• KIEAE Journal
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2007

Discomfort glare from windows is an important issue in window and daylighting design. This study aims to investigate the effect of luminance difference between the lower and the upper part of a large glare source. Experiments were conducted using a luminous body divided into two parts, the upper part and the lower part. The degree of discomfort glare from the luminous body was examined. The result shows that the part with lower luminance is perceived as a glare source when the part has higher luminance then the background luminance. The degree of discomfort glare was estimated for the experimental conditions, and compared to the observations. The estimation was made using two methods: one summed the glare sensation for each section, and the other used the average luminance of the whole luminous body. The result of the comparison shows that the method using the average luminance has approximate values to the observations. Consequently, the use of the average luminance was proposed for evaluation of discomfort glare from non-uniform large glare sources.

• 한국생활환경학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.233-237
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• 2013

Daylighting affects the luminous environment and provides comfortable environment to the occupants. However, excessive daylighting might have negative influences on the visual comfort. Skylight, light intensity and distribution, and insolation could cause glare effects on the occupants. This study analyzed the effect of fenestration on the interior glare effects, and verified luminous environment adjustability through mock up test of conventional fenestration and 'Convergence Window System' by analyzation of luminance, luminance contrast, and glare effect. Consequently, room installed Convergence Window System was improved luminance contrast and PGSV Level.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 2015

Currently, in South Korea, 'Light Pollution Prevention Act by Artificial Lighting' has been enforced. For advertising lighting, it is limited based on only the light-emitting luminance. Luminance is a concept related to the glare. Not only the luminance of the light source, but also glare is affected depending on some situations like blinking, luminance contrast, background illuminance. This study conducted glare subjective evaluation with brightness, color, and blinking by looking at the LED lighting box. The results showed that the glare indexes were higher about 2 times in a decrease of background illuminance from 100lx to 0lx. The glare index of R, G, B light was higher than that of white light. The average glare index of the blue light was higher about 8 times compared to 2,700K. And the blink rate had little effect on the glare, but it affected the irritation. Therefore, the glare effect of light color and blinking needs to be considered for the standard of luminous environment.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2010

The daylited space can improve visual comfort and occupant's well-being. However discomfort glare from the daylight is a common problem in indoor environments and in general, the window is the main glare sources. Some formulas have been proposed for predicting glare from the daylight, however, they do not consider the effect on glare of the view through a window and some studies proved that they are inadequate in real daylight situation. This research aims to identify the relationship between view and discomfort glare considering the subjective impressions. As a preliminary experiment, this paper sets up the experimental protocol to reveal relationships between views from a window and visual perception in a controlled laboratory experiment. $1.2m{\times}1.2m$ artificial window was developed and $0.9m{\times}0.9m$ view image was placed on the window. Discomfort glare and impression evaluation was carried out under four different views and one blank view as a reference condition. The results showed that the subjects evaluated discomfort glare differently with the views even under the same luminance conditions and tended to feel less glare with distance views compared to near views.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2012

Daylighting is the controlled admission of natural light into a space, reducing electric lighting and saving energy. By providing a direct link to the dynamic and perpetually evolving patterns of outdoor illumination, daylighting helps create a visually stimulating and comfort environment for building occupants, while reducing energy costs. Especially, however, glare is the most important factor in daylighting, which is issued by incoming direct sunlight into windows. This study analyzed the discomfort glare on a daylighting window by using Image processing methodology and found a solution to problems with glare source of occupants. There are several ways to evaluate discomfort glare such as UGR (Unified Glare Rating) of CIE, DGI (Daylight Glare Index, Hopkinson, 1972) and VCP (Visual Comfort Probability) of IES. These are used to apply to the relatively little artificial light source and they cannot cover discomfort glare from a real daylighting window. In this regarding, this paper aimed to calculate DGI index of the real daylighting window in a experimental space by using image processing methodology. The variables and outcomes are luminance distribution of non-shading window, effect of venetian blind installed on the window and locations related to position index of DGI.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.91-100
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• 2010

기존의 교통안전에 관한 연구는 우천, 결빙과 같은 악천후와 연관된 교통사고 자료의 분석이 주류를 이루어 왔다. 하지만 태양광의 시야 장애로 인한 교통사고 위험은 다른 기상요인과 달리 통계적 데이터의 수집 및 교통사고 당시의 검증 문제로 인하여 연구가 미비한 실정이다. 태양에 의한 시야장애는 태양의 위치가 수평선에 가까워지는 아침과 저녁시간에 특히 영향을 많이 받으며, 이는 운전자의 판단능력을 악화시킨다. 본 연구에서는 각 구간별 태양광 위험시간대 분석을 위하여 태양과 도로에 관한 위치해석 및 운전자 시야각을 적용하였다. 시간 및 도로의 지형조건에 따라 변하는 태양광의 시야 장애로 인한 위험지역의 도출을 위하여 미국 미주리 주의 세인트 루이스시 주변에 위치한 고속도로를 대상으로 GIS 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과 공간적으로는 동쪽 및 서쪽으로 향하는 도로가 상대적으로 위험하며, 시간적으로는 겨울보다는 여름이, 여름보다는 봄과 가을이 더욱 위험한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 태양광으로 인하여 반대편 차량을 인지하기 힘든 교차로 및 보행자 건널목 등에 위험시간대에 관한 정보를 제공함으로써 교통사고를 사전에 방지할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2021

