• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.21-29
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• 2011

At existing skin detection methods using skin color information defined based on the prior knowldege, threshold value to be used at the stage of dividing the backround and the skin region was decided on a subjective point of view through experiments. Also, threshold value was selected in a passive manner according to their background and illumination environments in these existing methods. These existing methods displayed a drawback in that their performance was fully influenced by the threshold value estimated through repetitive experiments. To overcome the drawback of existing methods, this paper propose a skin region detection method using a histogram approximation based on the mean shift algorithm. The proposed method is to divide the background region and the skin region by using the mean shift method at the histogram of the skin-map of the input image generated by the comparison of the similarity with the standard skin color at the CbCr color space and actively finding the maximum value converged by brightness level. Since the histogram has a form of discontinuous function accumulated according to the brightness value of the pixel, it gets approximated as a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) using the Bezier Curve method. Thus, the proposed method detects the skin region by using the mean shift method and actively finding the maximum value which eventually becomes the dividing point, not by using the manually selected threshold value unlike other existing methods. This method detects the skin region high performance effectively through experiments.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.183-189
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• 2010

In this study long term rainfall-runoff model, developed based on SSARR, was applied to Geum river basin and its simulation results of major control points were compared with the corresponding observed channel discharges. The validities of the simulation results were examined with re-measured discharges of those control points. From the above procedure the points showing the unreliable results were found out and its principal causes are analyzed through hydrological inspection of runoff characteristics of their circumstances. Finally the simulation results were modified by the consideration of the effects by small-scale hydraulic structures which could directly affect the channel discharges. As a result the annual runoff simulations of two major points in Geum river basin, Yongdam and Daecheong dam sites, work well. However the low flow simulation of the point located between them, Sutong station, showed more or less the unreliable result. Its causes are considered by means of the hydraulic/hydrological inspection of the corresponding point.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.411-420
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• 2018

This study presents a revised crackling core model for the description of $UO_2$ sphere oxidation in air atmosphere. For close reproduction of the sigmoid behavior exhibited in $UO_2$ to $U_3O_8$ conversion, the fragmentation effect contributing to the increased reactive surface area and the concept of variable grain conversion time were considered in the model development. Under the assumptions of two-step successive reaction of $UO_2{\rightarrow}U_3O_7{\rightarrow}U_3O_8$ and final grain conversion time equivalent to ten times the initial grain conversion time, the revised model showed good agreement with the experimental data measured at 599 - 674 K and a lowest deviation when compared with Nucleation and Growth model and AutoCatalytic Reaction model. The evaluated activation energy at 100% conversion to $U_3O_8$, $57.6kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$, was found to be closer to the experimentally extrapolated value than to the value determined in AutoCatalytic Reaction model, $48.6kJ{\cdot}mol^{-1}$.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.79-86
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• 2014

In this paper, a stress transfer mechanism between near surface-mounted (NSM) fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plate and concrete was investigated and a reliable analytical procedure for it was presented by using bilinear bond-slip model simulating the bond behavior of NSM FRP plate. As a result, critical values in the bi-linear model such as maximum shear strength, slip at that time and failure slip at the initiation of softening de-bonding were suggested for being used in the differential equation considering he interfacial characteristic between NSM FRP and concrete. Also, it was found that the bond-slip behavior could be suitably redicted by using the proposed procedure even in the case of various bond lengths from the comparison with bond test result.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.131-141
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• 1994

Three characteristics-based split-operator methods were applied to a longitudinal pollutant dispersion problem, and the results were compared with those of several Eulerian schemes. The split-operator methods consisted of generalized upwind, two-point fourth-order and sixth-order Holly-Preissmann schemes, respectively, for the advection calculation, and the Crank-Nicholson scheme for the diffusion calculation. Compared with the Eulerian schemes tested, split-operator methods using the Holly-Preissmann schemes gave much more accurate computational results. Eulerian schemes using centered difference approximations for the advection term resulted in numerical oscillations, and those using backward difference resulted in numerical diffusion, both of which were more severe for smaller value of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.105-108
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• 1999

