• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.29 no.11
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• pp.589-600
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• 2002

Deformable models offer an attractive approach for extracting three-dimensional boundary structures from volumetric images. However, conventional deformable models have three major limitations - sensitive to initial condition, difficult to represent complex boundaries with severe object concavities and protrusions, and self-intersective between model elements. This paper proposes a deformable model that is effective to extract geometrically complex boundary surfaces by improving away the limitations of conventional deformable models. First, the proposed deformable model resamples its elements hierarchically based on volume image pyramid. The hierarchical resampling overcomes sensitivity to initialization by extracting the boundaries of objects in a multiscale scheme and enhances geometric flexibility to be well adapted to complex image features by refining and regularizing the size of model elements based on voxel size. Second, the physics-based formulation of our model integrates conventional internal and external forces, as well as a non-self-intersecting force. The non-self-intersecting force effectively prevents collision or crossing over between non-neighboring model elements by pushing each other apart if they are closer than a limited distance. We show that the proposed model successively extracts the complex boundaries including severe concavities and protrusions, neither depending on initial position nor causing self-intersection, through the experiments on several computer-generated volume images and brain MR volume images.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.23-34
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• 2015

Recently a new damper system with Kogome truss structure was developed and its mechanical properties were verified based on the laboratory test. This paper presents a Kagome truss damper external connection method for seismic strengthening of RC frame structural system. The Kagome external connection method, proposed in this study, consisted of building structure, Kagome damper and support system. The method is capable of reducing earthquake energy on the basis of the dynamic interaction between external support and building structures using Kagome damper. The pseudo-dynamic test, designed using a existing RC frame apartment for pilot application of LH corporation, was carried out in order to verify the seismic strengthening effects of the proposed method in terms of the maximum load carrying capacity and response ductility. Test results revealed that the proposed Kagome damper method installed in RC frame enhanced conspicuously the strength and displacement capacities, and the method can resist markedly under the large scaled earthquake intensity level.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.29-62
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• 2007

We examine the methods to increase MBS values given parameters of default risks of individual mortgages and their correlation, and analyze the effects of these parameters on the efficiency of the methods. First, the values of MBS can be improved when they are comprised of low-correlation mortgages regardless of specific forms of investors' utility functions. Second, the values of MBS can also be raised even after their components mortgages are determined. More specifically, when investors' utilities are heterogeneous, CMO's of a less risky tranche and a riskier tranche are highly valued compared with pass-through securities of two identical tranches. When investors' utilities are homogeneous(risk averse), however, the latter meets the needs of investors better than the former does. Third, it can be shown that the efficiency of the methods in this paper is an increasing function of default risks of mortgage loans or of the correlation between them, and a decreasing function of the amount of the price fall of MBS when in default.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.215-228
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• 2004

Rock mass contains discontinuities such as faults and joints, and their mechanical properties and spatial distribution dominate the stability of rock mass. Because the deformation of rock mass occurs discontinuities in many cases. However in the case of poor quality rock mass under high stresses, the deformation along intact rock can also influence the structure's stability. In this study, two dimensional finite element program was developed with a rheological model to analyze the stability of the structure excavated in jointed rock mass. The “equivalent material” approach was used assuming intact rock, joints and rock bolts as visco-plastic materials. The program was verified by analysing an intact rock model, a jointed rock mass model and a reinforced jointed rock mass model. The displacement was examined in each model with changing the intact rock behaviour as elastic and visco-plastic. In the case of poor quality rock mass under high stresses, e assumption of visco-plastic behaviour of intact rock resulted in larger displacement than when assuming elastic behaviour for intact rock. Therefore it is recommended to add intact rock's visco-plastic behaviour to the existing model, which only assumes visco-plastic behaviour of joints and rock bolts.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.480-507
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• 2019

