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Enactment Trend and Implication of the Polar Code in IMO (IMO 극지방운항선박 안전코드 제정 현황 및 시사점)

  • Seo, Dae-Won;Kim, Dae-Heon;Ha, Tae-Bum
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.59-64
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    • 2014
  • As global warming continues, the rate of ice melting in polar regions is increasing rapidly. The interest related to north polar route is increasing among not only countries near Arctic ocean but also the other countries, In the past, the classification society rule related to a design and operation of ship operating in polar area has been primarily amended by Russia, Norway and Finland located near Artic area. However recently International Maritime Organization decided to legislate the Polar Code to ensure safety of a ship operating in Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, and it is scheduled to be completed until 2014. The present paper focuses on the survey of the current enactment trends of Polar Code and suggests the confrontational strategy in related organization.

Proposal of the Unsupported Span of Openings in the Domestic Underground Limestone Mines (국내 지하 석회석광산 갱도의 무지보 폭을 위한 제안)

  • SUNWOO, Choon
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.358-371
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    • 2018
  • The stability of openings in the underground mine is major concern in the operation of mines that must ensure productivity and safety. Among many rock conditions affecting cavities stability, the width and height of the opening is an important design factor. In this paper, we consider to determine the maximum unsupported span of a opening in a limestone mine by using the Q system among several rock classification schemes. In order to determine the span of the unsupported opening in the limestone mine, rock mass classifications were carried out at over 200 sites in the underground limestone mines. The relationships by using the Q system and the stability graph proposed by Mathews to determine the maximum span of the unsupported opening were derived and compared. We propose a new classification method that combines GSI and RMR rock classification systems to make it easy to use in a field.

A FLOW AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OF APR+ REACTOR UNDER THE 4-PUMP RUNNING CONDITIONS WITH A BALANCED FLOW RATE

  • Euh, D.J.;Kim, K.H.;Youn, Y.J.;Bae, J.H.;Chu, I.C.;Kim, J.T.;Kang, H.S.;Choi, H.S.;Lee, S.T.;Kwon, T.S.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.44 no.7
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    • pp.735-744
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    • 2012
  • In order to quantify the flow distribution characteristics of APR+ reactor, a test was performed on a test facility, ACOP ($\underline{A}$PR+ $\underline{C}$ore Flow & $\underline{P}$ressure Test Facility), having a length scale of 1/5 referring to the prototype plant. The major parameters are core inlet flow and outlet pressure distribution and sectional pressure drops along the major flow path inside reactor vessel. To preserve the flow characteristics of prototype plant, the test facility was designed based on a preservation of major flow path geometry. An Euler number is considered as primary dimensionless parameter, which is conserved with a 1/40.9 of Reynolds number scaling ratio. ACOP simplifies each fuel assembly into a hydraulic simulator having the same axial flow resistance and lateral cross flow characteristics. In order to supply boundary condition to estimate thermal margins of the reactor, the distribution of inlet core flow and core exit pressure were measured in each of 257 fuel assembly simulators. In total, 584 points of static pressure and differential pressures were measured with a limited number of differential pressure transmitters by developing a sequential operation system of valves. In the current study, reactor flow characteristics under the balanced four-cold leg flow conditions at each of the cold legs were quantified, which is a part of the test matrix composing the APR+ flow distribution test program. The final identification of the reactor flow distribution was obtained by ensemble averaging 15 independent test data. The details of the design of the test facility, experiment, and data analysis are included in the current paper.

The Ventilation Plane Due to Smoke Driving Combined Forces in Super High-Rise Buildings (초고층 건물에서 연기이동 복합력에 의한 환기계획)

  • Lee, Dong-Myung
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.82-87
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    • 2016
  • The ventilation system for the efficient operation of the building services systems in the ventilation plan of super high-rise buildings is used to combine smoke control systems. This study evaluated models of super high-rise buildings with four basement levels and 59 stories and investigated the pressure distribution of each floor by the smoke driving forces by numerical analysis. The smoke driving forces on the building of analytical model was analyzed to determine the effects of the ventilation plan and smoke control plane. In addition, when a combination with ventilation and smoke control of the kitchen ventilation damper in the ventilation plan of analysis model building was designed based on the these results, the relationship between the opening and closing force of the damper and smoke driving combined forces to act on the design pressure of the damper by a motion analysis simulation. The driving units of the damper were selected from the analytical results.

Designing and Developing an Automatic Robot System for the Itemized Loading of Apple Boxes at the Agriculture Products Processing Center (거점산지유통센터의 사과박스 구분적재 자동화 로봇 시스템 설계 및 구현)

  • Kim, Myung-Sic;Kim, Kyu-Ik;Ryu, Keun Ho
    • KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.689-698
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    • 2015
  • Currently, the itemized box loading operation at the Agriculture Products Processing Center which distributes agricultural products for the region is carried out manually. The process of loading agricultural products requires great manpower and had been resolved through the part-time employment of the residents of farm villages. However, recently it has become quite difficult to secure manpower as the aging within the rural community has been intensified. Hence, the necessity for countermeasures such as facility automation or use of robots have become necessary. This study suggests an automatic robot system for the itemized loading of apple boxes at the Agriculture Products Processing Center. The suggested method is to design and develop equipment such as a conveyer, robot, and bar code reader. In addition, a sorting plan, operational control, generation of control information, and software module that could monitor the inside of the Agriculture Products Processing Center is needed. After test-operating and evaluating the developed system, the existing manual work would be replaced with the automated robot system in order to enhance work efficiency and resolve safety issues.

