• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.131-157
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• 2014

Special track systems used to divert a train to other directions or other tracks are generally called 'railway turnout'. A traditional turnout system consists of steel rails, switches, crossings, steel plates, fasteners, screw spikes, timber bearers, ballast and formation. The wheel rail contact over the crossing transfer zone has a dip-like shape and can often cause detrimental impact loads on the railway track and its components. The large impact also emits disturbing noises (either impact or ground-borne noise) to railway neighbors. In a brown-field railway track where an existing aged infrastructure requires renewal or maintenance, some physical constraints and construction complexities may dominate the choice of track forms or certain components. With the difficulty to seek for high-quality timbers with dimensional stability, a methodology to replace aged timber bearers in harsh dynamic environments is to adopt an alternative material that could mimic responses and characteristics of timber in both static and dynamic loading conditions. A critical review has suggested an application of an alternative material called fibre-reinforced foamed urethane (FFU). The full-scale capacity design makes use of its comparable engineering characteristics to timber, high-impact attenuation, high damping property, and a longer service life. A field trial to investigate in-situ behaviours of a turnout grillage system using an alternative material, 'fibre-reinforced foamed urethane (FFU)' bearers, has been carried out at a complex turnout junction under heavy mixed traffics at Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. The turnout junction was renewed using the FFU bearers altogether with new special track components. Influences of the FFU bearers on track geometry (recorded by track inspection vehicle 'AK Car'), track settlement (based on survey data), track dynamics, and acoustic characteristics have been measured. Operational train pass-by measurements have been analysed to evaluate the effectiveness of the replacement methodology. Comparative studies show that the use of FFU bearers generates higher rail and sleeper accelerations but the damping capacity of the FFU help suppress vibration transferring onto other track components. The survey data analysis suggests a small vertical settlement and negligible lateral movement of the turnout system. The static and dynamic behaviours of FFU bearers appear to equate that of natural timber but its service life is superior.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.759-770
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• 2014

평택시는 우리나라 도시 중에서 가장 역동적으로 변모하고 있는 지역이다. 평택시가 도 농복합도시에서 향후 10년 이내에 인구 100만 명에 이르는 최첨단산업도시로 육성 발전 될 것으로 기대됨으로써 그에 따른 많은 환경오염문제가 발생할 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 환경인식 설문조사를 통하여 평택시민들의 자연환경에 대한 인식과 자연보존에 대한 태도를 알아보고자 한다. 환경인식 설문조사는 평택시의 22개 읍 면 동(3읍, 6면, 13동) 단위의 주민 자치 단체를 통해 주민 700명을 대상으로 실시하였으며, SPSS 12.0을 사용하여 주민들의 환경문제에 대한 제반 인식을 조사 하였다. 설문조사 결과 평택시민들은 대부분이 환경에 대해 많은 관심을 가지고 있었으며, 자연환경을 훼손하지 않고 잘 보전되는 가운데 조화로운 발전을 이루기를 기대하고 있었다. 이러한 설문조사를 기반으로 본 연구에서는 평택시민들이 갖는 환경현안 중에서 가장 심각하고 중요하게 생각하고 있는 분야에 대해서 그 현황을 기술하고 평택지역의 지속가능한 환경보전을 이루기 위해 그 대안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 기술사
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.41-53
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• 1983

The Dangri Crushed Stone Quarry is located in Dangridong, Busan City, and around the estuary of the Nagdong River. The quarry is considered to be a very promised one in the urban area from the standpoints of the assessment of the aggregate rank, the environmental impacts and the transportation distance. The crushed stones for aggregate of the quarry marks the higher rank in the gravity, the absorption ratio, the abrasion ratio, and the stability in comparison with the JISA 5005. The basement vibrations of the residential section in the vicinity of the quarry, which are arised by the millisecond blasting at the quarry site using the gelatin dynamites less than 39kg in weight, are measured to assess the vibration nuisance. The values of acceleration and the magnitudes are less than eight gals and O on the Richter scale respectively, the vibration nuisance thus can be ignored in such scales of the experiments. The traffic vibrations of the residential section are slightly susceptible. In the experiments, the traffic vibrations appears to be sensibler to the basement than the explosion vibration. The explosion noises in the experiments are not checked not only on the RION Sound Level Meter but also to our ears. The values of traffic noises also are in the safety values of the noise nuisance. The crush dust suspends in the air toward the upper valley in the opposite side of the residential area because of the influences of the sea breeze and the valley wind in the daytime, and the monsoon and the topographic disposition. the dust nuisance thus would not be remained in problem. The quarry is operated in the daytime only. The traffic dust in the residential area will be reduced by the faultless pavement and the careful driving. The elaborate survey on the ridges and peaks surrounded the quarry is recommended to prevent in advance the accidents of the rock slide. Moreover, it is required to make an advisory committee to develop the industry and to save the techniques. The most important matter is the accomodation between the attitude of the enterprising man for the social responsibility to the public nuisance and the cooperative spirit of the inhabitants for the industry.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.179-184
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• 2012

