• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.170-175
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• 2005

This study presents a prediction of a failure rate in a safety required system that consists of a embedded control system, requiring a satisfaction of a quantitative safety requirement. International Standards are employed to achieve a regular procedures in the whole life cycle of a system, for the purpose of a prediction and a evaluation of a fault that might be able to be happened in a system. This International Standards uses SIL (Safety Integrity Level) to evaluate a safety level of a system. SIL is divided into 4 levels, from level 1 to level 4, and each level has functional failure rate and dangerous failure rate of a system. In this paper we describe the conventional method to predict the dangerous failure rate and propose a method using hazard analysis to predict the dangerous failure rate. The conventional method and the technique using hazard analysis to predict the dangerous failure rate are made a comparison through the control modules of the interlocking system in KTX. The proposed method verify better effectiveness for the prediction of the dangerous failure rate than that of the conventional method.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2011

A study on reliability estimation of sequential-ordered multiple failure modes, which are sequentially ordered between failure modes in a considering system, was performed. Especially, an approach to estimate the probabilities of failure modes has been proposed under an assumption that failure modes are mutually exclusive and sequentially ordered by only a critical variable. A feasibility of the proposed approach were studied by a practical example, which is a reliability estimation of passive safety systems for a probabilistic safety assessment(PSA) of a very high temperature reactor(VHTR) that is under development as a future nuclear system with enhanced safety features. It is difficult to define a robust failure state of this nuclear system because of its enhanced radiation release characteristics, so the new approach is a useful concept to estimate not only its safety but also a PSA. A feasibility study applied two failure modes(e.g., small and large release of radioactive materials) with considering the integrated behavior of this nuclear system. It is expected that the multiple release states for a practical estimation can be easily extended to the aforementioned example. It was found out that the proposed approach was a useful technique to cover the unfavorable features of this nuclear system as to performing a VHTR PSA.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2016

A rainfall induced slope failure is a common natural hazard in mountainous areas worldwide. Sudden and rapid failures which have a high possibility of occurrence in a steep slope are always the most dangerous due to their suddenness and high velocities. Based on a series of experiments this study aimed to determine a critical angle which could be considered as an approximate threshold for a sudden failure. The experiments were performed using 0.42 mm mean grain size sand in a 200 cm long, 60 cm wide and 50 cm deep rectangular flume. A numerical model was created by integrating a 2D seepage flow model and a 2D slope stability analysis model to predict the failure surface and the time of occurrence. The results showed that, the failure mode for the entire material will be sudden for slopes greater than $67^{\circ}$; in contrast the failure mode becomes retrogressive. There is no clear link between the degree of saturation and the mode of failure. The simulation results in considering matric suction showed good matching with the results obtained from experiment. A subsequent discarding of the matric suction effect in calculating safety factors will result in a deeper predicted failure surface and an incorrect predicted time of occurrence.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.5-15
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• 2017

3힌지파괴(three-hinge failure)는 비탈면 방향과 평행한 절리와 그에 직교하는 절리로 구성된 암반비탈면에서 발생한다. 비탈면 설계 시 일반적으로 쓰이는 한계평형법과 유한요소법은 이러한 암반비탈면 내 3힌지파괴를 모사하기에는 어려움이 따른다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 3힌지파괴를 모사하기 위해 2차원 DEM 해석프로그램인 UDEC을 이용하여 풋월 비탈면에서 흔히 발생되는 3힌지파괴의 메커니즘 및 안정성에 미치는 영향 인자에 대하여 매개변수 분석을 연구하였다. 매개변수 분석은 암반절리(층면절리, 공액절리 등)의 구조 및 지하수위 조건 등을 변경하여 수행하였다. 수치해석 결과, 3힌지파괴를 유발하는 인자 중 지하수위의 영향이 가장 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 층면절리 및 기저부절리의 마찰각 변화에 따라 안전율과 파괴 형태가 다르게 나타나는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구결과를 통해 비탈면 보강을 포함한 풋월 비탈면의 최적설계 및 시공에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.365-373
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• 2023

Objective: To investigate the potential correlation between fixed orthodontic retention failure and several patient- and treatment-related factors. Methods: Patients finishing treatment with fixed appliances between 2016 and 2017 were retrospectively included in this study. Those not showing fixed retention failure were considered as control group. Patients with fixed retention failure were considered as the experimental group. Additionally, patients with failure of fixed retainers in the period of June 2019 to March 2021 were prospectively identified and included in the experimental group. The location of the first retention failure, sex, pretreatment dental occlusion, facial characteristics, posttreatment dental occlusion, treatment approach and presence of oral habits were compared between groups before and after treatment separately by using a Fisher exact test and a Mann-Whitney U test. Results: 206 patients with fixed retention failure were included, 169 in the mandibular and 74 in the maxillary jaws. Significant correlations were observed between retention failure in the mandibular jaws and mandibular arch length discrepancy (P = 0.010), post-treatment growth pattern (P = 0.041), nail biting (P < 0.001) and abnormal tongue function (P = 0.002). Retention failure in the maxillary jaws was more frequent in patients with IPR in the mandibular jaws (P = 0.005) and abnormal tongue function (P = 0.021). Conclusions: This study suggests a correlation between fixed retention failure and parafunctional habits, such as nail biting and abnormal tongue function. Prospective studies with larger study populations could further confirm these results.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2013

