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Quantitative analysis to derive SIL in the railway signalling system (철도신호시스템의 정량적 분석 기법을 통한 SIL 도출방안 검토)

  • Joung, Eui-Jin;Kim, Yang-Mo
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07b
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    • pp.1303-1305
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    • 2003
  • It is very important to ensure system safety during the process of developing a system. Railway system is also devoting a great portion for the safety. Nowadays many countries leading railway industry have their own system assessment principles according to the situation of their train control systems. In this paper, several principles to derive Safety Integrity Level (SIL) are represented in the railway signalling system. The characteristics of those principles are also considered respectively.

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Damage Assessment According to Damage Types and Influential Factors of Stone Pagoda Structure (석탑문화재 손상 유형 및 영향 요인에 따른 손상도 평가)

  • Kim, Ho-Soo;Hong, Souk-il;Jeon, Gun-Woo;Kim, Derk-Moon;Park, Chan-Min
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2018
  • Stone pagoda structures have continued to be aged due to the combination of various damage factors. However, some studies on nonstructural damage have been carried out, but assessment studies on structural damage have not been done in various ways. Therefore, in this study, structural and nonstructural influencing factors according to the damage types are classified and the damage assessment according to the structural influencing factors affecting the behavior of the stone pagoda structure is performed. In addition, the damage rating classification criteria for each type of structural damages or damage locations are presented, and the damage index is calculated by providing the criteria for the classification of damage according to the degree of damage to which the damage is caused. Therefore, this study can evaluate quantitatively the damage status of stone pagoda structures.

A Study on the Allowable Range of Overhanging Berthing at the Port of Ulsan

  • Kim, Seungyeon;Yu, Yongung;Lee, Yunsok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.313-319
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    • 2019
  • As vessels become larger and competition between ports intensifies, there has been an increase in the number of cases where vessels that exceed the available berths are berthed at the pier. Therefore, there has been an increase in the number of cases in which the bow or stern of a ship is projected and moored. The risk of overhanging berthing is that mooring safety can be compromised because it is not possible to connect the bow and stern mooring line to the ship properly. In addition, collision accidents may occur between moving vessels if the view of a vessel moving in the port is obstructed. Therefore, in this study, the simulation of mooring safety was performed according to the overhanging range in Piers No. 6 and 7 in Ulsan's main port to propose the overhanging limit and operational standards according to each ship. As a result of the assessment, 30,000 DWT bulkers are able to overhang up to 0.75B, and 50,000 DWT bulkers can overhang up to 0.50B. The results of this study are expected to be used as basic data for setting the allowable overhang limit, as well as clear usage criteria for safe unloading operations.

Allocation of Safety Integrity Level for Railway Platform Screen Door System based on Consequence Severity and Risk Graph (결과 심각도 및 리스크 그래프에 기반한 철도 승강장 도어시스템의 안전 무결성 수준 할당)

  • Song, Ki Tae;Lee, Sung Ill
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.164-173
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    • 2015
  • There exists required safety integrity level (SIL) to assure safety in accordance with international standards for every electrical / electronics / control equipment or systems with safety related functions. The SIL is allocated from lowest level (level 0) to highest level (level 4). In order to guarantee certain safety level that is internationally acceptable, application of methodology for SIL allocation and demonstration based on related international standards is required. However, application standard differs from every industry in domestic or international for application on mythology for allocation and demonstration of SIL. Application or assessment is not easy since absence on clear criteria or common definition. This research studied not only fundamental concept of SIL required to guarantee safety in accordance with international standards for safety related equipment and system, but different types of methodologies for SIL allocation. Specifically, SIL allocation for Platform Screen Door system of railway is studied applying methodology of severity of accidents and risk graph among different methodologies for SIL allocation.

