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Development of Automated Welding System for Construction: Focused on Robotic Arm Operation for Varying Weave Patterns

  • Doyun Lee;Guang-Yu Nie;Aman Ahmed;Kevin Han
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2022
  • Welding is a significant part of the construction industry. Since most high-rise building construction structures rely on a robust metal frame welded together, welding defect can damage welded structures and is critical to safety and quality. Despite its importance and heavy usage in construction, the labor shortage of welders has been a continuous challenge to the construction industry. To deal with the labor shortage, the ultimate goal of this study is to design and develop an automated robotic welding system composed of a welding machine, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), robotic arm, and visual sensors. This paper proposes and focuses on automated weaving using the robotic arm. For automated welding operation, a microcontroller is used to control the switch and is added to a welding torch by physically modifying the hardware. Varying weave patterns are mathematically programmed. The automated weaving is tested using a brush pen and a ballpoint pen to clearly see the patterns and detect any changes in vertical forces by the arm during weaving. The results show that the weave patterns have sufficiently high consistency and precision to be used in the actual welding. Lastly, actual welding was performed, and the results are presented.

Advanced Amorphous Silicon TFT Backplane for AMOLED Display

  • Han, Min-Koo;Shin, Hee-Sun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08b
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    • pp.1673-1676
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    • 2007
  • We have investigated the degradation mechanism of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a- Si:H) thin film transistors (TFTs) The threshold voltage of driving a-Si:H TFT is shifted severely by electrical bias due to a charge trapping and defect state creation. And the short channel TFTs exhibit less threshold voltage degradation than long channel TFTs. We propose the pixel circuits employing negative bias annealing scheme in order to suppression of threshold voltage shift of a-Si:H TFT.

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A New Approach for Built-in Self-Test of 4.5 to 5.5 GHz Low-Noise Amplifiers

  • Ryu, Jee-Youl;Noh, Seok-Ho
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.355-363
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a low-cost RF parameter estimation technique using a new RF built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and efficient DC measurement for 4.5 to 5.5 GHz low noise amplifiers (LNAs). The BIST circuit measures gain, noise figure, input impedance, and input return loss for an LNA. The BIST circuit is designed using $0.18\;{\mu}m$ SiGe technology. The test technique utilizes input impedance matching and output DC voltage measurements. The technique is simple and inexpensive.

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Six Sigma Campaign of Samsung Display Device (삼성전관의 6시그마 추진사례)

  • 김학수
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.211-222
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    • 1999
  • 6 Sigma is defined as the state of "defect free quality" with only 3.4 defective, goods out of 1 million. Samsung Display Device(SDD) was quick to embark on a new way of quality innovation. The goals of 6 Sigma campaign are established on the foundation of customer satisfaction such as quality, cost and service. Production field of SDD has a special 6 Sigma campaign, SQM(Standard Quality Management). Quality qualification system is introduced and implemented with strong reinforcement. C-S-I(Chart-Solve-Implement) model which was made by Dr. Bajaria(1991) is adopted for the project. All the workers of company will be encouraged to participate in the drive.

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X-ray Scattering Studies for Phase Separated Composite Organic Films

  • Choi, H.;Eom, K.E.;Wang, Q.;Kumar, S.;Kim, J.H.;Shin, S.T.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.1229-1232
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    • 2004
  • The ratio of optimized concentration on optical characteristics for phase-separated composite organic films (PSCOF) liquid crystal display is 30% of pre-polymer (NOA65) and 70% of ferroelectric liquid crystal (Felix). The layer structure in ferroelectric liquid crystal cell made by 30% NOA65 and 70% Felix materials is tilt-bookshelf layer structure. The angle of tilt-bookshelf structure are 17$^{\circ}$, 12$^{\circ}$ which are almost same of tilt angle of ferroelectric liquid crystal in Sm $C^{\ast}$ phase. We know that this result is from compensating the layer buckling. In this paper, we will discuss the effect of layer structure in PSCOF cell on ratio of concentration between pre-polymer and liquid crystal by x-ray measurements. We believe that technology of PSCOF is a good solution to solve the problems of align-defect and mechanical shock for future TV application and plastic LCD.

