• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4049-4061
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• 2022

TRISO-coated particle fuel is widely used in high temperature gas cooled reactors and other advanced reactors. The performance of coated fuel particle is one of the fundamental bases of reactor safety. The failure probability of coated fuel particle should be evaluated and determined through suitable fuel performance models and methods during normal and accident condition. In order to better facilitate the design of coated particle fuel, a new TRISO fuel performance code named FRAT (Fission product Release Analysis Tool) was developed. FRAT is designed to calculate internal gas pressure, mechanical stress and failure probability of a coated fuel particle. In this paper, FRAT was introduced and benchmarked against IAEA CRP-6 benchmark cases for coated particle failure analysis. FRAT's results agree well with benchmark values, showing the correctness and satisfactory applicability. This work helps to provide a foundation for the credible application of FRAT.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2017

This paper investigates the characteristics and implementation of associate degree and advanced diploma in Australia, which belong to level 6 in AQF, to gain meaningful implications for engineering associate education in Korea. In Australian Qualification Framework and Engineers Australia's national generic competency standards are regarded as common benchmark for both qualifications. Training packages for advanced diploma were changed according to the subject/and national benchmark. and were developed to meet the needs of technical workers and para-professionals in the engineering field. The author recommends three suggestions from the findings - leadership of ABEEK for making benchmark for associate degree program in engineering in Korea, in which competency-based curriculum is currently being adopted by policy. development of outcomes descriptor of qualification and educational responsibilities.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.2230-2245
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• 2023

KANT (KAIST Advanced Nuclear Tachygraphy) is a PWR core simulator recently developed at Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology, which solves three-dimensional steady-state and transient multigroup neutron diffusion equations under Cartesian geometries alongside the incorporation of thermal-hydraulics feedback effect for multi-physics calculation. It utilizes the standard Nodal Expansion Method (NEM) accelerated with various Coarse Mesh Finite Difference (CMFD) methods for neutronics calculation. For thermal-hydraulics (TH) calculation, a single-phase flow model and a one-dimensional cylindrical fuel rod heat conduction model are employed. The time-dependent neutronics and TH calculations are numerically solved through an implicit Euler scheme, where a detailed coupling strategy is presented in this paper alongside a description of nodal equivalence, macroscopic depletion, and pin power reconstruction. For validation of the steady, transient, and depletion calculation with pin power reconstruction capacity of KANT, solutions for various benchmark problems are presented. The IAEA 3-D PWR and 4-group KOEBERG problems were considered for the steady-state reactor benchmark problem. For transient calculations, LMW (Lagenbuch, Maurer and Werner) LWR and NEACRP 3-D PWR benchmarks were solved, where the latter problem includes thermal-hydraulics feedback. For macroscopic depletion with pin power reconstruction, a small PWR problem modified with KAIST benchmark model was solved. For validation of the multi-physics analysis capability of KANT concerning large-sized PWRs, the BEAVRS Cycle1 benchmark has been considered. It was found that KANT solutions are accurate and consistent compared to other published works.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.459-466
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• 2023

In the last decade, artificial intelligence's dramatic advancement with the development of various deep learning techniques has significantly contributed to remote sensing fields and satellite image applications. Among many prominent areas, super-resolution research has seen substantial growth with the release of several benchmark datasets and the rise of generative adversarial network-based studies. However, most previously published remote sensing benchmark datasets represent spatial resolution within approximately 10 meters, imposing limitations when directly applying for super-resolution of small objects with cm unit spatial resolution. Furthermore, if the dataset lacks a global spatial distribution and is specialized in particular land covers, the consequent lack of feature diversity can directly impact the quantitative performance and prevent the formation of robust foundation models. To overcome these issues, this paper proposes a method to generate benchmark datasets by simulating the modulation transfer functions of the sensor. The proposed approach leverages the simulation method with a solid theoretical foundation, notably recognized in image fusion. Additionally, the generated benchmark dataset is applied to state-of-the-art super-resolution base models for quantitative and visual analysis and discusses the shortcomings of the existing datasets. Through these efforts, we anticipate that the proposed benchmark dataset will facilitate various super-resolution research shortly in Korea.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1999년도 춘계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.11-11
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• 1999

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.870-876
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• 1995

