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Human-Induced Vibrations in Buildings

  • Wesolowsky, Michael J.;Irwin, Peter A.;Galsworthy, Jon K.;Bell, Andrew K.
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2012
  • Occupant footfalls are often the most critical source of floor vibration on upper floors of buildings. Floor motions can degrade the performance of imaging equipment, disrupt sensitive research equipment, and cause discomfort for the occupants. It is essential that low-vibration environments be provided for functionality of sensitive spaces on floors above grade. This requires a sufficiently stiff and massive floor structure that effectively resists the forces exerted from user traffic. Over the past 25 years, generic vibration limits have been developed, which provide frequency dependent sensitivities for wide classes of equipment, and are used extensively in lab design for healthcare and research facilities. The same basis for these curves can be used to quantify acceptable limits of vibration for human comfort, depending on the intended occupancy of the space. When available, manufacturer's vibration criteria for sensitive equipment are expressed in units of acceleration, velocity or displacement and can be specified as zero-to-peak, peak-to-peak, or root-mean-square (rms) with varying frequency ranges and resolutions. Several approaches to prediction of floor vibrations are currently applied in practice. Each method is traceable to fundamental structural dynamics, differing only in the level of complexity assumed for the system response, and the required information for use as model inputs. Three commonly used models are described, as well as key features they possess that make them attractive to use for various applications. A case study is presented of a tall building which has fitness areas on two of the upper floors. The analysis predicted that the motions experienced would be within the given criteria, but showed that if the floor had been more flexible, the potential exists for a locked-in resonance response which could have been felt over large portions of the building.

A Study on Variation of Colony Forming Units of Heterotrophic Bacteria by Input Ratios of Bulking Materials in Aerobic Composting of Food Wastes (음식물류폐기물의 호기성 퇴비화에 있어서 팽화재 투입비에 따른 타가영양세균의 균락형성단위의 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Seok-Hwan
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.32 no.4 s.91
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    • pp.353-358
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    • 2006
  • This study was performed to evaluate the effects of input ratios of bulking material in aerobic composting of food wastes on variation of colony forming units of heterotrophic bacteria. Wood chips were used as a bulking material. Volume ratios of food wastes to wood chips in reactor of Control, WC-1 and WC-2 were 10/0, 10/5 and 10/10, respectively. Reactors were operated for 24 days with 1hour stirring by 1rpm and 2 hours of the forced aeration per day. WC-2 reached high temperature range faster than WC-1, and the maximum temperature of WC-2 was higher than that of WC-1. This means that the reaction velocity of composting of WC-2 was faster than that of WC-1. Judging from the profile of pH changes, composting of WC-1 proceeded slowly and continuously. Composting of WC-2 proceeded rapidly in the former half reaction period, and kept steady state of high pH in the latter half reaction period. Namely, composting of WC-2 was nearly completed in the former half reaction period. In the case of WC-1 and WC-2. the maximum temperature was followed by the rapid pH increase in 2-3 days, and this was followed by the maximum Colony Forming Units(CFU) in 3 days. But, these three items of WC-2 always appeared faster and higher than those of WC-1.

A Study on the Parallel Ternary Logic Circuit Design to DCG Property with 2n nodes ($2^n$개의 노드를 갖는 DCG 특성에 대한 병렬3치 논리회로 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Byeon, Gi-Yeong;Park, Seung-Yong;Sim, Jae-Hwan;Kim, Heung-Su
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.42-49
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, we propose the parallel ternary logic circuit design algorithm to DCG Property with 2$^n$ nodes. To increase circuit integration, one of the promising approaches is the use of multiple-valued logic(MVL). It can be useful methods for the realization of compact integrated circuit, the improvement of high velocity signal processing using parallel signal transmission and the circuit design algorithm to optimize and satisfy the circuit property. It is all useful method to implement high density integrated circuit. In this paper, we introduce matrix equation to satisfy given DCG with 2$^n$ nodes, and propose the parallel ternary logic circuit design process to circuit design algorithm. Also, we propose code assignment algorithm to satisfy for the given DCG property. According to the simulation result of proposed circuit design algorithm, it have the following advantage ; reduction of the circuit signal lines, computation time and costs.

