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Structure and Technology of Personal Protection Helmets (인체보호용 헬멧의 구조 및 기술)

  • Hwang, Jae Hyung;Jeong, Won Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.771-781
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    • 2017
  • The helmet is an imperative personal protective equipment. This protective device must be able to guard the human head against potential risks. Helmets are classified according into the purpose of use; therefore, the required performance and specifications depend on the type of products. Military helmets are intended to protect the wearer's head from bullets and shrapnel. Generally, lightweight super fibers and fiber reinforced composite materials are used as helmet shell materials, and NIJ STD of U.S. Department of Justice is most widely used as international standard related to bulletproof helmets. Safety helmets are widely used for industrial application and sports leisure. In general, the performance of shock absorption must be ensured, and various lining systems are applied in material, design, and combination methods. Evaluation standards have also been classified and strictly controlled for each purpose; therefore, it is difficult to certify with the existing standards such as the recently developed convergence helmets. However, it is possible to launch the product through a separate national integrated certification procedure.

Technical Review of Slurry and Gelled Propellant (슬러리와 젤 추진제의 기술개발 동향)

  • Jeong, Byung-Hun;Ko, Seung-Won;Hwang, Kab-Sung;Han, Jeong-Sik;Hong, Myung-Pyo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.168-171
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    • 2007
  • A technical review of current slurry and gelled propellants is presented. In advanced countries, it is confirmed that these propellants have high specific impulse, density, excellent handling, safety characteristics and thrust controllability through research since 1950s. Substantial researches have been pursued to characterize the rheological properties, spray/combustion phenomena and propulsion system design for the gel propellant characteristics. Slurry and gelled propellants are developing actively to applicate both military and space propulsion fields such as tactical missile, air-breathing ramjet, pulse detonation engine, and combined cycle engine of future propulsion mode.

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Crash analysis of military aircraft on nuclear containment

  • Sadique, M.R.;Iqbal, M.A.;Bhargava, P.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.73-87
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    • 2015
  • In case of aircraft impact on nuclear containment structures, the initial kinetic energy of the aircraft is transferred and absorbed by the outer containment, may causing either complete or partial failure of containment structure. In the present study safety analysis of BWR Mark III type containment has been performed. The total height of containment is 67 m. It has a circular wall with monolithic dome of 21m diameter. Crash analysis has been performed for fighter jet Phantom F4. A normal hit at the crown of containment dome has been considered. Numerical simulations have been carried out using finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit. Concrete Damage Plasticity model have been incorporated to simulate the behaviour of concrete at high strain rate, while Johnson-Cook elasto-visco model of ductile metals have been used for steel reinforcement. Maximum deformation in the containment building has reported as 33.35 mm against crash of Phantom F4. Deformations in concrete and reinforcements have been localised to the impact region. Moreover, no significant global damage has been observed in structure. It may be concluded from the present study that at higher velocity of aircraft perforation of the structure may happen.

Test and estimation of ballistic armor performance for recent naval ship structural materials

  • Shin, Yun-ho;Chung, Jung-hoon;Kim, Jong-Hwan
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.762-781
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents the ballistic armor performance examination and thickness estimation for the latest naval ship structure materials in the Republic of Korea. Up to date, research regarding methods of ballistic experiments establishing database on the latest hull structure materials as well as a precise method of estimating required thickness of armor against specific projectiles have been rarely researched. In order to build a database and estimate proper thicknesses of structure materials, this study used four structure materials that have been widely applied in naval ships such as AH36 steel, AL5083, AL5086, and Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP). A $7.62{\times}39mm$ mild steel core bullet normally fired by AK-47 gun was considered as a threat due to its representativeness. Tate and Alekseevskii's penetration algorithm was also used to calculate a correction factor (${\alpha}$) and then estimate the armor thickness of naval ship hull structure materials with a given impact velocity. Through live fire experiments, the proposed method performance difference was measured to be 0.6% in AH36, 0.4% in AL5083, 0.0% in AL5086, and 8.0% in FRP compared with the experiment results.

Improvement of Computer Security Check Program and User Inspection Items In Response To Military Cyber Security Breachment(For Army sector) (국방 사이버 침해 대응을 위한 전산보안점검 프로그램 및 사용자 진단항목 개선 연구(육군 중심))

  • Kim, Jee Won;Jung, Ui Seob;Jung, Chan Gi
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.101-107
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    • 2017
  • Recent cyber attacks on South Korea, including hacking and viruses, are increasing significantly. To deal with the cyber invasion of cyber aggression, the Ministry of National Defense defined the necessary procedures for cyber security with guidelines for cyber security. In spite of, based on the analyses the cyber defense operations published, the number of violations are increasing. To address issues stated above, the safety check items should be reviewed and revised. This paper will revisit current safety check items and provide new guidelines to prevent cyber security breaches, which will provide more safe and efficient cyber environment.

International Ocean Issues and Policy Regime (국제 해양환경안전 이슈와 정책레짐 변화)

  • Choi Sung-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.12 no.2 s.25
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    • pp.115-123
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    • 2006
  • The policy regime of ocean is changed from ocean liberty paradigm to ocean management paradigm. Ocean resources have the characteristics of weak excludability and strong rivalry. Therefore, they need rational ocean management so as to curb the tragedy of commons. The important ocean issues and policy regimes today is ocean pollution, coastal management, sea-level rise, fishery, whaling, ocean jurisdictions, deep seabed resources, military security, piracy, ecological environmental security and so on. This paper aims at reviewing these major international ocean issues, the policy regimes for them, and the desirable tasks of ocean policy regimes in the future from the macro perspective of international ocean politics or policy-making.

