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Evaluation of 3D Printing Filaments for Radiation Shielding using High Density Polyethylene and Bismuth (고밀도 폴리에틸렌과 비스무트를 이용한 3D 프린팅용 방사선 복합필라멘트 개발 및 차폐능력 평가)

  • Park, Ki-Seok;Kim, Dong-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 2022
  • Research on the presence or absence of radiation shielding for FDM-type filaments has recently begun to be studied, but filaments with shielding capabilities are not sold in Korea, and not studies yet. Therefore, in this research, we will use HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) as a base material, select bismuth as a reinforcing material to manufacture a composite filament, evaluate the shielding ability, and provide basic data for the development of a radiation shielding composite material using 3D printing.A filament is produced by mixing Bismuth with an effective atomic number 83 with HDPE of PE series and adjusting the content of Bismuth to 20% wt, 30% wt, 40% wt. Compounded filaments were evaluated for their physical properties and shielding capabilities by ASTM evaluation methods. As the bismuth content increases, the density, weight, and tensile strength increase, and the shielding capacity is confirmed to be excellent. As a result of the radiation shielding capacity evaluation, it was confirmed that HDPE (80%) + Bi (20%) showed a shielding rate of 82% at 60 kV and a shielding rate of up to 94% or more at 40% bismuth content. In this study, we confirmed that it was possible to produce a radiation shield that is lighter than the metal particle-containing filaments. Furthermore, that have been shield radiation by using HDPE + Bi filaments, and radiation in the medical and radiation industries. The possibility of using it as a shielding complex was confirmed.

A Study on the Evaluation of Radiation Safety in Opened-Ceiling-Facilities for Radiography Testing (천장 개방형 RT 사용시설의 방사선 안전성 평가 연구)

  • Sung-Hoe, Heo;Won-Seok, Park;Seung-Uk, Heo;Byung-In, Min
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.741-749
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    • 2022
  • Radiography-Testing that verify the quality of welding structures without destruction are overwhelmingly used in industries, but many safety precautions are required as radiation is used. The workers for Radiography-Testing perform the inspection by moving the Iridium-192 radiation source embedded in the transport container of the gamma-ray irradiator within or outside the facility. The general facility is completely blocked about radiation from the outside with thick concrete, but if it is difficult for worker to handle object of inspection, facilities ceiling can be opened. A general facility may be constructed using a theoretical dose evaluation method because all exterior facilities are blocked, but if the ceiling is open, it is not appropriate to evaluate radiation safety with a simple theoretical calculation method due to the skyshine effect. Therefore, in this study, the radiation safety of the facility was evaluated in the actual field through an ion chamber survey-meter and an accumulated dose-meter called as OSLD, and the actual evaluation environment was modeled and evaluated using the Monte Carlo simulation code as FLUKA. According to the direction of the irradiation, the radiation dose at the facility boundary was difficult to meet the standards set by the regulatory authority, and radiation safety could be secured through additional methods. In addition, it was confirmed that the simulation results using the Iridium-192 source were valid evaluation with the actual measured results.

The Current Status and Recommendation of Work Environment Management in Small Scale Industry with less than 5 Workers (경인지역 일부 5인미만 사업장 근로자의 작업환경실태와 관리대책)

