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This study compares Filmbox (FBX), Alembic, and Pixar's Universal Scene Description (USD) as data-exchange mechanisms for visual effects (VFX) and digital content creation pipelines. Beyond their roles as file specifications, the analysis differentiates their production functions: FBX for editable rigged assets and animation, Alembic for baked time-sampled geometry, and USD for composed scene description using layers, references, variants, and sparse overrides. For reproducibility, a controlled benchmark was conducted in Blender. Identical geometry and animation were exported to each format, and software versions, scene complexity, repetition counts, and timing boundaries were explicitly reported. The benchmark evaluated two update scenarios-an animation revision and a layout/camera change-and two distinct operations: a full DCC import and a native USD layer reload. Across both scenarios, the sparse USD update layer constituted only a small fraction of the base file, while direct FBX and Alembic updates necessitated republishing nearly complete files. Full referenced-stage imports were comparable to or faster than legacy-format update imports, and reloading only a changed layer in an already-open USD stage was significantly more efficient than any full import. These results affirm USD's primary advantage in sparse composition and non-destructive updates. However, they do not support a universal claim that every USD load path is faster. FBX and Alembic remain effective for their specialized handoff roles, while USD is better suited for large, evolving scenes and parallel departmental workflows. Detailed file-size and timing measurements are reported in Section 4.

Genetic algorithm (GA), which has a powerful searching ability and is comparatively easy to use and also to apply, is in the spotlight in the field of the optimization for mechanical systems these days. However, it also contains some problems of slow convergence and low efficiency caused by a huge amount of repetitive computation. To improve the processing efficiency of repetitive computation, some papers have proposed paralleled GA these days. There are some cases that mention the use of gray code or suggest using gray code partially in GA to raise its slow convergence. Gray code is an encoding of numbers so that adjacent numbers have a single digit differing by 1. A binary gray code with n digits corresponds to a hamiltonian path on an n-dimensional hypercube (including direction reversals). The term gray code is open used to refer to a reflected code, or more specifically still, the binary reflected gray code. However, according to proposed reports, gray code GA has lower convergence about 10-20% comparing with binary code GA without presenting any results. This study proposes new Full gray code GA (FGGA) applying a gray code throughout all basic operation fields of GA, which has a good data processing ability to improve the slow convergence of binary code GA.

최근 빈번한 국지성 폭우로 인한 산사태 및 토석류의 발생 빈도가 전국적으로 증가함에 따라, 이에 대한 정확한 예측 및 선제적 대응 방안 마련의 필요성이 커지고 있다. 이를 위해서는 다양한 시나리오 기반의 사전 모의를 통한 위험지도 작성이 요구되며, 예측 모형의 계산 효율성과 해상도 간의 균형 확보가 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 활성흐름 기준으로 계산 도메인을 동적으로 활성화하는 동적 격자 활성화 기법을 제안하고, 해당 기법의 계산 효율 향상 효과를 분석하였다. 제안된 방법은 활성흐름이 존재하거나 거동 가능성이 있는 격자만을 계산에 포함하고, 토석류 이외 지역은 제외함으로써 불필요한 연산을 줄인다. 이를 검증하기 위해 (1) 전체 도메인을 계산하는 기존 방식, (2) 전체 도메인을 병렬 계산하는 방식, (3) 모의 중 활성흐름 분포에 따라 격자를 동적으로 활성화하는 방식, (4) 모의 중 활성흐름 분포에 따라 격자를 동적으로 활성화하는 동시에 병렬계산을 수행하는 4 가지 주요 시나리오를 혼합해 실제 토석류 피해지역에 적용하여 비교·분석하였다. 그 결과, 모의 중 활성흐름 분포에 따라 격자를 동적으로 활성화하는 방식과 병렬계산을 병행한 방식이 기존 방식의 모의결과와 값이 동일하면서도 최대 3.49배 정도 계산 속도가 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발한 동적 격자 활성화 기법을 토석류 해석 모형에 적용시 계산 효율을 실질적으로 향상시켜 빠른 예측과 매개변수 보정 등을 수행할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