This paper aims at optimizing the auxiliary ventilation system in large-opening limestone mines with unducted fans. An extensive CFD and also site study were carried out for optimization at the blind entries. The fan location, operating mode, and layout are the parameters for optimization. Since the jet stream discharged from the auxiliary fan is flowing faster than 15 m/s in most of the cases, the stream collides with floor, sides or roof and even with the jet stream generated from the other fan placed upstream. Then, it is likely to lose a large portion of its inertial force and then its ventilation efficiency drops considerably. Therefore, the optimal fan installation interval is defined in this study as an interval that maximizes the uninterrupted flowing distance of the jet stream, while the cross-sectional installation location can be optimized to minimize the energy loss due to possible collision with the entry sides. Consequently, the optimization of the fan location will improve ventilation efficiency and subsequently the energy cost. A number of different three-dimensional computational domains representing a full-scale underground space were developed for the CFD study. The velocity profiles and the CO concentrations were studied to design and optimize the auxiliary ventilation system without duct and at the same time mine site experiments were carried out for comparison purposes. The ultimate goal is to optimize the auxiliary ventilation system without tubing to provide a reliable, low-cost and efficient solution to maintain the clean and safe work environment in local large-opening underground limestone mines.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.106-113
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• 2010

Fire characteristics can be analyzed more realistically by using more accurate material properties related to the fire dynamics and one way to acquire these fire properties is to use one of the inverse property analyses. In this study the genetic algorithm which is frequently applied for the inverse heat transfer problems is selected to demonstrate the procedure of obtaining fire properties of the solid charring material with relatively simple chemical structure. The thermal decomposition on the surface of the test plate is occurred by receiving the radiative energy from external heat sources, and in this process the heat transfer through the test plate can be simplified by an unsteady 1-D problem. The inverse property analysis based on the genetic algorithm is then applied for the estimation of the properties related to the reaction pyrolysis. The input parameters for the analysis are the surface temperature and mass loss rate of the char plate which are determined from the unsteady 1-D analysis with a givenset of 8 properties. The estimated properties using the inverse analysis based on the genetic algorithm show acceptable agreements with the input properties used to obtain the surface temperature and mass loss rate with errors between 1.8% for the specific heat of the virgin material and 151% for the specific heat of the charred material.

• Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.265-292
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• 2008

This thesis was projected for the purpose of looking into the recongnition of the talented children education, classifying with parents' up-bringing styles, and it classified parents' upbringing styles with affection, refusal, and autonomy, aiming at 189 parents whose children are enrolled in public kindergartens located at three urban districts, J City, G City, and I City, and four rural districts, J County, M County, O County, and I County, and investigated the recongnition for the talented children education,, basing on four kinds of inclination. The results are as followings. First, it is important to activate parent education for the talented children, to help parents, who bring up children with refusal attitude, to give their children sufficient affection, to offer children the chances to express freely and explore, to give children possible permission, and to accept children completely, Second, the cultivated experts with specialized culture and disposition are necessary to grasp the peculiarity of talented children in respective fields. Third, the establishment of the expert talented children education institution specializing in research is necessary Fourth, at the national level, no-fee education for the talented children has to be carried into effect, the national talented children education agencies have to be established widely, researches for the talented children have to be established, the experts for educating talented children have to be brought up, and research expenses have to be supplied to respective talented children education agencies.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.52-52
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• 2012

