• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.121-141
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• 2017

The purpose of this paper is to understand and model the slow current (~2 m/s) effects on the global response of a floating offshore platform in waves. A time-domain numerical simulation of full wave-current-body interaction by a quadratic boundary element method (QBEM) is applied to compute the hydrodynamic loads and motions of a floating body under the combined influence of waves and current. The study is performed in the context of linearized potential flow theory that is sufficient in understanding the leading-order current effect on the body motion. The numerical simulations are validated by quantitative comparisons of the hydrodynamic coefficients with the WAMIT prediction for a truncated vertical circular cylinder in the absence of current. It is found from the simulation results that the presence of current leads to a loss of symmetry in flow dynamics for a tension-leg platform (TLP) with symmetric geometry, resulting in the coupling of the heave motion with the surge and pitch motions. Moreover, the presence of current largely affects the wave excitation force and moment as well as the motion of the platform while it has a negligible influence on the added mass and damping coefficients. It is also found that the current effect is strongly correlated with the wavelength but not frequency of the wave field. The global motion of a floating body in the presence of a slow current at relatively small encounter wave frequencies can be satisfactorily approximated by the response of the body in the absence of current at the intrinsic frequency corresponding to the same wavelength as in the presence of current. This finding has a significant implication in the model test of global motions of offshore structures in ocean waves and currents.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.416-424
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• 2017

In this study, we propose a design of digits recognition system based on RBFNNs through a comparative study of pre-processing algorithms in order to recognize digits in handwritten. Histogram of Oriented Gradient(HOG) is used to get the features of digits in the proposed digits recognition system. In the pre-processing part, a dimensional reduction is executed by using Principal Component Analysis(PCA) and (2D)2PCA which are widely adopted methods in order to minimize a loss of the information during the reduction process of feature space. Also, The architecture of radial basis function neural networks consists of three functional modules such as condition, conclusion, and inference part. In the condition part, the input space is partitioned with the use of fuzzy clustering realized by means of the Fuzzy C-Means algorithm. Also, it is used instead of gaussian function to consider the characteristic of input data. In the conclusion part, the connection weights are used as the extended type of polynomial expression such as constant, linear, quadratic and modified quadratic. By using MNIST handwritten digit benchmarking database, experimental results show the effectiveness and efficiency of proposed digit recognition system when compared with other studies.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.1366-1379
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• 2019

High-gain DC/DC converters have become one of the key technologies for the grid-connected operation of new energy power generation, and its research provides a significant impetus for the rapid development of new energy power generation. Inspired by the transformer effect and the ripple-suppressed ability of a coupled inductor, a double-coupled inductor high gain DC/DC converter with a ripple absorption circuit is proposed in this paper. By integrating the diode-capacitor voltage multiplying unit into the quadratic Boost converter and assembling the independent inductor into the magnetic core of structure coupled inductors, the adjustable range of the voltage gain can be effectively extended and the limit on duty ratio can be avoided. In addition, the volume of the magnetic element can be reduced. Very small ripples of input current can be obtained by the ripple absorption circuit, which is composed of an auxiliary inductor and a capacitor. The leakage inductance loss can be recovered to the load in a switching period, and the switching-off voltage spikes caused by leakage inductance can be suppressed by absorption in the diode-capacitor voltage multiplying unit. On the basis of the theoretical analysis, the feasibility of the proposed converter is verified by test results obtained by simulations and an experimental prototype.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2007

The current study was conducted to determine the optimum length of feed withdrawal for pre-harvest broilers. A total of three hundred broilers were sampled from an industrial population, and 30 chicks for each weight group (e.g., 1.5 and 2.5 kg) were randomly assigned to feed withdrawal treatments for 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 h. Weight loss, yield, muscle pH, objective meat color and weights of gastro intestinal contents, crop, gizzard, provenriculus, small intestine, caecum, and rectum were determined. Live weight loss was significantly (p<0.05) increased as length of feed withdrawal extended. A significant (p<0.05) carcass yield for both 1.5 and 2.5 kg groups coincided after 9 and 6 h feed withdrawal, respectively. Net weights of intestinal contents for crop and gizzard were significantly (p<0.05) reduced by 6 h, and the reduction for proventriculus and small intestine occurred from 3 h. A noticeable effect of feed withdrawal on pH for breast muscle at 3 h postmortem occurred only when chicks were fasted for 3 h of which pH (6.05) was significantly (p<0.05) higher than that for other groups including the control (5.74). There was a linear tendency of higher lightness (Hunter L* value) numerically for chicks fasted for longer periods. The highest coefficient of determinations of regression models to estimate weight loss as a function of fasting period and body weights were achieved, when the models included both linear and quadratic terms for fasting period, and linear term for both 1.5 ($R^2=0.76$) and 2.5 kg ($R^2=0.78$) body weight groups. Given the practical aspect, approximately 1.5 kg of body weight is dominant, weight loss could be predicted by the following function; live weight $loss=26.6-0.28{\times}(fasting period)^2+12.34{\times}pasting\;period-0.012{\times}body\;weight$, $R^2=0.76$. Current data implied that the optimum fasting time for pre-slaughter chicks varied depending on slaughter weight; 6 and 9-h fasting were recommendable for 2.5 and 1.5 kg chicks, with little effect on objective meat color.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2011

