• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2007

A chemical and biological permeable barrier with economic feasibility is suggested to treat landfill leachate in this study. The proposed composite layers consist of bentonite, and polyurethane (PU) foam that is mixed with powdered activated carbon (PAC) and inoculated with microorganisms from local wastewater treatment plant. Each layer is mixed with local sand, and yellow brown soil. Batch tests were conducted to investigate the sorptions of nitrate on the PU foam and PAC, and nitrification/denitrification rate of each layer material. Nitrification occurred in 30 minutes with initial ammonia concentration of 100 mg/L, and the concentration of nitrate attached in the PU foam increased after 270 minutes. Results of denitrification batch tests showed 76.6%, 87.3% and 88% of nitrate removal efficiency at 10%, 20% and 30% of the volume ratio of PU foam, respectively. The pH increased from 7 to 9.42, and alkalinity increased from 980 mg/L to 1720 mg/L during the denitrification batch tests. In the column experiments using the proposed composite layers with 20% of the volume ratio of the PU foam, about 96% of BOD, 63% of COD, 58.1~79.5% of total nitrogen were removed.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.535-543
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• 2019

Building on/with expansive soils with no treatment brings complications. Compacted expansive soils specifically fall short in satisfying the minimum requirements for transport embankment infrastructures, requiring the adoption of hauled virgin mineral aggregates or a sustainable alternative. Use of hauled aggregates comes at a high carbon and economical cost. On average, every 9m high embankment built with quarried/hauled soils cost $12600MJ.m^{-2}$ Embodied Energy (EE). A prospect of using mixed cutting-arising expansive soils with industrial/domestic wastes can reduce the carbon cost and ease the pressure on landfills. The widespread use of recycled materials has been extensively limited due to concerns over their long-term performance, generally low shear strength and stiffness. In this contribution, hydromechanical properties of a waste tyre sand-sized rubber (a mixture of polybutadiene, polyisoprene, elastomers, and styrene-butadiene) and expansive silt is studied, allowing the short- and long-term behaviour of optimum compacted composites to be better established. The inclusion of tyre shred substantially decreased the swelling potential/pressure and modestly lowered the compression index. Silt-Tyre powder replacement lowered the bulk density, allowing construction of lighter reinforced earth structures. The shear strength and stiffness decreased on addition of tyre powder, yet the contribution of matric suction to the shear strength remained constant for tyre shred contents up to 20%. Reinforced soils adopted a ductile post-peak plastic behaviour with enhanced failure strain, offering the opportunity to build more flexible subgrades as recommended for expansive soils. Residual water content and tyre shred content are directly correlated; tyre-reinforced silt showed a greater capacity of water storage (than natural silts) and hence a sustainable solution to waterlogging and surficial flooding particularly in urban settings. Crushed fine tyre shred mixed with expansive silts/sands at 15 to 20 wt% appear to offer the maximum reduction in swelling-shrinking properties at minimum cracking, strength loss and enhanced compressibility expenses.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.393-405
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• 2018

Objective: This study examines the types of hazardous factors in the working environment and the time-trend for their exposure levels over 10 years (2007 to 2016). Study Design and Method: The types of hazardous factors and exposure levels were drawn from the 19 measurement reports on the working environment over 10 years at a shock absorber manufacturing facility. Risk assessment of the types of factors and time-trend of exposure levels were evaluated using the factors and exposure levels. Results: A total of 34 hazardous factors were evaluated. The types were noise, 15 organic compounds, seven kinds of acid sand alkalis, eight kinds of heavy metals, and three other compounds. Special management materials used were nickel, hexavalent chrome, and sulfuric acid. Human carcinogens (1A) used were trichloroethylene, nickel, and sulfuric acid. There were six types of substances belonging to the IARC's 2B (body carcinogens) classification or higher, including, methyl isobutyl ketone, ethyl benzene, and trichloroethylene. No detection was found for 627 out of the 2065 total measurements in 19 exposure survey reports, representing 30.4%. Organic solvents, acid and alkali products, and heavy metals showed continuous low exposure concentrations. Noise, welding fumes, and the evaluation of mixed solvents show a gradual decrease in geometric mean and maximum over the time-trend of 10 years. Conclusions: In the case of a shock absorber manufacturing facility, the hazardous factors of noise and the evaluation of mixed solvents still indicate high concentrations exceeding the exposure limits and necessitate reduction studies. These two factors and welding fumes showed a continuous decrease in their ten-year tendency. Organic compounds, acids/alkalis, and heavy metals were managed smoothly in a work environment of continuous low concentrations.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권2호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2019

