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Effectiveness of a Turbo Direction Change for Reduction of Motion Artifact in Magnetic Resonance Enterography

  • Choi, Kwan-Woo;Son, Soon-Yong;Jeong, Mi-Ae
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.421-424
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate an effectiveness of switching turbo direction to improve motion artifacts of small bowels and aorta. From June to October 2015, 60 patients suspected of having Crohn's disease were enrolled. The MR Enterography scans were performed using same protocol other than the turbo direction: with the Z phase encoding (group A) and with Y phase encoding (group B). Qualitative analysis of each group was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of switching turbo direction from Z to Y. As a result, the 5-point Likert scale for paired observers were $2.33{\pm}0.88$ for group A and $3.80{\pm}0.85$ for group B on dynamic contrast enhanced coronal images. In conclusion, group B is proved to be superior to group A and can lessen the motion artifacts derived from phase shifts.

Optimization of energy saving device combined with a propeller using real-coded genetic algorithm

  • Ryu, Tomohiro;Kanemaru, Takashi;Kataoka, Shiro;Arihama, Kiyoshi;Yoshitake, Akira;Arakawa, Daijiro;Ando, Jun
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.406-417
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a numerical optimization method to improve the performance of the propeller with Turbo-Ring using real-coded genetic algorithm. In the presented method, Unimodal Normal Distribution Crossover (UNDX) and Minimal Generation Gap (MGG) model are used as crossover operator and generation-alternation model, respectively. Propeller characteristics are evaluated by a simple surface panel method "SQCM" in the optimization process. Blade sections of the original Turbo-Ring and propeller are replaced by the NACA66 a = 0.8 section. However, original chord, skew, rake and maximum blade thickness distributions in the radial direction are unchanged. Pitch and maximum camber distributions in the radial direction are selected as the design variables. Optimization is conducted to maximize the efficiency of the propeller with Turbo-Ring. The experimental result shows that the efficiency of the optimized propeller with Turbo-Ring is higher than that of the original propeller with Turbo-Ring.

Performance Improvement of Retrodirective Antenna System using Turbo Equalizer (터보등화기를 이용한 디지털 역지향성 안테나 시스템의 성능 개선)

  • Kim, Bong-Jun;Ryu, Heung-Gyoon
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2014
  • A digital RDA(Retrodirective Antenna) system is a retransmit system that received signal without prior information turn back by estimated phase of the signal to received direction. The RDA can decrease consumption of power by increase of directivity because signal concentrates on received direction compare to omni-direction antenna which transmit power all direction. Generally, the RDA is known to show better performance than the single-antenna system in multi-path environment. However, the RDA occurs performance degradation in serious ISI channel. In this paper, to solve this problem, we propose retrodirective antenna combined with turbo equalizer combined which can compensate serious ISI channel, we increase the BER performance through proposed retrodirective antenna combined with turbo equalizer in serious ISI channel.

Thermal Deformation Analysis of Exhaust Manifold for Turbo Diesel Engine in Consideration of Flange Design (터보 디젤 엔진용 배기매니폴드의 열변형 해석)

  • Kim, Beom-Keun;Lee, Eun-Hyun;Choi, Bok-Lok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.31 no.3 s.258
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    • pp.338-343
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    • 2007
  • Thermal deformation of cast iron exhaust manifold for turbo diesel engine is investigated by finite element analysis (FEA). The FE model included the temperature dependent material properties as well as the interactions between exhaust manifold, cylinder head and fasteners. It also considers the sliding behavior of the flanges of exhaust manifold on cylinder head when either expansion or contraction of the exhaust manifold exceeds the fastener pretension. The result of analysis revealed that remarkable thermal deformation along the longitudinal direction. Compressive plastic deformation at high temperature remained tensile stress in manifold and resulted in longitudinal contraction at ambient temperature. The amount of contraction at each fastener position was predicted and compared with experimental results. Analysis results revealed that the model predicted deformation qualitatively, but more elaborated cyclic hardening behavior would be necessary to predict the deformation quantitatively.

