• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.488-499
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• 1997

The measurements of the moderator temperature coefficient (MTC) are performed to demonstrate that the calculational model produces results that are consistent with the measurements. Since negative MTC is also a technical specification value that may limit the cycle length, it is important to measure it as accurately as possible. In this report, preferred choice of test method depending on the time in cycle, best power indication and temperature definition in MTC calculation were determined based on the MTC test results taken during initial startup testing and at 2/3 cycle burnup in the Yonggwang nuclear power plant. The results show that the ratio and rodded methods provided good agreement with the predictions during initial startup testing. However, near end-of-cycle the depletion method gives better results, and so is suggested to be used in the MTC measurements at 2/3 cycle burnup. The use of primary Delta T power as a power indicator in the MTC calculations is highly advisable since it responds with good consistent results very quickly to changes unlike secondary calorimetric power. For the appropriate temperature definitions used in the MTC calculations, it is considered that the arithmetic average temperature measured simply by inlet and outlet thermocouples is preferred. Although volumetric average temperature provides better results, the improvement is not sufficient to compensate for the simplicity of calculations by arithmetic average temperature.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.105-131
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• 2014

In this paper, the effects of variability of smear zone characteristics induced by installation of prefabricated vertical drains on the preloading design are investigated employing analytical and numerical approaches. Conventional radial consolidation theory has been adopted to conduct analytical parametric studies considering variations of smear zone permeability and extent. FLAC 2D finite difference software has been employed to conduct the numerical simulations. The finite difference analyses have been verified using three case studies including two embankments and a large-scale laboratory consolidometer with a central geosynthetic vertical drain. A comprehensive numerical parametric study is conducted to investigate the influence of smear zone permeability and extent on the model predictions. Furthermore, the construction of the trial embankment is recommended as a reliable solution to estimate accurate smear zone properties and minimise the post construction settlement. A back-calculation procedure is employed to determine the minimum required waiting time after construction of the trial embankment to predict the smear zone characteristics precisely. Results of this study indicate that the accurate smear zone permeability and extent can be back-calculated when 30% degree of consolidation is obtained after construction of the trial embankment.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.255-265
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• 2019

In the present study, the effect of opening patterns of a flow control valve on underwater discharge systems using a linear pump was investigated numerically. For that, a improved mathematical model was developed. The improvement is to separate a middle tank from a water cylinder because the cross-section area of the inlet of the middle tank is an important parameter. To validate the improved model, calculation results were compared with a previous study. The results showed that $2^{nd}$ order or more polynomial opening patterns had an advantage over ramp opening patterns. Higher an order of polynomial resulted in wider operating limits. An escape velocity and a maximum acceleration of underwater vehicle were affected by time derivative of the cross-section area of the flow control valve. Besides, as a velocity profile of the vehicle got closer to linearity, the escape velocity got faster and the maximum acceleration got smaller. And velocities of the vehicle and piston had similar variation trend.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.417-426
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• 2023

To improve the effect of image restoration and solve the image detail loss, an image dehazing enhancement algorithm based on mean guided filtering is proposed. The superpixel calculation method is used to pre-segment the original foggy image to obtain different sub-regions. The Ncut algorithm is used to segment the original image, and it outputs the segmented image until there is no more region merging in the image. By means of the mean-guided filtering method, the minimum value is selected as the value of the current pixel point in the local small block of the dark image, and the dark primary color image is obtained, and its transmittance is calculated to obtain the image edge detection result. According to the prior law of dark channel, a classic image dehazing enhancement model is established, and the model is combined with a median filter with low computational complexity to denoise the image in real time and maintain the jump of the mutation area to achieve image dehazing enhancement. The experimental results show that the image dehazing and enhancement effect of the proposed algorithm has obvious advantages, can retain a large amount of image detail information, and the values of information entropy, peak signal-to-noise ratio, and structural similarity are high. The research innovatively combines a variety of methods to achieve image dehazing and improve the quality effect. Through segmentation, filtering, denoising and other operations, the image quality is effectively improved, which provides an important reference for the improvement of image processing technology.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.1020-1029
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• 2006

대용량 QoS(Quality-of-Service) 라우터의 구현을 위해서는 보다 낮은 복잡도의 공정패킷 스케줄러가 요구된다. 타임스탬프기반 공정패킷 스케줄러의 이상적 복잡도는 O(logV), 여기서 V는 최대 수락 흐름 수, 이지만 최근 빈(bin)개념을 도입하여 O(1)으로 대폭 줄였다. 하지만 지연 특성이 악화되고 대역폭 이용도 특성이 저하될뿐만 아니라 엄격한 지연규격의 트래픽 흐름을 수용할 수 없는 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 가변 복잡도를 갖는 MBST(Mini-Bin based Start-Time) 스케줄러를 제안하고 성능특성을 분석하였다. MBST 스케줄러는 대역폭 이용도를 높이기 위해 시작시각 기반 스케줄러의 타임스탬프 계산 방식을 적용하고, 지연 특성을 개선하기 위해 미니빈(mini-bin) 개념을 도입한다. 성능 평가 결과 대역폭 이용도의 저하 없이 시작시각 기반 스케줄러의 복잡도를 $1.8{\sim}5$배 낮출 수 있었다.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2015

