• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.297-316
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• 2017

With rapid growth in the complexity of large scale engineering systems, the application of multidisciplinary analysis and design optimization (MDO) in the engineering design process has garnered much attention. MDO addresses the challenge of integrating several different disciplines into the design process. Primary challenges of MDO include computational expense and poor scalability. The introduction of a distributed, collaborative computational environment results in better utilization of available computational resources, reducing the time to solution, and enhancing scalability. SORCER, a Java-based network-centric computing platform, enables analyses and design studies in a distributed collaborative computing environment. Two different optimization algorithms widely used in multidisciplinary engineering design-VTDIRECT95 and QNSTOP-are implemented on a SORCER grid. VTDIRECT95, a Fortran 95 implementation of D. R. Jones' algorithm DIRECT, is a highly parallelizable derivative-free deterministic global optimization algorithm. QNSTOP is a parallel quasi-Newton algorithm for stochastic optimization problems. The purpose of integrating VTDIRECT95 and QNSTOP into the SORCER framework is to provide load balancing among computational resources, resulting in a dynamically scalable process. Further, the federated computing paradigm implemented by SORCER manages distributed services in real time, thereby significantly speeding up the design process. Part 1 covers SORCER and the algorithms, Part 2 presents results for aircraft panel design with curvilinear stiffeners.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제67권
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• pp.175-186
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• 2018

Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), particularly carbon nanotube and graphene-based materials, are rapidly emerging as one of the most effective adsorbents for wastewater treatment. CNMs hold great potential as new generation adsorbents due to their high surface to volume ratio, as well as extraordinary chemical, mechanical and thermal stabilities. However, implementation of pristine CNMs in real world applications are still hindered due to their poor solubility in most solvents. Hence, surface modification of CNMs is essential for wastewater treatment application in order to improve its solubility, chemical stability, fouling resistance and efficiency. Numerous studies have reported the applications of functionalized CNMs as very promising adsorbents for treating organic and inorganic wastewater pollutants. In this paper, the removal of organic dye and phenol contaminants from wastewater using various type of functionalized CNMs are highlighted and summarized. Challenges and future opportunities for application of these CNMs as adsorbents in sustainable wastewater treatment are also addressed in this paper.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.1778-1797
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• 2021

Document image binarization is an important pre-processing step in document analysis and archiving. The state-of-the-art models for document image binarization are variants of encoder-decoder architectures, such as FCN (fully convolutional network) and U-Net. Despite their success, they still suffer from three limitations: (1) reduced feature map resolution due to consecutive strided pooling or convolutions, (2) multiple scales of target objects, and (3) reduced localization accuracy due to the built-in invariance of deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs). To overcome these three challenges, we propose an improved semantic segmentation model, referred to as DP-LinkNet, which adopts the D-LinkNet architecture as its backbone, with the proposed hybrid dilated convolution (HDC) and spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) modules between the encoder and the decoder. Extensive experiments are conducted on recent document image binarization competition (DIBCO) and handwritten document image binarization competition (H-DIBCO) benchmark datasets. Results show that our proposed DP-LinkNet outperforms other state-of-the-art techniques by a large margin. Our implementation and the pre-trained models are available at https://github.com/beargolden/DP-LinkNet.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제24권6_2호
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• pp.795-800
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• 2021

Magnesium fires require early fire extinguishment due to impulsive and rapid-fire expansion that makes difficult fire fighting. For this reason, efficient early fire fighting and appropriate prevention of fire spread are considered mainly as significant fire extinction measures. However, there is a limit to developing tools for metal fire fighting, such as devices, facilities, and fire extinguishing agents, due to a lack of regulatory instruments in South Korea. It often generates challenges to early fire fighting implementation by fire responders. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate a measure for securing the efficiency of early fire fighting in magnesium. This study identified the applicability of the metal fire extinguisher used in the United States for magnesium fire through a performance test of a fire extinguishing agent for metal fire. Moreover, we implemented a free burning experiment using magnesium powder to compare varying combustion and extinction process that could occur during applying metal fire extinguishers. Finally, this study suggests measures of the use and application of metal fire extinguishers for magnesium.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권8호
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• pp.2445-2453
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• 2021

Since the nuclear data forms a vital component in reactor physics computations, the nuclear community needs processing codes as tools for translating the Evaluated Nuclear Data Files (ENDF) to simulate nuclear-related problems such as an ACE format that is used for MCNP. Errors, inaccuracies or discrepancies in library processing may lead to a calculation that disagrees with the experimentally measured benchmark. This paper provides an overview of the processing and preparation of ENDF/B-VIII.0 incident neutron data with NECP-Atlas and NJOY codes for implementation in the MCNP code. The resulting libraries are statistically inter-compared and tested by conducting benchmark calculations, as the mutualcomparison is a source of strong feedback for further improvements in processing procedures. The database of the benchmark experiments is based on a selection taken from the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments (ICSBEP handbook) and those proposed by Russell D. Mosteller. In general, there is quite good agreement between the NECP-Atlas1.2 and NJOY21^(1.0.0.json) results with no substantial differences, if the correct input parameters are used.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1993년도 Proceedings of International Conference for Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
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• pp.850-858
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• 1993

