부 실트질 점토층의 속도 40m/sec보다 상대적으로 높은 값을 보인다. 각 층에서 S파 속도의 공간적 해상도는 뚜렷하다. Q$s^{-1}$의 공간구조는 상부 실트질 모래층에서 약 0.02를 보이고 하부 실트질 점토층에서 0.03으로 증가하는 양상을 보인다. Q$s^{-1}$의 공간적 해상도는 상부 약 5 m 구간에서는 양호하나 그 보다 깊은 곳에서는 공간적 해상도가 아주 낮아지는 것을 볼 수 있다. 이 조사지역에서는 실트질 모래층에서 실트질 점토층보다 높은 S파 속도가 나타나고 낮은 Q$s^{-1}$ 값을 보인다. 그러나, 지반의 S파 속도와 Q$s^{-1}$를 결정하는 다른 많은 요인들이 있으므로 이를 일반화하기 위해서는 연약지반의 S파 속도와Q$s^{-1}$에 관한 자료와 연구가 집적되어야 할 것이다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.570-578
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• 2009

Excitation and propagation of guided waves are very complex problems in pipes due to their dispersive nature. Pipes are commonly used in the oil, chemical or nuclear industry and hence must be inspected regularly to ensure continued safe operation. The normal mode expansion(NME) method is given for the amplitude with which any propagating waveguide mode is generated in the pipes by applied surface tractions. Numerical results are calculated based on the NME method using different sources, i.e., non-axisymmetric partial loading and quasi-axisymmetric loading sources. The sum of amplitude coefficients for 0~nineth order of the harmonic modes are calculated based on the NME method and the dispersion curves in pipes. The superimposed total field which is namely the angular profile, varies with propagating distance and circumferential angle. This angular profile of guided waves provides information for setting the transducer position to find defects in pipes.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1024-1031
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• 2000

The plate waves propagating in thin plates have dispersive nature showing the dependence of velocities on the frequency. Wavelet transform (WT) using Gabor function can be used to analyze the dispersive waves in the time-frequency domain, and then to find the arrival time of the waves propagating in the plate. Plate waves in the aluminum plate of 3 mm thickness were identified and generated by pencil lead breaks and the lowest order symmetric ($S_o$) and antisymmetric ($A_o$) modes were analyzed by the WT method. The measured group velocities agreed very well with theoretical predictions in the frequency range of 50-400 kHz. The pencil breaks were also used to simulate acoustic emission sources in the plate, and the source location algorithm using the wavelet transform of dispersive plate waves was found to give accurate results.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2008

본 논문은, '불균형 조건의 메타 재질 구조'를 이용하여 GSM 대역에서 불요파 억제와 효과적인 소형화를 얻는 새로운 대역 통과 여파기 설계 기법을 제시한다. 기존의 반파장 및 025배 파장 공진기 기반의 여파기들과 비교하여, 본 CRLH 여파기는 처음으로 제안되는 유도성 결합 inverter에 의해 0차 공진기들이 결합되고, 이것을 사용함으로써 40$\sim$50 dB 하모닉 억제 효과와 80 %율의 소형화 얻는데 위한 우수한 성능을 보여준다. 이 기법의 타당성이 등가 회로와 분산도의 도출과 함께 성능 예측과 실험을 통해 검증된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.449-464
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• 2008

An array based, outward monitoring, ultrasonic guided wave based SHM technique using a single transmitter and multiple receivers (STMR), with a small footprint is discussed here. The previous implementation of such SHM arrays used a phase-reconstruction algorithm (that is similar to the beam-steering algorithm) for the imaging of reflectors. These algorithms were found to have a limitation during the imaging of defects/reflectors that are present in the "near-field" of the array. Here, the "near-field" is defined to be approximately 3-4 times the diameter of the compact array. This limitation is caused by approximations in the beam-steering reconstruction algorithm. In this paper, a migration-based reconstruction algorithm, with dispersion correction in the frequency domain, is discussed. Simulation and experimental studies are used to demonstrate that this algorithm improves the reconstruction in the "near-field" without decreasing the ability to reconstruct defects in the "far-field" in both isotropic and anisotropic plates.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2006년도 공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.35-38
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• 2006

