• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.161-183
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• 2017

This paper investigates the damage identification of the concrete pile element through axial wave propagation technique using computational and experimental studies. Now-a-days, concrete pile foundations are often common in all engineering structures and their safety is significant for preventing the failure. Damage detection and estimation in a sub-structure is challenging as the visual picture of the sub-structure and its condition is not well known and the state of the structure or foundation can be inferred only through its static and dynamic response. The concept of wave propagation involves dynamic impedance and whenever a wave encounters a changing impedance (due to loss of stiffness), a reflecting wave is generated with the total strain energy forked as reflected as well as refracted portions. Among many frequency domain methods, the Spectral Finite Element method (SFEM) has been found suitable for analysis of wave propagation in real engineering structures as the formulation is based on dynamic equilibrium under harmonic steady state excitation. The feasibility of the axial wave propagation technique is studied through numerical simulations using Elementary rod theory and higher order Love rod theory under SFEM and ABAQUS dynamic explicit analysis with experimental validation exercise. Towards simulating the damage scenario in a pile element, dis-continuity (impedance mismatch) is induced by varying its cross-sectional area along its length. Both experimental and computational investigations are performed under pulse-echo and pitch-catch configuration methods. Analytical and experimental results are in good agreement.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.245-256
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• 2016

TBM을 적용하는 현장에서 장비 선택, 공사기간 및 공사비용의 합리적인 산정을 위하여 TBM의 굴진성능을 정확하게 예측하는 것은 매우 중요한 사안이다. 본 연구에서는 최신 자료들을 바탕으로 기존의 TBM 굴진성능 예측모델들의 평가과정과 방법론에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 2000년 이후에 발표된 문헌들에 대한 조사를 토대로 TBM 굴진성능 예측모델의 분류체계를 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 분류체계에서는 TBM 굴진성능 예측모델에 필요한 입력인자 선정단계와 예측기법 적용단계로 크게 구분하였다. 또한 각 예측모델에서 사용된 입력인자, 출력인자 그리고 예측모델에서 사용된 인자의 적용빈도를 분석하였다. 마지막으로 TBM 굴진성능 예측모델의 현황과 향후 연구방향에 대하여 제언하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2020

Due to the fact that Bingöl province is at the intersection of the North Anatolian Fault and the Eastern Anatolian Fault, the seismicity of the region is important. In this study, probabilistic seismic hazard analyzes (PSHA) were conducted to cover the boundaries of Bingöl province. It occurred since 1900, the seismicity of the region was obtained statistically by considering the earthquake records with a magnitude greater than 4 and the Gutenberg-Richter correlation. In the study, magnitude-frequency relationship, seismic hazard and repetition periods were obtained for certain time periods (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 75 and 100 years). Once a project area determined in this study, which may affect the peak ground acceleration according to various attenuation relationships are calculated and using the Turkey Earthquake Hazard Map, average acceleration value for Bingöl province were determined. As a result of the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, the project earthquakes with a probability of exceeding 50 years indicate that the magnitude of the project earthquake is 7.4 and that the province is in a risky area in terms of seismicity. The repetition periods of earthquakes of 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 and 7.5 are 42, 105, 266 and 670 years respectively. Within the province of Bingöl; the probability of exceeding 50 years is 2%, 10% and 50%, while the peak ground acceleration values are 1.03 g, 0.58 g and 0.24 g. As a result, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis shows that the seismicity of the region is high and the importance of considering the earthquake effect during construction is emphasized for this region.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1221-1225
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• 2005

The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of a superfamily of nuclear hormone receptors. Lots of studies in rodents and humans have shown that PPARs were involved in lipid metabolism and adipocyte differentiation. The main objective of this work was to detect the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in whole coding regions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-$\alpha$) and gamma (PPAR-$\gamma$) genes with approach of single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) in the chicken population of Arber Acres broiler, Hyline layer and three Chinese native breeds (Shiqiza, Beijing You, Bai'r). Two SNPs of C1029T and C297T were found in chicken PPAR-$\alpha$ and PPAR-$\gamma$ genes respectively and each SNP found three genotypes in the experimental populations. The results showed that the distribution frequency of 3 genotypes in Arber Acres broiler, Hyline layer and Chinese native breeds had significant differences on the PPAR-$\alpha$ and PPAR-$\gamma$ gene respectively (p<0.01). Furthermore, in the PPAR-$\alpha$ gene, the results of least square estimation for genotypes and body composition traits showed the BB genotype birds had higher abdominal fat weight (AFW) and percentage of abdominal fat (AFP) than AA genotype birds (p<0.05). From these we conjecture the PPAR-$\alpha$ and PPAR-$\gamma$ genes were suffered intensive selection during the long term commercial breeding and the PPAR-$\alpha$ gene may be a major gene or linked to the major genes that impact chicken fat metabolism and the SNPs could be used in molecular assistant selection (MAS) as a genetic marker for the chicken fatness traits.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.39-51
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• 2016