Germinatin and early growth of tobacco seedlings in trays containing many cells is increasing in popularity . Since 100 % germination is not likely , a major problem is to locate and replace the content of those cells which contain either no seedling or a stunted seedling with a plug containing a viable seedling. Empty cells and seedlings of poor quality take up valuable space in a greenhouse. They may also cause difficulty when transplanting seedlings into the field. Robotic technology, including the implementation of computer vision, appears to be an attractive alternative to the use of manual labor for accomplishing this task. Operating AGBOT, short for Agricultural ROBOT, involved four steps : (1) capturing the image, (2) processing the image, (3) moving the manipulator, (4) working the gripper. This research seedlings within a cell-grown environment. the configuration of the cell-grown seedling environment dictated the design of a Cartesian robot suitable for working ov r a flat plane. Experiments of AGBOT performance in transferring large seedlings produced trays which were more than 98% survived one week after transfer. In general , the system generated much better than expected.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1389-1399
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• 2000

Massage therapy is a traditional, alternative and nonphamacological means of promoting rest and relaxation. However, nursing intervention by massage for middle-aged women is rarely practiced by nurses. The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of the hand and arm massage as an independent nursing intervention tool for middle- aged women. The data used in this research were collected from forty-nine subjects using a nonequivalent control group non- synchronized design. Twenty-four persons for the experimental group and Twenty-five persons for the control group were selected from D city and C city from July 1997 to September 2000. Subjects' ages were between forty and fifty-six years old with mean the age of 45.6. Hand and arm massage developed by Cayce and Reilly was applied to the experimental group for a session of 15 minutes two or three times a week for four weeks. The instruments used for the measurement of the subjects' stress, anxiety, depression and the middle-life crisis were Langners's 22-item Self-rating Depression Scale, and Kim's Middle Life Crisis Scale(1988). These psychological factors were measured before and after the implementation of hand and arm massage. The data were analyzed with mean$\pm$s.d, percent, t-test, and a paired t-test. The results were summarized as follows; 1. Before the treatment, there were no significant differences between the two groups. 2. After the treatment, there were significant differences in the stress and the occurrence of mid life crisis between the two groups. The findings suggest that the use of the life crisis. Therefore, it is recommended that hand and arm massage be used as an independent nursing intervention tool for middle-aged women. For further research, is needed replication of this concept of research with different subjects in a larger population. Also, it is recommended to investigate the effects of massage with aroma therapy for the berefit of decreasing womens' stress level further.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제8D권2호
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• pp.181-192
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• 2001

XML/EDI는 데이터 전달에 초점을 둔 전통적인 EDI의 범위를 확대하여 전자상거래에 필요한 프레임워크(Framework)를 제공한다는 면에서 전통적인 EDI와 정의가 다르다. 기존의 EDI 서비스를 인터넷 플랫폼으로 옮겨가고 다시 Web 플랫폼으로 옮겨감으로써 EDI 서비스 사용자들은 기존의 서로 다른 EDI 전용 소프트웨어의 사용에 따른 불편함이 없어지고 통합된 환경으로 EDI 서비스를 사용할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 전자상거래 시스템의 핵심 요소인 웹 기반 XML/EDI시스템의 전체적인 설계 및 구현에 대해서 기술하였다. 본 논문에서 구축한 XML/EDI 시스템은 문서 생성 모듈, 문서 저장 모듈, 문서 검색 모듈, 문서 관리 모듈, E-mail전송 모듈로 구성된다. XML/EDI 시스템의 요구사항 및 설계 목표에 대하여 소개하고, 상세한 모듈별 기능정의 및 설계사항을 기술하였으며, 구현된 시스템의 실행 과정을 설명하였다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 FCC의 방사 스펙트럼 제한 규정에 따라 5 GHz-WLAN 주파수 대역을 억제한 DS-UWB 가우시안 임펄스 생성기를 제안하고, 이를 실험적으로 구현하였다. 단극 구형파를 가우시안 임펄스로 변환하기 위해 SRD를 이용한 첫 번째 임펄스 생성기와 반도체 레이저의 이득 스위칭을 이용한 두 번째 임펄스 생성기로 구성된 2단 구조의 임펄스 생성기를 사용하였다. 출력된 가우시안 임펄스의 폭은 약 180 psec로 매우 짧다. 또한 WLAN 주파수 대역을 제거하기 위해 4단 링 공진기 구조의 고차 미분 가우시안 필터를 설계 및 제작하여 최종적으로 WLAN 신호 대역은 약 25 dB의 억제 효과를 갖는 DS-UWB 신호의 발생기를 실험적으로 구현하였다.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2011

강자성체를 정밀해석하기 위해서는 포화자화 현상과 히스테리시스 현상을 모두 고려해 주어야만 한다. Preisach 모델링은 변화율이 심한 히스테리시스 현상을 매우 잘 표현해 낼 수 있는 수치모사 방법이다. 하지만 정자기 유한요소법과 Preisach 모델링을 사용한 자화해석 반복 과정에서 수렴성이 떨어진다는 큰 문제점을 가지고 있다. 특히 자화율의 기울기가 급격히 변화할 경우 수렴에 많은 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 문제점은 일반적인 M-H 변수를 사용하지 않고, M-B 변수를 사용하면 해결할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 일반적인 M-H를 이용한 Preisach 모델링의 평면 분포로부터 M-H 변수를 M-B 변수화 시키는 방법을 제안하고 있고, 2차원 정자기 유한요소법과 M-H, M-B 변수를 이용한 Preisach 모델링을 비교 분석하여 Preisach 모델링의 수렴성 문제를 해결하는 방법에 대해 기술하였다.