• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.61-68
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• 2010

Optical simulation methods were applied to the edge-lit LED backlight for LCD TV applications in order to optimize the optical structure of the light guide plate(LGP), and thus to improve the uniformity properties by removing the bright spots caused by LED's. The edge-lit LED backlight consisted of three white LED's with a lamp cover, a light guide plate, and a reflection film. When there was no pattern on the entrance side surface of the LGP, the illuminance uniformity was sensitively dependent on the distance d between the LED and the entrance surface. The illuminance uniformity increased with d but its increasing rate slowed down when d was beyond ~ 1.5 mm. When micro-patterns such as a lenticular lens array (LLA) or a serration pattern were formed on the entrance surface, the illuminance uniformity was improved substantially even for the case of very small d. At the same simulation condition, the lightguide with serration pattern showed a better uniformity than that with LLA pattern. Additional improvement could be achieved by changing the refractive index of the micro-patterns. These results suggest that using micro-patterns is a very effective way to reduce the bright spots due to their refracting function for the concentrated incident rays onto the LGP.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.121-128
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• 2005

This study focuses on evaluating the reliability index of a deck of RC slab having chloride contamination and studying the relation of grades of rebar corrosion and the reliability index of a bridge deck For this purpose, first, the failure probability related to flexural strength was calculated using a model for deterioration, which contains the application of deicing salts that usually causes significant long-term deterioration and reduction in the structural safety for strength of structure. And also, according to the depth of covering, the chloride contents depending on time due to depths of RC slab deck, the appearance time for initial corrosion of rebar and the occurrence time for split of covering were investigated using a MCS method.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.48-52
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• 2009

We make a simple electrically controllable linear polarization rotator over $360^{\circ}$ without loss by using a thick ECB(electrically controlled birefringence) liquid crystal cell and a quarter wave plate at 514.5 nm wavelength. Its operating principle can be analyzed and explained by using simple polarization analysis and experimental data. We demonstrate that the degree of polarization of the rotator is 0.964 and the temporal variation for 1 week lies within ${\pm}1$ degree. We can easily solve the problem of nonlinearity of the dependence of the rotational angle of linear polarization on the applied voltage by changing the utilized voltage range or its fitting curve.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.156-156
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• 2009

우리 주변에서 쉽게 얻을 수 있는 에너지를 수확하여 전기에너지로 변환해서 전자기기의 전원으로 사용하고자 하는 에너지 하비스팅의 연구가 활발히 진행중이다. 본 연구에서는 일정장소에 설치된 압전발판을 사람이 보행시 밟았을 때 압전체가 변형되어 전기에너지를 발생시키는 자가발전 압전발판을 제작하였다. 발생된 전기에너지를 육안으로 확인하기 위해 발판 주변에 LED를 설치하여 점등되도록 하였다. 최대의 전기에너지가 발생되도록 압전발판을 제작하고자 디스크형태의 압전체를 아크릴판에 휨이 발하는 지점에서 일정거리를 두어 부착하고 인위적으로 일정 변위가 발생하도록 가진을 하였을 때 발생하는 전압을 비교하였다. 또한 압전체에 동판이 부착된 형태로 동판 두께에 따른 발전특성도 비교하였다. 이를 바탕으로 최대의 발전특성을 나타내는 형태로 제작하여 다수의 압전소자를 밀집시키고 그 위에 판을 대어서 보행시 밟은 부분 외의 압전체에도 하중이 인가되도록 제작하였다. 인도, 도로, 교량 등에 압전발판을 다수 설치하여 전기에너지를 축적하여 센서등의 전원으로 응용성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.96-110
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• 1996

