• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.339-352
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• 2023

Prediction of the time-related traits of pebble flow inside pebble-bed HTGRs is of great significance for reactor operation and design. In this work, an image-driven approach with the aid of a convolutional neural network (CNN) is proposed to predict the remaining time of initially loaded pebbles and the time interval of paired flow images of the pebble bed. Two types of strategies are put forward: one is adding FC layers to the classic classification CNN models and using regression training, and the other is CNN-based deep expectation (DEX) by regarding the time prediction as a deep classification task followed by softmax expected value refinements. The current dataset is obtained from the discrete element method (DEM) simulations. Results show that the CNN-aided models generally make satisfactory predictions on the remaining time with the determination coefficient larger than 0.99. Among these models, the VGG19+DEX performs the best and its CumScore (proportion of test set with prediction error within 0.5s) can reach 0.939. Besides, the remaining time of additional test sets and new cases can also be well predicted, indicating good generalization ability of the model. In the task of predicting the time interval of image pairs, the VGG19+DEX model has also generated satisfactory results. Particularly, the trained model, with promising generalization ability, has demonstrated great potential in accurately and instantaneously predicting the traits of interest, without the need for additional computational intensive DEM simulations. Nevertheless, the issues of data diversity and model optimization need to be improved to achieve the full potential of the CNN-aided prediction tool.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2017

Fatigue life prediction of a multi-row countersunk riveted lap joint was performed numerically. The stress and strain conditions in a highly stressed substructure of the joint were analysed using a global/local finite element (FE) model coupling approach. After validation of the FE models using experimental strain measurements, the stress/strain condition in the local three-dimensional (3D) FE model was simulated under a fatigue loading condition. This local model involved multiple load cases with nonlinearity in material properties, geometric deformation, and contact boundary conditions. The resulting stresses and strains were used in the Smith-Watson-Topper (SWT) strain life equation to assess the fatigue "initiation life", defined as the life to a 0.5 mm deep crack. Effects of the rivet-hole clearance and rivet head deformation on the predicted fatigue life were identified, and good agreement in the fatigue life was obtained between the experimental and the numerical results. Further crack growth from a 0.5 mm crack to the first linkup of two adjacent cracks was evaluated using the NRC in-house tool, CanGROW. Good correlation in the fatigue life was also obtained between the experimental result and the crack growth analysis. The study shows that the selected methodology is promising for assessing the fatigue life for the lap joint, which is expected to improve research efficiency by reducing test quantity and cost.

• 항공우주산업기술동향
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

항공우주산업과 관련된 항공기, 인공위성, 발사체 등의 구조체 개발을 위해서는 설계단계에서부터 해석 및 제작에 이르기까지 다양한 전산기술(CAD/CAE/CAM)이 널리 적용되고 있다. 이 중 구조해석을 위해서는 NASTRAN, ABAQUS, ANSYS와 같은 유한요소법에 기반을 둔 CAE 소프트웨어가 개발되어 산업현장에 널리 보급되어 있으며, 정적해석, 동적해석, 진동해석, 충돌해석 등 해석목적에 맞게 모듈화가 되어있다. 최근에는 해 석알고리즘 및 컴퓨터성능의 발달에 힘입어 다중물리해석, 최적설계와 같은 난해하며 높은 계산량을 요구하는 문제의 적용과 및 다자유도문제의 해결이 진행되고 있는 추세이다. 본 논문에서는 항공우주산업분야에 주로 사용되는 구조해석 소프트웨어의 최신기술동향을 살펴본다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제42권8호
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• pp.629-639
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• 2014

강성이 우수하고, 경량으로 제작이 가능한 격자강화 복합재 구조체를 다기능 구조체의 기층구조로 적용함으로써, 전기전자회로를 용이하게 내장할 수 있으며 방사차폐 특성을 갖춘 다기능 구조체에 대한 설계 및 제작을 수행하였다. 피치계열 탄소섬유 복합재료의 적용을 통해 열전달특성을 향상시키고, 전자회로의 하우징 구조물이 없어도 우주방사환경에 충분한 내구성을 갖도록 경량 국부 강화 방사차폐 방법을 제안하고, 양성자 조사시험을 통하여 선택적 방사차폐의 효과를 검증하였다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.317-323
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• 2014

