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Design of an FPGA-Based RTL-Level CAN IP Using Functional Simulation for FCC of a Small UAV System

  • Choe, Won Seop;Han, Dong In;Min, Chan Oh;Kim, Sang Man;Kim, Young Sik;Lee, Dae Woo;Lee, Ha-Joon
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.675-687
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    • 2017
  • In the aerospace industry, we have produced various models according to operational conditions and the environment after development of the base model is completed. Therefore, when design change is necessary, there are modification and updating costs of the circuit whenever environment variables change. For these reasons, recently, in various fields, system designs that can flexibly respond to changing environmental conditions using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are attracting attention, and the rapidly changing aerospace industry also uses FPGAs to organize the system environment. In this paper, we design the controller area network (CAN) intellectual property (IP) protocol used instead of the avionics protocol that includes ARINC-429 and MIL-STD-1553, which are not suitable for small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems at the register transistor logic (RTL) level, which does not depend on the FPGA vender, and we verify the performance. Consequentially, a Spartan 6 FPGA model-based system on chip (SoC) including an embedded system is constructed by using the designed CAN communications IP and Xilinx Microblaze, and the configured SoC only recorded an average 32% logic element usage rate in the Spartan 6 FPGA model.

A review of recent research advances on structural health monitoring in Western Australia

  • Li, Jun;Hao, Hong
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.33-49
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    • 2016
  • Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has been attracting numerous research efforts around the world because it targets at monitoring structural conditions and performance to prevent catastrophic failure, and to provide quantitative data for engineers and infrastructure owners to design a reliable and economical asset management strategy. In the past decade, with supports from Australian Research Council (ARC), Cooperative Research Center for Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM), CSIRO and industry partners, intensive research works have been conducted in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Western Australia and Centre for Infrastructural Monitoring and Protection, Curtin University on various techniques of SHM. The researches include the development of hardware, software and various algorithms, such as various signal processing techniques for operational modal analysis, modal analysis toolbox, non-model based methods for assessing the shear connection in composite bridges and identifying the free spanning and supports conditions of pipelines, vibration based structural damage identification and model updating approaches considering uncertainty and noise effects, structural identification under moving loads, guided wave propagation technique for detecting debonding damage, and relative displacement sensors for SHM in composite and steel truss bridges. This paper aims at summarizing and reviewing the recent research advances on SHM of civil infrastructure in Western Australia.

Hybrid bolt-loosening detection in wind turbine tower structures by vibration and impedance responses

  • Nguyen, Tuan-Cuong;Huynh, Thanh-Canh;Yi, Jin-Hak;Kim, Jeong-Tae
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.385-403
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    • 2017
  • In recent years, the wind energy has played an increasingly important role in national energy sector of many countries. To harvest more electric power, the wind turbine (WT) tower structure becomes physically larger, which may cause more risks during long-term operation. Associated with the great development of WT projects, the number of accidents related to large-scaled WT has also been increased. Therefore, a structural health monitoring (SHM) system for WT structures is needed to ensure their safety and serviceability during operational time. The objective of this study is to develop a hybrid damage detection method for WT tower structures by measuring vibration and impedance responses. To achieve the objective, the following approaches are implemented. Firstly, a hybrid damage detection scheme which combines vibration-based and impedance-based methods is proposed as a sequential process in three stages. Secondly, a series of vibration and impedance tests are conducted on a lab-scaled model of the WT structure in which a set of bolt-loosening cases is simulated for the segmental joints. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed hybrid damage detection method is experimentally evaluated via its performance during the damage detection process in the tested model.

Research and Development Trend of Pertraction Process using Membrane (분리막을 이용한 투과추출공정의 연구와 개발 동향)

  • Kim, Deuk Ju;Choi, Whee Moon;Nam, Sang Yong
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.381-394
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    • 2012
  • Recently, a variety of chemical and physical methods are employed to separate ionic materials from complex aqueous. Most of all, membrane pertraction using contactor has been considered as alternative recovery and separation system in field of chemical, petrochemical and medicines because heavy metals, hydrocarbon based materials in contaminants like wastewater can be recovered by pertraction system. Also, pertraction process has characteristics such as ease of operation, lower energy consumption and operational cost, higher selectivity. This work investigates some example of developed membrane and their performance for the application of pertraction process.

Development of Cable for Towed Array Sonar System (예인 음탐기용 케이블 개발)

  • Yang, Seung-Yun;Kim, Jung-Suk;Kim, Chul-Min;Lee, Jin-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.559-566
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    • 2016
  • Cables for Towed Array Sonar System(TASS) were developed. In order to verify the performance of cables, environmental and operational conditions as well as functional requirements were investigated during design stage. Double armored high and low voltage integrated cable for towed body and two kinds of cables, armored and light weight power and optic hybrid cables for towed array sensor system were developed by modeling and simulation. Customized manufacturing process and test method, such as foam extrusion and dynamic fatigue test were applied to this development. In conclusion, underwater towed hybrid cable with high tensile strength and compact structure were developed.

