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Smoke Movement Characteristics in the Ship's Indoor Spaces with Fire Size and Location (선박 실내공간에서 화재의 크기 및 위치에 따른 연기거동특성)

  • Han Won-Hui;Cho Dae-Hwan
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.167-173
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    • 2005
  • It is very dangerous for ship‘s fire which occurs from navigating because of it will not be able to expect fire fighting from land so that handle with the oneself to control. Additionally, in the case of passenger ship is more serious for the reason of not only the properly damage but also large life accident can be occurred continuously. When the fire occurs, the many smoke to occur simultaneously as well as the heat from combustion process and the poisonous smoke is brought the life damage as the death from suffocation. The purpose of this study is to examine the smoke movement characteristics in the ship's indoor spaces with fire size and location An experimental study was carried out with two sized of fires and three typed of fire source locations. As the result of it, the smoke and heat diffusion characteristics has been showed the most quick rise curve in the case of comer type fire.

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A Design of the Automation Tyre Tread State Check System based on IoT Service (IoT 서비스 기반 자동차 타이어 트레드 자동 점검 시스템 설계)

  • Kim, Minyoung;Choi, Donggyu;Jang, Jong-wook
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.825-831
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    • 2020
  • In modern society, automobiles have become an essential means of transportation. It is the only consumable that is worn by contacting the ground among automobile parts. If the tyres are severely worn, the tyres may be break, presenting a risk of a serious accident to the driver. To avoid this risk, drivers should check tyre pressure and tread condition before driving a car. Tyre inflation pressure can be easily measured by TPMS, but in the case of tyre tread conditions, it can be cumbersome when the driver measures it directly using a coin or vernier caliper. This hassle can expose the driver to traffic accidents due to tyre breakage by neglecting to measure the condition of the tyre tread. In this paper, we introduce the contents of research to design an IoT service-based system that can automatically measure automobile tyres, and we verified the possibility of realizing the system by actually implementing and testing some components of the system.

A Research on the Verification Test Procedure for Quantitative Explosion Risk Assessment and Management of Offshore Installations (해양플랜트 폭발사고 위험도 평가/관리를 위한 실증시험기법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Bong Ju;Ha, Yeon Chul;Seo, Jung Kwan
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.55 no.3
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    • pp.215-221
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    • 2018
  • The structural design of offshore installations against explosions has been required to protect vital areas (e.g. control room, worker's area etc.) and minimize the damage from explosion accidents. Because the explosion accident will not only result in significant casualties and economic losses, but also cause serious pollution and damage to surrounding environment and coastal marine ecosystems. Over the past two decades, an incredible efforts was made to develop reliable methods to reduce and manage the explosion risk. Among the methods Quantitative Risk Assessment and Management (QRA&M) is the one of cutting-edge technologies. The explosion risk can be quantitatively assessed by the product of explosion frequency based on probability calculation and consequence analyzed using computer simulations, namely Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA). However to obtain reliable consequence analysis results by CFD and FEA, uncertainties associate with modeling and simulation are needed to be identified and validated by comparison with experimental data. Therefore, large-scaled explosion test procedure is developed in this study. And developed test procedure can be helpful to obtain precious test data for the validation of consequence analysis using computer simulations, and subsequently allow better assessment and management of explosion risks.

The Study for Performance TestㆍVerification Standard, Form approval procedure(draft) of OSBA (생물정화제제의 성능시험ㆍ검정기준, 형식승인절차(안) 등에 관한 연구)

  • Chung Jin-Won;Yoon Joo-yong;Shin Jae-Rouk;Kim Han-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.16-27
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    • 2003
  • For the last decade, some 400 small and large oil spill accidents have occurred every year. Such accident blow a serious damage to the marine resource and ecosystem, which can't be estimated in terms of economic and environmental losses. The physical/chemical methods used currently may be effective at the initial stage of accidents, but they can't serve to remove the spilled oil completely. Moreover, the dispersant may lead to a secondary contamination detrimental to the lives inhabiting wet lands, beaches and tidal zone. Thus, a new decomposing technology Is required for the environmentally sensitive areas. Bioremediation is the active use of biological techniques to mitigate the consequences of a spill using biological processes and refers both of stimulation of pollutant biodegradation and/or to enhance ecosystem recovery Bioremediation is an economically attractive method for the clean-up of oil-contaminated area. Bioremediation has been demonstrated to be an effective oil spill countermeasure for use in cobble, sand beach, salt marsh, and mud flat environment.

