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Range Error of Monopulse Radar according to the Engagement Angle of Cross-Eye Jammer (크로스아이 재머의 조우각에 따른 모노펄스 레이다의 거리 오차)

  • Lim, Joong-Soo;Chae, Gyoo-Soo
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we analyzed the tracking error for the monopulse radar by controlling the phase difference, amplitude ratio and engagement angle of the cross-eye jammer. Cross-eye jamming is an important jamming method for monopulse radars, which causes a displacement in the radar receiving antenna input and misleads the radar's tracking angle. As a result of analyzing the tracking distance error of the radar while changing the engagement angle between the monopulse radar and jammer, the maximum distance error occurs when the engagement angle is 0° and the phase difference is 180°. It was confirmed that the error decreased to 70% or less of the maximum distance error into 45°~135°. In order to increase the efficiency of jammers, it is necessary to study rotary jammers or multi-channel jammers. This study will be very useful for the design of cross-eye jammers for aircraft and ships.

Study on Application of Equivalent Stiffness Modeling Method for Static Aeroelastic Analysis of Large Scale Wind Turbine Rotor System (대형 풍력로터시스템의 정적 공탄성해석을 위한 등가강성모델링 기법 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Cha, Jin-Hyun;Ku, Tae-Wan;Kim, Jeong;Kang, Beom-Soo;Song, Woo-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.29 no.11
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    • pp.1236-1244
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    • 2012
  • A equivalent stiffness modeling has been performed for extracting the equivalent stiffness properties which are orthotropic elastic model from a large scale wind turbine rotor blade so that structure model can be constructed more simply for the three dimensional static aeroelastic analysis. In order to present the procedure of equivalent stiffness modeling, NREL 5MW class wind turbine rotor having the three stiffness information which are flapewise, edgewise and torsional stiffness was chosen. This method is based on applying unit moment at the tip of the blade as well as fixing all degree of freedom at the blade root and calculating the displacement from the load analysis to obtain the elastic modulus corresponding to equivalent stiffness referred to the NREL reports on blade divided into 5 sections respectively. In addition, one section was divided into 3 parts and the trend functions were used to make the equivalent stiffness model more correctly and quickly. Through the comparison of stiffness between the reference values and calculated values from equivalent stiffness model, the investigation of the accuracy on the stiffness values and the efficiency for constructing the model was conducted.

A Study on the Deformation Characteristics on Underground Pipe to Backfill Material Types Using Finite Element Method (유한요소해석을 통한 되메움재 종류에 따른 지하매설관의 변형 특성 연구)

  • Byun, Yoseph;Ahn, Byungje;Kwang, Byeongjoo;Chun, Byungsik
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2009
  • When underground pipe is installed, backfill materials need proper compaction. But in case of circular underground pipe, compaction of backfill material is difficult and compaction efficiency is poor at beloe the pipe. It caused the stability of underground pipe is reduced and various damages occurred. One of the solutions to solve this problem for underground pipe is to use controlled low strength material (CLSM). CLSM is made by concept of low strength concrete, which is applied to geotechnical engineering field. The representative characteristics of CLSM are self-leveling, self-compacting and flowability. In addition, its strength can be controlled and its construction method is simple. The behavior of underground pipe was investigated by finite element analysis for various backfill materials under same condition. As a result, in case of using the CLSM as backfill material, surface settlement and displacement of pipe are reduced comparing with those in case of using field soil or sand.

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Proposing optimum parameters of TMDs using GSA and PSO algorithms for drift reduction and uniformity

