• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.329-353
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• 2014

Increasing usage of tank cars and their intrinsic instability due to sloshing of contents have caused growing maintenance costs as well as more frequent hazards and defects like derailment and fatigue of bogies and axels. Therefore, varieties of passive solutions have been represented to improve dynamical parameters. In this task, assuming 22 degrees of freedom, dynamic analysis of partially filled tank car traveling on a curved track is investigated. In order to consider stochastic geometry of track; irregularities have been derived randomly by Mont Carlo method. More over the fluid tank model with 1 degree of freedom is also presented by equivalent mechanical approach in terms of pendulum. An active suspension system for described car is designed by using linear quadratic optimal control theory to decrease destructive effects of fluid sloshing. Eventually, the performance of the active suspension system has been compared with that of the passive one and a study is carried out on how active suspension may affect the dynamical parameters such as displacements and Nadal's derailment index.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2018

This paper describes a real-time human and robot tracking method in Intelligent Space with multi-camera networks. The proposed method detects candidates for humans and robots by using the histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) feature in an image. To classify humans and robots from the candidates in real time, we apply cascaded structure to constructing a strong classifier which consists of many weak classifiers as follows: a linear support vector machine (SVM) and a radial-basis function (RBF) SVM. By using the multiple view geometry, the method estimates the 3D position of humans and robots from their 2D coordinates on image coordinate system, and tracks their positions by using stochastic approach. To test the performance of the method, humans and robots are asked to move according to given rectangular and circular paths. Experimental results show that the proposed method is able to reduce the localization error and be good for a practical application of human-centered services in the Intelligent Space.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.1457-1467
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• 2015

해양 통신을 위한 VHF 대역 데이터 통신 시스템(VHF Data Exchange System: VDES)은 송수신단의 종류에 따라 서로 다른 주파수 대역을 사용하도록 설계되어 있으며, 육상국으로부터 멀리 떨어진 선박국에게 육상국과 연결성을 보장하기 위해 제안된 ASO-TDMA (Ad-hoc Self-Organizing TDMA) MAC 프로토콜을 이용하여 다중-홉 통신을 수행하는 경우에 주파수 채널간 부하 불균형 문제가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 주파수 채널간 부하 불균형 문제를 해결하기 위해 통계적 기하(stochastic geometry) 모델링을 도입한다. 이를 기반으로 동일 홉 영역에서의 공간적 자원 재사용률을 분석하고, 각 홉 영역 별로 최적의 자원 할당을 통해 채널간의 부하 불균형 문제를 해결하여 자원 활용도를 극대화하는 것을 보인다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.71-86
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• 2021

This paper focuses on the development and assessment of the expected damage for the rocking response of rigid anchored blocks, with irregular geometry and non-uniform mass distribution, considering the site conditions and the seismicity of Mexico City. The non-linear behavior of the restrainers is incorporated to evaluate the pure tension and tension-shear failure mechanisms. A probabilistic framework is performed covering a wide range of block sizes, slenderness ratios and eccentricities using physics-based ground motion simulation. In order to incorporate the uncertainties related to the propagation of far-field earthquakes with a significant contribution to the seismic hazard at study sites, it was simulated a set of scenarios using a stochastic summation methods of small-earthquakes records, considered as Empirical Green's Function (EGFs). As Engineering Demand Parameter (EDP), the absolute value of the maximum block rotation normalized by the body slenderness, as a function of the peak ground acceleration (PGA) is adopted. The results show that anchorages are more efficient for blocks with slenderness ratio between two and three, while slenderness above four provide a better stability when they are not restrained. Besides, there is a range of peak intensities where anchored blocks located in soft soils are less vulnerable with respect to those located in firm soils. The procedure used in here allows to take decisions about risk, reliability and resilience assessment of different types of contents, and it is easily adaptable to other seismic environments.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권2D호
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• pp.319-327
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• 2009

