• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.475-475
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• 2016

생활의 편의를 위하여 인간은 여러 종류의 시설을 만들고 있으며, 이에 필요한 전기를 공급하기 위하여 여러 종류의 발전소를 건설 운영하고 있다. 특히, 원자력 발전은 2014년을 기준으로 전체 전력생산량의 약 30%를 담당하고 있으며, 늘어나는 전력 수요를 감당하기 위하여 다수의 원자력 발전소 건설계획을 수립하고 있다. 원자력 발전소는 발전과정에서 생성되는 고열을 냉각시키기 위하여 다량의 물을 필요로 하기 때문에 연안에 위치한다. 물을 안정적으로 취수하는 것은 원자력 발전소의 안정성 확보에 큰 영향을 미치는 요소이다. 하지만, 유류 등의 오염 물질 또는 해파리 등의 생물체에 의하여 취수구가 마비되어 냉각수를 공급하지 못하는 사고가 종종 발생하고 있다. 원자력 발전소가 발전 중단이 되면 하루 약 10억원의 경제적 손실이 발생할 수 있고, 동일본 대지진의 예에서 확인할 수 있는 바와 같이 2차 피해가 발생하여 엄청난 재앙을 초래할 수 있다. 취수구로 유입되는 유류 등의 오염물질과 생물체를 차단하기 위하여 물리적인 방법과 생물학적 방법을 이용한 여러 가지 장치 및 기법이 고안되고 있지만, 생물학적인 방법은 개체군과 종류의 변화로 그 적용이 곤란하여 물리학적인 방법을 이용한 연구가 주를 이루고 있다. 대표적인 물리학적 장치는 해파리 제거용 그물이 있으나, 포집되는 해파리의 지속적인 제거를 위한 비용적인 문제와, 잠수부의 안전 문제가 발생하고 있다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위해서 최근 가장 주목받고 있는 방법은 에어버블을 이용하여, 유해 물질과 생물체를 차단하는 방법이다. 에어버블은 수심조건에 영향을 받지 않고, 취수구가 설치된 영역으로 유해물질의 유입 자체를 방어할 수 있어 몇 몇 선진국에서는 실용화 단계에 접어들고 있다. 본 연구에서는 에어버블 거동을 특성을 파악하기 위해서는 에어버블의 상승속도, 특성, 압력 및 수심조건 등을 고려할 수 있는 실험 장치를 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위하여 선행연구결과 및 현장조건을 고려하여, 취급이 간단하고, 실험조건 조절이 용이한 원통형 실험 장치를 개발하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.268-275
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• 2020

A lightweight hardware design of self-timed ring based true random number generator (TRNG) suitable for information security applications is described. To reduce hardware complexity of TRNG, an entropy extractor with feedback structure was proposed, which minimizes the number of ring stages. The number of ring stages of the FSTR-TRNG was determined to be a multiple of eleven, taking into account operating clock frequency and entropy extraction circuit, and the ratio of tokens to bubbles was determined to operate in evenly-spaced mode. The hardware operation of FSTR-TRNG was verified by FPGA implementation. A set of statistical randomness tests defined by NIST 800-22 were performed by extracting 20 million bits of binary sequences generated by FSTR-TRNG, and all of the fifteen test items were found to meet the criteria. The FSTR-TRNG occupied 46 slices of Spartan-6 FPGA device, and it was implemented with about 2,500 gate equivalents (GEs) when synthesized in 180 nm CMOS standard cell library.

• Wind and Structures
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.437-450
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• 2022

Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) is a significant concern when designing slender structures with square cross sections. VIV strongly depends on structural dynamics and flow states, which depend on the conditions of the approaching flow and shape of a structure. Therefore, the effects of the angle of attack on the coupling effects of VIV for a square cylinder are expected to be significant in practice. In this study, the aerodynamic forces for a fixed and elastically mounted square cylinder were measured using wind pressure tests. Aerodynamic forces on the stationary cylinder are firstly discussed by comparisons of variation of statistical aerodynamic force and wind pressure coefficient with wind angle of attack. The coupling effect between the aerodynamic forces and the motion of the oscillating square cylinder by VIV is subsequently investigated in detail at typical wind angels of attack with occurrence of three typical flow regimes, i.e., leading-edge separation, separation bubble (reattachment), and attached flow. The coupling effect are illustrated by discussing the onset of VIV, characteristics of aerodynamic forces during VIV, and interaction between motion and aerodynamic forces. The results demonstrate that flow states can be classified based on final separation points or the occurrence of reattachment. These states significantly influence coupling effects of the oscillating cylinder. Vibration enhances vortex shedding, which creates strong fluctuations in aerodynamic forces. However, differences in the lock-in range, aerodynamic force, and interaction process for angles of attack smaller and larger than the critical angle of attack revealed noteworthy characteristics in the VIV of a square cylinder.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.143-149
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• 2022