한반도 심부 지전기 구조 연구를 목적으로 실시된 MT 탐사자료의 분극 특성을 분석하였다. 대기권에서 발생하는 1Hz 이상의 전자기파들은 대부분 분극 방향이 불규칙 하지만 8Hz 부근의 슈만 공명은 $N20^{\circ}E$ - NS 방향으로 우세한 특성을 가진다. 반면, 0.1Hz 이하의 전자기파는 남북 방향으로 강하게 분극되는 특성을 나타내고 있다. 이는 자기권의 Alfv.n 파동에 의해 발생하는 지자기장 맥동이 남북방향으로 우세하게 나타나기 때문이다. 남북 방향의 강한 분극 현상은 XY 임피던스(X는 북쪽)의 추정을 불량하게하는 원인이다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.262-268
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• 2013

We study the focusing properties of a two-dimensional square-lattice photonic crystal (PC) comprising silica and germanium partitioned cylinders in air background. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method with periodic boundary condition is utilized to calculate the dispersion band diagram and the FDTD method incorporating the perfectly matched layer boundary condition is employed to simulate the image formation. In contrast to the common square PCs in which the negative refraction effect occurs in the first photonic band without negative phase propagation, in our suggested model system, the frequency with negative refraction exists in the second band and in near-infrared region. In this case, the wave propagates with a negative phase velocity and the evanescent waves can be supported. We also discuss the dependency of the image resolution and its location on surface termination, source location, and slab thickness. According to the simulation results, spatial resolution of the proposed PC lens is below the radiation wavelength.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.479-495
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• 2019

Periodic cellular core structures included in sandwich panels possess good stiffness while saving weight and only lately their potential to act as passive vibration filters is increasingly being studied. Classical homogeneous honeycombs show poor vibracoustic performance and only by varying certain geometrical features, a shift and/or variation in bandgap frequency range occurs. This work aims to investigate the vibration filtering properties of the AUXHEX "hybrid" core, which is a cellular structure containing cells of different shapes. Numerical simulations are carried out using two different approaches. The first technique used is the harmonic analysis with commercially available software, and the second one, which has been proved to be computationally more efficient, consists in the Wave Finite Element Method (WFEM), which still makes use of finite elements (FEM) packages, but instead of working with large models, it exploits the periodicity of the structure by analysing only the unit cell, thanks to the Floquet-Bloch theorem. Both techniques allow to produce graphs such as frequency response plots (FRF's) and dispersion curves, which are powerful tools used to identify the spectral bandgap signature of the considered structure. The hybrid cellular core pattern AUXHEX is analysed and results are discussed, focusing the investigation on the possible spectral bandgap signature heritage that a hybrid core experiences from their "parents" homogeneous cell cores.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.22-30
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• 1992

섬유강화 복합재료의 동탄성계수와 감쇠특성을 규명하기 위하여 랜덤하게 분포된 무한 실린더 형상의 산란계를 가진 메질내에서, 축방향으로 분극되어 조화운동을 하는 탄성파의 전파에 관하여 연구하였다. 단일 실린더에 대한 산란계수로부터 Lax의 준결정근사법을 이용하여 다중산란에 관한 이론을 유도하였고, 매질내에서의 파동전파특성을 내포하는 분산관계식을 얻었다. 다중 산란에 의한 실린더간의 상호작용을 수식화하기 위하여 필요한 실린더의 쌍분포함수는 몬테카를로 모의실험을 이용하여 구하였다. 수치적으로 구한 감쇠계수 및 유효전단강성을 주파수와 면적밀도의 함수로 제시하였다.