Recent advances in technology using ultra-thin noble metal film in oxide/metal/oxide structures have attracted attention because this material is a promising alternative to meet the needs of transparent conduction electrodes (TCE). AZO/ Ag/AZO multilayer films are prepared by magnetron sputtering for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSSe) of kesterite solar cells. It is shown that the electrical and optical properties of the AZO/Ag/AZO multilayer films can be improved by the very low resistivity and surface plasmon effects due to the deposition of different thicknesses of Ag layer between oxide layers fixed at AZO 30 nm. The AZO/Ag/AZO multilayer films of Ag 15 nm show high mobility of 26.4 cm2/Vs and low resistivity and sheet resistance of 3.58*10−5 Ωcm and 5.0 Ω/sq. Also, the AZO/Ag (15 nm)/AZO multilayer film shows relatively high transmittance of more than 65% in the visible region. Through this, we fabricated CZTSSe thin film solar cells with 7.51% efficiency by improving the short-circuit current density and fill factor to 27.7 mV/cm2 and 62 %, respectively.

The directed energy deposition (DED) process of metal 3D printing technologies has been treated as an effective method for welding, repairing, and even 3-dimensional building of machinery parts. In this study, stainless steel 316L (STS316L) and Inconel 625 (IN625) alloy powders are additively manufactured using the DED process, and the microstructure of the fabricated STS316L/IN625 sample is investigated. In particular, there are no secondary phases in the interface between STS316L and the IN625 alloy. The EDS and Vickers hardness results clearly show compositionally and mechanically transient layers a few tens of micrometers in thickness. Interestingly, several cracks are only observed in the STS 316L rather than in the IN625 alloy near the interface. In addition, small-sized voids 200– 400 nm in diameter that look like trapped pores are present in both materials. The cracks present near the interface are formed by tensile stress in STS316L caused by the difference in the CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) between the two materials during the DED process. These results can provide fundamental information for the fabrication of machinery parts that require joining of two materials, such as valves.

본 연구에서는 복부대동맥류가 발생한 환자들에서의 연령과 복부대동맥류 형상에 따른 벽 응력과 파열 위험성을 평가하였다. 복부 대동맥류의 형상은 의료영상 데이터로부터 추출되어 모사되었으며, 재료 물성치 단계에서는 동맥 조직의 이방성 초탄성 성질을 모사 하기 위해 Gasser-Ogden-Holzapfel 모델을 적용하였다. 또한, 모델에서 필요한 각 재료 정수들은 환자들의 연령과 정상 조직 및 동맥 류 조직의 특성들을 고려하기 위하여 각기 다른 값들로 산정되었다. 게다가 복부대동맥류에서의 대동맥 직경과 목의 각도에 관한 상 관관계를 분석하고, 이에 대한 시리즈 시뮬레이션 역시 수행되었다. 그 결과, 복부대동맥류 환자의 연령과 대동맥 직경, 그리고 대동 맥 목의 각도에 따른 복부대동맥류의 파열 위험성이 평가되었다.

