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The study on the CALS's character -From a ILS point of view- (CALS 성격 규명에 관한 연구 - ILS를 중심으로 -)

  • 손병식;김성권
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.43-67
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    • 1998
  • Logistics is by no means a new subject area. The concept of logistics goes way become more complex as technology advances, and logistics requirements have increased accordingly. In 1964, when ILS philosophy formally came into being, ILS was defined in general terms and did not describe what actions an ILS program should accomplish. ILS philosophy have been developed from 1964 through 1980. In 1982, United States Department of Defense formulated a new concept, CALS. CALS is the strategy that the US defense development to management the transition to integration and automated interchange in defense system engineering, manufacturing, and logistic support. Its goal is to use the inherent features of digitized data to revolutionize the function of data -gathering, data storage and data - transfer techologies associared with the development of defense systems. The Result will be systems that are cheaper, more reliable, and easier to maintain. To define CALS's character, the purpose of this papers compare two concepts - CALS and ILS. The elements of CALS consist of standads and EDI. The elements of ILS include LCC(Life Cycle Cost), LSA(Logistics Support Analysis), LSAR(Logistics Support Analysis Rcord), Aquisition Cycle.

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Investigation of Hydrate Inhibition System for Shallow Water Gas Field: Experimental Evaluation of KHI and Simulation of MEG Regeneration Process

  • Lee, Suk;Kim, Hyunho;Park, Ki-Heum;Seo, Yutaek
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.342-350
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    • 2020
  • In this study, a hydrate inhibition system is investigated for shallow water gas fields. Mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) injection has been used as a typical method for inhibiting hydrate formation in gas fields; therefore, most offshore platforms are equipped with MEG injection and regeneration processes. A recent application of a kinetic hydrate inhibitor (KHI) has reduced the total volume of MEG injection and hence reduce the operating cost. Experiments are designed and performed to evaluate and verify the KHI performance for inhibiting hydrate formation under shallow water conditions. However, the shut-in and restart operation may require the injection and regeneration of MEG. For this operation, the MEG concentration must be optimized while considering the cost of MEG regeneration. The obtained results suggest that decreasing MEG concentration from 80 wt% to 70 wt% can reduce the life cycle cost (LCC) of MEG regeneration process by approximately 5.98 million USD owing to reduced distillation column cost. These results suggest that the hydrate inhibition system must be evaluated through well-designed experiments and process simulations involving LCC analysis.

Economic Analysis and Comparison between Hybrid and Central Air Conditioning System (혼합공조와 중앙공조 시스템의 경제성 분석 및 비교)

  • Lee, Yoon-Jong;Kim, Chan-Jung;Moon, Je-Myung;Kim, Cheol-Woo;Seo, Hyeong-Joon;Kim, Gyoung-Rok;Shin, Haeng-Cho;Hong, Hi-Ki
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.334-339
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    • 2007
  • This paper is concerned with economic analysis and comparison between hybrid and central air conditioning system by TRNSYS simulation and Life Cycle Cost(LCC) analysis. Hybrid air conditioning system that is using VAV for interior zone and system air-conditioner for perimeter zone is installed in building A. Central air conditioning system is composed of VAV and convector. The simulation was carried out in mode temperature level control using TRNSYS 16. From the result of simulation and LCC analysis, hybrid air conditioning system was better than central air conditioning system in initial cost and energy consumption.

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Seismic retrofit of steel structures with re-centering friction devices using genetic algorithm and artificial neural network

  • Mohamed Noureldin;Masoum M. Gharagoz;Jinkoo Kim
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.167-184
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    • 2023
  • In this study, a new recentering friction device (RFD) to retrofit steel moment frame structures is introduced. The device provides both self-centering and energy dissipation capabilities for the retrofitted structure. A hybrid performance-based seismic design procedure considering multiple limit states is proposed for designing the device and the retrofitted structure. The design of the RFD is achieved by modifying the conventional performance-based seismic design (PBSD) procedure using computational intelligence techniques, namely, genetic algorithm (GA) and artificial neural network (ANN). Numerous nonlinear time-history response analyses (NLTHAs) are conducted on multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) and single-degree of freedom (SDOF) systems to train and validate the ANN to achieve high prediction accuracy. The proposed procedure and the new RFD are assessed using 2D and 3D models globally and locally. Globally, the effectiveness of the proposed device is assessed by conducting NLTHAs to check the maximum inter-story drift ratio (MIDR). Seismic fragilities of the retrofitted models are investigated by constructing fragility curves of the models for different limit states. After that, seismic life cycle cost (LCC) is estimated for the models with and without the retrofit. Locally, the stress concentration at the contact point of the RFD and the existing steel frame is checked being within acceptable limits using finite element modeling (FEM). The RFD showed its effectiveness in minimizing MIDR and eliminating residual drift for low to mid-rise steel frames models tested. GA and ANN proved to be crucial integrated parts in the modified PBSD to achieve the required seismic performance at different limit states with reasonable computational cost. ANN showed a very high prediction accuracy for transformation between MDOF and SDOF systems. Also, the proposed retrofit showed its efficiency in enhancing the seismic fragility and reducing the LCC significantly compared to the un-retrofitted models.

