• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.11-25
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• 2015

The accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, caused by an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, resulted in a failure of the power systems that are needed to cool the reactors at the plant. The accident progression in the absence of heat removal systems caused Units 1-3 to undergo fuel melting. Containment pressurization and hydrogen explosions ultimately resulted in the escape of radioactivity from reactor containments into the atmosphere and ocean. Problems in containment venting operation, leakage from primary containment boundary to the reactor building, improper functioning of standby gas treatment system (SGTS), unmitigated hydrogen accumulation in the reactor building were identified as some of the reasons those added-up in the severity of the accident. The Fukushima accident not only initiated worldwide demand for installation of adequate control and mitigation measures to minimize the potential source term to the environment but also advocated assessment of the existing mitigation systems performance behavior under a wide range of postulated accident scenarios. The uncertainty in estimating the released fraction of the radionuclides due to the Fukushima accident also underlined the need for comprehensive understanding of fission product behavior as a function of the thermal hydraulic conditions and the type of gaseous, aqueous, and solid materials available for interaction, e.g., gas components, decontamination paint, aerosols, and water pools. In the light of the Fukushima accident, additional experimental needs identified for hydrogen and fission product issues need to be investigated in an integrated and optimized way. Additionally, as more and more passive safety systems, such as passive autocatalytic recombiners and filtered containment venting systems are being retrofitted in current reactors and also planned for future reactors, identified hydrogen and fission product issues will need to be coupled with the operation of passive safety systems in phenomena oriented and coupled effects experiments. In the present paper, potential hydrogen and fission product issues raised by the Fukushima accident are discussed. The discussion focuses on hydrogen and fission product behavior inside nuclear power plant containments under severe accident conditions. The relevant experimental investigations conducted in the technical scale containment THAI (thermal hydraulics, hydrogen, aerosols, and iodine) test facility (9.2 m high, 3.2 m in diameter, and $60m^3$ volume) are discussed in the light of the Fukushima accident.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2014

PRT(Personal Rapid Transit) 시스템은 자동차를 대체할 수 있는 지속 가능한 친환경 미래교통 수단으로 최근 국내외적으로 활발한 연구가 진행 중이다. 이러한 PRT 시스템의 중요한 특징 중 하나는 저비용으로 건설 운영될 수 있다는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 PRT 주행선로에 대해 차량의 주행안정성을 고려한 최적 평면 선형에 대한 기초 연구를 수행하였다. 설계 최고속도로 주행 시 곡선반경, 완화곡선 길이, 캔트(편경사)와 같은 주요 매개변수들에 대해 차량동역학 해석을 수행하였으며 최적선형 설계(안)을 제시하였다. 해석결과, 이론값을 만족함을 알 수 있었으며 기준 완화의 가능성도 확인할 수 있었다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2016

We applied multilayer perceptron (MLP) and radial basis function (RBF) neural network in upstream and downstream water quality stations of the Karaj Reservoir in Iran. For both neural networks, inputs were pH, turbidity, temperature, chlorophyll-a, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and nitrate, and the output was dissolved oxygen (DO). We used an MLP neural network with two hidden layers, for upstream station 15 and 33 neurons in the first and second layers respectively, and for the downstream station, 16 and 21 neurons in the first and second hidden layer were used which had minimum amount of errors. For learning process 6-fold cross validation were applied to avoid over fitting. The best results acquired from RBF model, in which the mean bias error (MBE) and root mean squared error (RMSE) were 0.063 and 0.10 for the upstream station. The MBE and RSME were 0.0126 and 0.099 for the downstream station. The coefficient of determination ($R^2$) between the observed data and the predicted data for upstream and downstream stations in the MLP was 0.801 and 0.904, respectively, and in the RBF network were 0.962 and 0.97, respectively. The MLP neural network had acceptable results; however, the results of RBF network were more accurate. A sensitivity analysis for the MLP neural network indicated that temperature was the first parameter, pH the second and nitrate was the last factor affecting the prediction of DO concentrations. The results proved the workability and accuracy of the RBF model in the prediction of the DO.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.136-148
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• 2015