Development of a Novel Bioreactor System for the Treatment of Gaseous Benzene

  • Yeom, Sung-Ho;Daugulis, Andrew J.;Yoo, Young-Je
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.73-76
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    • 2000
  • A novel, continuous bioreactor system combining a bubble column (absorption section) and a two-phase bioreactor (degradation section) has been designed to treat a gas stream containing benzene. The bubble column contained hexadecane as an absorbent for benzene, and was systemically chosen considering physical, biological, environmental, operational and economic factors. This solvent has infinite solubility for benzene and very low volatility. After absorbing benzene in the bubble column, the hexadecane served as the organic phase of the two-phase partitioning bioreactor, transferring benzene into the aqueous phase where it was degraded by Alcaligenes xylosoxidans Y234. The hexadecane was then continuously recirculated back to the absorber section for the removal of additional benzene. All mass transfer and biodegradation characteristics in this system were investigated prior to operation of the integrated unit, and these included: the mass transfer rate of benzene in the absorption column, the mass transfer rate of benzene from the organic phase into the aqueous phase in the two-phase bioreactor, the stripping rate of benzene out of the two-phase bioreactor, etc. All of these parameters were incorporated into model equations, which were used to investigate the effects of operating conditions on the performance of the system. Several experiments were conducted to show the feasibility of this system. This process is believed to be very practical for the treatment of high concentrations of gaseous pollutants.

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A Study on Winter Season Usability Performance Improvement of Flapper Valve for KUH-1 (한국형 기동헬기 동계운용능력 향상을 위한 플래퍼밸브 개선연구)

  • Choi, Jae Hyung;Chang, In ki;Shim, Dai Sung;Ahn, Jeong Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.49-56
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    • 2016
  • Flapper Valve of Korean Utility Helicopter(KUH-1) is an essential equipment in Environmental Control System(ECS) for pilot to perform flight mission. It provides pilots and crews with heating, ventilating and air conditioning. It has function of maintaining room temperature to sustain operational capability for pilot and crew. This paper summarizes pilot comments in flight test which are classified by cause of occurrence and the troubleshooting process about each comment. It also describes design improvements which was derived from troubleshooting and suggests verification results of flight test at low temperature.

Orders Status Analysis on the Successful Bidder Decision Method of Civil Turnkey.Alternative Tendering Construction (개선된 낙찰자 결정방식에 의한 토목 턴키.대안입찰공사 수주현황 분석)

  • Park, Hong Taea;Lee, Yang Kyu
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.164-177
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    • 2013
  • From 2010 years to 2013, the selection method of successful bidder has been changed design suitable lowest method, comprehensive evaluation method(bid price adjustment, design score adjustments, weight standards), fixed amount best design method. Therefore this study was presented by analyzing the impact on the domestic construction industry according the way to determine the successful bidder, the evaluation order method and the operational issues through the analysis of order status, order number, results of acceptance an order, success rate range, results of acceptance an order according to weight success rate, results of acceptance an order by work type and order institution of a turnkey alternative tendering construction performed in domestic civil part.

Basic Principles of the Validation for Good Laboratory Practice Institutes

  • Cho, Kyu-Hyuk;Kim, Jin-Sung;Jeon, Man-Soo;Lee, Kyu-Hong;Chung, Moon-Koo;Song, Chang-Woo
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2009
  • Validation specifies and coordinates all relevant activities to ensure compliance with good laboratory practices (GLP) according to suitable international standards. This includes validation activities of past, present and future for the best possible actions to ensure the integrity of non-clinical laboratory data. Recently, validation has become increasingly important, not only in good manufacturing practice (GMP) institutions but also in GLP facilities. In accordance with the guideline for GLP regulations, all equipments used to generate, measure, or assess data should undergo validation to ensure that this equipment is of appropriate design and capacity and that it will consistently function as intended. Therefore, the implantation of validation processes is considered to be an essential step in a global institution. This review describes the procedures and documentations required for validation of GLP. It introduces basic elements such as the validation master plan, risk assessment, gap analysis, design qualification, installation qualification, operational qualification, performance qualification, calibration, traceability, and revalidation.

Impact of Iron Scavenging and Desorption Parameters on Chlorophyll Simulation in the Tropical Pacific within NEMO-TOPAZ

  • Lee, Hyomee;Moon, Byung-Kwon;Park, Jong-Yeon;Kim, Han-Kyoung;Jung, Hyun-Chae;Wie, Jieun;Park, Hyo Jin;Byun, Young-Hwa;Lim, Yoon-Jin;Lee, Johan
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.390-400
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    • 2021
  • Ocean biogeochemistry plays a crucial role in sustaining the marine ecosystem and global carbon cycle. To investigate the oceanic biogeochemical responses to iron parameters in the tropical Pacific, we conducted sensitivity experiments using the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean-Tracers of Ocean Phytoplankton with Allometric Zooplankton (NEMO-TOPAZ) model. Compared to observations, the NEMO-TOPAZ model overestimated the concentrations of chlorophyll and dissolved iron (DFe). The sensitivity tests showed that with increasing (+50%) iron scavenging rates, chlorophyll concentrations in the tropical Pacific were reduced by approximately 16%. The bias in DFe also decreased by approximately 7%; however, the sea surface temperature was not affected. As such, these results can facilitate the development of the model tuning strategy to improve ocean biogeochemical performance using the NEMO-TOPAZ model.