• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제84권4호
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• pp.561-573
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• 2022

This paper presents a new model to obtain the minimum area of the contact surface for rectangular isolated footings, considering that the contact surface works partially to compression (a part of the contact surface of the footing is subjected to compression and the other is not in compression or tension). The methodology is developed by integration to obtain the axial load "P", moment around the X axis "M_x" and moment around the Y axis "M_y". This document presents the simplified and precise equations of the four possible cases of footing subjected to uniaxial bending and five possible cases of footing subjected to biaxial bending. The current model considers the contact area of the footing that works totally in compression, and other models consider the contact area that works partially under compression and these are developed by very complex iterative processes. Numerical examples are presented to obtain the minimum area of rectangular footings under an axial load and moments in two directions, and the results are compared with those of other authors. The results show that the new model presents smaller areas than the other authors presented.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.725-735
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose an Integrated Safety Evaluation Process (ISEP) that can enhances the safety aspect of the safety-critical system. This process utilizes the advantages of the iterative Systems Engineering process combined with the safety assessment process that is commonly and well defined in many standards and/or guidelines for railway, aerospace, and other safety-critical systems. Methods: The proposed process model is based on the predefined system lifecycle, in each phase of which the appropriate safety assessment activities and the safety data are identified. The interfaces between Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process are identified before the two processes are integrated. For the integration, the elements at lower level of Systems Engineering process are combined with the relevant elements of safety assessment process. This combined process model is represented as Enhanced Functional Flow Block Diagram (EFFBD) by using CORE(R) that is commercial modelling tool. Results: The proposed model is applied to the lifecycle and management process of the United States aircraft system. The US aircraft systems engineering process are composed of twelve key elements, among which the requirements management, functional analysis, and Synthesis processes are considered for examplenary application of the proposed process. To synchronize the Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process, the Systems Engineering milestones are utilized, where the US aircraft system has thirteen milestones. Taking into account of the nine steps in the maturity level, the integrated process models are proposed in some phases of lifecycle. The flows of processes are simulated using CORE(R), confirming the flows are timelined without any conflict between the Systems Engineering process and the safety assessment process. Conclusion: ISEP allows the timeline analysis for identifying activity and data flows. Also, the use of CORE(R) is shown to be effective in the management and change of process data, which helps for the ISEP to apply for the development of safety critical system. In this study, only the first few phases of lifecyle are considered, however, the implementation through operation phases can be revised by combining the elements of safety activities regarding those phases.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.596-607
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• 2020

Scaling is an important operation because of the iterative nature of arithmetic processes in digital signal processors (DSPs). In residue number system (RNS)-based DSPs, scaling represents a performance bottleneck based on the complexity of intermodulo operations. To design an efficient RNS scaler for special moduli sets, a body of literature has been dedicated to the study of the well-known moduli sets {2ⁿ - 1, 2ⁿ, 2ⁿ + 1} and {2ⁿ, 2ⁿ - 1, 2ⁿ⁺¹ - 1}, and their extension in vertical or horizontal forms. In this study, we propose an efficient programmable RNS scaler for the arithmetic-friendly moduli set {2^n+p, 2ⁿ - 1, 2ⁿ⁺¹ - 1}. The proposed algorithm yields high speed and energy-efficient realization of an RNS programmable scaler based on the effective exploitation of the mixed-radix representation, parallelism, and a hardware sharing technique. Experimental results obtained for a 130 nm CMOS ASIC technology demonstrate the superiority of the proposed programmable scaler compared to the only available and highly effective hybrid programmable scaler for an identical moduli set. The proposed scaler provides 43.28% less power consumption, 33.27% faster execution, and 28.55% more area saving on average compared to the hybrid programmable scaler.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1816-1821
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• 2016