A knowledge-based DSS for the decision making under multi-objectives

  • 최용선;김성의
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1992.04b
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    • pp.267-277
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    • 1992
  • 본 논문은 다목적선형계획법을 위한 Decision Support System ASEOV-VIM을 소개하고 있다. ASEOV-VIM에는 1) efficient solution set전체에 대한 개괄과 search direction을 제새하는 ASEOV; 2) decision maker의 preference information을 도출해내는 VIM; 3) 위 두 부분간의 interface로 활용되는 Mediator등 3개의 하부시스템이 있다. ASEOV-VIM은 TURBO-C를 이용하여 personal computer에 구현되었다.

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Professional Engineer Yard: Understanding of Engine Variable Valve Train Technology and Trend (기술사마당: 엔진 가변 밸브 기구 이해 및 개발동향)

  • Kim, Do-Wan
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.39-43
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    • 2011
  • To cope with recent high gas prices and global warming phenomenon, the latest gasoline engine technologies are focusing on direction injection, downsizing by turbo charging, variable compression ratio, controlled auto Ignition to enhance fuel efficiency and satisfy emission regulations. The variable valve train technology will be a basement for these innovative technologies in internal combustion engines and is supposed to play a key role to improve low thermal efficiency and pumping loss in gasoline engine caused by low compression ratio and throttled operation respectively.

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Lateral vibration characteristics of a rotor system supported by hydrodynamic journal bearings considering the effect of a bearing width (베어링 폭의 영향을 고려한 동수압 베어링에 지지된 회전축 시스템의 횡진동 특성)

  • Han, Dong-Chul;Choi, Sang-Hyun;Kim, Woo-Jeong;Cho, Myung-Rae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.21 no.12
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    • pp.2106-2113
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    • 1997
  • This paper presents the characteristics of lateral vibrations of rotor system supported by hydrodynamic journal bearings. Finite element model is developed for the dynamic analysis of rotor system. Hydrodynamic bearings are modeled with the distributed springs and dampers in shape of the 2nd order polynomials in the direction of bearing width. Experiments are conducted to measure the natural frequency, and experimental results are compared with the theoretical results that are calculated using the point model and distributed model. Theoretical results using the distributed model agrees better with the measured results as bearing width increases. Also, this method is applied to actual three-stage turbo blower model. Then, critical speed and forced vibration analysis are performed.

Effects of NEX on SNR and Artifacts in Parallel MR Images Acquired using Reference Scan

  • Heo, Yeong-Cheol;Lee, Hae-Kag;Cho, Jae-Hwan
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.422-427
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    • 2013
  • The aim of this study was to investigate effects of the number of acquisitions (NEX) on signal-to-noise (SNR) and artifacts in SENSE parallel imaging of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 3.0T MR System, 8 Channel sensitivity encoding (SENSE) head coils were used along with an in-vivo phantom. Reference sequence of 3D fast field echo (FFE) was consisted of NEX values of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. The T2 turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence used for exams achieved SENSE factors of 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.5, 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8 and 4.0. Exams were conducted five times for each SENSE factor to measure signal intensity of the object, the posterior phase-encode direction and frequency direction. And SNR was calculated using mean values. SENSE artifacts were identified as background signal intensity in the phase-encoded direction using MRIcro. It was found that SNR increased but SENSE artifacts reduced with NEX of 4, 8 and 12 when the NEX increased in reference scan. It is therefore concluded that image quality can be improved with NEX of 4, 8 and 12 for reference scanning.

Anallysis of the flow and noise characteristics of small turbo fan in a ultra slim note PC (초박형 노트북 냉각 터보팬의 유동 및 소음 분석)

  • Jeon, W.H.;Lim, T.G.;Minorkkawa, Gaku;Miyahara, Masaharu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2013.10a
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    • pp.775-780
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    • 2013
  • In recent years, a notebook like an ultrabook gets thinner. Its thickness causes problems in cooling fan performance, system installation condition, and so on. In this study, we installed a small turbofan in notebook system with very narrow gap in order to generate similar condition to a real product. Experiments were performed to measure the fan's performance and the flow and noise characteristics, its results were compared with computational ones. Prediction of P-Q curve using CFD showed under about 5% error in high flow rate and its trend was agreed with experimental one over the flow field. Experimental data to measure the noise at a distance of 100 mm from a rotation axis direction of an impeller corresponded well with computational ones of broadband and BPF noise. The noise experiments to measure at a distance of 100 mm from a rotation axis direction of an impeller corresponded well with computational ones of broadband and BPF noise. Especially, tip part of impeller blade and part of exit and bottom near in an analysis by a commercial program(FlowNoise).

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