• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제17권1E호
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• pp.44-53
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• 1998

Bolt degradation has become a major issue in the nuclear industry since the 1980's due to failure during operation. If small cracks in stud bolt are not detected early enough, they grow rapidly and cause catastrophic disasters. Their detection, despite its importance, is known to be a very difficult problem due to the complicated structures of the stud bolts. This paper presents a method of detecting and sizing a small crack in the root between two adjacent crests in threads. The key idea is from the fact that the Rayleigh wave propagates slowly along a crack from the tip to the opening and is reflected from the opening mouth. When there exists a crack, a small delayed pulse due to the Rayleigh wave is detected between large regularly spaced pulses from the thread. The delay time is the same as the propagation delay time of the slow Rayleigh wave and is proportional to the size of the crack. To efficiently detect the slow Rayleigh wave, three methods based on digital signal processing are proposed : modified wave shaping, dynamic predictive deconvolution, and dynamic predictive deconvolution combined with wave shaping.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2020

Performance shaping factors (PSFs) in a human reliability analysis (HRA) are one that may influence human performance in a task. Most currently applicable HRA methods for nuclear power plants (NPPs) use PSFs to highlight human error contributors and to adjust basic human error probabilities (HEPs) that assume nominal conditions of NPPs. Thus far, the effects of PSFs have been treated independently. However, many studies in the fields of psychology and human factors revealed that there may be relationships between PSFs. Therefore, the inter-relationships between PSFs need to be studied to better reflect their effects on operator errors. This study investigates these inter-relationships using two data sources and also suggests a context-based approach to treat the inter-relationships between PSFs. Correlation and factor analyses are performed to investigate the relationship between PSFs. The data sources are event reports of unexpected reactor trips in Korea and an experiment conducted in a simulator featuring a digital control room. Thereafter, context-based approaches based on the result of factor analysis are suggested and the feasibility of the grouped PSFs being treated as a new factor to estimate HEPs is examined using the experimental data.

• 대한치과보존학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한치과보존학회 2003년도 제120회 추계학술대회 제 5차 한ㆍ일 치과보존학회 공동학술대회
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• pp.577-577
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• 2003

Microcomputed tomography (MCT) made it possible to investigate the morphology of root canals more accurate. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of four root canal shaping methods, the profile system, the ProTaper system, a combination of these, and stainless steel K-files, in the shaping of the mesial root canals of extracted human mandibular first molars, three-dimensionally using MCT. Eight extracted mandibular first molars were scannde using MTC before and after the root cannals were instrumented. Two specimens were prepared using the Profile system and another two specimens were prepared using MCT before and after the root cannals were instrumented. Two specimens were prepared using the Profile system and another two specimens were prepared using the ProTaper system according to manufactures recommendation.(omitted)

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.12.1-12.9
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• 2021

Objectives: The present study aims to compare the obturation quality of 2 confluence confirmation techniques in artificial maxillary first premolars showing Vertucci type II root canal configuration. Materials and Methods: Thirty artificial maxillary premolars having Vertucci type II root canal configuration were made. They were divided into 3 groups according to the confluence confirmation technique as follows. Gutta-percha indentation (GPI) group (confluence confirmation using a gutta-percha cone and a K file); electronic apex locator (EAL) group (confluence confirmation using K files and EAL); and no confluence detection (NCD) group. In the GPI group and the EAL group, shaping and obturation were performed with the modified working length (WL). In the NCD group, shaping was performed without WL adjustment and obturation was carried out with an adjusted master cone. Micro-computed tomography was used before preparation and after obturation to calculate the percentage of gutta-percha occupied volume (%GPv) and the volume increase in the apical 4 mm. Data were analyzed using 1-way analysis of variance and post hoc Tukey's test. Results: Statistically significant difference was not found in terms of the %GPv from the apex to apical 4 mm. However, the NCD group showed a statistically significant volume increase compared with the EAL group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: In terms of gutta-percha occupied volume, no significant difference was observed among the 3 groups. Confluence confirmation using an EAL in teeth with Vertucci type II configuration showed less volume increase during canal shaping compared with no confluence confirmation.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.106-113
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• 1998

