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A Study on Development of Safety Index for Evaluating Railway Safety(I) (철도안전도 평가지수 개발에 관한 연구(I) - 안전목표 및 안전지수에 관하여 -)

  • Song, Bo-Young;Lee, Dong-Hoon;Moon, Dae-Seop;Lee, Hi-Sung;Kim, Man-Ung
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.1657-1667
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    • 2007
  • This study propose a model for railway safety evaluation with which the safety of whole railway system can be evaluated. The evaluation model is to generate a safety index which quantitatively represent the degree of railway safety. Safety index is proposed a function of three indexes; an accident index, safety management index, and safety culture index. This paper describes the first result from the study on the safety target which will be a key starting point toward the development of safety evaluation model. It is recommended that the safety target be composed of several sub-targets that are apportioned to constituent components. It is concluded that the classification of safety target influence on deciding components or attributes that constitute each sub-indexes; an accident index, safety management index, and safety culture index. Based on this study, a railway safety evaluation model will be developed in the next study.

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A numerical study on the damage of projectile impact on concrete targets

  • Lu, Gang;Li, Xibing;Wang, Kejin
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.21-33
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents the numerical simulation of the rigid 12.6 mm diameter kinetic energy ogive-nosed projectile impact on plain and fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) targets with compressive strengths from 45 to 235 MPa, using a three-dimensional finite element code LS-DYNA. A combined dynamic constitutive model, describing the compressive and tensile damage of concrete, is implemented. A modified Johnson_Holmquist_Cook (MJHC) constitutive relationship and damage model are incorporated to simulate the concrete behavior under compression. A tensile damage model is added to the MJHC model to analyze the dynamic fracture behavior of concrete in tension, due to blast loading. As a consequence, the impact damage in targets made of plain and fiber reinforced concrete with same matrix material under same impact velocities (650 m/s) are obtained. Moreover, the damage distribution of concrete after penetration is procured to compare with the experimental results. Numerical simulations provide a reasonable prediction on concrete damage in both compression and tension.

Phosphagen Kinases of Parasites: Unexplored Chemotherapeutic Targets

  • Jarilla, Blanca R.;Agatsuma, Takeshi
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.281-284
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    • 2010
  • Due to the possible emergence of resistance and safety concerns on certain treatments, development of new drugs against parasites is essential for the effective control and subsequent eradication of parasitic infections. Several drug targets have been identified which are either genes or proteins essential for the parasite survival and distinct from the hosts. These include the phosphagen kinases (PKs) which are enzymes that playa key role in maintenance of homeostasis in cells exhibiting high or variable rates of energy turnover by catalizing the reversible transfer of a phosphate between ATP and naturally occurring guanidine compounds. PKs have been identified in a number of important human and animal parasites and were also shown to be significant in survival and adaptation to stress conditions. The potential of parasite PKs as novel chemotherapeutic targets remains to be explored.

Analysis of Safety Control Factor Influenced on the Management of the Costal Shipping Company (연안해운기업의 경영에 미치는 안전관리요소 분석)

  • Baik, Onue;Park, Gyei-Kark;Choi, Kyung-Hoon;Oh, Sang-Jin
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.179-192
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    • 2016
  • This purpose of this study is to identify the Analysis of Safety Control Factor Influenced on the Management of the Costal Shipping Companies. The study selected the analysis of safety control factors performed the Brain-Storming method, Depth Interview and Face-to-Face Interview. This survey targets are 25 experts for the opinions of expert groups with CEO of coastal shipping companies. This study used ISM(Interpretive Structural Modeling)to analyze the safety control factors and understand correlations between factors and found that sufficient acquirement of legal shipping equipment and freight (or passenger) management factors are the safety control factors that give the biggest effect on the management of coastal shipping companies. ISM analysis results are as follows. The factors that most influence the advancement of safety management is ensured the legal faithful to ship equipment. In the future, a survey have to multiple targets and to improve the practical needs by using a FSM (Structural Fuzzy Modelling).

A Study on Establishing Target Reliability Levels for Flammable Gas Transmission Pipelines (가연성가스 수송배관에 대한 목표 신뢰도 수준 설정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jin-Han;Jo, Young-Do;Moon, Jong-Sam
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2018
  • In reliability based design and assessment (RBDA) methodology, reliability targets are used to ensure that safety levels are met relevant limit states in the stage of design and maintenance. The target reliability for flammable gas pipelines have not been developed yet in Korea. Instead of the reliability targets, the tolerable criteria for risk measures such as societal and individual risk have been applied in pipeline risk management. This paper introduces the procedures to develop the target reliability using tolerable risk criteria for societal and individual risk which can be enforced for high pressure natural gas pipelines in quantitative risk assessment. In addition, we propose the target reliability for natural gas and hydrogen gas transmission pipelines by the procedures.