본 연구의 목적은 전후진 자동변속기가 장착된 트랙터의 변속 충격을 모사하기 위한 시뮬레이션 모델에 적용될 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델을 개발하는 것이다. 전류 제어 모델을 개발하기 위하여 시험 장치를 구성하여 밸브의 정특성 시험과 계단 응답 시험을 수행하였으며, 시험 결과를 토대로 전류 제어 모델을 검증하였다. 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델은 밸브의 전류-압력 선도, PID 제어기, 펄스폭변조 신호 발생기와 밸브 모델로 구성하였다. 전류 제어 모델에 사용된 데이터는 시험을 통하여 도출된 값과 대상 트랙터에 적용된 값을 사용하였다. 전류 제어 모델 검증을 위해 계단 입력 신호에 대하여 전류 특성 시험을 수행하였고, 실제 전류 시험 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교하였다. 시험 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과에 대한 전류 특성을 비교해 보면, 상승 시간 오차는 0.0074초, 첨두치 시간의 오차는 0.0065초, 오버슈트 오차는 0.06%로 나타났다. 따라서 개발된 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델은 실제 제어기의 전류 제어 특성을 제대로 반영할 수 있으며, 추후 변속 충격 모사를 위한 트랙터 시뮬레이션 모델에서 비례 제어 밸브의 전류 제어 모델로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Perineural invasion (PNI) is the underestimated metastatic pathway and has been widely recognized as a negative prognostic factor in many human cancers. L1CAM is one of members of the immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecule (CAM) family, which play a role in neural development. Moreover, a new role of L1CAM outside the nervous system has been revealed. Overexpression of L1CAM was involved in the tumor progression and LN metastasis in various malignancies. In the present study, presence of PNI and L1CAM expression were examined to define their prognostic values in OSCC. In addition, association of L1CAM expression with presence of PNI was assessed to define the value as a candidate molecule supporting the diagnosis of PNI. We found that presence of PNI significantly correlated with LN metastasis and advanced clinical stage. L1CAM expression also significantly correlated with differentiation, lymph node metastasis, advanced clinical stage, as well as presence of PNI. Our results suggest that L1CAM seems to play a role in tumor progression, possibly through the PNI-related mechanism and could be a molecular marker for supporting the presence of PNI and predicting clinical outcome in OSCC.

An approximate analysis method is proposed to predict the dynamic amplification of shear forces in ordinary reinforced concrete shear walls as a preliminary study. First, a seismic design for three groups of ordinary reinforced concrete shear walls higher than 60 m was created on the basis of nonlinear dynamic analysis. Causes for the dynamic amplification effect of shear forces were investigated through a detailed evaluation of the nonlinear dynamic analysis result. A new modal combination rule was proposed on the basis of that observation, in which fundamental mode response and combined higher mode response were summed directly. The fundamental mode response was approximated by nonlinear static analysis result, while higher mode response was computed using response spectrum analysis for equivalent linear structural models with the effective stiffness based on the nonlinear dynamic analysis result. The proposed approximate analysis generally predicted vertical distribution of story shear and shear forces of individual walls from the nonlinear dynamic analysis with comparable accuracy.

Abdominal organs are the most vulnerable body parts under vehicle trauma, and there is high mortality from acute injuries in accidents. There are various ways to reduce this high mortality; one method is Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta, which has recently become very popular as a minimally invasive alternative in the emergent management of patients with non-compressible hemorrhages below the diaphragm. However, high safety factor for patients is applied in actual clinical practice because there is no exact standard for the operating time. Therefore, in this study, the effects of the mechanical behavior of organ tissues for the duodenum, kidney, and liver on the operating time of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta is investigated in order to obtain data needed to establish standards of operating time. In characteristic analysis of organ tissues, uniaxial tensile test and compression test are conducted according to the operating time.

The convergence of artificial intelligence with smart factories or smart mechanical systems has been actively studied to maximize the efficiency and safety. Despite the high improvement of artificial neural networks, their application in the manufacturing industry has been difficult due to limitations in obtaining meaningful data from factories or mechanical systems. Accordingly, there have been active studies on manufacturing components with sensor integration allowing them to generate important data from themselves. Additive manufacturing enables the fabrication of a net shaped product with various materials including plastic, metal, or ceramic parts. With the principle of layer-bylayer adhesion of material, there has been active research to utilize this multi-step manufacturing process, such as changing the material at a certain step of adhesion or adding sensor components in the middle of the additive manufacturing process. Particularly for smart parts manufacturing, researchers have attempted to embed sensors or integrated circuit boards within a three-dimensional component during the additive manufacturing process. While most of the sensor embedding additive manufacturing was based on polymer material, there have also been studies on sensor integration within metal or ceramic materials. This study reviews the additive manufacturing technology for sensor integration into plastic, ceramic, and metal materials.

