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A Case Study on Design and Construction of Cofferdam for Hydraulic Structure (수중구조물을 위한 가물막이 설계 및 시공사례에 대한 연구)

  • Cho, Joo-Hwan;Shin, Dong-Hoon;Jeong, Seung-Tai;Woo, Sang-Yoon;Nam, Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.124-143
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    • 2010
  • Cofferdam is a temporary levee or dam structure built by using sheet pile or earth materials to prevent water infiltration during construction work of bridge, dam, harbour dock, or hydraulic structures in the river. In this regard, it is required to secure cutoff ability for dry work and workability for rapid installation and removal of the temporary dam or levee structures. In this paper, case studies for design and construction of cofferdam were performed, and water diversion method was briefed with some examples of cofferdam type as well. For the case study details of design and construction were reviewed based on cofferdams under construction related to 16 submerged weirs of "The 4-river restoration project" and dam type cofferdam respectively. From the review, it was known that the method for changing the water flow is selected based on the data from geological and geo-hydraulic site investigation in order to mitigate environmental effects by making sure if the design cross-sectional area of flow and maximum working days are sufficiently guaranteed. Finally, the primary findings and main conclusion derived are summarized that determination of applicable type of cofferdam should be checked by case study and meet design requirements such as water inflow control, constructability.

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Parameter Study of Position Keeping for Semi-submersible Offshore Structure by Tugs (Tug에 의한 반잠수식 해양 구조물 위치 유지를 위한 제반 파라메터 검토)

  • Lee, Jin Ho;Park, Jun Heum;Jang, Hag Soo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.274-279
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    • 2014
  • This paper investigates the line dynamic forces connecting tugs and a floater, where the planar motion of the floater is due to the weather criteria during the position keeping of the offshore structure by tugs. The analysis situation consists of the position keeping states for the seabed mooring line connection work of the offshore structure at the offshore site. Specifically, the decision about the tug power capacity for the position keeping is essential and depends on the weather criteria, line characteristics, length of line, etc. The planar motion of the structure is constrained by the interference of the installation vessel's operational range, behavior of the underwater fairlead, and other surrounding structures. In this paper, the tug line forces and planar motion of an offshore structure are summarized dependent on the tug line length and line material characteristics in the states fora given floater draft and weather criteria. The tug line dynamic forces and planar motion evaluated here will be used to determine the proper tug power and clearance of an offshore structure.

Development of Balloon-based Autonomous Airborne Robot-kit (풍선기반 자율형 공중로봇키트 개발)

  • Kim, Hyun-Sik
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.8 no.8
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    • pp.1213-1218
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    • 2013
  • Recently, although the need of marine robots such as the underwater robot, surface robot and airborne robot being raised in extreme areas, the basis is very deficient. Fortunately, as the need of the robot education is increasing, it is desirable to establish the R&D basis of marine robots and to train future talents through the development and diffusion of marine robot kits. However, in conventional case, there is no marine robot-kit based on the balloon, which has the abilities of the airborne locomotion and obstacle avoidance. To solve this problem, a balloon-based autonomous airborne robot-kit that has the ability of the obstacle avoidance with an infrared sensor, is developed. The test and evaluation results show the possibility of the real applications and the necessity of additional work.

A Study on the Necessity of Introduction of Scientific Diver Certification System in Korea (과학잠수 인증제도의 국내 도입 필요성에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Sin-Young;Kim, Ho-Sang
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 2011
  • Currently, in Korea the scientific diving activity is being conducted without any legal basis, thus confusions arise in work coverage, equipment usage, and wage calculation etc. In this paper, introduction of scientific diver certification system is suggested to clear such confusions and to enhance the safety of scientific divers. Also the codes and regulations of foreign countries were introduced, and from the analysis of scientific diving tasks and applying skills, the hostility of the scientific diver's working environment as well as requirement of high level diving skills are explained. Finally the necessity of establishment of scientific diving regulation and introduction of diver certification system were emphasized and the promotion plan was discussed.

A Study on a Multi-channel Fiber Optic Hydrophone System (다채널 광섬유 하이드로폰 배열 시스템에 관한 연구)

  • 김정석
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2001
  • In recent years Fiber optic hydrophone systems have been the focus of much attention in the sonar world. For sonar arrays, a fiber optic approach offers the major benefit of passive multiplexing of large numbers of hydrophones without underwater electronics. This paper describes recent development work covering array construction, opto-electronics development, hydrohpone design and sea trials. And the development of an interferometric mult-channel fiber optic hydrophone system which uses time division multiplexing capable of driving in excess of 32 channel is described. For this, a 12 channel time division multiplexing array has been constructed, and the performance of this system is demonstrated by sea trial.

