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A Quantitative Study on Important Factors of the PSA of Safety-Critical Digital Systems

  • Kang, Hyun-Gook;Taeyong Sung
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.596-604
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    • 2001
  • This paper quantitatively presents the effects of important factors of the probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) of safety-critical digital systems. The result which is quantified using fault tree analysis methodology shows that these factors remarkably affect the system safety. In this paper we list the factors which should be represented by the model for PSA. Based on the PSA experience, we select three important factors which are expected to dominate the system unavailability. They are the avoidance of common cause failure, the coverage of fault tolerant mechanisms and software failure probability. We Quantitatively demonstrate the effect of these three factors. The broader usage of digital equipment in nuclear power plants gives rise to the safety problems. Even though conventional PSA methods are immature for applying to microprocessor-based digital systems, practical needs force us to apply it because the result of PSA plays an important role in proving the safety of a designed system. We expect the analysis result to provide valuable feedback to the designers of digital safety- critical systems.

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체침(體鍼)과 이침(耳鍼)을 병용(倂用)하여 치료(治療)한 긴장성(緊張性) 두통(頭痛)에 관(關)한 임상적(臨床的) 고찰(考察) (A clinical review on the effect of Acupuncture(body and ears) treatment for strained head-ache)

  • 김양식;김성현
    • 대한한의학회지
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.433-446
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    • 1996
  • From September 1990 to December 1994, author had treated by acupuncture for 75 cases of strained headache. The results were as follows. 1. There were some kind of head-ache, posterior head-ache( 32.0 % ), lateral head-ache( 28 % ), whole head-ache( 25.3 % ), floating head-ache(8.0%), upper head-ache( 4.0 % ), front head-ache( 2.7 % ). 2. The causes of head-ache were indistinctness ( 34.7 % ), sensibility ( 53.3 % ), indigestion( 12.9 % ), ect. 3. The combined symptoms were indigestion, constipation, sensibility, hypertention, muscle-ache, ect. 4. There were effects of acupuncture treatment, unavailability (25.3 %), availability (74.7 %). 5. There were availability in according with increasing treatment.

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짝이 되는 두 부품의 경제적 선택조립 절차 (An Economic Selective Assembly Procedure for Two Mating Components)

  • 권혁무;김광재
    • 한국경영과학회지
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 1999
  • An economic procedure of selective assembly is proposed when a product is composed of two mating components. The major qualify characteristic of the product is the clearance between the two components. The components are divided into several classes prior to assembly. The component characteristics are assumed to be independently and normally distributed with equal variance. The procedure is designed so that the proportions of both components in their corresponding classes are the same. A cost model is developed based on a quadratic loss function and methods of obtaining the optimal class limits as well as the optimal number of classes are provided. Formulas for obtaining the proportion of rejection and the unavailability of mating components are also provided. The proposed model is compared with the equal width and the equal area partitioning methods using a numerical example.

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군 정비활동을 위한 웹 기반 소모성 수리부속품 보급체인 정보체계의 설계 및 구현 (The Design and Development of a Web Based Information System for Military Expendable Maintenance Supply Chains)

  • 우훈식
    • 산업경영시스템학회지
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    • 제32권2호
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    • pp.171-178
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    • 2009
  • Logistic support activities for weapon systems play an important role at maintenance activities in modern warfares. These activities are essential for keeping weapon systems ready at all time. However, maintenance supplies can be delayed without a proper information system. Further, increases of mean time to repair (MTTR) and unavailability of weapon systems can be occurred. In this study, a web based information system is developed for logistic chains of class 9 supplies. Utilizing web database technologies, the developed system can provide an environment for data exchange and sharing among various participants in the supply chain.

고온용 압력용기의 크리프 균열성장 잔여수명평가 사례 연구 (A Case Study of Creep Crack Growth Remaining life Assessment for High Temperature Pressure Equipments)

  • 백운봉;이해무;박종서;윤기봉
    • 한국안전학회지
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.26-30
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    • 2001
  • Creep crack growth lift of high temperature pressure equipments was assessed for various crack locations and for various material properties. Surface cracks at the inner and outer surface of the vessel in the axial and circumferential directions were considered. The crack was located in the weld metal, in the parent metal or at the weld interface. Results shored that the crack at the weld interface was the most dangerous one. The crack located outside is weaker than that located inside. Safety factors of the case in which improper material properties were used the to unavailability of the correct material properties were discussed.