Due to the recent increase in the frequency of localized heavy rainfall, the occurrence of landslides and debris flows has been rising nationwide, highlighting the need for accurate prediction and proactive response measures. To address this, scenario-based predictions for hazard mapping are essential, and a balance between computational efficiency and spatial resolution must be achieved. This study proposes a Dynamic Grid Activation technique that selectively activates computational cells based on the presence or potential of active flow during simulation. By excluding areas unrelated to debris flow, unnecessary computations are significantly reduced. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, four simulation scenarios were compared: (1) full-domain computation, (2) full-domain parallel computation, (3) dynamic grid activation based on active flow, and (4) dynamic grid activation combined with parallel computation. These scenarios were applied to an actual debris flow event for comparison. Results show that the dynamic activation with parallel computation achieved identical simulation accuracy to the conventional method while improving computation speed by up to 3.49 times. Therefore, the proposed method is expected to significantly enhance the computational efficiency of debris flow models, enabling faster prediction and more effective parameter calibration.

In this paper, internal and external flow analysis of nozzle for a automatic bike washing machine was performed using Ansys Fluent, by varying nozzle injection pressure and angle. The pressure and velocity distributions generated at the nozzle outlet from internal flow analysis were applied for inlet condition of the external flow analysis of the nozzle. As a criterion for the cleaning efficiency, the shear stress condition provided by EHEDG[5] was used and an area of shear stress of 3 Pa or more according to the spray angle and pressure was compared. It is expected that the results of this paper will be applied to the development of automatic contactless bike washing nozzle.

Hydrocyclones are widely used as a separator apparatus for solid liquid flows, because of their simple structure and low cost. The particle velocity distribution and particle tracking have been simulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) k-epsilon turbulent model and compared with the laboratory scale hydrocyclone experimental results. It is well known that the solid removal efficiency depends on operation related to flow rate, particle size distribution of the feed and also on the geometry of hydrocyclone and underflow ratio to overflow. In recent years, a many research groups focused on the simulation of flow field and particle tracking within hydrocyclone using CFD and have become increasingly applied. This work simulated the particle velocity tracking pattern to efficiency prediction in a hydrocyclone. The flow field and particle traking of the hydrocyclone was simulated with commercial CFD code Fluent 6.3.23. The CFD simulated the velocity field and particle tracking will be useful tool to analysis the behavior of particles in the hydrocyclone.

In Korea, 69.4 % of duck farms had utilized conventional plastic greenhouses. In this facilities, there are difficulties in controlling indoor environments for raising duck. High rearing density in duct farms also made the environmental control difficult resulting in getting more stressed making their immune system weaker. Therefore, a facility is needed to having structurally enough solidity and high efficiency on the environmental control. So, new design plans of duck house have recently been conducted by National Institute of Animal Science in Korea. As a study in advance to establish standard, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to estimate the aerodynamic problems according to the designs by means of overall and regional ventilation efficiencies quantitatively and qualitatively. Tracer gas decay (TGD) method was used to calculate ventilation rate according to the structural characteristics of duck houses including installation of indoor circulation fan. The results showed that natural ventilation rate was averagely 164 % higher than typically designed ventilation rate, 1 AER ($min^{-1}$). Meanwhile, mechanically ventilated duck houses made 81.2 % of summer ventilation rate requirement. Therefore, it is urgent to develop a new duck house considering more structural safety as well as higher efficiency of environmental control.

The internal environment in pig house is closely related to the animal productivity. In addition, it is important to consider a working environment inside the pig house due to high gas and dust concentrations. The poor working environment inside the pig house can cause health problems including respiratory diseases. To analyze the working environment, it is important to evaluate the ventilation efficiency to effectively remove harmful gases and dust. The purpose of this study is to develop a 3D CFD model to analyze the working environment in the pig house. CFD model was validated by comparing air temperature distributions between CFD computed and field measured data. The average air flow rate at the pig height was 40.1 % lower than the working height when incoming air was concentrated on upper layer by the installed ventilation system on the experimental pig house. Using the validated CFD model, the regional ventilation efficiency was computed by the TGD(tracer gas decay) method at the pig and working heights. There was a difference of ventilation efficiency on 14 % between the air stagnated section and the rest sections. Stagnated gas concentration can be effected by animal and human health.

Current physics-based simulation is an important tool in the fluid animation. However some problems require a new change to current research trends which depend only on the simulation. The ultimate goal of this project is to obtain information of flow example, analyze an example through machine learning and the novel fluid animation reconfigure without physical simulation.

