• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.71-89
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• 2012

The paper investigates beam lateral buckling stability according to linear and non-linear models. Closed form solutions for single-symmetric cross sections are first derived according to a non-linear model considering flexural-torsional coupling and pre-buckling deformation effects. The closed form solutions are compared to a beam finite element developed in large torsion. Effects of pre-buckling deflection and gradient moment on beam stability are not well known in the literature. The strength of singly symmetric I-beams under gradient moments is particularly investigated. Beams with T and I cross-sections are considered in the study. It is concluded that pre-buckling deflections effects are important for I-section with large flanges and analytical solutions are possible. For beams with T-sections, lateral buckling resistance depends not only on pre-buckling deflection but also on cross section shape, load distribution and buckling modes. Effects of pre-buckling deflections are important only when the largest flange is under compressive stresses and positive gradient moments. For negative gradient moments, all available solutions fail and overestimate the beam strength. Numerical solutions are more powerful. Other load cases are investigated as the stability of continuous beams. Under arbitrary loads, all available solutions fail, and recourse to finite element simulation is more efficient.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2016

본 연구는 마찰 특성이 다른 재질 별로 마찰에 의한 소음을 해석하는 스퀼 유한요소 해석 방법론을 제안하고 이를 실험 검증하고자 하였다. 회전운동 실험 장치를 통하여 각 재질 별 마찰곡선을 확인하였으며, 왕복운동 시험 장치에서 재질 별 마찰 소음을 계측하였다. 계측 된 마찰곡선을 특정 속도에서 선형화하여 마찰곡선 기울기 데이터를 FE Model에 적용하였다. 제안 된 해석 모델에서 발현 된 불안정 모드가 시험에서 발생한 스퀼 주파수와 유사함을 보였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.216-226
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• 2015

Grid synchronization is one of the key techniques for the grid-connected power converters used in distributed power generation systems. In order to achieve fast and accurate grid synchronization, a new phase locked loop (PLL) is proposed on the basis of the complex filter matrixes (CFM) orthogonal signal generator (OSG) crossing-decoupling method. By combining first-order complex filters with relation matrixes of positive and negative sequence voltage components, the OSG is designed to extract specific frequency orthogonal signals. Then, the OSG mathematical model is built in the frequency-domain and time-domain to analyze the spectral characteristics. Moreover, a crossing-decoupling method is suggested to decouple the fundamental voltage. From the eigenvalue analysis point of view, the stability and dynamic performance of the new PLL method is evaluated. Meanwhile, the digital implementation method is also provided. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by experiments under unbalanced and distorted grid voltage conditions.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.2095-2103
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• 2021

A small power ADS design using thorium oxide and diluent matrix reprocessed fuel is proposed for a high transmutation rate, small reactivity swing, and strong safety features. Two fuel matrices (CERCER and CERMET) and different recycled fuel compositions recovered from UO₂ spent fuels with 45 GWd/tU and 60 GWd/tU burnup were investigated to determine the suitable fuel for the ADS. It was found that the transmutation of each isotope depends on TRU initial loading amount. After examining the cores, the results show that CERCER fueled ADS has a negative coolant void reactivity (CVR) and a smaller radiotoxicity at discharge compared to that of CERMET core. It implies that CERCER fuel has enhanced safety features and more flavor in terms of radiotoxicity management. To increase fuel utilization and core operation efficiency, a simple assembly shuffling pattern for the CERCER fueled ADS is also proposed. Eigenvalue and burnup calculations were conducted using Serpent 2 with ENDF/B-VII.0 library in both kcode and external source modes, and it indicates that the results of transmutation analyses obtained by kcode only is reliable to discuss the transmutation potential of ADS. Burnup calculation with the fixed-source mode is essential to be used for more practical results of the transmutation by ADS.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.317-329
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• 2014

In vision measurement systems based on structured light, the key point of detection precision is to determine accurately the central position of the projected laser line in the image. The purpose of this research is to extract laser line centers based on a decision function generated to distinguish the real centers from candidate points with a high recognition rate. First, preprocessing of an image adopting a difference image method is conducted to realize image segmentation of the laser line. Second, the feature points in an integral pixel level are selected as the initiating light line centers by the eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix. Third, according to the light intensity distribution of a laser line obeying a Gaussian distribution in transverse section and a constant distribution in longitudinal section, a normalized model of Hessian matrix eigenvalues for the candidate centers of the laser line is presented to balance reasonably the two eigenvalues that indicate the variation tendencies of the second-order partial derivatives of the Gaussian function and constant function, respectively. The proposed model integrates a Gaussian recognition function and a sinusoidal recognition function. The Gaussian recognition function estimates the characteristic that one eigenvalue approaches zero, and enhances the sensitivity of the decision function to that characteristic, which corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the laser line. The sinusoidal recognition function evaluates the feature that the other eigenvalue is negative with a large absolute value, making the decision function more sensitive to that feature, which is related to the transverse direction of the laser line. In the proposed model the decision function is weighted for higher values to the real centers synthetically, considering the properties in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the laser line. Moreover, this method provides a decision value from 0 to 1 for arbitrary candidate centers, which yields a normalized measure for different laser lines in different images. The normalized results of pixels close to 1 are determined to be the real centers by progressive scanning of the image columns. Finally, the zero point of a second-order Taylor expansion in the eigenvector's direction is employed to refine further the extraction results of the central points at the subpixel level. The experimental results show that the method based on this normalization model accurately extracts the coordinates of laser line centers and obtains a higher recognition rate in two group experiments.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.341-350
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• 2016