Development of Configuration Management Methodology for Rocket Development Test Facilities (발사체 개발 시험시설의 형상관리 방법론 개발)

  • Jeon, Chanmin;Choi, Minchan;Park, Taekeun
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.31-41
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    • 2023
  • This study is a study to develop a configuration management methodology for efficient and systematic management in the event of configuration changes such as deformation, explosion, and remodeling of launch vehicle development test facilities, which are emerging as important national facilities in the era of full-scale space competition. Through the analysis of international standards for configuration management, a configuration management process framework to be applied to launch vehicle development test facilities is extracted, a survey was conducted on experts who performed life cycle engineering of launch vehicle development test facilities, and a configuration management methodology optimized for operation/management of domestic launch vehicle development test facilities was proposed. Identify the configuration for launch vehicle development test facilities, the configuration management manager, configuration management organization, and configuration management board approve/process the configuration changes, and after construction is completed according to design requirements, launch vehicle development test facilities try to manage the configuration in a controlled state.

Problem Analysis and Enhancement of 'An Improved of Enhancements of a User Authentication Scheme'

  • Mi-Og Park
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, we analyze the authentication scheme of Hwang et al. proposed in 2023 and propose a new authentication scheme that improves its problems. Hwang et al. claimed that their authentication scheme was practical and secure, but as a result of analysis in this paper, it is possible to attack the password/ID guessing attack and session key disclosure attack due to insider attack and stolen smart card attack. In addition, Hwang et al.'s authentication scheme, which provides user anonymity, does not provide user untraceability due to its unstable design. The proposed authentication scheme, which improves these problems, not only provides user untraceability, but also is secure for stolen smart card attack, insider attack, session key disclosure attack, and replay attack. In addition, except for one fuzzy extraction operation, it shows the same complexity or very similar one as related authentication schemes. Therefore, the proposed authentication scheme can be said to be an authentication scheme with safety and practicality.

A Study on the Natural Ventilation Force in Tunnels (터널형 지하공간내의 자연환기력 분석)

  • Lee, Chang-Woo;Park, Hong-Chae
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.226-235
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    • 2009
  • Force induced by the natural ventilation in tunnel is likely to generate adverse influences on the airflow during the normal operation and create even more unfavorable circumstances during the tunnel fire. The influence of the natural ventilation is required to take into account in designing and operating the ventilation as well as safety systems. The magnitude of natural ventilation force depends on a variety of factors associated with the topographical, meteorological and physical features of tunnel. Unfortunately, at this moment those are difficult to quantify and none of the countries has suggested its estimation method in the design guideline. This study aims at quantifying the natural ventilation force at a local highway tunnel by three different methods. The first method employes direct measurement of the pressure at portals, while the second applies a stepwise approach to eliminate the piston effect ahead of deriving the natural ventilation force and the third method uses the concept of barometric barrier.

A Study on the Performance of COMS CPS during LEOP (천리안 위성의 LEOP기간 동안의 추진계 성능 연구)

  • Chae, Jong-Won;Han, Cho-Young;Yu, Myoung-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.258-263
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    • 2012
  • In this paper the Chemical Propulsion Subsystem of COMS is briefly explained and some telemetries acquired by a series operations of CPS during the Launch and Early Operation Phase of COMS are presented. The pressure and temperature of pressurant tank telemetries are compared with the results of the developed computer program. The changes in pressure are due to the two major phases. The first one is the initialization phases of CPS composed of the venting phase to vent the helium gas in the pipe network from the downstream of the propellant tanks to the thrusters for safety, the priming phase to fill the vented pipe network with oxidizer and fuel respectively and then the pressurization phase to pressurize the ullage of propellant tank to regulated pressure. And the other is the apogee engine firings in which COMS CPS is in the orbit raising phase to use helium as a pressurant to keep the pressure of propellant tank as the liquid apogee engine get fired until COMS reached to the target orbit. This program can be applicable to prepare basis design data of the next Geostationary Satellite CPS.

SEPARATE AND INTEGRAL EFFECT TESTS FOR VALIDATION OF COOLING AND OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE APR+ PASSIVE AUXILIARY FEEDWATER SYSTEM

  • Kang, Kyoung-Ho;Kim, Seok;Bae, Byoung-Uhn;Cho, Yun-Je;Park, Yu-Sun;Yun, Byoung-Jo
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.44 no.6
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    • pp.597-610
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    • 2012
  • The passive auxiliary feedwater system (PAFS) is one of the advanced safety features adopted in the APR+, which is intended to completely replace the conventional active auxiliary feedwater system. With an aim of validating the cooling and operational performance of PAFS, an experimental program is in progress at KAERI, which is composed of two kinds of tests; the separate effect test and the integral effect test. The separate effect test, PASCAL ($\underline{P}$AF$\underline{S}$ $\underline{C}$ondensing Heat Removal $\underline{A}$ssessment $\underline{L}$oop), is being performed to experimentally investigate the condensation heat transfer and natural convection phenomena in PAFS. A single, nearly-horizontal U-tube, whose dimensions are the same as the prototypic U-tube of the APR+ PAFS, is simulated in the PASCAL test. The PASCAL experimental result showed that the present design of PAFS satisfied the heat removal requirement for cooling down the reactor core during the anticipated accident transients. The integral effect test is in progress to confirm the operational performance of PAFS, coupled with the reactor coolant systems using the ATLAS facility. As the first integral effect test, an FLB (feedwater line break) accident was simulated for the APR+. From the integral effect test result, it could be concluded that the APR+ has the capability of coping with the hypothetical FLB accident by adopting PAFS and proper set-points of its operation.