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Effective Light Management of Three-Dimensionally Patterned Transparent Conductive Oxide Layers

  • Kim, Joon-Dong;Kim, Min-Geon;Kim, Hyun-Yub;Yi, Jun-Sin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.08a
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    • pp.85-85
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    • 2012
  • For effective light harvesting, a design weighting should be implemented in a front geometry, in which the incident light transmits from a surface into a light-active layer. We designed a three-dimensionally patterned transparent conductor layer for effective light management. A transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film was formed as three-dimensional structures. This efficiently drives the incident light at the front surface into a Si absorber to yield a reduction in reflection and an enhancement of current. This indicates that an optimum architecture for a front TCO surface will provide an effective way for light management in solar cells.

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Complexity Estimation Based Work Load Balancing for a Parallel Lidar Waveform Decomposition Algorithm

  • Jung, Jin-Ha;Crawford, Melba M.;Lee, Sang-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.547-557
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    • 2009
  • LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) is an active remote sensing technology which provides 3D coordinates of the Earth's surface by performing range measurements from the sensor. Early small footprint LIDAR systems recorded multiple discrete returns from the back-scattered energy. Recent advances in LIDAR hardware now make it possible to record full digital waveforms of the returned energy. LIDAR waveform decomposition involves separating the return waveform into a mixture of components which are then used to characterize the original data. The most common statistical mixture model used for this process is the Gaussian mixture. Waveform decomposition plays an important role in LIDAR waveform processing, since the resulting components are expected to represent reflection surfaces within waveform footprints. Hence the decomposition results ultimately affect the interpretation of LIDAR waveform data. Computational requirements in the waveform decomposition process result from two factors; (1) estimation of the number of components in a mixture and the resulting parameter estimates, which are inter-related and cannot be solved separately, and (2) parameter optimization does not have a closed form solution, and thus needs to be solved iteratively. The current state-of-the-art airborne LIDAR system acquires more than 50,000 waveforms per second, so decomposing the enormous number of waveforms is challenging using traditional single processor architecture. To tackle this issue, four parallel LIDAR waveform decomposition algorithms with different work load balancing schemes - (1) no weighting, (2) a decomposition results-based linear weighting, (3) a decomposition results-based squared weighting, and (4) a decomposition time-based linear weighting - were developed and tested with varying number of processors (8-256). The results were compared in terms of efficiency. Overall, the decomposition time-based linear weighting work load balancing approach yielded the best performance among four approaches.

A Study on the Properties of Silk and Nylon 6 Fabrics by Tannic Acid Treatment

  • Yoa, Soojin;Kim, Jongjun
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.119-132
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    • 2016
  • Weighting of silk fabrics have long been practiced in silk fabric trading based on the primary consideration of price-weight, and secondary one of quality improvement in handle, luster, and drape properties. Recent trend of practicing weighting of silk fabrics is, however, focused on the improvement of the handle, luster, drape, and other properties. During the finishing processes of synthetic fiber, nylon, comprising amide structure, include the use of tannic acid, especially in the dyeing. A multitude of studies are being implemented in terms of improving fastness to washing, fastness to light of dyed nylon product, or the light fastness of nylon 6 itself. In this study, the effects of various tannic acid treatments on the physical properties related to the handle of nylon 6 and silk fabrics are examined and reviewed. The effects of treatment condition of the tannic acid, e.g., the concentration of the aqueous tannic acid solution, treatment time, and temperature were investigated. As the concentration of the aqueous solution of tannic acid increased, the bending rigidity values of the silk and nylon 6 fabrics increased. The treated fabrics felt stiff to the touch. Within the mild conditions of bending employed in the bending measurement of KES, nylon 6 treated fabric specimen exhibited a trend of improvement of bending resiliency within the range of small bending deformation. The weight of treated fabrics have all increased. The air-permeability values decreased as the treatment concentration increased. However, the decrease tendency of air permeability values may be alleviated by adjusting the fabric count during the tentering or expanding processes, either by tension adjustment or heat treatment. Optimum conditions of the treatment for nylon 6 are 1.25% tannic acid concentration, bath temperature of $85^{\circ}C$, pH 3.1, and those for silk fabric treatment are 1.25% tannic acid concentration, bath temperature of $85^{\circ}C$, pH 3.1. The treatment conditions will lead to the improvement in the properties of fabrics for summer.

A Basic Study on the Checklists for Crime Risk Assessment in Physical Environment of the Pedestrian Passage at Residential Area (주거지역 소규모 보행로의 물리적 환경을 대상으로 한 범죄 위험도 평가 체크리스트에 관한 기초 연구)

  • Lee, You-Mi;Park, Hyeon-Ho;Kang, Boo-Seong;Sung, Gi-Ho;Lim, Dong-Hyun
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.47-55
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study was aimed at providing the basic checklist as a means to assess the crime risk in physical environment of the pedestrian passage at residential area. Method: For this purpose, the preliminary checklists were selected according to the review of the precedent studies of checklists in exterior pedestrian passage. The usefulness and the importance of the preliminary checklists were analyzed through the seven expert group meetings, the 87 questionnaires survey of the crime experts & the architectural/urban experts, preliminary assessment and field survey. Results: The assessment categories of checklists were sorted into six types, i.e. spatial structure & function, lighting, landscaping, security facilities, other facilities and cleaning & maintenance. The 49 checklists were proposed according to the assessment categories. The final checklists were divided key checklists and general checklists based on the results of experts' weighting of each list item. There were significant differences between crime experts' weighting and architectural/urban experts' weighting in several checklists, i.e. dividing between pavements and streets, the brightness of light, white light.

