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Research Activity on Rocket-Ramjet Combined-cycle Engine in JAXA

  • Takegoshi, Masao;Kanda, Takeshi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.460-468
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    • 2008
  • Recent activities on the scramjet and rocket-ramjet combined-cycle engine of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) are herein presented. The scramjet engines and combined-cycle engines have been studied in the world and JAXA has also studied such the engines experimentally, numerically and conceptually. Based on the studies, 2 to 3 m long, hydrogen-fueled engine models were designed and tested at the Ramjet Engine Test Facility(RJTF) and the High Enthalpy Shock Tunnel(HIEST). A scramjet engine model was tested in Mach 10 to 14 flight condition at HIEST. A 3 m long scramjet engine model was designed to reduce a dissociation energy loss in a high temperature condition. Drag reduction by a tangential injection and two ways of a transverse fuel injection were examined. Combustor model tests at three operating modes of the combined-cycle engine were conducted, demonstrating the combustor operation and producing data for the engine design at each mode. Aerodynamic engine model tests were conducted in a transonic wind tunnel, demonstrating the engine operation in the ejector-jet mode. A 3 m long combined-cycle engine model has been tested in the ejector-jet mode and the ramjet mode since March 2007. Carbon composite material was examined for application to the engines. Production of the cooling channel on a nickel alloy plate succeeded by the electro-chemical etching.

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An Expert System for Monitoring and Control of an Oil Production Facility

  • Uraikul, Varanon;Chan, Christine W.;Asghari, Koorosh;Monea, Michael J.
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07b
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    • pp.1169-1172
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the development of an expert system for monitoring and control of an oil production facility. The objectives of developing an expert system for the oil production facility are to monitor the Important processing parameters in different sections of the facilities and to control battery operations in real time. By providing consistent, fast, and reliable decision support to operators, the expert system can be used for automated monitoring and control of a petroleum production facility located south of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. The system was implemented in Visual Basic 6.0.

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A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ASTEROIDS IN THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM WITH AKARI

  • Usui, F.;Kuroda, D.;Muller, T.G.;Hasegawa, S.;Ishiguro, M.;Ootsubo, T.;Ueno, M.;AKARI SOSOS team, AKARI SOSOS team
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.153-159
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    • 2012
  • We constructed an unbiased asteroid catalog from the mid-infrared part of the All-Sky Survey with the Infrared Camera (IRC) on board AKARI. About 20% of the point source events recorded in the IRC All-Sky Survey observations were not used for the IRC Point Source Catalog in its production process because of a lack of multiple detection by position. Asteroids, which are moving objects on the celestial sphere, are included in these "residual events" We identified asteroids out of the residual events by matching them with the positions of known asteroids. For the identified asteroids, we calculated the size and albedo based on the Standard Thermal Model. Finally we had a new brand of asteroid catalog, which contains 5,120 objects, about twice as many as the IRAS asteroid catalog.

A Study on the theory and cases of Constructability for Building Projects -With Case Study Application in Japan- (건설공사의 Constructability 이론과 적용사례에 관한 연구 - 일본의 사례연구를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Jin-Ho;Lim, Nam-Gi
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2002
  • In this study, attempts to analyze the case study of production design were carried out through: 1) exploration of the factors influencing the interface between architectural and production design phases; 2)application of precast technologies. Building design and construction planning in Japan may be characterized by ample use of Production Design which extends over the whole projects phases. Taking a composite construction system for apartment buildings which allow for alternative combination of different technologies as a case study object, three projects have been chosen to analyze actual process of determining product sub-system and their specification. And the expectancies of this paper are that it can be used as efficient data for improvement of system to systematize Constructability(Buildability) in korea.

The technical analysis and study of decommissioning and abandonment of offshore oil field surface facilities and subsea system

  • Lu, Guihua;Li, Hongsheng;Xiao, Jianjun;Li, Zhihao;Xu, Minhang
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.289-303
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    • 2016
  • With more than 100 years exploration and development of offshore oil, more and more offshore oil fields will gradually lose the economic profit to operate. In this article, to take the target oil field for example, the procedure of decommissioning for FPSO, TCMS, subsea system and well abandonment have been analyzed. Meanwhile, the environment impact and mitigation measure have been proposed. The successful project experience will provide a guide line for the offshore facilities decommissioning and abandonment.

