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Analysis of job characteristics by the Dietitian's Job description for dietitians in different practice areas (영양사 직무기술서 (2000년)의 영양사 근무 영역별 직무특성 비교 분석)

  • Jang, Yeong-Ju;Mun, Hyeon-Gyeong
    • Journal of the Korean Dietetic Association
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.227-239
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to compare the dietitian’s job in dietitian’ s practice area using the dietitians job description(2000). To do this the survey was carried out for the frequency, criticality and difficulty of each job discription with 3 point scales. Questionaires sent to 521 dietitians. The number of returened questionnaires was 252. The number of dietitians working at each area was 125 at the school foodservice, 39 at the institutional foodservice, 62 at the hospital, 13 at the public health center and 13 at the catering company. The results of this study can be summarized as followed ; Experiences, level of education and age were significantly different by dietitian’s practice areas.(p<0.001) For frequency, duties of nutrition services had lower score than that of food services in all practice area. Frequency of each job description was significantly differences duties of all.(p<0.05) For criticality, duties except of meal services, financial managements, life cycle nutrition managements were significantly different by dietitian’ s practice areas.(p<0.05) For difficulty, duties except of self promotions were significantly different by dietitian’s practice areas .(p<0.05)

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Expert System for FMECA Using Minimal Cut Set and Fuzzy Theory (최소절단집합과 퍼지이론을 이용한 FMECA 전문가 시스템)

  • Kim, Dong-Jin;Kim, Jin-O;Kim, Hyung-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.342-347
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    • 2009
  • Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) is one of most widely used methods in modern engineering system to investigate potential failure modes and its severity upon the system. While performing FMECA, the experts evaluates criticality and severity of each failure mode and visualize the risk level matrix putting those indices to column and row variable respectably. Which results uncertainty in the result. In order to handle the uncertainty and conclude risk level matrix, this paper proposes a new FMECA procedure using minimal cut set (MCS) and fuzzy theory. Severity is calculated by proposed structural importance while criticality is determined by typical equipment failure rate data from IEEE Std 493. Finally, the risk level is compounded of these indices.

Nuclear Criticality Analyses of Two Different Disposal Canisters for Deep Geological Repository Considering Burnup Credit

  • Hyungju Yun;Manho Han;Seo-Yeon Cho
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.501-510
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    • 2022
  • The nuclear criticality analyses considering burnup credit were performed for a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) disposal cell consisting of bentonite buffer and two different types of SNF disposal canister: the KBS-3 canister and small standardized transportation, aging and disposal (STAD) canister. Firstly, the KBS-3 & STAD canister containing four SNFs of the initial enrichment of 4.0wt% 235U and discharge burnup of 45,000 MWD/MTU were modelled. The keff values for the cooling times of 40, 50, and 60 years of SNFs were calculated to be 0.79108, 0.78803, and 0.78484 & 0.76149, 0.75683, and 0.75444, respectively. Secondly, the KBS-3 & STAD canister with four SNFs of 4.5wt% and 55,000 MWD/MTU were modelled. The keff values for the cooling times of 40, 50, and 60 years were 0.78067, 0.77581, and 0.77335 & 0.75024, 0.74647, and 0.74420, respectively. Therefore, all cases met the performance criterion with respect to the keff value, 0.95. The STAD canister had the lower keff values than KBS-3. The neutron absorber plates in the STAD canister significantly affected the reduction in keff values although the distance among the SNFs in the STAD canister was considerably shorter than that in the KBS-3 canister.

