• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1022-1037
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• 2022

It is important to develop a transducer that generates uniform output power through frequency control of the HIFU at 4 MHz frequency for the high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) skin diseases treatment. In this paper, a 4 MHz frequency band HIFU system for skin disease treatment was designed, manufactured and developed. In HIFU, even for the ultrasonic vibrator in the 4 MHz frequency band, the characteristics of the output power of the HIFU are different depending on the difference in the thickness of the PZT material. Through the development of a system amplifier, the sound output of the HIFU transducer was improved to more than 48 W and uniform output power control was possible. And, it is possible to control the output power even in a frequency band of 4.0 to 4.7 MHz, which is wider than 4.0 MHz, and shows the resonance frequency of the transducer. The maximum output power for each frequency was 49.969 W and the minimum value was 48.018 W. The maximum output power compared to the minimum output power is 49.969 W, which is uniform within 4.1%. It was confirmed that the output power of the HIFU through the amplifier can be uniformly controlled in the 4 MHz frequency band.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.107-123
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• 2024

The drilling angle of the well is an important factor that can affect the sand production process and make its destructive effects more severe or weaker. This study investigated the effect of different well angles on sand production for the Asmari Formation, located in one of the oil fields southwest of Iran. For this purpose, a finite difference model was developed for three types of vertical (90°), inclined (45°), and horizontal (0°) wells with casing and perforations in the direction of minimum and maximum horizontal stresses, then coupled with fluid flow. Here, finite element meshing was used, because the geometry of the model is so complex and the implementation of finite difference meshes is impossible or very difficult for such models. Using a combined FDM-FEM model with fluid flow, the sand production process in three different modes with different flow rates for the Asmari sandstone was investigated in this study. The results of numerical models show that the intensity of sand production is directly related to the in-situ stress state of the oil field and well drilling angle. Since the stress regime in the studied oil field is normal, the highest amount of produced sand was in inclined wells (especially wells drilled in the direction of minimum horizontal stress) and the lowest amount of sand production was related to vertical wellbore. Also, the Initiation time of sand production in inclined wells was much shorter than in other wellbores.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.80-87
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• 2004

During excavation work for the construction of a highway bridge in a limestone area in Korea, several cavities were found, and construction work was stopped temporarily. Cavities under the bridge piers might seriously threaten the safety of the planned bridge, because they could lead to excessive subsidence and differential settlement of the pier foundations. In order to establish a method for reinforcement of the pier foundations, borehole radar reflection and tomography surveys were carried out, to locate cavities under the planned pier locations and to determine their sizes where they exist. Since travel time data from the crosshole radar survey showed anisotropy, we applied an anisotropic tomography inversion algorithm assuming heterogeneous elliptic anisotropy, in order to reconstruct three kinds of tomograms: tomograms of maximum and minimum velocities, and of the direction of the symmetry axis. The distribution of maximum velocity matched core logging results better than that of the minimum velocity. The degree of anisotropy, defined by the normalized difference between maximum and minimum velocities, was helpful in deciding whether an anomalous zone in a tomogram was a cavity or not. By careful examination of borehole radar reflection and tomography images, the spatial distributions of cavities were delineated, and most of them were interpreted as being filled with clay and/or water. All the interpretation results implied that two faults imaged clearly by a DC resistivity survey were among the most important factors controlling the groundwater movement in the survey area, and therefore were closely related to the development of cavities. The method of reinforcement of the pier foundations was based on the interpretation results, and the results were confirmed when construction work was resumed.

• 재무관리연구
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.231-253
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• 2004

본 연구는 원 달러현물포지션보유에 따른 현물변동의 위험을 헤지하기 위하여 원 달러선물시장(Futures Markets)을 이용한 헤지효과성을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 동적헤지모형인, 이변량 ECT-ARCH(1)모형과 최소분산모형을 설정한 후, 2001년 1월 2일부터 2002년 12월 31일까지의 일별 단위로 추출된 원 달러현물환율자료와 원 달러선물자료를 사용하여 헤지비율을 추정하고 헤지성과를 분석하였다. 또한 헤지성과의 비교 및 분석 시에서는 단순헤지모형(naive hedging model)을 추가적으로 포함시켰으며, 전통적 헤지모형인 최소분산헤지모형과 이변량 ECT-ARCH(1)모형을 이용하여 추정한 헤지비율의 크기는 크게 다르지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 주요 실증분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 전체분석기간과 분석기간을 세분화한 연도별 헤지비율 모두 최소분산헤지모형의 헤지비율이 시간이 경과함에 따라 헤지비율이 변동하는 것으로 가정하는 이변량 ECT-ARCH(1)모형의 헤지비율보다 상대적으로 나쁘지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 헤지효과성을 측정한 결과 내표본(within-sample) 및 외표본(out-of-sample)기간동안 단순헤지모형과 최소분산헤지모형(minimum variance hedging model)모두 헤지비율이 시간에 따라 변화하는 이변량 ECT-ARCH(1)모형의 헤지효과성보다 상대적으로 더 나은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 투자자들이 원 달러현물환율 및 선물환율의 시계열 특성이나 헤지비율의 시간가변성 등을 고려하지 않고 단순한 최소분산모형을 헤지전략에 사용하여도 무방함을 의미한다. 셋째, 헤지기간에 따른 헤지성과를 분석하기 위해 헤지기간을 1주일물과 2주일물 원 달러선물로 확대하였을 경우, 1일물을 이용한 경우보다 헤지성과가 내표본과 외표본에서 모두 상대적으로 더 나은 것으로 나타났다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.532-535
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 Super Juction MOSFET의 우수한 열 특성을 검증하기 위해 도출된 공정 및 설계파라미터를 이용하여 열특성을 분석하였다. 열 특성 중 핵심공정인 Trench 식각 각도에 따른 온도차이, 열 저항, 그 때 흐르는 드레인 전류를 측정하여 전체 소비전력을 분석하였다. 분석한 결과 Trench 식각 각도가 $89.3^{\circ}$ 일 때 온도차와 열 저항 값이 가장 작게 나왔으며, 식각 각도에 따라서 분포는 경향성을 보이지 않았다. 따라서 반복 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 최적의 값을 도출해야 되며, 본 측정 결과 최적의 식각 각도는 $89.3^{\circ}$와 $89.6^{\circ}$의 결과를 보였다. 다른 전기적인 특성을 고려하여 최종 식각 각도를 보여야 하며, 열 특성의 우수한 SJ MOSFET이 산업에의 이용을 위해 본 논문의 자료가 충분히 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.3286-3300
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• 2016

