• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2015

Background: The physical work demands of construction work can be reduced using ergonomic measures. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of ergonomic measures related to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among construction workers. Methods: A questionnaire was sent at baseline and 2 years later to 1,130 construction workers. We established (1) the proportion of workers reporting an increase in their use of ergonomic measures, (2) the proportion of workers reporting a decrease in MSDs, (3) the relative risk for an increase in the use of ergonomic measures and a decrease in MSDs, and (4) workers' knowledge and opinions about the use of ergonomic measures. Results: At follow-up, response rate was 63% (713/1,130). The proportion of workers using ergonomic measures for vertical transport increased (34%, 144/419, p < 0.01); for measures regarding horizontal transport and the positioning of materials, no change was reported. The proportion of workers reporting shoulder complaints decreased (28%, 176/638, p = 0.02). A relationship between the use of ergonomic measures and MSDs was not found; 83% (581/704) of the workers indicated having sufficient knowledge about ergonomic measures. Lightening the physical load was reported to be the main reason for using them. Conclusion: Only the use of ergonomic measures for vertical transport increased over a 2-year period. No relationship between the use of ergonomic measures and MSDs was found. Strategies aimed at improving the availability of ergonomic equipment complemented with individualized advice and training in using them might be the required next steps to increase the use of ergonomic measures.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.90-98
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• 2017

본 연구는 교대근무를 수행하는 항공교통 관제사들의 피로와 스트레스와 이에 영향을 미치는 변수와의 연관성을 규명하는 연구이다. 기존 연구결과에 의하면, 관제사의 피로와 스트레스는 근무경과시간, 관할 항공기의 수, 시정 등과 같은 여러 요소에 영향을 받으며, 또한 관제사의 피로와 스트레스는 심장 박동수에 영향을 미치는 것으로 있다고 알려져 있다. 본 논문에서는 항공교통관제사의 피로와 스트레스에 영향을 주는 요소로 근무경과시간, 관할 항공기의 수, 시정을 설정하고, 각 요소와 피로와 스트레스의 정도를 나타내는 심장박동수에 대한 연구 가설을 설정하였다. 실제 수집된 자료를 활용하여 연구가설을 검정한 결과 항공교통관제사의 심장 박동수는 관할 항공기의 수와 근무시간경과에 영향을 받는 것을 확인하였다. 특히, 동일한 대수의 항공기를 관제하는 경우에도, 근무 시간이 경과에 따라서 관제사의 피로와 스트레스 정도가 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.76-81
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 차세대 디스플레이 소자로 각광을 받고 있는 유기발광 소자의 전기적인 특성을 해석적으로 접근하였다. 기본적인 OLED의 동작 메카니즘은 일함수(work function)가 낮은 음극(cathode) 전극으로부터 주입된 전자(electron)와 양극(anode) 전극으로 주입된 정공(hole)이 수송층을 지나 발광층으로 유입되어 여기상태(exciton state)를 거치며 재결합함으로써 발광되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 음극과 양극을 통해 들어오는 수송자(carrier)들이 원활한 전자-정공 쌍(electron - hole pair)을 이루기 위해 다층 박막 구조로 소자를 제작하여 높은 에너지 장벽을 완만하게 만들고 또한 박막의 두께를 조절하여 정공과 전자의 이동도 밸런스(balance)를 맞추어 수송자-전자와 정공-들이 수송층(CTL : carrier transport layer)을 통해 발광층(EML : emitting material layer)으로 주입을 용이하게 만든다 따라서 본 논문에서는 유기 발광소자의 최적의 발광특성을 얻기 위해서는 수치 해석을 통한 가장 높은 발광 효율을 가지게되는 박막의 두께를 예측하고 예측된 유기발광소자의 수치해석 값이 실제 제작된 소자의 특성 값과 일치하여 타당성이 있음을 증명하고자 한다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.98-111
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 ITS 업무요령 및 ITS 성능평가 제도 개선을 위한 법.규정의 개정을 제안한다. 본 연구는 ITS 업무요령 및 ITS 성능평가 제도의 현황과 문제점을 분석하고 개선방안을 제시함으로써 신뢰성 있는 교통정보를 제공하고, 제도 개선을 통하여 민원 발생의 우려를 줄이며, 사회적 비용도 감소시키게 된다. 또한, ITS 장비와 센터의 유지관리 기준과 ITS 성능평가 업무의 직무분석을 통한 업무분담 체계화, ITS 성능평가기관의 역할 정립과 기술위원회의 기능을 정립하여 ITS 성능평가 제도 개선 하에서 생산되는 교통 자료의 신뢰성이 높아지고 새로운 차원의 서비스를 도출할 수 있어서 ITS 시스템의 효율성 증대 및 투자 효과의 극대화를 제공할 것이다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2016

A Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor which is one of the $4^{th}$ generation nuclear reactors is in development by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. The reactor is composed of four main fluid systems which are categorized by its functions, i.e., Primary Heat Transport System, Intermediate Heat Transport System, Decay Heat Removal System and Sodium-Water Reaction Pressure Relief System. The coolant of the reactor is liquid sodium and sodium-to-sodium heat exchangers are installed at the interfaces between two fluid systems, Intermediate Heat Exchangers between the Primary Heat Transport System and the Intermediate Heat Transport System and Decay Heat Exchangers between the Primary Heat Transport System and the Decay Heat Removal System. For the design and performance analysis of the Intermediate Heat Exchanger and the Decay Heat Exchanger, a computer code was written during previous step of research. In this work, the computer code named "SHXSA" has been validated preliminarily by computational fluid dynamics simulations.

• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2007

Study on the electron transport coefficient in mixtures of CF4 and Ar, have been analyzed over a range of the reduced electric field strength between 0.1 and 350[Td] by the two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation (BEq.) method and the Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). The calculations of electron swarm parameters require the knowledge of several collision cross-sections of electron beam. Thus, published momentum transfer, ionization, vibration, attachment, electronic excitation, and dissociation cross-sections of electrons for $CF_4$ and Ar, were used. The differences of the transport coefficients of electrons in $CF_4$ mixtures of Ar, have been explained by the deduced energy distribution functions for electrons and the complete collision cross-sections for electrons. The results of the Boltzmann equation and the Monte Carlo simulation have been compared with the data presented by several workers. The deduced transport coefficients for electrons agree reasonably well with the experimental and simulation data obtained by Nakamura and Hayashi. The energy distribution function of electrons in $CF_4-Ar$ mixtures shows the Maxwellian distribution for energy. That is, $f({\varepsilon})$ has the symmetrical shape whose axis of symmetry is a most probably energy. The proposed theoretical simulation techniques in this work will be useful to predict the fundamental process of charged particles and the breakdown properties of gas mixtures. A two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation analysis and Monte Carlo simulation have been used to study electron transport coefficients.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2022

Manholes and underground spaces are installed to manage the buried heat transport pipes of the district heating system, and the corrosion damage of the equipment placed in this space often occurs. The purpose of this work is to identify locations with a high risk of corrosion damage in the air vent and to establish preventive measures based on precise analysis via sampling of heat transport pipes and air vents that have been used for about 30 years. The residual thickness of the air vent decreased significantly by reaching ~1.1 mm in thickness, and locations of 60~70 mm away from a transport pipe were the most vulnerable to corrosion. The energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis was performed in the corroded oxides, and it was found that chloride ion was contained in the corrosion products. Anodic polarization tests were carried out on the air vent materials (SPPS250, SS304) with varying the amounts of chloride ions at two different temperatures (RT, 80℃). The higher concentration of chloride ions and temperature are, the lower corrosion resistances of both alloys are.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2003