36명의 여대생을 대상으로 체 지방 감소효과에 대한 실험을 실시하였다. 이 실험에서 처리는 매일 섭취하는 식사종류 및 양에 대한 식사일지 작성과 카메라 폰으로 찍어 실험관리자에게 전송하여 매주상담을 받는 것이다. 실험관리자는 체 지방 및 관련된 자료를 일주일마다 측정하여 8주간의 반복측정자료를 얻었다. 이 실험자료를 이용하여 혼합모형의 일종인 변량계수모형을 이용하여 추정 및 유의성 검정을 실시한 결과, 유의한 고정인자들은 처리 전체지방 값, 비만지수, 확장기 혈압, 총 콜레스테롤 및 시간이다. 처리 후 시간에 따른 체 지방 감소는 2차 함수의 관계가 성립된다. 변량인자인 개체효과와 개체와 시간과의 교호작용에서 1차 함수의 관계가 존재한다. 처리 후 시간이 지남에 따라 체 지방 량은 점점 감소하였으며, 실험실시 8주 후에는 평균 2.1kg 감소한 효과가 있음을 보여주었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.387-393
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• 1995

삼투건조시 물질이동 특성을 알아보기 위하여 수분과 용질의 이동을 확산식으로 평가하여 침지온도와 농도에 따른 영향을 조사하였으며 또한 품질변화 정도는 carotene 함량을 지표로 하여 반응속도식으로 구명하고자 하였으며 삼투공정시 수분의 이동을 기존의 건조모델로 표현하고자 적합도를 알아보았다. 수분손실이나 용질의 증가는 온도와 농도가 증가함에 따라 높은값을 보였으며 농도보다는 온도의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 확산계수 또한 고온과 고농도에서 높은 값을 가져 확산이 빠르게 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 고온에서는 수분 손실이 용질의 증가보다 높아 용질의 확산계수가 수분의 확산계수보다 높았으며, 품질변화를 나타내는 반응속도상수는 온도의 증가보다 농도의 증가에 따라 더 큰 값을 가져 고농도에서 파괴가 많이 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 확산계수와 품질변화 속도상수에 대한 온도의 영향을 알아보고자 Arrhenius 식에 적합시켜 본 결과 낮은 농도인 $20^{\circ}Brix$에서 확산에 많은 활성화에너지가 필요하고 고농도인 $60^{\circ}Brix$에서는 상대적으로 낮은 활성에너지로도 용질의 확산이 일어난다는 것을 알 수 있었고 활성화 에너지의 크기로 보아 수분의 이동은 $40^{\circ}Brix$에서, 용질의 이동은 $60^{\circ}Brix$에서 이동이 효과적으로 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 침지온도와 농도를 독립변수로 하여 확산계수와 반응속도상수를 예측하고자 각 독립 변수의 최적함수를 구하여 수립한 최적 함수 모델식과 polynomial 형태로 모델화 하였을 경우 수분이나 용질의 확산계수는 높은 적합도를 결정계수를 가지나 품질변화를 나타내는 반응속도강수는 다소 낮아 온도와 농도의 함수로 예측하기에는 미흡한 것으로 나타났다. 삼투건조 공정 중 수분의 이동을 시간의 함수로 표현하기 위한 가장 적합한 모델은 quadratic 모델의 $R^{2}$값이 침지온도와 농도에 관계없이 전반적으로 0.99 이상으로 나타나 다른 모델보다 더 높은 적용 가능성을 보였다. 따라서 quadratic 모델을 이용하여 삼투건조공정에서의 시간에 따른 수분함량을 예측할 수 있으며 확산계수와 아울러 물질이동 특성을 나타낼 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.1940-1947
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• 2022

