• Advances in concrete construction
• /
• 제8권3호
• /
• pp.225-237
• /
• 2019

Although applying self-consolidating concrete (SCC) in many modern structures is an inevitable fact, the high consumption of cement in its mixing designs has led to increased production costs and adverse environmental effects. In order to find economically viable sources with environmentally friendly features, natural pozzolan pumice and blast furnace slag in 10-50% of replacement binary designs have been investigated for experiments on the properties of fresh concrete, mechanical properties, and durability. As a natural pozzolan, pumice does not require advanced equipment to prepare for consumption and only needs to be powdered. Pumice has been the main focus of this research because of simple preparation. Also to validate the results, in addition to the control specimens of each design, fly ash as a known powder has been evaluated. Moreover, ternary mixes of pumice and silica fume were investigated to enhance the obtained results of binary mixes. It was concluded that pumice and slag powders indicated favorable performance in the high percentage of replacement.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
• /
• 제2권3호
• /
• pp.283-300
• /
• 2015

Visual condition inspections remain paramount to assessing the current deterioration status of a bridge and assigning remediation or maintenance tasks so as to ensure the ongoing serviceability of the structure. However, in recent years, there has been an increasing backlog of maintenance activities. Existing research reveals that this is attributable to the labour-intensive, subjective and disruptive nature of the current bridge inspection method. Current processes ultimately require lane closures, traffic guidance schemes and inspection equipment. This not only increases the whole-of-life costs of the bridge, but also increases the risk to the travelling public as issues affecting the structural integrity may go unaddressed. As a tool for bridge condition inspections, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or, drones, offer considerable potential, allowing a bridge to be visually assessed without the need for inspectors to walk across the deck or utilise under-bridge inspection units. With current inspection processes placing additional strain on the existing bridge maintenance resources, the technology has the potential to significantly reduce the overall inspection costs and disruption caused to the travelling public. In addition to this, the use of automated aerial image capture enables engineers to better understand a situation through the 3D spatial context offered by UAV systems. However, the use of UAV for bridge inspection involves a number of critical issues to be resolved, including stability and accuracy of control, and safety to people. SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping) is a technique that could be used by a UAV to build a map of the bridge underneath, while simultaneously determining its location on the constructed map. While there are considerable economic and risk-related benefits created through introducing entirely new ways of inspecting bridges and visualising information, there also remain hindrances to the wider deployment of UAVs. This study is to provide a context for use of UAVs for conducting visual bridge inspections, in addition to addressing the obstacles that are required to be overcome in order for the technology to be integrated into current practice.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
• /
• 제38권4호
• /
• pp.149-158
• /
• 2015

Up-to-date manufacturing companies have faced a market-driven environment of pull production order. There should be a difference in operating manufacturing resources according to the type, quantity, and delivery time of manufactured products, because the process situation in pull production is changed by customer orders. And it should be taken into account from the stage of preparing for production such as process design and the placement and utilization of manufacturing resources. However, the feasibility of production plans is limited because most of small manufacturing businesses make production/supply plan of the parts and products assuming that equipment abilities in scheduling is sufficient without managing process standard information systemically. In this study, a discrete event simulation system based on BOM (bill of material), that is F-OPIS (online productivity innovation system), is introduced and a case study on application of the system leading to improving productivities is presented. F-OPIS deals with a decision-problem on production management and it is specialized for small-and- medium sized manufacturing companies. The target company of this case study is a typical small-and-medium sized manufacturing company in Korea, that produces various machined parts. The target company adopts make-to-stock production management to prevent tardy delivery because of fluctuations in demand. Therefore, it is required to apply an efficient inventory control solution for improving productivities. In this paper, based on the constraints of working capacity of manufacturing resources, the bottleneck process is analyzed as production conditions are changed. Consequently, an improvement plan is proposed, that eventually enhances overall utilization rates of resources in the bottleneck process and reduces overall production lead-time and inventory level.

