• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.9-10
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• 2012

Efficient operation of construction equipment has become more and more important in the competitive construction environment. Accurate measurement of performance rate of construction equipment is a critical factor for a construction project planning. However, it might be quite difficult to measure the performance rate due to diverse practical limitations such as continuously variable performance rate of construction equipment, considerable indirect cost, large construction field, and so on. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose an automatic algorithm that measures a performance rate of construction equipment with a multipurpose composite sensor. It is expected that the algorithm compiles database on construction equipment and in advance, facilitates efficient operation of construction equipment.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2022.06a
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• pp.1252-1252
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• 2022

Temporary work that utilizes temporary equipment (e.g., system scaffold and system pipe support) in construction work is one of the most vulnerable work from a safety perspective in South Korea. Typically, temporary equipment is reused at construction sites. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced guidelines regarding the performance standards for reusable temporary equipment to prevent the accidental collapse of temporary facilities. Nevertheless, temporary facilities' collapse still occurs, which could be attributed to a degradation in the performance due to the reuse of temporary equipment. Therefore, this study investigated the performance of simple temporary structures assembled with new and reused equipment. To this end, an experimental module was designed based on previous research cases, and two experimental models were constructed, in which one was assembled using new equipment (Model A), and the other was built using reused equipment (Model B). To determine the performance of each model, a load test was conducted to measure the maximum load that each model could withstand. The experimental results revealed that the maximum load of Model B was 15% lower than that of Model A. This indicates that there is a meaningful performance difference between those two models. Based on this result, the authors decided to perform additional tests with more realistic models than previous ones. The new experimental module was designed to ensure compliance with the Korean design guidelines. In this presentation, the authors show details of the first tests and their results and plan for the additional test.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.289-297
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• 2009

We numerically analyzed flow characteristics of the polymer melt in the screw equipment using a proper modeling and investigated design parameters which have influence on the mixing performance as the capability of the screw equipment. We considered the non-Newtonian and non-isothermal flow in a single rotor equipment to investigate the mixing performance with respect to screw dimensions as shape parameter of the single rotor equipment and screw speed as process parameter. We used Bird-Carreau-Yasuda model as a viscous model of the polymer melt and the particle tracking method to investigate the mixing performance in the screw equipment and considered four mixing performance indexes: residence time distribution, deformation rate, total strain and particle standard deviation as a new mixing performance index. We compared these indexes to determine design parameters and object function. On basis of the analysis results, we carried out the optimal design by using the response surface method and design of experiments. In conclusion, the differences of results between the optimal value and numerical analysis are about 5.0%.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.1-7
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• 2017

In this paper, we proposed the test equipment that can perform separate performance tests to mass-produce the Automatic Test Equipment. Until now, the performance test of the ATE has been performed after it has been assembled perfectly. It is possible to perform the performance test only when the external device manufacturing and setting of measurement resources and the internal wiring work have been completed. So we have been studying test equipment that separately tested the switching devices that played a key role in the performance of the ATE. To build the test equipment, we reviewed the circuit card assemblies that make up the switching devices. We designed a test equipment that satisfies the performance test and apply the completed test equipment to the actual production process to analyze whether it was effective in improving the time and workability of the performance test. The test equipment has the advantage that it can be used universally in the mass production process of ATE with the same type of switching device.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.100-113
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• 2010

Manufacturing companies' cost competitiveness with respect to equipment management can be achieved by satisfying additional market demands by their own capacity without purchasing additional equipments. In essence, it can be accomplished by making continuous investigation into bottlenecks and improvement on them. Therefore, equipment performance measure systems should be designed so that they can support manufacturing companies' such endeavors. With the purpose of establishing an effective equipment performance measurement system for detecting and improving bottlenecks, this study (1) suggests some desirable features that such a system should have, (2) evaluates conventional equipment performance measurement systems in terms of their usefulness for the detection and improvement of bottlenecks, and (3) proposes an improved system. We also perform a simulation experiment to demonstrate the limitations of the conventional systems and show how the proposed system can resolve the problems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.16-17
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• 2020

The Temporary construction refers to the construction or dismantling of temporary structures installed for the construction of the main structure at the construction site, and the members constituting this temporary facility are called temporary equipment. Temporary equipment used in construction sites is mostly used products that are reused rather than new products, and it is necessary to consider performance degradation due to repeated use. This study is a preliminary study to develop the performance evaluation criteria applied to temporary equipment that is distributed and reused for secondhand. This study is to analyze the performance status of temporary equipment of used goods owned by rental companies by condition grade through performance tests.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.6D
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• pp.765-769
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• 2011

The existing portable reference equipment for ITS systems performance evaluation has several limitations. First, it is difficult to set up and operate the equipment in the road section with the shoulder width equal to or smaller than 1.5m. Secondly, the crash with a car could lead to severe accident since it is big and heavy. Lastly, it cannot collect data from multiple lanes at a time. In this research the characteristics of the USN-based portable reference equipment developed to overcome shortcomings of the existing portable reference equipment were analyzed qualitatively and its performance level was evaluated through the field test. Consequently, the USN-based portable reference equipment turned out to overcome the operational shortcomings and satisfy the performance level required for the portable reference equipment.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.23 no.1 s.97
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• pp.25-32
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• 2007

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the perceived importance of kitchen equipment and facilities on the hygienic performance of cooks in deluxe hotels. Cooks and chefs at 7 different deluxe hotels participated in this study. Out of 490 questionnaires administered, 456 (93.1%) were completed and 419 (91.9%) were analyzed using a statistical package SPSS 12.0. The results were as follows. First, the correlation between sanitary equipment, including HACCP system, in the hotel kitchens and the hygienic management performance confirmed the significant effect of the sanitary equipment on the performance of the cooks and chefs. Second, the sanitary facilities in the hotel kitchens greatly affected the hygienic management performance. The results also demonstrated that the sanitary equipment provided the same contribution to the performance irrespective of the job level, management type and HACCP practice. However, the sanitary facilities greatly affected the management type expecially the chain hotels. The hygienic management performance did not affect the cooking stage (before-cooking and during-cooking), but affected the after-cooking stage according to the management type and the HACCP practice, but not the job level.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.88-95
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• 2018

In this study, to enhance the seismic performance of nuclear power plants (NPP), a small laminated rubber bearing (LRB) is chosen as a seismic design option of the vulnerable equipment. Prior to the application of equipment base isolation, it is necessary to review the feasibility that the technique contributes enough to the seismic performance of NPP by analysis. At first, some preliminary design of small LRBs for equipment is carried out. Design parameters such as horizontal and vertical stiffnesses, design natural frequencies are checked by calculation and analysis for the four design options considering various upper weights. Performance test of small LRB is to be carried out to verify static performance using the results.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.474-482
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• 2020

To ensure the safe operation of offshore plants, a system is needed for evaluating the equipment performance and for monitoring the results. Currently, owing to the operating environments of of shore plants situated far from the land, measurement data must be periodically stored in storage devices and carried on the land for evaluating the equipment performance. Consequently, it is difficult to prevent equipment failure because the performance evaluation cycle is long. Furthermore, until the next performance evaluation is conducted, it is difficult to determine the equipment's degree of performance degradation. Hence, it is necessary to install an onboard equipment performance monitoring system within the offshore plant. In this study, to evaluate and visualize the results of equipment performance within an offshore plant, a database was designed as the initial step towards the development of an equipment performance monitoring system. The tag data of major equipment were selected and analyzed. Furthermore, in order to store and manage the data measured in real time within the offshore plant, a database was developed for the onboard equipment performance monitoring system.