Odyssey, one of the NASA's Mars exploration program and SELENE (Kaguya), a Japanese lunar orbiting spacecraft have a payload of Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (GRS) for analyzing radioactive chemical elements of the atmosphere and the surface. In these days, gamma-ray spectroscopy with a High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector has been widely used for the activity measurements of natural radionuclides contained in the soil of the Earth. The energy spectra obtained by the HPGe detectors have been generally analyzed by means of the Window Analysis (WA) method. In this method, activity concentrations are determined by using the net counts of energy window around individual peaks. Meanwhile, an alternative method, the so-called Full Spectrum Analysis (FSA) method uses count numbers not only from full-absorption peaks but from the contributions of Compton scattering due to gamma-rays. Consequently, while it takes a substantial time to obtain a statistically significant result in the WA method, the FSA method requires a much shorter time to reach the same level of the statistical significance. This study shows the validation results of FSA method. We have compared the concentration of radioactivity of $^{40}K$, $^{232}Th$ and $^{238}U$ in the soil measured by the WA method and the FSA method, respectively. The gamma-ray spectrum of reference materials (RGU and RGTh, KCl) and soil samples were measured by the 120% HPGe detector with cosmic muon veto detector. According to the comparison result of activity concentrations between the FSA and the WA, we could conclude that FSA method is validated against the WA method. This study implies that the FSA method can be used in a harsh measurement environment, such as the gamma-ray measurement in the Moon, in which the level of statistical significance is usually required in a much shorter data acquisition time than the WA method.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.311-315
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• 2014

In this study, we investigated the effect of space plasmas on the floating potential variation of a low-altitude, polar-orbiting satellite using the Langmuir Probe (LP) measurement onboard the STSAT-1 spacecraft. We focused on small potential drops, for which the estimation of plasma density and temperature from LP is available. The floating potential varied according to the variations of plasma density and temperature, similar to the previously reported observations. Most of the potential drops occurred around the nightside auroral region. However, unlike the previous studies where large potential drops were observed with the precipitation of auroral electrons, the potential drops occurred before or after the precipitation of auroral electrons. Statistical analysis shows that the potential drops have good correlation with the temperature increase of cold electrons, which suggests the small potential drops be mainly controlled by the cold ionospheric plasmas.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.353-369
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• 2017

Flutter is a dangerous phenomenon encountered in flexible structures subjected to aerodynamic forces. This includes aircraft, buildings and bridges. Flutter occurs as a result of interactions between aerodynamic, stiffness, and inertia forces on a structure. In an aircraft, as the speed of the flow increases, there may be a point at which the structural damping is insufficient to damp out the motion which is increasing due to aerodynamic energy being added to the structure. This vibration can cause structural failure, and therefore considering flutter characteristics is an essential part of designing an aircraft. Scientists and engineers studied flutter and developed theories and mathematical tools to analyze the phenomenon. Strip theory aerodynamics, beam structural models, unsteady lifting surface methods (e.g., Doublet-Lattice) and finite element models expanded analysis capabilities. Periodic Structures have been in the focus of research for their useful characteristics and ability to attenuate vibration in frequency bands called "stop-bands". A periodic structure consists of cells which differ in material or geometry. As vibration waves travel along the structure and face the cell boundaries, some waves pass and some are reflected back, which may cause destructive interference with the succeeding waves. This may reduce the vibration level of the structure, and hence improve its dynamic performance. In this paper, for the first time, we analyze the flutter characteristics of a wing with a periodic change in its sandwich construction. The new technique preserves the external geometry of the wing structure and depends on changing the material of the sandwich core. The periodic analysis and the vibration response characteristics of the model are investigated using a finite element model for the wing. Previous studies investigating the dynamic bending response of a periodic sandwich beam in the absence of flow have shown promising results.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권12호
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• pp.975-986
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• 2013