원자력발전소의 증기발생기 수위제어계는 과도상태뿐만 아니라 정상운전 시에도 제어계 설계에 사용된 모델링이나, 이론의 적용이 매우 어려운 계통이다. 따라서 기존의 제어방법으로는 안정성에 대한 의문이 제기되어 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 문제점에 입각하여 본 연구에서는 유전 알고리즘을 이용한 개선된 루프 형성법을 제안하고 이 방법올 QFT에 적용하여 제어성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 제어계를 설계하였다. 그리고 시뮬레이션 결과로부터 안정성과 효과적인 제어성능을 얻었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1867-1872
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• 2016

디지털신호처리 분야에서 다양한 환경에서 존재하는 배경잡음을 제거하여 음성신호의 품질을 개선시키는 것은 반드시 필요한 문제이다. 음향학적으로 배경잡음을 제거할 때 고려해야 할 중요한 점은 인간의 청각기전이 주로 음성의 진폭 스펙트럼의 정보에 의존하여 문제 해결을 하고 있다는 사실이다. 본 논문에서는 음성의 진폭 스펙트럼의 추출을 주요 목적으로 하는 주파수가중 스펙트럼성형필터의 특성을 도입한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 배경잡음으로 중첩된 음성신호 성분 중에 이 진폭 스펙트럼 정보를 추출하여, 위너 필터법과 음향학적인 모델에 의한 주파수가중 스펙트럼성형필터를 사용한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 실험에서는 스펙트럼 왜곡률(SD)에 의하여 제안한 알고리즘의 출력 SD가 기존의 다른 방법과 비교하여 약 5.28 dB 이상 개선되었다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제45권6호통권457호
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• pp.362-369
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• 2007

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the hybrid instrumentation method with ProTaper and ProFile on the change of root canal area and distance from the canal to the root surface after canal shaping. The mesial canals of twenty extracted mandibular first molars having $10-20^{\circ}\Delta$ curvature were scanned using X-ray microcomputed tomography (XMCT)-scanner before root canals were instrumented. They were divided into four groups (n=10 canals ter group). In Group 1, root canals were instrumented by the step-back technique with stainless steel K-Flexofile after coronal flaring. The remainders were instrumented by the crown-down technique with, ProTaper system (Group 2), ProFile (Group 3) or ProTaper (Group 4). All canals were prepared up to size 25 at the end-point of preparation and scanned again. Pre- and post-operative cross-sectional images of 1, 3, 5, and 7 mm from the apical foramen were compared. For each level, change of cross-sectional canal are and distance to the nearest external root surface was calculated using Adobe Photoshop 6.0 and image software program. In the change of cross-sectional area, Group 4 was less than Group 2 at 3 mm and 5 mm level (p<0.05). In the difference of the distance from the canal to the root surface after canal shaping, Group 4 was least among the other groups at 7 mm level (p<0.05). According to the results, the methods using ProFile or K file only and the hybrid instrumentation technique using ProTaper and ProFile are more appropriate methods of canal preparation than ProTaper system for narrow of curved canals.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
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• pp.264-266
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 재생에너지발전 의무할당시스템(RPS) 도입시 달성목표량을 설정방식 및 적용사례를 검토해봄으로써 국내 실정에 적합한 효율적인 목표량 및 의무량 설정방식에 대한 시사점을 도출하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.421-428
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• 2013

The current vibration reduction methods for positioning systems lead to either complicated motion or the need for additional hardware when the positioning systems carry out frequent short-distance movements. This paper proposes a simple yet efficient vibration reduction method for positioning systems subjected to frequent short-distance movements. The essence of the proposed method is the trapezoidal or triangular velocity profiles, whose acceleration/deceleration rates are designed to be related to the natural frequency of concern. The combined use of the proposed method and the input shaping method is also proposed for the possible application to multi-mode systems. Experiments are performed to validate the proposed method. The simulation and experiments prove that the proposed method is of great use for residual vibration reduction in positioning systems subjected to frequent short-distance movement.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.71-74
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• 1995

Diamond shaping is one of the machining strategies to make the optical micro-groove molds,and it is especially useful when rhe component is an assembly of the linear micro-groove array. A mirror-like surface and arbitrary crose-sectional curve can be easily made by diamond. Howerver, the cutting speed of shaping is relatively lower than that of the other cutting methods, and there exist an unstable cutting conditions that generate the chatter. This study is focused on the modeling of the simplified self-induced chatter of the diamond shapping. Form the chatter model and experiments, it is found that the unstable cutting conditions exist wwhen the depth of cut is low and cutting speed is high.