• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.6D
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• pp.775-789
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• 2008

The Office for Government Policy Coordination announced in 2006, september that a scheme of pre-signal would show remarkable outcome to reduce traffic accidents. Therefore, the Ministry recommended applying preferentially the pre-signal scheme to enhancement projects for high accident frequency areas. In case that the suggested pre-signal was unilaterally introduced to the enhancement projects at intersections, it might rather cause a big trial and error in terms of traffic safety. Hence, on the basis of quantitative analysis, this study was to indicate a pre-signal's effectiveness to reduce the traffic accidents, to illustrate a trend of the accident type due to the pre-signal, and to introduce intersection type that could be appropriate for the pre-signal. The methodology adopted Comparison-Group Method which was developed by Hauer. Through this methodology, overall effectiveness to reduce the accidents is considered positive but individual effectiveness by intersection and by accident case was different. All cases of the accidents at small scale intersection demonstrated positive results to reduce its accidents, while in case of frontal collision and side-right angle collision out of the accident types, the installation of pre-signal rather caused a negative result increasing the accident in terms of the traffic safety. I hope that this study would be a useful reference for future development of the estimation of accident effectiveness. Thus, when the pre-signal is being installed in the big intersection, it is recommended operating the installation concerning carefully improvements about muliple aspects as traffic operation, traffic facility, human factor etc.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.42-49
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• 2019

This study statistically analyzed the laboratory accidents by investigating 806 laboratory accident survey reports which were officially submitted to government from 2013 to June 2017. After comparing domestic and foreign accident classification criteria, the laboratory accidents were classified using KCD7(Korean Standard Classification of Diseases) and OIICS(Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System) criteria. For the type and part of injury, KCD7 classification criteria was adopted. And, for the cause and occurrence type of accidents, OIICS was adopted to analyze the laboratory accidents. Most of injuries happened to the wrist and hand caused by sharp materials or chemical materials. The analysis of accident cause showed that accidents resulted in medical practice and accidents from handtools and chemical materials such as acid and alkali frequently occurred. The major occurrence types of laboratory accidents was body exposure to the chemical materials such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. In addition, the accidents resulted in destroy of grasped object or falling object were frequently reported.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.172-191
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• 2023

This study was undertaken to strategize the mixed traffic operation of autonomous vehicles in the pilot zone. This was achieved by analyzing the changes expected when autonomous vehicles are mixed in the autonomous vehicle pilot zone. Although finding a safe and efficient traffic operation strategy is required for the pilot zone to serve as a test bed for autonomous vehicles, there is no available operation strategy based on the mixture of autonomous vehicles. In order to presents a traffic operation strategies for each period of autonomous vehicle introduction, traffic efficiency and safety analysis was performed according to the autonomous vehicle market percentage rate. Based on the analysis results, the introduction stage was divided into introductory stage, transition period, and stable period based on the autonomous vehicle market share of 30% and 70%. This study presents the following traffic operation strategies. Considering the traffic flow operation strategy, we suggest the advancement of the existing road infrastructure at the introductory stage, and operating an autonomous driving lane and the mileage system during the transition period. We also propose expanding the operation of autonomous driving lanes and easing the speed limit during the stable period. In the traffic safety strategy, we present a manual and legal system for responding to autonomous vehicle accidents in the introductory stage, an analysis of the causes of autonomous vehicle accidents and the implementation of preventive policies in the transition period, and the advancement of the autonomous system and the reinforcement of the security system during the stable period. Through the traffic operation strategy presented in this study, we foresee the possibility of preemptively responding to the changes of traffic flow and traffic safety expected due to the mixture of autonomous vehicles in the autonomous vehicle pilot zone in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.121-126
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• 2019

Despite the trend of decreasing accidents, falling accidents in the construction industry have not decreased and are even rising. Most major accidents are falling accidents caused by hanging scaffolding and are mostly serious. We conducted a review of the literature, institutions, and regulations, which showed that domestic standards are not unified because they are drawn up by referring to overseas standards for hanging scaffolding. New regulations or standards should be established, which should reflect the safety plans for equipment, work advance plans, education, and management. If facility improvement plan for Hanging Scaffolding and implementation of revision of the current work use, regulations and guides are implemented, it will be recognized in advance of the causes of the accident statistics and the classification system and will be the basis for the implementation of joint efforts by workers, managers, supervisors and owners to reduce accidents.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.8-14
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• 2023

In various industrial sites, piping systems play an essential role in stable fluid supply and pressure maintenance. However, these systems are constantly exposed to risks of earthquakes, explosions, fires, and leaks, which can result in casualties or serious economic losses. With rapid advancements in the industry, different-sized piping systems have been launched; however, there are not enough maintenance personnel for troubleshooting and responding to situations where damages occur to piping systems. This increases the need for introducing autonomous damage management systems. In this study, a lab-based piping system was designed and manufactured by referring to the piping system of a naval ship to analyze the effectiveness of autonomous damage management systems. By using this testbed, a representative algorithm, the hydraulic resistance control algorithm, was realized and examinedIn addition, the difference between the averaged pressure and normalized pressure was introduced to improve the performance of the existing algorithm, which faces some limitations with regard to sensor noise and back pressure from the rupture-simulated pipeline part.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.63-70
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• 2019

