• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.717-732
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• 2011

Nonlinear dynamic analysis and evaluation of eccentric braced steel frames (EBF) equipped with friction damper (FD) is studied in this research. Previous studies about assessment of seismic performance of steel braced frame with FD have been generally limited to installing this device in confluence of cross in concentrically braced frame such chevron and x-bracing. Investigation is carried out with three types of steel frames namely 5, 10 and 15 storeys, representing the short, medium and high structures respectively in series of nonlinear dynamic analysis and 10 slip force values subjected to three different earthquake records. The proper place of FD, rather than providing them at all level is also studied in 15 storey frame. Four dimensionless indices namely roof displacement, base shear, dissipated energy and relative performance index (RPI) are determined in about 100 nonlinear dynamic analyses. Then average values of maximum roof displacement, base shear, energy dissipated and storey drift under three records for both EBF and EBF equipped with friction damper are obtained. The result indicates that FD reduces the response compared to EBF and is more efficient than EBF for taller storey frames.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.51-57
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• 2017

Digital signage is becoming part of daily life across a wide range of visual advertisements segments market used in stations, hotels, retail stores, hotels, etc. The current digital signage system used in market is generally works on limited user interactivity with static contents. In this paper, a new approach is proposed using computer vision based dynamic audience adaptive cost-effective digital signage system. The proposed design uses the Camera attached Raspberry Pi Open source platform to employ the real-time audience interaction using computer vision algorithms to extract facial features of the audience. The real-time facial features are extracted using Haar Cascade algorithm which are used for audience gender specific rendering of dynamic digital signage content. The audience facial characterization using Haar Cascade is evaluated on the FERET database with 95% accuracy for gender classification. The proposed system, developed and evaluated with male and female audiences in real-life environments camera embedded raspberry pi with good level of accuracy.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.243-265
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• 1995

본 논문은 Rogerson의 실질불변감모상각방식 (Real Constant Amortization Schedule)이 가격상한규제 (price-cap regulation)하에서도 사회적으로 최적인가를 규명하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 실질불변감모상각방식이란 피규제기업의 현금의 흐름 (cash flow) - 요율기저에 대한 공정보수와 감가상각액의 합계 - 의 실질가치가 매기에 일정하도록 해 주는 감모상각방식으로서, 이 방식을 사용할 경우 기업은 규제시차의 길이에 관계 없이 최척의 자본-노동비율을 달성하려 한다는 것이다. 실질불변감모상각방식은 통상 사용되는 감모상각방식보다 느린 속도로 자산의 가치를 줄여 나아가는 것으로 알려져 있다. 가격상한규제에 관한 단순한 모형을 구축하여 분석해 본 결과, 수요가 비탄력적일 경우 실질불변감모상각방식은 가격상한규제하에서도 최적자본-노동비율을 유도하며, 가격상한규제는 규제메카니즘에 있어서 투자보수율규제와 유사하다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 그러나, 가격상한규제에 있어서는 소매물가지수의 상승률뿐만 아니라 피규제기업의 효율성제고 효과가 소비자가격의 인하로 나타나는 메카니즘도 중시되고 있다. 즉, RPI-X룰에서 X에 해당하는 부분으로서, 이는 내부효율성의 향상 이외에 기술진보속도도 반영하는데, 이러한 기술진보는 가격상한의 인하요인으로 작용하므로, 피규제기업의 입장에서는 감가상각속도의 적절한 설정이 없는 한 기술진보의 유인이 줄어들 수도 있다. 따라서 기술진보속도와 최적감가상각속도의 관계를 단순한 모형을 확장하여 살펴보았는데, 기술진보속도가 빠를수록 감가상각속도도 빨라져야 한다는 결과가 도출되었다.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.154-166
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• 2004

Statement of problem: In distal extension removable partial denture, the preservation of health of abutment teeth are very important, but they are always subjected to unfavorable stress. Purpose: The purpose of this study was performed to investigate the effects of abutment splinting and design of direct retainer on the stress distribution of abutments in unilateral distal extension removable partial dentures. Material and method: Abutments were splinted by different method. In group 1, autment teeth were not splinted, in group 2, canine and 1st premolar were splinted, and in group 3, canine, 1st and 2nd premolars were all splinted. Three different types of direct retainer such as Akers clasp, RPI clasp, and wrought wire clasp were designed. Strain was measured with Switch & Balance Unit(SB-10, Measurement Group Instruments Division, Raleigh USA) and Strain Indicator(P-3500, Measurement Group Instruments Division, Raleigh, USA) 15kg of vertical and oblique loads was applied at central fossa of missing 2nd molar area. Results : The strain on lingual side of 2nd premolar was the greatest, and abutment splinting induced decrease of strain on buccolingual side of 2nd premolar. The strain of loaded area was decreased by abutment splinting and there was no statistical difference of strain between Group2 and Group 3, and strain on 2nd premolar in wrought wire clasp was the least. Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, splinting of two distal abutment teeth is enough for stress distribution widely, and wrought wire clasp was more benefitable than others.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.66-74
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• 2012

