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Study on Building Science Cloud Testbed for Massive Astronomical Applications (대용량 천문 응용 수행을 위한 사이언스 클라우드 테스트베드 구축 연구)

  • Kim, Joo-Hyun;Kwon, Oh-Kyoung;Jung, Yong-Whan;Kwak, Jae-Hyuck;Kim, Sang-Wan;Yoon, Jun-Weon;Hahm, Jae-Gyoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2011.06b
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    • pp.25-28
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    • 2011
  • 최근 사이언스 컴퓨팅 분야에서 대용량 데이터가 발생하고 있고 컴퓨팅 자원들의 수요도 급증하고 있다. 이로 인해 클라우드 컴퓨팅 기술의 필요성이 중요시되고 있고 전 세계적으로 급속히 발전하고 있다. 천문 연구 분야에서 관측기기의 발전으로 대용량의 천문 데이터가 생산되고 있다. 이를 처리하기 위하여 다양한 클라우드 컴퓨팅 기술을 이용한 데이터 분석 환경이 요구되고 있다. 이러한 환경을 구축하기 위해서는 가상 인프라 자원을 효율적으로 관리할 수 있어야 한다. 현재 가상 인프라 자원을 관리하기 위해 오픈 소스를 개발하는 프로젝트들이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 오픈 소스인 Eucalyptus와 OpenNebula의 기능적인 측면을 크게 10가지로 분류하여 장단점을 비교 분석하였고 OpenNebula의 세 가지 특징인 중앙 집중화된 구조, live migration과 suspend/resume 기능, 커스터마이징 기능이 대용량 천문 응용 수행을 위한 환경을 구축하는데 반드시 필요하기 때문에 OpenNebula를 채택하였다. OpenNebula를 사용해 구축한 사이언스 클라우드 테스트베드는 NFS 서버의 별도 구성을 통한 성능 개선, 하이브리드 클라우드 컴퓨팅 환경 구축, B클래스 사설 네트워크 구성, GUI 기반 사이언스 클라우드 테스트베드 관리 및 모니터링 기능의 4가지 특징을 가지고 있다. 앞으로도 천문 연구자들에게 안정적인 서비스를 제공하기 위하여 관련 연구를 계속할 것이다.

Building an Overseas Infrastructure Offices of the Information Security Industry (정보보호 산업 해외 거점 인프라 생성 연구)

  • Cho, Chang-Duk;Park, Dea-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2016
  • The information security industry is technology-intensive, high value-added industries. South Korea's response has excellent ICT skills and experience and skills in a variety of cyber attacks, has become a benchmark in the world. However, the small size of the domestic information security company, supporting infrastructure is lacking. Domestic information security industry is the primary condition to activate the export. For the export of high value-added enterprise information security products and services, it is necessary the establishment of the domestic IT information security infrastructure of the industrial promotion is based overseas. Come to analyze the domestic information security industry, capital of this small, market reclamation of overseas expansion, information, manpower shortage was a problem. This fact, combined losses caused by cost-free period AS. Therefore, the study on information security in the infrastructure industry overseas bases is necessary. How to select and analyze the causes of infrastructure in selected overseas offices. By utilizing the infrastructure of overseas bases, can raise the added value of the products and services of the Information Security company, we can enable the export of small and medium Information Security company from overseas offices.

Application of Microbial Fuel Cells to Wastewater Treatment Systems Used in the Living Building Challenge (Living Building Challenge의 하수처리시스템에 대한 미생물 연료전지의 응용)

  • Lee, Chae-Young;Liu, Hong;Han, Sun-Kee
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.474-481
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    • 2013
  • Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to the wastewater treatment systems employed in the Living Building Challenge. Methods: I reviewed a range of information on decentralized wastewater treatment technologies such as composting toilets, constructed wetlands, recirculating biofilters, membrane bioreactors, and MFCs. Results: The Living Building Challenge is a set of standards to make buildings more eco-friendly using renewable resources and self-treating water systems. Although there are various decentralized wastewater treatment technologies available, MFCs have been considered an attractive future option for a decentralized system as used in the Living Building Challenge. MFCs can directly convert substrate energy to electricity with high conversion efficiency at ambient and even at low temperatures. MFCs do not require energy input for aeration if using open-air cathodes. Moreover, MFCs have the potential for widespread application in locations lacking water and electrical infrastructure Conclusions: This paper demonstrated the feasibility of MFCs as a novel decentralized wastewater treatment system employed in the Living Building Challenge.