Review on Oil Spills and Their Effects

  • Lee, Hwa-Woon-;Nobuhisa-Kabayashi;Ryu, Cheong-Ro
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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    • 1991.07a
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 1991
  • With increasing offshore oil exploration, drilling, and production activities, and with a huge amount of petroleum being transported by tankers and pipelines through the ocean and coastal environment and resoures has been realized among government decision makers, oil industry personnel, and the general public. Assessment must be made of the potential risk of damage resulting from the exploration, development and transportation activities, based on predictive impact evaluations of the fate of hypothetical or real oil spills.(omitted)

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Towards Resource-Generative Skyscrapers

  • Imam, Mohamed;Kolarevic, Branko
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.161-170
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    • 2018
  • Rapid urbanization, resource depletion, and limited land are further increasing the need for skyscrapers in city centers; therefore, it is imperative to enhance tall building performance efficiency and energy-generative capability. Potential performance improvements can be explored using parametric multi-objective optimization, aided by evaluation tools, such as computational fluid dynamics and energy analysis software, to visualize and explore skyscrapers' multi-resource, multi-system generative potential. An optimization-centered, software-based design platform can potentially enable the simultaneous exploration of multiple strategies for the decreased consumption and large-scale production of multiple resources. Resource Generative Skyscrapers (RGS) are proposed as a possible solution to further explore and optimize the generative potentials of skyscrapers. RGS can be optimized with waste-energy-harvesting capabilities by capitalizing on passive features of integrated renewable systems. This paper describes various resource-generation technologies suitable for a synergetic integration within the RGS typology, and the software tools that can facilitate exploration of their optimal use.

Enrichment and verification of differentially expressed miRNAs in bursa of Fabricius in two breeds of duck

  • Luo, Jun;Liu, Junying;Liu, Hehe;Zhang, Tao;Wang, Jiwen;He, Hua;Han, Chunchun
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.30 no.7
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    • pp.920-929
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    • 2017
  • Objective: The bursa of Fabricius (BF) is a central humoral immune organ belonging specifically to avians. Recent studies had suggested that miRNAs were active regulators involved in the immune processes. This study was to investigate the possible differences of the BF at miRNA level between two genetically disparate duck breeds. Methods: Using Illumina next-generation sequencing, the miRNAs libraries of ducks were established. Results: The results showed that there were 66 differentially expressed miRNAs and 28 novel miRNAs in bursa. A set of abundant miRNAs (i.e., let-7, miR-146a-5p, miR-21-5p, miR-17~92) which are involved in immunity and disease were detected and the predicted target genes of the novel miRNAs were associated with duck high anti-adversity ability. By gene ontology analysis and enriching KEGG pathway, the targets of differential expressed miRNAs were mainly involved in immunity and disease, supporting that there were differences in the BF immune functions between the two duck breeds. In addition, the metabolic pathway had the maximum enriched target genes and some enriched pathways that were related to cell cycle, protein synthesis, cell proliferation and apoptosis. It indicted that the difference of metabolism may be one of the reasons leading the immune difference between the BF of two duck breeds. Conclusion: This data lists the main differences in the BF at miRNAs level between two genetically disparate duck breeds and lays a foundation to carry out molecular assisted breeding of poultry in the future.

The Research on the Software Development for the Hardware Error Correction of MBES (Mutlibeam Echo Sounder) (멀티빔 음향 측심기에서 하드웨어 오류 보정을 위한 소프트웨어 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ji Eun;Oh, Young Suk
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2016
  • Although the ocean observation and exploration equipment is necessary for the oceanographical observation and strengthening influence of the nation and the resource preemption, it depended on the oversees adoption rather than the domestic development. The MBESs were developed for seabed topography, sedimentary distribution information and underwater objects exploration, but there is no domestic production. So in this research we try the localization of the marine acoustic sounder. Especially about correcting the error occurred on the hardware, we confirmed it on software.

Strategies for Development of Seafloor Polymetallic Sulphides in Consideration of International Progress (해저열수광상 개발동향과 우리나라의 대응방안)

  • Park, Seong-Wook;Yang, Hee-Cheol;Jeong, Hyeong-Su
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.271-279
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    • 2008
  • Polymetallic sulphides means hydrothermally formed deposits of sulphide minerals which contain concentrations of metals including, inter alia, copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver. Nautilus is the first company to commercially explore the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits. The Company holds exploration licences and exploration applications for more than 370,000 $km^2$ in the jurisdictional seas of Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands and New Zealand along the western Pacific Ocean's Rim of Fire. Neptune Minerals is also a leading explorer and developer in this field, with exploration licences awarded totalling more than 270,000 $km^2$ in the territorial seas or EEZ of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. These two companies now carry out the most active investment activities for seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits with a goal of commercial production by 2010. China and Japan carry out exploration activities for the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits to secure supplies of strategic metals. China carries out national R&D projects relating to deep sea mineral resources in the world ocean through China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association(COMRA). And Japan investigates her own EEZ for exploration of the seafloor polymetallic sulphide deposits. In consideration of aforementioned international activities of coastal nations as well as private companies for exploring the sulphide deposits, Korea shall prepare strategic plans : First, consolidation of the authorities concerned and legislative support; second, determination of main entity of the project; third, securing government's decisive investment of sufficient budget; and lastly, establishment of the mid, long-term plan for development of seafloor polymetallic sulphides deposits.