In this paper, the authors propose a new approach to control a barge type surface vessel. It is based on the Dynamic Positioning System(DPS) design. The main role of barge ship is to carry and supply the materials to the floating units and other places. To carry out this job, it should be positioned in the specified area. However sometimes the thrust systems are installed on it, and in general the rope control by mooring winch system is used. It may be difficult to compare the control performances of two types. If we consider this problem in point of usefulness, we can easily find out that the winch control system is more useful and applicable to the real field than the thrust control system except a special use. Therefore, in this paper we consider a DPS design problem which can be extended to the many application fields. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, the sliding mode controller (SMC) for positioning the our vessel is proposed. Especially, in this paper, a robust stability condition is given based on descriptor system representation. In the result, the sliding mode control law guarantees to keep the vessel in the defined area in the presence of environmental disturbances. And second, the thrust allocation problem is solved by using redistributed pseudo-inverse (RPI) algorithm to determine the thrust force and direction of each individual actuator. The proposed approach has been simulated with a supply vessel model and found work well.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.12
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• pp.152-158
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• 2016

In this paper, we implemented the full stack platform design with MongoDB database of open source platform Raspberry PI 3 model. We experimented the triggering of event driven with acceleration sensor data logging with wireless communication. we captured the image of USB Camera(MS LifeCam cinema) with 28 frames per second under the Linux version of Raspbian Jessie and extended the functionality of wireless communication function with Bluetooth technology for the purpose of making Android Mobile devices interface. And therefore we implemented the functions of the full stack platform for recognizing the event triggering characteristics of detecting the acceleration sensor action and gathering the temperature and humidity sensor data under IoT environment. Especially we used MEAN Stack for developing the performance of full stack platform because the MEAN Stack is more akin to working with MongoDB than what we know of as a database. Afterwards, we would enhance the performance of full stack platform for IoT clouding functionalities and more feasible web design with MongoDB.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.674-679
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• 2006

The public research and development (R&D) funds for construction engineering is one of the key elements for the advancement of construction industry. Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation is currently planning to produce approximately US$ 500 millions of research funds every year in Korea from year 2007. Along with the prospect for increasing R&D investment, there is of increasing pressures on the development of quantitative methodologies for assessing the performance of construction R&D results. Although there have been some general R&D project evaluation methods, they are not readily used for construction R&D research assessment due to the distinct characteristics of construction R&D. This paper presents a simple methodology that can make quantitative assessments of construction R&D performances. The proposed methodology is expected to assist government officials in objectively evaluating construction R&D performances and identifying the areas that require more R&D investment.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.191-201
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• 2006

Dollar spot caused by Sclerotinia homeocarpa is one of major diseases in putting greens. Microorganisms antagonistic to S. homeocarpa, a pathogen of dollar spot, were primarily screened through in vitro tests, including dual culture method and triple layer agar diffusion method. In vivo tests were also conducted to select the best candidate for a biocontrol microorganism, using pot experiment. Bacillus subtilis EW42-1 and Trichoderma harziaum GBF-0208 were finally selected as biocontrol agents against dollar spot. Relative Performance Index(RPI) was used as a criterion of selecting potential biocontrol agents. B. subtilis EW42-1 and T. harzianum GBF-0208 showed resistance to several agrochemicals mainly used in a golf course. B. subtilis EW42-1 and T. harzianum GBF-0208 suppressed effectively the disease progress of dollar spot like synthetic fungicide tebuconazole in the nursery where dollar spot had seriously occurred. B. subtilis EW42-1 and T. harzianum GBF-0208 have a potential to be biocontrol agents for the control of dollar spot.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.1487-1503
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• 2019

The methods and performance of a pin-level nuclear reactor core thermal-hydraulics (T/H) code ESCOT employing the drift-flux model are presented. This code aims at providing an accurate yet fast core thermal-hydraulics solution capability to high-fidelity multiphysics core analysis systems targeting massively parallel computing platforms. The four equation drift-flux model is adopted for two-phase calculations, and numerical solutions are obtained by applying the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equation (SIMPLE)-like algorithm in a staggered grid system. Constitutive models involving turbulent mixing, pressure drop, and vapor generation are employed to simulate key phenomena in subchannel-scale analyses. ESCOT is parallelized by a domain decomposition scheme that involves both radial and axial decomposition to enable highly parallelized execution. The ESCOT solutions are validated through the applications to various experiments which include CNEN $4{\times}4$, Weiss et al. two assemblies, PNNL $2{\times}6$, RPI $2{\times}2$ air-water, and PSBT covering single/two-phase and unheated/heated conditions. The parameters of interest for validation include various flow characteristics such as turbulent mixing, spacer grid pressure drop, cross-flow, reverse flow, buoyancy effect, void drift, and bubble generation. For all the validation tests, ESCOT shows good agreements with measured data in the extent comparable to those of other subchannel-scale codes: COBRA-TF, MATRA and/or CUPID. The execution performance is examined with a mini-sized whole core consisting of 89 fuel assemblies and for an OPR1000 core. It turns out that it is about 1.5 times faster than a subchannel code based on the two-fluid three field model and the axial domain decomposition scheme works as well as the radial one yielding a steady-state solution for the OPR1000 core within 30 s with 104 processors.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1650-1658
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• 2019

In recent years, IoT device and platform become widely popular and the computing performance and capabilities of IoT devices are also getting improved. However, the size and computing resources of IoT devices, especially small single board computer, are limited in a way that the design and implementation of the system should be carefully considered to operate on the devices. Recently, SDR technologies are adapting in IoT devices and can perform various radio systems. Thorough analysis and investigation of computer performances on small single board computer are necessary for its usage. In this paper, we present the results of computing resources measurement and analysis on small single-board computers. At first, we consider to design SDR based spectrum sensing for single board computer, investigate various key factors and propose a design procedure that can affect performance of the system with experiments.