Dynamic field monitoring data analysis of an ancient wooden building in seismic and operational environments

  • Lyu, Mengning;Zhu, Xinqun;Yang, Qingshan
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.1043-1060
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    • 2016
  • The engineering background of this article is an ancient wooden building with extremely high historic and cultural values in Tibet. A full understanding of the dynamic behaviour of this historic building under in-service environments is the basis to assess the condition of the structure, especially its responses to earthquake, environmental and operational loading. A dynamic monitoring system has been installed in the building for over one year and the large amounts of high quality data have been obtained. The paper aims at studying the dynamic behaviour of the wooden building in seismic and operational conditions using the field monitoring data. Specifically the effects of earthquake and crowd loading on the structure's dynamic response are investigated. The monitoring data are decomposed into principal components using the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) technique. The relationship between the average acceleration amplitude and frequencies of the principle components and operational conditions has been discussed. One main contribution is to understand the health condition of complex ancient building based on large databases collected on the field.

ML-based Allowable Axial Loading Estimation of Existing RC Building Structures (기계학습 기반 노후 철근콘크리트 건축물의 축력허용범위 산정 방법)

  • Hwang, Heejin;Oh, Keunyeong;Kang, Jaedo;Shin, Jiuk
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.257-266
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    • 2024
  • Due to seismically deficient details, existing reinforced concrete structures have low lateral resistance capacities. Since these building structures suffer an increase in axial loads to the main structural element due to the green retrofit (e.g., energy equipment/device, roof garden) for CO2 reduction and vertical extension, building capacities are reduced. This paper proposes a machine-learning-based methodology for allowable ranges of axial loading ratio to reinforced concrete columns using simple structural details. The methodology consists of a two-step procedure: (1) a machine-learning-based failure detection model and (2) column damage limits proposed by previous researchers. To demonstrate this proposed method, the existing building structure built in the 1990s was selected, and the allowable range for the target structure was computed for exterior and interior columns.

An Assessment of the Impact of Construction Activities on the Environment in Uganda: A Case Study of Iganga Municipality

  • Muhwezi, Lawrence;Kiberu, Faisal;Kyakula, Michael;Batambuze, Alex O.
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.20-24
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    • 2012
  • Construction while being an economic activity that provides facilities and infrastructure, it is beneficial to man in some aspects and detrimental in others. There have been environmental concerns related to construction activities globally which mainly focus on atmospheric emissions, depletion of natural resources and energy issues. This study was carried out to assess the impacts of construction activities on the environment in Iganga Municipality and to propose measures for their mitigation. The methodology included: review of relevant literature, observations of the general environmental effects of construction activities, focus groups and a survey conducted among construction industry role players to determine their perceptions and opinions regarding environmental impact of construction activities. The collected data was presented in tabular form and analysed by description of responses to questions. The study revealed that forests were the most greatly degraded due to high demand of timber for construction followed by wetlands degradation. The findings of this study will be useful to architects, designers and builders in order to carefully design buildings and other infrastructure that are environmentally friendly and sustainable. Construction materials and their mode of acquisition are harmful threats to the environment. There is need to reduce the consumption of these materials through recycling and reusing wastes to reduce on waste generation, use of virgin materials and the subsequent waste of energy used in new material production.