  • Kim, Dea Sic;Roh, Youngman;Kim, Hyun Wook;Jeong, Chun Hwa;You, Ki ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.179-189
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    • 2001
  • This study was performed to identify the current status of work environment management and to provide appropriate recommendations for small scale industry with less than 5 workers from September, 2000 to October, 2000 in Seoul city and Gyoung-gi province. The 211 companies were surveyed by checklist included the elements of management of work environment, hazardous chemicals, MSDS, personal protective equipment, and ventilation system. The proportion of metal products manufacturing and printing industries are 25.6 % and 22.3%, respectively. The daily working hours in printing industry is longer than others. The industries that produce potentially hazardous agents, such as noise, dust, metal, organic solvents, radiation and chemical material are pulp, plating, machinery, and printing, respectively. In above industries, only 2.8 % of those recognised and had MSDS. The proportion of companies providing fire extinguishers, safety showers are found to be 13.3 %, 7.1 %, respectively. Only 24.2 % of companies provided personal protective equipment to the workers. The ventilation system was operated in most of companies. But local exhaust ventilation system is provided to 22.3 % of those, also had not been annually inspected. This study showed that the current status of occupational safety and health was not appropriate for workers in small scale industries. It is suggested that annual physical examination have to be performed, MSDS usage must become widespread, and employer and emplyees in small scale industry should be educated for the treatment and storage of hazardous chemicals to improve the occupational safety and health of the working environment. also, regulatory standard has to be applied to local exhaust ventilation system in small scale industry to improve the working condition.

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Development of proton test logic of RFSoC and Evaluation of SEU measurement (RFSoC의 양성자 시험 로직 개발 및 SEU 측정 평가)

  • Seung-Chan Yun;Juyoung Lee;Hyunchul Kim;Kyungdeok Yu
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.97-101
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, we present the implementation of proton beam irradiation test logic and test results for Xilinx's RFSoC FPGA. In addition to the FPGA function, RFSoC is a chip that integrates CPU, ADC, and DAC and is attracting attention in the defense and space industries aimed at reducing the size of the chip. In order to use these chips in a space environment, an analysis of radiation effects was required and radiation mitigation measures were required. Through the proton irradiation test, the logic to measure the radiation effect of RFSoC was designed. Logic for comparing values stored in memory with normal values was implemented, and protons were irradiated to RFSoC to measure SEU generated in the block memory area. To alleviate the occurrence of SEU in other areas, TMR and SEM were applied and designed. Through the test results, we intend to verify this test configuration and establish an environment in which logic design for satellites can be verified in the future.

Evaluation of the Alternative Safety Signs for the Hazard of Nano Materials (나노 물질 안전보건 표지 대안들에 대한 평가)

  • Park, Jae-Hee;Yoo, Hyun-Seung;Smith-Jackson, Tonya
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2010
  • Although nano materials are used a lot in industries, there has not been any standard nano hazard graphic symbol. An experiment was conducted to know the comprehension ratio of newly designed eight nano graphic symbols. To compare the symbols with existing safety graphic symbols, other sixteen symbols were also included. 54 subjects evaluated the difficulties of graphic symbols on seven point Likert scale and answered the meaning for each symbol. The all eight nano safety symbols marked under 30% comprehension ratio. However, one of them didn't show any statistically significant difference with other existing safety symbols as like bio hazard, radiation, and laser. Therefore the nano symbol tested in the best could be adopted as the nano safety graphic symbol if it is sufficiently exposed in training period and used with warning label. The workers in industries using nano materials can be alerted and protect themselves where the sign is attached.

The Effect of Temperature on Springback of AZ31, Ti-GR2 during V-bending with Focused Heating using Near-infrared Radiation (근적외선 집광가열 시 온도조건이 AZ31, Ti-GR2 소재 굽힘성형의 스프링백에 미치는 영향에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, E.H.;Hwang, J.S.;Lee, C.W.;Yang, D.Y.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.23 no.8
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    • pp.469-474
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    • 2014
  • With the increased concerns of environmental issues, industries are paying more attention to lightweight metals. Because the high degree of springback is an obstacle to the widespread use of lightweight metals, many investigations have been conducted to reduce springback by increasing temperature. However, increasing the temperature of the whole die or the material is energy inefficient, since generally only a limited area of the material is deformed during sheet metal forming. As a solution to this problem, focused heating that only heats the area where plastic deformation occurs may be an alternative approach. In the current study, V-bending tests were conducted at various temperatures after the AZ31, Ti-GR2 sheets were locally heated using near-infrared (NIR) radiation in order to evaluate the effect of temperature on springback. The results of the experiment confirm that the NIR focused heating reduces the springback of AZ31, Ti-GR2 alloys with increasing temperature.

