• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.51 no.5
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• pp.1307-1313
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• 2019

Recent analysis results with realistic assumptions provide the variability of operator allowable time for the initiation of aggressive cooldown under small break loss of coolant accident or steam generator tube rupture with total failure of high pressure safety injection. We investigated how plant risk may vary depending on the variability of operators' failure probability of timely initiation of aggressive cooldown. Using a probabilistic safety assessment model of a nuclear power plant, we showed that plant risks had a linear relation with the failure probability of aggressive cooldown and could be reduced by up to 10% as aggressive cooldown is more reliably performed. For individual accident management, we found that core damage potential could be gradually reduced by up to 40.49% and 63.84% after a small break loss of coolant accident or a steam generator tube rupture, respectively. Based on the importance of timely initiation of aggressive cooldown by main control room operators within the success criteria, implications for improvement of emergency operating procedures are discussed. We recommend conducting further detailed analyses of aggressive cooldown, commensurate with its importance in reducing risks in nuclear power plants.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.20-27
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• 2024

Determining the number of operators who set up the machines in a human-machine system is crucial for maximizing the benefits of automated production machines. A man-machine chart is an effective tool for identifying bottlenecks, improving process efficiency, and determining the optimal number of machines per operator. However, traditional man-machine charts are lacking in accounting for idle times, such as interruptions caused by other material handling equipment. We present an adjusted man-machine chart that determines the number of machines per operator, incorporating idleness as a penalty term. The adjusted man-machine chart efficiently deploys and schedules operators for the hole machining process to enhance productivity, where operators have various idle times, such as break times and waiting times by forklifts or trailers. Further, we conduct a simulation validation of traditional and proposed charts under various operational environments of operators' fixed and flexible break times. The simulation results indicate that the adjusted man-machine chart is better suited for real-world work environments and significantly improves productivity.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.501-510
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• 2015

In this study, we investigated the onset and release of endo-dormancy under natural conditions by observing bud break characteristics in 'Fuji' apple trees using water cuttings. Through examinations of bud break rate and days to bud break, we found that the endo-dormancy of 'Fuji' apple tree continues for 70 d from 165 to 255 d after full bloom (DAFB), from late October to early January of the following year. In addition, within 20 d of first bud break, based on a final bud break rate of 60% or more, we able to identify the timing of the changeover from para-dormancy to endo-dormancy, and endo-dormancy to eco-dormancy. Analysis of the chilling requirement during the endo-dormancy period revealed that chilling accumulation up to 255 DAFB to release endo-dormancy amounted to 666 and 517 h based on the CH and Utah models, respectively. Observation of internal changes in the bud during endo-dormancy showed that flower bud differentiation begins from mid-July, and t ime of inflorescence o f the disk f lower is a vailable to f ind. The f lower buds subsequently developed slowly but steadily during endo-dormancy and in the following year in February, the developmental stage of each organ had progressed. Moreover, the flower buds of 'Fuji' apples were mostly healthy during the dormancy period, but some exhibited necrosis of flower primordium, due partial cell damage from the formation of ice crystals rather than a direct effect of the low temperature. Flower buds were formed in both the axillary buds of bourse shoots and terminal buds of spurs, but lower bud differentiation was observed for the terminal buds of spurs at rate of about 65% of total buds, which was directly related to the bud size and shoot diameter.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.834-839
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• 1988

Physicochemical properties of defatted and 1% palmitic acid reincorporated rice starch were investigated comparing with nondefatted starch. Amylose content of defatted starch was higher than that of nondefatted and reincorporated starch. Transmittance, swelling power and solubility of nondeffated and reincorporated starch exhibited two stage behavior but these behaviors were disappaered by defatting. All starches showed a typical A type in X-ray diffraction but relative crystallinity was decreased by defatting. Also by defatting, peak viscosity and break down of amylogram were disappeared and set back was increased.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.115-125
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• 1995