Buildings with glass curtain walls have become popular due to their appealing aesthetics and ability to let in natural light. However, light reflection from the glass surface is unavoidable in these buildings. In particular, the reflection of light from the glass envelope can create afterimage glare, a hazard to nearby drivers and pedestrians. Despite this potential danger, glare from buildings with curtain walls has not been well-studied. Hence, we analyzed the effect of light reflection on glare around a glass-enclosed skyscraper, depending on its surface reflectance. We investigated the potential hazard of glare to drivers using a commercially available software program. The results indicate that the direction of light reflection is distinctive when the incident angle of solar light increases. Moreover, this light reflection is high enough to induce an afterimage to drivers and pedestrians near the building. We found that keeping the reflectance of the building surface under 3% is required to minimize the afterimage hazard to drivers. Consequently, we recommend managing glass reflectance and installing additional traffic safety systems to reduce traffic accidents near curtain wall buildings.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.395-403
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• 2023

The main objective of this article is to investigate the response of different fiber metal laminates subjected to low velocity impact experimentally and numerically via finite element method (FEM). Hence, two different fiber metal laminate (FML) samples (GLARE/CARALL) are made of 7075-T6 aluminum sheets and polymeric composites reinforced by E-glass/carbon fibers. In order to study the responses to the low velocity impacts, samples are tested by drop weight machine. The projectiles are released from 1- and 1.5-meters height were the speed reaches to 4.42 and5.42 meter per second and the impact energies are measured as 6.7 and 10 Joules. In addition to experimental study, finite element simulation is done and results are compared. Finally, a detailed study on the maximum deflection, delamination and damages in laminates and geometry's effect of projectiles on the laminate response is done. Results show that maximum deflection caused by spherical projectile for GLARE samples is more apparent in comparison with the CARALL samples. Moreover, the maximum deflection of GLARE samples subjected to spherical projectile with 6.7 Joules impact energy, 127% increases in comparison with the CARALL samples in spite of different total thickness.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2016

목적: 본 연구에서는 써클콘택트렌즈의 착용이 시력교정술을 받은 눈에서의 대비감도 및 눈부심감도에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 시력교정술을 받지 않은 40안과 시력교정술을 받은 30안에 무도수의 써클콘택트렌즈를 착용시킨 후 CGT-1000을 이용하여 대비감도와 눈부심감도를 평가하였으며, 동공크기를 측정하여 대비감도 및 눈부심감도와 동공크기와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 결과: 시력교정술을 받은 경우 써클콘택트렌즈 착용으로 고영역대 공간주파수에서는 대비감도의 저하가 나타났으며 시력교정술을 받지 않은 군보다 그 정도가 더 크게 나타났다. 써클콘택트렌즈 착용으로 인해 동공크기와 대비감도 변화와의 상관성이 작아졌으며 시력교정술을 받은 군에서 상관성이 더 작아졌다. 또한, 써클콘택트렌즈 착용은 눈부심에 더 크게 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 동공크기에 따른 눈부심감도의 변화분석에서도 시력교정술을 받지 않은 군에서 눈부심을 더 크게 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 시력교정술을 받은 각막에서의 써클콘택트렌즈는 각막의 중심부에 위치하지 못하였다. 결론: 본 연구에서는 시력교정술 후 써클콘택트렌즈 착용으로 인해 대비감도가 저하되며 눈부심이 증가되므로 이에 대한 충분한 이해와 고려가 필요함을 제안한다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.64-68
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• 2014

This paper introduces the use of a crown-shaped (CR) lens to effectively diffuse the light from a light-emitting diode (LED) without any loss in the light intensity, in contrast to polymer-bulb-type diffusers. The diffusion lens was designed based on the Snell's law, which describes the physical path of a ray passing through the boundary between different media. CR lenses were fabricated by polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) casting and UV-embossing processes, which used a pre-designed metal mold and UV-curable resin, respectively. Through experiments and optical evaluations, it was verified that the newly proposed CR lens not only decreased the vertical light strength and glare effect from an LED light source but also improved the diffusion characteristics while maintaining the quality of the LED's light intensity.