교량, 터널 등 콘크리트 구조물의 건설 또는 사용 중 사고는 심각한 재산 및 인명 피해를 야기하기 때문에, 콘크리트 구조물의 증가와 동시에 Structural health monitoring(SHM)의 중요성 또한 높아졌 다. 하지만 현재까지 콘크리트 구조물의 안전 관리 및 유지관리는 주로 인력에 의한 육안 점검이 주를 이루고 있으며, 이는 주관적이고 정성적인 관리 수준에 머무르고 있어 안전성 평가 결과에 대한 신뢰 성 및 실시간 상태 파악과 대응 측면에 한계가 존재한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현재 활발하게 연구되고 있는 탄소나노튜브를 활용하여 기다란 바 형태의 Carbon nanotube reinforced polymer(CNRP) Bar를 개발하였으며, 이를 콘크리트 구조물에 적용하였다. 구조물 변형에 따른 CNRP Bar의 센싱 성능을 파 악하기 위해 3점 굽힘 시험을 진행하였고, 동시에 콘크리트 구조물 내 CNRP Bar의 전기적 변화를 분석하였다. 실험 결과 콘크리트 구조물에 균열 발생 전 굽힘 응력에 의해 CNRP Bar의 저항이 감소 하였고, 균열 발생 후 균열이 커짐에 따라 저항이 증가하는 거동을 보였다. 이를 통해 CNRP Bar는 콘크리트 구조물에 용이하게 적용할 수 있는 매립형 센서로써 사용 가능하고, 이는 콘크리트 구조물의 안전성을 효율적으로 모니터링하는 시스템으로 발전 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

셀프-프리스트레싱을 적용할 수 있는 철계-형상기억합금을 콘크리트 기둥에 적용하기 위한 연구가 일부 연구자들에 의해 수행되었으며, 이러한 철계-형상기억합금의 사용으로 셀프-프리스트레싱을 통 한 구속 효과가 입증되었다. 그러나 셀프-프리스트레싱을 통한 구속 효과를 정량적으로 규명하기 위 한 연구는 비교적 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 철계-형상기억합금으로 프리스트레싱된 콘 크리트의 일축압축 거동을 규명하기 위한 해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 철계-형상기억합금 나선철근으로 구속된 콘크리트의 일축압축 거동을 예측하기 위해 파괴에너지에 기반한 응력-변형률 모델이 제안되 었다. 파괴에너지는 콘크리트 내부 변형률 게이지가 부착된 아크릴 바를 통해 측정되었다. 실험 변수 로 철계-형상기억합금 나선철근의 간격, 활성화 온도, 콘크리트 압축강도가 고려되었다. 파괴에너지는 나선철근의 간격이 감소됨에 따라 증가하였으며, 활성화 온도가 증가됨에 따라 감소되는 것으로 확이 되었다. 또한, 파괴에너지에 기반한 응력-변형률 모델은 철계-형상기억합금 나선철근으로 구속된 콘크 리트의 일축압축 거동을 비교적 유사하게 예측할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

In this study, we introduce a novel TiN/Ag embedded TiO2/FTO resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device. This distinctive device was fabricated using an environmentally sustainable, solution-based thin film manufacturing process. Utilizing the peroxo titanium complex (PTC) method, we successfully incorporated Ag precursors into the device architecture, markedly enhancing its performance. This innovative approach effectively mitigates the random filament formation typically observed in RRAM devices, and leverages the seed effect to guide filament growth. As a result, the device demonstrates switching behavior at substantially reduced voltage and current levels, heralding a new era of low-power RRAM operation. The changes occurring within the insulator depending on Ag contents were confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. Additionally, we confirmed the correlation between Ag and oxygen vacancies (Vo). The current-voltage (I-V ) curves obtained suggest that as the Ag content increases there is a change in the operating mechanism, from the space charge limited conduction (SCLC) model to ionic conduction mechanism. We propose a new filament model based on changes in filament configuration and the change in conduction mechanisms. Further, we propose a novel filament model that encapsulates this shift in conduction behavior. This model illustrates how introducing Ag alters the filament configuration within the device, leading to a more efficient and controlled resistive switching process.