Advanced Reactor Passive System Reliability Demonstration Analysis for an External Event

  • Bucknor, Matthew;Grabaskas, David;Brunett, Acacia J.;Grelle, Austin
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.2
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    • pp.360-372
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    • 2017
  • Many advanced reactor designs rely on passive systems to fulfill safety functions during accident sequences. These systems depend heavily on boundary conditions to induce a motive force, meaning the system can fail to operate as intended because of deviations in boundary conditions, rather than as the result of physical failures. Furthermore, passive systems may operate in intermediate or degraded modes. These factors make passive system operation difficult to characterize within a traditional probabilistic framework that only recognizes discrete operating modes and does not allow for the explicit consideration of time-dependent boundary conditions. Argonne National Laboratory has been examining various methodologies for assessing passive system reliability within a probabilistic risk assessment for a station blackout event at an advanced small modular reactor. This paper provides an overview of a passive system reliability demonstration analysis for an external event. Considering an earthquake with the possibility of site flooding, the analysis focuses on the behavior of the passive Reactor Cavity Cooling System following potential physical damage and system flooding. The assessment approach seeks to combine mechanistic and simulation-based methods to leverage the benefits of the simulation-based approach without the need to substantially deviate from conventional probabilistic risk assessment techniques. Although this study is presented as only an example analysis, the results appear to demonstrate a high level of reliability of the Reactor Cavity Cooling System (and the reactor system in general) for the postulated transient event.

Toxicity Assessment of Tetrabromobisphenol A with the Benthic Amphipod, Hyalella azteca (저서 단각류인 Hyalella azteca를 이용한 브롬화방염제 Tetrabromobisphenol A의 독성평가)

  • Lee, Chul-Woo;Song, Sang-Hwan;Kim, Hyun-Mi;Kim, Hak-Joo;Choi, Kyung-Hee;Lee, Moon-Soon
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.22 no.2 s.57
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    • pp.157-163
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    • 2007
  • Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is the most widely used BFR (brominated flame retardants) as a reactive flame retardant in printed circuit boards, and as additive applications in several types of polymers. The purpose of this study is to assess the adverse effects of TBBPA on the benthic amphipod (Hyalella azteca). Results on the acute toxicity of TBBPA using Hyalella azteca showed that NOEC and LOEC are 100mg/kg and 200mg/kg, respectively. In addition, when chronic toxicity of TBBPA was investigated at the concentration ranges between 0.01 to 100mg/kg, it was found that NOECs are $10mg/kg(fecundity){\sim}100mg/kg(viability)$, respectively. Significant fecundity inhibition was appeared at 100mg/kg of TBBPA, however, this concentration did not show severe adverse effect on weight increment. The values of PNEC were determined as 0.1mg/kg (fecundity) and 1mg/kg (lethal effect), respectively, using a safety factor suggested by EU and OECD.

A Study on the Software Safety Assessment of Healthcare Systems

  • Olenski, Rafal;Park, Man-Gon
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.241-248
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    • 2015
  • The safety-critical software in healthcare systems needs more and more perceptive excess among human observation and computer support. It is a challenging conversion that we are fronting in confirming security in healthcare systems. Held in the center are the patients-the most important receivers of care. Patient injuries and fatalities connected to health information technologies commonly show up in the news, contrasted with tales of how health experts are being provided financial motivation to approve the products that may be generating damage. Those events are unbelievable and terrifying, however they emphasize on a crucial issue and understanding that we have to be more careful for the safety and protection of our patients.

Assessment of Food Hygiene and Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice in Elementary School Students

  • Lee, Joo-Yeon;Kim, Jeong-Weon
    • Food Quality and Culture
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.48-54
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of this study was to evaluate the elementary students' knowledge, attitudes, and practice for food hygiene and safety. A self-administered questionnaire was developed and offered to 375 elementary school students throughout the Seoul region. The results of the survey were as follows: First, the knowledge, attitudes, and practice were not at satisfactory level. The scores of children's knowledge, attitudes, and practice were 67.42%, 3.83, and 3.81 out of 5 point scale, respectively. Second, knowledge, attitudes and practice levels were significantly different according to demographic characteristics. The lower grade-students had significantly higher scores for knowledge (p<.05), attitudes (p<.05) and practice (p<.01) than higher gradestudents, suggesting that food hygiene and safety education is more effective in younger students or that repeated education is needed for higher grade-students. Third, knowledge, attitudes and practice levels were significantly correlated each other. These results suggest that the education programs for food hygiene and safety should be developed for, as well as implemented in, lower elementary school grades.

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