• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.263-272
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• 2014

Scattering source calculations using conventional spherical harmonic expansion may require lots of computation time to treat full-coupled three-dimensional photon-electron transport in a highly anisotropic scattering medium where their scattering cross sections should be expanded with very high order (e.g., $P_7$ or higher) Legendre expansions. In this paper, we introduce a modified scattering kernel approach to avoid the unnecessarily repeated calculations involved with the scattering source calculation, and used it with parallel computing to effectively reduce the computation time. Its computational efficiency was tested for three-dimensional full-coupled photon-electron transport problems using our computer program which solves the multi-group discrete ordinates transport equation by using the discontinuous finite element method with unstructured tetrahedral meshes for complicated geometrical problems. The numerical tests show that we can improve speed up to 17~42 times for the elapsed time per iteration using the modified scattering kernel, not only in the single CPU calculation but also in the parallel computing with several CPUs.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.327-339
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• 2018

This article presents a new global-local hybrid coarse-mesh finite difference (HCMFD) method for efficient parallel calculation of pin-by-pin heterogeneous core analysis. In the HCMFD method, the one-node coarse-mesh finite difference (CMFD) scheme is combined with a nodal expansion method (NEM)-based two-node CMFD method in a nonlinear way. In the global-local HCMFD algorithm, the global problem is a coarse-mesh eigenvalue problem, whereas the local problems are fixed source problems with boundary conditions of incoming partial current, and they can be solved in parallel. The global problem is formulated by one-node CMFD, in which two correction factors on an interface are introduced to preserve both the surface-average flux and the net current. Meanwhile, for accurate and efficient pin-wise core analysis, the local problem is solved by the conventional NEM-based two-node CMFD method. We investigated the numerical characteristics of the HCMFD method for a few benchmark problems and compared them with the conventional two-node NEM-based CMFD algorithm. In this study, the HCMFD algorithm was also parallelized with the OpenMP parallel interface, and its numerical performances were evaluated for several benchmarks.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.555-565
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• 2010

Parallel simulation is an efficient way to cope with long runtimes and high computational requirements in simulations of modern complex integrated electronic circuits and systems. This paper presents an algorithm for parallel simulation based on parallelization in equation formulation and simultaneous calculation of matrix contributions for nonlinear analog elements. In addition, the paper describes the development of a grid interface for a parallel simulator that enables a designer to perform simulations on distant computer clusters. Performances of the developed parallel simulation algorithm are evaluated by simulation of a microelectromechanical system.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.649-659
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• 1999

This paper presents a parallel implementation of stiff-ness matrix calculation based on the processor farm model on a net-work of workstations running PVM programming environment. As the computational characteristics of stiffnes matrix exhibits good po-tentials for effective prallel computation the performance improve-ment is show to be almost linear with the number of sorkstations involved in the computation.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2006년도 하계종합학술대회
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• pp.743-744
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• 2006

This paper presents implementation of parallel processing system for image processing. The parallel processing system proposed consisted of 16 processing elements, and multi-access memory system, and interface modules. The multi-access memory system we introduced is made up of a memory module selection, a data routing module, and an address calculation and routing module.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제27권B호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2007

In this paper, the exact analysis of the parallel coupled line with open stub is presented. This structure shows LPF characteristics with broad stopband and sharp skirt characteristics. We derived the exact Z-matrix expression of the structure. In order to show the validation of the expression we designed $3^{th}$ order Chebyshev LPF using the structure. The simulated data excellently agreed with the predicted values by the calculation using the derived expression.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1983년도 하계학술회의강연.논문초록집
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• pp.113-115
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• 1983

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.405-412
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• 2017

Because of the rapid development of computer technology in recent years, wave models can utilize parallel calculations for the high-resolution prediction of open sea and coastal areas with high accuracy. Parallel calculations also allow national agencies in the relevant sectors to produce marine forecasting data through massive parallel calculations. Meanwhile, the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula has been increasingly damaged by swell-like high waves, and many researchers and scientists are continuing their efforts to anticipate and reduce the damage. In general, the short-term transformation of swell-like high waves can be reproduced relatively well in the third generation wave models, but the transformation of relatively long period waves needs to be simulated with higher accuracy in terms of the nonlinear wave interactions to gain a better understanding of the low-frequency wave generation and development mechanisms. In this study, we developed a calculation module to improve the calculation of the nonlinear energy transfer in the 3rd generation wave model and integrated it into the wave model to effectively consider the nonlinear wave interaction. First, the nonlinear energy transfer calculation module and third generation model were combined. Then, the combined model was used to reproduce the wave transformation due to the nonlinear interaction, and the performance of the developed operation module was verified.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권3호
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• pp.48-58
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 3차원 반도체 공정 시뮬레이션의 효율성과 성능을 향상시키기 위하여, 병렬 유한요소법 수치해석에 사용이 적합한 디라우니 병렬 메쉬 생성기 및 표면 전진 메쉬 생성기를 개발하였고, 이를 위하여 개선된 성능을 보이는 수정된 하부구조법 병렬 유한요소법 수치해석기를 개발하였다. 또한, 행렬 계산 알고리즘의 병렬화를 확산 및 산화 시뮬레이터에 적용하여, 직렬 계산 시 3시간이 소요되는 확산 시뮬레이션과 비평탄 구조를 지니는 R-LOCOS 등의 연산을 8개의 프로세서를 병렬로 사용하여 15분만에 계산하였다. 과다한 계산 시간을 요하는 몬테카를로 수치해석 방법의 효율성을 높이고자, 병렬 연산 알고리즘을 몬테카를로 연산에 적용하였다. 또한, 스퍼터링 증착장치 시스템의 타켓 입자 분포 특성을 병렬 연산 몬테카를로 방식으로 계산하였다. 3000개의 이온을 주입하였을 겨우 단일 프로세서에서 13,000초의 계산시간이 소요되었으나, 30개의 프로세서를 병렬로 사용하였을 때 520초의 시간을 소비하여,25 이상의 스피드업 특성을 얻었다. 또한, 몬테카를로 계산의 최적화 연구를 통해서 3차원 스퍼터링 증착장치에서 연쇄 충돌 계산 수행시의 최적이온의 개수는 30,000임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.507-515
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• 2009

This paper proposes an autonomous decentralized control for a parallel connected uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system based on a fast power detection method using a FPGA based hardware controller for a single phase system. Each UPS unit detects only its output voltage and current without communications signal exchange and a quasi dq transformation method is applied to detect the phase and amplitude of the output voltage and the output current for the single phase system. Fast power detection can be achieved based on a quasi dq transformation, which results in a realization of very fast transient response under rapid load change. In the proposed method, the entire control system is implemented in one FPGA chip. Complicated calculations are assigned to hardware calculation logic, and the parallel processing circuit makes it possible to realize minimized calculation time. Also, an Nios II CPU core is implemented in the same FPGA chip, and the software can be applied for non-time critical calculations. Applying this control system, an autonomous decentralized UPS system with very fast transient response is realized. Feasibility and stable operation are confirmed by means of an experimental setup with three UPSs connected in parallel. Also, rapid load change is applied and excellent performance of the system is confirmed in terms of transient response and stability.