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Gene-Specific Repair of 6-4 Photoproducts in Trichothiodystrophy Cells

  • Nathan, Sheila;Van Hoffen, Anneke;Mullenders, Leon H.F.;Mayne, Lynne V.
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.554-560
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    • 1999
  • TTD1BI cells are non-hypersensitive to UV irradiation and perform normal genome repair of pyrimidine dimers but fail to excise 6-4 photoproducts and, concomitantly, are unable to restore RNA synthesis levels following UV irradiation. This pointed to a detect in gene-specific repair and this study was undertaken to examine repair of 6-4 photoproducts at the gene-level. The results indicated a defect in gene-specific repair of 6-4 photoproducts in active genes, although strand-specificity of 6-4 photoproduct removal was essentially similar to that of normal cells. These findings indicate that the near normal UV resistance of TTD1BI cells may be due to the inability of these cells to remove DNA lesions preferentially, as well as to the cells opting out of the cell cycle to repair damage before resuming replication.

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On Electric Field Induced Processes in Ionic Compounds

  • Schmalzried, H.
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.499-505
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    • 2001
  • The behaviour of ionic compound crystals under combined chemical and externally applied electrical potential gradients is discussed. Firstly, a systematic overview is given. Then a formal analysis follows. The transport equations of the ions and the electric defects predict that even with reversible electrodes demixing, and in particular decomposition of the compound will occur if the applied d.c. current density is sufficiently high. These predictions are illustrated by appropriate experiments. With the help of the solid solution (Me, Fe)O, where Fe-ions are the dilute species, we investigate experimentally the behaviour of a ternary ionic crystal under a d.c. electric current load. All the compounds were placed in a galvanic cell, and the internal reactions which then could be observed were driven by the electric field in this cell. In addition, we discuss the influence of the electric field on the classical solid state reaction AX+BX=ABX$_2$, if again the reaction couple is placed in a galvanic cell.

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Yield and Compression Behavior of Semi-Solid Material by Upper-Bound Method

  • Park, Joon-Hong;Kim, Chul;Kim, Byung-Min;Park, Jae-Chan
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2001
  • The compression behavior of semi-solid materials is studied from a viewpoint of yield criteria and analysis methods. To describe the behavior of materials in semi-solid state, several theories have been proposed by extending the concept of plasticity of porous compressible materials. In the present work, the upper-bound method and the finite element method are used to model the simple compression process using yield criteria of Kuhn and Doraivelu. Segregation between solid and liquid which cause defect of product is analysed for Sn-15%Pb and A356 alloys during deformation in semi-solid state. The comparison of analyses is made according to yield criteria and analysis methods. In addition, the analysis result for semi-solid dendritic Sn-15%Pb alloy is compared with the experimental result of Charreyron et al..

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Studies of Molecular Orientation for Ferrielectric Liquid Crystal by Phase Transitions

  • Kim, S.W.;Choi, H.;Song, J.H.;KIm, J.H.;Kumar, S.;Choi, J.W.;Kim, Y.B.;Shin, S.T.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.01a
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    • pp.61-62
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    • 2000
  • We have studied the molecular orientation by the phase transitions of the chiral smectic liquid crystals, 4-(1-Trifluoromethyl-6-ethoxy-hexyloxycarbonlphenyl)-4-nonyloxybiphenyl-4-carbo-xylate (R-TFMEOHPNBC) to seek the original solution of the zig-zag defect using two different experimental techniques; optical system and x-ray scattering. The phase sequence is gamma ferroelectric $(SmC{\gamma}\;^*)$ ${\rightarrow}$ smectic A (SmA) ${\rightarrow}$ isotropic (I). Existence of two layer spacing at chiral smectic phase gives a possibility of the molecular orientation in two different tilt angles, ${\theta}\;_1$ and ${\theta}\;_2$, which are separated each other to the layer normal at a given temperature. The gamma ferroelectric-like phase is, first, discovered in the single compound.

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Condition Assessment Models and Fuzzy Reliability Analysis of Structural Systems (구조시스템의 퍼지신뢰성해석 및 상태평가모델)

  • 이증빈;손용우;박주원
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.61-68
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    • 1998
  • It has become important to evaluate the qualitive reliability and condition assessment of existing structural systems in order to establish a rational program for repair and maintenance. Since most of if existing structural system may suffer from defect corrosion and damage, it is necessary to account for their effects in fuzzy reliability analysis, In this paper, an attempt is made to develope a reliability analysis for damaged structural systems using failure possibility theory. Damage state is specified in terms of linguistic valiables using natural language information and numerical information, which are defined by fuzzy sets. Using a subjective condition index of failure possibility and information of the damage state is introduced into the calculation of failure probability. The subjective condition index of quantitative and qualitative analysis method is newly proposed based on the fuzzy set operations, namely logical product, drastic product, logical sum and drastic sum

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