• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2020

In this part, an implicit time dependent solution is presented for the Boltzmann transport equation discretized by the analytic coarse mesh finite difference method (ACMFD) over the spatial domain as well as the simplified P₃ (SP₃) for the angular variable. In the first part of this work we proposed a SP₃-ACMFD approach to solve the static eigenvalue equations which provide the initial conditions for temp dependent equations. Having solved the 3D multi-group SP₃-ACMFD static equations, an implicit approach is resorted to ensure stability of time steps. An exponential behavior is assumed in transverse integrated equations to establish a relationship between flux moments and currents. Also, analytic integration is benefited for the time-dependent solution of precursor concentration equations. Finally, a multi-channel one-phase thermal hydraulic model is coupled to the proposed methodology. Transient equations are then solved at each step using the GMRES technique. To show the sufficiency of proposed transient SP₃-ACMFD approximation for a full core analysis, a comparison is made using transport peers as the reference. To further demonstrate superiority, results are compared with a 3D multi-group transient diffusion solver developed as a byproduct of this work. Outcomes confirm that the idea can be considered as an economic interim approach which is superior to the diffusion approximation, and comparable with transport in results.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.700-706
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• 2005

출입국 관리 시스템은 여권 소지자, 수배자, 출입국 금지자 또는 불법 체류자 등의 출입국 부적격자를 검색하여 출입국자를 관리하고 있다. 이러한 출입국 관리 시스템은 위조 여권 판별이 중요하므로 위조 여권을 판별하는 전 단계로 ART2 기반 RBF네트워크를 제안하여 여권을 인식하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 여권 인식 방법은 소벨 연산자와 스미어링 그리고 윤곽선 추적 알고리즘을 이용하여 코드의 문자열 영역과 개별 코드의 문자를 추출한다. 추출된 개별 코드 인식은 ART2 알고리즘을 기반으로 한 RBF네트워크를 제안하여 여권 인식에 적용한다. 제안된 방법의 성능을 확인하기 위해서 실제 여권 영상들을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 제안된 방법이 여권 인식에 우수한 성능이 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권2A호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2004

본 논문은 CDMA2000 1X 신호 환경에서 동작하는 스마트 안테나 기지국의 각 안테나 소자에서 수신된 독립적인 신호를 이용하여 다이버시티 이득을 얻는 액세스 채널 복조기를 구현하고 구현된 복조기의 성능을 분석한다. 제안된 액세스 채널 복조기는 4개의 핑거를 지원하는 탐색기와 왈쉬 복조기 그리고 복조 제어기로 구성되고, 이들은 Alters사의 백만 게이트급 FPGA인 APEX EP20K1000EBC652와 TI사의 TMS320C6203으로 구현되었다. 제안된 액세스채널 복조기는 스마트 안테나 기지국이 최적의 웨이트 벡터를 얻을 수 없는 액세스 상태에서 데이터 복조 성능을 증가시키는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 실증시험을 통해서 위상 다이버시티 기법이 적용된 액세스채널 복조기의 성능이 기존의 액세스채널 복조기보다 우수함을 액세스 프로브 검출 확률, 액세스 실패 확률, 왈쉬 복조기에서의 $E_{b/}$ $N_{o}$ 항목에서 확인하였다.다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권2C호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 주파수대역 직접확산방식 (DS-SS)의 비행종단시스템을 제안하였고 FPGA를 이용하여 구현된 결과를 보여준다. DS-SS방식의 비행종단시스템은 간섭신호와jamming에 강한 특성이 있을 뿐만 아니라 확산코드를 사용함으로써 인증과 암호화의 효과를 얻을 수 있다. 또한 기존의 아날로그 FM방식의 종단시스템에 비하여 전력을 크게 줄일 수 있다. 오류정정을 위하여 리드-솔로몬(32, 28)코드를 적용하였고 데이터를 암호화하기 위하여 3중 Data Encryption Standard (3DES)암호화를 하였다. 그리고 counter알고리즘을 적용하여 외부 장치의 간섭으로부터 비행체를 보호할 수 있도록 하였다. I채널과 Q채널의 확산코드는 GOLD코드생성기를 이용하여 생성하였다. 시스템은 ALTERA EPXA1F484C3 디바이스로 지상시스템을 구현하였고, FLEX계열인 EPF10K100ARC240 디바이스를 사용하여 비행종단 탑재시스템을 구현하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.152.1-152.1
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• 2011

We report preliminary results of long-slit near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy of Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) with moderate resolution of R ~ 2400. We obtained Jshort (1.04-1.26 micron) and Ks (2.02-2.31 micron) band spectra of 4 LBVs and 3 LBV candidates in Southern hemisphere using IRIS2, infrared imager and spectrograph, mounted on the 4-m Anglo-Australian Telescope. All targets are fairly bright in NIR so that we can obtain high signal-to-noise ratio for clear line detection and modeling. They are also widely distributed in the HR diagram so that we can compare the spectral properties of LBVs in different temperature and luminosity ranges. Among them, we present the results of two well-known LBVs AG Car and HR Car. Their spectra show similar properties with hydrogen, He I, and metallic lines such as Fe II and Mg II, most of them in emission. We discuss, in particular, the He I 1.083 micron lines formed in stellar wind because these two LBVs show large variation in their He I line intensities, compared to previous studies. Since the He I 1.083 line is known to be anticorrelated with the photometric variation of LBVs, strong line intensities with P-Cygni profiles in both stars indicate that they are now near the visual minimum phase. We model the obtained spectra using non-LTE atmosphere code CMFGEN of Hillier (1998) to derive stellar parameters such as wind velocity and mass loss rate, and discuss the long-term variability of stellar parameters of these LBVs. deduced from our otometric solution.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2011