PCS needs to freely switch AC and DC to connect the battery, external AC loads and renewable energy in both directions for energy efficiency. Whenever converting happens, power loss inevitably occurs. Minimization of the power loss to save electricity and convert it for usage is a very critical function in PCS. PCS plays an important role in the ESS(Energy Storage System) but the importance of stabilizing semiconductors on PCB(Printed Circuit Board) should be empathized with a risk of failure such as a fire explosion. In this study, the temperature variation inside PCS was reviewed by cooling fan on top of PCS, and the vibration characteristics of PCS were analyzed during truck transportation for reliability of the product. In most cases, a cooling fan is mounted to control the inner temperature at the upper part of the PCS and components generating the heat placed on the internal aluminum cooling plate to apply the primary cooling and the secondary cooling system with inlet fans for the external air. Results of CFD showed slightly lack of circulating capacity but simulated temperatures were durable for components. The resonance points of PCS were various due to the complexity of components. Although they were less than 40 Hz which mostly occurs breakage, it was analyzed that the vibration displacement in the resonance frequency band was very insufficient. As a result of random-vibration simulation, the lower part was analyzed as the stress-concentrated point but no breakage was shown. The steel sheet could be stable for now, but for long-term domestic transportation, structural coupling may occur due to accumulation of fatigue strength. After the test completed, output voltage of the product had lost so that extra packaging such as bubble wrap should be considered.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.35-43
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• 2024

Numerous methods have been applied to assess the antibacterial effectiveness of hand hygiene products. However, the different results obtained through various evaluation methods have complicated our understanding of the real efficacy of the products. Few studies have compared test methods for assessing the efficacy of hand hygiene products. In particular, reports on ex vivo pig skin testing are limited. This study aimed to compare and characterize the methodologies applied for evaluating hand hygiene products, involving in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo approaches, applicable to both leave-on sanitizers and wash-off products. Our further aim was to enhance the reliability of ex vivo test protocols by identifying influential factors. We performed an in vitro method (EN1276) and an in vivo test (EN1499 and ASTM2755) with at least 20 participants, against Serratia marcescens or Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. For the ex vivo experiment, we used pig skin squares prepared in the same way as those used in the in vivo test method and determined the optimal treated sample volumes for sanitizers and the amount of water required to wash off the product. The hand sanitizers showed at least a 5-log reduction in bacterial load in the in vitro test, while they showed little antibacterial activity in the in vivo and ex vivo tests, particularly those with a low alcohol content. For the hand wash products, the in vitro test was limited because of bubble formation or the high viscosity of the products and it showed low antibacterial activity of less than a 1-log reduction against E. coli. In contrast, significantly higher log reductions were observed in ex vivo and in vivo tests, consistently demonstrating these results across the two methods. Our findings revealed that the ex vivo and in vivo tests reflect the two different antibacterial mechanisms of leave-on and wash-off products. Our proposed optimized ex vivo test was more rapid and more precise than the in vitro test to evaluate antibacterial results.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.7-14
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• 1974

These experiments were conducted to learn the antibiosis of microfloral organisms in the casing soil to Mycogone perniciosa, and interactions between M. perniciosa and Agaricus bisporus. The results obtained were as follows: 1. In vitro tests, the development of M. perniciosa was suppressed from the unidentified microfloral organisms in the casing soil. All the infected sporophores of A. bisporus occurred within an area applied with spore suspension of M. perniciosa as spot treatment and no infected ones in the area around the spot treated under cropping conditions. 2. In vitro tests, although the antagonistic relationship between M. perniciosa and A. bisporus was somewhat different in varying the kind of media, A. bisporus ultimately overgrew the colony of M. perniciosa. When spore inoculation of M. perniciosa was applied on the surface of grain spawn of A. bisporus and the mid layer of casing soil under cropping conditions, no infected sporophores were produced, whereas the infected sporophores were only produced on casing soil inoculated on the surface of casing soil with spore suspension.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.109-124
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• 2020

