• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Near Infrared Spectroscopy Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.1062-1062
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• 2001

The concept of “precision agriculture” or “site-specific farming” is usually confined to the fields of soil science, crop science and agronomy. However, because plants grow in soil, animals eat plants, and humans eat animal products, it could be argued (perhaps with some poetic licence) that the fields of feed quality, animal nutrition and animal production should also be considered in this context. NIR spectroscopy has proved over the last 20 years that it can provide a firm foundation for quality measurement across all of these fields, and with the continuing developments in instrumentation, computer capacity and software, is now a major cog in the wheel of precision agriculture. There have been a few giant leaps and a lot of small steps in the impact of NIR on the animal world. These have not been confined to the amazing advances in hardware and software, although would not have occurred without them. Rapid testing of forages, grains and mixed feeds by NIR for nutritional value to livestock is now commonplace in commercial laboratories world-wide. This would never have been possible without the pioneering work done by the USDA NIR Forage Research Network in the 1980's, following the landmark paper of Norris et al. in 1976. The advent of calibration transfer between instruments, algorithms which utilize huge databases for calibration and prediction, and the ability to directly scan whole grains and fresh forages can also be considered as major steps, if not leaps. More adventurous NIR applications have emerged in animal nutrition, with emphasis on estimating the functional properties of feeds, such as in vivo digestibility, voluntary intake, protein degradability and in vitro assays to simulate starch digestion. The potential to monitor the diets of grazing animals by using faecal NIR spectra is also now being realized. NIR measurements on animal carcasses and even live animals have also been attempted, with varying degrees of success, The use of discriminant analysis in these fields is proving a useful tool. The latest giant leap is likely to be the advent of relatively low-cost, portable and ultra-fast diode array NIR instruments, which can be used “on-site” and also be fitted to forage or grain harvesters. The fodder and livestock industries are no longer satisfied with what we once thought was revolutionary: a 2-3 day laboratory turnaround for fred quality testing. This means that the instrument needs to be taken to the samples rather than vice versa. Considerable research is underway in this area, but the challenge of calibration transfer and maintenance of instrument networks of this type remains. The animal world is currently facing its biggest challenges ever; animal welfare, alleged effects of animal products on human health, environmental and economic issues are difficult enough, but the current calamities of BSE and foot and mouth disease are “the last straw” NIR will not of course solve all these problems, but is already proving useful in some of these areas and will continue to do so.

• Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.15-26
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• 2007

We have developed a method that enables a user to better understand and enjoy the contents of 3D digital archives, thereby enhancing the user's experience. The system's interactive interface, built using virtual reality technology, enables the user to "walk through" the archives, comparing two or the same content at different points in time. For example, a user can compare the proposed design for a building with the actual building and can compare the states of restoration of a cultural heritage site over time. This ability to perform multilateral comparisons enables the user to clarify the relationship between contents, the influence of one content on another, and the causal relationship between contents. Testing of a prototype system for a 3D digital archive of cultural heritage sites showed that it worked smoothly and that the users could easily operate the navigation system.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2001

For the ground resrxmse analysis, both in-situ and laboratory testing techniques such as downhole, SASW, resonant column and torsional shear tests were perlormed for Hong-Seong area. The grOlmd upper 30m is classified as SD since it has an average shear wave velocity as 209m/s. The response specLrums obtained by site-specific analyses generally satisfied the seismic code, but near the resonance period the motion was evaluated to be higher than the code.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.187_188
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• 2009

