• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.90-100
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 연산 부하가 매우 큰 Bio-FET 시뮬레이션을 위해 낮은 비용으로 대규모 병렬처리 환경 구축이 가능한 최신 그래픽 프로세서(GPU)를 이용해서 선형 방정식 해법을 수행하기 위한 병렬 Bi-CG(Bi-Conjugate Gradient) 방식을 제안한다. 제안하는 병렬 방식에서는 반도체 소자 시뮬레이션, 전산유체역학(CFD), 열전달 시뮬레이션 등을 포함한 다양한 분야에서 많은 연산량이 집중되어 전체 시뮬레이션에 필요한 시간을 증가시키는 포아송(Poisson) 방정식의 해를 병렬 방식으로 구한다. 그 결과, 이 논문의 테스트에서 사용된 FDM 3차원 문제 공간에서 단일 CPU 대비 연산 속도가 최대 30 배 이상 증가했다. 실제 구현은 NVIDIA의 태슬라 아키텍처(Tesla Architecture) 기반 GPU에서 범용 목적으로 병렬 프로그래밍이 가능한 NVIDIA사의 CUDA(Compute Unified Device Architecture) 환경에서 수행되었으며 기존 연구가 주로 32 비트 정밀도(single floating point) 실수 범위에서 수행된 것과는 달리 본 연구는 64 비트 정밀도(double floating point) 실수 범위로 수행되어 Bi-CG 해법의 수렴성을 개선했다. 특히, CUDA는 비교적 코딩이 쉬운 반면, 최적화가 어려운 특성이 있어 본 논문에서는 제안하는 Bi-CG 해법에서의 최적화 방향도 논의한다.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제84권6호
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• pp.1339-1349
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• 2023

목적 단일 기관에서 7년간의 장골 분지 장치 사용 경험을 바탕으로 그 효과와 안전성을 확인하고 효용성 및 한계를 고찰하고자 하였다. 대상과 방법 이 연구는 단일 기관에서 총장골동맥류에 장골 분지 장치 삽입술을 받은 환자들을 대상으로 시행했다. 추적 컴퓨터단층촬영 스캔을 분석하고, 내장골동맥의 개방성 및 장골분지 장치 사용과 관련된 합병증을 검토했다. 후향적 분석을 시행하였으며 전체 생존율과 재시술이 필요 없는 환자의 비율을 Kaplan-Meier method에 따라 분석했다. 결과 38명의 총장골동맥류가 있는 환자들 중에서 10명의 환자(12개의 총장골동맥류)만이 해부학적으로 장골 분지 장치 사용에 적합했다. 5명의 환자는 반대측 내장골동맥 색전술과 함께 장골 분지 장치 삽입술을 받았으며, 이 중 3명의 환자(60%)는 합병증으로 파행을 보였으나 모두 6개월 만에 증상이 호전되었다. 또한 7년 후 장골 분지 장치 사용 관련 재시술이 필요없는 환자의 비율은 77.8%였으며 시술과 관련된 사망은 없었다. 결론 장골 분지 장치는 높은 기술적 성공률과 장기 개통률을 보이지만, 아시아인의 경우 해부학적 요인으로 인해 적용이 제한되는 경우가 많다. 또한 단측 내장골동맥 색전술을 시행한 경우에도 경미한 합병증과 좋은 예후를 보였으므로, 해부학적으로 복잡한 총장골동맥류에서 단측 장골 분지 장치 삽입술 및 반대측 내장골동맥 색전술을 선택하여 시행할 수 있다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.286-286
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• 2016

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a dielectric insulator with a two-dimensional (2D) layered structure. It is an appealing substrate dielectric for many applications due to its favorable properties, such as a wide band gap energy, chemical inertness and high thermal conductivity[1]. Furthermore, its remarkable mechanical strength renders few-layered hBN a flexible and transparent substrate, ideal for next-generation electronics and optoelectronics in applications. However, the difficulty of preparing high quality large-area hBN films has hindered their widespread use. Generally, large-area hBN layers prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) usually exhibit polycrystalline structures with a typical average grain size of several microns. It has been reported that grain boundaries or dislocations in hBN can degrade its electronic or mechanical properties. Accordingly, large-area single crystalline hBN layers are desired to fully realize the potential advantages of hBN in device applications. In this presentation, we report the growth and transfer of centimeter-sized, nearly single crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) few-layer films using Ni(111) single crystal substrates. The hBN films were grown on Ni(111) substrates using atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD). The grown films were transferred to arbitrary substrates via an electrochemical delamination technique, and remaining Ni(111) substrates were repeatedly re-used. The crystallinity of the grown films from the atomic to centimeter scale was confirmed based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED). Careful study of the growth parameters was also carried out. Moreover, various characterizations confirmed that the grown films exhibited typical characteristics of hexagonal boron nitride layers over the entire area. Our results suggest that hBN can be widely used in various applications where large-area, high quality, and single crystalline 2D insulating layers are required.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제33권6_2호
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• pp.1139-1149
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• 2017