  • Mirzai, Nadia M.;Zahrai, Seyed Mehdi;Bozorgi, Fatemeh
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.63 no.2
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    • pp.147-160
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    • 2017
  • In this study, the optimum parameters of Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) are proposed using Gravity Search Algorithm (GSA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to reduce the responses of the structures. A MATLAB program is developed to apply the new approach to the benchmark 10 and 40-story structures. The obtained results are compared to those of other optimization methods used in the literature to verify the developed code. To show the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed methods, nine far-field and near-field worldwide earthquakes are applied to the structures. The results reveal that in the 40-story structure, GSA algorithm can reduce the Relative Displacement (RD) and Absolute Acceleration (AA) up to 43% and 21%, respectively while the PSO decreases them by 50% and 25%, respectively. In contrast, both GSA and PSO algorithms reduce the RD and AA about 29% and 21% for the 10-story structure. Furthermore, using the proposed approach the required TMD parameters reduce by 47% and 63% in the 40 and 10-story buildings in comparison with the referenced ones. Result evaluation and related comparison indicate that these methods are more effective even by using smaller TMD parameters resulting in the reduction of acting force from TMD, having smaller stiffness and damping factors while being more cost effective due to its decreased parameters. In other words, the TMD with optimum parameters can play a positive role in both tall and typical structures.

Numerical investigations on stability evaluation of a jointed rock slope during excavation using an optimized DDARF method

  • Li, Yong;Zhou, Hao;Dong, Zhenxing;Zhu, Weishen;Li, Shucai;Wang, Shugang
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.271-281
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    • 2018
  • A jointed rock slope stability evaluation was simulated by a discontinuous deformation analysis numerical method to investigate the process and safety factors for different crack distributions and different overloading situations. An optimized method using Discontinuous Deformation Analysis for Rock Failure (DDARF) is presented to perform numerical investigations on the jointed rock slope stability evaluation of the Dagangshan hydropower station. During the pre-processing of establishing the numerical model, an integrated software system including AutoCAD, Screen Capture, and Excel is adopted to facilitate the implementation of the numerical model with random joint network. These optimizations during the pre-processing stage of DDARF can remarkably improve the simulation efficiency, making it possible for complex model calculation. In the numerical investigations on the jointed rock slope stability evaluations using the optimized DDARF, three calculation schemes have been taken into account in the numerical model: (I) no joint; (II) two sets of regular parallel joints; and (III) multiple sets of random joints. This model is capable of replicating the entire processes including crack initiation, propagation, formation of shear zones, and local failures, and thus is able to provide constructive suggestions to supporting schemes for the slope. Meanwhile, the overloading numerical simulations under the same three schemes have also been performed. Overloading safety factors of the three schemes are 5.68, 2.42 and 1.39, respectively, which are obtained by analyzing the displacement evolutions of key monitoring points during overloading.

Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing-based Flexible Bending Sensor (FDM 3D프린팅 기반 유연굽힘센서)

  • Lee, Sun Kon;Oh, Young Chan;Kim, Joo Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2020
  • Recently, to improve convenience, flexible electronics are quickly being developed for a number of application areas. Flexible electronic devices comprise characters such as being bendable, stretchable, foldable, and wearable. Effectively manufacturing flexible electronic devices requires high efficiency, low costs, and simple processes for manufacturing technology. Through this study, we enabled the rapid production of multifunctional flexible bending sensors using a simple, low-cost Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printer. Furthermore, we demonstrated the possibility of the rapid production of a range of functional flexible bending sensors using a simple, low-cost FDM 3D printer. Accurate and reproducible functional materials made by FDM 3D printers are an effective tool for the fabrication of flexible sensor electronic devices. The 3D-printed flexible bending sensor consisted of polyurethane and a conductive filament. Two patterns of electrodes (straight and Hilbert curve) for the 3D printing flexible sensor were fabricated and analyzed for the characteristics of bending displacement. The experimental results showed that the straight curve electrode sensor sensing ability was superior to the Hilbert curve electrode sensor, and the electrical conductivity of the Hilbert curve electrode sensor is better than the straight curve electrode sensor. The results of this study will be very useful for the fabrication of various 3D-printed flexible sensor devices with multiple degrees of freedom that are not limited by size and shape.

Multi-MW Class Wind Turbine Blade Design Part II : Structural Integrity Evaluation (Multi-MW급 풍력발전용 블레이드 설계에 관한 연구 Part II : 구조 건전성 평가)

  • Kim, Bum Suk
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.311-320
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    • 2014
  • Rotor blades are important devices that affect the power performance, efficiency of energy conversion, and loading and dynamic stability of wind turbines. Therefore, considering the characteristics of a wind turbine system is important for achieving optimal blade design. When a design is complete, a design evaluation should be performed to verify the structural integrity of the proposed blade in accordance with international standards or guidelines. This paper presents a detailed exposition of the evaluation items and acceptance criteria required for the design certification of wind turbine blades. It also presents design evaluation results for a 2-MW blade (KR40.1b). Analyses of ultimate strength, buckling stability, and tip displacement were performed using FEM, and Miner's rule was applied to evaluate the fatigue life of the blade. The structural integrity of the KR40.1b blade was found to satisfy the design standards.

