• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2014

The NISS onboard NEXTSat-1 is being developed by Korea astronomy and space science institute (KASI). For the study of the cosmic star formation history, the NISS performs the imaging spectroscopic observation in the near-infrared range for nearby galaxies, low background regions, star-forming regions and so on. It is designed to cover a wide field of view ($2{\times}2$ deg) and a wide wavelength range from 0.95 to $3.8{\mu}m$ by using linear variable filters. In order to reduce the thermal noise, the telescope and the infrared sensor are cooled down to 200 K and 80 K, respectively. Evading a stray light outside the field of view and making the most use of limited space, the NISS adopts the off-axis reflective optical system. The primary and the secondary mirrors, the opto-mechanical part and the mechanical structure are designed to be made of aluminum material. It reduces the degradation of optical performance due to a thermal variation. This paper presents the study on the conceptual design of the NISS.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.812-819
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• 2012

Interference and jamming are becoming increasing concern to a radar system nowdays. AESA(Active Electronically Steered Array) antennas and adaptive beamforming(ABF), in which antenna beam patterns can be modified to reject the interference, offer a potential solution to overcome the problems encountered. In this paper, we've developed a planar active phased array radar system, in which ABF, target detection and tracking algorithm operate in real-time. For the high output power and the low noise figure of the antenna, we've designed the S-band TRMs based on GaN HEMT. For real-time processing, we've used wavelenth division multiplexing technique on fiber optic communication which enables rapid data communication between the antenna and the signal processor. Also, we've implemented the HW and SW architecture of Real-time Signal Processor(RSP) for adaptive beamforming that uses SMI(Sample Matrix Inversion) technique based on MVDR(Minimum Variance Distortionless Response). The performance of this radar system has been verified by near-field and far-field tests.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.15.2-22
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• 1995

Evaluating stiffness of near-surface materials has been one of the critically important tasks in many civil engineering works. It is the main goal of geotechnical characterization. The so-called deflection-response method evaluates the stiffness by measuring stress-strain behavior of the materials caused by static or dynamic load. This method, however, evaluates the overall stiffness and the stiffness variation with depth cannot be obtained. Furthermore, evaluation of a large-area geotechnical site by this method can be time-consuming, expensive, and damaging to many surface points of the site. Wave-propagation method, on the other hand, measures seismic velocities at different depths and stiffness profile (stiffness change with depth) can be obtained from the measured velocity data. The stiffness profile is often expressed by shear-wave (S-wave) velocity change with depth because S-wave velocity is proportional to the shear modulus. that is a direct indicator of stiffiiess. The crosshole and downhole method measures the seismic velocity by placing sources and receivers (geophones) at different depths in a borehole. Requirement of borehole installation makes this method also time-consuming, expensive, and damaging to the sites. Spectral-Analysis-of-Surface-Waves (SASW) method places both source and receivers at the surface, and records horizontally-propagating surface waves. Based upon the theory of surfacewave dispersion, the seismic velocities at different depths are calculated by analyzing the recorded surface-wave data. This method can be nondestructive to the sites. However, because only two receivers are used, the method requires multiple measurements with different field setups and, therefore, the method often becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive. Furthermore. the inclusion of noise wavefields cannot be handled properly, and this may cause the results by this method inaccurate. When multi-channel recording method is employed during the measurement of surface-waves, there are several benefits. First, usually single measurement is enough because multiple number (twelve or more) of receivers are used. Second, noise inclusion can be detected by coherency checking on the multi-channel data and handled properly so that it does not decrease the accuracy of the result. Third, various kinds of multi-channel processing techniques can be applied to f1lter unwanted noise wavefields and also to analyze the surface-wavefields more accurately and efficiently. In this way, the accuracy of the result by the method can be significantly improved. Fourth, the entire system of source, receivers, and recording-processing device can be tied into one unit, and the unit can be pulled by a small vehicle, making the survey speed very fast. In all these senses, multi-channel recording of surface waves is best suited for a routine method for geotechnical characterization in most of civil engineering works.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.658-673
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• 2018