단백질은 대부분의 생물학적 과정에서 중대한 역할을 수행하고 있으므로, 단백질 진화, 구조와 기능을 알아내기 위하여 많은 연구가 수행되고 있는데, 단백질의 이차 구조는 이러한 연구의 중요한 기본적 정보이다. 본 연구는 대규모 단백질 구조 자료로부터 단백질 이차 구조 정보를 효과적으로 추출하여 미지의 단백질 서열이 가지는 이차 구조를 예측하려 한다. 질의 서열과 상동관계에 있는 단백질 구조자료내의 서열들을 광범위하게 찾아내기 위하여, 탐색에 사용하는 프로파일의 구성에 질의 서열과 유사한 서열들을 사용하고 갭을 허용하여 반복적인 탐색이 가능한 PSI-BLAST를 사용하였다. 상동 단백질들의 이차구조는 질의 서열과의 상동 관계의 강도에 따라 가중되어 이차 구조 예측에 기여되었다. 이차 구조를 각각 세 개와 여덟 개로 분류하는 예측 실험에서 상동 서열들과 신경망을 동시에 사용하여 93.28%와 88.79%의 정확도를 얻어서 기존 방법보다 성능이 향상되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.965-968
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• 2005

Roll drafting operation causes variations in the linear density of bundles because the bundle flow cannot be controlled completely by roll pairs. Defects occurring in this operation bring about many problems successively in the next processes. In this paper, we attempt to analyze the draft dynamics and the linear density irregularity based on the governing equation of a bundle motion that has been suggested in our previous studies. For analyzing the dynamic characteristics of the roll drafting operation, it is indispensable to investigate a transient state in time domain before the bundle flux reaches a steady state. However, since governing equations of bundle flow consisting of continuity and motion equations turn out to be nonlinear, and coupled between variables, the solutions for a transient state cannot be obtained by an analytical method. Therefore, we use the Finite Difference Method(FDM), particularly, the FTBS(Forward-Time Backward-Space) difference method. Then, the total equations system yields to an algebraic equations system and is solved under given initial and boundary conditions in an iterative fashion. From the simulation results, we confirm that state variables show different behavior in the transient state; e.g., the velocity distribution in the flow field changes more quickly the linear density distribution. During a transient flow in a drafting zone, the output irregularity is influenced differently by the disturbances, e.g., the variation in input bundle thickness, the drafting speed, and the draft ratio.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2012

분산 비디오 압축 기술은 초경량 비디오 압축 기술로써 많은 주목을 받고 있으며, 대표적인 기법은 피드백 채널을 이용하여 우수한 부호화 성능을 유지한다. 그러나 이로 인해 복호화기의 복잡도를 증대시키고 매우 많은 반복적인 연산에 의한 큰 복호화 지연을 요구하기 때문에 실시간 구현에 제한이 되고 있으며, 이를 개선하기 위한 연구가 필요하다. 이를 위해, 본 논문에서는 화소 영역 위너-지브 비디오 복호화 기법에서 각 비트 플레인 내에 위치한 LDPCA 프레임간의 시간적 상관성, 공간적 상관성 그리고 시공간적 상관성 등을 고려한 패리티 비트 요구량에 대한 예측 방법을 제시하고 고속 분산 비디오 복호화기법에 적용하여 성능을 비교한다. 모의실험을 통해, 움직임이 큰 영상과 움직임이 적은 영상에 대해 각각 시공간적 상관성과 시간적 상관성을 이용한 방식이 우수한 특성을 보이며, 이는 분산 비디오 부호화 기법의 다양한 응용 환경에 따른 효과적인 패리티 요구량 예측기법을 찾는데 효과적으로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2012

Application of the Object-oriented Programming (OOP) method to the Finite Element Model (FEM) program has various strengths including the features of encapsulation, polymorphism and inheritance. However, this technique should be based upon a premise that the independency of the object method and data to be used is guaranteed. By attempting to apply the OOP to the FEM, existing researches go against the independency of the OOP which is an essential feature of the method. The reason is this: existing researches apply the OOP to modules in accordance with analysis procedures, although the data to be used is classified as an element unit in the FEM. Therefore, the required independency cannot be maintained as whole stiffness matrices and boundary conditions are combined together. Also, solutions are sought from analysis module after data is regrouped at the pre-processor, and their results are analyzed during the post-processor. As this is similar to a batch processing, it cannot use data at analysis, and recalculation should be done from the beginning if any condition is changed after the analysis is complete, which are limitations of the existing researches. This research implemented the Object-orientation of elements so that the three features of the OOP (i.e. encapsulation, polymorphism and inheritance) can be guaranteed and their independency maintained as a result. For this purpose, a model called 'Object-oriented Finite element Model ensuring the Independency of Elements (OFMIE)', which enables the analysis of targets through mutual data exchanges within instance, was developed. In conclusion, the required independency was achieved in the instance of the objected elements and the analysis results of previous conditions could be used for the analysis after changes. The number of repetitive calculations was reduced by 75 per cent through this gradual analysis processes.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.1626-1637
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• 2020

