• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.953-968
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• 2009

It is important to accurately predict the temperature and density distributions in large stratified enclosures both for design optimization and accident analysis. Current reactor system analysis codes only provide lumped-volume based models that can give very approximate results. Previous scaling analysis has shown that stratified mixing processes in large stably stratified enclosures can be described using one-dimensional differential equations, with the vertical transport by jets modeled using integral techniques. This allows very large reductions in computational effort compared to three-dimensional CFD simulation. The BMIX++ (Berkeley mechanistic MIXing code in C++) code was developed to implement such ideas. This paper summarizes major models for the BMIX++ code, presents the two-plume mixing experiment simulation as one validation example, and describes the codes' application to the liquid salt buffer pool system in the AHTR (Advanced High Temperature Reactor) design. Three design options have been simulated and they exhibit significantly different stratification patterns. One of design options shows the mildest thermal stratification and is identified as the best design option. This application shows that the BMIX++ code has capability to provide the reactor designers with insights to understand complex mixing behavior with mechanistic methods. Similar analysis is possible for liquid-metal cooled reactors.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제10B권6호
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• pp.673-680
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• 2003

이 논문은 문맥 독립 화자인식에 사용될 벡터 양자기의 설계법 개선에 관한 연구이다. 구체적으로 벡터 양자기 코드북 생성 과정에서 특징 벡터 공간을 분할하여, 양자기 설계 시 학습에 필요한 계산 복잡도를 획기적으로 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 공간 분할 벡터 양자기 설계법은 저자가 제안한 문맥 종속 화자인식을 위한 준비반복 벡터 양자기 설계법의 벡터 공간에 대한 일반화이다. 공간 분할 벡터 양자기 설계법은 종래의 설계법이 코드북 생성에 반복적 학습 설계를 사용한다는 것과 대조를 이룬다. 또한 공간 분할 벡터 양자기 설계법의 특징은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 이 설계법은 특징 벡터 공간을 분할한 공간 분할 군집을 이용함으로써 반복 학습을 하지 않는다. 둘째, 설계된 각 양자 영역은 공간 분할 군집의 양자 영역을 원용하며, 양자점은 각각의 통계 분포에 대해 최적점으로 설정된다. 셋째, 공간 분할 군집은 특징 벡터 집합에 대해 표본 벡터 생성법(CSVQ1, 2), 특징 벡터 공간에 대해 균일 초격자 구조 생성법(CSYQ3)으로 형성하였다. 수치 실험은 화자 10명이 발성한 50개의 문장에 대해 문맥 독립 화자인식 실험으로 수행되었다. 특징계수는 12차 멜켑스트럼 벡터를 사용하였고 각각의 공간 분할 코드북 생성법에 대해 코드북 크기를 32부터 128까지 변화시키면서 기존의 벡터 양자기 인식법과 비교하였다. 제안된 방법은 표본 벡터 생성법을 사용한 경우 인식률 100%로 기존의 방법과 같은 결과를 보였다. 따라서 제안된 공간 분할 벡터 양자기 설계법은 설계에 필요한 계산량이 획기적으로 줄면서 인식률은 보존되어 문맥 독립 화자 인식에 새로운 대안이 되며 또한 특징 벡터 공간을 설정할 수 있는 다양한 응용에 적용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 정보처리학회논문지B
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• 제10B권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2003

이 논문은 문맥 종속 화자인식에 사용될 벡터 앙자기의 설계법 개선에 관한 연구이다. 구체적으로 벡터 양자기 코드북 생성 과정에서 기준 화자를 제외한 모든 비기준 화자에 대해 비반복적 학습 방법을 사용하여, 학습에 필요한 계산 복잡도를 획기적으로 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. 이 제안된 준비반복 벡터 양자기 설계법은, 종래의 설계법이 모든 화자의 코드북 생성에 반복적 학습 설계를 사용한다는 것과 대조를 이룬다. 준비반복 벡터 양자기 설계법의 특징은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 이 설계법은 단지 기준 화자에 대하여만 반복 학습을 수행하고 비기준 화자에 대하여는 반복 학습을 하지 않는다. 둘째, 설계된 비기준 화자의 양자 영역은 기준화자의 양자 영역을 원용하며, 양자점은 자신의 통계 분포에 대해 최적점으로 설정된다. 수치 실험은 화자 20명에 대하여 멜켑스트럼 12차 특징벡터를 사용하였고 코드북 크기를 2부터 32까지 변화시키면서 기존의 벡터 양자기 인식법과 비교하였다. 제안된 방법은 코드북 크기가 적절하고 학습 데이터 길이가 충분한 경우 인식률 100%로 기존의 방법과 같은 결과를 보였다. 따라서 제안된 준비반복 벡터 양자기 설계법은, 설계에 필요한 학습 횟수가 획기적으로 줄면서 인식률은 보존되어, 새로운 대안이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2010

Fillet welding accounts for about 80% of all constructing process of ship and ocean structure. T-joint is one of the typical shapes which are frequently reported to experience the fatigue damage when the marine structure meets the storm loads. The fatigue damage is affected by the magnitude of residual stresses on the weld. Recently, many shipping registers and design guidances have required that the fatigue strength assessment method should be compensated by the effect of the residual stress in case that the random loading or storm loading is applied to the marine vessels. This study suggests the computational procedure to analyze the residual stresses of T-joint specimen that is frequently reported to get damaged by the storm loading. Experiment by XRD as well as the 3-D computational welding model is presented in order to get the profile of residual stress. Throughout the comparison of experimental result with the computational result, the computational model was validated. Thereafter, characteristics of he residual stresses in the joint are discussed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.735-753
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• 2013

