• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.2816-2829
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• 2021

Decay heat residuals of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), i.e., the differences between calculations and measurements, were obtained previously for various spent fuel assemblies (SFA) using the Polaris module of the SCALE code system. In this paper, we compare decay heat residuals to their uncertainties, focusing on four PWRs and four BWRs. Uncertainties in nuclear data and model inputs are propagated stochastically through calculations using the SCALE/Sampler super-sequence. Total uncertainties could not explain the residuals of two SFAs measured at GE-Morris. The combined z-scores for all SFAs measured at the Clab facility could explain the resulting deviations. Nuclear-data-related uncertainties contribute more in the high burnup SFAs. Design and operational uncertainties tend to contribute more to the total uncertainties. Assembly burnup is a relevant variable as it correlates significantly with the SNF decay heat. Additionally, burnup uncertainty is a major contributor to decay heat uncertainty, and assumptions relating to these uncertainties are crucial. Propagation of nuclear data and design and operational uncertainties shows that the analyzed assemblies respond similarly with high correlation. The calculated decay heats are highly correlated in the PWRs and BWRs, whereas lower correlations were observed between decay heats of SFAs that differ in their burnups.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.916-924
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• 2014

가변 블록크기를 적용하면 영상의 움직임 추정의 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있다. 그러나, 신축 움직임 추정에는 한계를 갖고 있다. 본 논문에서는 가변 블록크기로 신축 움직임을 추정하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 깊이 카메라로부터 얻어진 깊이 정보로부터 영상의 객체와 배경을 분리하고, 객체에 대해서만 깊이 정보를 이용하여 신축을 적용하며, 배경은 신축을 적용하지 않는다. 또한, 객체영역에는 움직임 추정의 정확도와 발생되는 움직임 벡터를 동시에 고려하여 효율적으로 가변블록 크기 모드가 선택된다. 모의실험을 바탕으로 제안된 방법의 움직임 추정의 정확도와 움직임 벡터수를 측정하였으며, 기존 신축 움직임 추정 방법에 비하여 동일한 움직임 추정의 정확도를 유지하면서 움직임 벡터의 수가 감소함을 확인하였다.

• 한국조사연구학회지:조사연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.29-44
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• 2010

본 연구는 김포공항 주변에서 소음을 측정하고 그 지역 주민들을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여, 주민들이 소음에 대해 성가시게 느끼는 정도와 그러한 반응에 영향을 미치는 변수를 살펴보았다. 성가심 반응에 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되는 음향학적 변수로는 항공기 소음과 도로 소음, 그리고 집 주변 소음으로 구분하였으며, 비소음 변수로는 인구통계변수와 상황변수 그리고 태도변수로 구분하였다. 거주민이 노출된 항공기 소음도는 항공기 소음지도를 이용하여 파악하였으며, 항공기 소음을 제외한 배경 소음을 설문지역에서 측정하였다. 각각의 변수들이 성가심 반응에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해 다중회귀분석을 하였다. 도로 소음을 제외한 모든 소음원에 대해 음향학적 변수인 소음도가 성가심 반응에 영향을 미쳤다. 도로소음과 집 주변소음에 대해서는 비음향학적 변수 중 주택형태별 차음성능이 성가심 반응에 영향을 미쳤다. 주 소음원인 항공기 소음에 대해서는 항공기 소음과 함께 소음에 노출되는 시간이 영향을 미쳤다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제3B권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2003

This paper presents the digital computer performance evaluations of the three-phase self-excited induction generator (SEIG) driven by the variable speed prime mover such as the wind turbine using the nodal admittance approach steady-state frequency domain analysis with the experimental results. The three-phase SEIG setup is implemented for small-scale rural renewable energy utilizations. The experimental performance results give a good agreement with those ones obtained from the digital computer simulation. Furthermore, a feedback closed-loop voltage regulation of the three-phase SEIG as a power conditioner which is driven by a variable speed prime mover employing the static VAR compensator (SVC) circuit composed of the thyristor phase controlled reactor (TCR) and the thyristor switched capacitor(TSC) is designed and considered herein for the wind-turbine driven the power conditioner. To validate the effectiveness of the SVC-based voltage regulator of the terminal voltage of the three-phase SEIG, an inductive load parameter disturbances in stand-alone are applied and characterized in this paper. In the stand-alone power utilization system, the terminal voltage response and thyristor triggering angle response of the TCR are plotted graphically. The simulation and the experimental results prove the effectiveness and validity of the proposed SVC which is controlled by the Pl controller in terms of fast response and high performances of the three-phase SEIG driven directly by the rural renewable energy utilization like a variable-speed prime mover.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2022

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized several manufacturing industries. AM can generate large-scale metal components and produce complex geometries close to net-shapes. WAAM is an AM technology that has garnered considerable interest among industries owing to its economics and relatively high deposition rates. However, the heat accumulation in the weld bead during deposition triggers distortion and residual stress. To address these problems, various methods of interpass pressure rolling systems have been suggested in recent research. In addition, combining the rolling and WAAM processes can mitigate residual stresses. The constant-pressure rolling of the interlayer also affect the microstructure. The coarse microstructure of the as-deposited sample was altered to finer equiaxed grains via these methods. However, the bead-shape accuracy of the interlayer constant-pressure method does not consider the heat accumulation in each layer. Therefore, this study develops an interpass variable pressure rolling system that considers the heat accumulation of each layer. The interpass variable pressure rolling system comprises deposition, detection, pressure, and transport units. Finally, verification tests are performed on the interpass variable-pressure rolling system (at 500 kg) with the WAAM process, and the obtained results are discussed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제30권6A호
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• pp.581-590
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• 2010