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Random Vibration Analysis of Portable Power Supply Container for Radar With U.S. Military Standards (미 군사규격을 적용한 레이더 전력공급용 이동식 컨테이너의 Random Vibration 해석)

  • Do, Jae-Seok;Hur, Jang-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2022
  • In times of war or emergencies, weapon systems, such as radars, must receive stable power. This can be achieved using improved onboard portable power systems made of steel containers. However, a breakdown can occur in the event of random vibration during transportation via a vehicle or train. Electrical-power shortages or restrictions pose a significant threat to security. In this study, Composite Wheeled Vehicle(CWV) data and rail cargo data with Acceleration Spectral Density(ASD), specified in MIL-STD-810H METHOD 514.8, were interpreted as input data of the three-axis random vibration method using ANSYS 19.2. Modal analysis was performed up to 500 Hz, and deformations in modes 1 to 117 were calculated to utilize all ASD data. The maximum equivalent stress in the three-axis direction was obtained using a random vibration analysis. Similarly, the margin of safety was calculated using the derived equivalent stress and material properties. Overall, the analysis verified that the portable container designed for the power supply system satisfied the required vibration demands.

Transfer Learning-Based Feature Fusion Model for Classification of Maneuver Weapon Systems

  • Jinyong Hwang;You-Rak Choi;Tae-Jin Park;Ji-Hoon Bae
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.673-687
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    • 2023
  • Convolutional neural network-based deep learning technology is the most commonly used in image identification, but it requires large-scale data for training. Therefore, application in specific fields in which data acquisition is limited, such as in the military, may be challenging. In particular, the identification of ground weapon systems is a very important mission, and high identification accuracy is required. Accordingly, various studies have been conducted to achieve high performance using small-scale data. Among them, the ensemble method, which achieves excellent performance through the prediction average of the pre-trained models, is the most representative method; however, it requires considerable time and effort to find the optimal combination of ensemble models. In addition, there is a performance limitation in the prediction results obtained by using an ensemble method. Furthermore, it is difficult to obtain the ensemble effect using models with imbalanced classification accuracies. In this paper, we propose a transfer learning-based feature fusion technique for heterogeneous models that extracts and fuses features of pre-trained heterogeneous models and finally, fine-tunes hyperparameters of the fully connected layer to improve the classification accuracy. The experimental results of this study indicate that it is possible to overcome the limitations of the existing ensemble methods by improving the classification accuracy through feature fusion between heterogeneous models based on transfer learning.

Discussion on Establishing UAM Operating Concept from the Pilot's Perspective (조종사 관점에서 UAM 운영개념 수립에 대한 고찰)

  • Hi-seok Yoon;Keun-young Lee;Kyu-wang Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2024
  • Aviation industry is moving towards the third innovative era of AAM with electric power and AI after the JET-powered era following the Wright brothers' first flights. Research on UAM, eVTOL development, certification, and operations is competitively progressing, primarily in aviation-leading countries, aiming to resolve urban traffic saturation and foster the future aviation industries. This study introduces the concept of the pilot's role transition in operational safety as AI autonomous flight advances, comparing K-UAM operational concept with research from FAA, NASA, and EASA. It is to identify and propose solutions for challenges from the pilot's perspective in developing UAM and its safe operation system. To succeed in Advanced Air Mobility National Project, we suggest the collaboration among industry, academia, and institutions, along with the cooperation between civilians, governments, military, and the need for Urban Air Mobility integrated policies.

The Utilization of DEM Made by Digital Map in Height Evaluation of Buildings in a Flying Safety Area (비행안전구역 건물 높이 평가에서 수치지형도로 제작한 DEM의 활용성)

  • Park, Jong-Chul;Kim, Man-Kyu;Jung, Woong-Sun;Han, Gyu-Cheol;Ryu, Young-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.78-95
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    • 2011
  • This study has developed various DEMs with different spatial resolutions using many different interpolation methods with the aid of a 1:5,000 digital map. In addition, this study has evaluated the vertical accuracy of various DEMs constructed by check point data obtained from the network RTK GPS survey. The obtained results suggest that a DEM developed from the TIN-based Terrain method performs well in evaluating height restriction of buildings in a flying safety area considering general RMSE values, land-type RMSE values and profile evaluation results, etc. And, it has been found that three meters is the right spatial resolution for a DEM in evaluating height restriction of buildings in a flying safety area. Meanwhile, elevation values obtained by the DEM are not point estimation values but interval estimation values. This can be used to check whether the height of buildings in the vicinity of an airfield violates height limitation values of the area. To check whether the height of buildings measured in interval estimation values violates height limitation values of the area, this study has adopted three steps: 1) high probability of violation, 2) low probability of violation, 3) inconclusiveness about the violation. The obtained results will provide an important basis for developing a GIS related to the evaluation of height restriction of buildings in the vicinity of an airfield. Furthermore, although results are limited to the study area, the vertical accuracy values of the DEM constructed from a two-dimensional digital map may provide useful information to researchers who try to use DEMs.