화산재해 피해 예측 시스템은 기상과 화산분화 시뮬레이션 결과를 기반으로 화산재해대응을 위한 판단을 도와주는 시스템이다. 이 시스템에서 Fall3D라는 프로그램은 기상정보를 바탕으로 화산분화 이후 화산재의 확산예측결과를 생성하고 기상정보를 생성하기 위해 WRF라는 기상수치예보모델을 사용한다. 두 시뮬레이션의 프로그램을 수정하지 않고, 전체 실행시간을 줄이기 위해서는 WRF의 기상예측모델의 시간별 부분결과가 발생할 때마다 Fall3D를 부분수행 할 수 있도록 하는 파이프라이닝 방식을 생각할 수 있다. 이를 위해서 Fall3D와 같은 후속계산은 선행계산의 부분결과가 생성될 때까지 일시정지하고, 계산에 필요한 정보가 발생하면 재개할 수 있어야한다. 비록 Fall3D가 이런 일시정지와 재개기능을 가지고 있지는 않지만 그 이전 계산을 이어서 진행할 수 있는 재시작기능을 활용하여 파이프라이닝 효과를 낼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 실행 형태를 제어할 수 있는 워크플로우를 제안한다.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2007

새로운 공격 무기들의 등장과 적과의 전투환경 변화로 현대의 함정설계에 있어 생존성의 향상은 가장 중요한 요소가 되었으며, 특히 적에게 쉽게 노출되는 수상함에 있어서는 생존성의 취약성에 대비한 감소대책이 보다 강조되고 있다. 생존성을 고려한 함정설계를 위하여 우선 적절한 공격 시나리오를 설정하고 이에 따라 폭발해석을 수행하여야 한다. 폭발은 함의 국부 손상 및 대변형 손상을 야기시키며 이 때 손상된 함정에 대한 적절한 생존성 평가가 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 구조-유체 연성기법 중 하나인 ALE기법을 적용하여 폭발해석을 수행하고 함정의 붕괴거동을 조사하였으며 이 손상된 함정에 대하여 정량적으로 생존시간을 계산할 수 있는 간략계산법을 제시하였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권5호
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• pp.635-643
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• 2018

This paper propose a method to identify the motor parameters and improve input voltage error which affect the low speed position error of the back-emf(back electromotive force) based sensorless algorithm and to secure the operation reliability and stability even in the case where the load fluctuation is severe and the start and low speed operation frequently occurs. In the model-based observer used in this paper, stator resistance, inductance, and input voltage are particularly influential factors on low speed performance. Stator resistance can cause resistance value fluctuation which may occur in mass production process, and fluctuation of resistance value due to heat generated during operation. The inductance is influenced by the fluctuation due to the manufacturing dispersion and at a low speed where the change of the current is severe. In order to find stator resistance and inductance which have different initial values and fluctuate during operation and have a large influence on sensorless performance at low speed, they are commonly measured through 2-point calculation method by 2-step align current injection. The effect of voltage error is minimized by offsetting the voltage error. In addition, when the command voltage is used, it is difficult to estimate the back-emf due to the relatively large distortion voltage due to the dead time and the voltage drop of the power device. In this paper, we propose a simple circuit and method to detect the voltage by measuring the PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) pulse width and compensate the voltage drop of the power device with the table, thereby minimizing the position error due to the exact estimation of the back-emf at low speed. The suitability of the proposed algorithm is verified through experiment.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2020

건설업은 현재 생계에 직접적인 영향을 주는 임금 관련 문제들로 인해 신규인력의 진입 기피와 기존인력의 이직 등 기능인력 유지에 문제가 발생하여 산업생산기반이 약화되고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 신규인력의 유입 증가와 기존 기능인력의 유지를 위해, 현행 임금산정제도를 개선하는 것을 목적으로 연구를 수행하였다. 노동강도가 높은 건설업 최저임금 수준을 산업별, 직종별로 차별화하는 것이 필요하다. 그리고, 휴일근로 및 시간외 수당 등과 같은 명확하게 산정할 수 있는 임금산정기준의 정립이 필요하고, 현재의 퇴직공제부금의 금액 수준을 상향조정하는 것이 필요하다.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.92-103
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• 1995

Since the late of 1960,s, the improvement of science inquiry skills has been one of the most important goals in secondary science education. To achieve this goal, it is essential to develop a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating science inquiry skills. The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument for evaluating science inquiry skills for high school students. The instrument is developed through R & D procedure, which includes two field trials of the instrument. This study has formed a clear definition of the elements of science inquiry skills (formulating a hypothesis, controlling variables, designing an experiment, numeric calculation, graphing experimental data, inference, determining relationship, determining causalities, predicting experimental results , drawing a conclusion, formulating a generalization or model), and established the goals of assessment and developed the items of assessment. The instrument, Test of Earth Science Inquiry Skills, consists of 33 items which measure 11 science inquiry skills. There are content-free items for each science inquiry skills. This study has selected 11 science inquiry skills which are considered appropriate for being evaluated by paper-and-pencil test with SIEI (Hur,1984). The content validity of items, objectivity of the scoring keys and clarity of the items were checked by six experienced specialists in science education. At the same time, the two field trials has been executed and produced the reliability of the instrument, item difficulty index, and the effectiveness of distracters. The first field trial was performed using a sample of 304 high school students, and the second one using a sample of 872 high school students. Because the content validity is 84 % and the reliability (K-R 20) is 0.84, the developed instrument in this study is considered valid and reliable. The difficulty index is 49.4 %, answer ratio 59.1 %, the discrimination index 0.47 and the effectiveness of distracters evenly distributed, which also suffice the criteria of good instrument. The developed instrument in this study can diagnosis the well-developed science inquiry skills and the ill-developed science inquiry skills of the students, and trace the degree of the improvement of science inquiry skills.