• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.747-759
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• 2018

This study proposed a new type of concrete column that was confined with both steel angles and spiral hoops, named angle-steel and spiral confined concrete (ASCC) column. A total of 22 ASCC stub columns were tested under axial compression to investigate their behavior. For a comparison, three angle-steel reinforced concrete (ARC) stub columns were also tested. The test results indicated that ASCC column had a superior mechanical performance. The strength, ductility and energy absorption were considerably increased due to the improvement of confinement from spiral hoops. The confinement behavior and failure mechanism of ASCC column were investigated by the analysis of failure mode, load-deformation curve and section-strain distribution. Parametric studies were carried out to examine the influences of different parameters on the axial compression behavior of ASCC columns. A calculation approach was developed to predict the ultimate load carrying capacity of ASCC columns under axial compression. It was validated that the predicted results were in well agreement with the experimental results.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2013

Structures in a nuclear power system are designed to be elastic even under an earthquake excitation. However a structural component such as an isolator shows inelastic behavior inherently. For the seismic assessment of nonlinear structures, response history analysis should be performed. In this study, the response of base isolation system was analyzed by response history analysis for the seismic performance assessment. Firstly, several seismic assessment criteria for a nuclear power plant structure were reviewed for the nonlinear response history analysis. Based on these criteria, the spectrum matched ground motion generation method modifying a seed earthquake ground motion time history was adjusted. Using these spectrum matched accelerograms, the distribution of displacement responses of the simplified base isolation system was evaluated. The resulting seismic responses excited by the modified ground motion time histories and the synthesized time history generated by stochastic approach were compared. And the response analysis of the base isolation system considering the different intensities in each orthogonal direction was performed.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.309-315
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• 2018

Chlortetracycline (CTC) is one of the most important compounds in antibiotic production, and its distribution has been widely investigated due to health and ecological concerns. This study presents systematic approach to optimize the high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for analyzing CTC in a multiple reaction monitoring mode ($479{\rightarrow}462m/z$). One-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) test with response surface analysis (RSA) was used as optimization strategy. In OFAT tests, the fragmentor voltage, collision energy, and ratio of acetonitrile in the mobile phase were selected as major factors for RSA. The experimental conditions were determined using a composite in cube design (CCD) to maximize the peak area. As a result, the partial cubic model precisely predicted the peak area response with high statistical significance. In the model, the (solvent composition) and (collision $energy^2$) terms were statistically significant at the 0.1 ${\alpha}$-level, while the two-way interactions of the independent variables were negligible. By analyzing the model equation, the optimum conditions were derived as 114.9 V, 15.7 eV, and 70.9% for the fragmentor voltage, collision energy, and solvent composition, respectively. The RSA, coupled with the CCD, offered a comprehensive understanding of the peak area that responds to changes in experimental conditions.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.521-531
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• 2023

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) has shown great potential in the nanoscale regime as a replacement for CMOS technology. This work presents a specific approach to static random-access memory (SRAM) cell based on 2:1 multiplexer, 4-bit SRAM array, and 32-bit SRAM array in QCA. By utilizing the proposed SRAM array, a single-layer 16×32-bit SRAM with the read/write capability is presented using an optimized signal distribution network (SDN) crossover technique. In the present study, an extremely-optimized 2:1 multiplexer is proposed, which is used to implement an extremely-optimized SRAM cell. The results of simulation show the superiority of the proposed 2:1 multiplexer and SRAM cell. This study also provides a more efficient and accurate method for calculating QCA costs. The proposed extremely-optimized SRAM cell and SRAM arrays are advantageous in terms of complexity, delay, area, and QCA cost parameters in comparison with previous designs in QCA, CMOS, and FinFET technologies. Moreover, compared to previous designs in QCA and FinFET technologies, the proposed structure saves total energy consisting of overall energy consumption, switching energy dissipation, and leakage energy dissipation. The energy and structural analyses of the proposed scheme are performed in QCAPro and QCADesigner 2.0.3 tools. According to the simulation results and comparison with previous high-quality studies based on QCA and FinFET design approaches, the proposed SRAM reduces the overall energy consumption by 25%, occupies 33% smaller area, and requires 15% fewer cells. Moreover, the QCA cost is reduced by 35% compared to outstanding designs in the literature.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.41-49
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• 2024

