• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.687-695
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• 2022

To find a 3D printer material that can replace lead used as a shield for high-energy electron beam treatment, the shielding composites were simulated by using MCNP6 programs. The Percent Depth Dose (PDD), Flatness, and Symmetry of linear accelerators emitting high-energy electron beams were measured, and the linear accelerator was compared with MCNP6 after simulation, confirming that the source term between the actual measurement and simulation was consistent. By simulating the lead shield, the appropriate thickness of the lead shield capable of shielding 95% or more of the absorbed dose was selected. Based on the absorption dose data for lead shield with a thickness of 3 mm, the shielding performance was analyzed by simulating 1, 5, 10, and 15 mm thicknesses of ABS+W (10%), ABS+Bi (10%), and PLA+Fe (10%). Each prototype was manufactured with a 3D printer, measured and analyzed under the same conditions as in the simulation, and found that when ABS+W (10%) material was formed to have a thickness of at least 10mm, it had a shielding performance that could replace lead with a thickness of 3mm. The surface morphology and atomic composition of the ABS+W (10%) material were evaluated using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS). From these results, it was confirmed that replacing the commercialized lead shield with ABS+W (10%) material not only produces a shielding effect such as lead, but also can be customized to patients using a 3D printer, which can be very useful for high-energy electron beam treatment.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.3-8
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• 2017

This paper considers an application of distributed antenna system (DAS) to a system of intra-vehicle wireless energy transfer (WET). The intra-vehicle WET system has features such as limited mobility of energy receiver, static channel environment and short distance between transmitter and human body. Under these conditions, location of transmitter highly affects the amount of energy received by human body and the energy received by energy receiving devices. We compare centralized antenna system (CAS) and the DAS in intra-vehicle WET system by simulation. The results show the DAS has superior performance to the CAS.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.159-167
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• 2018

In this paper, we propose an algorithm to optimize energy efficiency in a multi-user decoupled RF energy harvesting network and experiment on the trend of energy efficiency change assuming users' various geographical distribution scenarios. In the RF energy harvesting network where both wireless data transmission and RF energy harvesting are simultaneously performed, the energy efficiency is a key indicator of network performance, and it is necessary to investigate how various factors can affect the energy efficiency. In order to increase energy efficiency effectively, we can confirm that users' distributions are important factors in the RF energy harvesting network from the simulation results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.220-220
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• 2017

일반적으로 XP-SWMM 모형을 이용한 침수모의를 실시할 경우 과부하 맨홀에 손실계수의 적용 시와 미적용 시에 침수 범위의 차이가 상이함에도 불구하고 보다 실제적인 침수면적의 모의를 위하여 에너지 손실 적용에 대한 도시침수해석의 구체적인 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 또한 과부하관거에서의 배수능력을 증대하기 위하여 설치되는 맨홀 내 인버트의 침수저감 효과에 대한 분석이 필요한 실정이다. 이원 등(2015)은 군자배수구역을 대상으로 손실계수의 적용 방안 및 손실계수 적용에 따른 침수면적의 변화를 분석하였으나, 맨홀의 형상 및 인버트의 설치유무에 대한 사항을 고려하지 않았다. 그러므로 기 산정된 과부하 맨홀에서의 손실계수를 적용 및 인버트 설치에 따른 침수범위 변화의 분석이 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 손실계수 및 인버트 설치 여부에 따른 침수범위의 변화를 분석하기 위하여 도림천의 도림1배수분구를 대상으로 XP-SWMM을 활용하여 침수해석을 실시하였다. 김정수(2010)가 수리모형실험을 통하여 인버트를 설치하지 않은 기본형 맨홀에서 산정된 손실계수 0.61과 반원형, U자형 인버트를 각각 설치했을 시에 0.37, 0.30으로 산정된 손실계수를 XP-SWMM모형의 각 과부하 맨홀에 적용하였다. 침수모의 결과 과부하 맨홀에 손실계수를 적용하지 않은 경우의 침수면적은 21.14 ha로 모의되어 실제 침수면적과 약 60 % 정도의 일치율을 보였으나, 인버트를 설치하지 않은 기본형 맨홀의 손실계수를 적용한 경우의 침수면적은 37.12 ha로 모의되어 실제 침수면적인 35.65 ha와 거의 유사하게 나타났다. 또한 반원형 인버트를 고려한 경우의 침수면적은 28.04 ha, U자형 인버트 설치를 고려한 경우의 침수면적은 25.90 ha로 모의되었다. 인버트를 미적용한 경우의 침수면적과 비교하면 침수면적이 각각 24 %, 30 % 감소하였다. 따라서 도시 침수피해를 저감하기 위해 과부하 맨홀에 인버트를 설치한다면 맨홀내의 에너지 손실이 저감되고 배수능력이 향상되어 침수피해 면적과 침수심을 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

