• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.319-327
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• 2017

In this study, characteristics of seismic behaviors of offshore wind turbine systems using concrete-suction-type supporting structures are investigated. Applying hydrodynamic pressure from the surrounding sea water and interaction forces from the underlying soil to the structural system which is composed of RNA, the tower, and the supporting structure, a governing equation of the system is derived and its earthquake responses are obtained. It can be observed from the analysis results that the responses are significantly influenced by soil-structure interaction because dynamic responses for higher natural vibration modes are increased due to the flexibility of soil. Therefore, the soil-structure interaction must be taken into consideration for accurate assessment of dynamic behaviors of offshore wind turbine systems using concrete-suction-type supporting structures.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.19-33
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• 2002

A numerical method to efficiently secure necessary design informations of the hydraulic characteristics of rubble mound breakwater was attempted here. The method combines the exterior wave field with the interior wave field which is formulated incorporating porous media flow inside the breakwaters. An approximate method based on the long wave assumption was used for the exterior wave field while a boundary element method was used for the interior wave field. A hydraulic experiment was also performed to verify the validity of the numerical analysis. The numerical results were compared with experimental data and results from existing formulae. They generally agreed in both reflection and transmission coefficients. The calculated pore pressures also showed a similar pattern with experimental data, even if they gave some significant differences in their values fur some cases. The main cause of such differences can be attributed to the strongly nonlinear wave field occurring on the frontal slope of the breakwater. The direct input of dynamic pressures(measured from hydraulic experiment) into the numerical method was suggested as a promising method to enhance the predictability of pore pressures.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.11-21
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• 1998

During an earthquake, there are three main components of excitation : horizontal excitation of the ground, vertical excitation of the pile due to superstructure feedback produced by vertical excitation of the ground, and the seawater excitation induced by the vertical ground shaking, that is, "the seaquake." These excitations could have effects on the soil plugs in open-ended pie piles installed at offshore sites. In this study, seaquake excitation induced by the vertical ground shaking was simulated by pulsing the water pressure at the seabed. During a seaquake, due to the induced excess porewater pressure and pressure gradients in the soil, the capacity of open-ended pipe piles installed in a simulated sea depth of greate than 220 m was reduced serevely and the soil plugging resistance was degraded by more than 80% The soil plug was failed because of eh upward seepage forces that developed in the soil plug due to excess pore water pressure produced in the bottom of the soil plug during the seaquake, The compressive capacity of ar open-ended pile in a simulated sea depth of less than 220 m was reduced only by about 10% and the soil plug resistance was degraded by less than 5%.s than 5%.

• The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 1987

To elucidate the mechanism of splanchnic hyperemia associated with chronic portal hypertension, we have investigated the alteration in visceral reflexes in conjuction with circulatory hemodynamics in portal ligated portal hypertension in cats. When capsaicin, bradykinin and vasopressin were injected via splenic artery of sham cat, respectively, they caused not only reflex excitation of systemic arterial pressure, but also elevation of splenic venous pressure with unchanged heart rates. Simultaneously, they evoked the sympathetic efferent excitation of liver (spleno-hepatic reflex) as well as of spleen (spleno-splenic reflex). Similarly, capsaicin upon pledging on the liver surface evoked a significant increase in the pressor reflex with hepatic nerve excitation (hepato-hepatic reflex). After portal ligation, the splenic venous pressure was gradually elevated in association with decrease in systemic arterial pressure. However, the excitation of pressor reflex was enhanced on the and day, thereafter, being returned to the control, and the reflexly induced spleno-splenic, spleno-hepatic and hepato-hepatic sympathetic excitations were significantly diminished on the 8th day following portal vein ligation. In conclusion, it is suggested that sympathetic reflexes to spleen and liver are specifically intervened by the same central pathways and furthermore, the diminution of these viscero-visceral reflex excitations after portal ligation may be related to the intestinal hyperemia.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.27-36
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• 2012

The simulation of the field dynamic soil properties for soil modeling in the centrifuge test is important. In this study, the process of soil modeling based on the shear wave velocity profile is developed. From the resonant column test in each confining pressure, the shear wave velocity profile is expected and the modeling condition is determined by comparing it with that in the field. During the dynamic centrifuge test, the bender element test is performed for measuring the in-flight shear wave velocity profile, and the applicability of the proposed method was verified. This modeling method is applied to the centrifuge test of the Hualien Large-Scale Seismic test.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.23-30
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• 1998

