• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2022

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel photonic compressive sensing (CS) scheme for acquiring sparse radio frequency signals with adjustable compression ratio in this paper. The sparse signal to be measured and a pseudo-random binary sequence are modulated on consecutively connected chirped pulses. The modulated pulses are compressed into short pulses after propagating through a dispersive element. A programmable optical filter based on spatial light modulator is used to realize spectral segmentation and demultiplexing. After spectral segmentation, the compressed pulses are transformed into several sub-pulses and each of them corresponds to a measurement in CS. The major advantage of the proposed scheme lies in its adjustable compression ratio, which enables the system adaptive to the sparse signals with variable sparsity levels and bandwidths. Experimental demonstration and further simulation results are presented to verify the feasibility and potential of the approach.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2009

A catalyzed diesel particulate filter (CDPF) causes the progressive increase in back pressure of an exhaust system due to the loading of soot particles. To minimize pressure drop which is generated by CDPF, the filter should be regenerated when it collects a certain quantity of soot. It is important to know characteristics of regeneration of CDPF with various of exhaust gas temperatures and compositions. The oxidation of HC in DOC leads to increase gas temperature of DOC downstream. The increased gas temperature by DOC has an positive effect on CDPF regeneration. This study presents characteristics of regeneration of CDPF with DOC according to various gas composition, such as HC and $O_2$ concentration. The test-rig is used to control each gas composition and temperature during regeneration of CDPF. Experimental results indicate that the increased concentration of $O_2$ regenerates DPF more actively. With increasing HC concentration, the gas temperature of CDPF upstream increased due to more oxidation of HC. But excessive supply of HC leads to decrease of $O_2$ concentration in the CDPF, which makes it hard to regenerate CDPF.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2013

This article presents the design of long range navigation (LORAN)-disciplined oscillator (LDO), employing the timing information of the LORAN system, which was developed as a backup system that corrects the vulnerability of the global positioning system (GPS)-based timing information utilization. The LDO designed on the basis of hardware generates a timing source synchronized with reference to the timing information of the LORAN-C receiver. As for the LDO-based timing information measurement, the Kalman filter was applied to estimate the measurement of which variance was minimized so that the stability performance could be improved. The oven-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) was employed as the local oscillator of the LDO. The controller was operated by digital proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controlling method. The LDO performance evaluation environment that takes into account the additional secondary factor (ASF) of the LORAN signals allows for the relative ASF observation and data collection using the coordinated universal time (UTC). The collected observation data are used to analyze the effect of ASF on propagation delay. The LDO stability performance was presented by the results of the LDO frequency measurements from which the ASF was excluded.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.371-399
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• 2006

The theoretical background and capabilities of the developed program, SAR-CWF, for stochastic analysis of 3D reinforced-concrete shear wall-frame structures subject to seismic excitations is presented. Incremental stiffness and strength properties of system members are modeled by extended Roufaiel-Meyer hysteretic relation for bending while shear deformations for walls by Origin-Oriented hysteretic model. For the critical height of shear-walls, division to sub-elements is performed. Different yield capacities with respect to positive and negative bending, finite extensions of plastic hinges and P-${\delta}$ effects are considered while strength deterioration is controlled by accumulated hysteretic energy. Simulated strong motions are obtained from a Gaussian white-noise filtered through Kanai-Tajimi filter. Dynamic equations of motion for the system are formed according to constitutive and compatibility relations and then inserted into equivalent It$\hat{o}$-Stratonovich stochastic differential equations. A system reduction scheme based on the series expansion of eigen-modes of the undamaged structure is implemented. Time histories of seismic response statistics are obtained by utilizing the computer programs developed for different types of structures.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

Assessing health condition of crop in the field is one of core operation in precision fanning. A sensing system was proposed to remotely detect the crop health condition in terms of SP AD readings directly related to chlorophyll contents of crop using a multispectral camera equipped on ground-based platform. Since the image taken by a camera was sensitive to changes in ambient light intensity, it was needed to convert gray scale image data into reflectance, an index to indicate the reflection characteristics of target crop. A reference reflectance panel consisting of four pieces of sub-panels with different reflectance was developed for a dynamic calibration, by which a calibration equation was updated for every crop image captured by the camera. The system performance was evaluated in a field by investigating the relationship between com canopy reflectance and SP AD values. The validation tests revealed that the com canopy reflectance induced from Green band in the multispectral camera had the most significant correlation with SPAD values $(r^2=0.75)$ and NIR band could be used to filter out unwanted non-crop features such as soil background and empty space in a crop canopy. This research confirmed that it was technically feasible to develop a ground-based remote sensing system for assessing crop health condition.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.939-950
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• 2015

