• Title/Summary/Keyword: Natural Phenomena

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A Logical Simulation of Dynamic Natural Phenomena Based on Event Propagation Graph (사건 전파그래프에 기반한 동적인 자연현상의 논리적 시뮬레이션)

  • Park, Jung-Yong;Park, Jong-Hee
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.10-21
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    • 2001
  • This paper develops a logical simulation method for by dyversity of situations. Most existing systems, for example, games and infant tutoring systems lead users to virtual environment with unfolding situations, but are not designed to induce the change of the environment itself. In this paper, a logically simulated environment is created by defining situations and single events based on situation hierarchy structure. We elaborate the occurrence of events by classifying the causality. The occurrence or natural phenomena is dictated by physical laws and natural phenomena are expressed as the transition of the event based on event association. Specifically we define the source of the event for natural phenomena and we consider the existence of objects as a primary factor in event occurrence. The advantages of this approach include the reuse of events, that is, different events can be generated in the same flow with fresh conditions. This allows us to implement a more practical and logical environment. A drawback to this method is the difficulty in dividing a situation into events. The proposed method was implemented in the context of the change of season among natural phenomena.

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Dual-Fuel Combustion Phenomena of Pilot Distillate Injected to Pre-mixed Natural Gas in a Constant Volume Combustion Bomb (천연가스가 예혼합된 정적연소실에 파일럿오일을 분사한 복합연소현상)

  • Choi, I.S.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.3 no.6
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    • pp.112-122
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    • 1995
  • As an alternative fuel producing less exhaust emissions, natural gas is of interest for use both in SI and CI engines. The potential of natural gas fuelled dual-fuel engine is considered high enough. However, much effort has to be made so that gaseous fuel is used efficiently with simultaneous minimum use of pilot oil. Hence, a simplified three-dimensional model, using a finite volume method in cylindrical coordinates, has been developed to facilitate an understanding of the dual-fuel combustion phenomena and to predict the complex interactions between the pilot distillate and natural gas. The computer model was calibrated by comparing it with the experimental results obtained from diesel engine like combustion bomb tests. In the pre-mixed natural gas combustion, the fuel burning was highly reliant on the injection condition and subsequent burning nature of the pilot distillate.

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3D Graphics Library for Generating Real-time Special Effects

  • Kim Eung-Kon;Yoo Bong-Kil;Song Seung-Heon
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.172-176
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    • 2004
  • In special effects industry there is a high demand to convincingly mimic the appearance and behavior of natural phenomena such as smoke, waterfall, rain, and fire. Particle systems are methods adequate for modeling fuzzy objects of natural phenomena. This paper presents particle system graphics library for generating special effects in video games and virtual reality applications. The library is a set of functions that allow c++ programs to simulate the dynamics of particles for special effects in interactive and non-interactive graphics applications, not for scientific simulation.

Experimental investigation and validation of TASS/SMR-S code for single-phase and two-phase natural circulation tests with SMART-ITL facility

  • Bae, Hwang;Chun, Ji-Han;Yun, Eunkoo;Chung, Young-Jong;Lim, Sung-Won;Park, Hyun-Sik
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.554-564
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    • 2022
  • The natural circulation phenomena occurring in fully integrated nuclear reactors are associated with a unique formation mechanism. The phenomenon results from a structural feature of these reactors involving upward flow from the core, located in the central-bottom region of a single vessel, and downward flow to the steam generator in the annulus region. In this study, to understand the natural circulation in a single vessel involving a multi-layered flow path, single-phase and two-phase natural circulation tests were performed using the SMART-ITL facility, and validation analysis of the TASS/SMR-S code was performed by comparing the corresponding test results. Three single-phase natural circulation tests were sequentially conducted at 15%, 10%, and 5% of full-scaled core-power without RCP operation, following which a two-phase natural circulation test was successively conducted with an artificial discharge of coolant inventory. The simulation capability of the TASS/SMR-S code with respect to the natural circulation phenomena was validated against the test results, and somewhat conservative but reasonably comparative results in terms of overall thermalhydraulic behavior were shown.