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Semi-Active Control System for Cable-Stayed Bridge (사장교에 장착된 준능동형 제어시스템의 비용효율성 평가)

  • Hahm, Dae-Gi;Park, Won-Suk;Koh, Hyum-Moo;Ok, Seung-Yong;Park, Kwan-Soon
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2005.03a
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    • pp.388-395
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    • 2005
  • This paper presents cost-effectiveness evaluation of semi-active control system for cable-stayed bridge under earthquake excitation. Bi-state control method with Linear Quadratic Gaussian(LQG) optimal controller is used for generic semi-active dampers. Cost-effectiveness of the structural control system is investigated by using the life-cycle cost(LCC) concept. The evaluation results show that the efficiency of semi-active control system is increased when the damage cost due to the failure of bridge system or the bridge importance is enlarged. It was also found that the damper cost had little influence on the cost-effectiveness of semi-active control system if it was relatively small to the initial construction cost.

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A Study on the Economic Analysis of Cooling-Heating System Using Ground Source Heat in a public library (공공도서관에 지열시스템 적용시 경제성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.56-66
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    • 2012
  • This study evaluated the economic benefits by comparing Cooling-Heating System with the existing system in the public library. The building's annual energy consumption was measured by adding the figures of the absorber chillers, the air conditioners and heaters in the building. The total amount of annual energy consumption was 143.51RT in air-conditioning and 83.66RT in heating. So, We made the capacity of geothermal heat pumps three 50RTs in order to check up this system. In order to estimate each construction and equipment cost and to evaluate economical efficiency, LCC(Life Cycle Cost) method was used and the service life of the building was sixty years. The result of analysis was that the geothermal cooling-heating system was more efficient than the existing system in public library.

Capacity Expansion Modeling of Water-distribution Network using GIS, VE, and LCC (GIS와 VE, LCC 개념에 의한 동적 상수도관망 대안 결정)

  • Kim, Hyeng-Bok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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    • 1999.12a
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    • pp.21-25
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    • 1999
  • Planning support systems(PSS) add more advanced spatial analysis functions than Geographic information systems(GIS) and intertemporal functions to the functions of spatial decision support systems(SDSS). This paper reports the continuing development of a PSS providing a framework that facilitates urban planners and civil engineers in conducting coherent deliberations about planning, design and operation & maintenance(O&M) of water-distribution networks for urban growth management. The PSS using dynamic optimization model, modeling-to-generate-alternatives, value engineering(VE) and life-cycle cost(LCC) can generate network alternatives in consideration of initial cost and O&H cost. Users can define alternatives by the direct manipulation of networks or by the manipulation of parameters in the models. The water-distribution network analysis model evaluates the performance of the user-defined alternatives. The PSS can be extended to include the functions of generating sewer network alternatives, combining water-distribution and sewer networks, eventually the function of planning, design and O&H of housing sites. Capacity expansion by the dynamic water-distribution network optimization model using MINLP includes three advantages over capacity expansion using optimal control theory(Kim and Hopkins 1996): 1) finds expansion alternatives including future capacity expansion times, sizes, locations, and pipe types of a water-distribution network provided, 2) has the capabilities to do the capacity expansion of each link spatially and intertemporally, and 3) requires less interaction between models. The modeling using MINLP is limited in addressing the relationship between cost, price, and demand, which the optimal control approach can consider. Strictly speaking, the construction and O&M costs of water-distribution networks influence the price charged for the served water, which in turn influence the. This limitation can be justified in rather small area because price per unit water in the area must be same as that of neighboring area, i.e., the price is determined administratively. Planners and engineers can put emphasis on capacity expansion without consideration of the relationship between cost, price, and demand.

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Performance Estimation and Maintenance Method for Road Pavement Sections (국도 포장의 장기 공용성 추정 및 유지관리 방안)

  • Lee, Young-Uk;Do, Myung-Sik;Lee, Jong-Dal;Jang, Min-Keun
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, a PMS(Pavement Management System) application is presented to control the LCC(Life Cycle Cost) of road pavement. The aim of this paper is to provide the decision makers with the planning information regarding maintenance strategies for efficient road pavement management. The validity of PMS application presented in this paper is investigated through case studies for conducted for 22 national highway road sections in Korea.

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A Stochastic Simulation Model for Integrated Weapon System Design and Performance Evaluation (복합 무기체계 비용${\cdot}$효과 분석 방법론 연구)

  • Hwang Heung-Seok
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.23-43
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    • 1992
  • A Stochastic simulation model for optimal design and evaluation of the integrated weapon systems under the consideration of the RAM (reliability, availability and maintainability) and life cycle cost (LCC) was developped. This model is supposed to satisfy a need regarding the methodology of optimaldesign and performance evaluation for both developpers and users of weapon systems.

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