• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.677-683
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• 2011

The present paper describes the setup of standard partial discharge calibrator for measuring partial discharge and estimating uncertainties. The standard PD calibrator was designed and set up, consisting of a digital pulse generator, capacitor modules, and a digital oscilloscope controlled by software developed in the laboratory. Using this software, averages of charges and rising times and their standard deviations in the measured pulses can also be calculated. The standard PD calibrator generates five types of pulses: single, double, random, oscillating, and long-rising. The coefficient sensitivities to estimate the uncertainties of pulses were extracted in the model circuit of the standard PD calibrator. The uncertainties of charges and rising times in pulses of the standard PD calibrator were estimated with single pulses. These values were 0.3%-1.4% in charges and 1.9%-7.0% in rising time; however, these values are lower than the limit values in IEC 60270.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.1298-1305
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• 2018

The use of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions in the design of on-board data handling systems is an important step towards further miniaturization in space. However, the Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Single Event Effects (SEE) characterization of these complex devices present new challenges that are either not fully addressed by current testing guidelines or may result in expensive, cumbersome test configurations. In this paper we report the test setups, procedures and results for TID testing of a SoC microcontroller both using standard $^{60}Co$ and low-energy protons beams. This paper specifically points out the differences in the test methodology and in the challenges between TID testing with proton beam and with the conventional gamma ray irradiation. New test setup and procedures are proposed which are capable of emulating typical mission conditions (clock, bias, software, reprogramming, etc.) while keeping the test setup as simple as possible at the same time.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.125-131
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• 2021

For the vibration reliability tests, the jigs for mounting the test specimen on a vibration reliability tester are required. The dynamic stabilities of the jigs should be verified before the tests for obtaining the accurate reliability of the test specimen. This paper proposes an analytical technology for ensuring the dynamic structural stability for the test setup including the jig. The technology includes the mode analyses for checking resonance, the harmonic analyses for evaluating the dynamic structural stability of test setup including the jig, and the fatigue analyses for obtaining the durable reliability time with calculating the life cycles at the area of weakness. The cause investigation of the damaged jig during vibration reliability test of a rubber hose and the design of new revised jig are performed by using the technology. The vibration reliability test for the rubber hose with the new revised jig by analysis results is successfully conducted without any problem. Therefore the jig's design technology proposed in this paper may be useful for other items as well.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2024

In the automotive industry, the hole expanding test is widely used to assess the formability of punched holes in sheets. This test provides a good representation of formability within the framework defined by the ISO 16630 standard. During hole expanding tests on galvanized high strength steels, a negative effect was observed when there was a delay between hole punching and expansion, as compared to performing both operations directly. This effect is believed to be caused by hydrogen aging, which occurs when hydrogen diffuses towards highly-work hardened edges. Therefore, the aim of this study is to demonstrate the migration of hydrogen towards work-hardened edges in high strength Zn-coated steel sheets using a novel Thermal Desorption Analyzer (TDA) designed for small samples. This newly-developed TDA setup allows for the quantification of local diffusible hydrogen near cut edges. With its induction heating and ability to analyze Zn-coated samples while reducing artifacts, this setup offers flexible heat cycles. Through this method, a hydrogen gradient is observed over short distances in shear-cut galvanized steel sheets after a certain period of time following punching.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.228-234
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• 2024

Zinc wiping is a phenomenon used to control zinc-coating thickness on steel substrate during hot dip galvanizing by equipment called air knife. Uniformity of zinc coating weight in length and width profile along with surface quality are most critical quality parameters of galvanized steel. Deviation from tolerance level of coating thickness causes issues like overcoating (excess consumption of costly zinc) or undercoating leading to rejections due to non-compliance of customer requirement. Main contributor of deviation from target coating weight is dynamic change in air knives equipment setup when thickness, width, and type of substrate changes. Additionally, cold coating measurement gauge measure coating weight after solidification but are installed down the line from air knife resulting in delayed feedback. This study presents a coating weight control model (Galvantage) predicting critical air knife parameters air pressure, knife distance from strip and line speed for coating control. A reverse engineering approach is adopted to design a predictive, prescriptive, and descriptive model recommending air knife setups that estimate air knife distance and expected coating weight in real time. Implementation of this model eliminates feedback lag experienced due to location of coating gauge and achieving setup without trial-error by operator.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.286-293
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• 2015