최근 선진국을 중심으로 제조기술의 산업혁명이라고 불릴 정도로 큰 파급효과가 기대되는 자기조립기반의 산업공정기술을 확보하기 위한 많은 노력과 연구들이 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 자기조립(Self-Assembly) 현상은 자연에서 일어나는 자발적인 힘으로 원자 또는 분자 단위까지 구조물을 제어하고 bottom-up 방식(상향식: 원자/분자 스케일의 나노구조를 배열/조립하여 원하는 형태의 패턴을 만들어 내는 방식)으로 원하는 구조물을 설계/제작할 수 있는 능력을 가지고 있다. 기초적인 과학으로부터 출발한 자기조립기술은 최근 자기조립 응용개발에서 많은 성과를 이루어내면서 산업화 가능성을 크게 하고, 과학계와 산업계의 많은 관심을 불러일으키고 있다. 반도체 산업기술을 예측하는 ITRS 로드맵(2005년)에 의하면 directed self-assembly 방법이 새로운 미래 패터닝 기술로 개발되어 2016년경에 사용되고, 자기조립소재로 제작된 다양한 응용소자들은 새로운 미래소자로 개발될 것으로 예상하고 있다. 이에 맞추어 국내 기업들도 diblock copolymer를 이용한 나노패터닝 기술 확보를 위한 연구를 진행하고 있다. 또한 IBM은 자기조립기술을 반도체공정에 실험적으로 적용하여 자기조립기술이 생산 공정에 부분적으로 적용될 가능성이 크다는 것을 보여주었다. 산업계와 함께 학계의 연구센터에서는 산업화를 위한 자기조립 집적화 공정(Integrated process) 개발을 이루기 위하여 체계적으로 연구를 실시하고 있다. 미국의 Northeastern 대학의 CHN(Center for high-rate Nanomanufacturing) 연구센터는 자기조립 집적화에 용이한 새로운 개념의 소자를 제안하고 이를 집적화하기 위한 다양한 공정을 개발하고 있으며, Wisconsin 대학의 NSEC(Nanosacle Science and Engineering Center) 연구센터는 diblock copolymer를 이용한 나노패터닝 기술 개발에서 획기적인 결과를 도출하여 산업계에 적용될 가능성을 높이고 있다. 이와 같은 결과들로부터 앞으로의 자기조립기술에 대한 연구는 3차원 구조물을 제작할 수 있는 집적화 공정에 집중될 것이고, 이를 위하여 새로운 개념의 단순한 구조의 응용소자개발도 함께 추진될 것으로 판단된다. 또한 실용 가능성이 큰 집적화 공정으로 개발하기 위하여 기존의 top-down 방식을 접목한 bottom-up 방식의 자기조립 집적화 공정이 개발될 것으로 예상하고 있다. 이와 함께 자기조립공정은 반복되는 구조를 쉽게 제작할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있어 다양한 응용소자 [태양전지(solar cell), 연료전지(fuel cell), 유연성 있는 전자기기(flexible electronics), 화면표시 장치(display device)] 제작에 쉽게 이용되어 새로운 산업을 창출할 수 있는 가능성을 보이고 있다. 본 자기조립 연구 센터에서는 이와 같은 자기조립 특성을 제조공정에 적용하여 혁신적인 제조공정기술을 확보하고자 연구를 진행하고 있다. 그러므로 본 발표에서 이와 같은 연구 흐름과 함께 본 센터에서 진행하고 있는 자기조립 제조방법을 소개하고자 한다. 이와 함께 자기조립방법을 이용하여 제작된 다양한 응용소자 개발 결과를 발표하고, 이를 top-down 방식과 접목하여 집적화공정으로 개발하는 전략을 함께 소개하고자 한다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.163-172
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• 2007

A seafloor curvature measurement method was developed to extract redundant topographic features from the multi-beam bathymetry data, and then applied to the data of abyssal plain area in the Pacific. Any seafloor might be modeled to a quadratic surface determined in a linear least squares sense, and its curvature could be derived from the eigen values related with quadratic model parameters. The curvature's magnitude as well as polarity showed distinct relationship with geometric characteristics of the seafloor like as ridge and valley. From the investigation of curvature's variation with the number of data in the quadratic surface, the optimal size of data aperture could be applied to real bathymetry data. The application to real data also required the determination of the accompanying threshold values to cope with corresponding topographic features. The calculation method of previous studies were reported to be sensitive to the background noise. The improved curvature measurement method, incorporating the sum of eigen values has reduced unwanted artifacts and enhanced ability to extract lineament features along strike direction. The result of application shows that the curvature measurement method is effective tool for the estimation of a possible mining area in the seamount free abyssal hill area.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.69-76
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• 2015

Although traffic information has been actively analyzed using big data, it has not been used as much with the consideration of driver characteristics. Among the various types of information, road signs can directly affect the driver. Road signs must provide the optimal information that enables drivers to reach their destinations with ease as well as information suitable for navigation systems. However, present road sign rules provide standardized information, regardless of the road type or size. This study suggests a method for providing road information that will help drivers determine their behavior. First, the minimum character size that can be used on a road sign for each design speed was obtained with respect to the visibility and decipherability of a road sign. Instead of conventional diagram-based direction guidance, a scenario using split-based direction guidance was created. To verify the effectiveness of the provided information, a three-dimensional simulated road environment was constructed, and a driving simulator was used for the test. At a simple plane intersection, the driver was not greatly influenced by directional guidance, but at a complex, three-dimensional intersection, the driver preferred summary-based directional guidance, which is instinctive guidance, over diagram-based guidance. On the basis of the test results, a secondary verification test that applied split-based guidance at a three-dimensional intersection confirmed that the driver had no problems in making decisions.