We analyzed the effect of three different types of inventory systems for saving the total cost using simulation on the system where multiple depots and many retailers disperse on the limited area. Three types of inventory systems are single echelon system with inventory exchange and two-echelon system and the variant two-echelon system. Variant two echelon system is the two-echelon system where the inventory transshipmentsare allowed on every two stage inventory echelons. Inventories kept on every retailer are commonly used for all retailers when certain retailer has stock-out. And when all retailers are stock-out, inventories kept on every depot are commonly used for the retailers whose assigned depots are stock-out. These all three systems are simulated with the constraint of service level on wide range of parameter settings. Simulation results show that cost saving effect appear clear for single echelon system and two-echelon system when shortage cost portion and transportation cost portion becomes large respectively irrespective of depot number. Variant two echelon system seems to be superior to two other systems when transportationcost portion becomes very small. But this superiority is not proved in terms of statistics. So we may conclude that the variant two echelon system may be useless with the higher administrative efforts due to frequent inventory exchange. Also we note that the traditional two echelon system becomes inferior to two other systems in terms of statistics when service level becomes high or when demand variance becomes very large. And inventory integration effect that cost becomes saved when depot number decrease, diminishes when transportation cost or stock-out cost increases irrespective of inventory systems.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.469-479
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• 2016

Kimchi cabbage is one of the most important vegetables in Korea and a target crop for market stabilization as well. In particular Kimchi cabbages in a highland area are very sensitive to the fluctuations in supply and demand. Yield variability due to growth conditions dictates the market fluctuations of Kimchi cabbage price. This study was carried out to understand the distribution of the highland Kimchi cabbage growth status in Anbandeok. Anbandeok area in Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Korea is one of the main producing districts of highland Kimchi cabbage. The highland Kimchi cabbage status map of each growth factor was obtained from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery and field survey data. Six status maps include UAVRGB image map, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) distribution/anomaly map, Crop distribution map, Planting/Harvest distribution map, Growth parameter map and Growth disorder map. As a result, the highland Kimchi cabbage status maps from May 31 to Sep. 6 in 2016 were presented to show spatial variability in the field. The benefits of the highland Kimchi cabbage status map can be summarized as follows: crop growth monitoring, reference for field observations and survey, the relative comparison of the growth condition in field scale, evaluation of growth in comparison of average year, change detection of annual crops or planting areas, abandoned fields monitoring, prediction of harvest season etc.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.12-30
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• 2009

The relationship between marine environmental improvement and environmental perception of the inhabitants was investigated. For this purpose, the seawater and bottom materials were analysed. Apart from this, the questionnaire surveys were also conducted around the Sun-so coastal area. In order to examine the improvement in the marine environment, 12 monitoring sites, which are located around Sun-so coast and can be divided into two parts such as inland (GW1-GW6) and outland (GW7-GW12) sea, were chosen. All the collected samples were analyzed to find out the quality of seawater (temperature, pH, salinity, dissolved oxygen: DO, chemical oxygen demand: COD and suspend solid: SS), nutrients (total nitrogen: TN and phosphate: $PO_4-P$) and bottom materials (COD, volatile solids: VS) as per the standard analytical procedures. In addition, the questionnaire mainly focused on the following three factors: 1) social economy, 2) dependent environmental awareness and 3) independent environmental awareness related with the environmental education. The monitoring studies indicated that the marine environment of the Sun-so coast showed various trends for analyzing parameter. No significant temporal changes in temperature, pH and salinity were observed. However, the other parameters showed decreasing (COD, SS, TN, $PO_4-P$ and VS) and increasing (DO) trends according to the quality of seawater and bottom materials. The questionnaire survey clearly showed that most of the residents in Sun-so recognized the improvement of marine environment as compared with the situation experienced in the past. The dredging project which is closely related with economic and living conditions of the local residents led to alter the environmental perceptions and attitudes. The survey also indicated that the inhabitants perceived the necessity of the environmental education (87% of respondents) and preferred regular schooling (55% of respondents) as effective and practical education methods.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제35권11C호
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• pp.929-939
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• 2010

