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LATEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION

  • Marx, Olliver
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.227-243
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    • 1997
  • Fire and smoke can from a small ignition source develop rapidly. Active systems in combination with Passive Fire Protection measures will offer highest safety standards to the building's developers and occupants. Nevertheless, the fire growth is very unpredictable and it is therefore essential at the planning stage that tested solutions are well selected according to National codes and later on installed by qualified contractors to ensure optimum performance. This demonstrates that Passive Fire Protection as safety measure cannot be neglected. Recent fire cases all over the world still proof that fire can develop any time and any where even in countries of high safety standards.

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Qualitative Analysis on the Results of the Integrated Railway Safety R&D Project (철도종합안전기술개발사업 성과 분석)

  • Kim, Sang-Ahm;Cho, Yun-Ok
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.2952-2960
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    • 2011
  • The railway safety in Koreaisthreatenedduetotherestructuring of the railway industries, introduction of the Korea Train eXpress (KTX) and electrification of the conventional lines. Many technical backgrounds are required to control railway accidents as low as reasonably practicable, such as a railway safety act, safety standards, and safety assessment infrastructures. Korean government and the Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) are conducting an integrated R&D program for improvement of the railway safety, where the target is to reduce the accident fatalities by half. The program is composed of three parts; the safety system engineering and the program management, the establishment of a safety management system, and the development of techniques for assessing and preventing major railway accidents. Details of the research programs are explained in this paper, where risk is used as the major control measure.

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Structural safety factor for small unmanned aircraft (소형 무인기 구조 안전계수)

  • Kim, Sung-Joon;Lee, Seung-gyu;Kim, Tae-Uk
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 2017
  • Manned aircraft structural design is based on structural safety factor of 1.5, and this safety factor is equivalent to a probability of failure of between 10-2 and 10-3. The target failure probability of FARs is between 10-6 and 10-9 per flight according to aircraft type. NATO released STANAG 4703 to established the airworthiness requirements for small UAV which is less than 150kg. STANAG 4703 requires the Target Level of Safety according to MTOW. The requirements of failure probability for small UAV is between 10-4 and 10-5. In this paper, requirements of airworthiness certification for small UAV were investigated and the relationship of safety factors to the probability of structural failure is analyzed to reduce measure of safety factor and structural weight of unmanned aircraft.

Development of Safety Index for Evaluation of Ship Navigation

  • Hwang, Soo-Jin;Kobayashi, Eiichi;Wakabayashi, Nobujazu
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.203-209
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    • 2014
  • As a sense of practical field, most researchers emphasize the importance of safety management to prevent marine accidents. The purpose of this paper is to develope a new safety evaluation method using Safety Index (SI) which is to measure the emotional feeling of navigation officer by traffic situations. In this study, the questionnaires with SI are used to investigate the degree of sensing levels of navigation officers according to the navigation situations. In addition, the traffic data obtained from AIS (Automatic Identification System) data are used to give actual situations in the questionnaire investigation. As results of questionaries investigations based upon the AIS data, it is shown that the Safety Index can be used as a criterion to determine the safety levels of ship navigating in a coastal areas.

Identification of Railway Safety Issue for Mid and Long Term Safety Plan (중장기 철도안전계획 수립을 위한 철도시스템 문제점 도출 연구)

  • Kwak Sang-Log;Park Joo-Nam;Wang Jong-Bae;Cho Vun-Ok
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.32-37
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    • 2005
  • Many developed countries use risk based safety management system. Currently many research efforts are made for the application of risk concept in safety management within the boundary of the railway safety act 2005. But results of these efforts can be applied around 2008 due to many background data and analysis techniques. For the prompt and efficient construction of mid and long term safety plan$(2006\~2010)$ various reports on safety issues and expert opinions are analysed in this study without risk analysis. Identification of railway safety issues are summarized and effective measure are proposed in this study.

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The Needs Analysis of Software Safety Education Program for Common Competency Area

  • Kang, Ji-Woon;Do, Sung-Ryong
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.960-971
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    • 2021
  • As the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution enters, the importance of software safety is increasing, but related systematic educational curriculum and trained professional engineers are insufficient. The purpose of this research is to propose the high priority elements for the software safety education program through needs analysis. For this purpose, 74 candidate elements of software safety education program were derived through contents analysis of literature and nominal group technique (NGT) process with five software safety professionals from various industries in South Korea. Targeting potential education participants including industrial workers and students, an on-line survey was conducted to measure the current and required level of each element. Using descriptive statistics, t-test, Borich needs assessment and Locus for focus model, 16 high priority elements were derived for software safety education program. Based on the results, suggestions were made to develop a more effective education program for software safety education.