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Dynamic Replication Based on Availability and Popularity in the Presence of Failures

  • Meroufel, Bakhta;Belalem, Ghalem
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.263-278
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    • 2012
  • The data grid provides geographically distributed resources for large-scale applications. It generates a large set of data. The replication of this data in several sites of the grid is an effective solution for achieving good performance. In this paper we propose an approach of dynamic replication in a hierarchical grid that takes into account crash failures in the system. The replication decision is taken based on two parameters: the availability and popularity of the data. The administrator requires a minimum rate of availability for each piece of data according to its access history in previous periods, but this availability may increase if the demand is high on this data. We also proposed a strategy to keep the desired availability respected even in case of a failure or rarity (no-popularity) of the data. The simulation results show the effectiveness of our replication strategy in terms of response time, the unavailability of requests, and availability.

약국업무시 고충에 관한 개국약국 약사의 인식에 관한 연구 (Community Pharmacists' Perception of Barriers to Pharmacy Work)

  • 김현아
    • 한국임상약학회지
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to evaluate barriers to pharmacists' routine work in community setting. A survey was given to 281 pharmacists who enrolled in 16-week clinical pharmacy educating program in continuous education center for advanced pharmacy at Seoul National University. Three main questions that pharmacists were asked to answer were: (1) difficulties on dispensing prescription, (2) difficulties on communicating with doctors, (3) most difficult disease on patients counseling. The response rates for the survey were more than 60 % for each three questions (62.63 %, 63.7 %, and 64.41 %, respectively). The top three barriers to dispensing prescription were lack of professional knowledge about medications, prescription error and its solving ability and patient counseling. The top three barriers to communicating with doctors were lacking of opportunity to discuss about patients' medication due to unavailability of doctors, doctors' attitude using authoritative manner, and a pharmacist's lack of knowledge. The top 4 most difficult diseases on patients counseling were cardiovascular disorders, dermatologic disorders, endocrinologic disorders, and psychiatric disorders.

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Thermal hydraulic analysis of core flow bypass in a typical research reactor

  • Ibrahim, Said M.A.;El-Morshedy, Salah El-Din;Abdelmaksoud, Abdelfatah
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제51권1호
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2019
  • The main objective of nuclear reactor safety is to maintain the nuclear fuel in a thermally safe condition with enough safety margins during normal operation and anticipated operational occurrences. In this research, core flow bypass is studied under the conditions of the unavailability of safety systems. As core bypass occurs, the core flow rate is assumed to decrease exponentially with a time constant of 25 s to new steady state values of 20, 40, 60, and 80% of the nominal core flow rate. The thermal hydraulic code PARET is used through these calculations. Reactor thermal hydraulic stability is reported for all cases of core flow bypass.

Recent progress in vaccine development targeting pre-clinical human toxoplasmosis

  • Ki-Back Chu;Fu-Shi Quan
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제61권3호
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    • pp.231-239
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    • 2023
  • Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasitic organism affecting all warm-blooded vertebrates. Due to the unavailability of commercialized human T. gondii vaccine, many studies have been reported investigating the protective efficacy of pre-clinical T. gondii vaccines expressing diverse antigens. Careful antigen selection and implementing multifarious immunization strategies could enhance protection against toxoplasmosis in animal models. Although none of the available vaccines could remove the tissue-dwelling parasites from the host organism, findings from these pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies highlighted their developmental potential and provided insights into rational vaccine design. We herein explored the progress of T. gondii vaccine development using DNA, protein subunit, and virus-like particle vaccine platforms. Specifically, we summarized the findings from the pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies involving T. gondii challenge infection in mice published in the past 5 years.

석유시추용 인코넬 625강의 FCAW용접에 의한 고온인장 특성에 관한 연구 (A Study on High Temperature Tensile Property of Inconel 625 for Petroleum Application by Flux cored Arc Welding Process)

  • 박경동;안도경;진영범
    • 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국해양공학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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    • pp.352-355
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    • 2004
  • Inconel 625 is useful in variety of industrial applications because of the resistance to attack in various corrosive media at temperatures from $200^{\circ}C$ to over $1090^{\circ}C$, in combination with good law- and high temperature mechanical strength. Rencently, this material is also used widely in offshore processing piping in order to extend the maintenance tenn and improve the quality of anti-corrosion. In general, high quality weldments for this material are readily produced by commonly used processes. Not all processes are applicable to this material group, Ni-alloys. Metallurgiad characterictics or the unavailability of matching, position or suitable welding processes. Nowadays, the flux cored wire is developed and applied for the better productivity in several welding position including the vertical position. in this study, the weldability and weldment characteristics of inconel 625 are considered in FCAW weld associated with the several shielding gases($80\%Ar\;+\;20\%\;CO_2,\;50\%Ar\;+\;50\%\;CO_2,\;100\%\;CO_2$) in viewpoint of welding productivity.

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