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Analysis for Influence and Geometry of GPS/Galileo System (GPS/Galileo 시스템의 기하구조 및 영향 분석)

  • Lee Jae-One
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.29 no.8 s.104
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    • pp.763-770
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    • 2005
  • Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has become an indispensable tool for providing precise position, velocity and time information for many applications like traditional surveying and navigation etc. However, Global Positioning System (GPS), which was developed and is maintained and operated by the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD), has monopolized the world industry and market, and hence there exists the situation that most of GNSS users absolutely depend upon the GPS. In order to overcome the monopoly, some countries, such as Russia, Japan and European Union (EU), have developed their own GNSSs, so-called GLONASS, JRANS and Galileo systems. Among them, the most prospective system in near future is EU's Galileo system scheduled to launch in 2008. This research has focused on the next generation GNSS system based on GPS and Gralileo system with developing a GNSS simulation software, named as GIMS2005, which generates and analyzes satellite constellation and measurements. Based on the software, a variety of simulation tests have been carried out to recognize limits of GPS-only system and potential benefits of integrated GPS/Galileo positioning. Geometry simulation results have showed that comparing with GPS-only case, the number qf visual satellites, Dilution of Precision (DOP) values, internal reliabilities and external reliabilities.

A Case Study on Local Erosion Characteristics Evaluation of the Inchon Coast (인천 해안지역 지반의 국지적 침식특성 평가)

  • Kwak, Ki-Seok;Lee, Ju-Hyung;Park, Jae-Hyeon;Chung, Moon-Kyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.455-465
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    • 2006
  • In this study, the effect of scour was evaluated by regional and geotechnical characteristics and back data were accumulate for the design against scour through the local erosion characteristics evaluation of the Inchon coast. The erosion characteristics for the undisturbed soil samples collected near the main locations at the Incheon 2nd bridge, the Hwangyeong bridge, and a coast road in Songdo, are determined quantitatively through the scour rate tests. On the basic soil properties test, the bed around the Inchon coast chiefly consists of fined grained soils, and the soil samples were classified as silty clay(ML) or clay(CL) under the Unified Soil Classification System. On the scour rate test, the critical shear stress increases when the undrained shear strength increases as of the general trend of fine grained soils, and the average scour rate for the maximum velocity by 100 year flood is 173mm/hr at the Incheon 2nd bridge, 67mm/hr at the Hwangyeong bridge and 10mm/hr at a coast road in Songdo, respectively. Comparing to the scour rate of coarse grained soil, that of the bed around the Inchon coast is turned out to be very low. Therefore, the relative ability of the bed around the Inchon coast to resist erosion is assumed to be very high.

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A Numerical Analysis of Hydrogen Diffusion for Hydrogen Leakage from a Fuel Cell Vehicle in a Long Road Tunnel (장대터널에서 수소연료전지 차량의 수소 누출에 대한 수소 거동의 수치해석 연구)

  • Choi, Jongrak;Hur, Nahmkeon;Lee, Moonkyu;Chang, Hyungjin;Lee, Kwangbum;Yong, Geejoong
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.588-597
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    • 2012
  • In the present study, the dispersion characteristics of hydrogen leakage from a Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) were analyzed by numerical simulation in order to assess the risk of a hydrogen leakage incident in a long road tunnel. In order to implement the worst case of hydrogen leakage, the FCV was located at the center of a tunnel, and hydrogen was completely discharged within 63 seconds. The Leakage velocity of hydrogen was adopted sub-sonic speed because that the assumption of the blockage effect of secondary device inside a vehicle. The temporal and spatial evaluation of the hydrogen concentration as well as the flammable region in a road tunnel was reported according to change of ventilation operating conditions. The hydrogen was blended by supply air form a ventilation fan, however, the hydrogen was discharged to outside in the exhaust air. It is observed that the efficiency way to eliminate of hydrogen is supply air operating condition under the hazardous hydrogen leaking incident. The present numerical analysis can be provided useful information of ventilation under the hydrogen leaking situation.