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Relationships between Shift Work and Occupational Accidents in a Steel Company (철강회사에 있어서 교대작업과 산업재해의 관련성)

  • Seo, Yoo-Jin;Kazuya, Matsumoto;Moon, Se-Keun;Jung, Min-Sang;Kim, Myung-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.20 no.3 s.71
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    • pp.188-196
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    • 2005
  • Accident reports from 1991 to 2000 of a steel company were used to analyze which factors induce industrial accidents. The subjects were 8,311 blue-collar workers, who sustained 114 occupational injuries and work on a continuous full-day 3-team 3-shift system of backward rotation(mornings to afternoons to nights). With respect to marital status, the occupational injury rate(OIR) on the married workers was significantly higher compared to unmarried workers. With respect to no, the OIR of those in their early 20s was significantly higher when compared to other age groups. The OIR of highly educated workers showed a reduction when compared with lower educated workers. The OIR of shift workers were significantly higher compared with the daytime workers. The OIR of type of work decreased across the steel manufacturing process, rolling process, machine maintenance section forwarding products section to the field management section. With respect to the block of shift work(morning, afternoon, and night shifts) by the type of work, the OIR of the night shift was higher than those of the morning shift in the steel manufacturing process or forwarding products section. The OIR of the machine maintenance section was slightly higher in the morning shift than those of the night shift. The OIR of the time of day of the shift workers reached a peak between 09:00 and 11:00. The OIR of a slight injury to shift workers decreased across the night, afternoon, to morning shifts whereas the OIR of a serious injury tended to decrease across the night, morning, to afternoon shift. The body parts most commonly injured were the arm and the crus.

Convergence Security Technology of OPC-UA Protocol Gateway based on DPI & Self-Similarity for Smart Factory Network (스마트 팩토리 망에서 DPI와 자기 유사도 기술 기반의 OPC-UA 프로토콜 게이트웨이 융합 보안 기술)

  • Shim, Jae-Yoon;Lee, June-Kyoung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.1305-1311
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    • 2016
  • The smart factory, a combination of ICT technology to the entire production process of a product, means can you intelligent factory is to achieve such reduction and process improvement of the production cost. To implement the smart factory, inevitably must have an internal equipment connections to the external network, this is by equipment which is operated by the existing closure network is exposed to the outside network, the security vulnerability so that gender is increased. In order to solve this problem, it is possible to apply security solutions that are used in normal environments. However, it is impossible to have just completely blocking security threats that can occur in a smart factory network. Further, considering the economic damage that can occur during security breach accident, which cannot be not a serious problem. Therefore, in this paper, a look to know the security measures that can be applied to smart factory, to introduce the main fusion security technology necessary to smart factory dedicated security gateway.

Analysis of Performance Influencing Factor in Chemical Process Industry : A Practical Application (석유화학 산업에서의 수행영향인자 및 근본원인 분석 결과)

  • Yu, Kwang-Soo;Kim, Eun-Jung;Kim, Yong-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.11 no.2 s.35
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    • pp.60-64
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    • 2007
  • Chemical Process industry in Korea has over 30 year's of history and is likely to face potential incidents. The traditional risk analysis and control system in Chemical Process industry focuses on mechanical defects, overlooking the human performance control. Although development of automation technology and controlling technology was necessary, human decision factor is essential to preventing accidents in the Chemical Process. Almost all serious accidents take place when inappropriate humanperformance and mechanical defects of safety equipments simultaneously occurs. The AHRA(Advanced Human Reliability Analyzer) software has been developed to collect failure data and analyze human error probability (Reliability) in Chemical Process Industry in Korea. This paper describes the HRA analysis result of PIF(Performance Influencing Factor) evaluation, HEP(Human Error Probability) and root cause of accidents by applying a Chemical Process Industry related accident data. This analysis result should present a scheme that, by controlling human error factor other than putting safety management funds into the machinery in plants, can reduce cost and maximize the safety in Chemical Process Industry.

