• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.56-63
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• 2024

In high radiation fields, gamma cameras suffer from pulse pile-up, resulting in poor energy resolution, count losses, and image distortion. To overcome this problem, various methods have been introduced to reduce the size of the aperture or pixel, reject the pile-up events, and correct the pile-up events, but these technologies have limitations in terms of mechanical design and real-time processing. The purpose of this study is to develop a real-time gamma camera to evaluate the radioactive contamination in high radiation fields. The gamma camera is composed of a pinhole collimator, NaI(Tl) scintillator, position sensitive photomultiplier (PSPMT), signal processing board, and data acquisition (DAQ). The pulse pile-up is corrected in real-time with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) using the start time correction (STC) method. The STC method corrects the amplitude of the pile-up event by correcting the time at the start point of the pile-up event. The performance of the gamma camera was evaluated using a high dose rate ¹³⁷Cs source. For pulse pile-up ratios (PPRs) of 0.45 and 0.30, the energy resolution improved by 61.5 and 20.3%, respectively. In addition, the image artifacts in the ¹³⁷Cs radioisotope image due to pile-up were reduced.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.489-501
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• 2020

This paper conducts a complicated coupled effective stress analysis of X-section-in-place concrete (XCC) pile installation and consolidation processes using the dual-stage Eulerian-Lagrangian (DSEL) technique incorporating the modified Cam-clay model. The numerical model is verified by centrifuge data and field test results. The main objective of this study is to investigate the shape effect of XCC pile cross-section on radial total stress, excess pore pressure and time-dependent strength. The discrepancies of the penetration mechanism and set-up effects on pile shaft resistance between the XCC pile and circular pile are discussed. Particular attention is placed on the time-dependent strength around the XCC pile shaft. The results show that soil strength improved more significantly close to the flat side compared with the concave side. Additionally, the computed ultimate shaft resistance of XCC pile incorporating set-up effects is 1.45 times that of the circular pile. The present findings are likely helpful in facilitating the incorporation of set-up effects into XCC pile design practices.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.122.1-122.1
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• 2011

Phosphorus is known to pile-up at the silicon surface when it is thermally oxidized. A thin layer, about 40nm thick from the silicon surface, is created containing more phosphorus than the bulk of the emitter. This layer has a gaussian profile with the peak at the surface of the silicon. In this study the pile-up effect was studied if this layer can act as a front surface field for solar cells. The effect was also tested if its high dose of phosphorus at the silicon surface can lower the contact resistance with the front metal contact. P-type wafers were first doped with phosphorus to create an n-type emitter. The doping was done using either a furnace or ion implantation. The wafers were then oxidized using dry thermal oxidation. The effect of the pile-up as a front surface field was checked by measuring the minority carrier lifetime using a QSSPC. The contact resistance of the wafers were also measured to see if the pile-up effect can lower the series resistance.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2013

X-선과, ${\gamma}$-선을 이용한 형광분석장치는 현재 널리 쓰이는 물질의 고유특성을 분석하는 장치이다. 하지만 여러 가지 원인으로 인해 장치사용 시 측정 신호에서 중첩 현상이 발생한다. 검출 신호의 높이는 측정 물질의 특성을 반영하며 측정 물질을 정확히 분석하기 위해서는 중첩된 신호를 제거하거나 복원을 해야 한다. 현재 trapezoidal 필터는 형광분석장치에 널리 사용되고 있으며 중첩펄스 검출에서도 좋은 결과를 보이고 있다. 본 논문에서는 측정 신호의 사다리꼴 변형에 기반 한 중첩펄스 처리방법을 제안한다. 제안방법은 사다리꼴 필터를 이용한 최대값 검출 알고리즘에 두 개의 카운터와 몇 개의 레지스터만을 추가하여 추가적인 중첩펄스 처리 알고리즘을 구현하기 때문에 기존 방법에 비해 하드웨어 복잡도가 훨씬 적으면서도 정확히 중첩펄스를 처리 할 수 있다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.227-228
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• 2010

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.429-442
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• 2015

