• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.141-161
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• 2014

This article presents a new generation of empirical ground motion models for the prediction of response spectral accelerations in soil conditions, specifically developed for the Vrancea intermediate-depth seismic source. The strong ground motion database from which the ground motion prediction model is derived consists of over 800 horizontal components of acceleration recorded from nine Vrancea intermediate-depth seismic events as well as from other seventeen intermediate-depth earthquakes produced in other seismically active regions in the world. Among the main features of the new ground motion model are the prediction of spectral ordinates values (besides the prediction of the peak ground acceleration), the extension of the magnitudes range applicability, the use of consistent metrics (epicentral distance) for this type of seismic source, the extension of the distance range applicability to 300 km, the partition of total standard deviation in intra- and inter-event standard deviations and the use of a national strong ground motion database more than two times larger than in the previous studies. The results suggest that this model is an improvement of the previous generation of ground motion prediction models and can be properly employed in the analysis of the seismic hazard of Romania.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.509-525
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• 2015

Predicting residual strength of corroded plates is of crucial importance for service life estimation of aged structures. A series of nonlinear finite element method is employed for ultimate strength analysis of stiffened plates with pitting corrosion. Influential parameters, including plate thickness, type and size of stiffeners, pit depth and degree of pitting are varied and more than 208 finite element models are analyzed. It is found that ultimate strength is reduced by increasing pit depth to thickness ratio. Thin and intermediate plates have minimum and maximum reduction of ultimate strength with stronger stiffeners, respectively. In weak stiffener, reduction of ultimate strength in thin and intermediate plates depends on DOP. Reduction of ultimate strength in thick plates depends on thickness of plate and DOP. For intermediate plates, reduction for all stiffeners regardless of shape and size are the same.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.265-278
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• 2015

We analyzed the North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) that was simulated in 25 coupled general circulation models (CGCMs) using historical and Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5 (RCP4.5) scenario experiments of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), focusing on the evaluation of the performance of HadGEM2-AO. A large inter-model diversity in salinity, density, and depth of the NPIW exists even though the multi-model ensemble mean (MME) is comparable to observations. It was found that the depth of the NPIW tends to be deeper in the models in which the NPIW is relatively saltier. HadGEM2-AO simulates the lightest NPIW having the lowest salinity at shallower depth, compared with other CGCMs. Future projections of the NPIW show that the temperature of the NPIW increases, but the density decreases in all CMIP5 models. It was shown that the salinity of the NPIW decreases in most models and the decrease tends to be larger in models simulating the lighter NPIW. The HadGEM2-AO projects moderate changes in the temperature and density of the NPIW out of the CMIP5 models.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.135-146
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• 2019

Deep beam has high section modules compared with shallow beam of the same weight. However, deep beam has low rotational capacity and high possibility of brittle failure so it is not possible to apply deep beams with a long span to intermediate moment frames, which should exhibit a ductility of 0.02rad of a story drift angle of steel moment frames. Accordingly, KBC and AISC limit the beam depth for intermediate and special moment frame to 750mm and 920mm respectively. The purpose of this paper is to improve the seismic performance of intermediate moment frame with 1200mm depth beam. In order to enhance vulnerability of plastic deformation capacity of deeper beam, Multi-Reduced Taper Beam(MRTB) shape that thickness of beam flange is reinforced and at the same time some part of the beam flange width is weakened are proposed. Based on concept of multiple plastic hinge, MRTB is intended to satisfy the rotation requirement for intermediate moment frame by dividing total story drift into each hinge and to prevent the collapse of the main members by inducing local buckling and fracture at the plastic hinge location far away from connection. The seismic performance of MRTB is evaluated by cyclic load test with conventional connections type WUF-W, RBS and Haunch. Some of the proposed MRTB connection satisfies connection requirements for intermediate moment frame and shows improved the seismic performance compared to conventional connections.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.874-880
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• 2002

A number of techniques have been proposed for 3D display using view-difference of two eyes. These methods do not express enough reality like real world. The display images have to change according to the position of a viewer to improve reality. In this paper, we present an approach for generating intermediate image between two different view images by applying new image interpolation algorithm The interpolation algorithm is designed to cope with complex shapes. The proposed image interpolation algorithm generates rotated image about vertical axes by any angle from base images. Each base image that was obtained from CCD camera has an view-angle difference of $3^{\circ}C$, $5.5^{\circ}C$, $^{\circ}C$, $22^{\circ}C$, and $45^{\circ}C$. The proposed into mediate image generation method uses the geometric analysis of image and depth information through the block-based matching method.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2012

깊이영상기반 렌더링(depth image-based rendering, DIBR)이란 색상 영상과 각 화소에 대응하는 거리 정보로 이루어진 깊이 영상(depth map)을 이용하여 가상 시점에서의 영상을 합성하는 기술을 말한다. DIBR을 이용하면 3차원 TV에 적합한 컨텐츠를 생성할 수 있지만, 가상 시점에서의 영상을 합성하는 과정에서 원영상에 존재하지 않는 영역, 즉, 비폐색(disocclusion) 영역이 드러나는 등 여러 가지 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 구조광으로 깊이 정보를 획득하는 Kinect 깊이 카메라를 이용한 가상시점 영상생성 기술을 제안한다. 깊이 카메라로부터 색상 영상과 그에 대응하는 깊이 영상을 획득한 다음, 깊이 영상에 대한 전처리 기술을 수행한다. 전처리가 끝난 깊이 영상은 중간 시점으로 워핑되고, 워핑 과정에서 발생하는 절삭 오차를 제거하기 위해 Median 필터링을 적용한다. 그런 다음, 색상 영상은 워핑된 깊이 영상의 깊이 값을 사용해서 중간 시점으로 워핑된다. 비폐색(disocclusion) 영역을 채우기 위해 배경 기반의 인페인팅 기술을 적용한다. 실험 결과를 통해, 본 논문에서 제안한 방법이 자연스러운 스테레오 영상을 생성한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.822-823
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• 2014