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Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury : Preliminary Investigation Using the Brief Neuropsychological Screening Test

  • Choi, Mi Sun;Seo, Sook Jin;Oh, Chang Hyun;Kim, Se-Hyuk;Cho, Jin Mo
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.190-194
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    • 2014
  • Objective : Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a group of diseases that are observed in patients who had experienced a serious trauma or accident. However, some experienced it even after only a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), and they are easily ignored due to the relatively favorable course of mild TBI. Herein, the authors investigated the incidence of PTSD in mild TBI using brief neuropsychological screening test (PTSD checklist, PCL). Methods : This study was conducted on patients with mild TBI (Glasgow coma scale ${\geq}13$) who were admitted from January 2012 to December 2012. As for PCL, it was done on patients who showed no difficulties in communication upon admission and agreed to participate in this study. By using sum of PCL, the patients were divided into high-risk group and low-risk group. PTSD was diagnosed as the three major symptoms of PTSD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth-edifion. Results : A total of 314 TBI patients were admitted and 71 of them met the criteria and were included in this study. The mean age was 52.9 years-old (range : 15--94). The mean PCL score was 28.8 (range : 17--68), and 10 patients were classified as high-risk group. During follow-up, 2 patients (2.7%) of high risk group, were confirmed as PTSD and there was no patient who was suspected of PTSD in the low-risk group (p=0.017). Conclusion : PTSD is observed 2.8% in mild TBI. Although PTSD after mild TBI is rare, PCL could be considered as a useful tool for screening of PTSD after mild TBI.

A Seasonal Risk Analysis and Damage Effects Assessment by Gas Leakage of Chemical Plant using 3D Scan and FLACS (3D 스캔과 FLACS를 활용한 화학플랜트 가스 누출의 계절별 위험성 및 피해영향 평가)

  • Kim, Jiyoung;Kim, Jiyu;Kim, Euisoo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2021
  • The process and facilities of modern chemical plants are becoming increasingly complex, there is possibility of potential risk. Internal chemicals generate stress concentration when operated due to turbulence, laminar flow, pressure, temperature, friction, etc. It causes cumulative fatigue damage, which can damage or rupture chemical facilities and devices. The statistics of chemical accidents found that the highest rate of occurrence was in summer, and in the last five years statistics on chemical accidents, leakage incidents make up a decent percentage of accidents. Chemical leaks can cause serious human damage and economic damage, including explosions and environmental pollution. In this study, based on the leak accident of chemical plant, the risk analysis, and damage effects assessment were estimated using a 3D scanner and FLACS. As a result, if chemicals leak in summer, the risk is higher than in other seasons, the seasonal safety management measures, and countermeasure were estimated.

The Aim to Provide Information of the Carrier for Dangerous Cargo in International Maritime Transportation (국제해상운송에서 위험화물에 대한 운송인 정보 제공 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Ki-Sik;Jeong, Keum-Sun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.881-888
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    • 2019
  • Dangerous cargo in maritime transportation is increasing in international trade. The types and forms of dangerous cargo are very diverse, complex, and the scope is expanding widely. For this reason, it is increase risk of accident threatens the safety of ships and other cargoes, as well as serious damage. Carriers' require special care and handling of dangerous cargo and have a duty of care for safe transport. The shipper is obliged to notify the carrier of the nature and characteristics of the dangerous cargo prior to loading on the ship, the responsibility of the carrier varies depending on the notification or not. This study compares and analyzes the concept and classification of dangerous cargoes, the provisions of the Hague rules, Hamburg Rules and Rotterdam Rules about Carriers' Dangerous Cargo Liability Regulations, after reviewing case studies. We intend to provide information to dangerous cargo handling, the carrier.