Evaluation of the Navigational Safety Level in Korean Coastal Waterway from the Viewpoint of Ship Operator′s Stress (조선자의 조선부담감을 고려한 연안해역의 항행 안전성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • 금종수;장운재
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2003
  • The prevention of marine accidents has been a major topic in marine society and various policies and countermeasures have been developed, applied to the industries. In order to improve the navigational safety level in the coastal waterways, the navigational safety level must be evaluated from the mariner's perception of safety. So far as human beings are concerned, there are many types of fuzziness in the evaluation of navigational safety level. In order to reflect these fuzziness on this evaluation, this paper introduces the fuzzy integral suggested by Choquet to represent the fuzziness in the evaluation process. This paper aims to develop the method for this evaluation from the viewpoint of mariner's operational stress using the fuzzy measure and Choquet integral. In this paper, Korean coastal area is divided into 8 sectors and evaluated the priority for the needs of coastal VTS and navigational aids. The results are found in the order named Mokpo, Yosu, Pohang, Inchon, Busan, Geoje, Gunsan, Donghae coastal area.

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Development of patient-based patient safety questionnaire in dentistry (환자기반 치과의료 환자안전에 대한 연구)

  • Bo-Ra, Kim;Hosung, Shin
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Dental Administration
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.53-65
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    • 2022
  • The Primary Care Patient Measure of Safety (PC-PMOS) is a measure of safety that allows patients to evaluate contributing factors related to patient safety in primary care. This study aimed to examine which questionnaire items of the PC-PMOS could be used in Korean dental institutions. A survey of the Korean translation of the PC-PMOS, a self-reported questionnaire, was conducted in August 2022 by 400 adults who had used dental-care services within the last three years. Of the 77 items, 34 were selected using principal component analysis and two experts' evaluations based on face validity. Five domains were identified from factor analysis: patient centeredness, patient information update, complaint processing, communication, and information about the complaint process. The Cronbach's alpha of the data was 0.913, indicating high reliability. As a result of the generalized multiple regression analysis, regression coefficients were not statistically significant, except for household income. This indicated that there was no bias in the patient safety scores of dental institutions evaluated by patients within the range of independent variables used in this study. The five domains with 34 items identified in this study suggested the factors that contribute to the safety of patients who used dental care services in Korea. However, validation of this study result is still important to refine questionnaires suitable for dental institutions in Korea so as to further improve the quality of dental care.

A Study on the Perception of Safety Program (안전프로그램(Safety Program) 및 안전문화(Safety Culture)에 대한 조사)

  • Gil, Ho Seong;Lee, Hak Bong;Song, Byung Heum
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.82-89
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    • 2019
  • There are many ways to identify airline's perception of the safety program and safety culture. In particular, various studies are under way to measure airline safety culture and safety awareness of airline employees. Often, survey methods are used a lot, but there is a limit to understanding the complex and diverse aviation culture through surveys alone. Nevertheless, the Air Safety Management System (SMS) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) emphasizes the importance of safety surveys as a means of ensuring awareness of safety culture. The safety surveys is effective in identifying and providing awareness of the relationship between employees and the Air Safety Program (SMS, Safety Management and Safety Culture aspects). In this study, we conducted a survey of Z Airlines flight attendants and cabin crew to compare their perception of safety programs and culture, and based on this survey, we would like to compare and analyze simple safety culture measurements and safety awareness.

Assessing Safety Requirements Based on KANO Model (KANO 모형 기반 안전요구사항 평가)

  • Sejung Lee;Seongrok Chang;Yongyoon Suh
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2023
  • As the first step of risk management, risk identification is inevitable to understand the degree of work safety. However, the safety requirements can be divided in necessary factors and additional factors. Thus, we propose a safety requirements assessment model using Kano model derived from Herzberg's two-factor theory, classifying safety requirements into ideal elements and must-be elements. The Kano model is usually applied to evaluate customer satisfaction divided into three major requirements in the fields of product development and marketing: attractive, must-be, and one-dimensional requirements. Among them, attractive requirement and must-be requirement are matched with ideal element and must-be element for safety requirement classification, respectively. The ideal element is defined as preventive safety elements to make systems more safe and the must-be element is referred to as fatal elements to be essentially eliminated in systems. Also, coefficients of safety measurement and safety prevention are developed to classify different class of safety requirements. The positioning map is finally visualized in terms of both coefficients to compare the different features. Consequently, the proposed model enables safety managers to make a decision between safety measurement and prevention.