The measurement from the indentation process depends on the amount of pile-up or sink-in around the contact impressions. In this paper, finite element concept is utilized to study the pile-up and sink-in behaviour for the wide range of materials with different young's modulus, yield stresses, strain-hardening exponents and coefficient of friction values. The exact indentation model is created by using the two dimensional axisymmetrical model for simulating the spherical indentation process on the lines of Taljat and Pharr (2004) work. The result shows that during spherical indentation process the amount of pile-up is greatly influenced by the strain hardening exponents in addition to other material properties and depth of penetration. The numerical results from the finite element analysis are also validated using the exact multilinear material properties obtained from the tensile testing for the materials like mild steel, brass and aluminium.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.415-425
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• 2023

Pile-supported wharves, port structures that support the upper deck, are installed on sloping ground. The sloping ground should be covered with a rubble mound or artificial blocks to protect the interior material from erosion caused by wave force. The behavior of the pile may vary during an earthquake if a rubble mound is installed on the slope. However, studies evaluating the effect of rubble mound on the pile during an earthquake are limited. Here, we performed dynamic centrifuge model tests to evaluate the dynamic behavior of piles installed in a slope reinforced with rubble mound. In the structure, some sections (single-pile, 2×2 group-pile) were selected for the experiment. The moment of the group-pile decreased by up to 26% upon installation of the rubble mound, whereas the moment of the single-pile increased by up to 41%, thus demonstrating conflicting results.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2003

최근 연약지반상의 말뚝기초설계에 있어서 경시효과는 말뚝의 지지력 특성을 나타내는 중요한 요소 중의 하나로 인식되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 지지력 증가효과를 연구하기 위해 두 곳의 현장에서 13개의 말뚝에 대해, 항타시 EOID(초기 동재하시험)을 실시한 후 일정한 시간이 경과한 다음 재항타시험을 수행하였다. 느슨한 실트지반에 H말뚝, 강관말뚝, PHC말뚝을 항타에 의해 설치하고 9일 후 재항타 한 결과 H말뚝, 강관말뚝의 경우 지지력이 증가된 반면, PHC말뚝은 지지력의 증가가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 7일 후 재항타시험을 수행한 결과 단단한 실트지반의 경우 H말뚝과 강관말뚝은 지지력이 1.17배 증가하였다. 그러나 PHC말뚝의 경우 6일 후 수행한 제 1차 재항타시험에서는 지지력이 감소하였다가, 13일 후 수행한 3차 재항타시험에서는 지지력이 1.38배 정도 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2023

Designing pile foundations subjected to the uplift forces such as buildings, oil platforms, and anchors is becoming increasingly concerned. In this paper, the conceptual design of a new type of driven piles called expanding pile is presented and assessed. Some grooves have been created in the shaft of the novel pile, and some moveable arms have been designed at the pile tip. At first, static analyses using the finite element method were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the innovative pile on the axial bearing capacity. Then its effect on seismic behavior of moment frame is considered. Results show that the expanding arms were provided an ideal anchorage system because of the soil's noticeable locking-up effect increasing uplift bearing capacity. For example at the end of the static tensile loading procedure, displacement decrement up to 55 percent is observed. In addition, comparing the uplift bearing capacity of the usual and new pile with different lengths in sand and clay layers shows noticeable effect and sharp increase up to about two times especially in longer piles. Besides, a sensible reduction in the seismic response and the stresses in the beam-column connection between 23-36 percent are achieved that ensures better seismic behavior of the structures.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.231-242
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• 2023

This paper represents a comparative study in which Gene Expression Programming (GEP), Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH), and multiple linear regressions (MLR) were utilized to derive new equations for the prediction of time-dependent bearing capacity of pile foundations driven in cohesive soil, technically called pile set-up. This term means that many piles which are installed in cohesive soil experience a noticeable increase in bearing capacity after a specific time. Results of researches indicate that side resistance encounters more increase than toe resistance. The main reason leading to pile setup in saturated soil has been found to be the dissipation of excess pore water pressure generated in the process of pile installation, while in unsaturated conditions aging is the major justification. In this study, a comprehensive dataset containing information about 169 test piles was obtained from literature reviews used to develop the models. to prepare the data for further developments using intelligent algorithms, Data mining techniques were performed as a fundamental stage of the study. To verify the models, the data were randomly divided into training and testing datasets. The most striking difference between this study and the previous researches is that the dataset used in this study includes different piles driven in soil with varied geotechnical characterization; therefore, the proposed equations are more generalizable. According to the evaluation criteria, GEP was found to be the most effective method to predict set-up among the other approaches developed earlier for the pertinent research.