PURPOSES : This paper numerically evaluates the contribution of transverse steel to the structural behavior of continuously reinforced concrete pavements to understand the role of transverse steel. METHODS: Two-lane continuously reinforced concrete pavements with and without transverse steel were analyzed through finite element analysis with the aid of commercial finite element analysis program DIANA; the difference in their structural behavior such as deflection, joint opening, and stress distribution was then evaluated. Twenty-node brick elements and three-node beam elements were used to model concrete and steel, respectively. Sub-layers were modeled with horizontal and vertical tensionless spring elements. The interactions between steel and surrounding concrete were considered by connecting their nodes with three orthogonal spring elements. Both wheel loading and environmental loading in addition to self-weight were considered. RESULTS : The use of transverse steel in continuously reinforced concrete pavements does not have significant effects on the structural behavior. The surface deflections change very little with the use of transverse steel. The joint opening decreases when transverse steel is used but the reduction is quite small. The transverse concrete stress, rather, increases when transverse steel is used due to the restraint exerted by the steel but the increase is quite small as well. CONCLUSIONS : The main role of transverse steel in continuously reinforced concrete pavements is supporting longitudinal steel and/or controlling unexpected longitudinal cracks rather than enhancing the structural capacity.

PURPOSES: This study is to investigate a generated traffic noise when vehicle pass over a transverse rumble strip at toll plaza of highway. METHODS: To investigate traffic noise at toll plaza of highway, Pass-by method which is the most common used for measuring traffic noise was adopted and the traffic noise at toll plaza was measured for 10 min per hour for 11hours(13:00~24:00). RESULTS: The measured traffic noise by pass-by method was changed as function of the transverse rumble strip configuration. Generally, the maximum difference among three noise measurement sections was 7 dB(A). It might be related with traffic speed. Also, the measured traffic noise was strongly generated from a passenger car which was 2 axle. It means that the most of traffic noise on the road is generated at tire/pavement interface of the passenger car. CONCLUSIONS: The traffic noise was strongly related with vehicle speed and transverse rumble strip configuration on the road. For driver safety, the transverse rumble strip is definitely necessary. However, the complaints from residents near highway was increased by traffic noise from transverse rumble strip. Therefore, To satisfy both safety and reduction of traffic noise, the development of configuration of transverse rumble strip is necessary in the further study.

PURPOSES : Since expressways in South Korea are toll roads, many trumpet type interchanges exist, resulting in the installation of loop ramps very frequently. While the travel speed of the main lane is designed to be 100-110 km/h, the structure of a loop ramp is different and is designed for a minimum speed of 40 km/h. In fact, most of the actual travel speeds measured on the ramp exceed the designated speed, which has been a major problem in traffic safety. In this research, a type of pavement marking speed-reduction treatment called the "Peripheral Transverse Line" is installed on expressway loop ramps in order to study the change of driving speeds after the installation. METHODS : To verify statistically the change, this speed-reduction treatment has been installed on the Chungju interchange and the Yeoju junction. The driving speeds before the installation were compared with driving speeds both one month and five monthsafter the installation. RESULTS : As a result, the reductions of the average driving speeds after the treatment were statistically significant. More specifically, the average driving speeds of the Chungju interchange were reduced by 7.1-7.7 % for its tangent road section, and the speeds decreased by 8.5-9.5 % for its curve section. Similarly, in the Yeoju junction, an average speed reduction of 2.9-4.8 % for its tangent section was measured, along with 3.9% long-term speed reduction for its curve section. CONCLUSIONS : Since the pavement marking speed-reduction treatment has been partially proven to be effective from this research, we expect to expand this treatment and re-confirm the effect from a long-term perspective in the future.

This study is related to evaluate the performance of structural insulated panels. This panel are composed of exterior structural member with insulated materials simultaneously. The test to evaluate the transverse capacity and lintel capacity was performed according to ASTM E-72 and KS F2273. The test result shows the panels are applicable to the required load sufficiently.