다시점 디스플레이용 영상은 주로 레퍼런스가 되는 컬러 카메라와 깊이 카메라의 영상을 입력 받아 DIBR (Depth Image Based Rendering) 기법을 활용, 3차원 점 구름 형태로 재구성 한 후 가상 카메라를 여러 시점에서 배치하여 중간 영상을 생성하여 조합하였다. 이렇게 다시점 중간 영상을 생성하면 원래의 시점에서는 구멍이 없었지만 다른 시점에서는 구멍(Hole)이 보이는 현상이 발생한다. 기존에는 틈새 영역을 채우는 알고리즘을 개발하거나 깊이 영상을 보정하여 개선시키는 방법을 연구하였으나 본 논문에서는 점 구름을 메시(Mesh)화 시키는 알고리즘 중 한 가지인 볼 피봇팅(Ball Pivoting) 방법을 적용시켜 중간 영상의 화질 개선 방법을 설명하고 있다. 마이크로소프트사의 발레와 브레이크 댄서 영상에 개발된 개선 방법을 적용시켜 보았고 PSNR로 비교할 때 약 0.18~1.19정도의 향상을 보임을 확인하였다. 본 논문을 통해 개선 방법과 실험방법, 그리고 결과에 대해 설명한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1908-1918
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• 2013

자유시점 또는 오토스테레오스코픽 비디오 서비스는 3차원 영상을 제공하는 차세대 방송 시스템으로, 여러 시점의 영상들이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 가상 시점 영상을 고속 생성하기 위해 알고리즘 병렬 구조를 최적화하고, Compute Unified Device Architecture(CUDA)를 이용한 General Propose Graphic Processing Unit(GPGPU) 기반의 중간시점 영상 고속 생성을 위한 최적화 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 좌/우 깊이영상을 병렬화시킨 스테레오 정합알고리즘을 이용하여 변위정보를 얻은 후, 깊이 당 변위증분을 계산하여 사용한다. 계산된 변위증분을 사용하여 해당 각 화소들의 깊이 값을 이용하여 좌/우 영상들을 원하는 위치의 중간시점으로 영상을 이동시킨다. 그 다음, 비폐색영역들을 서로 상호 보완하여 없앤 다음에 남은 홀들은 홀 필링으로 없애 최종 중간시점 영상을 생성한다. 제안한 방법을 구현하여 여러 실험 영상에 적용한 결과, 생성된 중간시점 깊이영상의 화질은 평균 PSNR 30.47dB이었으며, Full HD급 중간시점 영상을 초당 38 프레임 정도 생성하는 속도를 보였다.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2014

This paper investigates the robustness of watermarking techniques for stereo or multi-view images generated from texture and depth images. A three-dimensional (3D) warping technique is applied to texture and depth images to generate stereo or multi-view images for a 3D display. By using the 3D warping technique, in this paper, we developed watermarking techniques and evaluated the robustness of these techniques that can extract watermarks from texture images even when the viewpoints are moved. A depth image is used to generate a stereo image with the largest viewpoint difference to the left and right. The overlapping region in the stereo image that does not disappear after warping is then obtained, and DWT is applied to this region to embed a watermark in the LL sub-band. The proposed watermarking techniques were found to yield bit error rates of about 3%-16% when they were applied to stereo images generated from texture and depth images. Furthermore, the results showed that the copyright could be seen when the extracted watermark was visually confirmed.

• 태양에너지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.75-84
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• 2000

Global wanning induced by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide is a serious problem for mankind. Carbon dioxide ocean disposal is one of the promising options to reduce carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere because the ocean has vast capacity for carbon dioxide sequestration. However, the dissolution rate of liquid carbon dioxide in seawater must be known in advance in order to estimate the amount of carbon dioxide sequestration in the ocean. Therefore, the solubility, the surface concentration, the droplet size and other factors of liquid carbon dioxide at various depths are calculated. The results show that liquid carbon dioxide changes to carbon dioxide bubble around 500 m in depth, and the droplet is completely dissolved below 500 m in depth if carbon dioxide droplet is released both at 1000 m in depth with the initial droplet diameter of 0.011 m or less and at 1500 m in depth with the diameter of 0.015 m or less. In addition, the hydrate film acts as a resistant layer for the dissolution of liquid carbon dioxide. The surface concentration of carbon dioxide droplet with the hydrate film is about 50% at 1500 m in depth and about 60% at 1000 m in depth of the carbon dioxide solubility. Also, the ambient carbon dioxide concentration in the plume is an another crucial parameter for complete dissolution at the intermediate ocean depth, and the injection of liquid carbon dioxide from a moving ship is more effective than that from a fixed pipeline.