The number of vehicle-to-barrier collisions has increased due to improved driving environments. In addition, it is reported that the number of accidents led to impact severity larger than current capacity of a median barrier has increased. It is required to develop a high performance median barrier in order to secure expressway safety. This paper aims at proposing impact loading model and locations for a high performance median barrier based on analysis of median-barrier-related accident history. The SB6 test level (Impact severity: 420 kJ, Mass: 25 ton, Impact speed: 80 km/h, Impact angle: $15^{\circ}$) was suggested for target impact severity based on statistical data analysis. The suitable locations also were proposed from investigation of driver behaviors for installation and rehabilitation of high performance median barrier.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3D
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• pp.367-374
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• 2006

This research revealed the operation problems of the current crossing control systems through inspecting and testing the obstacle detection systems and gate control systems for the crossings. To resolve the problems of the crossing control systems, this research developed new algorithms of four-quadrant gate system and obstacle detection systems combing the functions of rasar sensors and magnetic sensors and tested the reliability of the systems. Currently, the obstacle detection systems and gate control systems controls approaching and departing traffic by simply detecting vehicles and obstacles but do not consider traffic movements at the crossings. In addition, they do not make signal cooperation for gate controls. As a result, such inefficient crossing controls result in unsafe gate controls for drivers. Therefore, the newly developed crossing control systems through this study will provide more effective crossing control services with more strengthen information cooperation within control systems. Besides they will help to reduce train crashes at the crossings by gate control systems considering various driving behaviors.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.166-173
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• 2022

A variety of input parameters are taken into consideration while performing a Level 3 PSA. Some parameters related to plume segments, spatial grids, and particle size distribution have flexible input formats. Fine modeling performed by splitting a number of segments or grids may enhance the accuracy of analysis but is time-consuming. Analysis speed is highly important because a considerably large number of calculations is required to handle Level 2 PSA scenarios for a single-unit or multi-unit Level 3 PSA. This study developed a sensitivity analysis supporting interface called MACCSsense to compare the results of the trials of plume segmentation with the results of the base case to determine its impact (in terms of time and accuracy) and to support the development of a modeling approach, which saves calculation time and improves accuracy. MACCSense is an automation tool that uses a large amount of plume segmentation analysis results obtained from MUST Converter and Mr. Manager developed by KAERI to generate a sensitivity report that includes impact (time and accuracy) by comparing them with the base-case result. In this study, various plume segmentation approaches were investigated, and both the accuracy and speed of offsite consequence analysis were evaluated using MACCS as a consequence analysis tool. A simultaneous evaluation revealed that execution time can be reduced using multi-threading. In addition, this study can serve as a framework for the development of a modeling strategy for plume segmentation in order to perform accurate and fast offsite consequence analyses.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.345-345
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• 2022

기후변화의 영향으로 도시하천의 홍수피해가 증가추세이며, 여름철 돌발호우 발생으로 하천내 고립사고 피해가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 특히 중·소규모 도시하천은 홍수유출 도달시간이 매우 짧고 수위가 급격히 상승하여 돌발호우에 매우 취약하므로, 정확한 홍수발생 가능성 및 시점 예측을 통한 신속한 홍수 예·경보가 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 강우강도, 강우시간분포, 강우지속시간 등에 따른 홍수발생여부 뿐만 아니라 홍수발생시간을 예측할 수 있는 Flooding Time Nomograph (FTN)를 개발하였다. 본 연구의 대상유역은 도림천 유역으로, FTN 개발을 위하여 도시하천의 강우-유출모의에 적합한 XP-SWMM 모형을 구축하여 활용하였다. 또한 Huff의 4분위 강우분포를 이용한 다양한 형태의 가상 강우시나리오를 설정하여 강우유출모의를 수행하였으며, 모의결과를 기반으로 강우강도와 홍수발생시간의 관계식을 산정하여 FTN을 생성하였다. 실제 호우 사상에 대한 관측 홍수발생시간과의 비교를 통해 FTN의 적용성을 평가한 결과, 상관계수 CC=0.8, NSE=0.6 이상으로 높은 정확도를 보이는 것으로 나타났으며, 강우발생 시 둔치수위 도달 홍수위 기준 최대 30분의 사전 대피시간 확보가 가능함을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발한 FTN을 이용한 도시하천의 홍수 예·경보 시스템 구축의 경우, 강우정보에 따른 홍수발생여부 및 홍수발생시간을 합리적으로 판단할 수 있어, 둔치 수위 예·경보 등 보다 신속한 상황대응이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Review of KIISC
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.33-40
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• 2022

최근 전 세계가 COVID-19 팬데믹을 겪으면서 실세계 속 사회 및 문화 활동이 온라인 등 비대면으로 옮겨지며 비대면 사회활동 및 가치 창출을 위한 메타버스 플랫폼들이 생겨나기 시작하고 이들의 사회적 파급력 및 가치가 높아지고 있다. 메타버스 플랫폼에서 수행되는 사회 및 문화 활동의 가치가 높아짐에 따라 메타버스 플랫폼은 해커에게 '저비용 고효율'적인 공격 대상이 되어 메타버스의 안전성 및 보안성 이슈가 화두가 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 메타버스 플랫폼을 대표하는 'ZEPETO^TM', 'Roblox^TM', '어스2^TM' 등의 메타버스 플랫폼에서 발생한 보안사고의 공격 지점 및 연관된 공격 체인을 조사하고 메타버스를 구성하고 있는 핵심 시스템 요소에 대한 위협벡터를 도출하였다. 본 연구 수행에서 활용한 방법론은 메타버스 플랫폼뿐만 아니라 신규 소프트웨어 기반 플랫폼이 출시될 때의 위협벡터를 도출하고 그에 따른 보안대책 수립을 위한 활용으로 사용될 수 있다.