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Development of Pressure Correction System for Surface Vessel to Ensure Reliability of Compartment Test Result (수상함 격실기밀시험 결과의 신뢰성 확보를 위한 압력 보정 시스템 개발)

  • Min, Il-Hong;Kim, Jun-Woo;Son, Gi-Joong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.409-414
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    • 2021
  • Tightness performance that blocks compartments is important for surface ships to achieve superior mission performance and survivability in combat environments. To meet the above requirements, airtightness of the structural elements and the appropriate strength to specific areas are checked during a test run after ship construction. In particular, air tests of compartments adjacent to the water surface are performed. In an air test, air is injected into the compartment up to the test pressure of the test memo. The pressure drop value is checked after 10 minutes to determine if the requirements of the corresponding area are satisfied. In summer, however, when the influence of the outside temperature is large, a phenomenon in which the internal pressure increases during the air test was identified. This phenomenon reduces the reliability of the test result. Therefore, a system was designed to compensate for temperature changes in the compartments through this study. The developed system calculates the amount of pressure change caused by a temperature change in the compartment and outputs a correction value. The pressure change was calculated using the ideal gas equation, reflecting the maintenance, increase, and decrease in temperature during the test process. A comparison of the calculated pressure correction value with the database of NIST REFPROP revealed a difference of 0.126% to a maximum of 0.253%.

Analysis of Water System Impacts of Effluent from Agricultural and Industrial Complex Wastewater Treatment Facilities Using Numerical Analysis and Water Quality Modeling: A Method for Selecting an Appropriate Model (수치해석 및 수질모델링을 활용한 농공단지 폐수처리시설 방류수의 수계영향성 분석 및 적정 모델의 선정방안 제시)

  • Lee, In-Koo;Kang, Soon-Ah
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.77-92
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    • 2024
  • This study investigates the impact of aluminum and water pollutants present in the effluent from wastewater treatment plants associated with agricultural and industrial facilities in the Geumgang waterway. The average aluminum concentration in the effluent from these facilities ranged from 0.19-3.14 mg/L. The R2 values between the predicted and measured values at the confluence were 0.9237 and 0.9758, respectively, with an average aluminum concentration of 0.051 mg/L observed 10 km downstream. During the model calibration process, QUALKO2 outperformed QUAL2E, showing percent bias values of less than 11.9% and 18.9% for BOD and Chl-a, respectively. However, both models demonstrated similar performance in predicting T-N and T-P concentrations, as they both consider abiotic organic nitrogen and phosphorus. In conclusion, the impact of aluminum and water pollutants in the effluent from the Geumgang River agricultural and industrial complex wastewater treatment plant is relatively low. Nonetheless, for the safety of drinking water, continuous monitoring and proper maintenance of aluminum levels and water quality are essential.

Statistical Study on Respiratory Signal Analysis according to Patient Position and Device in Radiation Therapy (방사선치료 시 자세와 device에 따른 호흡신호의 분석)

  • Seo, Jeong-Min;Park, Myung-Hwan;Shim, Jae-Koo;Kim, Chan-Hyeong;Park, Cheol-Soo;Kim, Kyung-Keun;Cho, Jae-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.179-187
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    • 2011
  • This study statistically analyzed the difference of the stability of maintaining a respiratory period shown according to position and use of a device to search the tendency and usefulness of a device. The supine position showed better maintaining respiratory cycles than the prone position. The 85% of subjects who showed bad maintenance pattern of a respiratory cycle were significantly different pattern with using belly board. It could be said that there was a significant correlation between the maintenance of a respiratory cycle and relative index of respirational stability(p=0.044, kappa=0.607). The movement due to respiration was one of important considerations in the radiation therapy on chest, abdomen, and even pelvis. This study could contribute to the high quality radiation therapy by statistic analysis of respiratory signals and its application.

Improvement of Class Reuse at Sensor Network System Based on TinyOS Using CATL Model and Facade Pattern (CATL 모델과 Facade 패턴을 이용한 TinyOS 기반 센서네트워크 시스템 클래스 재사용 개선)

  • Baek, Jeong-Ho;Lee, Hong-Ro
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.46-56
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    • 2012
  • Recently, when software architecture is designed, the efficiency of reusability is emphasized. The reusability of the design can raise the quality of GIS software, and reduce the cost of maintenance. Because the object oriented GoF design pattern provides the class hierarchy that can represent repetitively, the importance is emphasized more. This method that designs the GIS software can be applied from various application systems. A multiple distributed sensor network system is composed of the complex structure that each node of the sensor network nodes has different functions and sensor nodes and server are designed by the combination of many classes. Furthermore, this sensor network system may be changed into more complex systems according to a particular purpose of software designer. This paper will design the CATL model by applying Facade pattern that can enhance the efficiency of reuse according to attributes and behaviors in classes in order to implement the complicated structure of the multiple distributed sensor network system based on TinyOS. Therefore, our object oriented GIS design pattern model will be expected to utilize efficiently for design, update, or maintenance, etc. of new systems by packing up attributes and behaviors of classes at complex sensor network systems.

