• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권10호
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• pp.3650-3659
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• 2022

We proposed a modification of a double cascade scheme to enrich reprocessed uranium. Such a cascade scheme represents a combination of one cascade with "broadening" of the flow and an ordinary three-flow cascade. A calculation and optimization method has been developed for the proposed scheme according to various efficiency criteria. It is shown that the proposed scheme makes it possible to obtain low-enriched uranium of commercial quality using reprocessed uranium of different initial compositions. For example, the enrichment of reprocessed uranium, which had gone through five consequent recycles, was considered. The proposed scheme allowed to enrich it with simultaneous fulfillment of restrictions on isotopes ²³²U, ²³⁴U, and ²³⁶U. Such results indicate the scheme's applicability under conditions of multiple recycling of uranium in reactor fuel. Computational experiments have shown that in the proposed modification, a noticeable saving of natural uranium in the cycle (~18%) can be achieved, provided that the additional consumption of separative work does not exceed 10%, compared with the case of enrichment of natural uranium to obtain LEU of equivalent quality.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.148-151
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• 2008

In a double-passage cascade apparatus, only two blades are installed in order to increase the accuracy of experimental result by applying bigger blade than the size of multi-blades on the same apparatus. However, this causes difficulties to make correct periodic condition. In this study, sidewalls are designed to meet periodic condition without removing the operating fluid or adjusting tail boards. Surface Mach number on the blade surface is applied to a responsible variable, and 12 design variables which are related with sidewall profile control are selected. A gradient based optimization is adopted for wall design and CFX-11 is used for the internal flow computation. The computed result shows that it could obtain the same flow structure by modifying only the sidewalls of the double-passage cascade apparatus.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.797-806
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 선형 캐스케이드 실험장치의 유로를 캐스케이드 피치의 두배 넓이로 설정하고 두 개의 블레이드만을 설치하였다. 따라서 동일한 실험장치에서 다수개의 블레이드를 설치하는 경우에 비하여 큰 블레이드에서 실험이 가능하도록 하였다. 아울러 두 개의 블레이드 설치에 따른 주기조건의 어려움을 해소하기 위하여 실험장치 내의 작동유체의 배출이나 꼬리판의 조정을 하지 않아도 주기조건이 되도록 하는 실험장치의 벽면을 설계하였다. 이를 위하여 주기조건에서 얻어진 블레이드 표면에서의 마하수와 동일한 결과가 얻어지도록 목적함수를 설정하였으며, 설계변수로는 벽면의 형상변경과 관련이 있는 12개의 변수를 사용하였다. 벽면의 설계는 기울기 기반의 최적화법을 사용하였으며, 내부유동장의 계산은 상용코드인 CFX-11을 사용하였다. 두 결과의 비교에서 벽면의 조정만으로도 동일한 유동특성이 얻어질 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1055-1062
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• 2022

매시브 배열 안테나를 이용한 매시브 MIMO(: Multi Input Multi Output) 기술을 이용하기 위해서는 신호의 도래각(Angle of Arrival : AOA) 파악이 필수적으로 요구된다. 매시브 배열 안테나를 하면 기존 AOA 추정 알고리즘은 뛰어난 추정 성능을 갖지만, 안테나 요소 수에 비례하여 계산복잡도가 증가하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘이 제안되었으며 다수의 논문을 통해 단일 형상의 (비)매시브 배열 안테나에 대한 성능이 입증되었다. 하지만 단일 및 이중 림 어레이 안테나가 적용된 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘의 계산복잡도 비교는 이루어지지 않았다. 본 논문에서는 단일 및 이중 림 어레이를 캐스케이드 AOA 추정 알고리즘에 적용된 경우 AOA 추정을 위한 계산복잡도를 비교 분석한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.969-978
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• 2008

선형 캐스케이드 실험장치에서 블레이드간에 주기조건을 만족하면서 적은 개수의 블레이드를 적용하는 것은 실험의 정확도 향상뿐만 아니라 실험수행에 여러 장점을 제공한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 유로를 캐스케이드 피치의 두 배 넓이로 설정하고 두 개의 블레이드만을 설치하였을 때 주기조건이 얻어지도록 하는 벽면의 형상설계에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 주기조건에서 얻어진 블레이드 표면에서의 마하수와 동일한 결과가 얻어지도록 목적함수를 설정하였으며, 설계변수로는 벽면의 형상과 관련이 있는 12개의 변수를 선정하였다. 벽면의 설계를 위하여 기울기 기반의 최적화법을 사용하였으며, 목적함수에 민감한 변화를 나타내는 영역의 조정과 가중치를 사용하였다. 이러한 방식으로 얻어진 결과에서 주기조건과 동일한 유동특성이 얻어질 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.825-830
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• 2004

