• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.310-312
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• 2015

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) have been gaining a special attention in the U.S. recently because it is capable of getting aerial footages conveniently and cost effectively, but also because of its potential threat to the safety of our society. Regarding the benefits, one can easily find successful cases. For example, remote controlled or pre-programmed unmanned aircraft help ranch owners monitor their livestocks or crop harvesting status cost-effectively without having to hire human pilots. The professionals in the construction industry also acknowledge the benefits they could gain from using SUAS. Some firms already use a small unmanned aircraft for monitoring their construction activities, which may help project managers figure out construction progress, resolve disputes in real time, and make proactive decisions for quality control. However, there are many technical challenges that my hinder the use of small unmanned aircraft in the construction industry. This paper explores opportunities and challenges in using unmanned aircraft to monitor concrete cracks on the surface of containment building in the nuclear power plant.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.12
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• pp.971-980
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• 2021

Recently popularized drone technologies have revealed that low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) can be a significant threat to prevailing power by operating in group or in swarms. Researchers in many countries have tried to utilize integrated swarm unmanned aerial system(SUAS) in the battlefield. Agency for Defense Development also identified four core technologies in developing SUAS: swarm control, swarm network, swarm information, and swarm collaboration, and the authors started researches on swarm control and network technologies in order to be able to operate vehicle platforms as the first stage. This paper introduces design and integration of SUAS consisting of small fixed-wing UAVs, swarm control and network algorithms, a ground control system, and a launcher, with which swarm control and network technologies have been verified by flight tests. 19 fixed-wing UAVs succeeded in swarm flight in the final flight test for the first time as a domestic research.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.55-64
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• 2008

In these days, not only many peoples were killed or wounded by seismic sea waves in Indonesia, but also our country is influenced by disasters such as tsunami and earthquake happened in sea areas adjacent to japan. The precaution against disaster and the rapid communication of disaster informations have become important. In order to minimize and prevent citizens' properties and lives from the loss or the damage by natural calamities suas storms, earthquakes and typhoons, the establishment of communication network for rapid information transmission and the development of system for preventing citizens from disasters should be performed.

• Iberoamérica
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.39-70
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• 2009

Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar, do ponto de vista da alquimia, O Alquimia, considerado uma das obras mais representativas do escritor brasileiro Paulo Coelho. Para tanto, começamos a observar as características da alquimia à qual o próprio autor disse que dedicava 11 anos para estudá-la por volta da década de 1970 quando o mundo estava sofrendo grandes mudanças sociais. Desta observação, entendemos que, sendo uma projeção do 'inconsciente' conforme diz C. G. Jung, a essência da alquimia consiste resumidamente nos seguintes conceitos: união de elementos opostos, transformação e salvação. A partir daí, tentamos estudar como esses coneitos estão diluídos na estrutura de O Alquimia e como a experiência do Paulo Coelho com a alquimia interioriza-se no mundo literário dele. E entendemos que os conceitos simbólicos da alquimia e as mensagens que a experiência do escritor com a alquimia configura em suas obras literárias compartilham a quase mesma dimensão semântica. Percebemos também que em alguns aspectos as idéias do escritor consolidadas em torno da sua pesquisa da alquimia vão às vezes além dos conceitos genéricos da alquimia, atingindo assim uma dimensão bastante peculiar e fundamental para compreender melhor o seu universo literário: para ele que se declara católico, Deus não é católico nem islâmico, nem budista, nem hinduista. Por exemplo, ele diz que Deus é um só e é que o Seu nome varia dependendo da religião, porque cada religião precisa escolher um nome para chamá-lo.