PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of fiber grid reinforcement on the thickness reduction of asphalt pavement. Test sections were constructed on the national highway to evaluate the structural capacity of asphalt pavement with the reinforced fiber grid and normal asphalt pavement. METHODS: Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) tests were performed to measure the structural capacity of test sections. The loads of the FWD test are 4.1 ton, 8.0 ton, 10.0 ton, and loaded twice, respectively. The test sections consist of a reference asphalt pavement section, an asphalt pavement section reduced with a 5-cm base layer thickness, and a fiber grid reinforced asphalt pavement section reduced with a 5-cm base layer thickness. In addition, strain data was collected using strain gauges installed in the test sections. RESULTS: The results of the FWD tests showed that the deflections of the pavement section reinforced with the fiber grid was reduced by about 14% compared with that of the reference asphalt pavement section. The strain at the bottom of the asphalt surface layer of the pavement section reduced to a 5-cm base thickness and reinforced with a fiber grid was similar to that at the bottom of the asphalt layer of the reference asphalt pavement. CONCLUSIONS : The results of the FWD and strain tests showed the possibility of the pavement thickness reduction by reinforcement with a fiber grid.

The single layer latticed domes have attracted many designers and researchers's attention all of the world, because these structures as spatial structure are of great advantage in not only mechanical rationality but also function, fabrication, construction and economic aspect. But single layer latticed domes are apt to occur the unstable phenomena that are called "buckling" because of the lack of strength of members, instability of structural shape, etc. In the case of latticed dome, there are several types of buckling mode such as overall buckling, local buckling, and member buckling according to the shape of dome, section type of member, the size of member, junction's condition of member and so on. There are many methods to increase the buckling strength of the single layer latticed dome, that is, with the change of geometrical shape of dome, the reinforcement of buckled member, etc. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to verify the reinforcement effect of buckled member when designers reinforce the buckled member to increase the buckling strength of single layer latticed dome with 3-way grid.

This study is intended to examine the tDCS and Morris Water maze training in Alzheimer’s disease(AD) rats on Tau protein expression. Experiment groups were divided into four groups and assigned 16 rats to each group. Group Ⅰ was a control group(AD induced by scopolamine); Group Ⅱ was a experimental control group(AD injured by scopolamine and treatment tacrine); Group Ⅲ was a group of tDCS application after AD injured by scopolamine; Group Ⅳ was a group of morris water maze training after AD injured by scopolamine. In cognition test, the outcome of group Ⅱ was significantly lower than the groups(p<.001). and group Ⅲ, Ⅳ were significantly low result at 14 days(p<.05). In histological finding, the experimental groups were destroy of micro vessels and finding of cell atropy and swelling. Group Ⅲ, Ⅳ were decreased in degeneration of liver and kidney cells. In immuno- histochemistric response of BDNF and tau protein in hippocampus, BDNF expression of Group Ⅱ was more increase than the other groups. and increase of BDNF expression was Ⅲ, Ⅳ were higher than group Ⅰ at 21 days. Tau protein expression of Group Ⅱ was more decrease than the other groups. and decrease of Tau protein expression was Ⅲ, Ⅳ were lower than group Ⅰ at 21 days. These result suggest that improved tDCS and morris water maze training after scopolamine induced is associated with dynamically altered expression of BDNF and Tau protein in hippocampus and that is related with cognitive function.

It is known that individual factors as cognitive, perception, emotion, and motivation may greatly influence on recovery from neurologic region. This study was to investigate the effects of environmental reinforcement through motivation to perform the tasks voluntarily on motor and cognition function in rats with focal ischemic brain injury. Focal ischemic brain injury was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats (15 rats, 250±50 g) through middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). And then, experiment groups were randomly divided into three groups; The control group: MCAo induction (n1=5), the environmental reinforcement (ER) group: the application for ER after MCAo induction (n2=5), the environmental reinforcement through motivation (ERM) group: the application for ERM after MCAo induction (n3=5). The climbing test (CT) and the modified limb placing tests (MLPTs) to measure the motor function and the Morris water maze acquisition test (MWMAT) and the Morris water maze retention test (MWMRT) to measure the cognitive function were performed. For the CT, the ERM group was significantly larger than the ER group. For the MLPTs, the ERM group was significantly decreased compared to other groups. For the MWMAT, the time to find the circular platform in the ERM group significantly decreased compared to other groups. For the MWMRT, the time to dwell on the quadrant circular platform in the ERM group was significantly increased compared to other groups. These results suggested that the ERM could improve the motor and cognitive functions in the rats with focal ischemic brain injury.

