• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2010

At the altitudes above 3km, the wind is three to four time faster and less variable than at the current MW sized wind turbine hub height of around 100m. In addition, power generation from wind turbines installed on the ground is intermittent because local wind conditions are affected by local topography and artificial structures. The wind energy researchers and engineers are now looking for revolutionary ideas to utilize high altitude wind resources in-creasing the capabilities of wind turbine installations. This article presents and discusses several concepts for wind energy exploitation from wind at high altitudes. The concepts presented in this paper make use of lifting bodies, called wings or kites, connected to a tether that stetches into the higher regions of the atmosphere.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2013

For the robust passenger NCAP 5star and the stable neck injury performance, a new concept of passenger airbag has been required strongly. Especially, the deployment stability and the vent hole control technology of the passenger airbag should be improved. According to these requirements, the deployment stability technique has been studied and the 'Active Vent' technology has been developed. As a result, these technologies have led to achieve the robust NCAP rating and are applied to the production vehicles.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.23-24
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• 2014

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2009

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.327-342
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• 2014

The tension leg platform (TLP) is one of the compliant structures which are generally used for deep water oil exploration. With respect to the horizontal degrees of freedom, it behaves like a floating structure moored by vertical tethers which are pretension due to the excess buoyancy of the platform, whereas with respect to the vertical degrees of freedom, it is stiff and resembles a fixed structure and is not allowed to float freely. In the current study, a numerical study for square TLP using modified Morison equation was carried out in the time domain with water particle kinematics using Airy's linear wave theory to investigate the effect of changing the tether tension force on the stiffness matrix of TLP's, the dynamic behavior of TLP's; and on the fatigue stresses in the cables. The effect was investigated for different parameters of the hydrodynamic forces such as wave periods, and wave heights. The numerical study takes into consideration the effect of coupling between various degrees of freedom. The stiffness of the TLP was derived from a combination of hydrostatic restoring forces and restoring forces due to cables. Nonlinear equation was solved using Newmark's beta integration method. Only uni-directional waves in the surge direction was considered in the analysis. It was found that for short wave periods (i.e., 10 sec.), the surge response consisted of small amplitude oscillations about a displaced position that is significantly dependent on tether tension force, wave height; whereas for longer wave periods, the surge response showed high amplitude oscillations that is significantly dependent on wave height, and that special attention should be given to tethers fatigue because of their high tensile static and dynamic stress.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.179-193
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• 2017

Dynamic response analysis of offshore triceratops with stiffened buoyant legs under impact and non-impact waves is presented. Triceratops is relatively new-generation complaint platform being explored in the recent past for its suitability in ultra-deep waters. Buoyant legs support the deck through ball joints, which partially isolate the deck by not transferring rotation from legs to the deck. Buoyant legs are interconnected using equally spaced stiffeners, inducing more integral action in dispersing the encountered wave loads. Two typical nonlinear waves under very high sea state are used to simulate impact and non-impact waves. Parameters of JONSWAP spectrum are chosen to produce waves with high vertical and horizontal asymmetries. Impact waves are simulated by steep, front asymmetric waves while non-impact waves are simulated using Stokes nonlinear irregular waves. Based on the numerical analyses presented, it is seen that the platform experiences both steady state (springing) and transient response (ringing) of high amplitudes. Response of the deck shows significant reduction in rotational degrees-of-freedom due to isolation offered by ball joints. Weak-asymmetric waves, resulting in non-impact waves cause steady state response. Beat phenomenon is noticed in almost all degrees-of-freedom but values in sway, roll and yaw are considerably low as angle of incidence is zero degrees. Impact waves cause response in higher frequencies; bursting nature of pitch response is a clear manifestation of the effect of impact waves on buoyant legs. Non-impact waves cause response similar to that of a beating phenomenon in all active degrees-of-freedom, which otherwise would not be present under normal loading. Power spectral density plots show energy content of response for a wide bandwidth of frequencies, indicating an alarming behaviour apart from being highly nonlinear. Heave, being one of the stiff degrees-of-freedom is triggered under non-impact waves, which resulted in tether tension variation under non-impact waves as well. Reduced deck response aids functional requirements of triceratops even under impact and non-impact waves. Stiffened group of buoyant legs enable a monolithic behaviour, enhancing stiffness in vertical plane.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.223-228
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• 1987