Material & Structural Characteristics of Composite Material Flexible Propeller (복합재료 유연 프로펠러의 재료 및 구조적 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Gab;Hwang, Jeong-Oh;Byun, Joon-Hyung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.203-217
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    • 2009
  • The researches on the development of composite material propeller with outstanding damping effects have been actively attempted for the reduction of radiation noise of underwater vehicle propeller. Composite material suitable for the flexible propeller has the following advantages, such as high specific strength and specific stiffness, low thermal expansion coefficient, high resistance against environmental deterioration, low possibility of corrosion due to cavitation, nonoccurrence of rapid fracture due to fatigue, easy molding of complicated shape, easy repair maintenance and low production costs, etc. For the confirmation of optimal fiber array structures of composite material for the production of the flexible propeller blades, in this study, mechanical characteristics of its specimens according to materials were obtained and structural characteristics of propeller blade were also examined according to materials and stacking fiber arrays.

A Study on the Improvement Plan of the Tax-Free System for Overseas Laborers : Focusing on International Air Crew (국외근로자 비과세제도 개선방안 연구 : 국제선항공승무원을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ki Il;Kim, Soo Ryun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.42-52
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    • 2015
  • Since the tax-free system for overseas laborers was implemented in 1974, the tax-free limits of international air crew, overseas construction workers and crewmen of deep-sea fishing ships and ocean-going ships had been identical by 2005, but there are big differences, currently. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance pointed out the poor working environments and international competitiveness of the industries to explain the reason for the differential tax-free limit. From this perspective, the fairness of the tax-free system for overseas laborers was analyzed. This is an empirical study, based on the objective fact. The study finding showed that international air crew were working in the structural flight work environments to threaten the right of health due to jet lag and excessive exposure to high-altitude cosmic radiation. Therefore, it was analyzed there should be a proper system reform to apply the tax-free limits to international air crew which are identical to those applied to overseas construction workers and crewmen of deep-sea fishing ships and ocean-going ships, for a fair taxation.

The Study on Optimal Placement and Systematic Performance Measurement Method for Communication/Navigation Antenna of Rotary Wing (회전익 항공기의 통신·항법 안테나 최적 위치설계를 통한 체계성능 측정방법 연구)

  • Sangwan No;Sangyoon Jin;Minsoo Kim;Howon Kang;Seungbeom Ahn
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.110-117
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    • 2023
  • In this paper, the optimal placement of the rotary wing's communication and navigation antennas was evaluated by measuring their performance through ground simulations and flight tests. To select the mounting position of the communication and navigation antenna on the helicopter, after considering the shape and characteristics of the airframe, the radiation patterns, coupling analysis, equipment operation profiles, and antenna type analysis were performed for the aircraft-mounted antenna. Based on the analysis results, a procedure for sequentially performing voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) measurement and antenna pattern test was established through ground and flight tests of the antenna. The systematic performance measurement method and procedure proposed in this paper were verified through ground and flight tests of the Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) system.

A Study on Radiation Shielding for Grid-stiffened Multi-Functional Composite Structures (격자-강화된 다기능 복합재 구조체의 방사차폐에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Tae Seong;Rhee, Juhun;Seo, Hyun-Suk;Hyun, Bum-Seok;Kim, Taig Young;Seo, Jung Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.8
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    • pp.629-639
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    • 2014
  • This paper deals with an alternative multi-functional structures by using grid-stiffened composite structure with excellent bending stiffness and lightweight characteristics which is capable of easy embedding of electrical/electronic circuitry into structure. The enhancement of thermal conduction capability is made by the application of pitch-based carbon fiber. The lightweight radiation spot shielding technique is also proposed for multi-functional structures without conventional housing and the effectiveness of selective radiation shielding is validated through the proton irradiation test.