The tropopause fold event that took place on January 1, 1997 over mid-region on the Korean Peninsula is examined by means of a numerical simulation based on a Mesoscale Model (MM5). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of moisture in reinforcing a tropopause fold linked to an explosive cyclone. Two types of simulations were carried out; 1) simulations for moist conditions in which full physical and dynamic processes are considered and 2) simulations for dry conditions in which cumulus parameterization and cloud microphysics process are excluded. The results of the moist condition simulations demonstrate that the intensity of the central pressure of the cyclone was overestimated compared with the observed values and that the location of the center and the pressure deepening rates (-17 hPa/12 hr) complied with the observed values. The potential vorticity (PV) anomaly on the isentropic surface at 305 K continued to move in a southeast direction on January 1, 1997 and thus created a single tube of tropopause fold covering the northern and the middle area of the Korean Peninsula and reaching the ground surface at 0300 UTC and 0600 UTC. The results of the dry condition simulations show that the tropopause descended to 500 and 670 hPa in 0300 and 0600 UTC, respectively at the same location for the moist condition simulation; however, there was no deep tropopause fold observed. A comparison of the simulated data between the moist and the dry conditions suggests that a deep tropopause fold should happen when there is sufficient moist in the atmosphere and significantly large PV in the lower atmosphere pulls down the upper atmosphere rather than when the tropopause descends itself due to dynamic causes. Thus, it is estimated that moisture in the atmosphere should have played a crucial role in a deep tropopause fold process.

연속철근콘크리트포장에서 횡방향 균열은 초기의 온도와 습도변화로 인해 발생하며 횡 방향 균열의 폭과 간격은 하중전달효율 및 펀치아웃과 같은 포장공용성에 직접 관련된다. 또한, 연속철근콘크리트포장에서 균열폭은 콘크리트의 건조수축 뿐만아니라 소위 특성 온도변화 시점으로 정의되는 "제로-스트레스 온도"에 의존한다. 연속철근콘크리트포장의 양호한 장기공용성을 위해서 횡방향 균열은 매우 작은 폭으로 유지될 필요가 있으며 초기재령 에서 온도제어는 이를 위한 필수요소라 할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 페이브프로를 사용하여 콘크리트 온도를 예측하였으며 현장실험을 통한 실측온도와 비교하고 균열조사를 수행하였다. 본 연구로부터 도출된 결과는 첫째, 실측온도는 0.2~4.5℃의 범위에서 예측온도보다 큰 것으로 나타났으며 정확한 콘크리트 온도예측을 위해서는 수화특성치로 고려되는 활성화 에너지와 단열온도상수가 입력변수에서 정확히 고려되어야 할 것으로 판단되었다. 둘째. 콘크리트 타설 후 24시간 이내의 온도는 오후에 비하여 오전에 타설된 콘크리트에서 더 크게 나타났으며 최대온도는 정오에 타설된 온도에서 발생되었다. 마지막으로 재령 12일에 조사된 균열발생률은 오전에 타설된 구간에서 25% 증가되고 그 만큼 균열간격은 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과로부터 최대 콘크리트 온도는 균열발생에 크게 영향을 미치며 콘크리트 온도제어는 연속철근콘크리트포장의 양호한 공용성을 위해 필요할 것으로 판단되었다.

The characteristics of structural behavior for a cable dome shows a strong nonlinearity and very sensitive by the initial imperfection. The instability phenomenon of Geiger-type cable dome structure is generated due to the in-plane twisting near the critical load level. In this study, therefore, the effect of bracing reinforcement resisting to the in-plane twisting is investigated for the Geiger-type model reinforced by bracing. The effect of initial imperfection is also studied because the structural instability phenomenon of shell-like structure is very sensitive according to the initial condition.

원자력 발전소에는 No.36(D36)이상의 대구경 철근이 사용되는데 이러한 대구경 철근으로 갈고리 정착을 할 경우, 기준에서 요구 하는 구부림 및 갈고리 길이로 인해 설계 및 배근에 있어 큰 어려움을 겪을 수 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 확대머리 철근을 사용할 수 있다. 2008년 개정된 ACI 318에서는 확대머리철근의 정착길이식을 도입하였으며, 제정 배경 연구를 근거로 하여 횡보강근의 영향력 을 무시하고 있다. 그러나 확대머리 철근이 겹침이음이나 컷오프 구간에서 사용될 경우, 인장재에 의해 피복 콘크리트를 밀어내는 힘이 발생하여 횡보강근에 작용하는 인장력이 크게 증가한다. 본 연구의 목적은 휨을 받는 부재 내에 정착된 확대머리 철근의 정착성능에 대한 횡보강근의 영향력을 평가하는 것으로, 이를 위해 횡보강근의 간격을 변수로 한 대구경 확대머리 철근의 정착실험을 수행하였다. 실험방법으로는 컷오프 구간을 모사한 실험을 수행하였으며, 확대머리 철근으로는 D43의 대구경 철근을 사용하였다. 실험 결과, 횡보강근이 없는 실험체의 경우 정착 구간의 쪼갬파괴에 이어 단부의 하중이 확대머리 부근의 콘크리트에 직접적으로 작용하면서 상부 피복 콘크리트가 부재에서 탈락하는 취성적 인 파괴형태가 나타났다. 또한 확대머리 철근의 발현강도가 항복강도의 절반밖에 못 미치는 매우 낮은 내력을 보였다. 이에 반해 횡보강근이 배근된 실험체의 경우 경우 횡보강근이 실험체 단부의 하중에 직접적으로 저항함에 따라 실험체 내력이 큰 폭으로 상승하였다.

