• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2010

A pumpjet propulsor (PJP) was designed for an underwater body (UWB) with axi-symmetric configuration. Its performance was predicted through CFD study and models were manufactured. The propulsor design was evaluated for its propulsion characteristics through model tests conducted in a Wind Tunnel (WT). In the concluding part of the study, evaluation of the cavitation performance of the pumpjet was undertaken in a cavitation tunnel (CT). In order to assess the cavitation free operation speeds and depths of the body, cavitation tests of the PJP were carried out in behind condition to determine the inception cavitation numbers for rotor, stator and cowl. The model test results obtained were corrected for full scale Reynolds number and subsequently analyzed for cavitation inception speeds at different operating depths. From model tests it was also found that the cavitation inception of the rotor takes place on the tip face side at higher advance ratios and cavitation shifts towards the suction side as the RPS increases whereas the stator and cowl are free from cavitation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.107-121
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• 2013

The underwater glider is an autonomous vehicle that can glide through the ocean interior by using a pair of wings attached to its body and can move up and down through the water column by changing its buoyancy. As of now, there are three widely-used gliders, namely, the Spray that was co-developed by Scripps Oceanographic Institution and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Slocum produced by the Webb Research Cooperation, and the Seaglider that was produced by the University of Washington. In this paper, I will introduce these three gliders and discuss the principles and procedures related to glider operation as well as the application and extendability of modern physical and bio-geochemical sensors to gliders. My experiences in developing a glider for measuring ocean turbulence and testing it 7 times during 12 days are shared in this paper. On the basis of my experiences and knowledge, different kinds of aspects that should be considered for successful glider operation are discussed. In addition, a suggestion is made as to what would be the ideal way to operate underwater gliders in the East/Japan Sea. At the end, the current status of active glider operation teams is presented and the efforts to proceed toward future gliders are briefly introduced.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2018

In this paper, a high performance underwater vehicle which can be manufactured at low cost is designed and fabricated, and its performance is verified through experiments. To improve efficiency, the Myring equation is used to design the appearance and the duct structure including the thruster is planned to increase the propulsion efficiency while reducing the drag force. Through various methods, it is secured stable waterproof performance, and also is devised to have high speed movement and turning performance. The developed underwater vehicle is equipped with a high output BLDC motor to achieve a linear speed of up to 2 m/s and can change direction rapidly with stability through four rudders. The rudders are driven by coupling a timing belt and a pulley by extending the axis of a servo motor, and are equipped at the end of the body to turn heading. In addition, for stable posture control, the roll keeps its internal center of gravity low and maintains its stability due to restoring force. By controlling the four rudders, pitch and yaw are handled by the PID controller and show stable performance. To investigate the horizontal turning performance, it is confirmed that the yaw rate controller is designed and stable yaw rate control is performed.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2019

블랙박스 본체를 회수하지 않고도 블랙박스의 정보나 수중 장비의 기록된 정보 등을 회수할 수 있도록 빛을 이용하는 수중 무선 광 통신 시스템은 매우 요긴하다. 본 논문에서는 탁도가 높은 천해환경에서 수중 가시광 통신시 발생하는 노이즈 원인을 분석하고 이러한 환경에서도 노이즈를 효과적으로 제거하면서도 광 검출신호의 최대 전압 스윙을 향상시킬 수 있는 기준신호 기반의 광 검출 센서 기술을 연구하였다. 그리고 개발한 통신 시스템의 성능을 입증하기 위해 광 무선통신 시스템을 제작하고 탁한 해수가 담긴 수조에서 송수신 시험을 수행하여 개발한 광 무선통신 기법이 실제로 효과가 있음을 검증하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.1189-1198
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• 2021

When performing remote tasks using robots in nuclear power plants, a 3D shape measurement system is advantageous in improving the efficiency of remote operations by easily identifying the current state of the target object for example, size, shape, and distance information. Nuclear power plants have high-radiation and underwater environments therefore the electronic parts that comprise 3D shape measurement systems are prone to degradation and thus cannot be used for a long period of time. Also, given the refraction caused by a medium change in the underwater environment, optical design constraints and calibration methods for them are required. The present study proposed a method for developing an underwater 3D shape measurement system with improved radiation tolerance, which is composed of commercial electric parts and a stereo camera while being capable of easily and readily correcting underwater refraction. In an effort to improve its radiation tolerance, the number of parts that are exposed to a radiation environment was minimized to include only necessary components, such as a line beam laser, a motor to rotate the line beam laser, and a stereo camera. Given that a signal processing circuit and control circuit of the camera is susceptible to radiation, an image sensor and lens of the camera were separated from its main body to improve radiation tolerance. The prototype developed in the present study was made of commercial electric parts, and thus it was possible to improve the overall radiation tolerance at a relatively low cost. Also, it was easy to manufacture because there are few constraints for optical design.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.225-233
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• 2023

