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Development of Safe Hood for Pedestrian Protection (보행자 보호를 위한 안전 후드 개발)

  • Kim, T.J.;Hong, S.H.;Lee, D.H.;Han, D.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.345-346
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    • 2008
  • Most pedestrian-vehicle crashes involve frontal impacts, and the vehicle front structures are responsible for most pedestrian injuries. The vehicle bumper contacts the lower legs at first. The leading edge of the hood (bonnet) strikes the proximal upper leg and finally, the head and upper torso hit the top surface of the hood or windscreen. In essence, the pedestrian wraps around the front of the vehicle until pedestrian and vehicle are traveling at the same speed. Since the hood surface is made from sheet metal, it is a relatively compliant structure and does not pose a major risk for severe head trauma. However, serious head injury can occur when the head hits a region of the hood with stiff underlying structures such as engine components. The solution is to provide sufficient clearance between the hood and underlying structures for controlled deceleration of a pedestrian's head. However, considerations of aerodynamic design and styling can make it extremely difficult to alter a vehicle's front end geometry to provide more under-hood space. In this study, the safe hood will be developed by designing new conceptual inner panel in order to decrease the pedestrian's head injuries without changing hood outer geometry.

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A Case of Malignant Transformation of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Neck (육종성 변화를 동반한 경부의 염증성 근섬유모세포종 1례)

  • Kim, Hankyeol;Choi, Nayeon;Bae, Hyunsik;Park, Woori;Chung, Man Ki
    • Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2016
  • Iinflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(IMT) is a benign chronic inflammatory mass composed of proliferative myofibroblasts. It is a space occupying lesion which could potentially covert to malignant tumor. Treatment guideline of the disease has not been established due to its rarity. We demonstrate a 60-year old male who had surgical excision for IMT of the cervical esophagus. During the follow-up period, he revealed recurrent tumor which showed sarcomatous change with distant metastasis. We reported this rare case with review of the literature.

The Time Synchronization Signals of the GNSS Receiver for KSLV-II and Their Performance Assessment (한국형발사체 위성항법수신기의 시각동기신호 생성 및 성능 평가)

  • Kwon, Byung-Moon;Shin, Yong-Sul;Ma, Keun-Su;Yun, Kwang-Ho;Seo, Hung-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.47 no.11
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    • pp.812-820
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    • 2019
  • The GNSS receiver for KSLV(Korea Space Launch Vehicle)-II provides real-time navigation data as well as precise time and time interval. The precise time signals provided by the GNSS receiver that can be used for the time synchronization between onboard systems, and between the onboard systems and ground stations have the forms of the 1PPS(One Pulse Per Second) and IRIG-B(Inter-Range Instrumentation Group Time Code B) which are synchronized with UTC(Coordinated Universal Time). A signal for timing faults also informs whether the time synchronization signals are available or not. This paper describes the time synchronization signals of the GNSS receiver for KSLV-II and their performance assessment.

A Case of Huge Neurofibroma of the Parapharyngeal Space in the Neurofibromatosis Type I Patients (Neurofibromatosis Type I 환자에서 부인두강에 발생한 거대 신경섬유종증 1례)

  • Lee Hyung-Seok;Lee Seung-Hwan;Huh Young-Don;Hong Dong-Kyun;Lee Yoon-Seo
    • Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.87-91
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    • 2000
  • Neurofibromatosis type I or Von Recklinghausen's disease can occur at any site in the body. It is characterized by multiple $c\'{a}fe\;\'{a}u\;l\'{a}it$ spots on the skin-more than six spots greater than 1.5cm-, neurofibromas of the peripheral and centarl nervous system, and variety of other dysplastic abnormalities of the skin, bones, endocrine organs, nervous systems, and blood vessels. It is an autosomal dominant trait disease with a frequency of 1 of 3000. Neurofibromatosis is known to be complicated by malignancies. Neurofibromatosis is progressive disease and shows a marked variations in expression in affected individuals. In this report we describe a male patient with neurofibromatosis type I developed in the parapharyngeal space. The patient had huge mass at left parapharyngeal space and inguinal area. We successfully treated the patient with surgery without complication.

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Defect evaluations of weld zone in rails considering phase space-frequency demain (위상공간-주파수 영역을 고려한 레일 용접부의 결함 평가)

  • 윤인식;권성태;장영권;정우현;이찬석
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 1999
  • This study proposes the analysis and evaluation method of time series ultrasonic signal using the phase space-frequency domain. Features extracted from time series signal analyze quantitatively characteristics of weld defects. For this purpose, analysis objectives in this study are features of time domain and frequency domain. Trajectory changes in the attractor indicated a substantial difference in fractal characteristics resulting from distance shifts such as parts of head and flange even though the types of defects are identified. These differences in characteristics of weld defects enables the evaluation of unique characteristics of defects in the weld zone. In quantitative fractal feature extraction, feature values of 3.848 in the case of part of head(crack) and 4.102 in the case of part of web(side hole) and 3.711 in the case of part of flange(crack) were proposed on the basis of fractal dimension. Proposed phase space-frequency domain method in this study can integrity evaluation for defect signals of rail weld zone such as side hole and crack.