Extreme floods occur more often recently as the frequency of extreme storm events increase due to the climate change. Because the extreme flood exceeding the design flood can cause large-scale disasters, it is important to predict and prepare for the future extreme flood. Flood flow is affected by two main factors; rainfall and land use. To predict the future extreme flood, both changes in rainfall due to the climate change and land use should be considered. The objective of this study was to simulate the future design flood in the Hwangguji river watershed, South Korea. The climate and land use change scenarios were derived from the representative concentration pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. Conversion of land use and its effects (CLUE) and hydrologic modelling system (HEC-HMS) models were used to simulate the land use change and design flood, respectively. Design floods of 100-year and 200-year for 2040, 2070, and 2100 under the RCP4.5 and 8.5 scenarios were calculated and analyzed. The land use change simulation described that the urban area would increase, while forest would decrease from 2010 to 2100 for both the RCP4.5 and 8.5 scenarios. The overall changes in design floods from 2010 to 2100 were similar to those of probable rainfalls. However, the impact of land use change on design flood was negligible because the increase rate of probable rainfall was much larger than that of curve number (CN) and impervious area.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.445-453
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• 2013

Walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma fisheries in Korean waters have changed dramatically during the last three decades: the highest catches occurred in 1981, followed by continuous decreases through the 1990s, ending with a complete collapse of the population in the 2000s. The major spawning ground of walleye pollock is located in North Korean waters, and some juveniles (called nogari in Korean, <300 mm) migrate to the south for feeding and growth. Since the 1960s, Korean fishermen have often caught juveniles, and the weight (metric tons) of juvenile catch was recorded from 1975-1997. However, because the walleye pollock were not aged, the population age structure was not delineated. We developed a model to estimate the number of walleye pollock of each size class based on catch statistics of adults and juveniles, the catch proportion of each size class, and length and weight information on specimens collected by Danish-seine and drift-gill-net fisheries. The model results demonstrated that the recruitment size of walleye pollock was consistently within the 200-250mm size class, and the highest number of this size class occurred in 1981, although values greatly fluctuated interannually. The number of juvenile pollock was 10.4 times higher than that of adult pollock during 1975-1997. The total yield of juvenile pollock was 0.95 million tons, which was equivalent to about 68.2% of total pollock production. The number of juvenile pollock caught during the same period, however, was 16 billion, comprising about 91.2% of the total number caught. Such high fishing pressure on juvenile pollock is considered one of the main factors causing the collapse of the pollock population.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.534-541
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• 2012

This study examined salty taste acuity and salty taste preference and sodium intake in relation to zinc nutritional status in 2 rural populations in Korea. And we also examined the main food contributors of their sodium intakes. We enrolled 218 adults (66 men and 152 women) from the Kangneung and Samcheok regions in Korea's Kangwon province in our study conducted from December 2011 to February 2012. Participants from each region were divided into 3 groups based on their serum zinc level (T1: lowest, T2: intermediate, T3: highest). We compared the salty taste acuity and preference, Na index (Dish Frequency Questionnaire for estimation of habitual sodium intake), blood pressure, and intakes of nutrients including sodium by 3 groups of serum zinc level. The results were as follows: a higher serum zinc level indicated a lower sodium intake and Na index (P<0.05). The salty taste acuity was considerably higher for participants from the Kangneung region than those from the Samcheok region (P<0.05). And the serum zinc level was significantly higher in participants from the Kangneung region than those from the Samcheok region (P<0.05). We further divided the participants into 2 groups: those who consumed more zinc than the recommended intake (RI) and the others. We compared salty taste acuity and salty taste preference in the 2 groups. The salty taste threshold and palatable salty taste concentrations were lower for the group with a zinc intake above RI than for the group with zinc intake below the RI. However, the difference was not significant. This study confirms that taste function differs depending on zinc nutritional status. In future, it is required to a large-scale, long-term, prospective study on the correlation between zinc intake, serum zinc levels, and taste perception function and blood pressure.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제28권7A호
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• pp.503-510
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• 2003