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A Study on Building an Immersive Virtual Aquarium Using Fluid Animation and Smart Fish Method (유체 애니메이션과 Smart Fish을 이용한 실감형 가상수족관 구축에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyun-Cheol
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.130-138
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    • 2009
  • As time spent in front of the computer screens increases, an increasing number of people are using natural landscapes or virtual aquariums as their desktop and screen saver that can provide them with mental comfort. A virtual aquarium is constructed by an animation work that creates a variety of fish that freely move in a random virtual underwater environment to analyze their movement. This paper suggests a method that constructs an immersive virtual aquarium, using fluid animation method that expresses changes of shape of fluid in real time and the Smart Fish technology which is capable of an interaction according to the diverse characteristics of virtual fish. The suggested method can be used in a virtual aquarium, aquarium screen saver, virtual fish-raising game, etc., which express diverse undersea environment.

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An Experimental Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Control Fin for a Supercavitating Underwater Vehicle (초월공동 수중운동체용 제어핀의 유체력 특성에 대한 실험연구)

  • Jeong, So-Won;Park, Sang-Tae;Ahn, Byoung-Kwon
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2018
  • Wedge-shaped fins are generally used to provide sufficient forces and moments to control and maneuver a supercavitating vehicle. There are four fins placed along the girth of the vehicle, near he tail: two of the fins are horizontal and the other two fins are vertical. In a fully developed supercavitating flow condition, a part of the fin is in a cavity pocket and the other is exposed to water. In this paper, experimental investigations of hydrodynamic characteristics of the wedge-shaped fin models are presented. Experiments were conducted at a cavitation tunnel of the Chungnam National University. We first closely observed the typical formation of wake cavitation and measured lift and drag forces acting on two different test models. Next, using a special device for generating natural and artificial supercavities, we investigated hydrodynamic forces at different cavitation number conditions. This work provides a basis for interpreting the cavity stability and hydrodynamic characteristics of the wedge-shaped control fin for a supercavitating vehicle.

A Simulation for Robust SLAM to the Error of Heading in Towing Tank (Unscented Kalman Filter을 이용한 Simultaneous Localization and Mapping 기법 적용)

  • Hwang, A-Rom;Seong, Woo-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.339-346
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    • 2006
  • Increased usage of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) has led to the development of alternative navigational methods that do not employ the acoustic beacons and dead reckoning sensors. This paper describes a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) scheme that uses range sonars mounted on a small AUV. The SLAM is one of such alternative navigation methods for measuring the environment that the vehicle is passing through and providing relative position of AUV by processing the data from sonar measurements. A technique for SLAM algorithm which uses several ranging sonars is presented. This technique utilizes an unscented Kalman filter to estimate the locations of the AUV and objects. In order for the algorithm to work efficiently, the nearest neighbor standard filter is introduced as the algorithm of data association in the SLAM for associating the stored targets the sonar returns at each time step. The proposed SLAM algorithm is tested by simulations under various conditions. The results of the simulation show that the proposed SLAM algorithm is capable of estimating the position of the AUV and the object and demonstrates that the algorithm will perform well in various environments.

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A Study on the Human body Model shocked Electric installation in Underwater (수중에서의 인체에 가해지는 전기적 현상에 관한 연구)

  • Woo, J.H.;Park, H.Y.;Song, W.C.;Kim, N.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.1338-1339
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, charging part by basic from Andrew's body model research to second a danger have affect on remaining and rehabilitation humans in space under water. The construction of a circuit make to Andrew's body model. It compare that voltages measure a hand, a breast, a groin and electric currents measure an arm, a breast, a leg with safety a limit of body through an electric current. Out of result, it research that magnitude and wave of body passing an electric current give the effect to the heart control a signal and it have affect on direct the ventricle of the heart in detail motion. A thing of this sort get through to the simulation by the ATP-Draw program. The results from above, it is publish one's research work with safety a limit electric angle take measurement of resistance a body in under water and to the voltage and electric current passing each parts.

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Numerical Analysis of Tip Vortex Cavitation Behavior and Noise on Hydrofoil using Dissipation Vortex Model and Bubble Theory (소산이 고려된 보오텍스 모델과 버블 이론을 이용한 수중익 날개 끝 보오텍스 캐비테이션 거동 및 소음의 수치적 해석)

  • Park, Kwang-Kun;Seol, Han-Shin;Lee, Soo-Gab
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.43 no.2 s.146
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    • pp.177-185
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    • 2006
  • Cavitation is the dominant noise source of the marine vehicle. Of the various types of cavitation , tip vortex cavitation is the first appearance type of marine propeller cavitation and it generates high frequency noise. In this study, tip vortex cavitation behavior and noise are numerically investigated. A numerical scheme using Eulerian flow field computation and Lagrangian particle trace approach is applied to simulate the tip vortex cavitation on the hydrofoil. Vortex flow field is simulated by combined Moore and Saffman's vortex core radius equation and Sculley vortex model. Tip vortex cavitation behavior is analyzed by coupled Rayleigh-Plesset equation and trajectory equation. The cavitation nuclei are distributed and released in the vortex flow result. Vortex cavitation trajectories and radius variations are computed according to nuclei initial size. Noise is analyzed using time dependent cavitation bubble position and radius data. This study may lay the foundation for future work on vortex cavitation study and it will provide a basis for proper underwater propeller noise control strategies.