In this paper, shear behavior of non-persistent joint surrounded in concrete and gypsum layers has been investigated using experimental test and numerical simulation. Two types of mixture were prepared for this study. The first type consists of water and gypsum that were mixed with a ratio of water/gypsum of 0.6. The second type of mixture, water, sand and cement were mixed with a ratio of 27%, 33% and 40% by weight. Shear behavior of a non-persistent joint embedded in these specimens is studied. Physical models consisting of two edge concrete layers with dimensions of 160 mm by 130 mm by 60 mm and one internal gypsum layer with the dimension of 16 mm by 13 mm by 6 mm were made. Two horizontal edge joints were embedded in concrete beams and one angled joint was created in gypsum layer. Several analyses with joints with angles of $0^{\circ}$, $30^{\circ}$, and $60^{\circ}$ degree were conducted. The central fault places in 3 different positions. Along the edge joints, 1.5 cm vertically far from the edge joint face and 3 cm vertically far from the edge joint face. All samples were tested in compression using a universal loading machine and the shear load was induced because of the specimen geometry. Concurrent with the experiments, the extended finite element method (XFEM) was employed to analyze the fracture processes occurring in a non-persistent joint embedded in concrete and gypsum layers using Abaqus, a finite element software platform. The failure pattern of non-persistent cracks (faults) was found to be affected mostly by the central crack and its configuration and the shear strength was found to be related to the failure pattern. Comparison between experimental and corresponding numerical results showed a great agreement. XFEM was found as a capable tool for investigating the fracturing mechanism of rock specimens with non-persistent joint.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.645-653
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• 2021

바이오폴리머는 살아있는 유기체에 의해 생성되는 고분자 화합물의 통칭이다. 이 중 미생물의 부산물로 만들어지는 유기성 고분자 화합물인 잔탄, 베타글루칸 등은 물질의 점성을 높이는데 사용되는데 이를 물에 희석하여 모래나 진흙과 혼합하면 압축강도와 전단강도를 높일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 특수하게 흙의 강도를 높이기 위한 목적으로 개발된 잔탄 및 베타글루칸 계열의 바이오폴리머와 흙을 혼합하여 제조한 배합토를 하천 제방 호안에 도포하고 겨울을 지낸 후의 변화를 3차원 지상 LiDAR를 활용하여 모니터링 하였다. 동절기 전후 지상 LiDAR 측량을 통하여 취득한 3차원 점군자료를 이용하여 테스트베드 주요 구간의 변화를 분석한 결과 바이오폴리머 배합토를 도포한 두 구간에서는 눈으로는 확인하기 어려울 정도로 변화가 없었던 반면 바이오폴리머 배합토를 사용하지 않은 자연제방 구간에서는 세류침식(Rill erosion)으로 인한 토양손실이 확인되었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 모래층(sbt-1공), 실트질 모래층(sbt-2공) 및 모래와 실트질 모래의 혼합층(sbt-3공)에서 순간충격시험이 수행되었다. 그리고, 현장시험에 의해 산정된 수리전도도와 비저류계수를 이용하여 회수시험 시 지하수위 강하구역의 공극체적을 산정하였다. 순간충격시험의 해석은 KGS 모델이 가장 적합하였으며, 주입시험과 회수시험 시 평균수리전도도는 sbt-1공 $6.65{\times}10^{-5}$m/sec, sbt-2공 $6.33{\times}10^{-6}$m/sec, sbt-3공 $3.72{\times}10^{-5}$m/sec이며, 평균비저류계수는 sbt-1공 0.0225, sbt-2공 0.0177, sbt-3공 0.0259로 산정되었다. 투수량계수, 저류계수, 시험시간 및 시험공 제원을 이용하여 무차원 시간과 무차원 우물저류계수를 산정하였다. 그리고, Cooper 등(1967)이 제시한 변수 ${\alpha}$와 ${\beta}$를 이용하여 무차원 수두강하량이 선정되었다. 산정된 무차원 시간, 무차원 우물저류계수 및 무차원 수두강하량을 이용하여 순간충격시험 시의 영향반경이 산정되었다. 주입시험과 회수시험 시 평균영향반경은 sbt-1공 1.377 m, sbt-2공 1.253 m, sbt-3공 1.558 m로 산정되었다. 그리고, 회수시험 시 더미 회수에 의한 지하수위 강하구역의 공극체적은 sbt-1공 $145,636cm^3$, sbt-2공 $71,561cm^3$, sbt-3공 $100,418cm^3$로 산정되었으며, 시험공의 부피를 제외한 지하수위 강하구의 공극체적은 sbt-1공 $145,410cm^3$, sbt-2공 $71,353cm^3$, sbt-3공 $100,192cm^3$이었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 2005