Lee, En Hye, & Lee, Chee Hye. (2024). “Phonological Aspects of American and British Englishes Embedded in Korean English: A Perspective of Linguistic Realities”. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 32(1), 43-74. This paper explores the rationale behind the shift from Quirk’s deficit linguistics to Kachru’s liberation linguistics in English widely used in Korea. Despite the Korean government’s efforts to enhance communicative competence aligned with Inner Circle-oriented American Standard English, the study questions the perception of Korean English being solely dominated by American English from sociolinguistic perspectives. To delve into both psychological and empirical perspectives on English in Korea, a questionnaire survey involving 100 Korean college students is employed. The focus is on assessing the extent of influence from both American English and British English on Korean English. Additionally, the study examines how linguistic realities, disregarding sociolinguistic or functional aspects, contribute to the current state of Korean English. The analysis of survey data reveals that Korean linguistics, especially phonology, plays a role in shaping the dynamics of Korean English, supporting Kachru’s liberation linguistics. This contributes to the shift from the stage of aspiring to be more native-like American English to the stage of World Englishes, establishing itself as a variant of English in its own right.

For motor controller designers, building a simulation environment is not a difficult process. After verifying the controller by simulation, it is common to select 20kHz for the current control loop, 1kHz for the speed loop, and 100Hz for the position loop when implementing the actual HW embedded system. This is because maximized cycles (20kHz) for each control loop are unnecessary in control theory and are a waste of cost and HW resources. However, in a simulation environment, each loop will often have the same control cycle (20kHz maximum). This is because we think it is unnecessary to reflect this part in the simulation. In this paper, it is shown that the difference in the sampling time of each control loop makes a big difference in the simulation result, and as a solution, it is proposed to apply LPF to the position loop output stage. In the process, the reasons for the differences were analyzed, and the effect of LPF, the reason for application, and the feasibility of implementation were proved by actual software coding.

How do people perceive new technology-embedded machines? Based on the previous literature on mind perception, this research proposes how people perceive the mind of machines including artificial intelligence (AI), robots, recommendation systems, chatbots, and self-service technologies (SSTs).

PSC거더 합성교량에 있어 노후(손상)된 바닥판을 교체할 경우에는 기존에 설치된 철근 전단연결재의 손상과 함께 파 쇄에 따른 소음 및 비산먼지 등이 많이 발생한다. 이러한 환경적 문제와 함께 교체공사 기간이 길어져 경제적 비용 또한 크게 증가한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 PSC거더에 매립되지만 쉽게 분리할 수 있는 분리식 전단연결재를 제안 하였다. 제안한 분리식 전단연결재의 전단강도성능과 파괴거동을 확인하기 위해 유한요소해석을 통한 변수연구와 함께 수평전 단실험을 수행하였다. 해석연구를 통해 T-sleeve 하부에 Y형상의 테이퍼진 면을 갖는 경우에 볼트체결력에 따른 쐐기효과로 인 해 T-sleeve와 볼트 사이의 제작 공차가 있더라도 초기 슬립이 발생하지 않고 충분한 초기강성을 확보하는 것을 확인하였다. 또 한, 전단연결재의 배치 방향에 따른 영향은 전단성능에 영향을 주지 않는 것을 확인하였다. DY전단연결재는 기존 방식인 철근 전단연결재 모델과 비교실험을 통해 전단강도성능은 동등 이상을 확보하고 있으며, 슬립변위량 또한 연성설계기준인 6mm 이상 을 만족하는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 제안된 분리식 전단연결재는 추가적으로 합성거더 실험 등의 검증을 거친다면 노후 바닥판의 철거 및 교체에 유용한 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

이 연구에서는 강관말뚝과 확대기초의 연결을 위한 유공강판 전단연결재를 개발하기 위하여 유공전단키의 형상을 결정하기 위한 인장실험과 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 즉, 인장시험편과 같은 평판 형태의 유공강판은 펀치 형 돌기와 굴곡형 돌기의 유공전단키를 갖도록 형성하고 이을 원주형 콘크리트 내에 매립하여 인장실험을 수행하였 으며, 실험 결과는 유한요소해석 결과와 비교하였다. 또한, 유한요소해석을 수행하여 적절한 유공전단키의 종류 및 돌기 폭을 결정하였으며, 이를 통해 결정한 굴곡형 유공전단키에 대한 높이를 결정하기 위한 추가 해석을 수행하였 다. 해석 결과, 굴곡형 돌기의 경우에는 전단저항력을 최대로 확보하고 인장력의 저하를 최소화하기 위하여 돌기의 높이를 두께의 2배로 하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