기존 위성 전자장비 하우징에 널리 사용되는 알루미늄 합금 소재를 경량 복합재료로 대체함으로써 위성 경량화를 크게 개선하고자, 경량 복합재료로 구성된 전자장비 하우징을 제작하고 성능 검증에 대하여 다루었다. 이를 위해 복합재료의 낮은 가공성을 극복하기 위하여 후처리를 최소화할 수 있는 복합재료 하우징 제작공정을 설계하고, 격자 구조로 강화된 일체형 하우징 본체를 동시경화 방법에 의해 제작하였다. 또한 제작된 전자장비 하우징의 내구성, 강성, 열전도도, 전기전도도, EMI차폐 및 방사차폐에 대한 성능 평가 결과를 분석하였다. 아울러 본 연구에서 제작한 복합재료 하우징은, 동일한 형상의 알루미늄 하우징 대비 상당한 질량절감을 가능하게 함을 제시하였다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2010

이제까지 수행된 우주 탐사 임무에서 임무 궤도의 설계는 행성 혹은 위성과 인공위성의 2체 문제 (two-body problem)에 기초한 Hohmann transfer를 기반으로 하는 Patched Conic Approximation 방식이 주로 사용되어져 왔다. Hohmann transfer는 원 궤도에서 다른 원 궤도로 천이할 수 있는 타원 천이 궤도의 설계 방식으로서, Patched Conic Approximation은 태양계를 여러 개의 2체 문제로 분해하고 각기 분해된 2체 시스템 사이의 Hohmann 천이 궤도를 설계하여 조합함으로써 행성 간의 임무 궤도를 설계하는 방식이다. 이 방식은 하나의 행성만을 고려했을 때, 즉 행성과 인공위성의 2체 문제일 때, 가장 효율적인 천이 방식으로 알려져 있고 현재까지의 우주 탐사 임무 설계에 주로 이용되고 있다. 하지만, 우주 탐사 임무가 점차 다양화되고 소형 위성을 이용한 임무 수행의 필요성이 증가함에 따라 기존의 Patched Conic Approximation은 요구되는 연료의 양이 크다는 점과 원뿔꼴(conic) 특성을 가지는 궤도만을 표현할 수 있다는 점에서 한계점을 보이기 시작하고 있다. 이에 반해 3체 동역학의 기하학적 특성은 기존의 태양계의 패러다임을 획기적으로 변화시킨다. 개념적으로는 요구되는 에너지가 매우 적은 에너지로 태양계를 모두 연결하는 궤도를 구성할 수 있기 때문이다. 본 논문에서는2체문제 기반의 임무 궤도 설계 기술의 한계성에서 벗어나 유연하고 효율적인 탐사 임무를 설계한다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2009년도 한국우주과학회보 제18권2호
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• pp.43.3-43.3
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• 2009

Our previous study showed the intensity of the long LBH (1600 - 1715 ${\AA}$) was enhanced very much compared to that of the short LBH (1400 - 1500 ${\AA}$) when the characteristic energy of the precipitating electrons increased from 1 keV to > 7 keV, in accordance with the theoretical models. In this presentation, we would like to present the results of our study for new modeling results about previous report and even higher energy electrons. We selected the events in which the fluxes both in the low energy (100 eV ~ 20 keV) and in the high energy (170 ~ 360 keV) were enhanced, and examined the auroral spectra for these events observed simultaneously by the imaging spectrograph on the same spacecraft. While the accurate characteristic energy could not be determined because of the gap in the energy range, our result showed the intensity ratio of the long LBH to the short LBH ranged from 1.2 to 2.0 in these events, in contrast to 1.0 or smaller for the events in which the highest enhancement was seen only in the low energy. Our study suggests that intense auroras might be accompanied by high energy electrons above 20 keV.