멀티미디어 기술이 발전함에 따라 대용량의 데이터베이스의 관리와 불법 복제물 검출을 위한 동영상 검색의 필요성이 커지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 요구에 맞춰 대용량 데이터베이스에서 고속 동영상 검색을 수행할 수 있는 방법을 제안한다. 고속 동영상 검색 방법은 프레임의 휘도 분포를 이용하여 공간적 특징을 추출하고, 동영상의 시간적 유사성 지도를 생성하여 시간적 특정을 추출한다. 동영상의 공간적 특정과 시간적 특정을 식별자로 구성하고 단계적인 정합 방법을 수행한다. 실험에서는 원본 동영상과 밝기 변화, 압축률 변환, 자막/로고 삽입과 같은 다양한 변형을 이용하여 정확성, 추출 및 정합 속도, 식별자 크기를 측정하여 성능을 평가하였다. 또한, 제안한 방법의 파라미터를 실험적으로 선택한 과정을 기술하고 비교 알고리즘과 공간적 특정만을 이용한 단순 정합 결과를 제시하였다. 정확성, 경색 속도 식별자 크기의 모든 결과에서, 제안한 고속 검색 방법이 대용량 데이터베이스의 동영상 경색에 가장 적합한 기술임을 보였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.6084-6091
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• 2014

본 논문은 변동성 비대칭 모형인 GJR GARCH 모형을 이용하여, 수산물 시장에서의 가격변동성과 거래량간의 실증분석을 수행하였다. 실증분석을 위한 연구는 제주지역에서 양식 생산되고 있는 넙치를 분석대상으로 하였다. 주요 연구결과로, 우선 기존의 연구결과와 유사하게 본 연구에서도 양식넙치의 가격변동성에 대한 "변동성 군집(volatility clustering)" 현상이 나타나고 있음을 보였다. 다음으로 양식넙치의 거래량과 가격간에 유의적인 음(-)의 관계가 나타나 일반적인 공급의 법칙이 성립되고 있음을 증명하였다. 마지막으로는 양식넙치의 가격변동성이 거래량의 변동성에 비대칭적으로 반응함으로써 거래물량을 인위적으로 조절할 수 있는 정부정책(비축사업, 수급안정화사업 등)의 유용성을 결론으로 제시하였다.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제4권11호
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• pp.2662-2670
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• 1997

고속 네트워크의 발전으로 인해 일반적인 문자 데이타외에 음성, 정지화상, 동화상 등 대용량 멀티미디어 데이타의 전송이 가능하게 되었다. 멀티미디어 응용에서 데이타의 실시간 저장 및 재생 서비스를 위해 저장시스템으로서 디스크 배열의 사용은 필수적이다. 각 디스크들의 구성 방법 및 멀티미디어 데이타 할당 방법 등의 여러 가지 디스크 배열 파라미터들은 VOD 서버의 저장시스템으로서의 성능을 좌우하는 중요한 요인이다. 본 논문에서는 VOD 서버의 저장시스템으로 사용하기 위한 디스크 배열의 여러 가지 파라미터를 두가지의 시뮬레이션 즉, 실측과 시뮬레이터상에서 성능을 비교 평가하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 1.5Mbps의 MPEG-1 파일을 제공하는 디스크 배열의 구조에서 초당 요구 데이타의 크기는 185KB, 스트라이핑 단위는 256KB, RAID 레벨은 5일 때가 실측과 시뮬레이터 두가지 모두에서 가장 적합한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2013

The demand of LNG tank and the constituting material, i.e., the Al5083 thick plate, increased due to the rapid growth LNG market. To weld the Al5083 thick plate, the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) of high current is necessary to increase manufacturing productivity incurred by the multi pass welding. However, the arc welding vaporizes the volatile element such as magnesium (Mg). This phenomenon changes the Mg composition of the weld metal and the mechanical properties. The study investigated the weldability of Al5083 alloys after conducting high current GMAW. The Al5083 alloy was welded by using different size of welding wires and high current (800-950A). As the arc current increased from 800A to 950A, the mechanical strength decreased and the secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) increased. Even though the arc current increased SDAS, the mechanical strength decreased due to the Mg loss in the weldment. The large diameter of welding wire decreased the dilution of the weld, therefore increasing the Mg content and the strength of the weld. For the reason, the content of Mg in welds was a major parameter to determine the mechanical property for the high current GMAW. For the arc current between 800A and 950A, the yield strength of the weldments showed a relationship with the weight percent of Mg content ($X_{Mg}$): Y.S = 27.9($X_{Mg}$)-11.