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e-AIRS : An Integrated Aerospace Portal for Collaborative Experiments and Dynamic Parametric Studies (e-AIRS : 협업 및 동적 파라메터 실험을 위한 항공 우주 포탈)

  • Cho, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Byung-Sang;Song, Eun-Hye;Kim, Yoon-Hee;Kim, Chong-Am;Jeong, Min-Joong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.552-556
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    • 2006
  • 항공우주의 연구를 위해 대용량의 컴퓨팅 자원 이용, 실험 결과의 상호 교류 및 분석, 온라인 상에서의 자동 실행 등의 서비스가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 이미 개발된 e-AIRS[1],[2]의 활용을 극대화하고 병렬해석에 많이 사용되고 있는 동적 파라메터 실험 서비스를 구현하고자 한다. 동적 파라메터 실험 서비스는 복잡한 현상을 포함한 다양한 계산 수행을 지원하기위해, 동적으로 파라메터를 생성하고 효율적으로 동시에 작업들을 실행하는 서비스이다. 또한 GT4(Globus Toolkit 4)[3] WSRF를 기반으로 웹 서비스로 구현하여 서비스의 이용 및 접근을 용이하게 하고자 한다. 연구자간의 효과적인 정보 공유 및 협의 서비스를 제공함으로써 항공 우주 연구 개발에 있어 효율적인 환경을 지원함은 물론 연구자간 협력을 통한 신뢰성 있는 결과 값을 도출할 수 있도록 하고 있다.

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Banding the World Together; The Global Growth of Control Banding and Qualitative Occupational Risk Management

  • Zalk, David M.;Heussen, Ga Henri
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.375-379
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    • 2011
  • Control Banding (CB) strategies to prevent work-related illness and injury for 2.5 billion workers without access to health and safety professionals has grown exponentially this last decade. CB originates from the pharmaceutical industry to control active pharmaceutical ingredients without a complete toxicological basis and therefore no occupational exposure limits. CB applications have broadened into chemicals in general - including new emerging risks like nanomaterials and recently into ergonomics and injury prevention. CB is an action-oriented qualitative risk assessment strategy offering solutions and control measures to users through "toolkits". Chemical CB toolkits are user-friendly approaches used to achieve workplace controls in the absence of firm toxicological and quantitative exposure information. The model (technical) validation of these toolkits is well described, however firm operational analyses (implementation aspects) are lacking. Consequentially, it is often not known if toolkit use leads to successful interventions at individual workplaces. This might lead to virtual safe workplaces without knowing if workers are truly protected. Upcoming international strategies from the World Health Organization Collaborating Centers request assistance in developing and evaluating action-oriented procedures for workplace risk assessment and control. It is expected that to fulfill this strategy's goals, CB approaches will continue its important growth in protecting workers.

A novel reconstruction algorithm based on density clustering for cosmic-ray muon scattering inspection

  • Hou, Linjun;Zhang, Quanhu;Yang, Jianqing;Cai, Xingfu;Yao, Qingxu;Huo, Yonggang;Chen, Qifan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.7
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    • pp.2348-2356
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    • 2021
  • As a relatively new radiation imaging method, the cosmic-ray muon scattering imaging technology can be used to prevent nuclear smuggling and is of considerable significance to nuclear safety. Proposed in this paper is a new reconstruction algorithm based on density clustering, aiming to improve inspection quality with better performance. Firstly, this new algorithm is introduced in detail. Then in order to eliminate the inequity of the density threshold caused by the heterogeneity of the muon flux in different positions, a new flux correction method is proposed. Finally, three groups of simulation experiments are carried out with the help of Geant4 toolkit to optimize the algorithm parameters, verify the correction method and test the inspection quality under shielded condition, and compare this algorithm with another common inspection algorithm under different conditions. The results show that this algorithm can effectively identify and locate nuclear material with low misjudging and missing rates even when there is shielding and momentum precision is low, and the threshold correcting method is universally effective for density clustering algorithms.