Scattering source calculations using conventional spherical harmonic expansion may require lots of computation time to treat full-coupled three-dimensional photon-electron transport in a highly anisotropic scattering medium where their scattering cross sections should be expanded with very high order (e.g., $P_7$ or higher) Legendre expansions. In this paper, we introduce a modified scattering kernel approach to avoid the unnecessarily repeated calculations involved with the scattering source calculation, and used it with parallel computing to effectively reduce the computation time. Its computational efficiency was tested for three-dimensional full-coupled photon-electron transport problems using our computer program which solves the multi-group discrete ordinates transport equation by using the discontinuous finite element method with unstructured tetrahedral meshes for complicated geometrical problems. The numerical tests show that we can improve speed up to 17~42 times for the elapsed time per iteration using the modified scattering kernel, not only in the single CPU calculation but also in the parallel computing with several CPUs.

Both flow visualizations and computational fluid dynamics were performed to determine hemodynamics in a total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) model for surgically correcting congenital heart defects. From magnetic resonance images, an anatomically correct glass model was fabricated to visualize steady flow. The total flow rates were 4, 6 and 8L/min and flow rates from SVC and IVC were 40:60. The flow split ratio between LPA and RPA was varied by 70:30, 60:40 and 50:50. A pressure-based finite-volume software was used to solve steady flow dynamics in TCPC models. Results showed that superior vena cava(SVC) and inferior vena cava(IVC) flow merged directly to the intra-atrial conduit, creating two large vortices. Significant swirl motions were observed in the intra-atrial conduit and pulmonary arteries. Flow collision or swirling flow resulted in energy loss in TCPC models. In addition, a large intra-atrial channel or a sharp bend in TCPC geometries could influence on energy losses. Energy conservation was efficient when flow rates in pulmonary branches were balanced. In order to increase energy efficiency in Fontan operations, it is necessary to remove a flow collision in the intra-atrial channel and a sharp bend in the pulmonary bifurcation.

Both flow visualizations and computational fluid dynamics were performed to determine hemodynamics in a total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) model for surgically correcting congenital heart defects. From magnetic resonance images, an anatomically correct glass model was fabricated to visualize steady flow. The total flow rates were 4, 6 and 8L/min and flow rates from SVC and IVC were 40:60. The flow split ratio between LPA and RPA was varied by 70:30, 60:40 and 50:50. A pressure-based finite-volume software was used to solve steady flow dynamics in TCPC models. Results showed that superior vena cava(SVC) and inferior vena cava(IVC) flow merged directly to the intra-atrial conduit, creating two large vortices. Significant swirl motions were observed in the intra-atrial conduit and pulmonary arteries. Flow collision or swirling flow resulted in energy loss in TCPC models. In addition, a large intra-atrial channel or a sharp bend in TCPC geometries could influence on energy losses. Energy conservation was efficient when flow rates in pulmonary branches were balanced. In order to increase energy efficiency in Fontan operations, it is necessary to remove a flow collision in the intra-atrial channel and a sharp bend in the pulmonary bifurcation.

A venturi scrubber is an important element of Filtered Containment Venting System (FCVS) for the removal of aerosols in contaminated air. The present work involves computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of dust particle removal efficiency of a venturi scrubber operating in self-priming mode using ANSYS CFX. Titanium oxide ($TiO_2$) particles having sizes of 1 micron have been taken as dust particles. CFD methodology to simulate the venturi scrubber has been first developed. The cascade atomization and breakup (CAB) model has been used to predict deformation of water droplets, whereas the Eulerian-Lagrangian approach has been used to handle multiphase flow involving air, dust, and water. The developed methodology has been applied to simulate venturi scrubber geometry taken from the literature. Dust particle removal efficiency has been calculated for forced feed operation of venturi scrubber and found to be in good agreement with the results available in the literature. In the second part, venturi scrubber along with a tank has been modeled in CFX, and transient simulations have been performed to study self-priming phenomenon. Self-priming has been observed by plotting the velocity vector fields of water. Suction of water in the venturi scrubber occurred due to the difference between static pressure in the venturi scrubber and the hydrostatic pressure of water inside the tank. Dust particle removal efficiency has been calculated for inlet air velocities of 1 m/s and 3 m/s. It has been observed that removal efficiency is higher in case of higher inlet air velocity.

