• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1747-1755
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• 2021

This paper presents floating absorber for safety at transient (FAST) which is a passive safety device for sodium-cooled fast reactors with a positive coolant temperature coefficient. Working principle of the FAST makes it possible to insert negative reactivity passively in case of temperature rise or voiding of coolant. Behaviors of the FAST in conventional oxide fuel-loaded and metallic fuel-loaded SFRs are investigated assuming anticipated transients without scram (ATWS) scenarios. Unprotected loss of flow (ULOF), unprotected loss of heat sink (ULOHS), unprotected transient overpower (UTOP) and unprotected chilled inlet temperature (UCIT) scenarios are simulated at end of life (EOL) conditions of the oxide and the metallic SFR cores, and performance of the FAST to improve the reactor safety is analyzed in terms of reactivity feedback components, reactor power and maximum temperatures of fuel and coolant. It is shown that FAST is able to improve the safety margin of conventional burner-type SFRs during ULOF, ULOHS, UTOP and UCIT.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.293-297
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• 2011

This experiment was conducted to elucidate the effects of mulching materials and removing time of the transparent polyethylene (PE) film on the growth of garlic at Uiseong experimental field, Korea. The experimental mulching materials comprised of transparent polyethylene film (0.025 mm) and net polyethylene (NPE). Plant height and leaf number of garlic were highest at PE treatment when the PE removing date was March 18 and this treatment also promoted the no. of cloves. Length of leaf sheath and bolting rate were highest and bulb weight loss rate was lowest at PE + NPE treatment when the PE removing date was March 18. But clove number was the lowest in this treatment compared to conventional PE film treatment. Conventional mulching method accelerated secondary growth rate but bulb weight loss was vice versa. There were statistically no differences in bulb diameter among treatments but conventional treatment positively focused on bulb diameter. Whenever PE film remove can suppress weeds compared to no mulching treatment but the dry weight of weeds were increasing trends as the removal dates of PE film were delayed. Transparent PE or PE + NPE treatments can be recommended to grow best quality garlic when PE film removing date is March 18.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2002

lateral insulated gate bipolar transistors(LIGBTs) are extensively used in high voltage power IC application due to their low forward voltage drops. One of the main disadvantages of the LIGBT is its scow switching speed when compared to the LDMOSFET. And the LIGBT with reverse channel structure is lower current capability than the conventional LIGBT at the forward conduction mode. In this paper, the LIGBT which included p+ ring and p-channel gate is presented at the reverie channel structure. The presented LIGBT structure is proposed to suppress the latch up, efficiently and to improve the turn off time. It is shown to improve the current capability too. It is verified 2-D simulator, MEDICI. It is shown that the latch up current of new LIGBT is 10 times than that of the conventional LIGBT Additionally, it is shown that the turn off characteristics of the proposed LIGBT is i times than that of the conventional LIGBT. It is net presented the tail current of turn off characteristics at the proposed structure. And the presented LIGBT is not n+ buffer layer because it includes p channel gate and p+ ring.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2010

As pointed out in the OECD BEMUSE Program, when a high computation time is taken to obtain the relevant output values of a complex physical model (or code), the number of statistical samples that must be evaluated through it is a critical factor for the sampling-based uncertainty analysis. Two alternative methods have been utilized to avoid the problem associated with the size of these statistical samples: one is based on Wilks' formula, which is based on simple random sampling, and the other is based on the conventional nonlinear regression approach. While both approaches provide a useful means for drawing conclusions on the resultant uncertainty with a limited number of code runs, there are also some unique corresponding limitations. For example, a conclusion based on the Wilks' formula can be highly affected by the sampled values themselves, while the conventional regression approach requires an a priori estimate on the functional forms of a regression model. The main objective of this paper is to assess the feasibility of the ACE-RSM approach as a complementary method to the Wilks' formula and the conventional regression-based uncertainty analysis. This feasibility was assessed through a practical application of the ACE-RSM approach to the LOFT L2-5 LBLOCA PCT uncertainty analysis, which was implemented as a part of the OECD BEMUSE Phase III program.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2014

