• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.226-233
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• 2003

The discharge characteristics of a prototype ion source was investigated, which was developed and upgraded for the NBI (Neutral Beam Injection) heating system of KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research). The ion source was designed for the arc discharge of magnetic bucket chamber with multi-pole cusp fields. The ion source was discharged by the emission-limited mode with the control of filament heating voltage. The maximum ion density was 4 times larger than the previous discharge controlled by a space-charge-limited mode with fully heated filament. The plasma (ion) density and arc current were proportional to the filament voltage, but the discharge efficiency was inversely proportional to the operating pressure of hydrogen gas. The maximum ion density and arc current were obtained with constant arc voltage ($80{\sim}100V$), as $8{\times}10^{11}cm^{-3}$ and 1200 A, respectively. The estimated maximum beam current was about 35 A, extracted by the accelerating voltage of 80kV.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.438-443
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• 1991

The operational characteristics of the duoplasmatron ion source are investigated in order to obtain the maximum achievable extraction current of the $He^+$ ion beam with the small divergence. Under the variations of the gas pressure, the arc current, the magnet current and the extraction voltage of the ion source, the change of the extracted $He^+$ ion beam current is observed. An oxide filament, the mixture of BaO and SrO coated on Ni meshes, is used as the hot cathode, and its average lifetime is about 100 hours. The extraction current is linearly proportional to the arc current. As the magnet current of the ion source is increased, the extraction current increases, but the beam divergence becomes larger. The maximum extraction current is obtained at the source pressure of 0.084 Torr. The extraction current is proportional to the extraction voltage raised to the power of 3/2 as estimated from theory. At the extraction voltage of 5.72 kV, the maximum extraction current of 50 $\mu$A is obtained under the optimized extraction condition.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.189-199
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• 2016

Fast neutrons with a broad energy spectrum, with which it is possible to evaluate nuclear data for various research fields such as medical applications and the development of fusion reactors, can be generated by irradiating proton beams on target materials such as beryllium. To generate short-pulse proton beam, we adopted a deflector and slit system. In a simple deflector with slit system, most of the proton beam is blocked by the slit, especially when the beam pulse width is short. Therefore, the available beam current is very low, which results in low neutron flux. In this study, we proposed beam modulation using a buncher cavity to increase the available beam current. The ideal field pattern for the buncher cavity is sawtooth. To make the field pattern similar to a sawtooth waveform, a multiharmonic buncher was adopted. The design process for the multiharmonic buncher includes a beam dynamics calculation and three-dimensional electromagnetic simulation. In addition to the system design for pulsed proton generation, a test bench with a microwave ion source is under preparation to test the performance of the system. The design study results concerning the pulsed proton beam generation and the test bench preparation with some preliminary test results are presented in this paper.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.89-94
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• 2013

In this paper, we developed a beam of MEMS probe card using a BeCu sheet. Silicon wafer thickness of $400{\mu}m$ was fabricated by using deep reactive ion etching (RIE) process. After forming through silicon via (TSV), the silicon wafer was bonded with BeCu sheet by soldering process. We made BeCu beam stress-free owing to removing internal stress by using joule heating. BeCu beam was fused by using joule heating caused by high current. The fabricated BeCu beam measured length of 1.75 mm and width of 0.44 mm, and thickness of $15{\mu}m$. We measured fusing current as a function of the cutting planes. Maximum current was 5.98 A at cutting plane of $150{\mu}m^2$. The proposed low-cost and simple fabrication process is applicable for producing MEMS probe beam.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07e
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• pp.1752-1754
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• 1997

The Kaufman type ion beam source with focusing lens was prepared to measure $\gamma$-coefficient of MgO thin film. Initial discharge of the system was started with the discharge voltage of 25V, the cathode filament current of 5.5A at the constant magnetic field of 150G. The system shows the maximum ion current density of $120{\mu}A/cm^2$, energy dispersion of 200eV and beam divergence of $30^{\circ}$ under the condition of Ar gas pressure $2.5{\times}10^{-4}Torr$, the beam voltage of 500V, the discharge voltage of 90V, the accelerator voltage of -200V and the cathode filament current of 6.1A. When the focusing lens was installed onto the ion beam source, the spreadness diameter of ion beam was about 10mm.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.9-17
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• 1973

This paper dealt with composition of current stable negatil'e resistance circuit based on Beam resistance of the tube SAMUEL SEBLY suggested. Beam resistance which is decreased by input current increment on definite region of current, accompanied generation of equivalent e. m. f on model circuit. With equivalent e. m. f there appeared increased current on circuit but decrease of terminal voltage. Bloc constructed by above concept induced transistorized circuit which have NPN and a PNP Transistor. Circuit operation predicted and calculated values of negative resistance are coincident with experimental results. A Circuit proposed on this paper sllowed good linearity on Ve-Ji characteristics.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.1091-1097
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• 2011

In the present study, TMD(tuned mass damper) with eddy current damping is proposed to suppress the vibration of a cantilever beam effectively. The advantages of TMD are that it is simple and its performance are excellent at any particular frequency. However, TMD may have the low performance at other frequency. To solve this problem and improve its performance, this study applies the eddy current damping to TMD. This TMD with ECD is named as MTMD(magnetically tuned mass damper). MTMD is designed for the vibration suppression of a cantilever beam. The mathematical modeling, simulation, and experiments of the cantilever beam with MTMD are performed. From analytic and experimental results, it can be concluded that the vibration suppression performance of MTMD are excellent.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07e
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• pp.1678-1680
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• 1997

The pulsed power with the high voltage and current can be used to the fields of high speed pulses of energy in different forms such as electric current and voltage, electron beam, ion beam, x-rays, gamma rays, heat, magnetics fields, sound and shock waves. This paper is directed mainly at electrical engineers working on production and practical application of high speed pulsed power with high voltage and current.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.383-388
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• 2011

The cold hollow cathode gas ion source is under development for multi aperture focused ion beam (FIB) system. In this paper, we describe the cold hollow cathode ion source design and the general ion source performance using Ar gas. The glow discharge characteristics and the ion beam current density at various operation conditions are investigated. This ion source can generate maximum ion beam current density of approximately 120 mA/$cm^2$ at ion beam potential of 10 kV. In order to effectively transport the energetic ions generated from the ion source to the multi-aperture focused ion beam(FIB) system, the einzel lens system for ion beam focusing is designed and evaluated. The ions ejected from the ion source can be forced to move near parallel to the beam axis by adjusting the potentials of the einzel lenses.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.303-317
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• 2019

This paper presents a finite element model for predicting the behaviour of high-strength steel bolted beam-to-column joints under monotonic loading. The developed numerical model considers the effects of material nonlinearities and geometric nonlinearities. The accuracy of the developed model is examined by comparing the predicted results with independent experimental results. It is demonstrated that the proposed model accurately predicts the ultimate flexural resistances and moment-rotation curves for high-strength steel bolted beam-to-column joints. Mechanical performance of three joint configurations with various design details is examined. A parametric study is carried out to investigate the effects of key design parameters on the behaviour of bolted beam-to-column joints with double-extended endplates. The plastic flexural capacities of the beam-to-column joints from the experimental programme and numerical analysis are compared with the current codes of practice. It is found that the initial stiffness and plastic flexural resistance of the high-strength steel beam-to-column joints are overestimated. Proper modifications need to be conducted to ensure the current analytical method can be safely used for the bolted beam-to-column joints with high-performance materials.