Transverse velocity vectors can be determined from a pair of images successively taken with a time interval using an optical flow technique. We have tested the performance of the new technique called NAVE (non-linear affine velocity estimator) recently implemented by Chae & Sakurai using real image data taken by the Narrowband Filter Imager (NFI) of the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) aboard the Hinode satellite. We have developed two methods of estimating the errors in the determination of velocity vectors, one resulting from the non-linear fitting σv and the other εu resulting from the statistics of the determined velocity vectors. The real error is expected to be somewhere between σv and εu. We have investigated the dependence of the determined velocity vectors and their errors on the different parameters such as the critical speed for the subsonic filtering, the width of the localizing window, the time interval between two successive images, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the feature. With the choice of vcrit = 2 pixel/step for the subsonic filtering, and the window FWHM of 16 pixels, and the time interval of one step (2 minutes), we find that the errors of velocity vectors determined using the NAVE range from around 0.04 pixel/step in high signal-to-noise ratio features (S/N ~ 10), to 0.1 pixel/step in low signa-to-noise ratio features (S/N ~ 3) with the mean of about 0.06 pixel/step where 1 pixel/step corresponds roughly to 1 km/s in our case.

In order to prevent upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders, effective keyboard selection is an important consideration. The aim of this study was to compare upper extremity muscle activity according to transverse plane angle changes during vertical keyboard typing. Sixteen healthy men were recruited. All subjects had a similar typing ability (rate of more than 300 keystrokes per minute) and biacromion and forearm-fingertip lengths. Four different types of keyboard (vertical keyboard with a transverse plane angle of 60˚, 90˚, or 120˚, and a standard keyboard) were used with a wrist support. The test order was selected randomly for each subject. Surface electromyography (EMG) was used to measure upper extremity muscle activity during a keyboard typing task. The collected EMG data were normalized using the reference contraction and expressed as a percentage of the reference voluntary contraction (%RVC). In order to analyze the differences in EMG data, a repeated one-way analysis of variance, with a significance level of .05, was used. Bonferroni correction was used for multiple comparisons. There were significant differences in the EMG amplitude of all seven muscles (upper trapezius, middle deltoid, anterior deltoid, extensor carpi radialis, extensor carpi ulnaris, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor carpi ulnaris) assessed during the keyboard typing task. The mean activity of each muscle had a tendency to increase as the transverse plane angle increased. The mean activity recorded during all vertical keyboard typing was lower than that recorded during standard keyboard typing. There was no significant difference in accuracy and error scores; however, there was a significant difference between transverse plane angles of 60˚ and 120˚ with regard to comfort. In conclusion, a vertical keyboard with a transverse plane angle of 60˚ would be effective in reducing muscle activity compared with vertical keyboards with other transverse plane angles.

본 연구는 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 포장(PSCP)의 횡방향 긴장 설계방안을 구축하기 위하여 수행되었다. 우선 PSCP에 횡방향 긴장을 가했을 경우에 긴장간격에 따른 슬래브의 응력분포를 분석하였다. 또한 환경하중과 차륜하중이 PSCP슬래브에 작용할 때 슬래브에 발생하는 인장응력의 분포도 분석하였다. 이러한 환경 및 차륜하중 등의 설계하중과 긴장응력을 결정하는 기준인 슬래브의 허용인장응력을 합리적으로 선정하는 방법에 대하여 논의하였으며 이러한 기준의 선정이 횡방향 긴장 설계에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구결과, 긴장간격이 커질수록 긴장응력의 손실을 가져오는 범위가 넓어지며 특히 Shoulder부분에서의 응력손실이 급격하게 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 횡방향 긴장 설계는 설계하중에 대한 슬래브의 응력을 산출한 후 슬래브가 허용인장응력 이내의 응력을 받도록 평균긴장응력을 산출하여 긴장간격 및 긴장량을 결정하면 되지만, 이때 Shoulder, Wheel Pass, 중앙부 등 슬래브의 여러 다른 위치에서의 응력 또한 반드시 검토하여 적절한 긴장간격을 선정하여야 한다.