Using panel data on freight rates and ship prices in the dry freighter market from January 2015 to December 2019, this study investigates the characteristics of shipping industry fluctuations. The analysis aims at two aspects of academic contribution. First, this study analyzes the relationship between shipping indicators and ship price based on separate dry-bulk ships, while the previous research considered the overall shipping index and weighted average ship prices. Second, the VAR model for the causality test is extended to a heterogeneous mixed panel model capable of limiting coefficients. There is a peak estimated by removing the cross-correlation problem, which is mainly raised in panel data analysis, using bootstrap estimation and solving the problem of information loss due to differences in non-stationary data. An empirical investigation of the causal relationship between economic fluctuations and ship price shows that the effect on the ship price from the freight is significant at the 1% level. This implies that there is a one-way relationship with demand in the shipping industry rather than a bilateral relationship.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.221-230
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• 2016

Multi-functional floating wetland island (mFWI) was developed in order to prevent algal bloom and to improve water quality through several unit purification processes. A test bed was applied in the stagnant watershed in an urban area, from the summer to the winter season. For the advanced treatment, an artificial phosphorus adsorption/filtration medium was applied with micro-bubble generation, as well as water plants for nutrient removal. It appeared that the efficiency of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total phosphorus (T-P) removal was higher in the warmer season (40.9%, 45.7%) than in the winter (15.9%, 20.0%), and the removal performance (suspended solid, chlorophyll a) in each process differs according to seasonal variation; micro-bubble performed better (33.1%, 39.2%) in the summer, and the P adsorption/filtration and water plants performed better (76.5%, 59.5%) in the winter season. From the results, it was understood that the mFWI performance was dependent upon the pollutant loads in different seasons and unit processes, and thus it requires continuous monitoring under various conditions to evaluate the functions. In addition, micro-bubbles helped prevent the formation of anaerobic zones in the lower part of the floating wetland. This resulted in the water circulation to form a new healthy aquatic ecosystem in the surrounding environment, which confirmed the positive influence of mFWI.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.157-167
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• 2008

The aeration of an overtopping wave on a vertical structure generated by a plunging wave was investigated through laboratory measurements of void fraction. The overtopping wave occurring after wave breaking becomes multi-phased and turbulent with significant aeration, so that the void fraction of the flow is of importance. In this study, fiber optic reflectometer and bubble image velocimetry were employed to measure the void fraction, velocity, and layer thickness of the overtopping flow. Mean properties were obtained by ensembleand time-averaging the repeated instantaneous void fractions and velocities. The mean void fractions show that the overtopping wave is very high-aerated near the overtopping wave front and relatively low-aerated near the deck surface and rear free surface of the wave. The flow rate and momentum of the overtopping flow estimated using the measured data show that the void ratio is an important parameter to consider in the multiphase flow. From the similarity profiles of the depth-averaged void fraction, velocity, and layer thickness, one-dimensional empirical equations were obtained and used to estimate the flow rate and momentum of the overtopping flow.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.333-340
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• 1990

The authors carried out a visiualizational model test by the hydrogen bubble method to examine the pattern of the fluid flow besides the simple camber type and plane type otter board in circulation water channel. The experimental conditions are velocity of flow 0.05 and 0.1m/sec, angle of attack 0$^{\circ}$~45$^{\circ}$(5$^{\circ}$step). The results obtained are as follows: 1. In the case of the simple camber type otter board located angle of attack 25$^{\circ}$, vortex at the leading edge was geneated at 1/2 of chord length. 2. Size of the vortex generated in the trailing edge was about 2~3 times larger then that of the leading edge. 3. In the case of the simple camber type otter board located angle of attack 30$^{\circ}$, separation of stream-line at leading edge was generated at 1/3 of chord length. 4. Nearest stream-line in the back side of the simple camber type otter board was bent in the direction of otter board when the angle of attack was 25$^{\circ}$ and 30$^{\circ}$, and in the case of plane type otter board was expanded outside of the flow direction. 6. Area separated of the simple camber type otter board at the angle of attack 30$^{\circ}$ was smaller then that of plane type otter board. 7. Flow speed in the back side of the simple camber type otter board was about 1.4 times faster then that in the front side, and in the case of the plane otter board about 1.2 times faster.