A single-stage AC-AC converter has been designed for a wind energy conversion system (WECS) that eliminates multistage operation and DC-link filter elements, thus resolving size, weight, and reliability issues. A simple switching strategy is used to control the switches that changes the variable-frequency AC output of an electrical generator to a constant-frequency supply to feed into a distributed electrical load/grid. In addition, a modified random sinusoidal pulse width modulation (RSPWM) technique has been developed for the designed converter to make the overall system more efficient by increasing generating power capacity and reducing the effects of inter-harmonics and sub-harmonics generated in the WECS. The technique uses carrier and reference waves of variable switching frequency to calculate the firing angles of the switches of the converter so that the three-phase output voltage of the converter is very close to a sine wave with reduced THD. A comparison of the performance of the proposed RSPWM technique with the conventional SPWM demonstrated that the power generated by a turbine in the proposed approximately increased by 5% to 10% and THD reduces by 40% both in voltage and current with respect to conventional SPWM.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2434-2453
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• 2019

To improve the separation performance of time-frequency overlapped radar and communication signals from a single channel, this paper proposes an effective separation method based on an improved empirical wavelet transform (EWT) that introduces a fast boundary detection mechanism. The fast boundary detection mechanism can be regarded as a process of searching, difference optimization, and continuity detection of the important local minima in the Fourier spectrum that enables determination of the sub-band boundary and thus allows multiple signal components to be distinguished. An orthogonal empirical wavelet filter bank that was designed for signal adaptive reconstruction is then used to separate the input time-frequency overlapped signals. The experimental results show that if two source components are completely overlapped within the time domain and the spectrum overlap ratio is less than 60%, the average separation performance is improved by approximately 32.3% when compared with the classic EWT; the proposed method also improves the suitability for multiple frequency shift keying (MFSK) and reduces the algorithm complexity.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.171-187
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• 2023

Objectives: Aircraft cabin cleaning work is characterized by being performed within a limited time in a narrow and enclosed space. The objective of this study was to evaluate the exposure levels to dust, ultra fine dust(PM2.5) and black carbon(BC) among aircraft cabin cleaners. Methods: Active personal air sampling for respirable dust(n=73) and BC(n=47) was conducted during quick transit cleaning(cabin general and vacuum-specific) and seat cover replacement and total dust and PM2.5 were area-air-sampled as well. Also, size distribution of particle was identified with the cleaning workers targeted. Dusts were collected with PVC filters using gravimetric analysis. The concentration of PM2.5 and the particle size distribution were measured with real-time direct reading portable equipment using light scattering analysis. The concentration of BC was measured by aethalometer(filter-based real-time light absorption analysis instrument). Results: The geometric mean of respirable dust was the highest at vacuum cleaning as 74.4 ㎍/m³, following by replacing seat covers as 49.3 ㎍/m³ and cabin general cleaning as 47.8 ㎍/m³ . The arithmetic mean of PM2.5 was 4.83 ~ 9.89 ㎍/m³ inside the cabin, and 28.5~44.5 ㎍/m³ outside the cabin(from bus and outdoor waiting space). From size distribution, PM_2.5/PM₁₀ ratio was 0.54 at quick transit cleaning and 0.41 at replacing seat covers. The average concentration of BC was 2~7 ㎍/m³, showing a high correlation with the PM2.5 concentration. Conclusions: The hazards concentration levels of aircraft cabin cleaners were very similar to those of roadside outdoor workers. As the main source of pollution is estimated to be diesel vehicles operating at airports, and it is necessary to replace older vehicles, strengthen pollutant emission control regulations, and introduce electric vehicles. In addition, it is necessary to provide as part of airport-inftastructure a stable standby waiting space for aircraft cabin cleaners and introduce a systematic safety and health management system for all workers in the aviation industry.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2011