Objective: This study examined the effects of dietary calcium (Ca) and non-phytate phosphorus (NPP) on performance, tibial characteristics, meat quality and plasma biochemical variables in yellow-feathered broilers during 85 to 105 d of age. Methods: A total of 720 heads of 85-d broilers were allocated into 9 groups and provided with three levels of Ca (0.65%, 0.75%, 0.85%), and NPP (0.25%, 0.30%, 0.35%) in diets for 21 d. Results: The final body weight (FW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed to gain ratio (F:G) were affected (p<0.05) by dietary Ca. From the quadratic regressions, the optimal level of Ca in diet were 0.71% for FW and ADG, and 0.67% for ADFI. Dietary Ca and NPP both significantly affected tibial breaking strength and density. From the quadratic regressions, the optimal level of Ca and NPP in diet were 0.81% and 0.37% for tibial density. The shear force of breast muscle of broilers given 0.75% or 0.85% Ca were lower than that in birds with 0.65% Ca and drip loss of birds given 0.65% or 0.75% Ca was lower than that in birds with 0.85% Ca (p<0.05). The drip loss of birds given 0.25% NPP was lowest among all NPP treatments (p<0.05). Calcium affected (p<0.05) the plasmal contents of phosphorus, osteocalcin (OC), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin and the contents of OC and PTH were also influenced by dietary NPP. Conclusion: Dietary Ca and NPP level affected tibial characteristics, meat quality and biochemical variables in plasma of finisher-phase yellow-feathered broilers (85 to 105 d) and Ca also affected growth performance. Dietary 0.71% Ca and 0.30% NPP were enough for growth performance, while considering the growth performance, tibial characteristics, meat quality and biochemical variables together, 0.75% Ca and 0.37% NPP were recommended.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2010

Sapphire resonators with $YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ (YBCO) endplates have provided a way to realize extremely high quality factor due to the extremely low dielectric loss of sapphire and conductive loss of YBCO films, which enables to measure the low surface resistance of superconductor films at microwave frequencies. We present microwave properties of HTS sapphire resonators designed for measuring the surface resistance of HTS films at millimeter-wave frequencies by using the two-resonance mode dielectric resonator method. Despite enhanced surface resistance ($R_S$) of YBCO films due to the quadratic frequency dependence of the $R_S$, the unloaded quality factor ($Q_0$) of the $TE_{021}$ mode sapphire resonator still appears to be well above $1\;{\times}\;10^6$ at a mm-wave frequency of 38 GHz at 10 K. However, it appears that the $TE_{012}$ mode $Q_0$ is unexpectedly low despite that the corresponding resonance peak looks uncoupled with parasitic modes. We discuss possible reasons for the unexpected results using the surface resistance at the $TE_{021}$, $TE_{012}$, and $TE_{011}$ mode frequencies.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.663-671
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• 2007

In this work, shape optimization of a wire-wrapped fuel assembly in a liquid metal reactor has been carried out by combining a three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis with the radial basis neural network method, a well known surrogate modeling technique for optimization. Sequential Quadratic Programming is used to search the optimal point from the constructed surrogate. Two geometric design variables are selected for the optimization and design space is sampled using Latin Hypercube Sampling. The optimization problem has been defined as a maximization of the objective function, which is as a linear combination of heat transfer and friction loss related terms with a weighing factor. The objective function value is more sensitive to the ratio of the wire spacer diameter to the fuel rod diameter than to the ratio of the wire wrap pitch to the fuel rod diameter. The optimal values of the design variables are obtained by varying the weighting factor.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2010

Exhausting fossil fuel and increasing concern of air pollution have brought on the change of the focus of developing new vehicles from performance to fuel economy and emission. The gasoline engines adopting the naturally aspirated way use the throttle-body for engine load control. Therefore, its pumping loss increases more than that of the diesel engine, and also mostly operating in a partial load condition has bad influence on fuel economy and emission. In these days, the continuous variable valve timing system and variable induction system are adopted in order to improve fuel consumption and emission. In this study, we optimize the runner length and operate region of variable induction system to simulataneously improve the performance, fuel economy, and emission of gasoline engine with employing GT-Power as a CAE tool for engine analysis and PIAnO as PIDO tool for process integration and design optimization.