부품가공에 있어서 생산성향상을 위하여 버제거를 위한 고도의 기술이 더욱 중요하게 되었다. 특히 CIM 체제에서는 버제거의 자동화를 위하여 가공중에 발생하는 버형성과 파단현상을 정량적으로 예측할 필요성이 더욱 커졌다. 이미 연구된 2차원절삭에서의 버형성 모델을 실제적인 3차원절삭에 적용하기 위하여 기존의 모델을 수정하는 작업이 이루어졌다. 3차원 절삭모델로는 절삭인선에 수직한 면에서의 칩과 공구의 상대운동에 의해서 결정된다고 하는 Rubenstein의 가정이 사용되었다. 본연구에서 다루에되는 롤오버(roll-over) 버는 항상 공구진행방향으로 발생하기 때문에 3차원절삭에서의 버형성을 공구진행방향의 평면내에서의 2차원 절삭의 집합 으로 가정하였다. 공구의 기울림각(inclination angle)이 커질수록 버형성의 크기나 파단면의 크기가 감소하였다. 두종류의 파단이 버형성중에 관찰되었다. 하나는 가공물 끝면에 평행하게 파단면이 발생하였으며 다른 하나는 이에대하여 기울어진 파단이 일어났다. 가공물 끝면에 평행한 경우는 수정된 모델로부터 등가초기공구위치( equivalent initial tool distance)로부터 예측이 가능하며 기울어진 경우는 이결과와 공구의 기울림각으로부터 파단위치를 예측할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.67-73
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• 2001

Three dimensional, elastic-plastic finite element(FE) analyses for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under combined tension and bending are performed using actual tensile data of stainless steel, for two purposes. The first one is to validate the recently-proposed enhanced reference stress (ERS) method to estimate the J-integral and COD for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes under combined tension and bending. The second one is to compare those results with the GE/EPRI estimations. The FE results of the J-integral and the COD, resulting from six cases of proportional and non-proportional combined tension and bending, compare very well with those estimated from the proposed method. Excellent agreements of the proposed method with the detailed FE results provide sufficient confidence in the use of the proposed method to the Leak-Before-Break(LBB) analysis of through-wall cracked pipes under combined tension and bending.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.381-387
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• 1993

The silicon oxynitride bonded $Si_3N_4-BN$ composite has been developed based on the selective oxidation behavier of $Si_3N_4$ over BN. The silicon oxynitride phase converted to the reaction between $Si_3N_4$ and $SiO_2$ formed on $Si_3N_4$ powder surface during oxidation treatment at the sintering temperature. The developed composite has excellent high-temperature strength, thermal shock resistance, precision machinability and corrosion resistance to the molten steel. The developed composite may therefore be used as, for example, break ring materials in continuous casting of steel.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.143-150
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• 1978

In our previous report (Korean J. Food Sci. Technol., 9, 123. (1977), functional properties of soyprotein isolates prepared from defatted soybean meal were studied. Using those properties soyprotein fibers, which may be acceptable as meat analogs, were prepared with protein spinning apparatus. Soyprotein can be converted into the suitable form for the spinning by denaturation with alkali (0.6%) and continuous fibers were spun by extruding spinning solution into an 20% NaCl-1 N acetic acid coagulating bath. The process for producing soyprotein fibers on a bench scale was described and break strength, break elongation and textural parameters of the fibers formed were evaluated. The possible scheme of formation of soyprotein fibers was discussed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.451-455
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• 2010

Hydraulics usually deals with flows with free surface. When the surface curvature is small, the assumption of hydrostatic pressure distribution is enough. However, in the case, when the curvature is big, the non-hydrostatic pressure distribution should be taken into account and the Navier-Stokes equations should be employed instead of the depth-averaged shallow water equations. For the simulation of two immiscible fluids with different characteristics (e.g. water and air, water and oil), the level set method is selected for this purpose. The developed model is applied to classical dam break problem and the computational results are compared with the experimental data. The effectiveness of the developed model is confirmed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.741-747
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• 2001

Three-dimensional, elastic-plastic finite element analyses for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes are performed using actual tensile data of stainless steels, for two purposes. The first one is to validate the recently-proposed enhanced reference stress (ERS) method to estimate the J-integral and COD for circumferential through-wall cracked pipes. The second one is to compare those results with the GE/EPRI estimations. It is found that the J-integral and COD estimations according to the GE/EPRI method can be very sensitive to how the stress-strain data are fitted using the Ramberg-Osgood relation. Moreover, no tendency can be found regarding the most appropriate fitting range for the Ramberg-Osgood fit. On the contrary, the J-integral and COD estimations based on the ERS method give more accurate results than the GE/EPRI estimation. The present results provide confidence in applying the proposed method to the Leak-Before-Break(LBB) analysis.