대규모 유한요소 모델을 빠르게 해석하기는 위해서 병렬 희소 솔버를 필수적으로 적용해야 한다. 이 논문에서는 미세하게 변화하는 시스템 행렬을 대상으로 연속적으로 해를 구해야 하는 문제에서 효율적으로 적용가능한 반복-직접 희소 솔버 조합 기법을 소개한다. 반복-직접 희소 솔버 조합 기법은 병렬 희소 솔버 패키지인 PARDISO에 제안 및 구현된 기법으로 새롭게 행렬값이 갱신된 선형 시스템의 해를 구할 때 이전 선형 시스템에 적용된 직접 희소 솔버의 행렬 분해(factorization) 결과를 Krylov 반복 희소 솔버의 preconditioner로 활용하는 방법을 의미한다. PARDISO에서는 미리 설정된 반복 회수까지 해가 수렴하지 않으면 직접 희소 솔버로 해를 구하며, 이후 이어지는 갱신된 선형 시스템의 해를 구할 때는 최종적으로 사용된 직법 희소 솔버의 행렬 분해 결과를 preconditioner로 사용한다. 이 연구에서는 첫 번째 Krylov 반복 단계에서 소요되는 시간을 동적으로 계산하여 최대 반복 회수를 설정하는 기법을 제안하였으며, 주파수 영역 해석에 적용하여 그 효과를 검증하였다.

Parallel sparse solvers are essential for solving large-scale finite element models. This paper introduces the combination of iterative and direct solver that can be applied efficiently to problems that require continuous solution for a subtly changing sequence of systems of equations. The iterative-direct sparse solver combination technique, proposed and implemented in the parallel sparse solver package, PARDISO, means that iterative sparse solver is applied for the newly updated linear system, but it uses the direct sparse solver's factorization of previous system matrix as a preconditioner. If the solution does not converge until the preset iterations, the solution will be sought by the direct sparse solver, and the last factorization results will be used as a preconditioner for subsequent updated system of equations. In this study, an improved method that sets the maximum number of iterations dynamically at the first Krylov iteration step is proposed and verified thereby enhancing calculation efficiency by the frequency domain analysis.

열탄성 부영역, 열탄점소성/손상 부영역, 공유면, 접촉 공유면에 기반을 둔 영역/경계 분할법을 적용하여 재료 비선형성을 갖는 열탄점소성 손상 문제와 경계 비선형성을 갖는 접촉 문제의 효율적인 해석을 제안하였다. 영역 및 경계 분할에 관련된 공유면 및 접촉 공유면에서의 연속 구속 조건을 처리하기 위하여 간단한 벌칙 함수 기법을 적용하였다. 결과적으로 재료 및 경계 비선형성은 소수의 부영역과 접촉 경계면에서 계산되는 유한요소 행렬들에 국한된다. 따라서 적절한 해석 알고리듬을 구성하면 대폭적인 효율성 향상이 가능하게 된다. 대변형과 같은 기하학적 비선형성은 고려하지 않았으며, 간단한 수치 실험을 통해서 열탄점소성 손상 및 접촉 해석의 효율성에 관련된 기본적인 특성을 분석하였다.

A domain/boundary decomposition technique is applied to carry out efficient finite element analyses of 3-D contact problems. Appropriate penalty functions are selected for connecting an interface and contact interfaces with neighboring subdomains that satisfy continuity constraints. As a consequence, all the effective stiffness matrices have positive definiteness, and computational efficiency can be improved to a considerable degree. If necessary, any complex-shaped 3-D domain can be divided into several simple-shaped subdomains without considering the conformity of meshes along the interface. With a set of numerical examples, the basic characteristics of computational efficiency are investigated carefully.

본 논문에서는 다단계 구조의 유리수배 표본화율 변환기의 계산 효율성을 메모리 사용량과 초당 곱셈 수 측면에서 정량적으로 평가한다. 그리고 다단계 구조에서 해상도 보존 조건과 서로소 조건을 설명하고, 각 단계의 최적 변환 비율을 유리수배로 직접 얻을 수 있는 설계 과정을 제시한다. 실제 예로, 44.1KHz 에서 48KHz 로의 표본화율 변환기를 2단계 구조로 구현한 예를 보인다.

