• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.325-338
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• 2005

Utilizing robotic based reconfigurable nodal structural health monitoring systems has many advantages over static or human positioned sensor systems. However, creating a robot capable of traversing a variety of civil infrastructures is a difficult task, as these structures each have unique features and characteristics posing a variety of challenges to the robot design. This paper outlines the design and implementation of a novel robotic platform for deployment on ferromagnetic structures as an enabling structural health monitoring technology. The key feature of this design is the utilization of an attachment device which is an advancement of the common magnetic base found in the machine tool industry. By mechanizing this switchable magnetic circuit and redesigning it for light weight and compactness, it becomes an extremely efficient and robust means of attachment for use in various robotic and structural health monitoring applications. The ability to engage and disengage the magnet as needed, the very low power required to do so, the variety of applicable geometric configurations, and the ability to hold indefinitely once engaged make this device ideally suited for numerous robotic and distributed sensor network applications. Presented here are examples of the mechanized variable force magnets, as well as a prototype robot which has been successfully deployed on a large construction site. Also presented are other applications and future directions of this technology.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.117-139
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• 2016

Previous studies for soil movements induced by tunneling have primarily focused on the free soil displacements. However, the stiffness of existing structures is expected to alter tunneling-induced ground movements, the sheltering influences for underground structures should be included. Furthermore, minimal attention has been given to the settings for the shield machine's operation parameters during the process of tunnels crossing above and below existing tunnels. Based on the Shanghai railway project, the soil movements induced by an earth pressure balance (EPB) shield considering the sheltering effects of existing tunnels are presented by the simplified theoretical method, the three-dimensional finite element (3D FE) simulation method, and the in-situ monitoring method. The deformation prediction of existing tunnels during complex traversing process is also presented. In addition, the deformation controlling safety measurements are carried out simultaneously to obtain the settings for the shield propulsion parameters, including earth pressure for cutting open, synchronized grouting, propulsion speed, and cutter head torque. It appears that the sheltering effects of underground structures have a great influence on ground movements caused by tunneling. The error obtained by the previous simplified methods based on the free soil displacements cannot be dismissed when encountering many existing structures.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2015

The emissions of ozone precursors, NOx and VOCs from a biogenic source and port-related sources (ship, shipping container truck, and cargo handling equipment) were estimated in Busan during 2013. Total biogenic isoprene emission in Busan during 2013 was estimated to be $4,434ton\;yr^{-1}$ with the highest emission (e.g., $28ton\;day^{-1}$) in summer using a BEIS method. Seasonal ozone production rates by isoprene ranged from 0.15 (winter) to 2.08 (summer) $ppb\;hr^{-1}$, contributing the predominant portion to ambient ozone levels. Total emissions of NOx and VOCs from ship traversing Busan ports were estimated to be 29,537 and $814ton\;yr^{-1}$, respectively, showing the significant contribution to total NOx emission in Busan. The emissions of ozone precursors were significantly different depending on ship tonnage and port location. Compared to the ship emission, the emissions of NOx and VOCs from the shipping container trucks in Busan were insignificant (2.9% for NOx and 3.9% for VOCs). Total NOx and VOCs emissions from the cargo handling equipment were estimated to be 1,440 and $133ton\;yr^{-1}$, respectively with the predominance of yard tractors.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2000

Melt flow, heat and mass transfer of oxygen have been analyzed numerically in the process of Czochralski single crystal growth of silicon under the influence of misaligned cusp magnetic fields. Since the silicon melt in a crucible for crystal growth is of high temperature and of highly electrical-conducting, experimentation method has difficulty in analyzing the behavior of the melt flow. A set of simultaneous nonlinear equations including Navier-Stokes and Maxwell equations has been used for the modelling of the melt flow which can be regarded as a liquid metal. Together with the melt flow which forms the Marangoni convection, a flow circulation is observed near the comer close both to the crucible wall and the free surface. The melt flow tends to follow the magnetic lines instead of traversing the lines. These flow characteristics helps the flow circulation exist. Mass transfer characteristics influenced by the melt flow has been analyzed and the oxygen absorption rate to the crystal has been calculated and turned out to be rather uniform than in the case of an aligned magnetic field.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to develop and analyze the meaning and contents of the "H-STEAM teaching & learning model" which combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM) with the elements of Humanities. We developed this model based on the key competencies linked with career path for middle school students in Korea, with the recognition of two issues. First, the existing Korean STEAM education lacks the elements of humanities, thus failing to achieve an authentic convergence education. Second, it is necessary to develop a program that might correspond to the Free Semester Program that was first introduced in 2013, and implemented at full scale in 2016 for middle school students in Korea. The advantages of H-STEAM are as follows: First, H-STEAM enables students to flexibly think while traversing the physical world and the symbolic world in the process of dealing with the daily problems. Second, it combines advanced technology with human sensibility and imagination, and enables students to derive creative outcomes that stimulate their minds. Third, it makes students feel and realize a point of contact between the subject that students learn, and jobs of the real world.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제6권8호
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• pp.2253-2261
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• 1999

