• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.3543-3562
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• 2021

The methods and performance of a 3D pin-by-pin neutronics code based on the 2D/1D decoupling method are presented. The code was newly developed as an effort to achieve enhanced accuracy and high calculation performance that are sufficient for the use in practical nuclear design analyses. From the 3D diffusion-based finite difference method (FDM) formulation, decoupled planar formulations are established by treating pre-determined axial leakage as a source term. The decoupled axial problems are formulated with the radial leakage source term. To accelerate the pin-by-pin calculation, the two-level coarse mesh finite difference (CMFD) formulation, which consists of the multigroup node-wise CMFD and the two-group assembly-wise CMFD is implemented. To enhance the accuracy, both the discontinuity factor method and the super-homogenization (SPH) factor method are examined for pin-wise cross-section homogenization. The parallelization is achieved with the OpenMP package. The accuracy and performance of the pin-by-pin calculations are assessed with the VERA and APR1400 benchmark problems. It is demonstrated that pin-by-pin 2D/1D alternating calculations within the two-level 3D CMFD framework yield accurate solutions in about 30 s for the typical commercial core problems, on a parallel platform employing 32 threads.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2005년도 추계종합학술대회
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• pp.715-718
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• 2005

Mobile devices is getting to include more functions according to the demand of digital convergence. Applications based on 3D graphic calculation such as 3D games and navigation are one of the functions. 3D graphic calculation requires heavy calculation. Therefore, we need dedicated 3D graphic hardware unit with high performance. 3D graphic calculation needs a lot of complicated floating-point arithmetic operation. However, most of current mobile 3D graphics processors do not have efficient architecture for mobile devices because they are based on those for conventional computer systems. In this paper, we propose arithmetic units for special functions of lighting operation of 3D graphics. Transcendental arithmetic units are designed using approximation of logarithm function. Special function units for lighting operation such as reciprocal, square root, reciprocal of square root, and power can be obtained. The proposed arithmetic unit has lower error rate and smaller silicon area than conventional arithmetic architecture.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2013

본 논문은 두산중공업(주)에서 개발 중인 소형 가스터빈의 축류 터빈 설계 과정을 기술하였다. 축류터빈의 설계 과정은 크게 유로설계, 익형설계, 3D 성능 계산의 세 단계로 구성되며. 최적의 유로를 설계하기 위해 자오면의 형상, 평균 반경, 블레이드간 간격, 유로 형상각 등 여러 형상 변수에 대해 통과유동계산 및 손실계산을 수행한다. 익형 설계는 유로 설계시 스팬 방향으로 계산된 입출구 유동각을 기준으로 실험상관식을 적용하여 최적의 블레이드 개수를 결정한 후 2D 익형 단면을 설계하며 2D NS 계산을 통해 캐스케이드 유동구조를 검토하여 설계한 단면의 설계적정성을 평가한다. 설계된 2D 익형 단면을 스팬방향으로 적층하여 3D 익형을 생성하고, 다단 Euler 계산, 단익렬, 다단 NS 계산을 수행하여 3D 유동 특성을 고찰한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권9호
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• pp.3654-3667
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• 2024

Expanding upon the framework of the steady-state pin-by-pin 2D/1D decoupling method, a novel and highperformance pin-by-pin transient calculation method has been introduced. This transient method, consistent to the steady-state formulation, is designed for time-dependent calculations utilizing a 3D diffusion-based finite difference method (FDM). The inherent complexity of the large 3D problem is effectively managed by decoupling it into a series of planar (2D) and axial (1D) problems. In addition, tens of thousands of pin-cells are grouped into hundreds of boxes to reduce the computing burden for the 1D calculations without essential loss of the accuracy. Two-level coarse mesh finite difference (CMFD) formulation comprising multigroup nodewise CMFD and twogroup assemblywise CMFD is employed as well to accelerate the convergence. Errors originating from the pinlevel homogenization, energy group condensation, and the use of lower order calculation methods are simultaneously corrected by the pinwise super homogenization (SPH) equivalence factor. The transient method is evaluated with OECD/NEA PWR MOX/UO2 benchmark. Code-to-code comparison with the nTRACER direct whole core calculation code yielded highly satisfactory results for the transient scenario as well as the steady-state problems. Furthermore, comparative analyses with conventional nodal calculations show superiority of the pin-by-pin calculation.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.447-450
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• 2002

The purpose of this 3-D numerical simulation is to calculate and examine a 500 kW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT) power performance and 3-D rotor flow characteristics, which are compared to calculation data from Delft University. The experimental approach, which has been the main method of investigation, appears to be reaching its limits, the cost increasing relate with the size of wind turbines. Hence, the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques and Navier-Stokes solvers is considered a very serious contender. We has used the CFD software package CFX-TASCflow as a modeling tool to predict the power performance and 3-D flow characteristics of a wind turbine on the basis of its geometry and operating data. The wind turbine with 40m diameters rotor, it was scaled to compare with the calculation data from delft university. The HAWT, which has eight-rpm variations are investigated respectively. The pitch angle is $+0.5^{\circ}$and wind speed is fixed at 5m/s. The tip speed ratio (TSR) of the HAWT ranging from 2.89 to 9.63.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2008년 영문 학술대회
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• pp.130-135
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• 2008