This study evaluated the activation of the shielding wall and the components around the accelerator by using the medical linear accelerator. We performed simulations for energy values of 20 MV with the operating time ranging from day 1 to 30 years, and linear accelerator head and shielding wall concrete were also evaluated. The results showed that neutrons in large quantities were analyzed using high energy around thetarget point where photons were formed. Based on the activation analysis with these results, radioactivity increased with an increase in operation time and activated nuclides usually start saturating in10 years. Furthermore, the general types of nuclides formed owingto the activation were Co-60, W-181, 185, 187, Na-24, Ca-45, Mn-54, 56, and Fe-55, 59.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.34 no.4B
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• pp.329-337
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• 2009

In wireless networks, maximizing throughput and minimizing energy consumption are two conflicting objectives. For elastic traffic, it is important to enhance the throughput since it directly affects the quality-of-service(QoS) of users. At the same time, the energy consumption should be minimized in order to prolong the battery lifetime of the mobile station. In this paper, we propose an energy efficient sleep scheme that considers throughput and energy saving simultaneously. The proposed scheme is designed for an efficient tradeoff between throughput and energy saving when receiving elastic traffic. Through extensive simulations, we compare the proposed scheme with the conventional scheme. Our proposed scheme outperforms the conventional one in terms of utility, i.e., user satisfaction, which is defined as inversely proportional to the weighted multiplication of service completion time and energy consumption.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.361-364
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• 2014

무선 센서 네트워크를 구성하는 각 센서 노드들은 한정된 전력의 배터리로 동작하므로, 센서 네트워크에서의 에너지 효율성은 중요한 이슈이다. 따라서, 센서 노드의 에너지 소모를 줄여서 전체 네트워크 수명을 최대화하기 위해 MAC 계층에서의 다양한 프로토콜이 제안되었다. 본 논문에서는 센서 네트워크의 에너지 효율성을 향상시키기 위한 에너지 효율적인 CA-MAC(Context Adaptive MAC) 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 CA-MAC 프로토콜은 데이터의 전송 여부를 결정하는 각 버퍼 임계값을 싱크와 노드의 거리에 따라 차등적으로 설정함으로써 노드의 에너지 소비를 감소시켜 전체 네트워크의 에너지 효율성을 크게 향상 시킨다. 또한, 전송 지연 시간을 감소시키기 위하여 센싱된 데이터의 긴급 여부에 따른 전송을 수행한다. 본 논문의 성능 평가는 OMNeT++을 이용한 모의실험을 통해 진행하였으며, 그 결과 기존에 제안되었던 S-MAC 및 T-MAC 프로토콜과 비교하여 제안된 기법이 데이터 전송 시간과 에너지 효율성을 향상시키고 네트워크 수명을 연장하였음을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.6B
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• pp.738-743
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• 2011

This paper considers the cost minimization issue for sensor network systems where sensor energy is supplied by remote energy sources wirelessly. Assuming symmetric structures of sensor nodes and energy sources, cost minimization problem is formulated, where the cost of sensor networks is represented as a function of sensor node density and energy source coverage. The optimal solution for the problem is provided and simulation results show that the proposal scheme achieves around 19% cost reduction in comparision to a conventional scheme.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.203-210
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• 2014

In this study, combustion behaviour were to analyze by comparing experimental data against predicted values. In developing pellet boiler performance, various factors such as combustion chamber shape, input air velocity, the amount of fuel, temperature, and fuel characteristics need to be analyzed. Analytical model using a numerical method is useful to overcome time and cost consuming by practical experiment. By controlling feeding rate of fuel, flue gas composition and temperature distribution obtained form experiment were compared with predicted values using FLUENT(ANSYS, Inc., Southpointe). Measurement were in good agreement with model predictions : with 0.60 % for $CO_2$ 0.73% for $O_2$ when compared with independent data sets.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.1030-1034
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to clarify the penetration behavior of particulate matters by wave and tidal actions in sandy beach located in enclosed bay and to evaluate the effect of stranded oil on penetration of particulate matters. Experiments were rallied out using a model sandy beach facility. The particulate matters penetrated into saturated sediments by wave action from breaking wave run-up point with a semi-circular forming in low energy beach as enclosed bay. On the other hand, the penetration velocity of the particulate matters was to be faster according to the increase of slope and breaking wave height. The particulate matters by tidal action penetrated into the sediments at an angie of 45 degrees in the direction of porous water flow. The stranded oil completely blocked the penetration of the particulate matters into the sediments. These results indicate that the penetrated oil prevents the penetration of the particulate matters into the sediments and, therefore, results in the reduction in the supply of plankton, bacteria and organic detritus for the benthic organisms in the sandy beach.