• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.101-129
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• 2017

Local transient extreme wind loads caused by group tower-related interference are among the major reasons that lead to wind-induced damage of super-large cooling towers. Four-tower arrangements are the most commonly seen patterns for super-large cooling towers. We considered five typical four-tower arrangements in engineering practice, namely, single row, rectangular, rhombic, L-shaped, and oblique L-shaped. Wind tunnel tests for rigid body were performed to determine the influence of different arrangements on static and dynamic wind loads and extreme interference effect. The most unfavorable working conditions (i.e., the largest overall wind loads) were determined based on the overall aerodynamic coefficient under different four-tower arrangements. Then we calculated the one-, two- and three-dimensional aerodynamic loads under different four-tower arrangements. Statistical analyses were performed on the wind pressure signals in the amplitude and time domains under the most unfavorable working conditions. On this basis, the non-Gaussian distribution characteristics of aerodynamic loads on the surface of the cooling towers under different four-tower arrangements were analyzed. We applied the Sadek-Simiu procedure to the calculation of two- and three-dimensional aerodynamic loads in the cooling towers under the four-tower arrangements, and the extreme wind load distribution patterns under the most unfavorable working conditions in each arrangement were compared. Finally, we proposed a uniform equation for fitting the extreme wind loads under the four-tower arrangements; the accuracy and reliability of the equation were verified. Our research findings will contribute to the optimization of the four-tower arrangements and the determination of extreme wind loads of super-large cooling towers.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2013

Objective : Surgical results for anterior choroidal artery (AChA) aneurysms have previously been reported as unsatisfactory due to inadvertent occlusion of the AChA, while the low incidence of AChA aneurysms hampers the accumulation of surgical experience. The authors reviewed their related surgical experience to document the ischemic complications and surgical outcomes. Methods : Identification of the AChA at its origin by rigorous visual scrutiny, careful microdissection, and meticulous clip placement to avoid the AChA origin are all crucial surgical maneuvers. A retrospective review of a surgical series of 62 consecutive cases of an AChA aneurysm between 2004 and 2012 was performed. Results : All patients, except for five (8.1%) with a small residual neck, showed complete aneurysm obliteration in postoperative angiographic evaluations. There was no incidence of procedure-related permanent AChA syndrome or oculomotor nerve palsy, while three (4.8%) patients suffered from transient AChA syndrome. The clinical outcomes [the 3-month modified Rankin Scale (mRS)] of the patients were related to their preoperative World Federation of Neurologic Surgeons (WFNS) grade. As regards the 3-month mRS, significant differences were found between patients with an unruptured aneurysm (WFNS grade 0; n=20), good-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (WFNS grade 1-3; n=30), and poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (WFNS grade 4-5; n=4). Conclusion : In surgical treatment of AChA aneurysms, a risk of AChA insufficiency can be minimized by taking every precaution to preserve the AChA patency and intraoperative monitoring. In addition, the surgical outcome is primarily determined by the preoperative clinical state.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2000

단상 능동전력필터에 있어서 비선형 부하전류를 직접 검출하지 않고 능통전력필터의 직류측 커패시터 전압을 이용해 추정하여 제어하는 방법을 제안한다. 이는 부하전류와 능동전택필터의 직류측 커패시터 전압을 봉사에 검출하는 기존의 방식에 비해 부하전류 검출단을 제거할 수 있음으로써 설치가 간편할 뿐만 아니라 가격을 낮출 수 있으면서도 동일한 성능의 능동전력필터의 구현을 가능하게 한다. 또한 직류측 커패시터 전압제어를 위해 샘플-흘드와 비례제어빙식을 사용하므로 기존의 저역통괴필터와 PI 제어시 적분기로 인한 지연을 없앨 수 있어 빠르고 우수한 과도응답특성을 나타낸다. 전원전압과 보상전류, 스위치 상태에 따라 8개의 모드로 나누어 능동전력필터의 동작을 설명하였으며, 제안한 방법의 성능을 실험을 통해 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1869-1883
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• 2016