Background: This study aimed to identify the impacts of job stress and cognitive failure on patient safety incidents among hospital nurses in Korea. Methods: The study included 279 nurses who worked for at least 6 months in five general hospitals in Korea. Data were collected with self-administered questionnaires designed to measure job stress, cognitive failure, and patient safety incidents. Results: This study showed that 27.9% of the participants had experienced patient safety incidents in the past 6 months. Factors affecting incidents were found to be shift work [odds ratio (OR) = 6.85], cognitive failure (OR = 2.92), lacking job autonomy (OR = 0.97), and job instability (OR = 1.02). Conclusion: Patient safety incidents were affected by shift work, cognitive failure, and job stress. Many countermeasures to reduce the incidents caused by shift work, and plans to reduce job stress to reduce the workers' cognitive failure are required. In addition, there is a necessity to reduce job instability and clearly define the scope and authority for duties that are directly related to the patient's safety.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.257-264
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• 2011

In this study, we performed sensitivity study of the $217Plus^{TM}$ system model to various parameters. Specific attention was put to logistics model and its behavior has been examined in terms of non-component failure causes. We first briefly explained the $217Plus^{TM}$ methodology with system level failure rate evaluation. We then applied experimental designs with several failure causes as factors. We used an orthogonal array with three levels of each parameter. Our results indicate that cannot duplicate, induced, and wear-out causes have dominant effects on the system failures and design, parts, and system management have much less but a little strong effects. The results in this study not only figure out the behavior of the predicted failure rate as functions of failure causes but provide meaningful guidelines for practical applications.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권11호
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• pp.2122-2127
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• 2009

This study presents the failure rate and repair rate of Superconducting Fault Current Limiter(SFCL) and adjacent distribution equipments. When the fault current penetrated SFCL, the supply of electric power to the customers can be partly continued. It is expected that SFCL makes to improve the reliability index of customers. Contrary to the expectations, the series connection between SFCL and distribution system could deteriorate the reliability index. To evaluate the reliability index in the distribution system including SFCL, the failure rate and repair rate of SFCL are required as well as that of distribution equipments. Also, the insertion of SFCL makes to change the failure rate and repair rate of adjacent equipments. This study proposes a method to calculate the failure rate and repair rate of a component combining SFCL and adjacent equipments.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.586-592
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• 2004

In this study, the failure analysis of a decanter is carried out and the methods of performance improvement are presented. The decanter is a centrifugal separator that is used to separate water and solids from municipal and industrial sludge. Therefore, the decanter should be designed to improve the dewatering of sludge. Besides high performance, the decanter should guarantee its life time under a severe using condition. For theses reasons, the failure analysis and performance improvement of the decanter are studied. It is found from this study that the failure is caused by mass unbalance, wear, clogging or crack. If these failure causes are prevented, the life time as well as the performance is expected to be improved.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.585-596
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• 2012

이 연구는 교량이나 주차장 건물 등에 적용이 가능한 GFRP 보강 철근 폴리머 콘크리트 T형 보의 휨 특성에 관한 연구로서 GFRP 보강 수준에 따른 압축파괴(compression failure: CF), 인장파괴(tension failure: TF) 및 GFRP 보강재의 파괴(fiber sheet failure: FF) 등 파괴모드의 판단과 결정방법을 제시하고, 파괴모드별 설계휨강도 산정식을 제시하였다. GFRP 보강 철근콘크리트 보에서는 FF, TF, CF 등 3가지 파괴모드 중에서 철근항복 ${\rightarrow}$ GFRP 파단 ${\rightarrow}$ 압축측 콘크리트 파괴의 순으로 진행되는 FF 파괴모드가 가장 이상적이다. FF 파괴모드의 경우 압축측 폴리머 콘크리트가 극한변형률(${\varepsilon}_{cu}$)에 도달하기 전에 GFRP가 먼저 파단되므로 콘크리트의 극한상태를 기반으로 하는 기존의 등가직사각형 응력블럭의 개념을 적용할 수 없다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 폴리머 콘크리트의 특성에 부합되는 이상화된 폴리머 콘크리트의 압축응력-변형률 곡선을 제안하고, 폴리머 콘크리트의 변형률을 기반으로 하여 응력블럭 매개변수 ${\alpha}$, ${\beta}$를 도출하였다. 또한 T형 보의 형상비에 따른의 압축응력 분포 및 설계휨강도 특성을 규명하고 적정한 형상비를 2.5로 제시하였으며, GFRP 보강재의 두께 및 높이에 따른 설계휨강도 산정식을 제시하고 그 식의 적정성을 실험과 이론해석에 의해 입증하였다.