철도관련 사업 및 연구개발시 수행하는 타당성조사에서 환경적 파급효과 산정의 중요성이 증대되고 있다. 그러나 현재의 투자평가시 고려되는 평가항목은 이동성에 기반한 효율성 위주의 항목으로 구성되어 있다. 현재 시행되는 예비타당성조사 및 타당성 평가의 주요 계량화 항목을 보면 차량운행 비용절감 편익, 통행시간 절감편익, 교통사고 감소편익, 환경비용 절감편익으로 분류된다. 현재의 환경비용 절감편익은 단순히 오염물질별 원단위에 따른 산정에 그치고 있어 최근 녹색성장 및 지속가능한 교통체계의 패러다임에 맞는 사회경제적 평가항목의 도입이 필요하다. 국내의 타당성 평가내용을 보면 계량화가 힘든 부분은 정책적 분석에서 고려되나 참고사항에 그치고 있어 계량화가 가능한 방법론의 개발이 필요하다. 대표적인 환경편익인 소음, 공간영향과 대기오염에 관한 평가체계의 정립이 필요한 시점이다. 따라서 본 연구는 기존 국내외 환경비용 절감편익 연구의 내용분석을 바탕으로 능동조향대차 연구의 타당성 분석을 사례로 적절한 평가항목에 관한 연구방향을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2014

The present research aimed at researching the relationships among place attachment, residential evaluations and satisfaction in a medium-sized post-communist Romanian city. Studies on post-communist cities are scarce and this research tried to fill that gap. This research is part of a government project that intended to significantly reform three medium-sized cities in the Western part of Romania and transform the urban space. Since the three of them are relatively small-sized and close spatially, the project intends to undertake massive reforms of the communications and services of the three cities. In this article, we report findings on the city of Hunedoara. A representative random sample was selected, and a total of 384 people were interviewed, with an overall reliability of the sample of 95%. The instruments used to gather the data were the Neighbourhood Perceived Environmental Quality Scale and a composite measure of place attachment was also included. The structure of each scale was checked using exploratory factor analysis. We tested alternative causal models using structural equations modelling. Our model showed a good fit to the data and explains satisfaction in the city adequately. Results show that satisfaction is directly predicted by the general evaluation of the city and by residential privacy. Residential noise and place attachment influence satisfaction indirectly. The results are discussed and some policy recommendations are formulated.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.135-154
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• 2008

The moving vehicle loads on a bridge deck is one of the most important live loads of bridges. They should be understood, monitored and controlled before the bridge design as well as when the bridge is open for traffic. A MOM-based algorithm (MOMA) is proposed for identifying the timevarying moving vehicle loads from the responses of bridge deck in this paper. It aims at an acceptable solution to the ill-conditioning problem that often exists in the inverse problem of moving force identification. The moving vehicle loads are described as a combination of whole basis functions, such as orthogonal Legendre polynomials or Fourier series, and further estimated by solving the new system equations developed with the basis functions. A number of responses have been combined, some numerical simulations on single axle, two axle and multiple-axle loads, being either constant or timevarying, have been carried out and compared with the existing time domain method (TDM) in this paper. The illustrated results show that the MOMA has higher identification accuracy and robust noise immunity as well as producing an acceptable solution to ill-conditioning cases to some extent when it is used to identify the moving force from bridge responses.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.38-47
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• 2008

위치인식 연구에서 가장 일반적으로 사용하는 방법은 GPS 기반의 위치인식 방법이다. 하지만, 이 방법은 위성 신호의 제약으로 인해 실내나 건물 밀집 지역 등에서는 제 역할을 수행할 수 없는 문제가 발생한다. 따라서, 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문은 WLAN 환경을 이용하여 웨이블릿과 신경망을 사용한 실내 위치인식 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법의 기본적인 아이디어는 경제적이면서 효율적인 방법으로 실내에 설치된 Access point들로 부터 수신된 무선 신호의 수신세기를 이용하여 비교적 정확하게 위치를 추정하는 것이다. 일반적으로 무선 신호는 주위 환경 및 건물 구조적 요인에 의해 수신세기가 더해지거나 감해지는 현상이 발생함으로써 수신된 각 신호세기들로부터 신호 잡음과 오류에 강인하고 시간과 주파수 도메인의 정보 표현이 가능하며 각 무선 신호 세기들 간의 구별성을 갖는 특징값이 필요하다. 제안 방법에서는 수신된 무선 신호 세기 값으로부터 중복 데이터와 잡음에 민감하게 반응한 수신 신호값을 제거하고 수신신호 전역 및 지역적 특징을 잘 표현이 가능한 웨이블릿 계수 값을 특징값으로 사용한다. 그리고, 이 값을 입력으로 하는 신경망을 이용하여 실내 위치를 추정한다. 제안한 방법을 실내 위치인식 시스템에 적용한 결과 높은 정확성을 가지며 각 신호 세기들 간의 구분이 보다 뛰어남을 알 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Geomatics
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2002

