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Preparing a Construction Cash Flow Analysis Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) Technology

  • Kim, Hyunjoo;Grobler, Francois
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2013
  • Construction is a competitive industry and successful contractors must be able to win bids to obtain projects. Cash flow analysis not only determines actual profit at the end of the project, but also estimates required cash resources or cash ballances at the end of every month. Cash flow analysis is important in managing a construction project; however, it requires extensive information that is not immediately available to the general contractor. Before contractors can perform cash flow analysis, they must first complete a series of pre-requisites such as the quantity take off, scheduling, and cost estimating, followed by accurate assessments of project costs incurred and billable progress made. Consequently, cash flow analysis is currently a lengthy, uncertain process. This paper suggests improved cash flow analysis can be developed using data extraction in Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM models contain a wealth of information and tools have been developed to automate a series of process such as quantity takeoff, scheduling, and estimating. This paper describes a prototype tool to support BIM-based, automated cash flow analysis.

An Implementation Architecture for Knowledge Flow Model (지식 흐름 모델의 구현 아키텍처에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Su-Yeon;Hwang, Hyun-Seok
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.53-68
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    • 2006
  • Knowledge has become an important resource for organization. The manufacturing industry is usually operated on the basis of business processes, and most workers are familiar with their own processes. The process-based approach, therefore, can provide an efficient way to capture and navigate knowledge. In this study, we focus on knowledge which may be missed during knowledge transfer among workers. For this, we propose a method for analyzing knowledge flow, which is passed among business processes. We propose a process-based knowledge management framework for analyzing knowledge flow, which employs a two-phase analysis: process analysis and knowledge flow analysis. A knowledge flow model, represented by Knowledge Flow Diagram, is proposed as a tool for representing knowledge. We formulate several semantics for knowledge flow modeling. We build the three-level schema: conceptual, logical, and physical in order to automate the knowledge model adaptive to knowledge management systems. The proposed approach is verified and illustrated through a case study on the manufacturing process of A Company.

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Performance Analysis of the Lubricating Oil Feed Pump by the Anslysis of the Flow Network (유로망 해석에 의한 윤활유 공급펌프 성능 해석)

  • Kil, Doo-Song;Lee, Young-Ho
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.62-67
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, the cause of the discrepancy of the inlet and outlet flow of the lubricating oil feed pump was analyzed by the flow measurement and the analysis of the flow network. At first, we thought that the flow difference was induced by a leak in the middle of the flow network. But, through the flow measurement using ultrasonic flow meter and the performance analysis of the pump, we knew that the cause of the flow difference was due to a drop in efficiency of the pump according to the pressure drop of the outlet. Also, we knew that the shape of the piping had no effect on the efficiency of the pump.

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Numerical analysis of plasma effect on fluid flow in a supersonic flow (플라즈마에 의한 초음속 유동 변화 해석)

  • Park, Sul-Ki;Cho, Hyung-Hee;Song, Ji-Woon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.369-372
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    • 2009
  • A numerical analysis of the effect of plasma on flow characteristics in supersonic flow is studied. It is shown that change of direction and velocity magnitude of flow is appeared different in relative direction of plasma and fluid flow. The case of that direction of electrons, which are same with flow direction, the flow is accelerated, and the case of opposition, the flow is decelerated.

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Numerical Analysis for the Effect of Flow Skirt Geometry on the Flow Distribution in the Scaledown APR+ (유동 덮개 형상이 축소 APR+ 내부 유동분포에 미치는 영향에 대한 수치해석)

  • Lee, Gong Hee;Bang, Young Seok;Woo, Sweng Woong;Kim, Do Hyeong;Kang, Min Ku
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.269-278
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    • 2013
  • In this study, in order to examine the applicability of computational fluid dynamics with the porous model to the analysis of APR+ (Advanced Power Reactor Plus) internal flow, simulation was conducted with the commercial multi-purpose computational fluid dynamics software, ANSYS CFX V.14. In addition, among the various reactor internals, the effect of flow skirt geometry on reactor internal flow was investigated. It was concluded that the porous model for some reactor internal structures could adequately predict the hydraulic characteristics inside the reactor in a qualitative manner. If sufficient computation resource is available, the predicted core inlet flow distribution is expected to be more accurate, by considering the real geometry of the internal structures, especially located in the upstream of the core inlet. Finally, depending on the shape of the flow skirt, the flow distribution was somewhat different locally. The standard deviation of the mass flow rate (${\sigma}$) for the original shape of flow skirt was smaller, than that for the modified shape of flow skirt. This means that the original shape of the flow skirt may give a more uniform distribution of mass flow rate at the core inlet plane, which may be more desirable for the core cooling.