본 논문은 IEC 61850 기반의 전력IT기기에 대한 시험 및 평가방법에 대해 다루었다. 여러 제조업체에서 제작한 IEC 61850 기반 전력IT기기는 현장과 같은 실제 사이트에서 구성된다. 현장시험(SAT: site acceptance test)은 운전하기 이전에 고객에게 확신을 주기위해 사이트에 설치된 모든 장비에 대해 시험 및 평가를 수행한다. 적합성 시험(conformance test)은 효율적인 현장시험을 위해서 수행해야 한다. 그러나 적합성시험을 통과한 장비일지라도 통합작업, 검수시험 및 운전하는 경우 문제가 발생할 수도 있다. 따라서 통합작업, 검수시험 및 운전하는 경우에 문제점을 최소화하기 위해 적합성시험뿐만 아니라 상호운용성 시험을 수행해야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.673-680
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• 2000

Artificial neural networks are efficient computing techniques that are widely used to solve complex problems in many fields. In this study, a back-propagation neural network model for estimating a consolidation behavior of clay from soil parameter, site investigation data and the first settlement curve is proposed. The training and testing of the network were based on a database of 63 settlement curve from two different sites. Five different network models were used to study the ability of the neural network to predict the desired output to increasing degree of accuracy. The study showed that the neural network model predicted a consolidation behavior of clay reasonably well.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.236-240
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• 2001

This paper presents the derivation of model parameters against a comparatively small industrial power plant, and validates its model parameters using the stored data measured at the time of on-site generator characteristic testing. Dynamic models such as generator, excitation system, and turbine/governor are mainly dealt in this paper. For the purpose of validation of derived model parameters, the measured results are compared with simulation results. Those of the comparisons between measured results and simulation results show good match.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.203-204
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• 2009

국내에 사용되고 있는 접지전극을 바탕으로 표준화된 실증실험장을 구축하였다. 구축된 실험장의 대지저항율을 측정하여 프로그램(CDEGS)을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 실시하였으며, 실증실험장의 접지전극을 IEEE Std-81.2에 의한 실험설비를 구축하여 접지저항을 측정하였으며, 시뮬레이션 데이터와 비교분석하였다. 실험결과 접지전극이 클수록 시뮬레이션 데이터와 측정값이 일치하였다. 대규모 접지전극의 경우 시뮬레이션 데이터로 접지전극의 경제적 설계가 가능함을 알 수 있었다.

• Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.55-63
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• 2004

Observation environment of the Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory(BOAO) has been examined using various statistical data including real observation times versus allocated times and seeing statistics. The data have been collected from the observation logs of the 1.8m telescope in the period 1998 - 2004. New criteria have been set up to calculate a more realistic observation efficiency of the observatory. The new statistical analysis based on the new criteria gives the overall observation efficiency of BOAO as $38.6\%$, that is equivalent to 115.8 observable nights out of 300 allocatable nights. The seeing statistics shows that the mean seeing measured at the focal images is 2".3. The present study of the observation environment of BOAO suggests that differential photometry and spectroscopy should be preferred modes of observation to maximize the productivity of BOAO.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2009.03a
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• pp.813-818
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• 2009

Shear properties of plastic bottle film/plastic bottle film and plastic bottle film/granitic soil which were evaluated from static friction tests. The monotonic shear experiments were performed by using an tilt table apparatus and large direct shear device. The test results showed that the friction angle of each interface and the interface depended on the amount of normal stress, the type of the interface used. Therefore, the testing method should be determined carefully by considering the type of loads and normal stress expected in the field with using the materials installed in the site.

• Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2012

Microthermal fluctuations are introduced by atmospheric turbulence very near the ground. In order to detect microthermal fluctuations at Fuxian Solar Observatory (FSO), a microthermal instrument has been developed. The microthermal instrument consists of a microthermal sensor, which is based on a Wheatstone bridge circuit and uses fine tungsten filaments as resistance temperature detectors, an associated signal processing unit, and a data collection, & communication subsystem. In this paper, after a brief introduction to surface layer seeing, we discuss the instrumentation behind the microthermal detector we have developed and then present the results obtained. The results of the evaluation indicate that the effect of the turbulent surface boundary layer to astronomical seeing would become sufficiently small when installing a telescope at a height of 16m or higher from the ground at FSO.