• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.36-44
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• 2024

Purpose: This study assessed and compared the dosimetric performance of HyperArc and RapidArc in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for a single brain metastasis. Methods: Twenty patients with intracranial brain metastases, each presenting a distinct target volume, were retrospectively selected. Subsequently, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans were designed using RapidArc (VMAT_RA) and HyperArc (VMAT_HA) for each patient. For planning comparisons, dose-volumetric histogram (DVH) parameters for planning target volumes (PTVs) and normal brain regions were computed across all VMAT plans. Subsequently, their total monitor units (MUs), total beam-on times, and modulation complexity scores for the VMAT (MCS_v) were compared. A statistical test was used to evaluate the dosimetric disparities in the DVH parameters, total MUs, total beam-on times, and MCS_v between the VMAT_HA and VMAT_RA plans. Results: For the PTVs, VMAT_HA presented a higher homogeneity index (HI) than VMAT_RA. Moreover, VMAT_HA presented significantly smaller gradient index (GI) values (P<0.001) than VMAT_RA. Thus, VMAT_HA demonstrated better performance in the DVH parameters for the PTV than VMAT_RA. For normal brain tissues, VMAT_HA presented lower volume receiving 50% of the prescription dose and V_2Gy to the normal brain tissues than VMAT_RA (P<0.0001). While the total MUs required for VMAT_HA was significantly higher than those for VMAT_RA, the total beam-on time for VMAT_HA was superior to that for VMAT_RA. Conclusions: Thus, VMAT_HA exhibited superior performance in achieving rapid dose fall-offs (as indicated by the GI) and a higher HI at the PTV compared to VMAT_RA in brain SRS. This advancement positions HyperArc as a significant development in the field of radiation therapy, offering optimized treatment outcomes for brain SRS.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2022

우리 사회가 수자원 관리 정책 결정에 사용 가능한 수문 이상 기상 정보를 제공하기 위해서는 초고해상도 지표면 수문 모델 개발이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 기존 저해상도 기후 모델들의 지표 수문학적인 과정들을 개선하기 위해 초고해상도 하도 추적 모델링 기술을 통해 역학적인 상세화가 시도되었다. 100-km 격자의 VIC 모델에서 재생산된 지표 배출량과 기저 배출량을 입력 데이터로 사용하여 다양한 공간 규모의 하도 추적 모델에서 사용하여 산정된 하천유량의 신뢰도를 평가하였다. 본 연구에서는 90미터 (3 arc second), 450 미터(15 arc second), 그리고 900 미터 (30 arc second) 격자 규모의 금강 유역 하천망 지도를 사용하여 과거 장기 하천 유량 데이터(1948년-2016년)를 재생산하였다. 본 연구에서는 금강 유역 내의 지점 관측 하천 유량 데이터와 재생산된 유량 데이터의 불확실성을 평가하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 보다 고해상도의 하천망 지도를 하도 추적 모델에 사용 시 산정된 하천 유량 데이터의 불확실성이 감소하는 경향을 발견하였다. 끝으로, 초고해상도 지표 수문-하도 추적 모델을 통한 상세화 기술의 한계점과 개선 방안을 논의하였다. 본 연구는 기후변화로 인한 이상 기상 또는 기후의 위험성 증가에 효율적으로 선제 대응할 수 있는 핵심 수문 기후 모델링 기술을 개발에 중요한 기여할 것이다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.52-60
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• 2016

Recently nickel based superalloys are extensively being regarded as the materials for the steam turbine parts for hyper super critical (HSC) power plants working at the temperature over $700^{\circ}C$, since the materials have excellent strength and corrosion resistance in high temperature. In this paper, alloy 617 of solution strengthened material and alloy 263 of ${\gamma}^{\prime}$-precipitation strengthened material were prepared as the testing materials for HSC plants each other. Post weld heat treatment (PWHT) was conducted with the gas tungsten arc (GTA) welded specimens. The microstructure of the base metals and weld metals were investigated with Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA) and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM). The experimental results revealed that Ti-Mo carbides were formed in both of the base metals and segregation of Co and Mo in both of the weld metals before PWHT and PWHT leaded to precipitation of various carbides such as Mo carbides in the specimens. Furthermore, fine ${\gamma}^{\prime}$ particles, that were not precipitated in the specimens before PWHT, were observed in base metal as well as in the weld metal of alloy 263 after PWHT.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.70-80
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• 2014

Duplex stainless steels with nearly equal fraction of the ferrite(${\alpha}$) phase and austenite(${\gamma}$) phase have been increasingly used for various applications such as power plants, desalination facilities due to their high resistance to corrosion, good weldability, and excellent mechanical properties. Hyper duplex stainless steel (HDSS) is defined as the future duplex stainless steel with a pitting resistance equivalent (PRE=wt.%Cr+3.3(wt.%Mo+0.5wt.%W)+30wt.%N) of above 50. However, when HDSS is welded with gas tungsten arc (GTA), incorporation of nitrogen in the Ar shielding gas are very important because the volume fraction of ${\alpha}$-phase and ${\gamma}$-phase is changed and harmful secondary phases can be formed in the welded zone. In other words, the balance of corrosion resistance between two phases and reduction of $Cr_2N$ are the key points of this study. The primary results of this study are as follows. The addition of $N_2$ to the Ar shielding gas provides phase balance under weld-cooling conditions and increases the transformation temperature of the ${\alpha}$-phase to ${\gamma}$-phase, increasing the fraction of ${\gamma}$-phase as well as decreasing the precipitation of $Cr_2N$. In the anodic polarization test, the addition of nitrogen gas in the Ar shielding gas improved values of the electrochemical parameters, compared to the Pure Ar. Also, in the erosion-corrosion test, the HDSS welded with shielding gas containing $N_2$ decreased the weight loss, compared to HDSS welded with the Ar pure gas. This result showed the resistance of erosion-corrosion was increased due to increasing the fraction of ${\gamma}$-phase and the stability of passive film according to the addition $N_2$ gas to the Ar shielding gas. As a result, the addition of nitrogen gas to the shielding gas improved the resistance of erosion-corrosion.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.3-15
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• 1996

The formation of a thicker hard alloyed layer have been investigated on the surface of aluminum cast alloy (AC2B) by PTA overlaying process with Cr, Cu and Ni motel powders under the condition of overlaying current 125-200A. overlaying speed 150 mm/min and different powder feeding rate 5-20 g/min. In addition the characteristics of hardening and wear resistance of alloyed layer here been examined in relation to the microstructure of alloyed layer. Main results obtained were summarized as follows: 1) There was an optimum overlaying condition to get a good alloyed layer with smooth surface. This good layer became easy to be formed as increasing overlaying current and decreasing powder feeding rate under a constant overlaying speed. 2) Cu powder was the most superior one in metal powders used due to a wide optimum overlaying condition range, uniform hardness distribution of Hv250-350, good oar resistance and freedom from cracking in alloyed layer with fine hyper-eutectic structure. 3) On the contrary, irregular hardness distribution was usually obtained in Cr ar Ni alloyed layers of which hardness was increased as Cr or Ni contents and reached to maximum hardness of about Hv400-850 at about 60wt%cr or 40wt%Ni in alloyed layer. 4) Cracking occurred in Cr or Ni alloyed layers with higher hardness than Hv250-300 at mere than 20-25wt% of Cr or Ni contents in alloyed layer. Porosity was observed in all alloyed layers but decreased by usage of spherical powder with smooth surface.