GPS 관측에 의해 정확한 위치추정을 위해서는 올바른 함수모형과 통계모형이 사용되어야 한다. 그러나 함수모형에 고려되지 않는 과대오차가 관측데이터에 포함되어 있는 경우는 추정좌표에 편의를 유발 시킨다. 이러한 과대오차는 전리층영향과 다중경로의 급격한 변화 혹은 수신기 오작동에 의해 주로 발생하며, 최소제곱법에 의한 수신기 위치 추정에서 반드시 제거해야 정확도를 최대화 할 수 있다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 과대오차의 검출, 규명, 적용의 세 단계로 구성된 GPS 관측데이터 처리에서의 품질제어 알고리즘과 통계검정 기법의 성능을 나타내는 신뢰도 이론을 연구하여 의사거리를 이용하는 단독측위에 대하여 구현하였다. 이를 바탕으로 정지측위와 동적측위 관측실험을 실시하여 분석한 결과 잉여관측데이터수가 많고 기하구조의 강도가 높고 보다 현실적인 통계모형을 사용할 때 과대오차 규명 성능이 높아졌으며, 관측데이터에서 과대 오차가 제거됨에 따라 추정좌표의 정확도가 증가되어 전체적으로 GPS 측위의 신뢰성을 향상 시킬 수 있었다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.212-222
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 전 세계 산업수학의 흐름을 주도하는 미국산업응용수학 학회에서 출판하는 논문들의 연구현황 및 동향을 거시적으로 파악하는 데 있다. 이를 위해 2016년부터 2019년까지 6,255편의 논문 제목 및 초록을 수집하였으며, LDA 기법을 활용한 토픽모델링과 시계열회귀모형 분석을 수행하였다. 분석 결과 첫째, 산업수학 분야는 해석학을 중심으로 기하학, 대수학, 위상수학, 이산수학, 확률 및 통계 등 다양한 분야에서 연구가 진행되었다. 둘째, 시간이 흐름에 따라 상승하는 연구 주제는 수리유체역학, 그래프이론, 확률미분방정식이었으며, 하강하는 연구 주제는 계산이론과 고전기하로 나타났다. 연구 결과는 산업수학 분야의 지적 구조에 대한 전체적인 흐름 및 변화에 대한 이해를 바탕으로 연구자들에게는 향후 연구 방향에 대해서, 그리고 교육 현장에는 시대 변화를 반영한 산업수학 교육과정을 수립하는데 시사점을 제공할 것이다.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.340-350
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• 2016

The performance of large-scale cognitive radio (CR) networks with secondary users sustained by opportunistically harvesting radio-frequency (RF) energy from nearby primary transmissions is investigated. Using an advanced RF energy harvester, a secondary user is assumed to be able to collect ambient primary RF energy as long as it lies inside the harvesting zone of an active primary transmitter (PT). A variable power (VP) transmission mode is proposed, and an energy-based opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) strategy is considered, under which a secondary transmitter (ST) is allowed to transmit only if its harvested energy is larger than a predefined transmission threshold and it is outside the guard zones of all active PTs. The transmission probability of the STs is derived. The outage probabilities and the throughputs of the primary and the secondary networks, respectively, are characterized. Compared with prior work, the throughput can be increased by as much as 29%. The energy-based OSA strategy can be generally applied to a non-CR setup, where distributed power beacons (PBs) are deployed to power coexisting wireless signal transmitters (WSTs) in a wireless powered sensor network.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.768-780
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• 2023