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THE SUPERFICIAL AND DEEP SPREADING PATHWAYS OF INFECTION OF THE MAXILLOFACEAL AND NECK AREA: REPORTS OF 2 CASES (두경부 감염의 천층 및 심층부로의 확산 경로: 증례 보고)

  • Lee, Jung-Gyo;Choi, Byung-Jun;Kim, Yeo-Gap;Lee, Baek-Soo;Kwon, Yong-Dae;Kim, Young-Ran
    • Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.62-67
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    • 2010
  • The spreading pathways which is the cause of infection on head and neck area are submandibular space, masticatory space, parapharyngeal space, retropharyngeal space, carotid sheath and mediastinum, etc. If spread to parapharyngeal area involving airway, such infection can be life-threatening by airway obstruction, or can cause vascular injury followed by hemorrhage, nerve injuries. Also, if spread to superficially, necrotizing fasciitis and many complications may occur including gangrene of skin. The key to successful treatment of infection on head and neck area is recognition of spreading pathways, early diagnosis and following therapeutic management. Our department present two cases, one is infection progressed superficially to suprasternal space, another is spreading deep according to parapharyngeal space, subclavian space and carotid sheath followed by airway obstruction, and obtained significant results with surgical incision and drainage, administration of selected antibiotics, continuous post-operative treatment. We report these 2 cases with literatures review.

Head Tracker System Using Two Infrared Cameras (두 대의 적외선 카메라를 이용한 헤드 트랙커 시스템)

  • 홍석기;박찬국
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.81-87
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, an experimental optical head tracker system is designed and constructed. The system is composed of the infrared LEDs and two infrared CCD cameras to filter out the interference of another light in the limited environment like the cockpit. Then the optical head tracker algorithm is designed by using the feature detection algorithm and the 3D motion estimation algorithm. The feature detection algorithm, used to obtain the 2D position coordinates of the features on the image plane, is implemented by using the thresholding and the masking techniques. The 3D motion estimation algorithm which estimates the motion of a pilot's head is implemented by using the extended Kalman filter (EKF). Also, we used the precise rate table to verify the performance of the experimental optical head tracker system and compared the rotational performance of this system with the inertial sensor.

Effect of hydraulic lining-ground interaction on subsea tunnels (라이닝-지반 수리상호작용이 해저터널에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin, Jong-Ho;Park, Dong-In;Joo, Eun-Jung
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.49-57
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    • 2008
  • One of the most important design concerns for undersea tunnels is to establish design water load and flow rate. These are greatly dependent on the hydraulic factors such as water head, cover depth, hydraulic boundary conditions. In this paper, the influence of the hydraulic design factors on the ground loading and the inflow rate was investigated using the coupled finite element method. A horse shoe-shaped tunnel constructed 30 m below sea bottom was adopted to evaluate the water head effect considering various water depth for varying hydraulic conditions and relative permeability between lining and ground. The effect of cover depth was analysed for varying cover depth with the water depth of 60 m. The results were considered in terms of pore water pressure, ground loading and flow rate. Ground loading increases with an increase in water head and cover depth without depending on hydraulic boundary conditions. This points out that in leaking tunnels an increase in water depth increases seepage force which consequently increases ground loading. Furthermore, it is identified that an increase in water head and cover depth increases the rate of inflow and a decrease in the permeability ratio reduces the rate of inflow considerably.

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Design of the Vision Based Head Tracker Using Area of Artificial Mark (인공표식의 면적을 이용하는 영상 기반 헤드 트랙커 설계)

  • 김종훈;이대우;조겸래
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.7
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2006
  • This paper describes research of using area of artificial mark on vision based head tracker system. A head tracker system consists of the translational and rotational motions which are detected by web camera. Results of the motion are taken from image processing and neural network. Because of the characteristics of cockpit, the specific color on the helmet is tracked for translational motion. And rotational motion is tracked via neural network. Ratio of two different colored area on the helmet is used as input of network. Neural network algorithms used, such as back-propagation and RBFN (Radial Basis Function Network). Both back-propagation using a characteristic of feedback and RBFN using a characteristic of statistics have a good performances for the tracking of nonlinear system such as a head motion. Finally, this paper analyzes and compares with tracking performance.

A Study on the Effect of Ceiling Type Air Conditioner on Sprinkler Head Operation (천장형 에어컨이 스프링클러 헤드 작동에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Yi, Sunyoung;Yoon, Myong O;Lee, Youngju;Lee, Jun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2020
  • This paper analyzes the effect of airflow of ceiling air conditioner on the operation of sprinkler head using a simulation program. The simulation space is 10 m × 7 m × 3 m, and the size of the fire is 0.8 m × 0.8 m × 0.6 m. The cold air flow from the air conditioner is at 25℃ and the wind speed is divided into three cases : 10 ㎧, 8.5 ㎧, and 7.5 ㎧. Simulation results show that all cases had operating delays compared to when the air conditioner was not running, and the sprinkler head did not operate until 10 minutes had elapsed at 10 ㎧ wind speed. These results confirmed that the sprinkler head was delayed in the air conditioning space and the worst result of early evolution failure was observed in strong winds such as 10 ㎧.