Aluminum (Al) - based powders have attracted attention as key materials for 3D printing because of their excellent specific mechanical strength, formability, and durability. Although many studies on the fabrication of 3Dprinted Al-based alloys have been reported, the influence of the size of raw powder materials on the bulk samples processed by selective laser melting (SLM) has not been fully investigated. In this study, AlSi10Mg powders of 65 μm in average particle size, prepared by a gas atomizing process, are additively manufactured by using an SLM process. AlSi10Mg powders of 45 μm average size are also fabricated into bulk samples in order to compare their properties. The processing parameters of laser power and scan speed are optimized to achieve densified AlSi10Mg alloys. The Vickers hardness value of the bulk sample prepared from 45 μm-sized powders is somewhat higher than that of the 65 μm-sized powder. Such differences in hardness are analyzed because the reduction in melt pool size stems from the rapid melting and solidification of small powders, compared to those of coarse powders, during the SLM process. These results show that the size of the powder should be considered in order to achieve optimization of the SLM process.

팽이버섯 재배를 하고 있는 농가의 배지조성을 조사한 결과 농가마다 사용하는 배지재료의 종류와 혼합비율도 차이가 있었다. 모든 농가가 콘코브, 미강, 비트펄프를 주 재료로 사용하였고, 배지의 적정 pH 조절을 위하여 탄산 칼슘과 폐화석을 1.0~3.8%을 사용하였으며, 건비지, 밀기울, 면실피, 파옥쇄 등은 농가마다 사용하는 정도가 달랐다. 농가별 혼합배지의 이화학성을 분석한 결과 질소함량은 1.28~1.52%였고, 탄소함량은 45.7~48.5%, C/N율은 30.7~37.9였다. 무기성분 함량은 혼합배지에 들어가는 무기물의 종류와 양에 따라 농가마다 큰 차이를 보였다. 균사 생장량은 배양 34일후 농가 2에서 6.5 cm로 가장 빨랐고, 농가 4에서는 5.7 cm였으며, 농가 1, 농가 3, 농가 5에서는 균사 생장량이 건의 비슷하였다. 균사 밀도는 처리 간에 뚜렷한 차이가 없이 높은 밀도를 보였다. 농가별 배지조성에 따른 수량성을 조사한 결과 농가2에서 173.4 g/ bottle로 가장 높은 수량을 보였으며, 농가 1에서는 168.4 g/bottle이였고, 농가 3과 4는 거의 비슷한 수량을 보였다. 그러나 농가 5는 145.4 g/bottle로 가장 낮은 수량을 보였다. 이와 같이 농가별 배지조성에 따라 팽이버섯의 수량이 차이를 보였으며, 이러한 결과를 참고하여 팽이버섯 재배농가에 범용적으로 사용할 수 있는 배지조성의 선발이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

Nonlinear static analysis and preliminary evaluation were performed in this study to evaluate the seismic performance of unreinforced masonry buildings subjected to various soil conditions based on the revised Korean Building Code. Preliminary evaluation scores and nonlinear static analyses indicated that all buildings were susceptible to collapse and did not reach their target performance. Therefore, retrofit of those building models was carried out through a systematic procedure to determine areas to be strengthened. It was possible to make most building models satisfy performance objectives through the reinforcement alone of damaged external shear walls. However, the application of a preliminary evaluation procedure to retrofit design was found to be too conservative because all the retrofitted building models verified with nonlinear static analysis failed to satisfy performance objectives. Therefore, it is possible to economically retrofit unreinforced masonry buildings through the fortification of external walls if a simple evaluation procedure that can efficiently specify vulnerable parts is developed.

Indoor air environments for people are recently being observed because the time we spend inside the house or a building throughout the day has been extended during the present circumstances. This is why formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are regulated, which can cause Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). There might be other VOCs not regulated by law in newly built collective housing, however, in order to compensate for the reduced concentration of regulated VOCs such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and styrene. In this study, the concentration of unregulated VOCs in newly built collective housing structures located in the Seoul Special City was researched to find potential indoor hazards for citizens and to prepare basic data for further research.