극저주파자기장 노출에 대한 사회적 갈등은 계속되는 전력 수요의 증가와 고압송전선로의 증설로 심화될 것으로 예상되고 있다. 그러나 현행 환경영향평가법상 이에 대한 구체적 작성규정이나 지침이 마련되어 있지 않은 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 극저주파자기장의 주요 발생원이라 할 수 있는 고압 가공 송전선로를 대상으로 환경영향평가 사례분석, 현장측정 및 전문가 자문을 통하여 환경영향평가 방법에 대한 표준화 연구를 수행하였다. 극저주파자기장의 환경영향평가의 문제점과 개선해야 할 사항을 도출하고, 이를 반영하여 환경영향평가 방법을 제안하였다. 주요내용으로는 환경영향평가의 현황조사-영향예측-저감방안마련-사후환경영향평가계획의 각 단계에서 거리와 전류량에 영향을 받는 극저주파자기장의 물리적 특성을 고려한 계획수립 및 결과분석 과정을 제안하였다. 본 연구 내용을 기반으로 환경영향평가 실무에 적용시킬 수 있는 '전력선에 대한 극저주파자기장 공정시험방법(안)'과 '전력선에서의 극저주파자기장 측정기록표'를 마련하였고, 29개 항목의 극저주파자기장 점검표를 작성하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 극저주파자기장의 장기적 노출에 대한 인체유해성이 불명확한 현 시점에서 송전선로 피해와 갈등을 최소화하고 합리적 방안을 도출하는 환경영향평가에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2011년도 한국우주과학회보 제20권1호
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• pp.23.4-23.4
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• 2011

MIRIS is the main payload of the Science and Technology Satellite-3 (STSAT-3). which is being developed by KASI for infrared survey observation of the Galactic plane at Paschen alpha wavelength. Wideband filters in I and H band will also be used to observe cosmic infrared background. The MIRIS will perform astronomical observations in the near-infrared wavelengths of 0.9~2 ${\mu}m$ using a 256 ${\times}$ 256 Teledyne PICNIC FPA sensor providing a 3.67 ${\times}$ 3.67 degree field of view with a pixel scale of 51.6 arcsec. The flight model of the MIRIS has been recently developed, The system performance tests have been made in the laboratory, including opto-mechanics test, vibration test, thermal vacuum test and passive cooling test down to 200K, using a thermally controlled vacuum chamber. Several focus tests showed good agreements compared to initial design parameters. Recent efforts are being concentrated to improve the system performances, particularly to reduce readout noise level in electronics. After assembly and integration into the satellite bus, the MIRIS will be launched in 2012.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.383-389
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• 2003

As in other areas of materials technology, the tendency towards light weight constructions becomes more and more important also for powder metallurgy. The development is mainly driven by the automotive industry looking for mass reduction of vehicles as a major factor for fuel economy. Powder metallurgy has to offer a number of interesting areas including the development of sintered materials of light metals. PM aluminium alloys with improved properties are on the way to replace ferrous pars. For high temperature applications in the engine, titanium aluminide based materials offer a great potential, e.g. for exhaust valves. The PM route using elemental powders and reactions sintering is considered to be a cost effective way for net shape parts production. Furthermore it is expected that lower costs for titanium raw materials coming from metallurgical activities will offer new chances for sintered parts with titanium alloys. The field of cellular metals expands with the hollow sphere technique, that can provide materials of many metals and alloys with a great flexibility in structure modifications. These structures are expected to be used in improving the safety (crash absoption) and noise reduction in cars in the near future and offer great potential for many other applications.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2013