Control Measures for Air Pollutant Emissions from In-Use Light-Duty Diesel Vehicles Regarding their Emission Control Technologies (배출허용기준 대응기술을 고려한 국내 소형 경유 운행차의 대기오염물질 관리 방안)

  • Lee, Taewoo;Park, Hana;Park, Junhong;Jeon, Sangzin;Kim, Jeongsoo;Choi, Kwangho
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.327-338
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    • 2014
  • The objective of this study is to enhance the effectiveness of Korean Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program. Three main tasks are: to measure pollutant emissions of in-use light-duty diesel vehicles (LDVs); to evaluate the validity of existing smoke control scheme for low-smoke-emitting vehicles, which have diesel particulate filters, DPF, to meet stringent Euro-5 emission limits; and to assess the necessity and the benefit of $NO_x$ inspection, which is not involved in current I/M program. We measured second-by-second smoke, particulate and gaseous emissions of 27 LDVs using opacity smoke meter, photo-acoustic soot sensor, and portable emissions measurement system, respectively, under the Korean I/M test driving cycle, KD-147. We find that the DPF plays a key role in controlling soot, which can be considered as black carbon contained in particulate matter. Thus, from an I/M perspective, we believe smoke inspection strategies for Euro-5 diesel vehicles should be more focused on the capability of detecting DPF malfunctions or failures, in order to keep DPF properly functional. Fleet averaged distance-specific $NO_x$ emissions are consistently higher than corresponding emission limits, and the values are similar among pre-Euro-3, Euro-3, and Euro-4 vehicle fleets. These findings indicate that the $NO_x$ inspection should be incorporated into current I/M program in order to manage urban $NO_x$ emissions. This research allows the Korean I/M program keep pace with developments in vehicle technologies, as well as the increased emphasis on $NO_x$ with respect to air quality and human health.

The Effects of Auricular Acupressure on Sleep Disorder in The Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (이압요법이 노인의 수면 장애 개선에 미치는 효과에 대한 체계적 문헌고찰 및 메타분석)

  • Jang, Minjin;Park, Hyojung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.116-126
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    • 2020
  • This study analyzed the effects of auricular acupressure on improving sleep disorders of the elderly. The data was collected from domestic and foreign databases. The keywords were 'auricular,' 'sleep,' 'insomnia, and so on. RoB and RoBANS were used to evaluate the risk of bias in the selected literature. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3. Seven of 386 studies were selected. Regarding the sleep score, those studies with an intervention period of less than four weeks showed WMD of 25.66 (95% CI; 20.18 to 31.14), which was significantly higher than that of the control group. Similarly, the studies with an intervention period longer than four weeks had significantly higher WMD than that of the control group, and the former exhibited WMD of 8.59 (95% CI: 6.26 to 10.92). In contrast, sleep satisfaction was significantly higher in the studies with a maintenance period of three days or less, which resulted in SMD of 13.37 (95% CI: 5.29 to 21.45). The score in the studies with a maintenance period longer than four days was significantly higher than that of the control group with SMD of 2.27 (95% CI: 1.82 to 2.72). Auricular acupressure was effective in alleviating sleep disorders among the elderly in terms of both sleep quality and sleep satisfaction.

The Effects of Void Ratio on Extrudability and Buildability of Cement-based Composites Produced by 3D Printers (3D 프린터용 시멘트 복합체의 간극비가 출력성과 적층성에 미치는 영향)

  • Seo, Ji-Seok;Lee, Bong-Chun;Kim, Yun-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.104-112
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    • 2019
  • The material properties of the 3D printing cement composite mortar were evaluated, and the performance range in which printing was possible was calculated using the void ratio in a fresh state as a single index. As a results of the tests, as the water-binder ratio (W/B) increased, the mortar flow value increased and the density and strength decreased. As the sand-binder ratio (SS/B) increased, the mortar flow value decreased. However, strength and density increased and decreased up to a certain SS/B. As admixture-binder ratio (Ad/B) increased, mortar flow value, density, and strength decreased. These trends make it difficult to mix-design to meet the target performances of 3D printing mortars, represented by extrudability and buildability. The value of mortar flow increased proportionally with the void ratio, while the density and strength apparently decreased as the void ratio increased. This indicates that void ratio can be utilized as a single index for controlling the material properties in the design of mortar mixtures. It was found that mortar mixture could be printed by a 3D printer when the void ratio was in the range from 0.6 to 0.7. This was verified by printing a mortar which has the void ratio of 0.634. The mortar was produced with the mixture design of W/B 35.0%, SS/B 60.0%, and Ad/B 0.1%. Further research applying diverse admixtures is needed to improve the quality of 3D printing output mortars.

