• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.83 no.5
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• pp.671-680
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• 2022

The shear capacity of beams is an essential parameter in designing beams carrying shear loads. Precise estimation of the ultimate shear capacity typically requires comprehensive calculation methods. For steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) beams, traditional design methods may not accurately predict the interaction between different parameters affecting ultimate shear capacity. In this study, artificial neural network (ANN) modeling was utilized to predict the ultimate shear capacity of SFRC beams using ten input parameters. The results demonstrated that the ANN with 30 neurons had the best performance based on the values of root mean square error (RMSE) and coefficient of determination (R²) compared to other ANN models with different neurons. Analysis of the ANN model has shown that the clear shear span to depth ratio significantly affects the predicted ultimate shear capacity, followed by the reinforcement steel tensile strength and steel fiber tensile strength. Moreover, a Genetic Algorithm (GA) was used to optimize the ANN model's input parameters, resulting in the least cost for the SFRC beams. Results have shown that SFRC beams' cost increased with the clear span to depth ratio. Increasing the clear span to depth ratio has increased the depth, height, steel, and fiber ratio needed to support the SFRC beams against shear failures. This study approach is considered among the earliest in the field of SFRC.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.3780-3797
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• 2022

The estimation of radio map (RM) is a fundamental and critical task for the network planning and optimization performance of mobile communication. In this paper, a RM estimation method is proposed based on a deep dual learning structure. This method can simultaneously and accurately reconstruct the urban building map (UBM) and estimate the RM of the whole cell by only part of the measured reference signal receiving power (RSRP). Our proposed method implements UBM reconstruction task and RM estimation task by constructing a dual U-Net-based structure, which is named RadioCycle. RadioCycle jointly trains two symmetric generators of the dual structure. Further, to solve the problem of interference negative transfer in generators trained jointly for two different tasks, RadioCycle introduces a dynamic weighted averaging method to dynamically balance the learning rate of these two generators in the joint training. Eventually, the experiments demonstrate that on the UBM reconstruction task, RadioCycle achieves an F1 score of 0.950, and on the RM estimation task, RadioCycle achieves a root mean square error of 0.069. Therefore, RadioCycle can estimate both the RM and the UBM in a cell with measured RSRP for only 20% of the whole cell.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.54 no.8
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• pp.3043-3050
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• 2022

In Korea, all nuclear power plants (NPPs) participate in annual performance tests including in vivo measurements using the FastScan, a stand type whole body counter (WBC), manufactured by Canberra. In 2018, all Korean NPPs satisfied the testing criterion, the root mean square error (RMSE) ≤ 0.25, for the whole body configuration, but three NPPs which participated in an additional lung configuration test in the fission and activation product category did not meet the criterion. Due to the low resolution of the FastScan NaI(Tl) detectors, the conventional peak analysis (PA) method of the FastScan did not show sufficient performance to meet the criterion in the presence of interfering radioisotopes (RIs), ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs. In this study, we developed an artificial neural network (ANN) to improve the performance of the FastScan in the lung configuration. All of the RMSE values derived by the ANN satisfied the criterion, even though the photopeaks of ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs interfered with those of the analytes or the analyte photopeaks were located in a low-energy region below 300 keV. Since the ANN performed better than the PA method, it would be expected to be a promising approach to improve the accuracy and precision of in vivo FastScan measurement for the lung configuration.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.26 no.4_2
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• pp.715-724
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• 2023

Solar energy forecasting is essential for (1) power system planning, management, and operation, requiring accurate predictions. It is crucial for (2) ensuring a continuous and sustainable power supply to customers and (3) optimizing the operation and control of renewable energy systems and the electricity market. Recently, research has been focusing on developing solar energy forecasting models that can provide daily plans for power usage and production and be verified in the electricity market. In these prediction models, various data, including solar energy generation and climate data, are chosen to be utilized in the forecasting process. The most commonly used climate data (such as temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, and wind speed) significantly influence the fluctuations in solar energy generation based on weather conditions. Therefore, this paper proposes a hybrid forecasting model by combining the strengths of the Prophet model and the GRU model, which exhibits excellent predictive performance. The forecasting periods for solar energy generation are tested in short-term (2 days, 7 days) and medium-term (15 days, 30 days) scenarios. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms the conventional Prophet model by more than twice in terms of Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and surpasses the modified GRU model by more than 1.5 times, showcasing superior performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.463-463
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• 2023

국내 수도관 보급률이 증가하면서 기존 노후화된 수도관들과 추가로 노후화된 수도관들이 증가하고 있다. 경과년수가 오래된 시설이 증가하는 것은 잠재적인 사고발생 위험을 증가시킨다. 실제 노후화된 상수도 시설물로 인해 단수, 누수, 수질오염, 지반함몰 발생이 증가하는 추세이다. 이러한 현상들은 시민들의 생활과 안전, 경제활동에 직접적인 영향을 끼치기 때문에 이에 대한 대책 마련이 시급한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 AI를 기반으로 상수도관의 노후도 및 위험도를 예측하는 모델을 설계하고자 하였다. 대상지역을 인천광역시 서구로 선정하여 유량과 수질의 실시간 계측데이터를 수집하였다. 딥러닝 기법 중 하나인 LSTM(Long Short-Term Memory)을 이용하여 데이터를 예측하였고, 결정계수(R²)와 RMSE(Root Mean Square Error)로 학습데이터와 검증데이터의 비율을 정하여 예측도를 평가하였다. 유량과 수질 데이터 중 80%는 학습데이터로 20%는 검증 데이터로 분리하였고, LSTM의 셀과레이어 수를 해석에 적합한 범위로 설정한 결과, 실제값과 예측값이 높은 상관성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 예측된 유량 및 수질의 결과는 상수도 관리에 중요한 정보를 제공하며, 사고 위험도 평가와 관 노후화에 따른 대응력을 향상시키는 데 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.55 no.9
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• pp.3388-3400
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• 2023