In recent years, some converter structures and analyzing methods for the voltage regulation of stand-alone self-excited induction generators (SEIGs) have been introduced. However, all of them are concerned with the three-phase voltage control of three-phase SEIGs or the single-phase voltage control of single-phase SEIGs for the operation of these machines under balanced load conditions. In this paper, each phase voltage is controlled separately through separated converters, which consist of a full-bridge diode rectifier and one-IGBT. For this purpose, the principle of the electronic load controllers supported by fuzzy logic is employed in the two-different proposed converter structures. While changing single phase consumer loads that are independent from each other, the output voltages of the generator are controlled independently by three-number of separated electronic load controllers (SELCs) in two different mode operations. The aim is to obtain a rated power from the SEIG via the switching of the dump loads to be the complement of consumer load variations. The transient and steady state behaviors of the whole system are investigated by simulation studies from the point of getting the design parameters, and experiments are carried out for validation of the results. The results illustrate that the proposed SELC system is capable of coping with independent consumer load variations to keep output voltage at a desired value for each phase. It is also available for unbalanced consumer load conditions. In addition, it is concluded that the proposed converter without a filter capacitor has less harmonics on the currents.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2009

퍼지제어, 신경망, 유전알고리즘은 시스템의 지능을 좀 더 높게 만들기 위한 알고리즘들이다. 본 논문은 원하는 응답을 얻기 위해 유전알고리즘을 사용해서 퍼지제어기를 최적화시켰다. 또한, 보상된 퍼지제어기는 두 개의 제어규칙을 갖는다. 하나의 제어규칙은 오버슛과 과도응답영역에서 일어나는 상승시간을 감소시키기 위해 사용하고 다른 하나는 정상상태오차를 줄이고 수렴영역에서의 수렴을 빠르게 가져가기 위해 사용된다. 유전알고리즘 제어기는 두 개의 퍼지 룰 베이스의 최적한 교체시기를 찾기 위해 사용하며 퍼지-유전알고리즘 제어기는 재생산, 교배와 변이의 과정을 갖는다. 그리고 유압서보 모터 제어시스템에 적용하여 제안한 알고리즘을 실험하였다. 실험 결과 보상된 FUZZY-GA제어기가 두 개의 룰 베이스를 갖는 퍼지제어 기술에 비해 좋은 제어성능을 가짐을 관찰하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.129-138
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• 1993

본 연구는 Navier-Stokes 식의 모형방정식으로 이류 및 확산거동을 갖는 선형화된 Burgers 방정식과 비선형 형태의 Burgers 방정식을 선택하여, 이에 대한 유한차분법과 유한해석법의 수치해를 해석해와 비교하여 봄으로써, 유한해석법의 응용성에 대해 고찰한 것이다. 본 연구를 통하여 얻어진 성과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. Burgers 방정식 및 선형화된 Burgers 방정식의 정상상태의 해석해를 사용하여 두 수치기법에 따른 수치해를 비교해 본 결과, 해석해와의 근사정도를 동일 기준 하에서 살펴볼 때, 유한해석법이 유한차분법보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. Burgers 방정식의 비정상상태의 해석해에 대한 정확성 또한 유한해석법이 보다 잘 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 유한해석법은 유한차분법의 사용시 격자 크기의 선택에 따라 해의 수렴과정에서 발생할 수 있는 위상오차에 기인한 진동현상이 전혀 발생하지 않는다는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 따라서 유한해석법은 수치기법상 위상오차로부터 자유로운 안정된 해석기법이라고 판단된다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2014

A control oriented model of the Lean $NO_x$ trap (LNT) was developed to determine the timing of $NO_x$ regeneration. The LNT model consists of $NO_x$ storage and reduction model. Once $NO_x$ is stored ($NO_x$ storage model), at the right timing $NO_x$ should be released and then reduced ($NO_x$ reduction model) with reductants on the catalyst active sites, called regeneration. The $NO_x$ storage model simulates the degree of stored $NO_x$ in the LNT. It is structured by an instantaneous $NO_x$ storage efficiency and the $NO_x$ storage capacity model. The $NO_x$ storge capacity model was modeled to have a Gaussian distribution with a function of exhaust gas temperature. $NO_x$ release and reduction reactions for the $NO_x$ reduction model were modeled as Arrhenius equations. The parameter identification was optimally performed by the data of the bench flow reactor test results at space velocity 50,000/hr, 80,000/hr, and temperature of $250-500^{\circ}C$. The LNT model state, storage fraction indicates the degree of stored $NO_x$ in the LNT and thus, the timing of the regeneration can be determined based on it. For practical purpose, this model will be verified more completely by engine test data which simulate the NEDC transient mode.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2012