About 40% of reactors in the world are being operated beyond design life or are approaching the end of their life cycle. During long-term operation, various degradation mechanisms occur. Fatigue caused by alternating operational stresses in terms of temperature or pressure change is an important damage mechanism in continued operation of nuclear power plants. To monitor the fatigue damage of components, Fatigue Monitoring System (FMS) has been installed. Most FMSs have used Green's Function Approach (GFA) to calculate the thermal stresses rapidly. However, if temperature-dependent material properties are used in a detailed FEM, there is a maximum peak stress discrepancy between a conventional GFA and a detailed FEM because constant material properties are used in a conventional method. Therefore, if a conventional method is used in the fatigue evaluation, thermal stresses for various operating cycles may be calculated incorrectly and it may lead to an unreliable estimation. So, in this paper, the modified GFA which can consider temperature-dependent material properties is proposed by using an artificial neural network and weight factor. To verify the proposed method, thermal stresses by the new method are compared with those by FEM. Finally, pros and cons of the new method as well as technical findings from the assessment are discussed.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2020

기존의 TTS 시스템은 텍스트 전처리, 구문 분석, 발음표기 변환, 경계 분석, 운율 조절, 음향 모델에 의한 음향 특징 생성, 합성음 생성 등 여러 모듈로 구성되어 있다. 그러나 딥러닝 기반 TTS 시스템은 텍스트에서 스펙트로그램을 생성하는 Text2Mel 과정과 스펙트로그램에서 음성신호을 합성하는 보코더로 구성된다. 본 논문에서는 최적의 한국어 TTS 시스템 구성을 위해 Tex2Mel 과정에는 Tacotron2를 적용하고, 보코더로는 WaveNet, WaveRNN, WaveGlow를 소개하고 이를 구현하여 성능을 비교 검증한다. 실험 결과, WaveNet은 MOS가 가장 높으며 학습 모델 크기가 수백 MB이고 합성시간이 실시간의 50배 정도라는 결과가 나왔다. WaveRNN은 WaveNet과 유사한 MOS 성능을 보여주며 모델 크기가 수십 MB 단위이고 실시간 처리는 어렵다는 결과가 도출됐다. WaveGlow는 실시간 처리가 가능한 방법이며 모델 크기가 수 GB이고 MOS가 세 방식 중에서 가장 떨어진다는 결과를 보여주었다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 연구 결과로부터 TTS 시스템을 적용하는 분야의 하드웨어 환경에 맞춰 적합한 방식을 선정할 수 있는 참고 기준을 제시한다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 기존의 스마트폰 카메라 센서를 사용하여 비접촉식 손바닥 기반 사용자 식별 시스템을 구축하기 위해 Attention U-Net 모델과 사전 훈련된 컨볼루션 신경망(CNN)이 있는 다채널 손바닥 이미지를 이용한 앙상블 모델을 제안한다. Attention U-Net 모델은 손바닥(손가락 포함), 손바닥(손바닥 미포함) 및 손금을 포함한 관심 영역을 추출하는 데 사용되며, 이는 앙상블 분류기로 입력되는 멀티채널 이미지를 생성하기 위해 결합 된다. 생성된 데이터는 제안된 손바닥 정보 기반 사용자 식별 시스템에 입력되며 사전 훈련된 CNN 모델 3개를 앙상블 한 분류기를 사용하여 클래스를 예측한다. 제안된 모델은 각각 98.60%, 98.61%, 98.61%, 98.61%의 분류 정확도, 정밀도, 재현율, F1-Score를 달성할 수 있음을 입증하며, 이는 저렴한 이미지 센서를 사용하고 있음에도 불구하고 제안된 모델이 효과적이라는 것을 나타낸다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 모델은 COVID-19 펜데믹 상황에서 기존 시스템에 비하여 높은 안전성과 신뢰성으로 대안이 될 수 있다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.52-57
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• 1999