Convergent Investigation with Flow Analysis by Type of Shock Absorber Orifice (쇽업소버 오리피스의 유형별 유동해석으로의 융합적 고찰)

  • Oh, Bum-Suk;Cho, Jae-Ung
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.195-200
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    • 2020
  • In this study, the flow analyses by type of shock absorber orifice were carried out. A shock absorber is indispensable for the ride comfort that is important at the standard of a good car. As the analysis procedure, the actual speed of the shock absorber was set as the flow rate when the cylinder was advanced. And the flow analysis results on models A, B and C of shock absorber models were compared with each other. As the examination on the flow orifice in the vicinity of each model through the analysis of flow, the performance of shock absorber were recognized. On the whole, model A had the fastest flow rate and also had the largest flow rate. Model B had the slowest flow rate and the flow rate features of models B and C with the same number of orifices were similar. Through this study, it is possible to see which shock absorber orifice model facilitates the flow inside the cylinder and increases the ride comfort. It is seen that this analysis result on the flow analyses by type of shock absorber orifice can be applied by converging with the field of design.

Flow-Field Analysis for Designing Bipolar Plate Patterns in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (연료전지 분리판의 형상설계를 위한 유동해석)

  • Park, Jeong-Seon;Jeong, Hye-Mi
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.1201-1208
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    • 2002
  • A numerical flow-field analysis is performed to investigate flow configurations in the anode, cathode and cooling channels on the bipolar plates of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Continuous open-faced flow channels are formed on the bipolar plate surface to supply hydrogen, air and water. In this analysis, two types of channel pattern are considered: serpentine and spiral. The averaged pressure distribution and velocity profiles of the hydrogen, air and water channels are calculated by two-dimensional flow-field analysis. The equations for the conservation of mass and momentum in the two-dimensional fluid flow analysis are slightly modified to include the characteristics of the PEMFC. The analysis results indicate that the serpentine flow-fields are locally unstable (because two channels are cross at right angles). The spiral flow-fields has more stable than the serpentine, due to rotational fluid-flow inertia forces. From this study, the spiral channel pattern is suggested for a channel pattern of the bipolar plate of the PEMFC to obtain better performance.

The effects of fashion retail tech store's characteristics on consumer's flow and satisfaction (패션 리테일 테크 매장의 특성이 소비자 몰입 및 만족감에 미치는 영향)

  • Gyeongmi You;Eunjung Shin
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.452-466
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    • 2023
  • This study focused on how retail tech promotes differentiated customer experiences in offline fashion stores. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of the characteristics of fashion retail tech stores on consumers' flow and satisfaction. We surveyed Koreans aged 10 to 50 who had experienced offline fashion retail tech stores. The survey was conducted from April 28, 2023, to May 21, 2023. The total number of survey respondents was 200. The quantitative data collected through questionnaires was analyzed using SPSS 25.0. To reveal the effects of fashion retail tech store characteristics on consumer's flow and satisfaction, frequency analysis, we conducted frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The results of this study, figured out that fashion retail tech store's characteristics, including playfulness, efficiency, interaction, and information provision, have a significant impact on behavior flow, emotional flow, and satisfaction. As a result of analyzing the influence of consumers' flow led to satisfaction, it was confirmed that emotional flow positively influenced satisfaction, but behavioral flow had no meaningful effect on satisfaction. The results of our study can be used to make a successful marketing strategy and can serve as foundational data for consumer research on retail-tech-applied offline fashion stores.

Validation of the Aerodynamic drag model in the multi-phase flow analysis

  • Morisaki, Masao;Shimada, Toru;Hanzawa, Masahisa;Kat, Takashi;Yoshikawa, Takashi
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.365-368
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    • 2004
  • The multi-phase flow analysis in a solid rocket motor is very important when performing the performance of a motor, and prediction of nozzle ablation. However, only in consideration of regular power, it has analyzed as power which a metal particle receives from a flow until now. We conduct analysis and an experiment about the virtual mass clause which will influence at the place where acceleration is big. We aim at the improvement in accuracy of multi-phase flow analysis from the result.

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