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A Study on the feasibility for school bus introduced of commuting to improve the environment in primary school of urban areas (통학환경 개선을 위한 대도시지역의 통학버스 도입 타당성 연구)

  • Heo, Byung-Iee;Kim, Sung-Joong
    • The Journal of Sustainable Design and Educational Environment Research
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.36-49
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    • 2013
  • Unplanned growth of the city was established, despite many elementary, School facilities outside the city is still lacking. Basically should be able to walk to school through elementary school in the case of excessive distance, issues such as unsafe in the school environment and the school, overcrowding, excessive relieve classroom learning environment, with the improvement of the overall situation is necessary. In this study, the status for local public elementary school environment, research and analysis, case studies, research, and through community and resolve problems derived as a school bus for the introduction of alternative feasibility analysis.

De-Ash Characteristics using a Cleaning Agent KOH of CDPF for PM Reduction of Diesel Engines

  • Seo, Choong-Kil
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2016
  • The objective of this study is to investigate the physicochemical properties of the catalysts and the feasibility of remanufacturing them after removing ash in CDPF using a cleaning agent KOH. Compared with the carbon oxidation ability of fresh CDPF, that of de-ashed CDPF had an insignificant difference due to the low activation energy of CO and $CO_2$. As ash deposited in CDPF was de-ashed with KOH, it had a practical feasibility on remanufacturing point of view, but washcoat was melted about 26%. Further studies were required for the prevention of washcoat loss.

A Study of Noise Elect for Selecting Eco-friendly Railways (철도노선 선정에 미치는 소음에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Byung-Eun;Kim, Myeong-Gyu;Han, Sung-Woo;Kim, Dong-Gi;Park, Kwang-Heyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.244-247
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    • 2006
  • Railway is superior to the other land transportation systems in aspects of energy efficiency and environmental problems. Energy efficiency and environmental problems are not considered during a preliminary feasibility study. Investment for railway is low because of low B/C in the economical efficiency analysis during the preliminary feasibility study. The body of this paper studies the data which can reflect environmental problems an assessment of environmental impact. Investment for railway would be higher when main environmental elements are considered before the choice of the railway lines.

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Designing TBMs for subsea tunnels

  • Duhme, Ruben;Tatzki, Thorsten
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.587-596
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    • 2015
  • Recent years have shown great advances in the feasibility of long subsea tunnels. Projects such as the Channel Tunnel, the Stoerebelt Tunnel or the Bosporus Crossing have pushed the boundaries of TBM tunneling technology and fueled the work on feasibility studies for even more challenging projects such as crossing the Qiongzhou or Gibraltar Straits. There are numerous geotechnical challenges such as wide variations of ground conditions, high operation pressures or long tunnel distances and finally geological uncertainties which must be solved in order to attempt such projects. Several operational challenges such as large muck quantities interventions under difficult conditions and long transport distances also have to be tackled. TBM manufacturer and construction industry have developed a number of approaches to these challenges which point into the right technical direction and have been proven successfully in recent experiences. Their further development will allow attempting several megaprojects which are currently under discussion.

Architecture Support for Context-aware Adaptation of Rich Sensing Smartphone Applications

  • Meng, Zhaozong
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.248-268
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    • 2018
  • The performance of smartphone applications are usually constrained in user interactions due to resource limitation and it promises great opportunities to improve the performance by exploring the smartphone built-in and embedded sensing techniques. However, heterogeneity in techniques, semantic gap between sensor data and usable context, and complexity of contextual situations keep the techniques from seamless integration. Relevant studies mainly focus on feasibility demonstration of emerging sensing techniques, which rarely address both general architectures and comprehensive technical solutions. Based on a proposed functional model, this investigation provides a general architecture to deal with the dynamic context for context-aware automation and decision support. In order to take advantage of the built-in sensors to improve the performance of mobile applications, an ontology-based method is employed for context modelling, linguistic variables are used for heterogeneous context presentation, and semantic distance-based rule matching is employed to customise functions to the contextual situations. A case study on mobile application authentication is conducted with smartphone built-in hardware modules. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solutions and their effectiveness in improving operational efficiency.