CDMA 셀룰라 시스템은 같은 시간에 같은 주파수를 모든 사용자들이 같이 사용하므로 자기 신호 외의 다른 사용자의 신호는 간섭으로 나타나 통신 품질에 영향을 미친다. 이 간섭의 양에 따라 단위 셀당 사용자 수로 정의되는 시스템의 용량이 결정되며 간섭량의 정확한 계산이 이루어져야 시스템 성능 평가를 정확히 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 임의의 겹(tiers) 구조를 갖는 다중 셀 구성의 CDMA 셀룰라 시스템의 타셀 간섭량을 계산하기 위해 Riemann-Zeta 함수를 이용하여 임의의 전파 감쇄 지수에도 적용할 수 있는 근사식을 제안하였고, 제안된 식의 수치 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교하여 그 효용을 살펴보았다. 제안된 근사식을 이용해 계산한 타셀 간섭량과 시스템 용량은 시뮬레이션을 통해 얻은 결과를 중심으로 상한과 하한을 이루고 있으며 겹 수에 따른 값의 변화가 평균 간섭 및 용량 계산치와 일치하는 결과를 얻었다. 제안된 타셀 간섭 근사식은 복합적인 전파 환경이 공존하는 계층셀(Hierarchical Cellular) 시스템에서의 간섭 및 용량 계산과 알고리즘 검증에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제33권8C호
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• pp.605-612
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 CDMA 망의 실내 환경에서 이동국에 수신된 신호들 중 중계기에 의하여 지연된 신호 도달 시간을 보정하여 위치 측위 성능을 향상시키는 알고리즘을 제안한다. 천재 중계기는 사용자 용량을 중대시키고 통화품질 향상 및 서비스 영역을 확대시키기 위하여 많은 건물 및 터널과 같이 전파가 잘 도달하지 않는 지역에 보편적으로 설치 되어있다. 그러나 중계기를 통과한 신호는 중계기 내부 및 통화 선로에 의하여 신호 도달 시간이 지연된다. 따라서 중계기를 통과한 신호를 사용하여 이동국의 위치를 추정하면 위치 측위 오차 값이 증가되는 문제점을 가진다. 그러나 현재 중계기의 물리적 특성으로 인하여 중계기 신호와 기지국 신호를 구분할 수 없으며, 이를 해결하기 위한 알고리즘이 고려되고 있지 않다. 이에 본 논문에서는 위치 측위 오차 값을 줄이기 위하여 중계기 보정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 기지국으로부터 수신된 PN 파일롯 신호를 사용하여 이동국, 기준 기지국 및 주변 기지국을 꼭짓점으로 하는 삼각형을 구성하구 각 거리에 대한 지리적인 관계를 삼각형의 수학적 특성을 이용하여 중계기 신호를 검출 및 중계기 영향을 보정하는 알고리즘을 수행한다. 제안된 측위 시스템은 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 향상된 파라미터 추정 및 측위 성능을 보임을 확인하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.210-215
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• 2018

It is difficult to count colonial cyanobacteria Microcystis cells since the thickness of colonies is constrained by amorphous mucilage, making it impossible to estimate the number of cells. Disaggregation of Microcystis colonies into single cell is needed to improve the accuracy and precision of cell density estimation of naturally collected samples. Uultrasonic treatment method is commonly used owing to the simplicity and immediacy of the procedure. However, amplitude, frequency, and duration of ultrasonic treatment also cause cell loss during the experiment. Optimal ultrasonic treatment has not been standardized yet. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate optimal ultrasonic treatment by analyzing cell density and colony numbers. We collected colonial Microcystis from Changnyeong-Haman weir area in Nakdong River during harmful algal boom period from September to October in 2017. Ultrasonic treatment method was applied to disrupt colonies into single cells to enumerate cell density. Among treatment conditions, results from continuously treated for 100 seconds were found to be the optimum to reduce colonies to a suspension of single cell without cell losses under high and low density of Microcystis cells. Lugol iodine fixed cells followed by sonication showed less negative impact of cell damage within the optimal treatment time (100 seconds). Furthermore, disaggregated cells treated by sonication enables microscopic observation more easily since gas vacuoles were collapsed to facilitate sedimentation of cells under the counting chamber for quantitative enumeration of buoyant Microcystis cells.