본 연구의 목적은 폐암의 정위체부방사선 치료 환자에 대하여 정위체부고정기구 사용 유무에 따른 셋업 정확성을 비교 평가하고자 한다. 본원에서 정위체부방사선치료를 받은 총 40명의 환자를 대상으로, 정위체부고정기구를 기반으로 한셋업 방식의 환자군 20명과 고정기구 없이 Wing board를 사용한 환자군 20명으로 구분하여 각 셋업오차를 비교, 분석 하였다. 폐암의 정위체부방사선치료는 총 4~5회에 걸쳐 48~60 Gy 조사되었다. 매 치료 전, 먼저 레이저를 이용하여 환자를 치료중심점에 위치시킨 후 On-board kV 영상장치를 이용하여 2차원 직각영상을 얻어 척추를 기준으로 환자의 위치를 조정한 다음, 3차원 체적 영상을 획득 하여 종양의 위치를 치료중심점에 일치시키고, 마지막으로 호흡에 의한 종양의 위치 확인 및 조정을 위해 2차원 직각 투시영상을 이용하였다. 각 과정에서 얻은 테이블 이동 및 회전 값을 조사하여, 셋업 군별로 계통오차 및 랜덤오차를 구하였다. 고정기구 사용유무에 따른 통계적 유의성을 검증하기 위하여 계통오차에 대한 t-test 시행을 하였고, 셋업의 재현성의 차이를 보기위해 랜덤오차에 대한 F-test를 시행하였다. 나아가 이러한 셋업 방식의 차이가 셋업 여유분의 크기 결정에 영향이 있는지 여부를 평가하기위해 치료계획체적의 여유분을 계산하여 두 방식의 차이를 비교하였다. 정위체부 고정기구를 사용했을 때의 셋업 오차는 수직방향, 길이방향, 수평방향으로 각각 $0.05{\pm}0.25cm$, $0.20{\pm}0.38cm$, $0.02{\pm}0.30cm$이었다. 반면에, Frameless immobilizer을 사용한 단순 고정방법을 사용했을 때의 셋업 오차는 수직방향에서만 통계적으로 유의하게 $-0.24{\pm}0.25cm$으로 증가함을 보였으나, 길이방향, 수평방향에 대해서는 각각 $0.06{\pm}0.34cm$, $-0.02{\pm}0.25cm$의 작거나 비슷한 결과값을 보였다. 정위체부 고정기구를 사용했을 경우, 수직방향, 수직방향 및 길이방향으로의 여유분은 각각, 0.67 cm, 0.99 cm, 0.83 cm였고, Frameless immobilizer시 수직방향으로 0.75 cm, 길이방향으로 0.96 cm, 수평방향으로 0.72 cm로써 수평방향에서 최대 0.11 cm 차이가 남을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로 정위체부고정기구를 사용하는 것이 환자 자세 재현성을 향상시켜 셋업 오차를 환자의 전후, 위아래 방향으로의 약 0.1~0.2 cm씩 줄일 수 있을 것으로 평가하였다. 다만 정위체부 고정기구 사용에 따른 시간 소요 및 치료절차의 복잡성에 비해 그 효과는 그리 크지 않았다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2010

The dynamic characteristics of flight sensors is obtained by a simple method that deploys a pendulum with a rotary encoder. The encoder output is used with kinematic relations to derive reference signals for various flight sensors, including position, velocity, attitude, and angular rate sensors as well as accelerometer and magnetic sensors. A time delay of 0.4 seconds is found in the position output of the flight sensor under investigation. A logic to compensate for the time delay using a velocity information is proposed and validated in flight tests.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2006

With the advent of inexpensive computing power over the past two decades, applications of Monte Carlo radiation transport techniques have proliferated dramatically. At Los Alamos, the Monte Carlo codes MCNP5 and MCNPX are used routinely on personal computer platforms for radiation shielding analysis and dosimetry calculations. These codes feature a rich palette of variance reduction (VR) techniques. The motivation of VR is to exchange user efficiency for computational efficiency. It has been said that a few hours of user time often reduces computational time by several orders of magnitude. Unfortunately, user time can stretch into the many hours as most VR techniques require significant user experience and intervention for proper optimization. It is the purpose of this paper to outline VR strategies, tested in practice, optimized for several common radiation shielding tasks, with the hope of reducing user setup time for similar problems. A strategy is defined in this context to mean a collection of MCNP radiation transport physics options and VR techniques that work synergistically to optimize a particular shielding task. Examples are offered in the areas of source definition, skyshine, streaming, and transmission.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.564-573
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• 2009

In this paper, we consider a wireless multiple path network in which a transmitting node would like to send a message to the receiving node with a certain probability of success. These two nodes are separated by N erasure paths, and we devise two algorithms to determine minimum redundancy and optimal symbol allocation for this setup. We discuss the case with N = 3 and then extend the case to an arbitrary number of paths. One of the algorithms minimum redundancy algorithm in exponential time is shown to be optimal in several cases, but has exponential running time. The other algorithm, minimum redundancy algorithm in polynomial time, is sub-optimal but has polynomial worstcase running time. These algorithms are based off the theory of maximum-distance separable codes. We apply the MRAET algorithm on maximum-distance separable, Luby transform, and Raptor codes and compare their performance.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.166-173
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a model-based approach to estimating production parameters of semiconductor FAB equipment. For FAB scheduling, for example, we need to know equipment's production parameters such as flow time, tact time, setup time, and down time. However, these data are not available, and they have to be estimated from material move data such as loading times and unloading times that are automatically collected in modern automated semiconductor FAB. The proposed estimation method may be regarded as a Bayes estimation method because we use additional information about the production parameters. Namely, it is assumed that the technical ranges of production parameters are known. The proposed estimation method has been applied to a LCD FAB, and found to be valid and useful.