본 연구는 곡선배치 텐던을 갖는 변단면 PSC의 전단을 고려한 층상화 단면해석기술을 소개한다. 곡선배치 텐던의 전단평형을 고려하기 위해서, 각 층상화 단면에서 전단응력을 직접 산출 할 수 있는 새로운 방법과 각 층상화 단면의 변형률 산정시 기존의 반복법보다 수렴 속도가 효율적인 시스템인식기법을 적용하였다. 제안기법은 변단면 PSC보의 정재하실험 결과와 비교분석 되었으며, 추정된 구조응답과 실험결과가 잘 일치하고 있다. 또한, 동일 조건에서 변단면 PSC보와 균등단면 PSC보의 거동특성이 비교분석되었다. 분석결과을 살펴보면, 휨강성은 변단면과 균등단면이 동일하지만, 전단강성은 변단면이 균등단면 보다 크다. 더욱이, 변단면의 자중이 균등단면보다 크지만 변단면의 최대처짐이 균등단면 보다 작다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.563-581
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• 2024

This paper presents a novel finite element model for the free vibration analysis of variable-thickness functionally graded porous (FGP) microplates resting on Pasternak's medium in the hygro-thermal environment. The governing equations are established according to refined higher-order shear deformation plate theory (RPT) in construction with the modified couple stress theory. For the first time, three-node triangular elements with twelve degrees of freedom for each node are developed based on Hermitian interpolation functions to describe the in-plane displacements and transverse displacements of microplates. Two laws of variable thickness of FGP microplates, including the linear law and the nonlinear law in the x-direction are investigated. Effects of thermal and moisture changes on microplates are assumed to vary continuously from the bottom surface to the top surface and only cause tension loads in the plane, which does not change the material's mechanical properties. The numerical results of this work are compared with those of published data to verify the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method. In addition, the parameter study is conducted to explore the effects of geometrical and material properties such as the changing law of the thickness, length-scale parameter, and the parameters of the porosity, temperature, and humidity on the free vibration response of variable thickness FGP microplates. These results can be applied to design of microelectromechanical structures in practice.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.579-587
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• 2014

This paper presents a variable gain amplifier (VGA) for an analog front-end (AFE) of ultrasound medical imaging. This VGA has a closed-loop topology and shows a 37-dB-linear characteristic with a single-stage amplifier. It consists of an op-amp, a non-binary-weighted capacitor array, and a gain-control block. This non-binary-weighted capacitor array reduces the required number of capacitors and the complexity of the gain-control block. The VGA has been fabricated in a 0.35-mm CMOS process. This work gives the largest gain range of 37 dB per stage, the largest P1 dB of 9.5 dBm at the 3.3-V among the recent VGA circuits available in the literature. The voltage gain is controlled in the range of [-10, 27] dB in a linear-in-dB scale with 16 steps by a 4-bit digital code. The VGA has a bandpass characteristic with a passband of [20 kHz, 8 MHz].

• 웰빙융합연구
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to solve the problem of revision or abbreviation of questionnaires based on the previous studies suggested by many existing empirical studies. In addition, this study aims to provide the theoretical basis of the research method which has been variously approached since it presents the methodology that can directly measure the research object. For this purpose, this study proposed a more elaborate analysis method using the differences in perception of individuals who are interested in cognitive research. Specifically, the perception gap(D) can be used as an independent variable, a dependent variable, and a moderating variable. And this study suggested an effective research approach using the measurement of perception difference. The difference of perception suggested that it can be used as a measure to overcome the limitations of existing researches used it as independent variables or mediating variables that measure only one factor of expectation and performance or importance and satisfaction. In addition, it is highly likely that various analyzes on the perception differences, which are the result of measuring target factors for the same person, will be quite effective in the situation where follow-up of respondents is difficult. This study is expected to overcome various limitations reported by empirical studies such as scale utilization problem and follow-up survey difficulty. In future research, it was expected that the limitation of the factor derivation process in the research approach could be complemented by web crawling and text mining of big data analysis.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권6호
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• pp.737-748
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• 2018

The current study presents a new technique in the framework of the nonlocal elasticity theory for a comprehensive buckling analysis of Euler-Bernoulli nano-beams made up of bidirectional functionally graded material (BDFGM). The mechanical properties are considered by exponential and arbitrary variations for axial and transverse directions, respectively. The various circumstances including tapering, resting on two-parameter elastic foundation, step-wise or continuous variations of axial loading, various shapes of sections with various distribution laws of mechanical properties and various boundary conditions like the multi-span beams are taken into account. As far as we know, for the first time in the current work, the buckling analyses of BDFGM nano-beams are carried out under mentioned circumstances. The critical buckling loads and mode shapes are calculated by using energy method and a new technique based on calculus of variations and collocation method. Fast convergence and excellent agreement with the known data in literature, wherever possible, presents the efficiency of proposed technique. The effects of boundary conditions, material and taper constants, foundation moduli, variable axial compression and small-scale of nano-beam on the buckling loads and mode shapes are investigated. Moreover the analytical solutions, for the simpler cases are provided in appendices.