Acoustic Signal Processing for ADCP using Zoom FFT Method to increase Frequency Resolution (주파수 해상도 증가를 위해 Zoom FFT 기법을 사용한 ADCP 음향신호처리)

  • Han, Jin-Hyun;Shim, Tae-Bo
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.229-234
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    • 2010
  • This paper proposed the acoustic signal processing techniques, which are applicable even in the shallow river, and will enhance the frequency resolution of the ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current profiler). ADCP is a device that measures the velocity of a moving fluid. ADCP, in general, can be operated at ~300 Khz of center frequency due to no depth limit in the sea. However, it can hardly be used due to water depth of 30cm or shallower during the dry season in the river. Therefore, existing signal processing methods are not suitable to use in the shallow river. We are proposing an alternative acoustic signal processing method using Zoom FFT. Simulation results show that errors are reduced ${\pm}62\;cm/s$ in theory, and ${\pm}93\;cm/s$ in the experiment. The existing algorithm could not estimate the current speed at the shallow river below 30 cm, but proposed algorithm estimated the current speed that was faster than 20 cm/s at the shallow river below 30 cm.

Optimization of traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator using FDTD method (FDTD를 이용한 진행파형 전계 흡수 광 변조기 최적화)

  • Ok, Seung-Hae;Lee, Seung-Jin;Kong, Soon-Cheol;Yun, Young-Seol;Choi, Young-Wan
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.39 no.7
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, the microwave characteristics of traveling-wave electroabsorption coplanar waveguide modulator have been analyzed and optimized precisely by using the 3-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD). Microwave characteristics are affected by the thickness of intrinsic layer, the width of meas, and the distance between signal electrode and ground electrode on traveling-wave type structure. In case that intrinsic layers are composed of InAsP/InGaP (1.3Q), the optimized distance between signal electrode and ground electrode, the optimized intrinsic region thickness and the width of waveguide are founded to be $3{\mu}m,\;039{\mu}m\;and\;2{\mu}m$, respectively, to minimize microwave loss and to obtain velocity and impedance matched structure. By using the FDTD, we could design the traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator more precisely.

On the AR Coating Method of Al-MIS(p-Si) Solar Cel (Al-MIS(p-Si) 태양전지의 AR Coating 방법)

  • 엄경숙;백수현
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.64-69
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    • 1984
  • We found that the maximum efficiency of Al-MIS (p-Si) solar ceil was shown at 80$\AA$ thickness of Al-film which was deposited with slower velocity than 0.6$\AA$/sec. It was coated with ZnS and SiO for Anti-Reflecting. In single coating, ZnS and SiO film had maximum Isc at 570 and 690 A thickness, respectively. We confirmed that these results agreed well with the quarter coating condition; n1d1=λ/4. In double coating, we held the one layer with its optimum thickness in single coating and controlled the other layer. The maximum value of Isc in this case was almost the same with it in single coating but was maintained its value in so wide range of thickness. Keeping the relation; n1d1=n2d2 as another way, we made the total thickness of film thinner to 70-90% of the sum of each optimum thickness in single coating. In this case Isc was higher value than 20% of it in any other previous case and was retained so wide range of thickness.

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Big Data Governance Model for Effective Operation in Cyberspace (효과적인 사이버공간 작전수행을 위한 빅데이터 거버넌스 모델)

  • Jang, Won-gu;Lee, Kyung-ho
    • The Journal of Bigdata
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.39-51
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    • 2019
  • With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution characterized by hyperconnectivity and superintelligence and the emerging cyber physical systems, enormous volumes of data are being generated in the cyberspace every day ranging from the records about human life and activities to the communication records of computers, information and communication devices, and the Internet of things. Big data represented by 3Vs (volume, velocity, and variety) are actively used in the defence field as well. This paper proposes a big data governance model to support effective military operations in the cyberspace. Cyberspace operation missions and big data types that can be collected in the cyberspace are classified and integrated with big data governance issues to build a big data governance framework model. Then the effectiveness of the constructed model is verified through examples. The result of this study will be able to assist big data utilization planning in the defence sector.

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