Aging ships can suffer structural damage due to corrosion, fatigue crack etc., and possibility of catastrophic failure of seriously damaged ships is very high. To reduce the risk of loss of ships due to hull collapse, it is essential to evaluate ultimate hull strength of aging ships taking into account various uncertainties associated with structural damages. In this paper, ultimate strength-based reliability analysis of ship structures considering wear of structural members due to corrosion is described. A corrosion rate estimate model for structural members is introduced. An ultimate limit state function of a ship hull is formulated taking into account corrosion effects. The model is applied to an existing oil tanker, and reliability index associated with hull collapse is calculated by using the second-order reliability method (SORM). Discussions on structure safety of corroded ships are made.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.291-299
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• 2014

In the design process of ship or its comprising components, the key to the successful design is how to guarantee the structural safety satisfying the international standard and regulation, which sometimes is not clear enough to cover the detail designs. This study deals with the design procedure for submersible viewing window installed in catamaran. As the window material, the Plexiglass, a type of reinforced plastic, is considered to satisfy the design requirements of international standard. Window thickness is calculated using geometric nonlinear finite element analysis, in order to take into account possible large deformation due to low stiffness of the Plexiglass, and the results are compared with those determined by the procedure specified in ISO12216. Finally, for the validation of proposed design, the pressure test had been carried out following the procedure specified in the standard, and structural safety was checked.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.10-20
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• 1996

The increament of crustal thickness, continental growth and evolution, plate tectonic movements, and mega-impacts of meteorites have been worldwidely studied in the subdivision of Precambrian. In many subdivision methods of Precambrian Eon and Eonthem, the division based on the principle of the Plate tctonic movement referred internationally, is as follows, $L^AT_EX$ The rationality of this subdivision and some problems in the currently adopted stratigraphic subdivision of Precambrian Eonthem will by commented, and the validity of English and Korean Geological terminology on the Precambrian stratigraphy of northeastern Asia will be discussed also.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 1999

Fatigue behavior of before-and-after penetration was examined experimentally using surface pre-cracked specimens of aluminium alloy 5083-0. The fatigue crack shape before penetration is almost semicircular, and the measured aspect ratio is larger than the value obtained by calculation using K values proposed by Newman-Raju. It is found that the crack growth behavior on the back side after penetration is unique and can be divided into three stages. By using a crack propagation rule in case of long surface crack, the change in crack shape after penetration can be evaluated quantitatively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.451-455
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• 2003

최근 LCD제품은 고유한 특장인 경박단소가 요구되면서, 기존의 Back Light Unit(BLU) 로는 대응할 수 없는 사양으로 진화되고 있다. 기존과 동일한 설계개념으로 접근시에 시장에서 요구되는 중량, 두께, 휘도의 사양을 만족시킬 수 없으며, BLU의 주요광원인 CCFL(Cold Cathod Fluorescent Lamp)의 휘도 개선 또 한 한계에 다다르고 있다. 따라서 앞으로의 BLU 의 고성능화는 최적화, 고효율화로의 개발 전개가 예상되며, LCD의 고해상도에 따른 투과율 저하를 보상하기 위한 고품질 BLU의 개발이 시급한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 BLU의 고효율화, 고품질화를 달성하기 위한 고성능 도광판 개발과 관련하여, 실물 제작에 앞서 광학시뮬레이션을 통한 이론적 접근을 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 상측에서 정각 $90^{\circ}$ 에 높이 $50{\mu}m$ 하측에서 정각 $80^{\circ}$ 높이 $28{\mu}m$일때 평균조도가 71.52W/m^2 구현됨을 알 수 있다. 이 결과를 바탕으로 통상의 인쇄 방식 도광판에 비해서 약 20% 정도의 휘도향상이 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 또한 차후 본 결과를 바탕으로 한 실물 제작을 통해 설계 시뮬레이션 결과와의 비교를 통해서 정확한 예측이 가능한 시스템을 구현함을 목적으로 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.11-16
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• 2007

In this study, the potential of a newly developed simulation toolkit, GATE for the simulation of electronic portal imaging devices (EPID) in radiation therapy was evaluated by characterizing the performance of the metal plate/phosphor screen detector for EPID. We compared the performances of the GATE simulator against MCNP4B code and experimental data obtained with the EPID system in order to validate its use for radiation therapy.