Energy and Service Level Agreement Aware Resource Allocation Heuristics for Cloud Data Centers

  • Sutha, K.;Nawaz, G.M.Kadhar
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.5357-5381
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    • 2018
  • Cloud computing offers a wide range of on-demand resources over the internet. Utility-based resource allocation in cloud data centers significantly increases the number of cloud users. Heavy usage of cloud data center encounters many problems such as sacrificing system performance, increasing operational cost and high-energy consumption. Therefore, the result of the system damages the environment extremely due to heavy carbon (CO2) emission. However, dynamic allocation of energy-efficient resources in cloud data centers overcomes these problems. In this paper, we have proposed Energy and Service Level Agreement (SLA) Aware Resource Allocation Heuristic Algorithms. These algorithms are essential for reducing power consumption and SLA violation without diminishing the performance and Quality-of-Service (QoS) in cloud data centers. Our proposed model is organized as follows: a) SLA violation detection model is used to prevent Virtual Machines (VMs) from overloaded and underloaded host usage; b) for reducing power consumption of VMs, we have introduced Enhanced minPower and maxUtilization (EMPMU) VM migration policy; and c) efficient utilization of cloud resources and VM placement are achieved using SLA-aware Modified Best Fit Decreasing (MBFD) algorithm. We have validated our test results using CloudSim toolkit 3.0.3. Finally, experimental results have shown better resource utilization, reduced energy consumption and SLA violation in heterogeneous dynamic cloud environment.

Numerical wind load estimation of offshore floating structures through sustainable maritime atmospheric boundary layer

  • Yeon, Seong Mo;Kim, Joo-Sung;Kim, Hyun Joe
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.819-831
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    • 2020
  • Wind load is one of the major design loads for the hull and mooring of offshore floating structures, especially due to much larger windage area above water than under water. By virtue of extreme design philosophy, fully turbulent flow assumption can be justified and the hydrodynamic characteristics of the flow remain almost constant which implies the wind load is less sensitive to the Reynolds number around the design wind speed than wind profile. In the perspective of meteorology, wind profile used for wind load estimation is a part of Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL), especially maritime ABL (MBL) and have been studied how to implement the profile without losing turbulence properties numerically by several researchers. In this study, the MBL is implemented using an open source CFD toolkit, OpenFOAM and extended to unstable ABL as well as neutral ABL referred to as NPD profile. The homogeneity of the wind profile along wind direction is examined, especially with NPD profile. The NPD profile was applied to a semi-submersible rig and estimated wind load was compared with the results from wind tunnel test.

GEANT4-based Monte Carlo Simulation of Beam Quality Correction Factors for the Leksell Gamma Knife® PerfexionTM

  • Schaarschmidt, Thomas;Kim, Tae Hoon;Kim, Yong Kyun;Yang, Hye Jeong;Chung, Hyun-Tai
    • Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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    • v.73 no.12
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    • pp.1814-1820
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    • 2018
  • With the publication of TRS-483 in late 2017 the IAEA has established an international code of practice for reference dosimetry in small and non-standard fields based on a formalism first suggested by Alfonso et al. in 2008. However, data on beam quality correction factors ($k^{f_{msr},f_{ref}}_{Q_{msr},Q_0}$) for the Leksell Gamma $Knife^{(R)}$ $Perfexion^{TM}$ is scarce and what little data is available was obtained under conditions not necessarily in accordance with the IAEA's recommendations. This study constitutes the first systematic attempt to calculate those correction factors by applying the new code of practice to Monte Carlo simulation using the GEANT4 toolkit. $k^{f_{msr},f_{ref}}_{Q_{msr},Q_0}$ values were determined for three common ionization chamber detectors and five different phantom materials, with results indicating that in most phantom materials, all chambers were well suited for reference dosimetry with the Gamma $Knife^{(R)}$. Similarities and differences between the results of this study and previous ones were also analyzed and it was found that the results obtained herein were generally in good agreement with earlier PENELOPE and EGSnrc studies.