Geophysical Study Through Infrasound Observation (인프라사운드 관측을 통한 지구물리학적 연구)

  • Che, Il-Young;Jeon, Jeong-Soo
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.39 no.4 s.179
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    • pp.495-505
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    • 2006
  • Atmospheric infrasound is defined as low frequency inaudible sound waves generated from natural phenomena and human activities. One property of long-distance travelling of infrasound makes it possible to detect the wave propagated from remote sound sources and to understand many geophysical phenomena generating it. Recently, advanced global infrasound sensor arrays are being deployed to monitor the clandestine nuclear test and to study geophysical phenomena in the world. In Korea, five seismo-acoustic arrays consisting of co-located seismometer and micro-barometer have been operated to discriminate the artificial explosions from the natural earthquakes in and around the Korean Peninsula. In addition to the discrimination purpose, these ways also record distinct infrasonic signals from natural phenomena on global scale such as large earthquake, bolide event, volcanic explosion, typhoon, and so on. As a new frontier in monitoring the earth, infrasound is being applied to understand various phenomena in and above the earth's surface.

A Visualization Method of Gravitational Lensing by Gravitational Sources in Three Dimensional Space

  • Shinotsuka, Satsuki;Makino, Mitsunori
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.07b
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    • pp.1092-1095
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    • 2000
  • Computer graphics(CG) is one of the most useful tools by which we can easily understand visible/invisible natural phenomena. Namely, phenomena in the universe is attractive one because of its beauty and invisibility on the earth. For gravitational tensing phenomena, a ray tracing algorithm is proposed based on a lens-plane. In the method, position of gravitational sources is restricted. In this paper an improved visualization method is proposed, which can represent more complex situation than the previous method.

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The digital patterning of optical phenomena in natural gemstones and, the design deployment of interior modeling for wall molding (천연 보석의 광학 현상적 digital patterning과 벽면 조형을 위한 interior modeling으로의 design 전개)

  • Kim, Eun-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.42-50
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    • 2012
  • Light color reaction, immersion and diffusion operation through the mural art can be expressed in a variety of image types. In this paper, the digital pattern for mural art was formed by observation of the optical phenomena in natural gems and the relation between the optical sparkle in gems and minerals and pattern design was characterized. New possibility with relevance for design work based on ultramarine with a beautiful sheen and spectrum of the coloring was used for Sustainable 3D simulation modeling and represented by high-resolution Image graphic design.

Numerical Study on the Evaporation Flow Phenomena of Natural Refrigerant CO2 through Small Diameter Tubes (천연냉매인 이산화탄소의 세관 유동시 발생하는 증발 유동 현상에 대한 수치해석 연구)

  • Choi, In-Su;Park, Byung-Duck
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.89-96
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    • 2007
  • For the environment protection, carbon dioxide as a natural refrigerant has been studied to use in an automotive air conditioning system. Hence, a numerical model has been developed to describe the evaporation phenomena of carbon dioxide flowing through very small diameter tubes. The two dimensional low-Reynolds $k-{\varepsilon}$ model was used to predict the flow phenomena of carbon dioxide in the two phase during its evaporation. Furthermore, the results obtained from the model were compared with the experiments for the validation. The heat transfer coefficient is lower, as the tube inner diameter becomes smaller. However, the amount of heat absorbed by a unit mass of carbon dioxide is greater due to more surface area. Therefore, the small diameter tube has advantage in terms of compact design of evaporator. When the inlet condition of pressure and temperature is low, the heat transfer coefficient is slightly high at the same size of tube because of the thermal properties of carbon dioxide.

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Effects of Stabilizing Thermal Gradients on the Natural Convection in Rectangular Enclosures due to Lateral Temperature Difference (양단온도차에 의한 직각용기내 자연대류에 미치는 안정온도구배의 영향)

  • Kim, Moo Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.3 no.5
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    • pp.365-375
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    • 1991
  • Confined natural convection due to lateral temperature difference in rectangular enclosures was studied numerically and experimentally for the insulated and the constant temperature enclosures. In the case of insulated enclosure, the flow pattern and heat transfer modes are rather simple depending mainly upon Rayleigh number. In the case of isothermal enclosure, however, the phenomena of flow and heat transfer are somewhat complex and interesting due to the stable thermal gradients and various circumstances resulted from four wall temperature conditions. As a dimensionless variable, to describe properly the flow and heat transfer phenomena in the isothermal enclosure, temperature difference ratio ${\Delta}T_v/{\Delta}T_H$ is newly introduced and this parameter seems to be appropriate in the analysis of results on the effect of stabilizing thermal gradient.

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