Temperature distribution studies were performed in steam-air retort to investigate the influence of various processing conditions (come-up time, sterilization temperature, and internal pressure throughout the steam-air retort). Retort temperature data were analyzed for temperature deviations during holding phase, maximum temperature difference between test locations at the beginning and after 1, 3, and 5 min of the holding phase, and box-and-whiskers plots for each location during the holding phase. The results showed that high sterilization temperature led to a more uniform temperature distribution than low sterilization temperature (pasteurization). In pasteurization condition, the temperature stability was slightly increased by increasing pressure during the holding phase. On the other hand, the temperature stability was slightly decreased in high sterilization temperature condition. Programming of the comeup phase did not affect the temperature uniformity. In addition, the slowest cold spot was found at the bottom floor during the holding phase in all conditions. This study determined that the temperature distribution is affected by retort processing conditions, but the steam-air retort needs more validation tests for temperature stability.

For increase the game speed, game systems apply a multi-threading. The popularization of multi-core system accelerates multi-threading also. Multi-threading brings high performance, but this is not ease to apply the game logic. Because many multi-core system share the memory, if two or more threads access the same memory region, they can be conflicted. Multi-threading uses Lock method to prevent the conflict, but Lock method reduces the performance. For increase the performance, programmer can use Lock-Free method. In this case, we found strange phenomenon that Lock-Free queue operates incorrectly, and this phenomenon has been accelerated by number of threads. In this study, we analyzed the input output of the Lock-Free Queue in multi-core system.

Bacteriological quality of beef carcass and distributions of pathogens in beef processing environments were investigated to improve the hygienic quality of fresh beef. Total bacterial contamination of carcass surface in slaughtering process and cutting board in cut-meat process showed 10^5-10^6CFU/㎠ and l0^5CFU/㎠ in summer, respectively. The viable bacterial count of cotton glove was similar to that of cutting board during and entire period of year. Microbial contamination of carcass surface, cutting board, cotton glove and deboned meat showed the highest in summer and the lowest in winter during the year. Escherichia coli O157, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella. ornithinolytica, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Tatumella. ptyseos, Serratia odorifera, Aeromonas sobria, Enterobacter cloacae and Flavimonas oryzihabitans were isolated from carcass surface during slaughter treatments. S. aureus, Listeria grayi and L. monocytogenes were isolated from cutting board and L. grayi, Erwinia spp. Salmonella spp. and S. aureus were isolated from cotton glove in cut-meat process environments. Citrobacter freundii, L. monocytogenes, and S. aureus were isolated from deboned meat.

Conventional strain gauge can measure about 15~20% elongation. However, when the steel are ruptured, the strain at the necking region can be much higher than the measurement capacity of the conventional strain gauge. To measure the maximum strain at the necking region a new measurement technique should be developed. In this study, for this purpose image processing method for measuring 2-D strain distribution of tensile specimen of steel is proposed.

In this study, longitudinal strain distribution of spliced rebar in the 1-directional tension test are evaluated with an image processing method (IPM). From these results, it is estimated that the coupler can decrease the elongation at the ultimate load, therefore, the spliced rebar with coupler should be evaluated to be used in the RC structure with LSD.

자갈 이상의 조립질 재료로 이루어진 하천의 하상 재료 입도분석은 많은 노력과 경비를 소요하는 일이기 때문에, 적절히 분석되지 못하고 있는 것이 현실이다. 본 연구의 목적은 자갈 이상의 조립질 재료로 이루어진 하상의 입도 분포를 영상 처리를 통하여 분석하는 기법을 개발하는 것이다. 전체 개발 과정은 개별 입자의 영상 정보 분석과정과 하상 영상에서 입자를 분석하는 두 과정으로 이루어졌다. 먼저 개별 입자들의 영상에 나타난 평면 특성(장축, 중간축, 면적 등)이 실제 입자와 어떤 관계를 가지는지 분석하였다. 이를 위하여, 대종천, 밀양강, 형산강의 3개 하천에서 420개의 자갈 시료를 채취한 뒤, 각 입자의 버니어캘리퍼스로 장축, 중간축, 단축의 길이를 측정하고, 저울로 중량을 측정하였다. 채취된 입자를 개별적으로 영상으로 찍은 후, 영상에서 장축과 중간축, 면적을 계측하는 프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발된 프로그램을 이용한 영상 정보와 실제 측정한 자료를 비교하였다. 입자의 개별 측정 결과 자갈 하천의 하상 재료의 형상계수는 0.51~0.59 이었다. 이는 모래 하상의 0.7, 자갈 하천이 이보다 약간 작다는 통상적으로 알려져 있는 지식과 부합하였다. 또한, 하천에 따라 형상 계수는 약간의 차이를 보이기 때문에 일괄적으로 통일된 값을 적용하기는 어려울 것으로 보인다. 한편, 자갈의 중량은 장축이나 중간축보다는 면적과의 상관성이 더 높다. 이 자료의 결과를 이용하여 영상 분석에서 나온 면적을 입자의 중량과 공칭직경으로 환산하는 방법을 제시하였다. 두 번째 과정으로 ImageJ 프로그램을 이용하여 대종천, 밀양강, 형산강의 하상 영상에 적용하여 자갈입자의 면적을 분석하고 이를 입도분포 곡선으로 환산하였다. 영상 분석에서 구한 입도분포를 시료를 채취하여 실측한 자료와 비교한 결과는 매우 타당한 결과를 보였다.