Cost-benefit Analysis for Noise Barrier and Low Noise Pavement (방음벽 및 저소음 포장에 대한 비용/편익 분석)

  • Jo, Youn-Hee;Son, Jung-Gon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.502-507
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    • 2011
  • A study on environmental noise hasn't fully researched yet. As society has developed and the quality of life has improved, people started to show a concern about an environmental noise. To ensure a economic feasibility of countermeasures of noise, it is necessary to apply a cost-benefit analysis on choosing optimum measurements. In this study, we addressed the estimation method of the environmental noise value and several domestic and oversea case studies. We also estimate economic value of noise reduction level which is gained from applying noise reduction measurements.

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Influences of Energy Production Estimation Errors on Project Feasibility Indicators of a Wind Project and Critical Factor Analysis by AHP (풍력발전사업 에너지생산량 산정 오차가 사업성지표에 미치는 영향 및 AHP를 이용한 중요인자 분석)

  • Kim, Youngkyung;Chang, Byungman
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2013
  • Case studies are made to investigate the relationship between the accuracy of energy production estimation and project feasibility indicators such as rate of return on equity (ROE) and debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) for three wind farm projects. It is found out that 1% improvement in the accuracy of energy production estimation may enhance the ROE by more than 0.5% in the case of P95, thanks to improved financing terms. AHP survey shows that MCP correlation of measured in situ wind data with long term wind speed distribution and hands-on experiences of flow analysis are more important than other factors for more precise annual energy production estimation.

Can the Energy Costs of Speech Movements be Measured\ulcorner A Preliminary Feasibility Study

  • Bjorn Lindblom;Moon, Seung-Jae
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.3E
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2000
  • The main question addressed in this research was whether an adaptation of a standard exercise Physiology Procedure would be sensitive enough to record excess oxygen uptake associated with speech activity. Oxygen consumption was recorded for a single subject during 7-minute rest periods and an automatic speech task, also 7-minutes long and performed at three different vocal efforts. The data show measurable and systematic speech-induced modifications of breathing and oxygen uptake patterns. The subject was found to use less power for normal than for soft and loud speech. This result is similar to findings reported by experimental biologists on the energetics of locomotion. However, more comprehensive feasibility studies need to be undertaken on a larger population before solid and detailed conclusions about speech energy costs are possible. However, it appears clear that, for experimental tasks like the present one, i.e., variations in vocal effort, standard exercise physiology methods may indeed offer a viable approach to recording excess oxygen uptake associated with speech movements.

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Analysis of the Risk Influence Factors in Apartment Building Development Projects

  • Lee, Sung-Ho;Kim, Sun-Kuk;Suh, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.424-433
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    • 2013
  • There have been few attempts made to perform a systematic analysis of the various risk influence factors in building development projects. This study suggests an analysis of the risk influence factors in the process of feasibility studies for apartment building development projects. To reflect the voice of professionals, surveys were carried out. In addition, an FD-AHP method was applied to identify the importance of the risk influence factors. Through the surveys, major risk factors were separately identified as direct and/or indirect elements. An analysis of risk influence factors supports an effective feasibility study of apartment building development projects.

Feasibility Studies of DInSAR in the Northeastern Kyungsang Basin, Korea

  • Lee, C.W.;Kim, S.W.;Jung, H.C.;Won, J.S.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1070-1072
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    • 2003
  • This study focuses on examing the feasibility of differential SAR interferometry (DInSAR) in the Northeastern Kyungsang Basin, Korea. Major faults in the Kyungsang Basin such as Yangsan fault, Dongrae fault, and Ulsan fault had developed during Cretaceous, and the activeness of these faults is still controversial in Korean geology community. We attempt to measure displacements in the study area by applying DInSAR techniques to JERS-1 SAR data sets. Some surface displacements are recognized by DInSAR method at Young-il Bay in which the POSCO Company locates, although the displacements may not be directly associated with geologic structures. We also discuss atmospheric effects for the techniques used.

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