Clothing, as a signsystem, implies many different meanings according to different circumstances. Korean fashion designers’ designs also imply various meanings. Therefore, the purpose of this study is the exploration of Korean fashion designers’ design characteristics through Greimas’ Semiotic Square. As sublimity is the most representative characteristic of modern fashion design, this study discusses the in-depth aesthetic meaning innated in Korean fashion design through the semiotic square proposed by Greimas. To fulfill this goal, Korean fashion designers were sought after on the internet; consequently, four Korean designers became subjects for the analysis. Their collections were analyzed according to predefined criteria adopted and modified from previous studies. Sublimity characteristics were applied to Greimas’ and Floch’s semiotic squares for further interpretation. Results of the study indicate that sublimity, which is typically found in Korean fashion designs, varies depending on different points of view. In terms of culture, this study discovered a relationship of contrariety between sublimity and beauty. This finding opposes the theory of Greimas’ semiotic square, in which sublimity stands as a contradictory of the technician. According to the culture industry theory, suggested by Held, the technician is an implication of sublimity. Through a technician, sublimity may pose as a complementarity or implication of beauty. Finally, sublimity might substitute beauty as well; furthermore, it constitutes practical valorization in the semiotic square of Floch. Moreover, the artist present as a ludic valorization stands as a contradictory, while art, serving as a utopian valorization, enacts as a contrary.

Trojan Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a four-loop PWR designed by Westinghouse and owned by Portland General Electric (PGE), reached its initial threshold in 1975 and was operational until November 1992. PGE received a Possession Only License from the NRC in May 1993. In 1995, limited decommissioning activities began at the Trojan, including the completion of a large components removal project to remove and dispose of four steam generators and pressurizers from the containment building. In April 1996, the NRC approved a plan to dismantling the Trojan NPP and began more aggressive component removal activities. At the end of 1998, part of the radioactive drainage system began to be removed, and embedded piping decontamination and survey activities began. Trojan NPP has more than 8,840 m of contaminated pipelines throughout the power block. Most of Trojan NPP’s contaminated embedded piping can generally be divided into four categories drainage piping, ventilation ducts, buried process piping, and other items. For the Trojan NPP, the complete removal of contaminated and embedded piping without damaging the building would have significantly increased costs due to the structural considerations of the building and the depth of the embedded pipe. Therefore, Trojan NPP has chosen to conduct the Embedded Pipe Remediation Project (EPRP) to clean and in situ survey of most of the embedded piping to meet the Final Site Survey (FSS) acceptance criteria, with much success. This study provides a discussion of EPRP activities in the Trojan NPP, including classification and characterization of affected piping, modeling of proposed contamination acceptance criteria, and evaluation of various decontamination and survey techniques. It describes the decontamination tools, techniques, and survey equipment and the condition of work and cost estimate costs used in these projects. To identify embedded piping and drains at the Trojan NPP, based on frequent site surveys, plan sketches showing an overview of system flow paths and connections and database were developed to identify drain inputs and headers. This approach effort has been a successful method of remediation and site survey activities. The developed database was a valuable asset to the EPRP and a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) code was assigned to each drains and headers, allowing the embedded piping to be integrated into the decommissioning cost estimation software (Decon. Expert) and schedule, which aided in decommissioning cost estimation. Also, regular database updates made it easy to check the status of the decommissioning project data. The waste system drain at Trojan NPP was heavily contaminated. The goal of the remediation effort is to completely remove all removable contamination and to reduce the fixed contamination below the decided contamination acceptance criteria. Accordingly, Hydrolysis, Media blast, Chemical decontamination and Pipe removal were considered as remediation option. Trojan NPP’s drainage pipe decontamination option did not cause a significant corrosion layer inside the pipe and media blast was chosen as the main method for stainless steel pipe. In particular, the decommissioning owner decontaminates most of the embedded piping in-situ to meet the FSS acceptance criteria for economic feasibility in Trojan NPP. The remaining pipe was filled with grout to prevent leaching and spreading of contamination inside the pipe. In-situ decontamination and survey of most of these contaminated pipes are considered the most cost-effective option.

