• The Journal of Korean Society for Radiation Therapy
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.131-137
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• 2016

Purpose : The bladder volume change was measured using ultrasonography for helping decrease the side effects and other organ variations in the location of radiation therapy for cervical cancer patients. An experiment was performed targeting patients who were treated with radiation therapy at PNUH within the period from September to December 2015. Materials and Methods : To maintain the bladder volume, each patient was instructed to drink 500 cc water before and after CT simulation, 60 minutes before the dry run. Also, the bladder volume was measured in each patient CT scan, and a 3D conformal therapy plan was designed. The bladder volumes measured before and after the CT simulation, dry run, and radiation treatment planning were compared and analyzed. Results : The average volume and average error of the bladder that were obtained from the measurement based on the CT scan images had the lowest standard deviation in the CT simulation. This means that the values that were obtained before and after the CT simulation were statistically relevant and correlative. Moreover, the bladder volume measured via ultrasonography was larger size, the average volume in the CT scan. But the values that were obtained Dry run and after the CT simulation were not statistically relevant. Conclusion : Drinking a certain amount of water helps a patient maintain his/her bladder volume for a dry run. Even then, it is difficult to maintain the bladder volume for the dry run. Also, whether or not the patients followed the directions for the dry run correctly is important.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.495-503
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• 2001

In a functionally graded materials(FGM), two constituent material particles are mixed up according to a specific volume fraction distribution so that its thermoelastic behavior is definitely characterized by such a material composition distribution. Therefore, the designer should determine the most suitable volume fraction distribution in order to design a FGM that optimally meets the desired performance against the given constraints. In this paper, we address a numerical optimization procedure, with employing interior penalty function method(IPFM) and FDM, for optimizing 2D volume fractions of heat-resisting FGMs composed of metal and ceramic. We discretize a FGM domain into finite number of homogenized rectangular cells of single design variable in order for the optimization efficiency. However, after the optimization process, we interpolate the discontinuous volume fraction with globally continuous bilinear function in order to enforce the continuity of volume fraction distributions.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.375-380
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• 2007

A reverberation chamber should be designed and constructed so as to satisfy its purposes and available space. However, it is somewhat difficult to meet the intended design requirements due to various errors from construction process. So, the post-construction measurement of its volume and surface areas is very essential to check the actual volume and volume uncertainty of a reverberation chamber These values should be carefully calculated and accurately estimated since they are used not only to evaluate the acoustic characteristics of building materials but also to calculate uncertainties for other acoustic characteristics. In this work, the method for the calculation and uncertainty estimation of the volume of a reverberation chamber is presented. To this end, the coordinates of all corners was measured with Total Station after construction. The results showed that the calculated volume of the measured reverberation chamber differs by 5 % from the design specification. The expanded volume uncertainty was also estimated to be about 2 % of the total calculated volume.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.753-759
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• 1995

One of the important features of the advanced nuclear power plants is the system simplification. In this work, a model has been introduced to quantitatively evaluate the system simplification. A few models have been developed for quantitative evaluation of design simplification and the design enhancements of CVCS of the advanced reactors have been evaluated with models based on the entropy concept and the system availability. In addition, operational interface of CVCS with peripheral systems has been considered to develop a new evaluation model in this work. The quantification results for the design of the System 80+ and KSNPP indicate that the simplicity of the CVCS is primarily dependent on the type and number of charging pumps.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.1635-1640
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to design of a cooling system of the over-molding mold for a socket component of an automobile wiper by performing numerical analyses. Hot spots in which the temperature distributions are higher than those of other region, were estimated by an initial over-molding analysis for the initial design of the mold. On the basis of the initial over-molding analysis, two types of cooling system designs with a linear cooling channel and a volumetric heat sink, were considered to improve the cooling characteristics of hot spots. To obtain an appropriate cooling system design, the effects of the diameter and the position of the linear cooling channels on the cooling characteristics and the product qualities were quantitatively examined. In addition, the effects of the design of the volumetric heat sink on the cooling characteristics and deformation distributions in the molded product were investigated. The results of the over-molding analysis of the two types of cooling systems showed that the multi-sliced over-molding mold with a volumetric heat sink can improve both the product quality and the cooling characteristics of the mold.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1674-1682
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 4기통 고속 가솔린 기관의 흡기관 내 유체유동이 체적효율에 미치는 동적효과를 고려하여, 흡기관에 임피던스를 이용한 음향학적 방법을 이용해서 흡기관 최적설계를 해석하고, 기관실험을 통해 그 신뢰성을 확인하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.114-119
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• 1996

증기방출계통은 원자력 발전소의 안전을 위한 계통인데 이 계통의 작동 초기에 복잡한 열유체적 현상과 더불어 큰 유체적 진동하중이 구조물에 발생하게 됨으로 이 계통의 설계 개발을 위하여는 이러한 초기현상에 대한 정성적 및 정량적인 이해가 요구된다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 이러한 초기 현상을 해석할 수 있는 방법론을 개발하고 이를 이용하여 이 현상의 특성을 분석하였으며 종합적으로 유체적 진동 하중으로부터 구조물의 기계적 건전성을 확보하기 위한 이 계통의 설계 방향을 제시하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.855-868
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 위에서 언급한바와 같은 제반사항들에 대해 이론적인 해석을 행하고, 그 결과를 이용하여 설계된 모델이 생체내에 이식될 수 있는 가능성의 여부를 판단하며 생체내에 이식 되었을 때의 성능과 생체에 미치는 영향등을 예측하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.11-19
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• 2001

기능경사재(FGM)는 구성 물질의 체적분율(volume fraction)이 복합재 전체에 걸쳐 연속적 그리고 기능적으로 분포되어 있어, 기존의 이종물질 접합식(bi-material-type) 복합재보다 현저히 우수한 열기계적 특성을 가진다. 하지만, 기능경사 내열복합재의 열-탄소성 거동은 체적분율의 분포형태와 경사층이 차지하는 상대두께비에 따라 절대적으로 좌우된다. 본 연구는 기능경사 내열복합재의 열-탄소성 특성의 이들 두 설계인자에 대한 파라메트릭 FEM해석을 다룬 것이다. 열-탄소성 이론과 유한요소 근사화에 따라 연구용 2차원 FEM 프로그램을 개발하고, 대표적인 3층 구조의 2차원 기능경사 내열복합재의 열-탄소성 특성을 설계변수의 다양한 조합에 따라 분석하였다.

• 한국지형공간정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.195-199
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• 2003

대규모 토목공사에서 토량환산계수는 공사물량 및 공사비에 미치는 영향이 크므로 합리적인 토량환산계수의 설계가 요구된다. 그러나 토량환산계수의 산정에 있어서 선정시험에 의한 결과치가 아닌 통상적으로 사용하고 있는 설계기준서에 제시된 값을 적용함으로써 정확한 잔토 및 부족토량의 산정에 있어서 많은 어려움이 따르며, 이러한 경우 현장여건에 적합한 대규모 현장시험을 실시하여 토량환산계수를 산정하는 것이 바람직하다. 또한 대규모 현장시험에 있어서 굴착부분의 체적은 토량환산계수 산정에 있어 매우 중요한 요소가 된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 대규모 현장을 대상으로 절 성토부 풍화암의 굴착부분의 체적을 정확히 산정하기 위하여 수치사진측량기법을 적용하였으며, 이를 Total Station에 의한 측량방식과 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과, 교차에 대한 상대정확도는 평균 0.5%로 산출되었으며, 체적에서 0.5%의 상대정확도는 길이 측정에서 0.17% 상대정확도에 해당되므로 정확한 측량이라 판단된다.