Maneuvering simulation of an X-plane submarine using computational fluid dynamics

  • Cho, Yong Jae;Seok, Woochan;Cheon, Ki-Hyeon;Rhee, Shin Hyung
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.843-855
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    • 2020
  • X-plane submarines show better maneuverability as they have much longer span of control plane than that of cross plane submarines. In this study, captive model tests were conducted to evaluate the maneuverability of an X-plane submarine using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and a mathematical maneuvering model. For CFD analysis, SNUFOAM, CFD software specialized in naval hydrodynamics based on the open-source toolkit, OpenFOAM, was applied. A generic submarine Joubert BB2 was selected as a test model, which was modified by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN). Captive model tests including propeller open water, resistance, self-propulsion, static drift, horizontal planar motion mechanism and vertical planar motion mechanism tests were carried out to obtain maneuvering coefficients of the submarine. Maneuvering simulations for turning circle tests were performed using the maneuvering coefficients obtained from the captive model tests. The simulated trajectory showed good agreement with that of free running model tests. From the results, it was proved that CFD simulations can be applicable to obtain reliable maneuvering coefficients for X-plane submarines.

Investigation of gamma radiation shielding properties of polyethylene glycol in the energy range from 8.67 to 23.19 keV

  • Akhdar, H.;Marashdeh, M.W.;AlAqeel, M.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.701-708
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    • 2022
  • The mass attenuation coefficients (μm) of polyethylene glycol (PEG) of different molecular weights (1000-200,000) were measured using single-beam photon transmission. The X-ray fluorescent (XRF) photons from Zinc (Zn), Zirconium (Zr), Molybdenum (Mo), Silver (Ag) and Cadmium (Cd) targets were used to determine the attenuation of gamma radiation of energy range between 8.67 and 23.19 keV in PEG samples. The results were compared to theoretical values using XCOM and Monte Carlo simulation using Geant4 toolkit which was developed to validate the experiment at those certain energies. The mass attenuation coefficients were then used to compute the effective atomic numbers, electron density and half value layers for the studied samples. The outcomes showed good agreement between experimental and simulated results with those calculated theoretically by XCOM within 5% deviation. The PEG 1000 sample showed slightly higher μm value compared with the other samples. The dependence of the photon energy and PEG composition on the values of μm and HVL were investigated and discussed. In addition, the values of Zeff and Neff for all PEG samples behaved similarly in the given photon energy range, and they decreased as the photon energy increased.

Systematic Approach to Involving the Tools of Digital Marketing as a Guarantee of the International Business Development

  • Chernenko, Oksana;Kovalchuk, Svitlana;Perevozova, Iryna;Fayvishenko, Diana;Zaburmekha, Yevgena
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 2022
  • The research is devoted to the substantiation of the system approach to the involvement of digital marketing tools as a guarantee of international business development. It is proved that digital marketing, as a type of marketing based on the use of digital technologies allows to make a profit, to promote the brand, as well as goods and services in the market. The digital marketing toolkit system is a set of elements with existing relationships that ensure the effectiveness of the entire digital marketing, which in total is greater than its individual components. The implementation of a systems approach involves the implementation of the philosophy of digital marketing in general, its functions in the form of systems analysis, formation of strategic development goals and entry and promotion in the international market, preparation and implementation of tactical and strategic development plans.The use of such digital marketing tools as: content marketing, social media marketing, Email-marketing, targeted advertising, contextual advertising, media advertising, Search Engine Optimization, affiliate programs and the company's website is analyzed in detail.

Calculation of X-ray spectra characteristics and kerma to personal dose equivalent Hp(10) conversion coefficients: Experimental approach and Monte Carlo modeling

  • Arectout, A.;Zidouh, I.;Sadeq, Y.;Azougagh, M.;Maroufi, B.;Chakir, E.;Boukhal, H.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.301-309
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    • 2022
  • This work aims to establish some X-ray qualities recommended by the International Standard Organization (ISO) using the half-value layer (HVL) and Hp(10) dosimetry approaches. The HVL values of the following qualities N-60, N-80, N-100, N-150 and N-250 were determined using various attenuation layers. The obtained results were compared to those of reference X-ray beam qualities and a good agreement was found (difference less than 5% for all qualities). The GAMOS (Geant4-based Architecture for Medicine-Oriented Simulations) radiation transport Monte Carlo toolkit was employed to simulate the production of X-ray spectra. The characteristics HVLs, mean energy and the spectral resolution of simulated spectra have been calculated and turned out to be conform to the ISO reference ones (difference less than the limit allowed by ISO). Furthermore, the conversion coefficients from air kerma to personal dose equivalent for simulated and measured spectra were fairly similar (the maximum difference less than 4.2%).