Recently, the floor construction method of buildings is rapidly being replaced by the steel deck construction method of factory products from the past cast-in-place formwork method in order to shorten construction period, reduce labor costs, and improve constructability. In this study, the bending capacity of a newly developed lattice integrated rib-type deck plate that is economical and constructible was evaluated through a simple beam test. As a result of the experiment, the lattice integrated rib-type deck installed by adding rib to the existing flat deck had excellent initial rigidity and maximum load-bearing ability, confirming the feasibility of practical use. In addition, the test specimen in which the tensile rebar is not integrated with the lattice and deck has very low initial stiffness, which is insufficient to support the load at the construction stage, and new details need to be developed to overcome this.

High-temperature and high-pressure post-processing applied to sintered thermoelectric materials can create nanoscale defects, thereby enhancing their thermoelectric performance. Here, we investigate the effect of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) as a post-processing treatment on the thermoelectric properties of p-type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3.0 compounds sintered via spark plasma sintering. The sample post-processed via HIP maintains its electronic transport properties despite the reduced microstructural texturing. Moreover, lattice thermal conductivity is significantly reduced owing to activated phonon scattering, which can be attributed to the nanoscale defects created during HIP, resulting in an ~18% increase in peak zT value, which reaches ~1.43 at 100oC. This study validates that HIP enhances the thermoelectric performance by controlling the thermal transport without having any detrimental effects on the electronic transport properties of thermoelectric materials.

국내 대부분을 차지하고 있는 노출형 신축이음장치는 주행 시 소음과 충격을 발생시켜 주행성을 떨어뜨리며, 많은 유지관리비가 소요되고 있다. 이에 미국과 유럽 등에서 적용되었던 매설형 신축이음장치인 Asphalt Plug Joint(APJ) 시스템을 기본으로 하부 구조를 개량한, 새로운 매설형 신축이음장치 Buried Folding Lattice Joint(BFLJ) 시스템이 제안되었다. 본 연구에서는 실험을 통해 매설형 신축이음장치의 상부포장 혼합물에 따른 내구성 및 신축 특성을 비교하였으며, 포장가속시험을 통해 실제 차량 하중에 대한 BFLJ 시스템의 내구성을 평가하였다. 실험결과 개발된 BFLJ 시스템은 기존 APJ 시스템에 비해 신축성능이 우수하며 접합부에서의 응력 집중을 완화시켰다. 또한 차량 하중에 의한 BFLJ 시스템의 표면 처짐이 크게 발생하지 않았으며, 신축이음장치 내의 하부 구조의 손상이 없었던 점에서 기존 APJ 시스템의 문제점을 극복하고 조기파손을 예방할 수 있을 것이라 판단되었다.