High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Standard, as the latest coding standard, introduces satisfying compression structures with respect to its predecessor Advanced Video Coding (H.264/AVC). The new coding standard can offer improved encoding performance compared with H.264/AVC. However, it also leads to enormous computational complexity that makes it considerably difficult to be implemented in real time application. In this paper, based on machine learning, a fast partitioning method is proposed, which can search for the best splitting structures for Intra-Prediction. In view of the video texture characteristics, we choose the entropy of Gray-Scale Difference Statistics (GDS) and the minimum of Sum of Absolute Transformed Difference (SATD) as two important features, which can make a balance between the computation complexity and classification performance. According to the selected features, adaptive decision trees can be built for the Coding Units (CU) with different size by offline training. Furthermore, by this way, the partition of CUs can be resolved as a binary classification problem. Experimental results have shown that the proposed algorithm can save over 34% encoding time on average, with a negligible Bjontegaard Delta (BD)-rate increase.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.129-132
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• 2005

It is one of the most important issues to determine a target brain image that gives a common coordinate system for a constructing population-based brain atlas. The purpose of this study is to provide a simple and reliable procedure that determines the target brain image among the group based on the inherent structural information of three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) images. It uses only 11 lines defined automatically as a feature vector representing structural variations based on the Talairach coordinate system. Average characteristic vector of the group and the difference vectors of each one from the average vector were obtained. Finally, the individual data that had the minimum difference vector was determined as the target. We determined the target brain image by both our algorithm and conventional visual inspection for 20 healthy young volunteers. Eighteen fiducial points were marked independently for each data to evaluate the similarity. Target brain image obtained by our algorithm showed the best result, and the visual inspection determined the second one. We concluded that our method could be used to determine an appropriate target brain image in constructing brain atlases such as disease-specific ones.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.37-55
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• 2013

An important issue in the design of soil-nailing systems, as long-term retaining walls, is to assess their stability during seismic events. As such, this study is aimed at simulating the dynamic behavior and failure pattern of nailed structures using two series of numerical analyses, namely dynamic time history and pseudo-static. These numerical simulations are performed using the Finite Difference Method (FDM). In order to consider the actual response of a soil-nailed structure, nonlinear soil behaviour, soil-structure interaction effects, bending resistance of structural elements and construction sequences have been considered in the analyses. The obtained results revealed the efficiency of both analysis methods in simulating the seismic failure mechanism. The predicted failure pattern consists of two sliding blocks enclosed by three slip surfaces, whereby the bottom nails act as anchors and the other nails hold a semi-rigid soil mass. Moreover, it was realized that an increase in the length of the lowest nails is the most effective method to improve seismic stability of soil-nailed structures. Therefore, it is recommended to first estimate the nails pattern for static condition with the minimum required static safety factor. Then, the required seismic stability can be obtained through an increase in the length of the lowest nails. Moreover, placement of additional long nails among lowest nails in existing nailed structures can be considered as a simple retrofitting technique in seismic prone areas.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2488-2493
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• 2007

A gap conductance is very important factor which can affect nuclear fuel temperature. Especially, in case of an annular fuel, a gap conductance effect can lead an unexpected heat split phenomena which is caused by a large difference of an inner and outer gap conductance. The gap conductance mechanism is very complicated behavior due to the its strong dependency on microscopic factors such as a contact surface roughness, local contact pressure and local temperature. In this paper, for the decision of test temperature and pressure range, a procedure and calculation results of in-reactor fuel temperature and pressure analysis are summarized which can be applied to test equipment design and determination of test matrix. Based upon analysis results, it is concluded that the minimum and maximum test temperature are $300^{\circ}C$ and $530^{\circ}C$ respectively, and the maximum pellet/cladding interfacial contact pressure should be observed up to 45MPa.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2010

Gross-to-net ratio is the important factor determining size of the building. However it was determined as the empirical method without the exact basis in the existing planning. This paper proposes more accurate methods for determining the gross-to-net ratio of architectural planning in general hospital. This paper analyzes the difference of gross-to-net ratio according to the various conditions and presents the elements of influencing on gross-to-net ratio. These elements is evaluated by applying in the typical hospital case. In conclusion, gross-to-net ratio is influenced by the accuracy of the space program, form type of the space and correspondence potential about the internal variation. In addition, This study has proved that empirical approach is a standard of minimum area.