During an earthquake, there are three components of excitation : horizontal excitation of the ground, vertical excitation of the pile due to superstructure feedback produced by vertical excitation of the ground, and the seawater excitation by the vertical ground shaking, that is, "the seaquake." These excitations could have effects on the pore pressure buildup mode induced in the near-field of open-ended pile and the soil plugs in open-ended pipe piles installed at offshore sites. While the ground and pile excitation could be modeled by exciting the soil and pile with simulated motions, seaquake excitation induced by the vertical ground shaking can be modeled by pulsing the water pressure at the seabed. The objectives of this study were to observe buildup trend for the porewater pressures developed in near-field of open-ended pipe pile installed in the calibration chamber during the simulated earthquake and seaquake and, also to confirm the cause for reduction of soil plugging according to pore pressure buildup. During the simulated horizontal seismic motion, there was no upward flow through soil plug because the similar magnitude of excess porewater pressure were occurred at the top and under the toe of soil plug. During the horizontal seismic motion, relatively higher hydraulic gradients caused upward flow in the soil plug and then the degradation of plugging resistance was about 20%. During seaquake, in the case of the open-ended pile installed in a deep sea with more than 220m of water depth, soil plug failed completely because of high upward hydraulic gradients through soil plug.soil plug.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.294-306
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• 2005

Most immersed tunnels investigated have been investigated based on the engineer's experience with design and construction. From engineering point of view, it is very important to understand the wave interaction with the seabed and immersed tunnel, since the stability of an immersed tunnel depends largely on the behavior of the seabed foundation. In this study, for the first stage research to find out the mechanism of the wave interaction with the seabed and immersed tunnel, the benchmarking method called as direct numerical simulation (DNS) was employed to analyze comprehensively the wave-induced pore water pressures, vorticity and flows in seabed or inside rubble stone around the immersed tunnel. The immersed tunnel is modeled based on Busan-Geoje fixed link project in Korea, which is now on the stage of planning. Moreover, the nonlinear water wave interaction with an immersed tunnel/its seabed foundation was thoroughly examined with regard to the stabilities of the immersed tunnel subjected to various water wave conditions, median grain size and so forth.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.21-30
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• 2008

Evapotranspiration is an important factor in the energy interaction process between the surface and the air. Over a vegetable canopy, evapotranspiration was investigated by measuring the sensible heat flux, the soil heat flux and the net radiation flux. Evapotranspiration based on routine AWS data is in good agreement with that estimated from the energy balance equation except for weak wind shear less than $1s^{-1}$ and a cloudy period. Soil heat flux can be approximately to 10% of net radiation flux at the lower layer. When the slope of the saturation vapor pressure versus temperature curve ($de_s/dT$) is approximated to 1.5, the evapotranspiration can be described in function of the net radiation energy flux over Goheung bay wetland covered with the vegetable canopy, reeds.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.292_293
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• 2009

현재 산업발달로 인한 전력수요 증가와 IT산업의 혁신적인 발달로 고장으로 인한 정전 발생시 사회생활에 미치는 영향이 커지게 되었다. 위성도시의 발달로 인한 지중선로는 필연적으로 증가하고 있으며 지중선로의 특이 환경은 점검 및 유지보수등의 고정밀도를 요한다. 장거리 지중선로의 문제점으로 초고압케이블에 대한 가시적인 또는 주기적인 점검으로 설비상태를 파악하기에는 한계가 존재할 수밖에 없다. 이에 본 논문은 인력순시에 한계를 극복하고 무선통신장비 등을 이용하여 지중선로내 과학화 장비를 이용한 상시감시 체계를 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.111-117
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• 2001

배경: 심근 수축력과 더불어 전신저항은 개심술 후 적절한 심박출량을 유지하기 위한 매우 중요한 요인이다. 후부하의 변화를 비관혈적으로 평가할 수 있는지 알아 보고자 대동맥 혈류파형의 변화를 관찰하였다. 대상 및 방법: 개흉한 8마리의 잡견에서 연속파형 Doppler 심초음파를 이용하여 nitroprusside 단독 또는 epinephrine과의 병합투여 잔후로 상행 대동맥 혈류를 측정하였다. 결과: Nitroprusside의 투여로 동맥압과 전신저항은 약물의 투여량에 비례하여 감소함으로써(p<0.05 vs 기준치), 대동맥 혈류파형의 최고속도, 평균가속 및 분거리(속도시간적분$\times$심박동수)는 증가하였고, 가속시간은 짧아졌으며(p<0.05 vs 기준치), 가속시간/박출시간의 비는 변화가 없었다. Nitroprusside 투여로 인한 전신저항의 변화는 속도시간적분이나 Doppler 시간간격 지표보다는 최고속도(r=0.60, p=0.001)와 평균가속(r=0.52, p=0.003)과 상관관계가 있었다. Epinephrine과의 병합투여로 전신저항이 증가하지 않는 한 nitroprusside 단독투여에 비해서 최고속도, 평균가속 및 속도시간적분이 더 크게 증가했으나, 전신저항이 증가되면 이 Doppler 지표들은 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 결론: Doppler 심초음파를 이용하여 상행 대동맥 혈류파형의 최고속도와 평균가속을 연속적으로 측정함으로써 후부하의 변화를 비관혈적으로 평가할 수 있으리라 생각된다.