To improve the $NO_X$ conversion over a SCR (selective catalytic reduction) catalyst, the DOC (diesel oxidation catalyst) is usually placed upstream of the SCR catalyst to enhance the fast SCR reaction ($4NH_3+2NO+2NO_2{\rightarrow}4N_2+6H_2O$) using equimolar amounts of NO and $NO_2$. Here, a ratio of $NO_2/NO_X$ above 50% should be avoided, because the reaction with $NO_2$ only ($4NH_3+4NO+O_2{\rightarrow}4N_2+6H_2O$) is slower than the standard SCR reaction ($4NH_3+4NO+O_2{\rightarrow}4N_2+6H_2O$). In order to accurately predict the performance characteristics of SCR catalysts, it is therefore desired to develop a more simple and reliable mathematical and kinetic models on the oxidation kinetics of nitric oxide over a DOC. In the present work, the prediction accuracy and limit of three different chemical reaction kinetics models are presented to describe the chemicophysical characteristics and conversion performance of DOCs. Steady-state experiments with DOCs mounted on a light-duty four-cylinder 2.0-L turbocharged diesel engine then are performed, using an engine-dynamometer system to calibrate the kinetic parameters such as activation energies and preexponential factors of heterogeneous reactions. The reaction kinetics for NO oxidation over Pt-based catalysts is determined in conjunction with a transient one-dimensional (1D) heterogeneous plug flow reactor (PFR) model with diesel exhaust gas temperatures in the range of 115~$525^{\circ}C$ and space velocities in the range of $(0.4{\sim}6.5){\times}10^5\;h^{-1}$.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2011

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been generated from mouse and human somatic cells by etopic expression of transcription factors. iPS cells are indistinguishable from ES cells in terms of morphology and stem cell marker expression. Moreover, mouse iPS cells give rise to chimeric mice that are competent for germline transmission. However, mice derived from iPS cells often develop tumors. Furthermore, the low efficiency of iPS cell generation is a big disadvantage for mechanistic studies. Nonviral plasmid.based vectors are free of many of the drawbacks that constrain viral vectors. The histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid (VPA) has been shown to improve the efficiency of mouse and human iPS cell generation, and vitamin C (Vc) accelerates gene expression changes and establishment of the fully reprogrammed state. The MEK inhibitor PD0325901 (Stemgent) has been shown to increase the efficiency of the reprogramming of human primary fibroblasts into iPS cells. In this report, we described the generation of mouse iPS cells devoid of exogenous DNA by the simple transient transfection of a nonviral vector carrying 2A-peptide-linked reprogramming factors. We used VPA, Vc, and the MEK inhibitor PD0325901 to increase the reprogramming efficiency. The reprogrammed somatic cells expressed pluripotency markers and formed EBs.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2002

로켓엔진에서 발생하는 음향 불안정성의 정성적 경향성을 파악하기 위해 축대칭 연소실에서의 음향파 응답 특성을 수치해석적으로 조사하였다. 주로 작동조건의 변화와 외부교란의 가진 주파수 변화에 따른 응답 특성을 계산하였다. 외부교란으로 연소실 입구부분의 전압이 정현파 형태로 섭동하도록 인위적으로 부여하였다. 음향 응답의 정성적 경향성이 유지되는 범위내에서, 분무 연소과정에 수반되는 여러 가지 물리 화학적인 과정들을 단순화하였다. 먼저, 주어진 작동조건에서 정상상태의 연소장을 구하고, 다음 단계로 압력섭동에 대한 연소장의 거동을 시간의 경과에 따라 구하였다. 작동조건의 변화에 따른 음향파 응답의 계산 결과, 반응 지역에서 약한 강도의 화염이 형성되는 경우 민감한 응답이 나타나 불안정안 압력분포를 나타냈다. 또한, 가진되는 압력 섭동의 주파수에 따라 응답 특성이 변하였고, 특히 높은 가진 주파수의 압력 섭동에 대해서 불안정한 응답이 나타났다. 해석 결과로 나타난 거시적 현상의 이해를 돕기위해, 기존의 화염소 모델을 채택한 음향파 응답 연구 결과와의 상관성을 찾아 본 해석 결과를 분석하였다.