• 한국철도학회논문집
• /
• 제18권6호
• /
• pp.533-542
• /
• 2015

본 논문은 도시철도 전동차 정차 시에 발생하는 회생전력으로 인해 전차선 가선전압 상승 시에 Converter(Forward)에서 Inverter(Reverse)로 mode 변환하여 상승된 가선전압을 AC 모선으로 환류하여 전차선 전압을 일정하게 유지하고 전동차 정차 시에 발생하는 회생전력을 재사용할 수 있는 부산도시철도의 더블 컨버터 직류 변전설비를 제안하며 전차선 직류전압 품질향상을 위해 부산도시철도 더블 컨버터 직류 변전설비에서 발생하는 Converter/Inverter mode 변환 시의 undershoot와 overshoot를 최소화할 수 있는 최적의 사이리스터 점호각을 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제시하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
• /
• 제18권5호
• /
• pp.377-383
• /
• 2006

Recently, production and use of Freon substances are restrained due to destruction of ozone layer and grobal warming. In this aspect of environmental problems, the best solution is to use the natural refrigerant such as ammonia. Thus, this study apply the $NH_3$ and R22 to study the performance characteristic from the superheat control and compare the energy efficiency of two refrigerants from the high performance. The condensing pressure of refrigeration system is increased from 1,500 kPa to 1,600 kPa and degree of superheat is increased from 0 to $10^{\circ}C$ at each condensing pressure. As the result of experiment, when comparing the each COP, we knew the $NH_3$ is suitable as the alternative refrigerant of the R22.

• 생태와환경
• /
• 제54권3호
• /
• pp.209-220
• /
• 2021

Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, a keystone species with significant ecological and commercial importance, is declining globally throughout much of its range. While traditional fishing equipment methods remain limited, new sensitive and rapid detection methods should be developed to monitor fisheries resources. To monitor the presence and quantity of C. pallasii from environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from seawater samples, a pair of primers and a TaqMan^® probe specific to this fish based on mitochondrial cytochrome b (COB) sequences were designed for the real-time PCR (qPCR) assay. The combination of our molecular markers showed high specificity in the qPCR assay, which affirmed the success of presenting a positive signal only in the C. pallasii specimens. The markers also showed a high sensitivity for detecting C. pallasii genomic DNA in the range of 1 pg~100 ng rxn^-1 and its DNA plasmid containing COB amplicon in the range of 1~100,000copies rxn^-1, which produced linear standard calibration curves (r²=0.99). We performed a qPCR assay for environmental water samples obtained from 29 sampling stations in the southeastern coastal regions of South Korea using molecular markers. The assay successfully detected the C. pallasii eDNA from 14 stations (48.2%), with the highest mean concentration in Jinhae Bay with a value of 76.09±18.39 pg L^-1 (246.20±58.58 copies L^-1). Our preliminary application of molecular monitoring of C. pallasii will provide essential information for efficient ecological control and management of this valuable fisheries resource.

• 한국항공우주학회지
• /
• 제49권10호
• /
• pp.871-877
• /
• 2021

항공기 결함은 항공기 운영 및 조종사의 생명과 직결된 중요한 사항으로 항공기 조종 중 발생하는 임무 소프트웨어의 결함은 조종사 임무수행 및 안전에 심각한 영향을 미친다. 항공기 개발을 주관하는 단체나 소프트웨어 결함을 개발 초기에 식별하고 제거하기 위해 프로세스를 강화하고 많은 공수와 시간을 할애하고 있지만 임무 소프트웨어의 특성상 타 항전 장비와 강한 기능적 결합도(Coupling) 및 높은 복잡도(Complexity)를 가지고 있어 기존 시험 방법을 통한 소프트웨어 결함 식별 및 제거에 제약이 따른다. 본 연구는 임무 컴퓨터 연동 장비의 통신 데이터 중 피드백 데이터의 기댓값 검증을 자동화하는 도구를 개발하여 데이터 무결성 검증을 통한 임무 소프트웨어 건전성 확보 및 시험 비용 감소 효과를 분석한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
• /
• 제49권6호
• /
• pp.481-488
• /
• 2021