ACK에서는 패턴 테이블 생성기와 핍홀 최적화기에서 스트링 패턴 매칭 기법을 이용하여 EM 중간 코드에 대한 최적화 코드를 생성한다. 하지만 이 스트링 패턴 매칭 방법은 패턴 결정 시에 반복적으로 많은 비교 동작이 이루어지므로 비효율적이다. 본 논문은 ACK의 중간 코드 최적화기를 개선하기 위해 EM 트리 생성기, 최적화 패턴 테이블 생성기, 트리 패턴 매칭기로 구성된 트리 패턴 매칭 알고리즘을 이용한 EM 중간 코드 최적화 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 이러한 트리 패턴 매칭 알고리즘은 EM 트리를 하향식으로 순회하면서 트리 구조를 가진 패턴 테이블을 참조하여 루트 노드를 중심으로 패턴 매칭을 수행한다. 트리 패턴 매칭 동작은 궁극적으로 ACK의 스트링 패턴 매칭에 비해 최적화 패턴을 찾는데 걸리는 시간을 평균 10.8% 감소시킬 수 있는 효과를 보였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2024

본 논문에는 장애물들을 극복할 수 있는 새로운 메커니즘을 연구하기 위해 장애물 극복 전 방향(ALL-Direction) 주행 RC 카를 제작하여 여러 가지 장애물이 있는 시험장을 제작해 주행평가를 진행한다. RDS3115 서보모터를 제어하는 알고리즘을 제안하고, 자이로센서를 활용하여 여러 장애물 지형의 기울기를 인식하고 RC 카가 지형을 넘을 수 있는 서보모터의 각도를 조절한다. 시험장 지형 실험에서 제작한 모든 장애물 지형들을 주행하는 데 있어서 가장 적합한 RC 카의 회전 각도를 확인하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.313-315
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 모바일 3차원 그래픽스 시스템에 적용 가능한 SIMD 구조를 갖는 래스터라이저를 하드웨어로 구현하고 FPGA로 검증한 내용을 기술한다. 타일 기반의 스캔 컨버전 회로는 4개의 타일이 동시에 동작하는 SIMD 구조를 따르며 각 타일은 3단계의 계층적 탐색을 통해 타일 내의 방문횟수를 최소화 한다. 실험을 통해 $8{\times}8$ 크기의 타일이 가장 효율적인 것으로 판단되었으며, 계층적 탐색의 마지막 단계에는 $2{\times}2$ 크기의 서브타일을 탐색하게 된다. 플랫 쉐이딩과 고라우드 쉐이딩을 지원하며, 텍스쳐 매핑 회로는 어파인 매핑과 원근보정이 적용된 매핑을 지원한다. 또한 텍스쳐 매핑 회로의 필터링 모드는 포인트 샘플링 방식과 2차 선형 보간 방식을 지원하며, 두 가지의 wrap 모드와 다양한 블렌딩 모드를 지원하도록 설계되어 있다. Xilinx Vertex4 LX100 디바이스를 기준으로 약120Mhz의 동작 속도를 가지며 텍스쳐 메모리와 프레임 버퍼는 검증을 용이하게 하기위해 블록 램으로 설계되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.409-430
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• 2006

The aim of this study is to investigate the reliability of strong motion records processed by causal and acausal Butterworth filters in comparison to the results obtained from a synthetic accelerogram. For this purpose, the fault parallel component of the Bolu record of the Duzce earthquake is modeled with a sum of exponentially damped sinusoidal components. Noise-free velocities and displacements are then obtained by analytically integrating the synthetic acceleration model. The analytical velocity and displacement signals are used as a standard with which to judge the validity of the signals obtained by filtering with causal and acausal filters and numerically integrating the acceleration model. The results show that the acausal filters are clearly preferable to the causal filters due to the fact that the response spectra obtained from the acausal filters match the spectra obtained from the simulated accelerogram better than that obtained by causal filters. The response spectra are independent from the order of the filters and from the method of integration (whether analytical integration after a spline fit to the synthetic accelerogram or the trapezoidal rule). The response spectra are sensitive to the chosen corner frequency of both the causal and the acausal filters and also to the inclusion of the pads. Accurate prediction of the static residual displacement (SRD) is very important for structures traversing faults in the near-fault regions. The greatest adverse effect of the high pass filters is their removal of the SRD. However, the noise-free displacements obtained by double integrating the synthetic accelerogram analytically preserve the SRD. It is thus apparent that conventional high pass filters should not be used for processing near-fault strong-motion records although they can be reliably used for far-fault records if applied acausally. The ground motion parameters such as ARIAS intensity, HUSID plots, Housner spectral intensity and the duration of strong-motion are found to be insensitive to the causality of filters.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제28권11B호
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• pp.1038-1049
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• 2003

트래픽 부하 측정은 네트웍 트래픽 엔지니어링의 기반이 된다. 그러나 고속 링크에서 트래픽 부하 정보를 얻기 위해 모든 패킷을 측정하는 것은, 라우터의 패킷 포워딩 성능을 저해시키므로 확장성이 결여된다. 이에 따라 샘플링 기법이 트래픽 측정의 대안으로 제시되었다. 샘플링은 라우터의 성능 저해를 최소화시킬 수 있으나 샘플링으로 예측되는 트래픽 부하는 실제 트래픽 부하와 차이를 보이게 되며, 이와 같은 오류가 제한되지 못한다면 측정값을 기반으로 하는 응용들에 부영향을 미치게 된다. 본 논문에서는 샘플링 오류를 오류 허용범위 내로 제한시킬 수 있는 적응성 있는 패킷 샘플링 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법은 수학적 분석을 통해 얻어진 부하 예측 오류에 영향을 미치는 주요 트래픽 파라메터를 각 블록의 시작마다 예측하여 샘플링 확률을 동적으로 적응시킨다. 본 논문에서는 또한 실제 측정된 인터넷 트래픽을 이용하여 제안 기법의 확장성과 성능을 검증하였다