The current study is dedicated to design a novel coordinated controller to effectively increase power system rotor angle stability. In doing so, the coordinated design of an AVR (automatic voltage regulator), PSS2B, and TCSC (thyristor controlled series capacitor)-based POD (power oscillation damping) controller is proposed. Although the recently employed coordination between a CPSS (conventional power system stabilizer) and a TCSC-based POD controller has been shown to improve power system damping characteristics, neglecting the negative impact of existing high-gain AVR on the damping torque by considering its parameters as given values, may reduce the effectiveness of a CPSS-POD controller. Thus, using a technologically viable stabilizer such as PSS2B rather than the CPSS in a coordinated scheme with an AVR and POD controller can constitute a well-established design with a structure that as a high potential to significantly improve the rotor angle stability. The design procedure is formulated as an optimization problem in which the ITSE (integral of time multiplied squared error) performance index as an objective function is minimized by employing an IPSO (improved particle swarm optimization) algorithm to tune adjustable parameters. The robustness of the coordinated designs is guaranteed by concurrently considering some operating conditions in the optimization process. To evaluate the performance of the proposed controllers, eigenvalue analysis and time domain simulations were performed for different operating points and perturbations simulated on 2A4M (two-area four-machine) power systems in MATLAB/Simulink. The results reveal that surpassing improvement in damping of oscillations is achieved in comparison with the CPSS-TCSC coordination.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제94권6호
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• pp.446-452
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• 2005

노각나무의 천연분포지의 집단간 변이를 알아보기 위하여 조사지의 집단별 엽형질 형태적 특성을 분석한 결과, 엽병장과 거치수를 제의한 엽장, 엽폭, 엽면적, 엽맥수에서 금산 집단이 타 집단보다 비교적 적게 나타나는 경향을 보였다. 각 형질중 엽병장과 엽면적을 제외한 형질의 변이 계수는 11.6~17.4%로 비교적 변이의 폭이 적은 반면, 엽병장과 엽면적은 집단간 변이계수가 각각 34.9%, 28.4%로 그 변이가 심하였으며, 이들 형질의 집단내 변이계수도 엽병장이 29.5~42%, 엽면적은 27.7~40.7%의 범위로 변이폭이 크게 나타났다. 또한, 12개 엽특성간 단순상관 분석결과, 엽폭과 엽면적이 상관관계가 가장 높고(r=0.975) 다음이 엽장${\times}$엽면적, 엽장${\times}$엽폭이 각각 상관계수 0.971과 0.969로 매우 높았으며, 엽저각과 엽형지수간에는 높은 부의상관(r=-0.843)을 나타내어 엽저각이 커질수록 엽형지수는 작아지는 관계를 나타냈다. 양적 질적 측정치의 유이성(similarity)에 대한 척도로서 선발집단의 엽특성을 대상으로 군집분석을 실시한 결과, 거리수준 0.4에서 제 1군은 조계산, 가야산 집단, 제2군은 백운산집단, 제 3군은 운문산, 무등산집단 그리고 제 4군은 금산집단으로 4개의 군으로 구분할 수 있었다. 거리수준 0.6에서 2군으로 구분할 수 있었으며, 제 1군은 금산집단, 제 2군은 무등산, 운문산, 백운산, 가야산, 조계산 집단으로 구분되었다. 특히, 금산 집단은 엽장, 엽족, 엽면적 그리고 엽맥수의 엽형질 특성에 있어서 나머지 5개의 집단과 분명한 차이를 보이고 있었다. 추출된 12개 주성분 중에서 고유값(eigenvalue)이 1.0이상으로 의미를 갖는 주성분은 5가지 나타났으며, 전체분산에 대한 상위 2개 주성분의 설명력은 52.7%로 엽장, 엽폭의 엽형질이 기여도가 가장 높게 나타났으며, 5개 주성분을 모두 포함할 경우의 설명력은 91.3%였다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2000