Development Process of Side Impact Beam for Automotive Light-Weighting Door using Sheet Type (자동차 도어 경량화를 위한 판재형 사이드 임팩트 빔 개발 프로세스)

  • Lee, I.C.;Lee, T.K.;Jang, D.H.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.130-137
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the development process of automotive side door impact beam for passenger cars. Weight reduction while maintaining functional requirements is one of the major goals in the automotive industry. In this study, thin-walled side door beam using quenchable boron steel was designed to reduce the weight of conventional side door tubular one. In order to estimate design for the proposed side door beams, the static side impact protection tests(FMVSS 214) were conducted using the finite element method. Based on the simulation results, geometry modification of the side door beam has been performed via creating new reinforcing ribs. Furthermore, the manufactured frontal impact beam was mounted on the real side door of a passenger car, and then static impact protection test carried out. It is concluded that the presented test results can provide significant contribution to the stiffness of side door impact beams and light-weighting door research.

Development of the Best Spherical Interpolation Method for Estimating Potential Natural Vegetation Distribution of the Globe (지구(地球)의 잠재자연식생분포(潜在自然植生分布)를 추정(推定)하기 위한 최적구면보간법(最適球面補間法)의 개발(開發))

  • Cha, Gyung Soo;Ochiai, Kamiya
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.86 no.1
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 1997
  • As the first step to estimate the potential natural vegetation distribution of the globe, the best spherical interpolation method was developed to the temperature and precipitation which have close relation to the distribution pattern of world natural vegetation. For developing the interpolation method, a named Light Climatic Dataset composed of 1,060 stations around the globe was randomly divided into halves of feeding side and target side. The discrepancy between the observed and estimated values at the target stations was compared with combinations of parameters and methods. The estimated values were calculated to each combination which is all-out, constant radius and constant station methods in the selection of the feeding stations, n square reciprocal and negative exponential functions in weighting function of distance between feeding stations and each target, and oval weighting in direction of the feeding stations from each target. As a result, it turned out that the spherical interpolation with negative exponential weighting function fed from the constant radius stations ovally weighed yields the best estimates both for temperature and for precipitation. The parameters for temperature are $30^{\circ}$ in constant radius, 0.78 in negative exponential function and 0.4 in oval weighting, and for precipitation are $30^{\circ}$, 0.53 and 0.4, respectively.

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Prototyping and Field Application of Light Emotion Friendly Concrete with Pattern Design (패턴 디자인이 적용된 LEFC 시제품 제작 및 현장적용)

  • Seo, Seung-Hoon;Kim, Soo-Yeon;Kim, Byoung-Il
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.05a
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    • pp.203-204
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    • 2019
  • Recently, exposed concrete designs have been placed everywhere due to increased interest in indoor residential environments. In addition, in order to overcome the disadvantages of litracon, which was developed by mixing optical fiber, LEFC(Light Emotion Friendly Concrete) was developed in Korea, which improved unit price and constructivity by inserting hard acrylic rods. LEFC, using foaming agent and lightweight aggregate for light weighting, has disadvantages that decrease mechanical properties, and thus improved mechanical properties by using ultra-high performance concrete. Also, due to the characteristics of UHPC materials, it showed excellent self-consolidating performance. Considering these characteristics, a LEFC mold with pattern design was developed. The LEFC blocks were built so that pattern shapes could be seen and these were applied on-site to Sewoon plaza, located in Seoul.

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A STUDY ON CALCULATION OF ILLUMINANCE DISTRIBUTION IN COMPLEX INTERIOR USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (몬테카를로 시뮬레이션을 적용한다면 실내공간내의 조도계산에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, H. C.;Kim, H.;Chee, C. H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 1992.11a
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    • pp.25-29
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    • 1992
  • In this paper, The Monte Carlo Simulation is performed in complex geometries which are composed of obstacles intercepted path of photon. Light is assumed to be particle and has particular direction and weighting value. The illuminance distribution is calculated proportional to the summation of weighting values striking area element. The result of simulation is consistent with that of experiments in a few error.

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Correlation of Single-Number Ratings for Sound Insulation by Floor Impact (바닥충격음 차단성능 단일수치 평가방법별 상관성에 대한 조사연구)

  • 김흥식;김명준;김하근
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.719-723
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest the correlation of single-number ratings for sound insulation by floor impact. As a assessment method of impact sound insulation. we selected the IIC contour of ISO, A weighted sound level. Inverse A-weighting curve and L-Index of japanese industrial standard. And we estimated the single-number ratings by application the measured data of impact sound level to each method. The results showed that the coefficients of determination between each two single-number ratings were very high (more than 0.9169). And In the condition of same assessment method, the coefficient of determination for light-weight impact sound was higher than that for heavy-weight impact sound.

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A Study on Predicting North Korea's Electricity Generation Using Satellite Nighttime Light Data (위성 야간광 자료를 이용한 북한의 발전량 예측 연구)

  • Bong Chan Kim;Seulki Lee;Chang-Wook Lee
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2024
  • Electrical energy is a key source of energy for modern civilization, and changes in electricity generation and consumption are closely related to industry and life in general. In this study, we identified the correlation between electricity generation and nighttime light values in South Korea and used it to predict monthly electricity generation trends in North Korea. The results of the study showed a low Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.34 between nighttime light and electricity generation in Seoul, but a high Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.79 between weighting for Seoul case nighttime light values and electricity generation using monthly average temperature. Using nighttime light values weighting for Seoul case by the average monthly temperature in Pyongyang to predict the monthly power generation trend in North Korea, we found that the month-on-month power generation increase in December 2022 was about 60% higher than the month-on-month power generation increase in December 2020 and 2021. The results of this study are expected to help predict monthly electricity generation trends in regions where monthly electricity generation data does not exist, making it difficult to identify timely industry trends.