Detailed analysis of the neutron pathway through matter inside the nuclear reactor core is exceedingly needed for safety and economic considerations. Due to the constant development of high-performance computing technologies, neutronics analysis using computer codes became more effective and efficient to perform sophisticated neutronics calculations. In this work, a commercial pressurized water reactor (PWR) presented by Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) Core Physics Benchmark are modeled and simulated using a high-fidelity simulation of OpenMC code in terms of criticality and fuel pin power distribution. Various problems have been selected from VERA benchmark ranging from a simple two-dimension (2D) pin cell problem to a complex three dimension (3D) full core problem. The development of the code capabilities for reactor physics methods has been implemented to investigate the accuracy and performance of the OpenMC code against VERA SCALE codes. The results of OpenMC code exhibit excellent agreement with VERA results with maximum Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) values of less than 0.04% and 1.3% for the criticality eigenvalues and pin power distributions, respectively. This demonstrates the successful utilization of the OpenMC code as a simulation tool for a whole core analysis. Further works are undergoing on the accuracy of OpenMC simulations for the impact of different fuel types and burnup levels and the analysis of the transient behavior and coupled thermal hydraulic feedback.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.167-167
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• 2022

최근 빅데이터에 관련된 연구에 있어 데이터의 품질관리에 대한 논의가 꾸준히 이뤄져 오고 있다. 특히 이미지 처리 및 분석에 활용되어온 딥러닝 기술의 경우, 분류 작업 및 패턴인식 등으로부터 데이터의 특징을 추출함으로써 비지도학습(Unsupervised Learning)을 가능하게 한다는 장점이 있음에도 불구하고 빅데이터를 다루는 과정에 있어 용량, 다양성, 속도 및 신뢰성 측면에서의 한계가 있었다. 본 연구에서는 CCTV 영상을 활용한 강수량 산정 모델 개발에 있어 예측 정확도 향상 및 성능 개선을 도모할 수 있는 데이터 전처리 방법을 제안하였다. 서울 근린 AWS 4개소 지역(김포장기, 하남덕풍, 강동, 성남) 및 중앙대학교 지점 내 CCTV를 설치한 후, 최대 9개월의 영상을 확보하여 강수량 산정을 위한 딥러닝 모델을 개발하였다. 배경분리, 조도조정, 영역설정, 데이터증진, 이상데이터 분류 등이 가능한 알고리즘을 개발함으로써 데이터셋 자체에 대한 전처리 작업을 수행한 후, 이에 대한 결과를 기존 관측자료와 비교·분석하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 전처리 방법들을 적용한 결과, 강수량 산정 모델의 예측 정확도를 평가하는 지표로 선정한 평균 제곱근 편차(Root Mean Square Error; RMSE)가 약 30% 감소함을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 CCTV 영상 데이터를 활용한 강수량 산정의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었으며 특히, 딥러닝 모델 개발시 필요한 적정 전처리 방법들에 대한 기준을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.92-100
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• 2023

Wireless communication technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in smart factories, but the rise in the number of wireless devices can lead to interference in the ISM band and obstacles like metal blocks within the factory can weaken communication signals, creating radio shadow areas that impede information exchange. Consequently, accurately determining the radio communication coverage range is crucial. To address this issue, a Radio Environment Map (REM) can be used to provide information about the radio environment in a specific area. In this paper, a technique for estimating an indoor REM usinga mobile robot and machine learning methods is introduced. The mobile robot first collects and processes data, including the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and location estimation. This data is then used to implement the REM through machine learning regression algorithms such as Extra Tree Regressor, Random Forest Regressor, and Decision Tree Regressor. Furthermore, the numerical and visual performance of REM for each model can be assessed in terms of R2 and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.54 no.12
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• pp.4776-4797
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• 2022

In the one-dimensional thermal-hydraulic (TH) codes, a subcooled boiling model to predict the void fraction profiles in a vertical channel consists of wall heat flux partitioning, the vapor condensation rate, the bubbly-to-slug flow transition criterion, and drift-flux models. Model performance has been investigated in detail, and necessary refinements have been incorporated into the Safety and Performance Analysis Code (SPACE) developed by the Korean nuclear industry for the safety analysis of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The necessary refinements to models related to pumping factor, net vapor generation (NVG), vapor condensation, and drift-flux velocity were investigated in this study. In particular, a new NVG empirical correlation was also developed using artificial neural network (ANN) techniques. Simulations of a series of subcooled flow boiling experiments at pressures ranging from 1 to 149.9 bar were performed with the refined SPACE code, and reasonable agreement with the experimental data for the void fraction in the vertical channel was obtained. From the root-mean-square (RMS) error analysis for the predicted void fraction in the subcooled boiling region, the results with the refined SPACE code produce the best predictions for the entire pressure range compared to those using the original SPACE and RELAP5 codes.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.23-48
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• 2022

In this paper, we provide predictive models for the market price of fruits, and analyze the performance of each fruit price predictive model. The data used to create the predictive models are fruit price data, weather data, and Korea composite stock price index (KOSPI) data. We collect these data through Open-API for 10 years period from year 2011 to year 2020. Six types of fruit price predictive models are constructed using the LSTM algorithm, a special form of deep learning RNN algorithm, and the performance is measured using the root mean square error. For each model, the data from year 2011 to year 2018 are trained to predict the fruit price in year 2019, and the data from year 2011 to year 2019 are trained to predict the fruit price in year 2020. By comparing the fruit price predictive models of year 2019 and those models of year 2020, the model with excellent efficiency is identified and the best model to provide the service is selected. The model we made will be available in other countries and regions as well.