In this paper, a novel design for a dual-band negative group delay circuit (NGDC) is proposed. Composite right/left-handed (CRLH) ${\lambda}/4$ short stubs are employed as a dual-band resonator. A CRLH ${\lambda}/4$ short stub is composed of a typical transmission line element as the right-handed component and a high-pass lumped element section as the left-handed component. It is possible to simultaneously obtain open impedances at two separate frequencies by the combination of distinctive phase responses of the right/left-handed components. Negative group delay (NGD) can be obtained at two frequencies by using dual-band characteristics of the CRLH stub. In order to achieve a bandwidth extension, the proposed structure consists of a two-stage dual-band NGDC with different center frequencies connected in a cascade. According to the experiment performed, with wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), NGDs of $-3.0{\pm}0.4$ ns and $-3.1{\pm}0.5$ ns are obtained at 2.12~2.16 GHz and 3.46~3.54 GHz, respectively.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2012

In this study, a Cartesian-grid method based on finite volume approach is applied to simulate the ship motions in large amplitude waves. Fractional step method is applied for pressure-velocity coupling and TVD limiter is used to interpolate the cell face value for the discretization of convective term. Water, air, and solid phases are identified by using the concept of volume-fraction function for each phase. In order to capture the interface between air and water, the tangent of hyperbola for interface capturing (THINC) scheme is used with weighed line interface calculation (WLIC) method which considers multidimensional information. The volume fraction of solid body embedded in the Cartesian grid system is calculated using a level-set based algorithm, and the body boundary condition is imposed by a volume weighted formula. Numerical simulations for the two-dimensional barge type model and Wigley hull in linear waves have been carried out to validate the newly developed code. To demonstrate the applicability for highly nonlinear wave-body interactions such as green water on the deck, numerical analysis on the large-amplitude motion of S175 containership is conducted and all computational results are compared with experimental data.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.821-830
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• 2007

Feedwater heaters of many nuclear power plants have recently experienced severe wall thinning damage, which will increase as operating time progresses. Several nuclear power plants in Korea have experienced wall thinning damage in the area around the impingement baffle-installed downstream of the high pressure turbine extraction steam line- inside number 5A and 5B feedwater heaters. At that point, the extracted steam from the high pressure turbine is two phase fluid at high temperature, high pressure, and high speed. Since it flows in reverse direction after impinging the impingement baffle, the shell wall of the number 5 high pressure feedwater heater may be affected by flow-accelerated corrosion. This paper describes the comparisons between the numerical results using the FLUENT code and the down scale experimental data on effect of geometry of the impingement baffle plate on the shell wall thinning. Additionally, a new type impingement baffle plate was installed above the impingement baffle plate in the feedwater heater and then the numerical and experimental study were performed in the same progress.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.74-84
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• 2015

If a transient occurs in a nuclear power plant (NPP), operators will try to protect the NPP by estimating the kind of abnormality and mitigating it based on recommended procedures. Similarly, operators take actions based on severe accident management guidelines when there is the possibility of a severe accident occurrence in an NPP. In any such situation, information about the occurrence time of severe accident-related events can be very important to operators to set up severe accident management strategies. Therefore, support systems that can quickly provide this kind of information will be very useful when operators try to manage severe accidents. In this research, the occurrence times of several events that could happen during a severe accident were predicted using support vector machines with short time variations of plant status variables inputs. For the preliminary step, the break location and size of a loss of coolant accident (LOCA) were identified. Training and testing data sets were obtained using the MAAP5 code. The results show that the proposed algorithm can correctly classify the break location of the LOCA and can estimate the break size of the LOCA very accurately. In addition, the occurrence times of severe accident major events were predicted under various severe accident paths, with reasonable error. With these results, it is expected that it will be possible to apply the proposed algorithm to real NPPs because the algorithm uses only the early phase data after the reactor SCRAM, which can be obtained accurately for accident simulations.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.881-892
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• 2016

Following the Fukushima accident and its extended station blackout, attention was brought to the importance of the spent fuel pools' (SFPs) behavior in case of a prolonged loss of the cooling system. Since then, many analytical works have been performed to estimate the timing of hypothetical fuel uncovery for various SFP types. Experimentally, however, little was done to investigate issues related to the formation of a flammable gas mixture, distribution, and stratification in the SFP building itself and to some extent assess the capability for the code to correctly predict it. This paper presents the main outcomes of the Experiments on Spent Fuel Pool (ESFP) project carried out under the auspices of Swissnuclear (Framework 2012-2013) in the PANDA facility at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. It consists of an experimental investigation focused on hydrogen concentration build-up into a SFP building during a predefined scaled scenario for different venting positions. Tests follow a two-phase scenario. Initially steam is released to mimic the boiling of the pool followed by a helium/steam mixture release to simulate the deterioration of the oxidizing spent fuel. Results shows that while the SFP building would mainly be inerted by the presence of a high concentration of steam, the volume located below the level of the pool in adjacent rooms would maintain a high air content. The interface of the two-gas mixture presents the highest risk of flammability. Additionally, it was observed that the gas mixture could become stagnant leading locally to high hydrogen concentration while steam condenses. Overall, the experiments provide relevant information for the potentially hazardous gas distribution formed in the SFP building and hints on accident management and on eventual retrofitting measures to be implemented in the SFP building.