• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.333-342
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• 2004

This paper presents a framework for the self-organization of swarm systems based on coupled nonlinear oscillators (CNOs). In this scheme, multiple agents in a swarm self-organize to flock and arrange themselves as a group using CNOs, which are able to keep a certain distance by the attractive and repulsive forces among different agents. A theoretical approach of flocking behavior by CNOs and a design guideline of CNO parameters are proposed. Finally, the formation scenario for cooperative multi-agent groups is investigated to demonstrate group behaviors such as aggregation, migration, homing and so on. The task for each group in this scenario is to perform a series of processes such as gathering into a whole group or splitting into two groups, and then to return to the base while avoiding collision with agents in different groups and maintaining the formation of each group.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.2859-2865
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• 2021

One of the important issues raised from the Fukushima-Daiichi accident is the safety of multi-unit sites when simultaneous accidents occur at the site and recently a multi-unit PSA methodology is being developed worldwide. Since all operation modes of the plant should be considered in the multi-unit PSA, the accident analysis needs to be performed for shutdown operation modes, too. In this study, a station blackout during the mid-loop operation is selected as a reference scenario. The overall accident progression for the mid-loop operation is slower than that for the full-power operation because the residual heat per mass of coolant is about 6 times lower than that in the mid-loop scenario. Though the fractions of Cs released from the core to the RCS in both operation modes are almost the same, the amount of Cs delivered to the containment atmosphere is quite different due to the chemisorption in the RCS. While 45.5% of the initial inventory is chemisorbed on the RCS surfaces during the full-power operation, only 2.2% during the mid-loop operation. The containment remains intact during the mid-loop operation, though 83.9% of Cs is delivered to the containment.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2019

The paper presents the results of a multi-criteria comparative evaluation of 12 feasible Russian nuclear energy deployment scenarios with thermal and fast reactors in a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The comparative evaluation was performed based on 6 performance indicators and 5 different MCDA methods (Simple Scoring Model, MAVT / MAUT, AHP, TOPSIS, PROMETHEE) in accordance with the recommendations elaborated by the IAEA/INPRO section. It is shown that the use of different MCDA methods to compare the nuclear energy deployment scenarios, despite some differences in the rankings, leads to well-coordinated and similar results. Taking into account the uncertainties in the weights within a multi-attribute model, it was possible to rank the scenarios in the absence of information regarding the relative importance of performance indicators and determine the preference probability for a certain nuclear energy deployment scenario. Based on the results of the uncertainty/sensitivity analysis and additional analysis of alternatives as well as the whole set of graphical and attribute data, it was possible to identify the most promising nuclear energy deployment scenario under the assumptions made.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권8호
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• pp.1255-1265
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• 2018

The need for a PSA (Probabilistic Safety Assessment) for a multi-unit at a site is growing after the Fukushima accident. Many countries have been studying issues regarding a multi-unit PSA. One of these issues is the problem of many combinations of accident sequences in a multi-unit PSA. This paper deals with the methodology and software to quantify a PSA scenarios for a multi-unit site. Two approaches are developed to quantify a multi-unit PSA. One is to use a minimal cut set approach, and the other is to use a Monte Carlo approach.

• 생태와환경
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.187-194
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• 2011

본 연구는 수자원, 물환경 및 수생태계의 변이를 파악하는데 기초자료를 제공하고자 수평격자 27 km의 고해상도 기후변화 시나리오를 이용하여 15개 다목적댐 유역을 대상으로 기후변화를 분석하였다. 기온은 15개 다목적댐유역 모두 2100년까지 지속적으로 상승하는 경향을 보인 반면, 강수량은 2040년대에 급격히 증가하면서 2050년대 이후부터는 지역별로 서로 다른 증감 경향을 보였다. 강원지역에 위치한 소양강댐과 횡성댐 유역에서는 2050년대 이후 강수량 증가가 서서히 감소한 후 2090년대에 다시 급격히 증가하는 경향을 보인 반면, 경북지역에서 전남 해안지역에 이르는 중부지역에 위치한 7개 댐 유역에서는 2050년 이후 10년 주기의 증감 변화가 나타났으며, 남부지역에 위치한 6개 댐 유역에서는 2050년 이후 2060년대에 강수량 증가가 급격히 감소한 후 2090년대까지 서서히 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 20세기 후반(1971~2000년)에 비하여 21세기 후반(2071~2100년)에 강수일수는 약 3% 정도 증가하고 강수강도는 6~12% 정도 강해지는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 강수강도별 강수빈도는 남부지역을 제외한 모든 댐 유역에서 강수강도가 증가할수록 강수빈도는 증가하며, 남부지역에서는 10~30 mm $d^{-1}$ 범위의 강수강도에서 강수빈도가 감소하나 그 이상의 강수강도에서는 강수빈도가 다시 증가하는 특성을 보였다. 호우로 규정된 50 m $d^{-1}$ 이상의 강수강도에서 15개 댐유역 모두 강수빈도가 약 20~100% 이상 증가하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.641-653
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• 2008