본 연구에서는 프리스트레스트 콘크리트 포장에 횡방향으로 프리스트레싱을 가할 때 포장체에 발생하는 응력분포를 분석하여 긴장간격에 따른 특성을 파악하고 종방향과 횡방향 긴장의 상호 영향을 분석하기 위하여 유한요소 모델을 개발하여 구조해석을 수행하였다. 연구결과 횡방향 긴장간격은 작을수록 응력분배를 적절하게 할 수 있고 압축응력의 손실범위를 줄일 수 있으나 경제성 문제를 제고하여 적절한 긴장간격을 선정하여야 한다. 포장체의 노견, 주행위치, 중앙부 등의 여러 위치에서 분석한 횡방향 응력분포는 긴장간격이 넓을수록 평균응력과의 차이가 커지며 그 차이는 슬래브 중앙부로 갈수록 감소하게 된다. 횡방향 긴장을 가하면 종방향으로도 추가 긴장력 이 발생하게 되지만 그 크기는 무시 할 수 있을 정도로 작기 때문에 종횡방향 긴장 설계는 독립적으로 수행하여도 타당하다. 또한 횡방향 긴장 설계 시 이러한 긴장에 의한 응력분포를 이용하는 방안에 대해서도 본 논문에 언급하였다.

탄소섬유로 보강한 에폭시 복합재료를 필라멘트 와인딩 공법으로 제조하고 이의 기계적 및 전기적 특성을 연구하였다. 사단자법으로 제작한 UD-CFRP의 전기비저항을 유리전이 온도 부근에서 온도의 함수로서 알아보았다. 실온에서 세로 전기비저항 ρa와 가로 전기비저항 ρc는 방향에 따른 강한 이방성을 보였으며 이들의 비는 약 1:3000이었다. UD-CFRP 시편의 세로 및 가로 전기비저항은 처리된 에폭시 물질의 유리전이 온도 Tg 아래에서는 온도에 선형으로 감소하는 거동을 보였다. 그러나 Tg 위에서 UD-CFRP의 가로 전기비저항은 금속과 같은 거동을 나타내며 온도의 지수승에 비례하여 증가하였다. 전기비저항이 양의 온도 계수를 갖는 메커니즘은 Tg 위에서 온도가 증가함에 따라 탄소섬유 사이의 접촉이 끓어져서 전하운반자의 깡총뛰기나 터널링이 감소하기 때문으로 생각된다. 세로방향의 dc 전도에 관한 활성화 에너지는 Tg 아래에서 0.005 eV이고, Tg 위에서는 0.08 eV이었다.

Diamond segments were fabricated by cold pressing and sintering under pressure at the temperature up to . Based on the results of this investigation, it can be concluded that the segments containing 39wt.% cobalt in the matrix material have the highest bending strength at a fracture probability of 50 % due to the weibull distribution method. According to the weibull statistics, it was also determined that the transverse rupture strength was the best for 39 wt.% cobalt ratio in the matrix material for the fracture probability when the other variables are the same.

본 연구에서는 콘크리트 포장에서 발생하는 소음을 저감시키기 위한 최적의 임의간격 횡방향 타이닝 설계 간격을 제안하였다. 기존 문헌조사를 바탕으로 소음 발생에 대한 원인을 규명하였고, LCG(linear congruential generators) 알고리즘 이론을 이용하여 특정 주파수에 집중되는 에너지를 효과적으로 분산시킬 수 있는 타이닝의 간격을 설계하였다. 실내 시뮬레이션 결과를 대구-포항 고속국도 현장에 적용하였고 기존 국내외에 적용된 임의간격 횡방향 타이닝 시공도 병행하여 실내 외 소음 및 교통소음을 비교하였다. 실내 외 소음 측정 결과, 피치 소음으로 인한 소음을 감소시킴으로써 임의간격 횡방향 타이닝 구간이 일반구간 보다 낮은 소음도를 보였으나, 그 효과가 크지 않았다. 교통 소음 측정에서도 전체적으로 일반 타이닝 구간에 비해 임의 간격 횡방향 타이닝 구간에서 더 큰 소음저감 효과를 확인할 수 있었으나, pass-by 소음 측정과는 다소 차이를 보였다.