A new method for optimal selection of sensor location on a high-rise building using simplified finite element model

  • Yi, Ting-Hua;Li, Hong-Nan;Gu, Ming
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.671-684
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    • 2011
  • Deciding on an optimal sensor placement (OSP) is a common problem encountered in many engineering applications and is also a critical issue in the construction and implementation of an effective structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The present study focuses with techniques for selecting optimal sensor locations in a sensor network designed to monitor the health condition of Dalian World Trade Building which is the tallest in the northeast of China. Since the number of degree-of-freedom (DOF) of the building structure is too large, multi-modes should be selected to describe the dynamic behavior of a structural system with sufficient accuracy to allow its health state to be determined effectively. However, it's difficult to accurately distinguish the translational and rotational modes for the flexible structures with closely spaced modes by the modal participation mass ratios. In this paper, a new method of the OSP that computing the mode shape matrix in the weak axis of structure by the simplified multi-DOF system was presented based on the equivalent rigidity parameter identification method. The initial sensor assignment was obtained by the QR-factorization of the structural mode shape matrix. Taking the maximum off-diagonal element of the modal assurance criterion (MAC) matrix as a target function, one more sensor was added each time until the maximum off-diagonal element of the MAC reaches the threshold. Considering the economic factors, the final plan of sensor placement was determined. The numerical example demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

A Study on the Optimal Establishment of the National Scientific and Technical Information Center (국가과학기술문헌센터 건립 최적화 연구)

  • Hong, Hyun-Jin;Jeong, Jun-Min;Kang, Mi-Hee;Jeong, Dae-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.285-318
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this research is to suggest a theoretical base and guideline for the national scientific and technical information center which is assigned to take charge of the management and building knowledge and information infrastructure of the national scientific technology. And the objective of this study is to contribute to strengthen the need of the building of the national scientific and technical information center and provide operation programs and vision toward information center which will be established later. This study suggests a plan and strategy which make it possible to conduct functions as the national repository, clearinghouse, and portal gateway of the electronic resource and propose space program for the optimal building construction. Therefore, the contents of this study cover the building of the national scientific and technical information center as well as the basic plan of scale and space program, validity analysis of site location and environment.

A novel preloading method for foundation underpinning for the remodeling of an existing building

  • Wang, Chengcan;Han, Jin-Tae;Kim, Seokjung;Jang, Young-Eun
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.29-42
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    • 2021
  • The utilization of buildings can be improved by extending them vertically. However, the added load of the extension might require building foundations to be underpinned; otherwise, the loads on the foundations might exceed their bearing capacity. In this study, a preloading method was presented aiming at transferring partial loads from existing piles to underpinning piles. A pneumatic-type model preloading device was developed and used to carry out centrifuge experiments to evaluate the load-displacement behavior of piles, the pile-soil interaction during preloading, and the additional loading caused by vertical extension. The results showed that the preloading devices effectively transfer load from existing piles to underpinning piles. In the additional loading test of group piles, the load-sharing ratio of a pile increased with its stiffness. The load-sharing ratio of a preloaded micropile was less than that of a non-preloaded micropile as a result of the reduction in axial stiffness caused by preloading before additional loading. Therefore, a slight reduction of the load-sharing capacity of an underpinning pile should be considered if the preloading method is applied. Further, two full scale preloading devices was developed. The devices preload underpinning piles and thereby produce reaction forces on a reaction frame to jack existing piles upward, thus transferring load from the existing piles to the underpinning piles. Specifically, screw-type and hydraulic-jack type devices were developed for the practical application of foundation underpinning during vertical extension, and their operability and load transfer effect verified via full-scale structural experiments.

Possibility of Inland Navigation Downstream of the Singok Weir in the Han River (한강 신곡수중보 하류 하구부에서의 선박 통행 가능성)

  • Won, Kim;Chaewoong, Ban;Myounghwan, Kim;Doohan, Lee
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.20-30
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    • 2023
  • This study analyzed the possibility of inland navigation in the Han river mouth, from Singok weir to the junction of Gongleung Stream. As a result of analysis using recent survey data and water level data, it was found that the number of days that a 250 - 400 ton class vessel can operate in the Han river estuary is less than 119 days per year. In the case of a 400 - 1,500 ton class vessel, it was found that only about 47 days per year can be operated. In this region, even in the absence of large-scale floods, the river bed continues to change significantly due to strong tides, indicating that there are limitations in securing a stable waterway. Therefore, for stable inland navigation, it is judged that continuous investigation and analysis of the possibility and stability of waterways are necessary.