수목을 3차원 구조로 정량화하는 것은 다양한 환경분석 모델링의 입력 자료로써 매우 중요하다. 그러나 3차원 측량이 가능한 라이다는 고비용과 전문인력이 필요해 파편화된 소규모의 도시녹지를 측량하기에는 경제적 장비운용적 차원에서 현실적이지 않다. 또한 수목은 계절에 따라 민감하게 변화하므로 시계열 모니터링으로 도시생태계를 이해하려면 높은 빈도로 쉽고 빠르게 수관구조를 측량할 수 있는 디바이스와 이에 맞는 정량화기법의 개발이 필요하다. 환경분석 모델링의 입력 자료로써의 필요가 아니더라도, 도시내 수목의 크기와 나이는 관리비용, 생태계서비스, 경관, 안전 등과 직결되므로 반드시 정보화될 필요성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 도시내 수목의 3차원 환경정보 데이터를 생성하기 위한 디바이스와 방법론으로써 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)와 SfM-MVS(Structure from Motion-Multi View Stereo), solid modeling을 제시하였다. 따라서 제시된 device와 방법론의 검증을 목표로 하여 다음과 같이 분석을 수행하였다. 첫째, stereo image들로부터 생성된 point cloud로 측량한 결과의 정확도를 지상 라이다 자료와 비교 검증하였다. 두 번째, UAV촬영 사진개수를 감소시킴에 따라 변화하는 point cloud의 밀도가 수목의 부피 및 크기 정량화 결과에 어떤 영향을 주는지를 살펴봄으로써 고해상도의 point cloud가 정밀한 수목 측량에 꼭 필요한 요소인지를 확인하여 보았다. 마지막으로, 수목 부피의 정량화 및 형상화를 위해 solid model이 얼마나 적합한가를 검증하고자 다른 3D type의 측정치와 비교하였다. 분석의 결과를 통해, UAV와 SfM-MVS 그리고 solid model을 이용하면 단일수목을 손쉽게 저비용 높은 시간해상도로 정량화 및 형상화가 가능함을 확인하였다. 다만, 본 연구는 단일 개체목만을 대상으로 한 연구이므로 더 넓은 녹지에 적용하기 위해서는 이에 맞는 비행계획의 수립, 다양한 공간정보 데이터와의 융합, 녹지규모 확대에 따른 정량화 기법의 개선 등 앞으로 이를 발전시킬 수 있는 후속연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2016

Purpose: Phosphorus is an essential element for water quality control. Excessive amounts of phosphorus causes algal bloom in water, which leads to eutrophication and a decline in water quality. It is necessary to maintain the optimum amount of phosphorus present. During the last decades, various studies have been conducted to determine phosphorus content in water. In this study, we present a comprehensive overview of colorimetric, electrochemical, fluorescence, microfluidic, and remote sensing technologies for the measurement of phosphorus in water, along with their working principles and limitations. Results: The colorimetric techniques determine the concentration of phosphorus through the use of color-generating reagents. This is specific to a single chemical species and inexpensive to use. The electrochemical techniques operate by using a reaction of the analyte of interest to generate an electrical signal that is proportional to the sample analyte concentration. They show a good linear output, good repeatability, and a high detection capacity. The fluorescence technique is a kind of spectroscopic analysis method. The particles in the sample are excited by irradiation at a specific wavelength, emitting radiation of a different wavelength. It is possible to use this for quantitative and qualitative analysis of the target analyte. The microfluidic techniques incorporate several features to control chemical reactions in a micro device of low sample volume and reagent consumption. They are cheap and rapid methods for the detection of phosphorus in water. The remote sensing technique analyzes the sample for the target analyte using an optical technique, but without direct contact. It can cover a wider area than the other techniques mentioned in this review. Conclusion: It is concluded that the sensing technologies reviewed in this study are promising for rapid detection of phosphorus in water. The measurement range and sensitivity of the sensors have been greatly improved recently.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.141-168
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• 2012

The Retrofit Yield Spectrum (RYS) is a new spectrum-based device that relates seismic demand of a retrofitted structure with the fundamental design parameters of the retrofit. This is obtained from superposition of Yield Point Spectra with design charts that summarize in pertinent spectrum-compatible coordinates the attributes of a number of alternative retrofit scenarios. Therefore, once the requirements for upgrading a given structure have been determined, the RYS enable direct insight of the sensitivity of the seismic response of the upgraded structure to the preliminary design decisions made while establishing the retrofit plan. By virtue of their spectrum-based origin, RYS are derived with reference to a single mode of structural vibration; a primary objective is to control the contribution of this mode in the retrofit design so as to produce a desirable distribution of damage at the ultimate limit state by removing soft storey formations and engaging the maximum number of structural members in deformation, in response to the input motion. Calculations are performed with reference to the yield-point, where secant stiffness is proportional to the flexural strength of reinforced concrete members. Derivation and use of the Retrofit Yield Spectra (RYS) refers to the seismic demand expressed either in terms of spectral acceleration, spectral displacement or interstory drift, at yield of the first storey. A reinforced concrete building that has been tested in full scale to a sequence of simulated earthquake excitations is used in the paper as a demonstration case study to examine the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제66권4호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2017