The impact of fuel depletion scheme within SCALE code on the criticality of spent fuel pool with RBMK fuel assemblies

  • Andrius Slavickas;Tadas Kaliatka;Raimondas Pabarcius;Sigitas Rimkevicius
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.12
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    • pp.4731-4742
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    • 2022
  • RBMK fuel assemblies differ from other LWR FA due to a specific arrangement of the fuel rods, the low enrichment, and the used burnable absorber - erbium. Therefore, there is a challenge to adapt modeling tools, developed for other LWR types, to solve RBMK problems. A set of 10 different depletion simulation schemes were tested to estimate the impact on reactivity and spent fuel composition of possible SCALE code options for the neutron transport modelling and the use of different nuclear data libraries. The simulations were performed using cross-section libraries based on both, VII.0 and VII.1, versions of ENDF/B nuclear data, and assuming continuous energy and multigroup simulation modes, standard and user-defined Dancoff factor values, and employing deterministic and Monte Carlo methods. The criticality analysis with burn-up credit was performed for the SFP loaded with RBMK-1500 FA. Spent fuel compositions were taken from each of 10 performed depletion simulations. The criticality of SFP is found to be overestimated by up to 0.08% in simulation cases using user-defined Dancoff factors comparing the results obtained using the continuous energy library (VII.1 version of ENDF/B nuclear data). It was shown that such discrepancy is determined by the higher U-235 and Pu-239 isotopes concentrations calculated.

Stochastic FMECA Assessment for Optimal RCM of Combustion-Turbine Generating Unit (복합화력발전기의 신뢰도 기반 유지보수를 위한 확률론적 FMECA 평가)

  • Joo, Jae-Myung;Lee, Seung-Hyuk;Shin, Jun-Seok;Kim, Jin-O
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.254-259
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    • 2007
  • PM(Preventive Maintenance) can avail the generating unit to reduce cost and gain more profit in a competitive supply-side power market. So, it is necessary to perform reliability analysis on the power systems in which reliability is essential. Thus, to schedule optimal PM planning based on reliability that is defined RCM(Reliability-Centered Maintenance), FMECA(Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis) assessment is very important. Therefore, in this paper, the procedure of FMECA assessment for optimal RCM is proposed by probabilistic approach using real historical failure data of combustion-turbine generators in Korean power systems. The stochastic FMECA is performed based on the effects of probable failure modes of combustion-turbine generating unit.

Design of reliability critical system using axiomatic design with FMECA

  • Goo, Bongeun;Lee, Joohee;Seo, Suwon;Chang, Daejun;Chung, Hyun
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.11-21
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    • 2019
  • In product design, the initial design stage is being increasingly emphasized because it significantly influences the successive product development and production stages. However, for larger and more complex products, it is very difficult to accurately predict product reliability in the initial design stage. Various design methodologies have been proposed to resolve this issue, but maintaining reliability while exploring design alternatives is yet to be achieved. Therefore, this paper proposes a methodology for conceptual design considering reliability issues that may arise in the successive detailed design stages. The methodology integrates the independency of axiomatic design and the hierarchical structure of failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA), which is a technique widely used to analyze product reliability. We applied the proposed methodology to a liquefied natural gas fuel gas supply system to verify its effectiveness in the reliability improvement of the design process.

A Probabilistic based Systems Approach to Reliability Prediction of Solid Rocket Motors

  • Moon, Keun-Hwan;Gang, Jin-Hyuk;Kim, Dong-Seong;Kim, Jin-Kon;Choi, Joo-Ho
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.565-578
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    • 2016
  • A probabilistic based systems approach is addressed in this study for the reliability prediction of solid rocket motors (SRM). To achieve this goal, quantitative Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) approach is employed to determine the reliability of components, which are integrated into the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to obtain the system reliability. The quantitative FMECA is implemented by burden and capability approach when they are available. Otherwise, the semi-quantitative FMECA is taken using the failure rate handbook. Among the many failure modes in the SRM, four most important problems are chosen to illustrate the burden and capability approach, which are the rupture, fracture of the case, and leak due to the jointed bolt and O-ring seal failure. Four algorithms are employed to determine the failure probability of these problems, and compared with those by the Monte Carlo Simulation as well as the commercial code NESSUS for verification. Overall, the study offers a comprehensive treatment of the reliability practice for the SRM development, and may be useful across the wide range of propulsion systems in the aerospace community.