AVI/AEI는 무선주파수 기술에 기초하여 ITS의 응용시스템 개발을 위해 고안된 것이다. 특히, 이 기술은 국제운송과 관련한 CVO 및 정보시스템과 같은 복합운송에 사용되는 차량과 장비에 관한 인식정보를 주고받는 것이 최근 주요 표준 과제가 되고 있다. AVI/AEI 국제표준에서는 설계, 시스템 매개변수, 데이터 구조 및 통신과 관련하여 일반적인 상호 운영이 가능하도록 그 형태를 제공하고 운영환경 및 성능을 결정하기 위한 국제표준을 설정하는 것이 목표이다. 이 표준에서는 AVI/AEI 응용시스템 내에서 명확한 인식을 위해 일반적인 표준형태를 설정하고, 이를 위해 서로 다른 시스템 간에 상호 운영성이 가능하도록 데이터 구조 등을 설정하도록 하고 있다. AVI/AEI 표준은 ISO TC204의 WG4에서 담당하고 있으며, 8개의 표준항목을 가지고 있다. 최근 새로은 작업항목인 ERI가 추가되어 적극적으로 표준화 활동이 전개되고 있다. WG4에서는 3개의 일반교통환경에서 사용하는 항목과 4개의 복합운송 표준작업항목이 개발되고 있다. 모든 작업항목들은 CEN TC278과 ISO TC204가 비엔나 협약에 따라 동등하게 표준활동을 하고 있으나 WG4의 경우 CEN이 주도하고 있다. 이러한 표준항목들은 16개국의 30여명의 표준화 전문가들이 지정되어 표준화 활동을 진행하고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 표준에 대한 동향과 국내의 개발현황에 대하여 고찰해본 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2020

In this part, an implicit time dependent solution is presented for the Boltzmann transport equation discretized by the analytic coarse mesh finite difference method (ACMFD) over the spatial domain as well as the simplified P₃ (SP₃) for the angular variable. In the first part of this work we proposed a SP₃-ACMFD approach to solve the static eigenvalue equations which provide the initial conditions for temp dependent equations. Having solved the 3D multi-group SP₃-ACMFD static equations, an implicit approach is resorted to ensure stability of time steps. An exponential behavior is assumed in transverse integrated equations to establish a relationship between flux moments and currents. Also, analytic integration is benefited for the time-dependent solution of precursor concentration equations. Finally, a multi-channel one-phase thermal hydraulic model is coupled to the proposed methodology. Transient equations are then solved at each step using the GMRES technique. To show the sufficiency of proposed transient SP₃-ACMFD approximation for a full core analysis, a comparison is made using transport peers as the reference. To further demonstrate superiority, results are compared with a 3D multi-group transient diffusion solver developed as a byproduct of this work. Outcomes confirm that the idea can be considered as an economic interim approach which is superior to the diffusion approximation, and comparable with transport in results.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.425.1-425.1
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• 2014

Thermal transport in nanomaterials is not only scientifically interesting but also technological important for various future electronic, bio, and energy device applications. Among the various computation approaches to investigate lattice thermal transport phenomena in nanoscale, the atomistic nonequilibrium Green's function approach based on first-principles density functional theory calculations appeared as a promising method given the continued miniaturization of devices and the difficulty of developing classical force constants for novel nanoscale interfaces. Among the nanometerials, carbon atomic chains, namely the cumulene (all-doulble bonds, ${\cdots}C=C=C=C{\cdots}$) and polyyne (alternation of single and triple bonds, ${\cdots}C{\equiv}C-C{\equiv}C{\cdots}$) can be considered as the extream cases of interconnction materials for nanodevices. After the discovery and realization of carbon atomic chains, their electronic transport properties have been widely studied. For the thermal transport properties, however, there have been few literatures for this simple linear chain system. In this work, we first report on the development of a non-equilibrium Green's function theory-based computational tool for atomistic thermal transport calculations of nanojunctions. Using the developed tool, we investigated phonon dispersion and transmission properties of polyethylene (${\cdots}CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2{\cdots}$) and polyene (${\cdots}CH-CH-CH-CH{\cdots}$) structures as well as the cumulene and polyyne. The resulting phonon dispersion from polyethylene and polyene showed agreement with previous results. Compared to the cumulene, the gap was found near the ${\Gamma}$ point of the phonon dispersion of polyyne as the prediction of Peierls distortion, and this feature was reflected in the phonon transmission of polyyne. We also investigated the range of interatomic force interactions with increase in the size of the simulation system to check the convergence criteria. Compared to polyethylene and polyene, polyyne and cumulene showed spatially long-ranged force interactions. This is reflected on the differences in phonon transport caused by the delicate differences in electronic structure.