A Study on the Establishment of a Production Pipeline Imported 3D Computer Graphics for Clay Characters (3D 컴퓨터그래픽을 도입한 클레이 캐릭터 제작 공정 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jung-Ho
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.1245-1257
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    • 2008
  • The establishment of a production pipeline imported 30 computer graphics is suggested in this paper to improve the efficiency of existing production pipeline of clay animation. The point is that the process of building clay characters that remains labor intensive among the existing procedures is replaced by the process of creating computer generated characters. In order to create characters out of clay by means of 30 computer graphics, a diffuse map and displacement map are made of an oil-based clay according to the UVW coordination of polygon modeling, which is the same color and kind of clay used to make a clay character. In addition, a panoramic HDRI recording system is developed to record the lighting information of shooting environment for miniature sets, which is imported in 3D computer graphic tools as digital light source. On account of the new production pipeline, a hyper realistic rendering image can be produced, and at the same time it improves the traditional pipeline of stop motion animation that is know-how based procedure of a complete artist by the engineering approach to the automatic process.

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EFFICIENCY AND COHERENCE IMPROVEMENT FOR MULTI APERTURE INTERFEROGRAM (MAl)

  • Jung, Hyung-Sup;Lee, Chang-Wook;Park, Wook;Kim, Sang-Wan;Nguyen, Van Trung;Won, Joong-Sun
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.629-632
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    • 2007
  • While conventional interferometric SAR (InSAR) technique is an excellent tool for displacement observation, it is only sensitive to one-dimensional deformation along the satellite's line-of-sight (LOS). Recently, a multiple aperture interferogram (MAI) technique has been developed to overcome this drawback. This method successfully extracted along-track displacements from InSAR data, based on split-beam InSAR processing, to create forward- and backward- looking interferograms, and was superior to along-track displacements derived by pixel-offset algorithm. This method is useful to measure along-track displacements. However, it does not only decrease the coherence of MAI because three co-registration and resampling procedures are required for producing MAI, but also is confined to a suitable interferometric pair of SAR images having zero Doppler centroid. In this paper, we propose an efficient and robust method to generate MAI from interferometric pair having non-zero Doppler centroid. The proposed method efficiently improves the coherence of MAI, because the co-registration of forward- and backward- single look complex (SLC) images is carried out by time shift property of Fourier transform without resampling procedure. It also successfully removes azimuth flat earth and topographic phases caused by the effect of non-zero Doppler centroid. We tested the proposed method using ERS images of the Mw 7.1 1999 California, Hector Mine Earthquake. The result shows that the proposed method improved the coherence of MAI and generalized MAI processing algorithm.

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Shape & Topology Optimum Design of Truss Structures Using Genetic Algorithms (유전자 알고리즘에 의한 트러스의 형상 및 위상최적실계)

  • Park, Choon Wook;Youh, Baeg Yuh;Kang, Moon Myung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.673-681
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    • 2001
  • The objective of this study is the development of size, shape and topology discrete optimum design algorithm which is based on the genetic algorithm. The algorithm can perform both shape and topology optimum designs of trusses. The developed algorithm was implemented in a computer program. For the optimum design, the objective function is the weight of trusses and the constraints are stress and displacement. The basic search method for the optimum design is the genetic algorithm. The algorithm is known to be very efficient for the discrete optimization. The genetic algorithm consists of genetic process and evolutionary process. The genetic process selects the next design points based on the survivability of the design points selected form the genetic process. The evolutionary process evaluates the survivability of the design points. The evolutionary process evaluates the survivability of the design points selected form the genetic process. The efficiency and validity of the developed size, shape and topology discrete optimum design algorithm was verified by applying the algorithm to optimum design examples.

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