Track Initiation and Target Tracking Filter Using LiDAR for Ship Tracking in Marine Environment (해양환경에서 선박 추적을 위한 라이다를 이용한 궤적 초기화 및 표적 추적 필터)

  • Fang, Tae Hyun;Han, Jungwook;Son, Nam-Sun;Kim, Sun Young
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.133-138
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    • 2016
  • This paper describes the track initiation and target-tracking filter for ship tracking in a marine environment by using Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR). LiDAR with three-dimensional scanning capability is more useful for target tracking in the short to medium range compared to RADAR. LiDAR has rotating multi-beams that return point clouds reflected from targets. Through preprocessing the cluster of the point cloud, the center point can be obtained from the cloud. Target tracking is carried out by using the center points of targets. The track of the target is initiated by investigating the normalized distance between the center points and connecting the points. The regular track obtained from the track initiation can be maintained by the target-tracking filter, which is commonly used in radar target tracking. The target-tracking filter is constructed to track a maneuvering target in a cluttered environment. The target-tracking algorithm including track initiation is experimentally evaluated in a sea-trial test with several boats.

A Study on Setting Up Long-term National Railway Safety Target (중장기 국가철도 안전목표 변경을 위한 연구)

  • Kwak, Sang-Log;Park, Chan-Woo;Chio, Don-Bum;Wang, Jong-Bae
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.2029-2033
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    • 2010
  • Korea have 3 kinds of national railway safety target, which are accident fatalities, train accident rate, and passenger fatality per passenger kilometer. Increase of railway passenger and train operator force to setting up new safety target. Current safety target can not reflect train operator's safety activities because it include suicide and trespass related accident, which are hard to control by the operators. In order to reflect to the 2nd National Integrated Railway Safety Plan, new safety targets are roposed in this study.

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Thermal-hydraulic safety analysis of radioisotope production in HANARO using MCNP6 and COMSOL multiphysics: A feasibility study

  • Taeyun Kim;Bo-Young Han;Seongwoo Yang;Jaegi Lee ;Gwang-Min Sun;Byung-Gun Park;Sung-Joon Ye
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.11
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    • pp.3996-4001
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    • 2023
  • The High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO) produces radioisotopes (RIs) (131I, 192Ir, etc.) through neutron irradiation on various RI production targets. Among them, 177Lu and 166Ho are particularly promising owing to their theranostic characteristics that facilitate simultaneous diagnosis and treatment. Prior to neutron irradiation, evaluating the nuclear heating of the RI production target is essential for ensuring the thermal-hydraulic safety of HANARO. In this study, the feasibility of producing 177Lu and 166Ho using irradiation holes of HANARO was investigated in terms of thermal-hydraulic safety. The nuclear heating rates of the RI production target by prompt and delayed radiation were calculated using MCNP6. The calculated nuclear heating rates were used as an input parameter in COMSOL Multiphysics to obtain the temperature distribution in an irradiation hole. The degree of temperature increase of the 177Lu and 166Ho production targets satisfied the safety criteria of HANARO. The nuclear heating rates and temperature distribution obtained through the in silico study are expected to provide valuable insight into the production of 177Lu and 166Ho using HANARO.

Analysis of the Common Safety Performance Management Method for the Application to the Korea Railway (국제 공통의 안전성능관리방법 국내 적용성 검토)

  • Park, Chan-Woo;Wang, Jong-Bae;Kwak, Sang-Log;Choi, Don-Bum;Kim, Min-Su
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.795-800
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    • 2009
  • Railway safety is one aspect of the transport service quality delivered to passengers, employees and third parties. To improve safety by a cultural shift from a deterministic to a risk based approach, European Railway Agency (ERA) introduces common and transparent methods to monitor safety performance and set targets and establishes safety management systems. The objective of this study is to review the common safety performance management method of the ERA(European Railway Agency) for it's application to the Korea railway. For this end, the risk assessment models were developed based on the accident scenarios and domestic railway accidents had been investigated and quantitative and qualitative analyses was performed using the developed information system.

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A Study on De-Identification Methods to Create a Basis for Safety Report Text Mining Analysis (항공안전 보고 데이터 텍스트 분석 기반 조성을 위한 비식별 처리 기술 적용 연구)

  • Hwang, Do-bin;Kim, Young-gon;Sim, Yeong-min
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.160-165
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    • 2021
  • In order to identify and analyze potential aviation safety hazards, analysis of aviation safety report data must be preceded. Therefore, in consideration of the provisions of the Aviation Safety Act and the recommendations of ICAO Doc 9859 SMM Edition 4th, personal information in the reporting data and sensitive information of the reporter, etc. It identifies the scope of de-identification targets and suggests a method for applying de-identification processing technology to personal and sensitive information including unstructured text data.