This work covers an important point of the benchmark released by the expert group on Uncertainty Analysis in Modeling of Light Water Reactors. This ambitious benchmark aims to determine the uncertainty in light water reactors systems and processes in all stages of calculation, with emphasis on multi-physics (coupled) and multi-scale simulations. The Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit methodology is used to propagate the thermal-hydraulic uncertainty of macroscopic parameters through TRACE5.0p3/PARCSv3.0 coupled code. The main innovative points achieved in this work are i) a new thermal-hydraulic model is developed with a highly-accurate 3D core discretization plus an iterative process is presented to adjust the 3D bypass flow, ii) a control rod insertion occurrence -which data is obtained from a real PWR test- is used as a transient simulation, iii) two approaches are used for the propagation process: maximum response where the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis is performed for the maximum absolute response and index dependent where the uncertainty and sensitivity analysis is performed at each time step, and iv) RESTING MATLAB code is developed to automate the model generation process and, then, propagate the thermal-hydraulic uncertainty. The input uncertainty information is found in related literature or, if not found, defined based on expert judgment. This paper, first, presents the Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit methodology to propagate the uncertainty in thermal-hydraulic macroscopic parameters and, then, shows the results when the methodology is applied to a PWR reactor.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2010

디지털 통신 시스템에서 오류 정정 부호화 방식으로 사용되는 터보 부호의 성능은 부호기에 내재되어 부호의 자유 거리 결정에 큰 영향을 미치는 인터리버의 크기와 터보 복호기의 반복 복호 알고리듬에 의한 것이다. 하지만 우수한 성능을 얻기 위해서는 일정 횟수 이상의 반복 복호가 필요하고 이 과정에서 많은 시간 지연이 요구된다. 최근에 터보 부호의 성능을 감소시키지 않으면서 반복 복호 횟수를 감소시키는 방법들이 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 반복복호 감소방식(stopping criteria) 중에서 ME(mean estimate)방식과 SDR(sign difference ratio)방식을 연접시킨 새로운 방식을 제안하고 두 방식의 상호보상을 통해 약 1~2회 정도의 반복복호 횟수를 감소시켜 성능 향상을 가질 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 선형으로 연결된 두 개의 복호기 모두에 이 방식을 적용시켜 보다 빠른 복호가 가능하도록 하였다. 시스템 환경은 MAI(multiple access interference)가 극심한 W-CDMA의 순방향 링크로 가정하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.774-780
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• 2017

본 논문은 HEVC의 엔트로피 코딩방법인 CABAC 부호화기를 위한 효율적인 이진 산술 부호화기 하드웨어 구조를 제안한다. CABAC은 HEVC 표준에서 사용되는 엔트로피 코딩 방법으로 통계적 중복성을 제거하여 영상의 높은 압축률을 지원한다. 하지만 이진 산술 부호화(Binary Arithmetic Encode)는 데이터 간의 의존 관계가 높아 병렬처리가 어렵고 실시간 처리의 지연이 발생 된다. 제안하는 이진 산술 부호화기는 입력으로 들어오는 빈을 고속으로 처리하기 위하여 재정규화 과정을 분리 시켜 동작하도록 설계한다. 기존의 반복적인 알고리즘을 병렬적으로 처리함으로써 최대지연시간(Critical Path)을 최적으로 줄일 수 있는 4단계의 파이프라인 구조로 설계하였다. 또한, 멀티-빈 구조를 적용하여 클록 사이클 당 3개의 빈을 처리한다. 제안하는 CABAC의 이진 산술 부호화기는 Verilog-HDL로 설계하였으며 65nm 공정으로 합성하였다. 합성 결과 게이트수는 8.07K 이며 최대 동작주파수는 769MHz로 최대 빈 처리량은 2307Mbin/s이다. 제안하는 하드웨어 구조는 기존의 이진 산술 부호화기와 비교하여 최대 빈 처리량이 26% 만큼 증가 하였다.