• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2020

Purpose: This paper presents research evidence that the environmental design of the doffing area in a biocontainment unit (BCU) can have a measurable impact on increasing the safety of frontline healthcare workers (HCW) during doffing of high-level personal protective equipment (PPE), and proposes optimized biocontainment unit design. Methods: From 2016 to 2019, The SimTigrate Design Lab conducted 3 consecutive studies, focusing on ways in which the built environment may support or hinder safe doffing. In the first study, to identify the risky behaviors, we observed 56 simulation exercises with HCWs in 4 BCUs and 1 high-fidelity BCU mockup. In the second study, we tested the effectiveness of a redesigned doffing area on improving the HCWs performance and used simulation, observation, and rapid prototyping in 1 high-fidelity mockup of a doffing area. In a follow-up study, we used simulation and co-design with HCWs to optimize the design of a safer doffing area in a full-size pediatric BCU mock-up. Results: We identified 11 specific risky behaviors potentially leading to occupational injury, or contamination of the PPE, or of the environment. We developed design strategies to create a space for safer doffing. In the second study, in a redesigned doffing area, the overall performance of HCW improved, and we observed a significant decrease in the number of risky behaviors; some risky behaviors were eliminated. There was a significant decrease in physical and cognitive load for the HCWs. Finally, we propose an optimized layout of a BCU for a safer process of PPE doffing. Implications: The proposed BCU design supports better staff communication, efficiency, and automates safer behaviors. Our findings can be used to develop design guidelines for spaces where patients with other highly infectious diseases are treated when the safety of the patient-facing HCWs is of critical importance.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.135-141
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• 2010

Researchers continue to explore possibilities for expanding additive manufacturing (AM) technologies into direct product manufacturing. One limitation is in the materials available for use in AM that can meet the needs of end-use applications. Stereolithography (SL) is an AM technology well known for its precision and high quality surface finish capabilities. SL builds parts by selectively crosslinking or solidifying photo-curable liquid resins, and the resin industry has been continuously developing new resins with improved performance characteristics. This paper introduces a unique SL machine that can fabricate parts out of multiple SL materials. The technology is based on using multiple vats positioned on a rotating vat carousel that contain different photo-curable materials. To change the material during the process, the build platform is raised out of the current vat, a new vat with a different material is rotated under the platform, and the platform is submerged into the new vat so that the new material can be used. This paper introduces a new vat exchange mechanism, cleaning process, recoating process, resin leveling mechanism and process planning technologies for the implementation of multiple material SL. An overview of the system framework is provided and the system integration and control software is described. In addition, several multiple material test parts are designed, fabricated, and described.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.135-155
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• 2024

Urban public health monitoring in smart cities focuses on the control of conditions and health challenges in urban environments. Considering the rapid spread of diseases and pandemics, it is important for health authorities to trace people carrying the virus. In smart cities, this tracing must be interoperable and intelligent, especially in indoor surfaces characterized by small distances between people. Therefore, to fight pandemics, it is necessary to start with the already-existing digital equipment of the Internet of Things, such as connected objects and smartphones. In this study, the developed system is employed to provide a social IoT network and suggest a strategy which allows reliable traceability without threatening the privacy of users. This IoT-based system allows respecting the social distance between persons sharing public services in smart cities without applying smartphone applications or severe confinement. It also permits a return to normal life in case of viral pandemic and ensures the much-desired balance between economy and health. The present study analyses previous proposed social distance systems then, unlike these studies, suggests an intelligent and distributed IoT based strategy for positioning students. Two scenarios of static and dynamic optimization-based placement of Bluetooth Low Energy devices are proposed and an experimental study shows the contribution and complementarity of the introduced contact tracing strategy with the applications on smartphones.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.1665-1673
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• 2013

최근 건설 산업에서는 기능과 조형미를 갖춘 비정형 구조물에 대한 관심과 수요가 증가하고 있는 추세이다. 거푸집 기반의 시멘트 구조물은 구조물의 강도, 시공의 용이성, 치수 정확도, 표면 거칠기 등의 측면에서 장점들을 가지고 있지만, 다양한 비정형 구조물을 건설하는 데 있어서는 공사비용과 공사 기간을 증가시키는 한계점이 있다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위하여, 미국과 영국에서는 이미 쾌속 조형 기술을 건설 분야에 적용시킨 Contour Crafting이나 Concrete Printing과 같은 적층 시공 시스템이 산 학 간의 공동연구를 통해 개발되었다. 국내에서는 이에 관련된 연구가 전무하여, 본 기술로부터 융합 및 파생될 수 있는 가능성이 가로막힌 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 거푸집 없이 자유 곡면 형태의 구조물을 시공할 수 있는 자동화 적층 시공 시스템의 프로토타입 개발에 관련된 기계, 제어 시스템을 포함한 설계 요소들에 관하여 기술하였다. 적층형 시공에 적합한 재료는 섬유보강모르타르를 압축강도, 유동성 및 점도, 경화시간 실험을 통하여 선정하였다. 선정한 모르타르 배합비로 자동화 적층 시공 시스템에서 이송 및 압출 실험을 수행함으로써 적층 시공 시스템의 성공적 개발 가능성을 입증하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 기초로 향후 자동화 적층 시공 시스템을 보완한다면 토목 및 건축의 다양한 응용 분야에 확대하여 적용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.