TTS(Text-To-Speech) 시스템 합성음성의 자연감을 개선하기 위해 하나의 언어에 대해 존재하는 운율 법칙을 정확히 구현해야 한다. 존재하는 운율 법칙을 추출하기 위해서는 방대한 분량의 언어 자료 구축이 필요하다. 그러나 이 방법은 존재하는 운율 현상이 포함된 언어자료에 대해 완벽한 운율을 파악할 수 없으므로 합성음성의 질을 좋게 할 수 없다. 본 논문은 한국어 음성의 운율을 학습하기 위해 2개의 인공 신경망을 제안한다. 하나의 신경망으로 문장의 각 음소에 대한 피치 변화를 학습시키는 것이며, 다른 하나는 에너지 변화를 학습하도록 하였다. 신경망은 BP 신경망을 이용하며 11개의 음소를 나타내기 위해 11개의 입력과, 중간 음소의 피치와 에너지 변화곡선을 근사하는 다항식 계수를 출력하도록 하였다. 신경망시스템의 학습과 평가에 앞서, 음성학적 균형잡힌 고립단어를 기반으로 의미있는 문장을 구성하였다. 문장을 남자 화자로 하여금 읽게 하고 녹음하여 음성 DB를 구축하였다. 음성 DB에 대해 각 음소의 운율 정보를 수집하여 신경망에 맞는 목표 패턴과 훈련 패턴을 작성하였다. 이 목표 패턴은 회귀분석을 통한 추세선을 이용해 피치와 에너지에 대한 2차 다항식계수로 구성하였다. 본 논문은 목표패턴에 맞는 신경망을 학습시켜 좋은 결과를 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.555-559
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• 2009

난류응력은 순간속도성분을 시간평균성분과 편차성분의 합으로 보고 Navier-Stokes 방정식으로부터 Reynolds 방정식을 유도할 때 나타나게 된다. Reynolds 방정식으로부터 수심 적분된 천수방정식을 유도하는 과정에서 시간 평균된 유속성분을 수심 적분된 유속성분과 편차성분의 합으로 본다면, 분산응력 (dispersion stress)이라고 하는 추가적인 새로운 항이 잔류하게 된다. 점성응력, 난류응력, 그리고 분산응력을 통칭하여 유효응력 (effective stress)이라고 한다. 일반적으로 수심에 비해 수로 폭이 넓은 개수로에서는 유효응력이 흐름특성의 수치 근사해에 큰 영향을 미치지 못한다고 가정하여 2차원 수심적분 모형에서 유효응력을 생략하기도 한다. 또한 유효응력을 적용하더라도, 점성응력이 난류응력에 비해 무시할 만큼 작다고 가정하여 난류응력만을 적용하며, 분산응력은 무시된다. 하지만 만곡부에서는 원심력과 편수위로 인한 횡방향 압력의 불균형이 발생하기 때문에, 만곡부의 이차류가 발생되며, 유속의 연직방향 분포도 일정하지 않게 된다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 만곡부의 이차류 특성을 수심적분 2차원 모형에 반영하기 위해 분산응력을 고려한 모형의 개발 및 검증이다. 불규칙한 모의영역을 원활히 나타낼 수 있도록 곡선좌표계를 사용하는 여타 모형들과 달리 유한유소법을 이용하여 수치해를 구하며, 따라서 x, y 좌표축을 사용하는 데카르트 좌표계를 사용하여 지배방정식을 나타낸다. 분산응력의 유 무에 따른 수치결과를 Rozovskii의 $180^{\circ}$ 만곡수로 실내실험 자료와 비교하여 개발 모형을 검증한다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.609-616
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• 2010

The objective of this study is to investigate the structural character of the buckling strength of 600MPa-class high-strength steel compression members. The buckling strength of circular hollow-section columns is evaluated by a numerical analysis of the stress-strain curves of the tension test results. The numerical analysis was based on the beam-column theory and the tangent modulus theory. It was considered possible to enlarge the nominal yield strength of the 600MPa-class steel.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.46-51
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• 2008

The damping of a shock absorption device composed of nonlinear disk spring stacks and rubber rings was investigated. Friction forces of rubber rings and hysteresis of disk springs were obtained experimentally. The hysteresis curves of several types of disk spring stacks were approximated, from which the energy dissipated was estimated. Based upon the friction force and the energy dissipated, 4 damping models were presented and shock responses of the damping models were investigated. The hysteresis of disk spring is more meaningful than the friction of the rubber ring for the damping. For practical use, equivalent viscous damping model for total energy dissipated per cycle was suggested.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.887-893
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• 2010

Modelling methods of 3 phase induction motors dependant on a lot of parameters give much drawbacks and difficulties when making engine room simulators due to computation burden and the time required for acquiring detailed technical data corresponding to actual induction motors. This paper suggests a practical method by a equivalent circuit with minimized parameters and some formulas to configure induction motors which requires only data on the name plates of motors, while it revealed satisfactory modelling performances on the resultant curves which are plotted for the torque, load current and power consume according to slip variation.