A significant amount of piping is embedded in nuclear power plants (NPPs). In decommissioning these materials must be removed and cleaned. It can then be evaluated for radioactivity content below the release level. MARSSIM presents Derived Concentration Guideline Levels (DCGLs) that meet release guidelines. Calculating DCGL requires scenarios for the placement of embedded pipe and its long-term potential location or use. Some NPPs choose to keep the embedded pipes in the building. Because others will dismantle the building and dispose of the piping in-situ, determining the disposal option for embedded piping requires the use of measurement techniques with the sensitivity and accuracy necessary to measure the level of radioactive contamination of embedded piping and meet DCGL guidelines. The main measuring detectors used in NPPs are gas counters that are remotely controlled as they move along the inside of the pipe. The Geiger-Mueller (GM) detector is a detector commonly used in the nuclear field. Typically, this GM detector used 3-detectors that cover the entire perimeter of the pipe and are positioned at 120-degrees to each other. This is called a pipe crawler. It is very insensitive to gamma and X-ray, only measures beta-emitter and does not provide nuclide identification. The second method is a method using a high-resolution gamma-ray detector. Although not yet commercialized in many places, embedded piping is a scanning method. The technique only detects gamma-emitting nuclides, but some nuclides can be identified. Gamma-ray scanning identifies the average concentration per pipe length by the detector collimator. It is considerably longer than a pipe crawler. In addition, several techniques, including direct measurement of dose rate and radiochemical analysis after scraping sampling, are used and they must be used complementary to each other to determine the source term. Expensive sampling and radiochemical analysis can be reduced if these detectors are used to measure the radioactivity profile and to perform waste classification using scaling factor. In the actual Trojan NPP, a pipe crawler detector was used to survey the activity profile in a 26 foot of an embedded pipe. These results indicate that the geometric averaging of the factors and a dispersion values for each nuclide are constant within the accuracy factors. However, in order to accurately use the scaling factor in waste classification, it must have sample representativeness. Whether the sample through smear or scraping is representative of the radionuclide mixture in the pipe. Since the concentration varies according to the thickness of the deposit and depending on the location of the junction or bend, a lot of data are needed to confirm the reliability of the nuclide mixture. In this study, the reliability of the scaling factor, sampling representativeness and concentration measurement accuracy problems for waste classification in decommissioning NPP were evaluated and various techniques for measuring radioactive contamination on the inner surface of embedded pipes were surveyed and described. In addition, the advantages and limitations of detectors used to measure radioactivity concentrations in embedded piping are described. If this is used, it is expected that it will be helpful in determining the source term of the pipe embedded in the NPPs.

Diamond-like nanocomposite (DLN) has become a promising thin film for many fields of applications due to its unique and tunable properties. However, low optical bandgap and thermal stability limits its application in many fields particularly as antireflection coating on solar cell. In the present study, the DLN thin film has been deposited using a mixed liquid precursor by rf-PECVD process. Surprisingly the presence of nc-C60 in FCC structure in DLN matrix has been observed. The degree of crystallinity and diameter of C60 have been increased significantly after annealed at 850 °C. The film has been annealed at 850 °C to primarily investigate its feasibility as antireflection coating (ARC) in compatible with industrial solar cell fabrication process. The refractive index and optical bandgap of the film were around 1.80 and 4.10 eV, respectively. Moreover, the optical bandgap has decreased to some extent to 3.92 eV even after annealing at such high temperature. The high SiOx at% and embedded nc-C60 enhanced the optical transparency and thermal stability of the DLN film. The solar-weighted average reflection of DLN-coated textured silicon was reduced significantly to 1.91%. The C60 embedded DLN film has a great potential to apply in different optoelectronic devices especially in solar cell as ARC.