This paper proposes a practical and realistic method to establish an optimal lifetime maintenance strategy for deteriorating bridges by considering the life-cycle performance as well as the life-cycle cost. The proposed method offers a set of optimal tradeoff maintenance scenarios among other conflicting objectives, such as minimizing cost and maximizing performance. A genetic algorithm is used to generate a set of maintenance scenarios that is a multi-objective combinatorial optimization problem related to the lifetime performance and the life-cycle cost as separate objective functions. A computer program, which generates optimal maintenance scenarios, was developed based on the proposed method using the life-cycle costs and the performance of bridges. The subordinate relation between bridge members has been considered to decide optimal maintenance sequence and a corresponding algorithm has been implemented into the program. The developed program has been used to present a procedure for finding an optimal maintenance scenario for steel-girder bridges on the Korean National Road. Through this bridge maintenance scenario analysis, it is expected that the developed method and program can be effectively used to allow bridge managers an optimal maintenance strategy satisfying various constraints and requirements.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.255-269
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• 2003

The objective of this study was to estimate human exposure to benzo (a)pyrene through multimedia/multi-pathway exposure scenario. The human exposure scenario for benzo(a)pyrene was consisted of 12 multiple exposure pathways, and the multipathway human exposure model based on this scenario constituted. In this study, the multipathway human exposure model was used to estimate the concentrations in the exposure contact media, human intake factors and lifetime average daily dose (LAD $D_{model}$) of benzo(a)pyrene in the environment. Sensitivity analysis was performed to identify the important parameters and Monte-Carlo simulation was undertaken to examine the uncertainty of the model. The total LAD $D_{model}$ was estimated to be 5.52${\times}$10$^{-7}$ mg/kg-day (2.06${\times}$10$^{-7}$ -8.65${\times}$10$^{-7}$ mg/kg-day) using the multipathway human exposure model. The inhalation dose accounted for 78% of the total LADD, whereas ingestion and dermal contact intake accounted for 20.2% and 1.8% of the total exposure, respectively. Based on the sensitivity analysis, the most significant contributing input parameter was benzo (a)pyrene concentration of ambient air. Consequently, exposure via inhalation in outdoor/indoor air was the highest compared with the exposure via other medium/pathways.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권5호
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• pp.47-62
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• 2020

Rice paddy accounts for approximately 52.5% of all farmlands in South Korea, and it is closely related to the water environment. Climate change is expected to affect not only agricultural productivity also the water and the nutrient circulation. Therefore this study was aimed to evaluate changes of nitrogen load from rice paddy considering climate change scenario uncertainty. APEX-Paddy model which reflect rice paddy environment by modifying APEX (Agricultural Policy and Environmental eXtender) model was used. Using the AIMS (APCC Integrated Modeling Solution) offered by the APEC Climate Center, bias correction was conducted for 9 GCMs using non-parametric quantile mapping. Bias corrected climate change scenarios were applied to the APEX-Paddy model. The changes and uncertainty in runoff and nitrogen load were evaluated using multi-model ensemble. Paddy runoff showed a change of 23.1% for RCP4.5 scenario and 45.5% for RCP8.5 scenario compared the 2085s (2071 to 2100) against the base period (1976 to 2005). The nitrogen load was found to be increased as 43.9% for RCP4.5 scenario and 76.0% for RCP8.5 scenario. The uncertainty analysis showed that the annual standard deviation of nitrogen loads increased in the future, and the maximum entropy indicated an increasing tendency. And Duncan's analysis showed significant differences among GCMs as the future progressed. The result of this study seems to be used as a basis for mid- and long-term policies for water resources and water system environment considering climate change.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2013

Many previous tall building fires demonstrate that despite code compliant construction fires often spread vertically and burn over multiple floors at the same time. The collapses of the WTC complex buildings in 9/11 as well as other partial collapses like the ones of the Windsor Tower in Madrid and of the Technical University of Delft building posed new questions on the stability of tall buildings in fire. These accidents have shown that local or global collapse is possible in multi-floor fires. In most of the previous work involving multi-floor fires all floors were assumed to be heated simultaneously although in reality fires travel from one floor to another. This paper extends previous research by focusing on the collapse mechanisms of tall buildings in fire and performs a parametric study using various travelling rates. The results of the study demonstrate that vertically travelling fires have beneficial impact in terms of the global structural response of tall buildings in comparison to simultaneous fires. Contrary to the beneficial effect of the travelling fires in terms of the global structural response, it was noticed that higher tensile forces were also present in the floors compared to simultaneous multi-floor case. Designers are therefore advised to consider simultaneous multi-floor fire as an upper bound scenario. However, a scenario where a travelling fire is used is also suggested to be examined, as the tensile capacity of connections may be underestimated.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권9A호
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• pp.784-789
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 Coordinated multi-point (CoMP) Coordinated scheduling/Coordinated beamforming (CS/CB) Precoding matrix indicator (PMI) 시나리오에서, 제한된 위상 피드백을 바탕으로 단말의 수신 Signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR)을 최대화하는 송신기의 프리코더를 제안한다. 특히, 다중 생 환경에서 외부셀을 고려하여 기존 프리코딩 기법을 개선 한다. 먼저 서빙 셀의 신호를 최대화하는 프리코딩 행렬 뿐 아니라 협력 셀의 신호를 최소화하는 프리코딩 행렬을 설계하여 수신 SINR을 최대화한다. 또한 제한된 bits 피드백 조건에서 활용할 수 있는 PMI 기법을 제시한다. 끝으로 시뮬레이션을 통해 CoMP CS/CB PMI 시나리오 하에서 본 논문에서 제시된 프리코더의 성능을 명가하고 다른 프리코더의 성능과 비교한다.