해석함수전개 노달방법에 기초한 새로운 3차원 노달확산 코드가 개발되었다. 이 방법은 균질화된 노드내의 해를 노드내에서 중성자확산방정식을 만족하는 해석적인 18개의 기저함수들과 1개의 상수로 전개한후 노달연관방정식을 노드에 대한 중성자의 균형, 경계면에서의 중성자류의 연속, 모서리주위의 무한히 작은 체적소에 대한 중성자누출의 균형이 만족되도록 유도한다. 이 코드의 정확성을 검증한기 위해 잘 알려진 LMW 표준문제와 IAEA 3차원 문제와 동일한 물질을 가지는 작은 노심문제에 적용하여 QUANDRY코드 및 VENTURE코드의 결과와 비교하였다. 계산결과들은 본 연구에서 개발된 코드가 출력분포 및 유효중배계수를 매우 정확하게 예측함을 보여준다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.246-257
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• 2006

TIMSS 2003에서는 교육과정과 교수 학습 개선에 도움이 되는 구체적인 정보를 제공하기 위하여 전체 과학 성취점수를 수윌, 우수, 보통, 기초 4개의 수준으로 구분하여 각 성취수준에 해당하는 학생이 무엇을 알고, 무엇을 할 수 있는지를 제시하고 있다. 이 연구에서는 수윌 수준과 우수 수준을 중심으로 우리나라 중학생들의 과학 내용 영역별 성취도 경향 및 문항별 정답률 분포와 특성을 분석하였다. 수월 수준 문항들의 정답률을 내용 영역별로 살펴보면, 우리나라의 평균 정답률은 물리, 지구과학, 생물, 화학, 환경의 순으로 높았다. 반면에 국제 평균 정답률은 지구과학, 화학, 생물, 물리, 환경의 순으로 높았다. 우수 수준에서 우리나라의 경우에는 환경, 물리, 생물, 지구과학, 화학의 순으로 평균 정답률이 높게 나타난 반면에 국제 평균 정답률은 지구과학, 생물, 환경, 물리, 화학의 순으로 높았다. 수윌 수준과 우수 수준에 해당되는 문항들의 정답률을 내용 영역별로 살펴본 결과, 우리나라 학생들은 물리 영역에서 강세를 나타내었고 화학영역은 상대적으로 약세를 나타내었다. 각 수준에 해당하는 문항들 중 정답률이 높거나 낮은 문항들의 특성을 분석한 결과, 수윌 수준에서 우리나라 학생들은 기본적인 과학 탐구에 대한 이해도는 높으나, 과학 지식을 글로 설명하거나 복합적이고 추상적인 과학 개념을 이해하는 것, 그리고 과학 원리를 적용하여 정량적으로 문제를 해결하는 것에서는 취약한 것으로 나타났고, 우수 수준에서는 생태계에 대한 이해 정도가 국제 수준에 비해 상대적으로 취약한 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 우리나라 과학과 교육과정 및 교수 학습에 주는 시사점을 도출하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권1호
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• pp.17-38
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• 2018

In this paper, we compare and assess the performance of the standard 3- and 6-node MITC shell elements (Lee and Bathe 2004) with the recently developed MITC triangular elements (Lee et al. 2014, Jeon et al. 2014, Jun et al. 2018) which were based on the partitions of unity approximation, bubble node, or both. The convergence behavior of the shell elements are measured in well-known benchmark tests; four plane stress tests (mesh distortion test, cantilever beam, Cook's skew beam, and MacNeal beam), two plate tests (Morley's skew plate and circular plate), and six shell tests (curved beam, twisted beam, pinched cylinder, hemispherical shells with or without hole, and Scordelis-Lo roof). To precisely compare and evaluate the solution accuracy of the shell elements, different triangular mesh patterns and distorted element mesh are adopted in the benchmark problems. All shell finite elements considered pass the basic tests; namely, the isotropy, the patch, and the zero energy mode tests.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.374-384
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• 1995

해석함수 전개 노달방법의 수학적 수한해를 AFEN코드에 약간의 수정을통하여 AFEN노달 방정식의 전치행 렬 방정식을 풀어서 계산하였다. 또한 이 수반해를 사용하여 섭동이론(정확한 섭동이론과 일차근사 섭동이론)을 이용한 계산이 반응도 변화를 예측하기 위해 두개의 잘 알려진 표준문제를 통하여 수행되었다. 본 연구에서 수반해의 계산방법은 물리적 수반해 및 정방정식의 고유치를 필요로 하지 않는다. 계산결과들은 본 논문에서 계산된 수반해가 AFEN방법의 정화한 수학적 수반해임을 보여준다.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1998년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.64-64
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• 1998