Tungsten disulfide (WS2), a typical 2D layerd structure, has received much attention as a pseudocapacitive material because of its high theoretical specific capacity and excellent ion diffusion kinetics. However, WS2 has critical limits such as poor long-term cycling stability owing to its large volume expansion during cycling and low electrical conductivity. Therefore, to increase the high-rate performance and cycling stability for pseudocapacitors, well-dispersed WS2 nanoparticles embedded in carbon nanofibers (WS2-CNFs), including mesopores and S-doping, are prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and sulfurizaiton. These unique nanocomposite electrodes exhibit a high specific capacity (159.6 F g−1 at 10 mV s−1), excellent high-rate performance (81.3 F g−1 at 300 mV s−1), and long-term cycling stability (55.9% after 1,000 cycles at 100 mV s−1). The increased specific capacity is attributed to well-dispersed WS2 nanoparticles embedded in CNFs that the enlarge active area; the increased high-rate performance is contributed by reduced ion diffusion pathway due to mesoporous CNFs and improved electrical conductivity due to S-doped CNFs; the long-term cycling stability is attributed to the CNFs matrix including WS2 nanoparticles, which effectively prevent large volume expansion.

Using first-principles theory, this work investigated the Cu-doping behavior on the N-vacancy of the C3N monolayer and simulated the adsorption performance of Cu-doped C3N (Cu–C3N) monolayer upon two dissolved gases ( H2 and C2H2). The calculations meant to explore novel candidate for sensing application in the field of electrical engineering evaluating the operation status of the transformers. Our results indicated that the Cu dopant could be stably anchored on the N- vacancy with the Eb of − 3.65 eV and caused a magnetic moment of 1 μB. The Cu–C3N monolayer has stronger performance upon C2H2 adsorption than H2 give the larger Ead, QT and change in electronic behavior. The frontier molecular orbital (FMO) theory indicates that Cu–C3N monolayer has the potential to be applied as a resistance-type sensor for detection of such two gases, while the work function analysis evidences its potential as a field-effect transistor sensor as well. Our work can bring beneficial information for exploration of novel sensing material to be applied in the field of electrical engineering, and provide guidance to explore novel nano-sensors in many fields.

이 연구는 두 명의 초등교사가 컴퓨팅 사고를 어떻게 인식하고 이를 교육과정 재구성에 어떻게 반영하고 수업을 하게 되는지를 장기간의 걸친 교사연수과정을 통해 탐색한 것이다. 컴퓨팅 사고는 과학교육에 연계하는 새로운 교육 정책 방향이기에 초등부터 나타나는 교사의 인식을 조사하고자 하였다. 교사와의 9번의 교사회의를 가졌으며 이는 매회 2시간 정도의 시간이 소요되었고, 그 시기에 교수하게 될 한 단원을 각자 인식아래 재구성을 하여 11차시의 수업과정안을 개발하였다. 자료수집은 9개월간에 걸쳐서 인터뷰, 교사회의, 수업과정안에서 수행되었으며, 이 자료는 수업 전후의 교사회의를 통한 논의, 수업과정안 등을 통해 수집되었으며, 컴퓨팅 사고를 인식하면서 나타난 초등교사의 컴퓨팅 사고의 인식은 다음과 같이 나타났다. 첫 번째, 과학교육의 목적인 과학적 소양의 정의가 확장되었음을 볼 수 있다. 즉 문 제인식에서부터 창의적인 문제해결자를 양성하는 것이 과학적 소양이라고 인식하였다. 두 번째, 과학적 사고가 강조된 개념형성단계와 컴퓨팅 사고가 강조된 개념활용단계로 수업차시를 구분하였다. 세 번째, 컴퓨팅 사고는 인지적 사고과 정이며, ICT는 기능적 도구라고 인식하였다. 네 번째, 컴퓨팅 사고 요소는 중복되어 반복적으로 나타나며, 순차적이지 않을 수 있다는 것이다. 마지막으로 컴퓨팅 사고의 활용을 통해 STEAM 교육을 활성화할 수 있다고 인식하고 있음을 보여주었다. 이 연구를 바탕으로 컴퓨팅 사고의 실천은 STEAM 교육의 활성화를 위한 도구로 사용될 수 있고 이를 위해서는 일회성이 아닌 지속적이고 전문적인 교사연수를 통해 컴퓨팅 사고 전문역량 강화를 할 수 있도록 해야 할 것이다.