• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.113-124
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• 1996

This study was initiated to suggest the optimal size intervals for mail-order clothing. The questionnaire survey was carried at 360 women and 50 men who purchased apparels by mail-order. The garment sizes providing at the various mail-order companies in Korea were compared. The garment sizes that consumers wanted to purchase were also investigated. The collected data were analyzed and optimal size intervals for mail-order clothing were decided by the loss function. The results are as follow. 1) The optimal size intervals were varied from 4cm to 7cm. The total expected loss of the apparel sizes suggested in this study was less than that of the current mail-order apparel sizes. When the number of sizes for mail-order clothing is increased, the expected loss was reduced considerably. 2) The mail-order clothing is made for consumers with average body size. 30 The number of garment sizes available by mail-order was under three. 4) Subjects tend to select larger size garments, when the right size garments are not available.

• 전기의세계
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.48-54
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• 1977

The object of this work is to study the optimal control strategy of constant speed characteristics for a D.C control motor under influence of disturbance. In the course of the analysis, the linearization and time invariance schemes on motor dynamics are presumed throughout under certain prescribed conditions and the performance measure for optimality is assumed to be quadratic in state and the control effort, with the initial and final time specified. When the motor speed is deviated from a stationary operating point by any external disturbance, the optimal continuous feedback control law is investigated by the application of the calculus of variation and realizability of the required control meachanism is suggested. Finally, the comparative study of the speed reasponses of the motor, with and without the optimal control effort is also presented to confirm the obtained results.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.15-27
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• 1997

The objectives of this study were twofold; (1) to determine an optimal handle size of a signal billy, based on the subjective assessment of grip comfort and (2) to investigate the relationship between hand anthropometry and the optimal handle size. Thirty-seven university male students were asked to rate seven cylindrical handles of different diameters in barehanded and gloved conditions, respectively. Among these handles, 3.5cm diameter of the handle size was found to be the most comfortable, in both bardhanded and gloved conditionsl. However, no statistically significant reduction in grip comfort occurred within handle diameter ranging from 2.5cm to 4.0cm. As the handle diameter was deivated from the range, grip discomfort in creased significantly. A Spearman rank correlation coefficient test revealed that hand anthropometries such as finger lengths, hand circumference, and hand thickness were statistically significant factors on the determination of the optimal handle size. The implications of these findings were discussed. The results of this study can be used as guidelines in designing the hand tools for power grip.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.92-97
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• 2001

Hardening agents have been the traditional material for surface soil stabilization of soft ground. This study aims at determining the optimal mixture ratio of the hardening agent in accordance with the required design specifications. Hardening agents which consists of fly ash, gypsum, slag and cement for the ettringite hydrates is effective for early stabilization of unconsolidated soil. The raw ground material is the clay that is widely found in Korea. In this study, preliminary tests were performed to get an optimal mixture ratio of the stabilizer ingredient and marine clay from Jinhae was used to get physical and chemical properties. Laboratory tests of 50 stabilized soils were performed to get an optimal mixture ratio for 16-stabilizer materials of 6 types, and a mixture ratio of the stabilizer ingredient and marine clay was determined.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.199-200
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• 2023

This paper presents a study on the selection of optimal mix proportions for producing lightweight pre-foam concrete as a substitute for Autoclaved Lightweight Concrete (ALC) without the accelerated curing. The study was conducted using a rapid hardening binder made from by-products of the steel industry as the primary raw material. The experimental results established the optimal mix proportions, which included retarder content, water/binder ratio, foam content, and fiber inclusion amount, for the production of lightweight foam concrete. The optimal mix proportion was determined to have a retarder content at the minimum amount required to secure the working time, W/B of 35%, a foam content limited to 65% or less, and a fiber inclusion amount of 0.05% or less.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.567-586
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• 2015

In this paper, we study optimal control problems for parabolic hemivariational inequalities of dynamic elasticity and investigate the continuity of the solution mapping from the given initial value and control data to trajectories. We show the existence of an optimal control which minimizes the quadratic cost function and establish the necessary conditions of optimality of an optimal control for various observation cases.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.888-894
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• 2011

This paper is a study of optimal train driving strategy to minimize the energy consumption. Optimal driving strategy can be analyzed as an optimal problem which have constraints by using Largrangian Function and Kuhn-Tucker condition. We simulate the section between Konkuk University Station and Seongsu Station which is on outer circle line of the Seoul Metro line No.2 by using MATLAB and consider the straight level track and the speed limit.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.6-9
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• 2011

Step feed process was analyzed stoichiometrically for the optimal operation conditions in this study. In case of optimal operation conditions, minimum R (sludge recycling) value, r (internal recycling ratio) value, and n (influent allocation ratio) value for the step feed process to acquire the maximum TN removal efficiency were identified by theoretical analysis. Maximum TN removal efficiency, based on stoichiometric reaction, can be obtained by controlling n value for the step feed process.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.87-91
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• 1989

A warranty is a contractual obligation incurred by a producer in connection with the sale of a product. The warranty specifies that producer agrees to remedy certain failures in the product sold. There have been many articles dealing with warranties, but they have studied about optimal warranty cost for the warranty period. In this study, an optimal preventive maintenance time interval is computed. The optimal preventive maintenance time interval minimizing warranty cost for the warranty period is discussed. It is assumed that failure rate is increasing and the failure rate after preventive maintenance or corrective maintenance lies between good as new and bad as old.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.307-310
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to obtain optimal amount of groundwater development for a rural small watershed. The optimal amount of groundwater development in this experimental watershed is 13.8 %($0.67{\times}10^6m^3$) of the annual rainfall by SCS-CN method. The Visual MODFLOW analyses showed the optimal amount of groundwater development were 14.9 %($0.72{\times}10^6m^3$) of the annual rainfall.