자기유도형 기반의 무선전력 전송 기술을 이용한 무선충전 기능이 최근 스마트폰 등에 채용되어 주요한 소비자 편의기능으로 자리잡고 있다. 무선전력전송 모듈은 무선전력 전송효율을 개선하고 휴대폰 주요 회로부에 대한 전자기장 간섭을 억제하기 위하여 전자기장 차폐 소재의 사용이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 무선전력 전송모듈용 전자기장 차폐 소재의 역할과 기술에 대해 소개하였다. 이와 함께 향후 확산될 중급 전력(mid-power)과 대전력(high-power)영역의 무선전력 전송 응용분야에서 대응 가능한 차폐 소재의 개발 방향을 정리하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.811-816
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• 2011

이 논문에서는 저전력 통신 기법 가운데 하나인 PSPM(Phase Shift Pulse position Modulation) 전송 기법이 근거리 수중음향 채널에서 어떠한 성능을 나타낼지 고찰하기 위해 해상실험을 통해 분석하였다. PSPM은 QPSK(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying)와 PPM(Pulse Position Modulation) 기법을 서로 혼합한 형태로 WBAN(Wireless Body Area Network) 시스템에서 저전력 통신을 위해 제안된 기법이다. 이는 기존의 일반적인 전송 방식에 비해 대역효율은 떨어지지만 전력효율은 증가하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이 논문에서는 실해역에서 취득한 PSPM 데이터를 통해 BER 성능을 분석한다. 실험 결과 QPSK의 경우 총 56,000개의 전송 데이터 비트 중 오차 비트 수가 3,384개로 BER이 약 $6.04{\times}10^{-2}$이고, PSPM의 경우는 19,652개로 BER이 약 $3.5{\times}10^{-1}$를 얻었다. 또한 영상 데이터 전송에 따른 PSNR(Peak signal-to-noise ratio)을 비교한 결과 QPSK의 경우 9.37 dB 였으며, PSPM의 경우 9.11 dB 였다.

• 천문학회지
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2021

Reverberation mapping (RM) is an efficient method to investigate the physical sizes of the broad line region (BLR) and dusty torus in an active galactic nucleus (AGN). The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission will provide multi-epoch spectroscopic data at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. These data can be used for RM experiments with bright AGNs. We present results of a feasibility test using SPHEREx data in the SPHEREx deep regions for torus RM measurements. We investigate the physical properties of bright AGNs in the SPHEREx deep field. Based on this information, we compute the efficiency of detecting torus time lags in simulated light curves. We demonstrate that, in combination with complementary optical data with a depth of ~ 20 mag in B-band, lags of ≤ 750 days for tori can be measured for more than ~ 200 bright AGNs. If high signal-to-noise ratio photometric data with a depth of ~ 21-22 mag are available, RM measurements are possible for up to ~ 900 objects. When complemented by well-designed early optical observations, SPHEREx can provide a unique dataset for studies of the physical properties of dusty tori in bright AGNs.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2023

We conducted a statistical study of polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSEs) in relation to magnetic local time (MLT), considering the geomagnetic conditions using the K-index (or K). Additionally, we performed a case study to examine the velocity profile, specifically for high velocities (≥ ~100 m/s) varying with high temporal resolution at high K-index values. This study utilized the PMSE data obtained from the mesosphere-stratosphere-troposphere radar located in Esrange, Sweden (63.7°N, 21°E). The change in K-index in terms of MLT was high (K ≥ 4) from 23 to 04 MLT, estimated for the time PMSE was present. During the near-midnight period (0-4 MLT), both PMSE occurrence and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) displayed an asymmetric structure with upper curves for K ≥ 3 and lower curves for K < 3. Furthermore, the occurrence of high velocities peaked at 3-4 MLT for K ≥ 3. From case studies focusing on the 0-3 MLT period, we observed persistent eastward-biased high velocities (≥ 200 m/s) prevailing for ~18 min. These high velocities were accompanied with the systematic motion of profiles at 85-88 km, including large shear formation. Importantly, the rapid variations observed in velocity could not be attributed to neutral wind effects. The present findings suggest a strong substorm influence on PMSE, especially in the midnight and early dawn sectors. The large zonal drift observed in PMSE were potentially energized by local electromagnetic fields or the global convection field induced by the electron precipitation during substorms.