The application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has recently attracted considerable interest in various areas. A three-dimensional multiple-input multiple-output concentric two-hemisphere model is proposed to characterize the scattering environment around a vehicle in an urban UAV-to-vehicle communication scenario. Multipath components of the model consisted of lineof-sight and single-bounced components. This study focused on the key parameters that determine the scatterer distribution. A time-variant process was used to analyze the nonstationarity of the proposed model. Vital statistical properties, such as the space-time-frequency correlation function, Doppler power spectral density, level-crossing rate, average fade duration, and channel capacity, were derived and analyzed. The results indicated that with an increase in the maximum scatter radius, the time correlation and level-crossing rate decreased, the frequency correlation function had a faster downward trend, and average fade duration increased. In addition, with the increase of concentration parameter, the time correlation, space correlation, and level-crossing rate increased, average fade duration decreased, and Doppler power spectral density became flatter. The proposed model was compared with current geometry-based stochastic models (GBSMs) and showed good consistency. In addition, we verified the nonstationarity in the temporal and spatial domains of the proposed model. These conclusions can be used as references in the design of more reasonable communication systems.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권8호
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• pp.3276-3285
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• 2024

This paper introduces the creation of a module for Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) specifically designed for VVER analysis through the implementation of the STREAM/RAST-V two-step approach. The aim was to expand the range of use by developing a UQ module tailored for analyzing VVER. This research presents two innovative computational functionalities: (1) development of a library for the pin-based pointwise energy slowing down method (PSM), and (2) extension of the analysis area to study hexagonal-geometry fuel assemblies. The proposed UQ scheme was evaluated through verification using UAM benchmark, and comparative analysis between codes using SCALE 6.2.2 for. STREAM provides an accuracy comparable to that of SCALE 6.2.2. Additionally, a PSM covariance library was utilized in the calculations, achieving 0.7941% and 0.7907% accuracies in the hot full power and hot zero power calculations, respectively. To assess the UQ sequences in the two-step method, the STREAM/RAST-V calculation scheme was verified using the STREAM lattice code. To conclude, this study furnishes comprehensive insights into the development of the UQ module within the two-step method for VVER analysis, and it validates its performance through utilization of the UAM benchmark.

• 한국음향학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국음향학회 2002년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집 제21권 1호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2002

In recent years, modularization of engine parts has increased the application of plastic products in air intake systems. Plastic intake manifolds provide many advantages including reduced weight, contracted cost, and lower intake air temperatures. These manifolds, however, have some weakness when compared with customary aluminium intake manifolds, in that they have low sound transmission loss because of their lower material density. This low transmission loss of plastic intake manifolds causes several problems related to flow noise, especially when the throttle is opened quickly. The physical processes, responsible for this flow noise, include turbulent fluid motion and relative motion of the throttle to the airflow. The former is generated by high-speed airflow in the splits between the throttle valve and the inner-surface of the throttle body and surge-tank, which can be categorized into the quadrupole source. The latter induces the unsteady force on the flow, which can be classified into the dipole source. In this paper, the mechanism of noise generation from the turbulence is only investigated as a preliminary study. Stochastic noise source synthesis method is adopted for the analysis of turbulence-induced, i.e. quadrupole noise by throttle at quick opening state. The method consists of three procedures. The first step corresponds to the preliminary time-averaged Navier-Stokes computation with a $k-\varepsilon$ turbulence model providing mean flow field characteristics. The second step is the synthesis of time-dependent turbulent velocity field associated with quadrupole noise sources. The final step is devoted to the determination of acoustic source terms associated with turbulent velocity. For the first step, we used market available analysis tools such as STAR-CD, the trade names of fluid analysis tools available on the market. The steady state flows at three open angle of throttle valve, i.e. 20, 35 and 60 degree, are numerically analyzed. Then, time-dependent turbulent velocity fields are produced by using the stochastic model and the flow analysis results. Using this turbulent velocity field, the turbulence-originated noise sources, i.e. the self-noise and shear-noise sources are synthesized. Based on these numerical results, it is found that the origin of the turbulent flow and noise might be attributed to the process of formulation and the interaction of two vortex lines formed in the downstream of the throttle valve. These vortex lines are produced by the non-uniform splits between the throttle valve and inner cylinder surface. Based on the analysis, we present the low-noise design of the inner geometry of throttle body.