인공위성의 원격명령 처리시스템은 상태감시, 제어 및 미션 실행을 위한 원격명령을 제공하는 유일한 통로이다. 국내의 인공위성은 과학 및 기술 위성, 다목적 위성 및 정지궤도 위성으로 나눌 수 있으며 CCSDS 표준 프로토콜을 사용하여 지상국과 통신을 수행한다. 그러나 기존의 국내개발 위성은 소프트웨어를 사용하여 원격명령어를 디코딩하여 소프트웨어 개발 및 검증 비용이 높고 하드웨어와 비교할 때 상대적으로 성능이 낮다. 본 연구에서는 원격명령 디코딩 ASIC을 이용한 원격 명령 처리시스템을 제시한다. 이 시스템의 하드웨어는 telecommand RAM, protocol RAM/ROM, telecommand ASIC, interface FPGA 및 relay block으로 구성되었다. 이 시스템은 인공위성이 사용하는 일반 명령 및 펄스 명령을 처리한다. 시스템을 시험 및 검증하기 위해 점검 장비 및 시험환경을 구축하였다. 제안한 ASIC 기반의 telecommand 처리시스템은 소프트웨어 기반 디코딩 시스템에 비해 개발 비용을 1/5로 줄였을 뿐만 아니라 성능은 10⁵배 향상되었다.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
• /
• 제16권3호
• /
• pp.51-58
• /
• 2019

The objective of this study was to investigate a simulation technology for the AM field based on ANSYS Inc.. The introduction of metal 3D printing AM process, and the examining of the present status of AM process simulation software, and the AM process simulation processor were done in the previous study (part 1). This present study (part 2) examined the use of the AM process simulation processor, presented in Part 1, through direct execution of Topology Optimization, Ansys Workbench, Additive Print and Additive Science. Topology Optimization can optimize additive geometry to reduce mass while maintaining strength for AM products. This can reduce the amount of material required for additive and significantly reduce additive build time. Ansys Workbench and Additive Print simulate the build process in the AM process and optimize various process variables (printing parameters and supporter composition), which will enable the AM to predict the problems that may occur during the build process, and can also be used to predict and correct deformations in geometry. Additive Science can simulate the material to find the material characteristic before the AM process simulation or build-up. This can be done by combining specimen preparation, measurement, and simulation for material measurements to find the exact material characteristics. This study will enable the understanding of the general process of AM simulation more easily. Furthermore, it will be of great help to a reader who wants to experience and appreciate AM simulation for the first time.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
• /
• 제62권5호
• /
• pp.526-535
• /
• 2019

Objective : While the risk of aneurysmal rebleeding induced by catheter cerebral angiography is a serious concern and can delay angiography for a few hours after a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), current angiographic technology and techniques have been much improved. Therefore, this study investigated the risk of aneurysmal rebleeding when using a recent angiographic technique immediately after SAH. Methods : Patients with acute SAH underwent immediate catheter angiography on admission. A four-vessel examination was conducted using a biplane digital subtraction angiography (DSA) system that applied a low injection rate and small volume of a diluted contrast, along with appropriate control of hypertension. Intra-angiographic aneurysmal rebleeding was diagnosed in cases of extravasation of the contrast medium during angiography or increased intracranial bleeding evident in flat-panel detector computed tomography scans. Results : In-hospital recurrent hemorrhages before definitive treatment to obliterate the ruptured aneurysm occurred in 11 of 266 patients (4.1%). Following a univariate analysis, a multivariate analysis using a logistic regression analysis revealed that modified Fisher grade 4 was a statistically significant risk factor for an in-hospital recurrent hemorrhage (p=0.032). Cerebral angiography after SAH was performed on 88 patients ${\leq}3$ hours, 74 patients between 3-6 hours, and 104 patients >6 hours. None of the time intervals showed any cases of intra-angiographic rebleeding. Moreover, even though the DSA ${\leq}3$ hours group included more patients with a poor clinical grade and modified Fisher grade 4, no case of aneurysmal rebleeding occurred during erebral angiography. Conclusion : Despite the high risk of aneurysmal rebleeding within a few hours after SAH, emergency cerebral angiography after SAH can be acceptable without increasing the risk of intra-angiographic rebleeding when using current angiographic techniques and equipment.