A numerical analysis based on two-dimensional and three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations has been carried out for double-circular-arc (DCA) compressor cascades. Two types of double-circular-arc cascades were used in this analysis. The appropriate turbulence model for compressor analysis was selected among the conventional turbulence models such as Baldwin-Lomax, k-$\varepsilon$ and k-$\varepsilon$ models. The results of current study were compared with available experimental data at various incidence angles. The 2-D and 3-D computational codes based on SIMPLE/PWIM algorithm for collocated grid and hybrid scheme for the convective terms were the main features of numerical tools. As commonly known, turbulence modeling is very important for the prediction of cascade flows, which are extremely complex with separation and reattachment by adverse pressure gradient. For selection of turbulence model, 2-D analysis was performed. And then, k-$\varepsilon$ turbulence model with wall function chosen as the reasonable turbulence model for 3-D calculation was used to increase the efficiency of computation times. A reasonable result of 3-D flow pattern passing through the double-circular-arc cascade was obtained.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.432-438
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• 2002

In order to design and analyze the performance of an axial-flow pump it is necessary to know the flow deviation, deflection angle and pressure loss coefficient as a function of the angle of incidence for the hydrofoil section in use. Because such functions are unique to the particular section, however, general correlation formulae are not available for the multitude of hydrofoil profiles, and such functions must be generated by either experiment or numerical simulation for the given or selected hydrofoil section. The purpose of present study is to generate design correlations for hydrofoils with double circular arc (DCA) camber by numerical analysis using a commercial code, FLUENT. The cascade configuration is determined by a combination of the inlet blade angle, blade thickness, camber angle, and cascade solidity, and a total of 90 cascade configurations are analyzed in this study. The inlet Reynolds number based on the chord and the inlet absolute velocity is fixed at 5${\times}$10$\^$5/. Design correlations are formulated, based on the data at the incidence angle of minimum total pressure loss. The correlations obtained in this way show good agreement with the experiment data collected at NASA with DCA hydrofoils.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.337-351
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• 2021

Automatically recognizing facial expressions in video sequences is a challenging task because there is little direct correlation between facial features and subjective emotions in video. To overcome the problem, a video facial expression recognition method using spatiotemporal recurrent neural network and feature fusion is proposed. Firstly, the video is preprocessed. Then, the double-layer cascade structure is used to detect a face in a video image. In addition, two deep convolutional neural networks are used to extract the time-domain and airspace facial features in the video. The spatial convolutional neural network is used to extract the spatial information features from each frame of the static expression images in the video. The temporal convolutional neural network is used to extract the dynamic information features from the optical flow information from multiple frames of expression images in the video. A multiplication fusion is performed with the spatiotemporal features learned by the two deep convolutional neural networks. Finally, the fused features are input to the support vector machine to realize the facial expression classification task. The experimental results on cNTERFACE, RML, and AFEW6.0 datasets show that the recognition rates obtained by the proposed method are as high as 88.67%, 70.32%, and 63.84%, respectively. Comparative experiments show that the proposed method obtains higher recognition accuracy than other recently reported methods.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.17-21
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• 1999

There were four types of stomach contour included eutonic, hypotonic, steerhorn, and cascade. The aim of this study is to clarify relationship between incidence of stomach cancer and contour variation of the stomach. Double-contrast upper gastrointestinal study was performed in 1,546 patients, who had dyspepsia or other gastrointestinal tract symptoms. The radiographs were classified into the four types including eutonic, hypotonic, steerhorn, and cascade according to stomach contour in relation to body build. We also reviewed pathologic reports on endoscopic biopsy or surgical specimen. We studied the presence of relationship between incidence of stomach cancer and variation of stomach contour. We also examined the incidence of gastritis and gastric ulcer to the stomach contour variation. Of total 1,546 patients, eutonic stomach were 438(28.3%), hypotonic 911(58.9%), steerhorn 102(6.5%) and cascade 95(6.2%). Stomach cancer was found in 139(31.7%) of 438 eutonic stomachs, in 135(14.8%) of 911 hypotonic, in 42(41.2%) of 102 steerhorn, and in 24(36.9%) of 95 cascade (p=0.001). In hypotonic stomach, the incidence of stomach cancer was lower compared to the other three types significantly (p<0.05). Gastritis or gastric ulcer was found in 146(33.3%) of eutonic stomach, in 293(32,1%) of hypotonic, in 36(35.2%) of steerhorn, and in 26(27.3%) of cascade (p=0.640). In conclusion, gastric contour variation seems to be a factor affecting development of stomach cancer. The patients with hypotonic stomach may have lower incidence of stomach cancer than that of the other types. There was no relationship between the contour and gastritis or gastric ulcer.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2002

2차원, 3차원 비압축성 Navier-Stokes 방정식을 이용하여 DCA 압축기 익렬의 수치해석을 수행하고, 여러 가지 입사각에 대해 실험치와 비교.검토하였다. SIMPLE 알고리즘을 적용한 2차원, 3차원 코드는 대류항의 이산화에 하이브리드 도식을, 집중격자기법을 사용할 때 발생할 수 있는 압력진동해를 방지하기 위하여 PWIM을 사용하였다. 캐스케이드 유동을 예측하는데 있어서 가장 중요한 요소 중의 하나가 난류모델링이다. 이는 캐스케이드 내의 유동이 역압력구배에 의한 박리와 재부착 등의 복잡한 양상을 보이기 때문이다. 본 연구에서는 계산시간의 효율성을 고려해 $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ 벽법칙 모델을 사용하였다.