The wind load is always the dominant load of cooling tower due to its large size, complex geometry and thin-wall structure. At present, when computing the wind-induced response of the large-scale cooling tower, the wind pressure distribution is obtained based on code regulations, wind tunnel test or computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis, and then is imposed on the tower structure. However, such method fails to consider the change of the wind load with the deformation of cooling tower, which may result in error of the wind load. In this paper, the analysis of the large cooling tower based on the iterative method for wind pressure is studied, in which the advantages of CFD and finite element method (FEM) are combined in order to improve the accuracy. The comparative study of the results obtained from the code regulations and iterative method is conducted. The results show that with the increase of the mean wind speed, the difference between the methods becomes bigger. On the other hand, based on the design of experiment (DOE), an approximate model is built for the optimal design of the large-scale cooling tower by a two-level optimization strategy, which makes use of code-based design method and the proposed iterative method. The results of the numerical example demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed method.

• 한국기계기술학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2011

It is not easy to predict the shrinkage rate of a plastic injection mold in its design process. The shrinkage rate should be considered as one of the important performances to produce the reliable products. The shrinkage rate can be determined by using the CAE tools in the design produces. However, since the analysis can take minutes to hours, the high computational costs of performing the analysis limit their use in design optimization. Therefore this study was carried out to presume for mutual relation of analysis condition to get the optimum average shrinkage by regression analysis. The results shown that coefficient of determination of regression equation has a fine reliability over 87% and regression equation of average shrinkage is made by regression analysis.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.182-194
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• 1999

Occupant injury in rear end impact is rapidly becoming one of the most aggravating traffic safety problems with high human suffering and societal costs. Although rear end impact occurs at relatively low speed , it may cause permanent disability due to neck injuries resulting from an abrupt moment, shear force , and tension/compression force at the occipital condyles. The analysis is performed for a combined occupant-eat model response, using the SAFE(Safety Analysis for occupant crash Environment) computer program. The computational results are verified by those from sled tests. A parameter study is conducted for many physical and mechanical properties. Seat design has been performed based on the design of experiment process with respect to five parameters; seat-back upholstery stiffness, torsional stiffness of the seat-back. An orthogonal array is selected from the parameter study. A good design has been found from the analysis results based on the orthogonal array. The results show that reductions of stiffness in seat-back upholstery and joint are the most effective for preventing neck injuries.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2012

Due to a high tidal range of up to 10 m on the west coast of Korea, numerous tidal current projects are being planned and constructed. The turbine, which initially converts the tidal energy, is an important component because it affects the efficiency of the entire system. Its performance is determined by design variables such as the number of blades, the shape of foils, and the size of a hub. To design a turbine that can extract the maximum power on the site, the depth and duration of current velocity with respect to direction should be considered. Verifying the performance of a designed turbine is important, and requires a circulating water channel (CWC) facility. A physical model for the performance test of the turbine should be carefully designed and compared to results from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. In this study, a horizontal axis tidal current turbine is designed based on the blade element theory. The proposed turbine's performance is evaluated using both CFD and a CWC experiment. The sealing system, power train, measuring devices, and generator are arranged in a nacelle, and the complete TCP system is demonstrated in a laboratory scale.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1426-1437
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• 2002

Using the Lagrangian explicit time-integration finite element code NET3D which can treat three-dimensional high-velocity impact problems, oblique penetration processes of long rod projectile with yaw against thin plate are simulated. Through the comparison of simulation result with experimental result and other code's computational result, the adaptability and accuracy of NET3D is evaluated under the complex situation in which yaw angle and oblique angle exist simultaneously. Main research contents to be handled in this paper include the followings. First, the accuracy and efficiency estimation of NET3D code result obtained from the oblique penetration simulations of long rod projectile with yaw against thin plate. Second, the effect of increasing impact velocity. Third, the effect of initial yaw for the spaced-plate target. Residual velocities, residual lengths, angular velocities, and final deformed configurations obtained from the NET3D computations are compared with the experimental results and other code's computational results such as Eulerian code MESA and Lagrangian code EPIC. As a result of comparisons, it has been found that NET3D code is superior to EPIC code and MESA code in the prediction capability of residual velocity and residual length of penetrator. The key features obtained from the experiment can be successfully reproduced through NET3D simulations. Throughout the study, the applicability and accuracy of NET3D as a metallic armor system design tool is verified.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.624-630
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• 2013

A truck refrigeration system using phase change material (PCM) is expected to have a lower noise level, reduced energy cost, and much lower local greenhouse gas emission. Recently, a forced convection type PCM refrigeration module has been developed. As the operation time increases, the PCM around the air inlet melts, because of a large temperature difference between the PCM and air. Therefore, the latent heat transfer area decreases and the heat transfer rate of the module decreases even though there is a lot of PCM which does not melt around the air outlet. A computational fluid dynamic modeling of the PCM refrigeration module was developed and validated by the experiment. Using the CFD, the design parameters, such as the mass flow rate of the air and roughness of the slab, were investigated to improve the heat transfer inhomogeneity. As a result, the adoption of partial roughness on the slabs improved the heat transfer inhomogeneity and reduced a fan power.