An aerodynamic optimization design process of multistage axial turbine is presented in this article: first, applying quasi-three dimensional(Q3D) design methods to conduct preliminary design and then adopting modern optimization design methods to implement multistage local optimization. Quasi-three dimensional(Q3D) design methods, which mainly refer to S2 flow surface direct problem calculation, adopt the S2 flow surface direct problem calculation program of Harbin Institute of Technology. Multistage local optimization adopts the software of Numeca/Design3D, which jointly adopts genetic algorithm and artificial neural network. The major principle of the methodology is that the successive design evaluation is performed by using an artificial neural network instead of a flow solver and the genetic algorithms may be used in an efficient way. Flow computation applies three-dimensional viscosity Navier Stokes(N-S) equation solver. Such optimization process has three features: (i) local optimization based on aerodynamic performance of every cascade; (ii) several times of optimizations being performed to every cascade; and (iii) alternate use of coarse grid and fine grid. Such process was applied to optimize a three-stage axial turbine. During the optimization, blade shape and meridional channel were respectively optimized. Through optimization, the total efficiency increased 1.3% and total power increased 2.4% while total flow rate only slightly changed. Therefore, the total performance was improved and the design objective was achieved. The preliminary design makes use of quasi-three dimensional(Q3D) design methods to achieve most reasonable parameter distribution so as to preliminarily enhance total performance. Then total performance will be further improved by adopting multistage local optimization design. Thus the design objective will be successfully achieved without huge expenditure of manpower and calculation time. Therefore, such optimization design process may be efficiently applied to the aerodynamic design optimization of multistage axial turbine.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:시스템및이론
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• 제31권1_2호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2004

3차원 그래픽 가속기는 지오메트리 처리(geometry processing)와 레스터라이져(rasterizer)로 구성된다. 본 논문에서는 지오메트리 처리를 고속으로 수행할 수 있는 벡터 형태의 처리 구조(VGE)를 제안하였다. 특히 기존의 부동소수점을 계산할 수 있는 구조에 4개의 FADD, FMUL, 128개의 벡터 레지스터를 추가하여 지오메트리 연산을 가속했으며 VGE와 비슷한 H/W 비용을 갖는 Hitachi의 SH4와 비교했을 때 평균 4.7배의 성능향상을 보였다. 또한 성능 평가를 위해 범용프로세서 시뮬레이터인 Simplescalar 를 수정하여 시뮬레이터를 제작했으며 Viewperf Benchmark를 입력으로 사용하였다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 5th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.279-286
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• 2013

This paper introduces a new method for identification of building energy performance problems. The presented method is based on automated analysis and visualization of deviations between actual and expected energy performance of the building using EPAR (Energy Performance Augmented Reality) models. For generating EPAR models, during building inspections, energy auditors collect a large number of digital and thermal imagery using a consumer-level single thermal camera that has a built-in digital lens. Based on a pipeline of image-based 3D reconstruction algorithms built on GPU and multi-core CPU architecture, 3D geometrical and thermal point cloud models of the building under inspection are automatically generated and integrated. Then, the resulting actual 3D spatio-thermal model and the expected energy performance model simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis are superimposed within an augmented reality environment. Based on the resulting EPAR models which jointly visualize the actual and expected energy performance of the building under inspection, two new algorithms are introduced for quick and reliable identification of potential performance problems: 1) 3D thermal mesh modeling using k-d trees and nearest neighbor searching to automate calculation of temperature deviations; and 2) automated visualization of performance deviations using a metaphor based on traffic light colors. The proposed EPAR v2.0 modeling method is validated on several interior locations of a residential building and an instructional facility. Our empirical observations show that the automated energy performance analysis using EPAR models enables performance deviations to be rapidly and accurately identified. The visualization of performance deviations in 3D enables auditors to easily identify potential building performance problems. Rather than manually analyzing thermal imagery, auditors can focus on other important tasks such as evaluating possible remedial alternatives.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2002년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.408-416
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• 2002

Hydraulic performance of the pump with an inducer was predicted by 3-D Navier-stokes calculation. The evaluated pump was the single-stage centrifugal pump with a separated inducer to pressurize fuel (LCH4) in Turbo-pump system with a specific speed (Ns) of approximately 0.3[rad/s, m3/s, J/kg] and a suction specific speed(s) of 15[rad/s, m3/s, J/kg]. That conventional pump was designed with the combination of 1-D theory and empirical correlation. In this study, preliminary design to select key parameters such as inlet flow coefficient was reviewed by investigating sets of the known design methods to achieve appropriate suction performance, and the performance of newly designed inducer and impeller was compared with the old one, using CFD method. The numerical results showed that the hydraulic efficiency of the new pump was predicted $5.5\%$ higher than that of the conventional one, through design parameter re-selection, configuration improvement and blade loading control

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 최근 3D-HEVC 표준화 작업에서 평가 중인 깊이 모델링 모드(DMM: depth modeling modes) 기술의 복잡도를 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. DMM은 HEVC의 인트라 예측에 네 개 모드를 추가하여 깊이 영상에서 객체의 에지를 정확하게 표현하기 위한 기술이다. 특히, 모드 3은 이미 정의되어 있는 다수의 웨지렛(wedgelet) 후보들로부터 왜곡값을 계산해야 하기 때문에 복잡도가 높다. 제안하는 방법에서는 참조 블록의 각 변에서 인접 화소의 절대값 차를 이용해 화소값이 급격히 변화하는 위치를 찾는다. 이를 기반으로 웨지렛 후보의 수를 6개로 줄여 불필요한 웨지렛 왜곡강 계산은 생략했다. 모의실험을 통해 제안하는 방법이 부호화 성능은 유지하면서 평균 3.1%의 복잡도 줄임을 보였다.