Well-crystallized vanadium pentoxide V2O5 thin films are fabricated on MgO single crystal substrates by using pulsed-laser deposition technique. The linear optical transmission spectra are measured and found to be in a wavelength range from 300 to 800 nm; the data are used to determine the linear refractive index of the V2O5 films. The value of linear refractive index decreases with increasing wavelength, and the relationship can be well explained by Wemple’s theory. The third-order nonlinear optical properties of the films are determined by a single beam z-scan method at a wavelength of 532 nm. The results show that the prepared V2O5 films exhibit a fast third-order nonlinear optical response with nonlinear absorption coefficient and nonlinear refractive index of 2.13 × 10−10 m/W and 2.07 × 10−15 cm2/kW, respectively. The real and imaginary parts of the nonlinear susceptibility are determined to be 3.03 × 10−11 esu and 1.12 × 10−11 esu, respectively. The enhancement of the nonlinear optical properties is discussed.

The fatigue characteristics of glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites were studied under repeated loads using the finite element method (FEM). To realize the material characteristics of GFRP composites, Digimat, a mean-field homogenization tool, was employed. Additionally, the micro-structures and material models of GFRP composites were defined with it to predict the fatigue behavior of composites more realistically. Specifically, the fatigue characteristics of polybutylene terephthalate with short fiber fractions of 30wt% were investigated with respect to fiber orientation, stress ratio, and thickness. The injection analysis was conducted using Moldflow software to obtain the information on fiber orientations. It was mapped over FEM concerned with fatigue specimens. LS-DYNA, a typical finite element commercial software, was used in the coupled analysis of Digimat to calculate the stress amplitude of composites. FEMFAT software consisting of various numerical material models was used to predict the fatigue life. The results of coupled analysis of linear and nonlinear material models of Digimat were analyzed to identify the fatigue characteristics of GFRP composites using FEMFAT. Neuber’s rule was applied to the linear material model to analyze the fatigue behavior in LCF regimen. Additionally, to evaluate the morphological and mechanical structure of GFRP composites, the coupled and fatigue analysis were conducted in terms of thickness.

In order to perform a soil-isolation-structure interaction analysis of seismically isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) structures, the nonlinear behavior of a seismic isolation system may be converted to an equivalent linear model used in frequency domain analysis. Seismic responses for seismically isolated NPP containment structures subjected to a simple artificial acceleration history and different site class earthquakes are evaluated for the equivalent-linear and nonlinear models that have been applied to lead-rubber bearing (LRB) modeling. It can be observed that the maximum displacements of the equivalent linear model are larger than that of the nonlinear model. From the floor response spectrum analysis for the top of NPP containment structures, it can be observed that the spectral acceleration of an equivalent linear model at about 0.5 Hz frequency is about 2~3 times larger than that of a nonlinear model.

전산화단층촬영에서 선형 및 비선형변환방법을 이용하여 탐색밀도에 따른 압축률과 최대신호대 잡음 비를 구하여 의료영상 압축의 화질에 대하여 알고자 한다. 선형변환방법은 원 영상을 여러 개의 레인지블록으로 나눈 후 각각의 레인지블록에 대하여 영상내의 존재하는 최적의 도메인블록을 찾는 부분변환시스템을 사용하여 닮은 블록을 찾아서 압축율과 화질의 성능을 조정가능 하므로 비선형변환방법은 8개의 셔플변환 중에서 회전변환만을 이용하는데, 한정된 도메인블록에서만 탐색이 이루어지므로 영상내의 임의의 블록에 대하여 도메인블록을 탐색하는 선형변환방법보다는 부호화 시간이 빠르나 실제 영상에서 레인지블록에 대한 최적의 도메인블록을 선택할 수 없기 때문에 성능은 다른 방법에서 보다 떨어질 수 있어서 비선형변환방법은 최적의 도메인블록을 선택하는 대신 밝기 계수 변환의 근사화 정도를 높여서 성능을 개선하고, 블록의 크기가 작을수록 최대신호대 잡음비 (PSNR;peak signal to noise ratio)값은 높아지며 블록의 크기가 클수록 압축비가 높아지므로 최적으로 영상을 부호화하기 위해 퀴드트리 블록분할을 하였다.

횡유입이 없는 경우(sign곡선의 홍수파 유입)와 횡유입이 있는 경우(강우 유입)를 대상으로 선형과 비선형 Muskingum-Cunge법에 의한 단위폭 사면에서의 유출수문곡선의 특성을 비교·고찰하였다. 유출곡선은 선형법에서는 확산효과에 의해서 거의 대칭적으로 확산되나, 비선형법에서는 비선형효과와 확산효과의 상호작용을 의하여 상승부는 급하게 되고, 하강부는 완만하게 된다. 선형법은 유입된 질량을 정확히 보존하나, 비선형법은 질량의 증가나 손실을 초래한다.