This paper evaluates the computational efficiency of sample-rate converters with rational factors in multi-stage structure in terms of memory requirement and multiplications per second. We describe resolution preserving and mutual prime conditions, and then present a method for designing the converter from which optimal rational-valued conversion factors for each stage can be yielded directly. As an example, we show an implementation of the 44.1-to-48KHz sample-rate converter in 2-stage structure.

그룹 키 동의 프로토콜에 관한 연구는 그동안 많은 연구자들에 의해 다양한 관점에서 진행되어왔으며, 최근 Nam 등이 유 무선 통합 네트워크 환경에서 효율적이면서도 안전한 그룹 키 동의 프로토콜을 제안하였다. 유 무선 통합 네트워크 환경에 적합한 그룹 키 동의 프로토콜을 설계하기 위해서는 고성능 연산 능력을 가진 유선 단말기의 특성과 상대적으로 계산능력이 떨어지는 무선 단말기의 특성이 함께 고려되어야 한다. 특히, 시스템자원의 제한성을 갖는 무선 단말기에서의 계산량을 최소화하는 문제는 그룹 키 동의 프로토콜 설계에 있어서 무엇보다 중요하다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 무선 단말기의 계산량을 최소화하면서 유 무선 통합 네트워크 환경에 적합한 효율적인 그룹 키 동의 프로토콜을 제안하고자 한다.

본 논문에서는 열탄점소성 손상과 접촉 문제의 효율적인 해석을 위하여 적응성 영역/경계 분할법을 제안하였다. 적응성 영역/경계 분할법은 시간 증분 또는 반복 기법 단계에서 열탄점소성 손상과 같은 재료 비선형성을 감안하여 부영역을 재설정하며, 접촉에 따른 경계 비선형성은 경계면을 통하여 부영역으로부터 독립적으로 분할한다. 분할된 각각의 부영역과 경계면을 기준으로 유한요소 정식화를 수행하며, 공유면 및 접촉 공유면의 연속 구속 조건을 처리하기 위하여 벌칙 함수 기법을 적용하였다. 결과적으로 재료 및 경계 비선형성은 일부 부영역과 접촉 경계면에서 계산되는 유한요소 행렬에 국한된다. 수치 실험을 통하여 적응성 해석 알고리듬의 기본적인 특성과 효율성 향상에 대하여 분석하였다.

노후화된 구조물의 균열 검사는 검사원이 직접 현장에서 측량 도구를 사용하여 육안으로 검사를 하는 방식이 대부분이다. 이러한 방식은 전문 작업 인력의 주관성에 크게 의존하게 되고, 많은 시간과 비용이 소모된다. 일관성과 신뢰성 있는 판단을 하기 위해 인공지능 이미지 분류 알고리즘을 활용하고 있다. 2018년부터는 이미지 전처리 단계에서 이미지 증강 기법이 높은 성능 향상을 이끌고 있어 사용되고 있는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 이미지 증강 기법을 활용하여 콘크리트 구조물 균열에 관한 분석 알고리즘을 개발하고 증강 비율에 따른 정확도와 속도를 비교 측정하여 최적화를 하였다. 그 결과 정확성을 향상시키고 경제성을 감안했을 경우 8배에서 적정한 것으로 나타났다.

Crack inspection of aged structures is mostly conducted by inspectors using surveying tools on site and visually inspecting them. This method greatly depends on professional worker, and consumes a lot of time and money. An artificial intelligence image classification algorithm is used to make reliable and objective judgments. Since 2018, image augmentation techniques have been used in the image pre-processing stage as they lead to high performance improvement. In this study, an analysis algorithm for cracks in concrete structures was developed using image augmentation techniques, in which the accuracy and speed according to the augmentation ratio were compared and measured for optimization. As a result, it was found that 8 times of image augmentation was appropriate when the accuracy was improved and economic feasibility was taken into account.

The adaptive wavelet method is studied for the enhancement of computational efficiency of three-dimensional flows. For implementation of the method for three-dimensional Euler equation, wavelet decomposition process is introduced based on the previous two-dimensional adaptive wavelet method. The order of numerical accuracy of an original solver is preserved by applying modified thresholding value. In order to assess the efficiency of the proposed algorithm, the method is applied to the computation of flow field around ONERA-M6 wing in transonic regime with 4th and 6th order interpolating polynomial respectively. Through the application, it is confirmed that the three-dimensional adaptive wavelet method can reduce the computational time while conserving the numerical accuracy of an original solver.