본 논문에서 중전압 직류 시스템(MVDC)의 적용을 위한 초전도 한류기(SFCL)의 설계 최적화를 위한 시뮬레이션 결과를 검증한다. 신재생 에너지의 증가와 계통 연계의 관점에 있어서, 기존의 송전망이나 배전망이 아닌 신재생 에너지망의 에너지 밸런싱을 위한 중전압 시스템이 연구 개발 실증 중에 있다. 특히 DC 배전망의 고장 전류는 빠른 시간 내에 큰 고장 전류를 차단해야 하기 때문에 초전도 한류기와 같은 전류 제한 시스템은 직류 차단기의 동작에 많은 이점이 있다. 이러한 초전도 한류기의 개발에 있어 시제작 및 평가 전에 유한 요소 해석(FEM)과 장시간의 설계 과정을 거쳐야 한다. 이러한 설계과정에서의 시간을 줄이기 위해 차원축소모델(ROM)을 활용하여 설계 결과를 학습하고 유한요소 해석 설계 결과와 동일한 결과를 검증함으로 기존 공학 모델의 제작 및 양산 등의 설계 시뮬레이션을 최적화하는 것 적용할 수 있다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.36-49
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 일반인을 대상으로 일반 설문과 선택형 컨조인트 분석(Choice Based Conjoint Analysis: CBC Analysis)을 통해 태양광 발전을 중심으로 신재생에너지와 신재생에너지 사업 전반에 대한 인식을 파악하고, 계층적 베이지안 모형(Hierarchical Bayesian Model)을 이용하여 신재생에너지 사업에 대한 일반 국민의 선호를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 그 결과, 응답자들은 신재생에너지 사업에 참여하게 될 경우 누가 사업을 주도 하는가, 즉 사업을 주도하는 주체에 대해 가장 중요하게 생각하며, 그 뒤를 이어 발전소의 위치와 국민들의 참여 방식과 이익배분에 대해서 중요하게 생각하였고, 상대적으로 사업에 대한 국민들의 의사결정 참여는 중요하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 응답자들은 신재생에너지 사업에 참여할 경우, 정보 공유나 의사 개진, 협조, 조율과 같은 사업에 대한 지원 활동(volunteering) 보다는 대출이나 지분 소유를 통한 투자 참여를 선호하였고, 따라서 의사 결정 참여와 같은 사업의 절차적(procedural justice) 측면 보다는 이익의 배분과 같은 분배적(distributional justice) 측면에 관심이 더 높았다. 각 사업의 속성 수준별 부분 효용의 크기에 따른 분석에서는, 지방자치단체 주도 하에 국민들이 신재생에너지 사업에 대해 주식을 소유하고 사업의 수익률에 연동하여 배당을 받는 방식으로 참여하고 산지나 해변보다는 지붕에 발전 시설을 설치하는 것을 선호하였고, 반대로 전문 개발회사와 투자회사 주도로 정보공유, 협의, 조율과 모니터링에 참여하고 이익의 일부를 마을 복지나 발전 기금으로 받으며, 발전소를 산지나 임야에 짓는 경우를 선호하지 않았다. 본 연구는 직접적인 설문과 면담 등의 질적 연구만으로는 밝혀내기 어려웠던 국민 참여를 전제한 신재생에너지 사업 속성의 영향력을 계량화된 모형을 통해 입증하였다는 점에서 의의를 가지며, 따라서 본 연구에서 나타난 신재생에너지 사업에 대한 일반인의 인식과 선호 분석의 결과는 향후 국민 참여형 신재생에너지 사업의 방향 수립 시 주민 수용성을 높이는 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2016

In this paper we proposed an unsupervised algorithm to estimate the reverberation time (RT) directly from the reverberant speech signal. For estimation process we use maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) which is a very well-known and state of the art method for estimation in the field of signal processing. All existing RT estimation methods are based on the decay rate distribution. The decay rate can be obtained either from the energy envelop decay curve analysis of noise source when it is switch off or from decay curve of impulse response of an enclosure. The analysis of a pre-existing method of reverberation time estimation is the foundation of the proposed method. In one of the state of the art method, the reverberation decay is modeled as a Laplacian distribution. In this paper, the proposed method models the reverberation decay as a Gamma distribution along with the unification of an effective technique for spotting free decay in reverberant speech. Maximum likelihood estimation technique is then used to estimate the RT from the free decays. The method was motivated by our observation that the RT of a reverberant signal when falls in specific range, then the decay rate of the signal follows Gamma distribution. Experiments are carried out on different reverberant speech signal to measure the accuracy of the suggested method. The experimental results reveal that the proposed method performs better and the accuracy is high in comparison to the state of the art method.

