• Maritime Security
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.31-60
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• 2023

This study proposes a new convergence weapon system that combines the covert placement and detection abilities of a self-propelled mobile mine with the rapid tracking and attack abilities of supercavitating rocket torpedoes. This innovative system has been designed to counter North Korea's new underwater weapon, 'Haeil'. The concept behind this convergence weapon system is to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses of each weapon type. Self-propelled mobile mines, typically placed discreetly on the seabed or in the water, are designed to explode when a vessel or submarine passes near them. They are generally used to defend or control specific areas, like traditional sea mines, and can effectively limit enemy movement and guide them in a desired direction. The advantage that self-propelled mines have over traditional sea mines is their ability to move independently, ensuring the survivability of the platform responsible for placing the sea mines. This allows the mines to be discreetly placed even deeper into enemy lines, significantly reducing the time and cost of mine placement while ensuring the safety of the deployed platforms. However, to cause substantial damage to a target, the mine needs to detonate when the target is very close - typically within a few yards. This makes the timing of the explosion crucial. On the other hand, supercavitating rocket torpedoes are capable of traveling at groundbreaking speeds, many times faster than conventional torpedoes. This rapid movement leaves little room for the target to evade, a significant advantage. However, this comes with notable drawbacks - short range, high noise levels, and guidance issues. The high noise levels and short range is a serious disadvantage that can expose the platform that launched the torpedo. This research proposes the use of a convergence weapon system that leverages the strengths of both weapons while compensating for their weaknesses. This strategy can overcome the limitations of traditional underwater kill-chains, offering swift and precise responses. By adapting the weapon acquisition criteria from the Defense force development Service Order, the effectiveness of the proposed system was independently analyzed and proven in terms of underwater defense sustainability, survivability, and cost-efficiency. Furthermore, the utility of this system was demonstrated through simulated scenarios, revealing its potential to play a critical role in future underwater kill-chain scenarios. However, realizing this system presents significant technical challenges and requires further research.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38B no.12
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• pp.967-975
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• 2013

In the design of underwater electro acoustic transducer, power factor improvement circuit is more required rather than impedance matching if the driving power amplifier has little inner resistance. Many research results have been focused on the power matching circuit designing for transferring maximum power in the wideband. There are few results in the designing study on the power factor improvement for the wide band underwater electro acoustic transducer. In this paper, we set up a new design method on the power factor improvement for the wide band electro acoustic transducer, and confirm its feasibility by the experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.188-188
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• 2022

선박의 운용 효율을 높일 수 있는 방법인 무인 운용체계는 근래에 많은 관심을 받고 연구되어 왔다. 특히 무인수상선과 무인수중체의(USV-AUV)의 복합 운용 분야는 그 동안 어려움이 있었던 심해저 탐사 및 특수 임무 활용에 용이하여 많은 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 쌍동선 형태인 무인수상선이 모선이 되고 무인수중체가 결합하여 충전하고 다시 진수하여 원거리 및 심해저 조건에서 무인수중체가 운용 가능하도록 하는 시스템의 일부인 USV-AUV의 docking을 위한 DP 시스템을 개발하고 선박해양플랜트연구소 해양공학수조에서 모형시험을 통해 이를 검증하였다. 또한, 실제 제작된 무인쌍동선과 추진 시스템을 활용하여 모형시험을 통해 검증한 DP 알고리즘을 적용하여 화성 제부도 앞바다에서 실선 DP 테스트를 수행하였다. 실 해역에서의 DP 시스템 테스트는 정확한 환경 조건의 계측 및 구현이 어려워 모형시험과 같은 정량적인 평가는 어렵지만, 정성적으로 DP 시스템이 작동하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.181-184
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• 2000

수중신호의 스펙트로그램상에 형성되는 신호 주파수선은 토널의 신호 세기와 바다 자체의 전달 특성 등으로 인하여 미약하게 탐지되거나 불규칙하게 끊어져서 불연속하게 되며 또한 임펄스성의 주변잡음 성분과 혼재하여 어느 토널이 연속적으로 탐지되는지가 모호하게 되는 경우가 많고 정밀하게 신호 성분만을 탐지, 추출하기가 어렵다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 신호 세기가 미약한 경우나 높은 주변잡음이 복합되어 있는 경우에도 정밀하게 신호 성분만을 탐 지, 추출할 수 있는 협대역 다중 주파수선의 자동 탐지 및 추출을 위한 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘에 실제 수중표적 신호를 적용하여 제안된 알고리즘이 매우 유용함을 보인다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.427-432
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate drowning death patients on clinical care and prevention. Drowning accidents that occurred in the Republic of Korea were identified by using the Emergency Activity Daily Report Data from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The age of drowning accidents was 20-29 years (25.4%). Drowning cases for the months of August was 17.6%. The main circumstance involved in the drowning cases was swimming (45.0%). Half of swimming incidents related the drowning accidents of people attempting to save a life of a family member or friend from the water. The most common location was at a lake or reservoir (40.2%). Drowning is a main cause of accidents in the Republic of Korea. Preventive strategies that may be beneficial for persons contain life jackets or life rings supply, upgrading swimming ability, placing lifeguards based on public education activities.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.2227-2232
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• 2013

To obtain the system requirement specification in the beginning of the precision guidance system development, the effectiveness and reliability analysis for the system are necessary. The main purpose of this research is to obtain the system requirement specification for the high speed unmanned underwater vehicles by carrying out the effectiveness analysis using the modeling and simulation scheme. The effectiveness is position error for target position. Reaching accuracy is expected to be affected by the navigation sensor parameter. Assume that the navigation sensors that is consist of inertial navigation system(INS) and doppler velocity log(DVL) is the parameter. To analyze the effectiveness of each parameter, Monte-Carlo numerical simulation is performed in this research. The effectiveness analysis is carried out using circular error probability(CEP) and variance analyze scheme. Considering the cost function, the specification of the navigation sensor is provided. The cost function is consist of the INS and DVL specification and the price of those sensors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.563-564
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1484-1486
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• 2001

In this study, The underwater object recognition using ultrasonic sensor fabricated with porous PZT-Polymer 3-3 type composites and invariant moment vector and SOFM(Self Organizing Feature Map) neural networks are presented. The recognition rates for the training data and the testing data were 98% and 94%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.22-28
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• 1996

수동 소나 시스템에서 표적을 탐지, 식별하는데 가장 중요한 인자는 표적에서 발생되는 토날 신호 성분이다. 수중의 주변잡음과 표적소음이 복합된 환경하에서 표적의 토날 신호성분을 정확히 추출하는데는 신호 탐지 준위 설정이나 주변 잡음의 변화에 의해 어려움이 있다. 본 논문에서는 ASM 신경망을 이용하여 신호 탐지 준위 설정이나 주변잡음의 변화에 강인한 음향 표적의 토날 신호 탐지 방식을 제안한다. 모의 시뮬레이션 및 실제 표적 신호에 적용하여 우수한 토날 신호 탐지 성능을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07d
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• pp.2330-2332
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• 2000

In this study, 3-D underwater object recognition using ultrasonic sensor fabricated with PZT-Polymer 1-3 type composites and invariant moment vector and SOFM(Self Organizing Feature Map) neural networks are presented. The recognition rates for the training data and the testing data were 99% and 93%, respectively.