• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2013

This paper is focused on practical research regarding costume design and arts management that make use of local resources and which are influenced by local culture of Tokuji in Yamaguchi-city, located in a mountainous area in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the western part of Honshu in Japan. We will examine possibilities in fashion design through this study. This was a practical research project, done with cooperation between the university and local industry, with priorities being assigned by the requests of residents of the Tokuji area. In 2011 the Aurinko, Tokuji, Talo (it means the Solar Tokuji Building in Finnish) was decided as the base of activities. Other functions were gradually added on, including a salon for people of the area to exchange ideas and workshops for group discussions. This paper will specifically be focused on the handmade paper peculiar to Tokuji and traditionally used as a material in fashion. The fashion designs developed by this researcher's laboratory were strongly influenced by these styles of paper. These costumes were made with a handmade paper called "Kamiko" in Japan, that is aesthetic sense has been historically cherished. This paper suggests that the affluence and depth of costume design may be expressed not only by directly borrowing from these influences, but also by borrowing the traditional aesthetic sense original to Japan. Thus this paper will examine industry and culture simultaneously, examining in particular the impact of arts management and costume design using handmade paper manufactured locally.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2015

Thrust-ring-pump is a kind of extreme-low specific speed centrifugal pump with special structure as numerous restrictions from thrust bearing and operation conditions of hydro-generator units. Because the oil circulatory and cooling system with thrust-ring-pump has a lot of advantages in maintenance and compactness in structure, it has widely been used in large and medium-sized hydro-generator units. Since the diameter and the speed of the thrust ring is limited by the generator set, the matching relationship between the flow passage inside the thrust ring (equivalent to impeller) and oil bath (equivalent to volute) has great influence on hydrodynamic performance of thrust-ring-pump. On another hand, the head and flow rate are varying with the operation conditions of hydro-generator units and the oil circulatory and cooling system. As so far, the empirical calculation method is employed during the actual engineering design, in order to guarantee the operating performance of the oil circulatory and cooling system with thrust-ring-pump at different conditions, a collaborative hydrodynamic design and optimization is purposed in this paper. Firstly, the head and flow rate at different conditions are decided by 1D flow numerical simulation of the oil circulatory and cooling system. Secondly, the flow passages of thrust-ring-pump are empirically designed under the restrictions of diameter and the speed of the thrust ring according to the head and flow rate from the simulation. Thirdly, the flow passage geometry matching optimization between thrust ring and oil bath is implemented by means of 3D flow simulation and performance prediction. Then, the pumps and the oil circulatory and cooling system are collaborative hydrodynamic optimized with predicted head-flow rate curve and the efficiency-flow rate curve of thrust-ring-pump. The presented methodology has been adopted by DFEM in design process of thrust-ring-pump and it shown can effectively improve the performance of whole system.

• 만화애니메이션 연구
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• 통권29호
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• pp.1-36
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• 2012

픽사(Pixar)의 2003년 작품 <니모를 찾아서>는 흥행과 비평 면에서 크게 성공함으로써 픽사를 가장 영향력 있는 애니메이션 제작사의 위치에 올려놓았다. 특히 캐릭터 중심의 서사전략은 캐릭터 성격화와 관계성의 완성도를 크게 높임으로써 캐릭터라이징의 교과서라 할 만한 업적을 이루었다. 본 연구에서는 <니모를 찾아서>의 캐릭터에 내재된 두려움과 욕망에 주목했는데, 캐릭터 성격화와 관계성을 보다 역동적이며 입체적으로 강화하는 요소라고 여겼기 때문이다. 일반적으로 인간은 두려움과 욕망에 의해 모든 선택과 행동의 방향이 정해지기 때문에 삶이 이 두 가지 요소의 지배를 받는다고 여겨지고 있다. 이러한 관점에서<니모를 찾아서>의 캐릭터라이징은 크게 세 가지 특성을 갖고 있다. 그것은 (1) 픽사의 다른 어떤 작품보다도 캐릭터의 내재된 두려움을 명확히 하고 있으며, 그 두려움을 회피하는 노력이 서사화 된다는 점. (2) 에니어그램 성격유형에서 정립한 두려움과 욕망에 의한 성격역동과 놀랍도록 일치한다는 점. (3) 중심 캐릭터(멀린, 니모)가 서로 떨어져 있는 구출과 탈출 플롯의 특성 상, 두려움이 해소되는 방식이 중심 캐릭터간의 상호 성격역동에 의한 것이 아닌, 중심 캐릭터의 결핍을 보완하는 정신적 가치를, 주변 캐릭터(도리, 길)로 성격화하여 이루어졌다는 점이다. 선행연구 작품인 <쿵푸팬더>에서는 팬더 포의 캐릭터라이징이 너무 월등하다는 점이 역설적인 한계로 작용하지만, 중심 캐릭터(포, 시푸)의 두려움+욕망 설정과 상호 성격역동은 매우 정교하며 효과적이었다. 반면에 <니모를 찾아서>는 중심 캐릭터인 아빠와 아들간의 갈등이 해결되는 과정에서 다양한 캐릭터와 서브플롯을 선보이며 신선한 재미와 견고한 서사구조를 갖추고 있지만, 중심 캐릭터의 두려움과 욕망 설정의 완성도가 매우 뛰어남에도 불구하고, 그 해소의 과정이 다소 의존적이라는 한계를 드러내고 있다. 끝으로 본 연구가 애니메이션 캐릭터라이징과 관련하여 또 다른 접근방법이 될 수 있으리라 사료되며, 캐릭터 성격화와 관계성 설정 시 도움이 되길 희망한다.