• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2019

This study examined the efficacy of development control in the monitoring of building developments in Kenya, a case study of Kisii Town. It focused on the extent to which the 1968 Building Code was enforced by the County Government of Kisii in an attempt to promote quality assurance. The target population comprised 7,430 residential developments from where a sample size of 364 was proportionately and randomly drawn. Research findings indicated that 39% of developers were unaware that their developments should have been inspected during construction. Similarly, awareness of building inspection significantly predicted if developers issued Notices of Inspection to the planning authority to facilitate inspections. Consequently, developers who were unaware that their building constructions required inspection were 99.9% less likely to issue such notices. Moreover, developers who did not obtain development permission were correspondingly 99.9% less likely to issue Inspection Notices. As a result, those who did not issue Notices of Inspection were 99.8% less likely to have their buildings inspected during construction due to lack of records indicating when such constructions had commenced. The study concludes that although the County Government of Kisii is lawfully mandated to monitor building developments in Kisii Town, the function is not well executed. This gap affords developers with an opportunity of not conforming to the approved building plans.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.80-85
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• 2010

현재 BGA 409 chip의 외관검사는 대부분 현미경을 이용한 육안검사로 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 인간의 시력에 의존하여 검사하는 현재의 외관검사 방법은 검사자의 육체적, 정신적 부분에 의하여 검사 결과가 변화하기 때문에 안정적인 결과를 기대하기 어렵다. 따라서 육안검사 시 발생하는 문제점을 개선하기 위해 BGA 솔더볼 외관검사의 비전 시스템이 개발 되었고, 이는 기존의 검사 방법에 비해 BGA 409 chip의 솔더볼의 외관검사의 신뢰성과 효율성을 증가시켰다. 하지만 BGA 솔더볼의 크기가 미세하고 그 특징의 구분이 힘들어 검사의 정확도가 떨어지고 오리엔테이션 오류가 발생하였다. 이에 본 논문에서는 BGA 솔더볼 외관검사의 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 에지 검출 알고리즘의 보완과 특징들만을 비교하는 패턴매칭 기법을 제안하였으며, 또한 특징 공간 설정의 기준이 되는 기준 영역의 개선을 통해 오리엔테이션 오류의 개선을 제안하였다. 즉, 본 논문에서는 기존의 비전 시스템의 정확도와 오리엔테이션 오류를 개선하는 방법을 제안함으로써 BGA 솔더볼 외관검사의 정확도를 향상시켜 결과적으로 BGA 솔더볼 외관검사의 에러율을 줄이고 검사 속도의 향상 등 기존의 외관검사 방법에 비해 향상된 검사 결과를 획득하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2013

X-ray cross-sectional image-based inspection technique is one of the most useful methods to inspect the brazing joints of heat exchanger. Through X-ray cross-sectional image acquisition, image processing, and defect inspection, the defects of brazing joints can be detected. This paper presents a method to judge the type of detected defects automatically, and to display them three-dimensionally. The defect type is classified as unconnected defect, void, and so on, based on location, size, and shape information of defect. Three-dimensional display which is realized using OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) will be helpful to understand the overall situation including location, size, shape of the defects in a test object.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.29-41
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• 2006

As the quality and environmental problems become one of the most concerned issues of company, the rework policy needs to be efficiently designed and implemented to sustain the company's competitiveness. This paper examines three basic rework policies in multi-stage production systems and analyzes them in terms of costs of setup, production, inspection, and inventory. For analyzing the performance of the rework policies, we propose mathematical models which can compute total production cost and determine the optimal production batch size to minimize the total production cost. The rework policies are classified by the number and location of inspection stages. Using the mathematical models, we could analyze the performances of rework policies and suggest the optimal rework policy according to each manufacturing environment. The analyses show that the proposed model can be used to analytically evaluate and choose the rework policies.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.158-167
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• 1989

In this paper, a model is presented which incoporates the possibility of quality control at each of the production stages. We consider the TYPE I error and the TYPE II error in inspection procedures. In addition to alternative quality control configurations, the model integrates the carrying costs of in-process and finished inventory, quality of production process, reprocessing including fixed and variable cost. Our policy determines the value of optimal lot-size and reprocessing batch size in reducing the total costs. A numerical example illustrates the model framework and highlights the role of the decision variables.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2010

An automatic echelon feeder of brown rice was presented for quality inspection system using color image processing. A echelon feeder was developed with vibratory feeder and cylindrical indent singulator having oblique light. The vibratory feeder consisted of a hopper, electromagnetic vibrator and multichannel grooves and supply the grain sample to the singulator. The feeding performance such as feed rate, blocking frequency of the channel was dependent on the size of groove and vibration pattern. A cylindrical indent singulator consisted of a rotating cylinder, prisms and a tungsten-halogen light source. It delivered grain kernels under the camera in a echelon form and illuminate the kernels with oblique ray and ambient light. The size of the indents installed on the surface of the rotating cylinder was determined by the dimensions of the paddy and a small triangular prism was placed in each indent to apply $ 20^{\circ}$ oblique light to the grain kernel.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.173-178
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• 1999

KS-code(KS B 0896) for nondestructive ultrasonic testing classifies the quality level by ratio of flaw size to plate thickness only. But stress distributions using verification(3 point bending test) show that location of the flaws is more important than the flaw size. So. KS-code should take the effect of flaw location for classifying the quality level of welded steel structures.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2012

Derailment due to wheel failure would cause a tremendous social and economical cost in service operation. It is necessary to evaluate quantitatively the safety with respect to high-speed train. Although the safety of railway wheel has been ensured by an regular inspection, all critical defects cannot be detected in inspection cycles and the wheel has been replaced because a defect quickly become critical for safety. Therefore, it is important to calculate quantitatively the fracture limit and remnant life of damaged railway wheel in wheel-rail system. In present paper, the critical crack size of wheel for high-speed train is simulated based on fracture scenario and the safety of wheel is evaluated.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.159-171
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• 1998

This study attempts to develop a rational approach to flexural concrete beam analysis with crack growth. In order to develope analytical solutions, several simplification and assumption are made and the Hillerborg fictitious crack model is adapted for new rational approach to the flexural concrete beam. To provide desired results, the concrete beams with various conditions(more than 126 beam conditions) are analyzed. Before producing the results, these assumptions are founded to be justified by comparison with a FE analysis. The results for each condition of the beams are presented in terms of crack lengths, the strength and cracking stability of concrete beams. And also size effects in a flexural concrete beam is studied using a new flexural cracking model.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.157-162
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• 1999

KS-code(KS B 0896) for nondestructive ultrasonic testing judge the quality level by ratio of flaw size to plate thickness only. But stress distributions using finite element analysis show that location of the flaws are more important than the flaw size. So, KS-code should take into account of flaw location for judging the quality level of welded steel structures.