• 대한지역사회영양학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2015

Objectives: Maintaining a balanced diet and thus health is crucial for adolescents, and the first step for balanced diet practice is meal planning. Adolescents, however, find it difficult to plan their meals. This study thus was set out to design an easier way of planning meals for adolescent girls. Methods: A dish-based target pattern for adolescent girls was tabulated, and validity of this was examined. Meal plan applying a dish-based target pattern was prepared by 150 female middle school students, and nutritional adequacies of those meal plans were examined. Validity and adequacy were tested by energy content, energy contribution ratio, nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR), probability of nutrient inadequacy, index of nutritional quality (INQ) calculation. Results: A dish-based target pattern with 11 dish groups was validated for nutritional adequacy. Though the NAR of calcium was 0.96, the INQ of calcium was 1.00. The average energy supply from the meal plans was 2,379 kcal, higher than the estimated energy requirement of a female middle school student, but the energy contribution ratio of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats were all adequate according to the acceptable macronutrient distribution range (AMDR). NAR of all nutrients examined were 1.0, except for calcium. The NAR and INQ of calcium were 0.87 and 0.75, respectively, and the meal plans at risk for calcium inadequacy was 19.30%. Conclusions: A dish-based target pattern proposed for adolescent girls was valid, but the meal plan prepared by female middle school students using this approach was high in energy and low in calcium supply. To cut down the energy supply from the meal plan, it is necessary to recommend dishes low in fat and use low fat cooking methods. To increase the calcium supply, it is important to recommend seaweed and legume group dishes with higher Ca INQ food items.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2007

유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크(Ubiquitous Sensor Network)는 무선통신 기능을 가진 소형 센서들로 구성된 네트워크이다. 무선통신은 유선통신에 비해 데이터의 도청과 위조, 변조가 용이하다. 그러므로 센서 네트워크를 통해 전달되는 정보들의 신뢰성을 위한 보안 연구가 수행되어야 한다. 하지만 센서네트워크에 보안을 적용하기 위해서는 추가되는 에너지소모가 발생한다. 에너지 교체가 어려운 센서네트워크에서 추가적인 에너지소모는 중요한 문제이다. 본 논문은 센서네트워크에서 획득한 데이터를 안전하게 처리할 수 있는 에너지 효율적 클러스터 기반 라우팅을 제안한다. 제안방식은 초기에 형성된 클러스터는 고정시키고 클러스터 헤드노드만 교체하는 방식으로 최초에 생성 및 교환된 클러스터 키와 노드간 키가 다시 생성 및 교환되지 않게 하는 사전배포방식을 사용할 수 있다. 제안된 방법이 기존의 클러스터 기반 라우팅에 보안을 적용한 것보다 에너지 소모가 29.2% 적게 소모됨을 모의실험을 통하여 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.470-498
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• 2022

Recently, the world has been considering hydrogen energy as the primary energy transition means to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In order to achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Korea is also promoting a clean hydrogen economy. However, it is necessary to introduce various clean hydrogen from overseas so that the projected demand can not meet the domestically produced. For this study, we conducted the policy comparison approach between countries other than the generally considered technical and economic approaches. The finding proposes the direction of bilateral cooperation for a strategy of securing overseas clean hydrogen from a geopolitical perspective. Germany was a target country for the policy comparison since it has a high proportion of manufacturing, like Korea, and is taking the lead in the renewable-based energy transition policy. According to the survey and analysis of the policy establishment status and new projects of the two countries, Germany is promoting bilateral international cooperation in the hydrogen area with about 33 countries based on 7 types of activities. In comparison, Korea is involved in bilateral cooperation with about 12 countries on relatively few activities. Among the types of bilateral cooperation, R&D cooperation with advanced countries for hydrogen technology was a common activity type. Germany preemptively promotes cooperation for demonstration and commercialization, considering geopolitical means and strengthening manpower training and assistance on policy and regulation to preoccupy the market for the future. Therefore, it is necessary to consider establishing a network of an entire life cycle of supply and demand network that links the future market with securing clean hydrogen considering the geopolitical distribution. To this end, Korea also needs to expand bilateral cooperation countries by activity type, and it seems necessary to seek various geopolitical-based bilateral cooperation and support measures for developing countries to diversify the supply sources of hydrogen.