In this paper, a ZVS-PWM high-frequency inverter with a PWM control function is applied to commercial system 220[Vrms], and a resonator type ZVS-PWM high-frequency inverter circuit with a fixed-two methods were proposed. The parameters of the transformer model equivalent circuit of a copier fixing device, which is an essential element in the parameter optimization of the proposed circuit, are obtained by using a high-frequency amplifier and its frequency characteristics are described. The proposed method compared to the existing single-ended ZVS-PFM high frequency inverter can suppress the voltage and current peak value of the power semiconductor switching device and reduce the switching loss. The efficiency of the proposed method itself is 98[%] at rated power output. Also, the efficiency of 96[%] can be obtained even at low output, so that the proposed high frequency inverter is very efficient inverter. The total efficiency from the commercial AC input to the inverter output is 93[%] at rated, which is considered efficient for use in copying machines. In addition, the diode bridge loss accounts for the largest portion of the overall system efficiency distribution. On the other hand, the nonparallel filter has a very low loss.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.842-852
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• 2010

최근의 RFID 응용은 태그를 이용한 사물의 식별 이외에 빛, 온도, 습도와 같은 센서 장치를 함께 활용하는 것이 일반적인 추세이다. RFID 태그의 정보는 리더를 통해 이벤트 처리 방식으로 사용되는 반면, 센서 장치는 장치 의존적인 함수호출 방식으로 접근된다. 따라서 RFID 응용개발자의 입장에서는 두 가지 데이터 처리 방식을 혼용하여 프로그램을 개발해야 하고 센서장치에 의존적인 함수 인터페이스들을 사용해야 한다. 이에 본 논문에서는 센서 장치를 센서 태그 형식으로 사용할 수 있게 하는 센서리더에뮬레이터를 제안한다. 센서리더 에뮬레이터를 사용하면 단일한 방식으로 RFID 태그와 센서 장치를 접근할 수 있어 RFID 응용프로그램을 효과적으로 개발할 수 있다. 또한 태그의 위치가 고정된 응용일 경우에는 고가의 센서태그와 센서리더 대신 사용될 수 있으므로 저비용으로 동일한 기능을 제공할 수 있다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.32-42
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• 2017

The aim of this study was to evaluate driving performance of Healthy and disabled groups (with or without driver's license) to control steering wheel by using steering assistive devices in the driving simulator. The persons with partial loss of use of all four limbs have problems in operation of the motor vehicle because of functional loss to operate steering wheel. Therefore, if steering assistive devices for grasping the steering wheel are used to control the vehicle on the road in persons with disabilities, the disabled persons can improve mobility in their community life by driving a motor vehicle safely. Ten healthy subjects (with or w/o driver's license) and ten subjects with physical disabilities (with or w/o driver's license) were involved in this study to evaluate driving performance to operate steering wheel by using four types of steering assistive devices (Single-pin, V-grip, Palm-grip, Tri-pin) in driving simulator. STISim Drive 3 software was used to test the steering performance in four scenarios: straight road at low and high speed of vehicle (40 km/h and 80 km/h), curved road at low and high speed of vehicle (40 km/h and 80 km/h). This study used two-way ANOVA in order to compare the effects of two factors (type of steering assistive device and subject group) in the three dependent variables of driving performance (the lateral position of vehicle, standard deviation of lateral position representing the variation of the left and right movement of the vehicle and the number of line crossing). The mean values of the three dependent variables (lateral position, standard deviation of lateral position, the number of line crossing) of steering performance were statistically significantly smaller for the healthy or disabled groups with driver's license than the other groups without driver's license on the curved road at high speed of vehicle compared to low speed of vehicle.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.665-678
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• 2017

In this paper the tuned mass-damper-inerter (TMDI) is considered for passive vibration control and energy harvesting in harmonically excited structures. The TMDI couples the classical tuned mass-damper (TMD) with a grounded inerter: a two-terminal linear device resisting the relative acceleration of its terminals by a constant of proportionality termed inertance. In this manner, the TMD is endowed with additional inertia, beyond the one offered by the attached mass, without any substantial increase to the overall weight. Closed-form analytical expressions for optimal TMDI parameters, stiffness and damping, given attached mass and inertance are derived by application of Den Hartog's tuning approach to suppress the response amplitude of force and base-acceleration excited single-degree-of-freedom structures. It is analytically shown that the TMDI is more effective from a same mass/weight TMD to suppress vibrations close to the natural frequency of the uncontrolled structure, while it is more robust to detuning effects. Moreover, it is shown that the mass amplification effect of the inerter achieves significant weight reduction for a target/predefined level of vibration suppression in a performance-based oriented design approach compared to the classical TMD. Lastly, the potential of using the TMDI for energy harvesting is explored by substituting the dissipative damper with an electromagnetic motor and assuming that the inertance can vary through the use of a flywheel-based inerter device. It is analytically shown that by reducing the inertance, treated as a mass/inertia-related design parameter not considered in conventional TMD-based energy harvesters, the available power for electric generation increases for fixed attached mass/weight, electromechanical damping, and stiffness properties.