본 논문에서는 Tension Leg Platform(TLP)에 작용하는 파랑하중을 간단한 Morison 방정식을 이용하여 효율적으로 산정할 수 있는 방법에 대해서 연구하였다. 본 방법에서는 MacCamy-Fuchs 산란파이론에 기초를 둔 파동력 감소계수를 도입하여 파의 산란효과를 근사적으로 고려하였으며, Morison 방정식 상에서는 무시되는 연직기둥의 바닥에 작용하는 수직력을 이 면에서의 동압력과 수직방향의 부가질량에 관련된 관성력으로 산정하여 고려하였다. 수치해석은 1000 ft 수심에 위치한 가상적인 구조물에 $0^{\circ}$ 및 $45^{\circ}$로 입사하는 파에 대하여 전술한 방법 및 이론적으로 보다 정확한 산란파이론에 의한 방법을 사용하여 수행하였으며, TLP 운동 및 tether의 상단 인장력의 전달함수(RAO)를 구하여 비교 검토하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2004

The direct electrochemical studies of four laccases (plant and fungal laccases) have been investigated on a gold electrode functionalized with a new tether of 2.2'-dithiosalicylic aldehyde. Results from these studies indicate that the redox potential of the active site of plant laccase from Rhus vernificera is shifted to a more negative value(255 mV versus SCE) than that of fungal laccase from Pyricularia oryzae (480 mV versus SCE). Mechanistic studies indicate that the reduction of type-1 Cu precedes the reduction of type-2 and type-3 Cu ions when the electrode is poised initially at different potentials. Also a new tether, 2.2'-dithiosalicylic aldehyde, has been used to study the redox properties of two laccases (LCCI and Lccla) covalently attached to a gold electrode. An irreversible peak at 0.47V vs. SCE is observed in the cyclic voltammorams of LCCI. In contrast, the cyclic voltammograms of LCCIa contain a quasi-reversible peak at 0.18V vs. SCE and an irreversible peak at 0.50V vs. SCE. We find that the replacement of the eleven amino acids a the C-terminus with a single cysteine residue $(i.e., \;LCCI{\rightarrow}LCCIa)$ influences the rate of heterogeneous electron transfer between an electrode and the copper containing active sites $(K_{het}\;for\;LCCI=1.0\times10^{-2}\;s^{-1}\;and\;K_{het}\;for\;LCCI_a= 1.0\;times10^{-1}\;s^{-1}\'at\;0.18V\;versus\;SCE\;and\;4.0\times10^{-2}\;s^{-1}\;at\;0.50V\; versus\;SCE)$. These results show for the first time that the change of the primary structure of a protein via site-directed mutagenesis influences both the redox potentials of the copper ions in the active site and the rate of heterogeneous electron transfer.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.25-38
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• 1993

해양구조물의 케이블 반응 분석을 위한 다방향 파람 스펙트라의 수치모델이 조사되었다. 여러 형태의 전파모델을 파랑으로 인한 물입자의 흐름과 계류시스템을 예측하기 위해 사용하였다. 케이블에 작용하는 수동역학적 파력은 케이블의 경사에 평행한 방향과 접선방향에서의 항력과 관성력을 고려한 Morison 공식에 의해 평가되었다. 변위와 속도, 궤적, 위상면의 반응, 그리고 장력을 고려한 다방향 불규칙 파랑의 수치해석에 의하여 부체의 tether pc와 anchor point에서 계류시스템 케이블의 반응을 나타내었다. 서로 다른 항력 계수와 다양한 유의 파고, 그리고 선택된 파랑계수들이 이 분석에 고려되었다. 예제에서 고려된 특정 시스템을 통하여 파랑의 전파함수계수와 항력계수 뿐만 아니라 파랑의 주기와 높이가 케이블-부체시스템의 동적반응에 중요한 영향을 미침을 알 수 있었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.317-326
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• 2003

The tension leg platform (TLP) is a moored floating offshore structure whose buoyancy is more than its weight. The mooring system, known as tethers, is vulnerable to failure due to extreme (maximum and minimum) tensions. In the present study the reliability of these tethers under maximum and minimum tension (ultimate limit state) has been studied. Von-Mises failure criteria has been adopted to define the failure of a tether against maximum tension. The minimum tension failure criteria has been assumed to meet when the tethers slack due to loss of tension. First Order Reliability method (FORM) has been adopted for reliability assessment. The reliability, in terms of reliability index, and probability of failure has been obtained for twelve sea states. The probabilities of failure so obtained for different sea states have been adopted for the calculation of annual and life time probabilities of failure.