The emission of odor, characterized by the combustion conditions and biomass types resulting from the use of a biomass incinerator, was analyzed. The following biomass types were considered: bark, board waste, sawdust, wood flour, wood fiver, wastewater sludge, and timber wastewater. As a study method, the physico-chemical characteristics of each biomass type were analyzed to predict the potential substances that might be emited under incomplete combustion conditions. And, the emission components of odor emission by biomass were analyzed at the laboratory level using a combustion device. In addition, the characteristics of the contaminant (odor) emission per mixture ratio of biomass were analyzed in a stoker incinerator that is in operation in an actual establishment at a scale of 300 ton/day. In the biomass emission experiment using the combustion device at the laboratory level, the major substances such as Acetic acid, Styrene, Toluene, Benzene, Dichloromethane, etc. were analyzed, and these components were determined to increase odor index. VOCs measurement in the outlet of the stoker incinerator indicated that Acetaldehyde, Ethanol, Acetonitrile, Ethyl acetate, Toluene, etc. were detected as the major substances. These were similar to the emission substances presented by the experiment that had investigated emissions by biomass type. A study on the Effect of Operational Conditions in biomass stocker incinerator on the concentration of odorous materials emitted from stack showed a close relationship between the input by biomass type and urea, temperature in the incinerator, and the tendency to emit/produce odor.

국내에서 가장 많이 재배되고 있는 버섯은 느타리류로 일반느타리와 큰느타리(새송이) 두 품목이 대부분을 차지한다. 그 중에서 큰느타리는 자동화 시설이 확대되면서 생산량이 크게 증가하였으며, 저장성이 우수하여 수출되는 버섯의 주요 품목 중 하나로 자리잡았다. 그러나, 생산량이 점차 증가하면서 가격이 다소 하락하였고 이에 생산자는 큰느타리를 대체할 수 있는, 소비자는 버섯 시장의 선택의 폭을 넓힐 수 있는 새로운 버섯 품목 개발을 요구해 왔다. 이에 따라, 국립원예특작과학원에서는 중국 등 아시아 에서 맛과 향이 우수하여 고품질로 생산되고 있는 백령느 타리와 아위느타리를 종간교잡하여 ‘크리미’라는 품종을 개발하였다. 기존에 육성된 품종 및 수집된 유전자원을 재배하여 형태적 특성검정을 하였고, 아위느타리 품종 ‘비산2 호(KMCC00430)’ 와 백령느타리 유전자원 ‘KMCC00461’ 을 모본으로 선발한 뒤 각 모본으로부터 단포자를 분리하여 mono-mono 교잡하였다. 약 1,000 조합의 교잡을 하였 고, 그 중 73계통이 교잡이 확인되어 재배시험 및 자실체 특성조사를 수행하였다. 그 중 갓이 밝은 연백색이며 대가 굵고 곧아 품질이 우수한 ‘7773’ 계통을 최종선발하였고 ‘크리미’라고 명명하였다. ‘크리미’의 균사생장 적온은 25~30 ̊C이고, 자실체 생육온도는 16 ̊C이다. 농가에서 대량생산시험 후 현장평가회 및 시식회를 개최해 본 결과, ‘크리미’의 수량이 대조구 ‘백황’보다 약 5% 증수되었고, 기존 아위느타리 품종 ‘비산2호’에 비해 식감과 맛이 더 우수하며, 아위x백령느타리 품종 ‘백황’보다 자실체 형태 가 더 우수하여 고품질로 판매가 가능할 것이라는 평가를 얻었다. 큰느타리와 다르게 밝은 연백색인 갓을 가졌으며, 식감과 향이 더 우수한 아위x백령느타리 신품종 ‘크리미’가 앞으로 버섯 농가의 새로운 소득 창출과 버섯 시장의 품목 다변화에 이바지할 것을 기대해 본다.