본 논문은 해양사고 시 인체 인양정보를 모니터링하는 시스템을 구현한다. 모니터링 시스템은 수중환경 정보를 송신하는 인양기구제어기를 통하여 초음파 통신을 수행하며, 수상에서는 관제센터 또는 모선까지 10 km내 GPS 정보를 제공하기 위해 LoRa 통신을 수행한다. 수중 인양제어기는 공압 센서, 자이로 센서 및 온도센서 정보를 전송한다. 수중조건은 수심 10m 마다 수압 1기압씩 높아지고, 기구의 공기양은 육상에 비해서 1/2씩 줄어드는 환경에서 60 kg 수중 마네킹을 모델을 사용한다. 인양기구 SMB(Surface Marker Buoy)에 38g의 CO2 카트리지 1개를 사용하여 10 sec 이내에 수면 상승 조건을 기반으로 인양기구 출수 시험을 한다. 수중 통신은 수심 40m에서 100m까지 2,400bps 초음파 센서를 이용하여 데이터 전송환경을 구성한다. 모니터링 신호는 수심, 수온, 방향각 등을 수면 위의 구조요원에게 제공함으로써 인양작업자의 안전과 안전한 인체 구조를 목표로 한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1890-1897
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 수중글라이더용 항법필터 설계를 수행한다. 해양의 염분, 수온 등 해양 정보 획득을 위해서 사용되는 수중글라이더는 저전력으로 장기간 운용이 되기 때문에, 다양한 센서를 적용하기에 많은 제약이 있다. 제한된 수중글라이더의 운용 특성을 고려하여 센서 구성이 다른 두 종류의 위치 추정을 위한 항법 필터를 설계한다. 항법필터는 최소한의 센서출력 정보를 바탕으로 수중글라이더의 동체좌표계 기준 속도를 추정한다. 첫 번째 필터의 센서 구성은 가속도계, 지자계, 심도계 센서로 구성 되어있고, 두 번째 필터는 첫 번째 필터와 동일한 구성에 자이로 센서가 추가된다. 추정된 속도는 자세정보와 융합하여 항법좌표계의 속도정보로 변환 뒤 최종적으로 위치를 추정한다. 제안된 필터의 성능을 분석하기 위해 단일 시뮬레이션 및 몬테카를로 수치해석 기법을 이용하여 분석을 수행하고 수행결과는 표준편차(standard deviation, 1σ)로 분석한다. 각 필터의 위치오차에 대한 표준편차는 334.34, 125.91m이다.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2023

PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of the underwater Ai-Chi exercise on the joint range of motion, balance and posture. METHODS: Thirty-six college students (30 men, 6 women) were divided into a 'low physical activity' groups (Group I). and an 'appropriate physical activity' groups (Group II). The Ai-Chi underwater exercise was conducted three times a week for two weeks for both groups. A goniometer was used to measure the range of motion of the hip joint, and Y-Balance and the posture screen mobile were used to measure the stability of the lower extremities. RESULTS: An evaluation of the range of motion of the hip joint before and after the Ai-Chi exercise showed significant results in the low physical activity group. However, the flexural range showed a significant increase after exercise, but not significant result. In the comparison of the mean increase between groups, only the right hip joint showed a significant difference in both groups. Also, in the comparison of the Y balance test and posture screen test before and after exercise, both groups showed significant. CONCLUSION: The Ai-Chi underwater exercise helped improve the range of motion of the hip joint and the ability to balance. Also It helped improve posture alignment. In addition, although the increase in all physical activity groups lower than the appropriate physical activity groups was greater in all figures, the increase in the number of samples, the extension of the experimental period, and various variables could be obtained.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.252-264
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• 2018

The calculation of steady-state cavitating flows around Supercavitating Underwater Bodies (SUB's), which consist of a circular disk head (cavitator), a conical fore-body, a cylindrical middle-body and either a boat-tail or a flare-tail, are carried out. To calculate the axisymmetric cavitating flow, used is a commercial computational fluid dynamics code based on the finite volume method, Fluent. From the analysis of numerical results, the cavity and drag, affected by the fore-body and tail of the SUB's, are investigated. Firstly, the effect of the fore-body shape is investigated with the same disk cavitator and a cylindrical rear-body of fixed diameter. Then with the same cavitator and a fixed fore-body, the effect of the rear-body shape is investigated. Before the cavity generated by the cavitator covers the slant of fore-bodies sufficiently, the larger the cone angle of the fore-body(i.e., the shorter the slant length), the larger the drag and the slower the development of cavity. After the cavity covers the fore-body completely so that the pressure drag component of the body is vanished, the characteristics of drag-velocity curves are identical. Also, as the tail angle is bigger, the cavity generated by the cavitator is suppressed further and the drag becomes larger. The peak of the drag appears for the flare-tail, i.e., when the tail angle is positive(+). On the contrary, the trough of the drag appears for the boat-tail, i.e., when the tail angle is negative(-). When the tail angle is 5 degrees, the peak of the drag appears at the body speed of 80m/s and the value of the drag is 43% larger than that at the design speed of 100m/s. When the tail angle is -5 degrees, the trough of the total drag appears at 75m/s and that drag is 30% smaller than that of the cavitator, which means the rest of the body has a negative drag.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.575-576
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• 2008