본 논문은 얼굴영상에서 눈과 입 부위를 추출하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 첫째로, 눈과 입의 에지 이진 화소 집합의 고유 값 (Eigenvalue) 과 고유 벡터 (Eigenvector) 로 부터 추출한 정보들은 눈과 입을 찾기 위한 좋은 특징이 된다. 눈과 입 부위의 긍정적 샘플과 부정적 샘플로부터 추출한 고유 특징들로 다층 신경망을 학습하여 특정 영역이 눈과 입 부위 포함하는 정도를 나타내도록 하였다. 둘째로, 시스템의 강건성 확보를 위해 서로 다른 구조의 단일 MLP를 묶어서 그 결과를 이용하는 Ensemble network 구조를 사용하였다. 두 눈과 입에 각각 별도의 Ensemble network을 사용하였고, 각 Ensemble network내 MLP들의 출력이 최대가 되는 영역의 중심 좌표들을 평균하여 최종 위치를 결정하였다. 셋째로, 특징 정보 추출 검색 영역을 즐기기 위해 얼굴 영상 에지 정보와 눈과 입의 위치 관계를 이용해 눈과 입의 대략적인 영역을 추출하였다. 제안된 시스템은 적은 수의 정면 얼굴에서 추출한 고유 특징들로 학습된 Ensemble network을 사용하여 학습에 사용되지 않은 다른 사람들의 정면얼굴 뿐만 아니라 일정한 범위 내 자세 변화에서도 좋은 일반화 성능을 얻고 있으며, 작은 범위 내에서의 얼굴 크기 변화나 좌우 20°이내의 자세 변화에 대해서도 신경망의 일반화 기능을 이용하여 강건한 결과를 얻고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.441-456
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure hope for cancer patients in Korea. This Hope Scale(Kim & Lee Hope Scale ; KLHS ) was developed based on not only critical universal attributes explaining both basic hope (generalized hope) and specific hope but also particular characteristics varing from culture and situation, which were revealed in a comprehensive review of the literature. Initially 60 items were generated from three sources : 36 items from the Q-sample used in the Kim's study, 1992, 21 representative items(statements) from the rest Q-population of the above study, 3 items related to the newly discovered category in the new qualitative study using 10 open ended question(death and dying) from the new qualitative study on the 20 cancer patients. At first 3 items were eliminated by the critique of the content validity experts, who were high experienced nurse, nursing professors. And then 4 items were eliminated in consideration of corrected item total correlation coefficiency, theoretical framework of this study. After that, 14 items were eliminated in comparing two or three items identified with the same meaning in each factor by this research team with factor loading and communality. This Hope Scale was finally constructed with 39 items. Psychometric evaluation was done on 492 adults(104 cancer patients, 388 adults who imagined who were cancer patients ranging from 18 to 76 years old. The results revealed high internal consistency Alpha coefficiency of .9351. Princial Component Factor Analysis with Varimax Rotation resulted in 8 factors with more than 1.0 of Eigenvalue. Referring to Eigenvalues, percent of variances(>60%), reproduced correlation matrix, and our theoretical framework, we decided the eight factors were the best1 solution to represent hope dimensions sufficiently. The eight factors were "confidence in possibility of cure", "sense of internal satisfaction", "being in communion", "meaning of life", "Korean hope perspectives", "belief in god", "self confidence", "self-worth". Among these factors, "confidence in possibility of cure", "sense of internal satisfaction", "Korean hope perspectives" were identified as different hope dimensions from those of Nowotny Hope Scale and Herth Hope Scale. There was significant negative correlation of r=-.4736 between this hope scale and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and significant positive correlation of r=.3685 between this hope scale and Life Orientation Test (LOT) which indicate convergent and discriminant validity. The range of hope scores was from 71 to 244, with a mean of 171.97(SD=28.16).

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.1365-1378
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• 1999

This study is a methodological research study to develop an instrument to measure in patients with cancer and to test the validity and reliability of the instrument. The research procedure was as follows : 1) The first step was to develop conceptual framework based on a comprehensive review of the literature and in-depth interviews with patients with cancer. This conceptual framework was organized in to three dimensions (the intrapersonal dimension, the significant-other and context related dimension, the transcendental dimension). Initially 59 items were adopted. 2) These items were analyzed through the index of content validity(CVI) and 53 items were selected which met more than 80% on the CVI. 3) The pretest was carried out with 87 patients with cancer. After the pretest results were analyzed by item analysis, 44 items were selected. A second test of content validity was conducted and 6 items were eliminated considering the 80% CVI. 4) To test for reliability and validity, data collection was done during the period from January 25, 1999, to February 26, 1999. The subjects for the test were 160 patients with cancer and 185 healthy persons. analysis, item analysis and multitrait-multimethod method to analyze validity. The findings are as follows : 1) The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .92 for the total 38 items and .79, .82, .85, for the three dimensions in that order. 2) The item analysis was based on the corrected item to total correlation coefficient( .30 or more) and information about the alpha estimate if this item was dropped from the scale. 3) As a result of the initial factor analysis using principal component analysis and varimax rotation, one item was deleted because of factor complexity (indiscriminate factor loadings). In the secondary factor analysis, 7 factors with eigenvalue of more than 1.0 were extracted and these factors explained 56 percents of the total variance. The seven factors were labeled as 'family relationship', 'emotional condition', 'physical discomfort', 'meaning and goal of life', 'contextual stimuli', 'change of body image', 'guilt feelings'. 4) The convergence effect between this instrument and the life satisfaction scale was identified and there was significant positive correlation(r= .52, p= .00). The discriminant validity between this instrument and the depression scale(CES-D) was tested and there was significant negative correlation(r= -.50, p= .00). The instrument for accessing the suffering of patients with cancer developed in this study was identified as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity. In this sense, this tool can be effectively utilized for assessment in caring for patients with cancer.