As a silicate source to rice, a coal ash was selected and mixed with phosphor-gypsum (50:50, wt $wt^{-1}$) to reduce the potential of boron toxicity and to supply calcium element. We expected that high con tent of calcium in this mixture might convert water-soluble phosphorus to less soluble forms and then reduce the release of soil phosphorus to surface runoff. The mixture was applied with the rate of 0, 20, 40, and 60 Mg $ha^{-1}$ in paddy soil (Nagdong series, a somewhat excessively drained loamy fine sand) in Daegok, Jinju, Korea The mixture reduced significantly water-soluble phosphorus (W-P) in the surface soils by shifting from W-P and Fe-P to Ca-P and Al-P during whole rice cultivation. In contrast with W-P, plant available phosphorus increased significantly with the mixture application due to high content of phosphorus and silicate in the mixture. The mixture of coal ash and phosphor-gypsum (50:50, wt $wt^{-l}$) would be a good alternative to reduce a phosphorus export in rice paddy soil together with increasing rice yields.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.545-557
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• 2013

Disposal of construction wastes poses major challenge to the municipal administration in the developing countries. At the same time new developments in these countries are unscrupulously exploiting the natural resources. The sustainable development requires judicious and careful utilization of natural resources. In this context, reuse of construction and demolition waste can save the global natural resources to greater extent. In this work the bricks and concrete waste from construction sites were crushed to the desired sizes and mixed in various proportions to study its properties in the concrete both in fresh and hardened states. Six mixes of natural and recycled aggregates were used to make the coarse aggregates for the concrete. From each mix nine cylinders were cast, which were tested at 7,14 and 28 days. The properties of concrete with recycled aggregates were compared with the control mix having natural aggregates. The nominal ratio of cement sand and coarse aggregates were kept at 1:2:4 by weight for all mixes. The tests have shown that concrete with recycled aggregates made from old concrete and brick bats provide greater opportunities for reuse of construction wastes in concrete.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 1991

조밀하게 채취된 한욱 근해 대륙붕 상의 표층퇴적물의 입도 자료 1.044 개를 재해 석하였다. 이들 표층퇴적물의 입도곡선은 31%가 단일 모르를, 54%가 두 개의 모드를 보이며 나머지는 세 개 이상의 모르를 가진다. 단일모드 퇴적물과 북모드 퇴적물의 각 구성모드의 입도곡선은 대체로 정규분포와 세립질화 한다. 군산 앞바다 및 남해 외대 륙붕의 단일모드 모래지역의 지리적 분포는 중금속 및 부유퇴적물 농도의 최저값지역 과 거의 합치한다. 이상의 사실들에서 퇴적물의 세립질 모드의 입도분포가 현세의 운 반 퇴적과정을 잘 반영한다는 것을 알게되었다. 동시에 모드분석수법이 퇴적물의 입도 자료를 해석하는데 유용한 방법임을 알게되었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.331-343
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• 2002

The southern tidal flat of Kanghwa Island with an area of approximately $90km^2$ is one of the biggest flats on the west coast of Korea. Surface sediments for sedimentary analyses were sampled at 83 stations in August 1997, September 1999 and August 2000. The very poorly-sorted mud sediments were predominant in the eastern part of the tidal flat, whereas the poorly-sorted sand-mud mixed sediments were dominant in the western part. The area of muddy sediment distribution diminished, but that of sandy mud sediment extended to southeastward tidal flat for three years. In the western part of tidal flat, deposition occurred during the period of spring to summer, whereas erosion occurred in winter. Sediment accumulation rates during three years indicated that the sediments deposited continuously in the eastern part of tidal flat, whereas eroded in the western part of tidal flat. Recently, construction of artificial structures such as new airport, island-connecting bridges and dikes near the tidal flat might change tidal current and river flow pattern. In order to reduce the ecological damage and to preserve tidal-flat environment, it is necessary to Investigate long-term impacts on sedimentary environment and ecology.