Connection Resistance of Mechanical Joint using Connection plate for Improvement of Connectivity between PHC piles (PHC파일간 연결 시공성 개선 이음판형 기계적 연결부의 연결저항)

  • Ahn, Jin-Hee;Moon, Hong-duk;Ha, Min-Gyun;Cho, Kwang-Il
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.23 no.7
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2019
  • Welded joints and mechanical joints using bolt connection have been used as a pile-to-pile connecting method for PHC piles. These PHC pile joint methods may have difficulty in securing connecting quality and connecting performance in PHC pile joining process. Therefore, this study proposes a non-welded connection plate type mechanical PHC pile joint to improve the disadvantages of existing PHC pile connection methods and to secure the connection performance of PHC pile joint. Its connection performance was evaluated from nonlinear FE analysis and loading tests for actual PHC piles with suggested pile joints. From nonlinear FE analysis for the proposed PHC pile joint, it was evaluated to have sufficient connection performance under flexural, compressive, tensile, shear, and eccentric compressive load condition. PHC piles connected by the suggested connection plate type mechanical PHC pile joint show that they show stable linear behaviors for the crack moment and the flexural moment level of the PHC pile. Therefore, the proposed a non-welded connection plate type mechanical PHC pile joint can secure sufficient connection performance in PHC pile.

Diagnosis for Review of Statement and System Improvement of Consultation on the Coastal Area Utilization in Korea (해역이용협의 검토유형 분석 및 제도개선 진단)

  • Kim, Gui-Young;Lee, Dae-In;Jeon, Kyeong-Am;Eom, Ki-Hyuk;Woo, Young-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.345-354
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    • 2009
  • The review of statements and coastal development characteristics in South Korea were diagnosed by the consultation on the coastal area utilization in Korea. The occupation and the use of public water were dominated by installation of coastal structure and seawater supply and drainage whereas the reclamation areas were predominantly utilized for developing industrial complex, harbor, fishing port and road. The occupation and the use were dominant in western coast, but reclamation was dominant in southern coast of Korea. The number of utilization cases was particularly greater in Jeonnam, Gyeongnam, and Gyeonggi Province including Incheon. The number of the statements reviews increased by more than 200 cases in 2008 compared with 2007, and most of them were the simple statements. The statements related to ocean disposal of dredged sediment, reclamation, dredging sediment, seawater supply and drainage, and marine sand mining were submitted for review. Coastal utilization was especially active in the regions of seawater quality criteria I and II. In particular, special management sea areas designated under the relevant marine regulations were utilized mostly by reclamation for developing harbor, fishing port and coastal structure. Development activities in national parks comprised primarily structure installation and coastal maintenance. In the fisheries resources protection areas, 40% of the total cases accounted for coastal maintenance, 31% for structure installation, and 16% for seawater supply and drainage. In addition, alternative plans for the improvement in policies and system of marine environmental impact assessment were suggested to enhance the function and confidence of the consultation on the coastal area utilization in Korea.

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Influence of Filtrate Quality by Variation of Operating Filter Number Based on Inflow (유입유량과 연계한 여과지 가동지수 변동 운영이 여과수 수질에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jin-Keun;Lee, Jung-Tack
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.31 no.9
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    • pp.817-824
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    • 2009
  • To prevent turbidity breakthrough in a depth filter caused by hydraulic shock loads, influence of turbidity and particle number in filtrate by variation of operating filter number depending on inflow change was investigated. Inflow quantity at the S water treatment plant (WTP) was varied and ratio of maximum/minimum inflow quantity was 2.2, therefore filtration velocity was also subsequently changed. The S WTP changed operating filter number depending on inflow variation to minimize change of filtration velocity. Particle breakthrough was not severe when operation system was changed, out-of-operation and re-start of filter was repeated depending on inflow quantity. Slight particle breakthrough was noticed when re-start of filter was implemented at the filter that had a cumulative filtration run time of less than 10 h or more than 50 h. This can be attributed to the inadequate ripening and over accumulation of particles on media. Therefore, it is more efficient to choose a re-starting filter basin which has cumulative filtration run time more than 10 h or less than 50 h to reduce particle breakthrough. Filter number variation depending on inflow change was proven to be a method for improvement of unit filter run volume (UFRV).