비닐용기 등에 주로 사용되는 PET 섬유는 강도는 아주 작은 반면, 변형성능에는 아주 우수하기 때문에 지진 발생시 구조물의 대변 형에 효과적으로 저항할 수 있는 보강재료로 사용가능하며, 일본에서는 이미 PET 섬유를 이용한 연구를 진행하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연 구에서는 PET(polyethylene terephthalate) 섬유의 횡구속 효과를 파악하고, PET 섬유의 보강효과와 기존에 사용해왔던 탄소섬유시트 및 유리 섬유시트의 보강효과를 비교함으로써 PET 섬유의 현장적용성 여부를 파악하기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 무근 콘크리트 공시체에 탄소섬유시 트와 유리섬유시트 및 PET 섬유 등으로 구분하고 각각에 대해 콘크리트 강도와 보강겹수를 달리하여 실험체 별로 각각 2개씩 동일하게 제작하 여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과, 탄소섬유시트 및 유리섬유시트로 보강된 실험체는 기존연구결과들과 마찬가지로 시트가 파단된 후 급격한 내력저하로 최종파괴 되었다. 그러나 PET로 보강한 실험체들은 PET 섬유가 파단되지 않고 최대 강도 이후 급격한 내력저하 없이 서서히 감소 되면서 최종파괴 되었다. 또한, 탄소섬유시트 및 유리섬유시트로 보강한 실험체에 비해 강도증진 효과는 크지 않았으나, 연성측면에서는 매우 우수하게 나타나 향후 보강재료로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

본 연구에서는 PSC I거더교에 대한 외부강선을 이용한 보강 방법 중 V자형 보강방식의 효용성을 검증하기 위하여 공용중인 교량 을 대상으로 보강장치를 시공하여 보강효과를 분석하였다. 따라서 PSC I거더교의 보강 전과 후 각각의 경우에 대하여 정적 및 동적 재하실험 을 실시하였다. 그리고 재하실험에서 측정된 결과를 면밀히 분석하고, 구조해석을 통해 얻은 결과와도 비교분석하여 외부 프리스트레스 도입 을 통한 보강효과를 검증하였다. 본 연구에서 외부강선을 이용한 보강방법을 적용하여 보강효과를 검토한 결과, 본 연구에서의 V자형 외부강선 보강방법을 적용할 때 횡방향 하중분배계수 곡선이 완만해져 상부구조의 건전성이 증진됨을 알 수 있었으며, PSC I거더교의 휨 성능 및 전단 성능개선뿐만 아니라 동적구 조거동에도 크게 도움을 줄 수 있는 것으로 판단되고, 본 연구에서의 탄성패드를 적용할 때 동적보강효과가 극대화 된다는 것을 확인하였다.

The object of this study is to investigate the confined effects of specimens using GFRP(glass fiber reinforced polymer) sheet and PET(polyethylene terephthalate) sheet. Since GFRP and PET sheet have a grate deformation capacity, the brittle failure of concrete can be avoid. A total of specimens is sixteen and major variables are the type of strengthen material and strengthening layer. As a result of test, specimens reinforced with a glass fiber sheet compare to the standard specimen have a significant increase both strength and ductility. Ductile of the specimens reinforced with PET is superior to it of the GFRP regardless of strengthening layer. However, in the strength effect aspect is not great compare to the ductile. Resultingly, it is judged that the reinforced method with PET is available to apply field application.

By attaching the adhesive retrofit material using wire and nylon to masonry walls, the changes in the shear strength of the walls were examined through experiments. In the experiment results, when the adhesion of the adhesive retrofit material was secured, the shear strength and the yield displacement ratio of the masonry walls were largely improved, and the falling of the walls did not happen, which has verified the retrofitting effect of the adhesive retrofit material.