본 연구는 사료작물 재배지에 가축분뇨를 투입하여 사료작물의 생산성을 향상시키고 초지식생대를 설치함으로서 비점오염원의 저감 효과를 구명하기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 시험은 국립축산과학원 초지사료과 시험포장(천안)에서 경사가 약 $10^{\circ}$ 인 자연 경사지를 이용하여 2007년부터 2009년까지 3년간 수행하였다. 가축분뇨를 시용한 사료작물 재배지의 2년 동안 옥수수의 평균 건물수량은 화학비료구에서 24,716 kg/ha (100%), 우분퇴비구 20,497 kg/ha (83%), 돈분퇴비구에서 18,862 kg/ha (76%) 순으로 높았으며, 화학비료구에 비해 우분퇴비구와 돈분퇴비구에서 유의적인 수량감소가 나타났다(p<0.05). 호밀의 평균 건물수량은 화학비료구 11,870 kg/ha (100%), 우분퇴비구 10,650 kg/ha (90%) 돈분퇴비구 9,300 kg/ha (78%) 순으로 높았으며, 화학비료구에 비해 돈분퇴비구에서 유의적인 수량감소가 나타났으며(p<0.05), 우분퇴구에서는 유의적인 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 2년 동안 2009년도 옥수수의 건물수량은 2008년의 건물수량보다 약 24%의 수량 증가가 나타났으며, 호밀의 건물수량은 2008년에 비해 2009년에 약 80%의 수량 증가가 나타났다. 초지식생대의 설치에 따른 유거수 중의 평균 $NO_3$-N 농도는 초지식생대의 길이가 0 m, 5 m, 10 m, 15 m로 길어질수록 $NO_3$-N의 농도가 감소하였는데, 초지식생대를 설치하지 않은 0 m인 지점에 비해 10 m 및 15 m인 지점에서 유의적으로 감소하였다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과는 초지식생대를 사료작물 재배지에 10 m 이상 설치할 경우 초지식생대를 설치하지 않았을 때 보다 $NO_3$-N의 유실량을 유의적으로 감소시킬 수 있음을 나타내었고, 초지식생대의 설치가 사료작물 재배지의 가축분뇨 시용에 따른 $NO_3$-N의 수계유입 농도를 현저하게 줄일 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 경사지에서 초지식생대의 설치는 가축분뇨를 시용한 사료작물 재배지에서 발생되는 $NO_3$-N의 유실을 저감할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2010

본 연구는 사료작물 재배지에 가축분뇨를 시용한 사료작물 재배지에서 초지식생대를 설치에 따른 $PO_4$-P와 토양 유실 저감 효과를 구명하기 위하여 수행되었다. 본 시험은 국립축산과학원 초지사료과 시험포장(천안)에서 경사가 약 10%에서 ${\pm}3%$인 자연 경사지를 이용하여 2007년부터 2009년까지 3년간 수행하였다. 가축분뇨 시용은 화학비료, 우분퇴비 및 돈분퇴비를 시용하였으며, 초지식생대의 길이는 5 m, 10 m 및 15 m의 길이로 설치하였다. 초지식생대 길이에 따른 유거수 중의 $PO_4$-P의 농도는 초지식생대의 길이가 길어질수록 줄어드는 경향을 보였다. 유거수 중의 평균 $PO_4$-P 농도는 초지식생대 0 m인 지점에 비해 초지식생대의 길이가 10 m 및 15 m 일 경우 $PO_4$-P의 농도가 유의적으로 감소하였으나(p<0.05), 초지식생대의 길이 10 m와 15 m 사이의 유실량의 유의적인 감소는 일어나지 않았다. 가축분뇨 시용에 따른 2008~2009년 평균 $PO_4$-P 농도는 화학비료 > 우분퇴비 > 돈분퇴비 순으로 높은 경향을 보였으나, 통계적인 유의성은 나타나지 않았다. 초지식생대 설치에 따른 2년 평균 토양 유실량은 길이가 5 m, 10 m, 15 m로 길어질수록 감소하였으며, 5 m 및 10 m에 비해 15m 지점에서 유의적인 토양 유실량 감소를 가져왔다(p < 0.05). 따라서 경사지에서 초지식생대의 설치는 가축분뇨를 시용한 사료작물 재배 시 강우로 유실되는 $PO_4$-P와 토양의 유실을 줄일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.