Funtional metal prototypes are often required in numerous industrial applications. These components are typically needed in the early stage of a project to determine form, fit and function. Recent R/P(Rapid Prototyping) part are made of soft materials such as plastics, wax, paper, these master models cannot be employed durable test in real harsh working environment. Parts by direct metal rapid tooling method, such as laser sintering, by now are hard to get net shape, pores of the green parts of powder casting method must be infiltrated to get proper strength as tool, and new type of 3D direct tooling system combining fabrication welding arc and cutting process is reported by song etc. But a system which can build directly 3D parts of high performance functional material as metal part would need long period of system development, massive investment and other serious obstacles, such as patent. In this paper, through the rapid tooling process as silicon rubber molding using R/P master model, and fabricate wax pattern in that silicon rubber mold using vacuum casting method, then we tranlsated the wax patterns to numerous metal prototypes by new investment casting process combined conventional investment casting with rapid pototyping & rapid tooling process. with this wax-injection-mold-free investment casting, we developed new investment casting process of fabricating numerous functional metal prototypes from one master model, combined 3-D CAD, R/P and conventional investment casting and tried to expect net shape measuring total dimension shrinkage from R/P part to metal part.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1117-1124
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• 2010

PMIPv6는 IETF의 NetLMM WG에서 표준화를 진행하는 네트워크 기반 이동성 지원 기법으로서, 기존의 단말 기반 이동성 지원 기법의 문제점과 비효율성을 개선하기 위해 제안되었다. IETF에서 공개한 표준 문서는 MN에게 이동성을 제공하기 위한 네트워크 구성 요소와 그 구체적인 동작 및 핸드오버 절차에 대해 서술하고 있다. 그러나 MAG간 핸드오버에 대해서만 정의되어 있고 LMA간 핸드오버에 대해서는 정의되어 있지 않다. 따라서 MN에게 보다 효율적으로 끊김 없는 인터넷 접속을 제공하기 위해서는 LMA간 핸드오버 기법이 함께 사용되어야 한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 기법은 기존에 제안된 LMA간 핸드오버 기법의 단점인 LMA간 터널을 사용하지 않고, 경로 최적화 절차를 거쳐 효율적인 전송 경로를 사용한다. 또한 핸드오버 지연을 줄이기 위해 사전 인증 기법을 도입하였다. 성능 분석 결과에 따르면 제안하는 기법이 기존의 이동성 지원 기법에 비해 핸드오버 지연을 크게 감소시키는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.8-16
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• 2023

In Japan, high-speed ground transportation service using linear motors at speeds of 500 km/h is scheduled to begin in 2027. To accommodate 5G services in trains, a subcarrier spacing frequency of 30 kHz will be used instead of the typical 15 kHz subcarrier spacing to mitigate Doppler effects in such high-speed transport. Furthermore, to increase the cell size of the 5G mobile system, multiple base station antennas will transmit identical downlink (DL) signals to form an expanded cell size along the train rails. In this situation, the forward and backward antenna signals are Doppler-shifted in opposite directions, respectively, so the receiver in the train may suffer from estimating the exact Channel Transfer Function (CTF) for demodulation. In a previously published paper, we proposed a channel estimator based on Delay and Doppler Profiler (DDP) in a 5G SISO (Single Input Single Output) environment and successfully implemented it in a signal processing simulation system. In this paper, we extend it to 2×2 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) with spatial multiplexing environment and confirm that the delay and DDP based channel estimator is also effective in 2×2 MIMO environment. Its simulation performance is compared with that of a conventional time-domain linear interpolation estimator. The simulation results show that in a 2×2 MIMO environment, the conventional channel estimator can barely achieve QPSK modulation at speeds below 100 km/h and has poor CNR performance versus SISO. The performance degradation of CNR against DDP SISO is only 6dB to 7dB. And even under severe channel conditions such as 500km/h and 8-path inverse Doppler shift environment, the error rate can be reduced by combining the error with LDPC to reduce the error rate and improve the performance in 2×2 MIMO. QPSK modulation scheme in 2×2 MIMO can be used under severe channel conditions such as 500 km/h and 8-path inverse Doppler shift environment.