Accurate classification of water area is an preliminary step to accurately analyze the flooded area and damages caused by flood. This step is especially useful for monitoring the region where annually repeating flood is a problem. The accurate estimation of flooded area can ultimately be utilized as a primary source of information for the policy decision. Although SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery with its own energy source is sensitive to the water area, its shadow effect similar to the reflectance signature of the water area should be carefully checked before accurate classification. Especially when we want to identify small flood area with mountainous environment, the step for removing shadow effect turns out to be essential in order to accurately classify the water area from the SAR imagery. In this paper, the flood area was classified and monitored using multi-temporal RADARSAT SAR images of Ok-Chun and Bo-Eun located in Chung-Book Province taken in 12th (during the flood) and 19th (after the flood) of August, 1998. We applied several steps of geometric and radiometric calculations to the SAR imagery. First we reduced the speckle noise of two SAR images and then calculated the radar backscattering coefficient $(\sigma^0)$. After that we performed the ortho-rectification via satellite orbit modeling developed in this study using the ephemeris information of the satellite images and ground control points. We also corrected radiometric distortion caused by the terrain relief. Finally, the water area was identified from two images and the flood area is calculated accordingly. The identified flood area is analyzed by overlapping with the existing land use map.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2017

The operation of subway trains induces secondary structure-borne vibrations in the nearby underground spaces. The vibration, along with the associated noise, can cause annoyance and adverse physical, physiological, and psychological effects on humans in dense urban environments. Traditional tethered instruments restrict the rapid measurement and assessment on such vibration effect. This paper presents a novel approach for Wireless Smart Sensor (WSS)-based autonomous evaluation system for the subway train-induced vibrations. The system was implemented on a MEMSIC's Imote2 platform, using a SHM-H high-sensitivity accelerometer board stacked on top. A new embedded application VibrationLevelCalculation, which determines the International Organization for Standardization defined weighted acceleration level, was added into the Illinois Structural Health Monitoring Project Service Toolsuite. The system was verified in a large underground space, where a nearby subway station is a good source of ground excitation caused by the running subway trains. Using an on-board processor, each sensor calculated the distribution of vibration levels within the testing zone, and sent the distribution of vibration level by radio to display it on the central server. Also, the raw time-histories and frequency spectrum were retrieved from the WSS leaf nodes. Subsequently, spectral vibration levels in the one-third octave band, characterizing the vibrating influence of different frequency components on human bodies, was also calculated from each sensor node. Experimental validation demonstrates that the proposed system is efficient for autonomously evaluating the subway train-induced ambient vibration of underground spaces, and the system holds the potential of greatly reducing the laboring of dynamic field testing.

• 화약ㆍ발파
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.15-26
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• 2021

2013년부터 국산 전자뇌관이 출시되면서 많은 석산 및 건설현장에서 폭넓게 사용되어지고 있다. 도심지에서 이루어지는 SOC 프로젝트의 경우, 대부분 민원을 줄이기 위해 대심도로 설계가 이루어지는 추세이다. 대심도 굴착개발은 작업구 및 환기구 등의 시공에 많은 시간과 비용이 발생된다. 현장 인근에 보안물건이 위치한 경우, 기계식굴착공법을 적용하는 경우가 있으며, 이러한 기계식굴착방법은 암반의 강도 및 굴착장비의 성능에 따라 영향을 받는다. 기계식 굴착공법의 작업효율이 떨어지는 경우, 공사기간이 늘어나면서 비용이 증가하는 문제가 발생하고 있다. 본 사례는 도심지내 대심도 수직구 현장에서 기계식굴착공법으로 설계된 현장을 전자뇌관 발파공법으로 전환한 사례이다. 전자뇌관을 이용하여 발파소음과 진동에 대한 환경규제기준을 충족시키면서 공사기간을 단축시켰다.