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Dispersion Characteristics of Odorous Elements from Nambu Wastewater Treatment Plant and a Nearby Streams in Busan (부산시 남부하수처리시설과 인근 하천에서 발생하는 악취물질 확산 특성)

  • Mun, Seong-Man;Lee, Hyung-Don;Cho, Sang-Won;Kang, Dong-Hyo;Park, Hae-Sik;Oh, Kwang-Joong
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.953-962
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    • 2011
  • The covered stream of cities are considered an odor source. Also, the public do not want a wastewater treatment plant(WWTP) near their properties due to the emission of odor emanating from such sources, although they play an important role in urban development. The purpose of this study is to analyze the pattern distribution of the odorous compounds from the Nambu WWTP and Youngho stream in Busan. odor sampled four times were analyzed by instrumental analysis method and indirect olfactory method. The kinds of offensive odorous compounds examined are acetaldehyde, propion aldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide and ammonia. Also, Concentration of air pollutants has been calculated by ISCST3 models. At the result of this study, The Nambu WWTP releases sulfur compounds. And the major odorous were hydrogen sulfide (1,475 ppb) and acetaldehyde (95 ppb) at Youngho stream. The stink which residents feel will point out the Nambu WWTP mainly if the odor is removed with the improvement of a Youngho stream. Accordingly, we should pay more attention to appropriate components to processes in odor reducing plan at Nambu WWTP.

Renovation of Korean Geodetic Control Points

  • Choi, Yun-Soo;Kwon, Jay-Hyoun;Hong, Chang-Ki;Lee, Ji-Sun
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.401-410
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    • 2008
  • In this contribution, the renovation of the Korean geodetic control points is introduced. The renovation is described in terms of structure and accuracy. Mainly the establishment of the three-dimensional control points is the renovation on structure which leads many changes in accuracy, contents and hierarchy of the control points. The accuracy of the information is being improved based on the satellite positioning technology and precision geoid being developed. Diverse spatial information such as gravity and environmental elements are considered to be measured at the position of the control points so that the related research is enhanced through the analysis of combined information. In addition, an access to the information of control points and service to the public with spatial information will be faster and more efficient through RFID and CDMA communication. With all these efforts being made currently, the Korean geodetic network will provide the most accurate and diverse spatial information in an efficient way. We hope that these activities lead the trends, roles, and future direction of the geodetic control points.

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Experimental modal analysis of railway concrete sleepers with cracks

  • Real, J.I.;Sanchez, M.E.;Real, T.;Sanchez, F.J.;Zamorano, C.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2012
  • Concrete sleepers are essential components of the conventional railway. As support elements, sleepers are always subjective to a variety of time-dependent loads attributable to the train operations, either wheel or rail abnormalities. It has been observed that the sleepers may deteriorate due to these loads, inducing the formation of hairline cracks. There are two areas along the sleepers that are more prone to crack: the central and the rail seat sections. Several non-destructive methods have been developed to identify failures in structures. Health monitoring techniques are based on vibration responses measurements, which help engineers to identify the vibration-based damage or remotely monitor the sleeper health. In the present paper, the dynamic effects of the cracks in the vibration signatures of the railway pre-stressed concrete sleepers are investigated. The experimental modal analysis has been used to evaluate the modal bending changes in the vibration characteristics of the sleepers, differentiating between the central and the rail seat locations of the cracks. Modal parameters changes of the 'healthy' and cracked sleepers have been highlighted in terms of natural frequencies and modal damping. The paper concludes with a discussion of the most suitable failure indicator and it defines the vibration signatures of intact, central cracked and rail seat cracked sleepers.

Seismic Performance of High-rise Concrete Buildings in Chile

  • Lagos, Rene;Kupfer, Marianne;Lindenberg, Jorge;Bonelli, Patricio;Saragoni, Rodolfo;Guendelman, Tomas;Massone, Leonardo;Boroschek, Ruben;Yanez, Fernando
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.181-194
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    • 2012
  • Chile is characterized by the largest seismicity in the world which produces strong earthquakes every $83{\pm}9years$ in the Central part of Chile, where it is located Santiago, the capital of Chile. The short interval between large earthquakes magnitude 8.5 has conditioned the Chilean seismic design practice to achieve almost operational performance level, despite the fact that the Chilean Code declares a scope of life safe performance level. Several Indexes have been widely used throughout the years in Chile to evaluate the structural characteristics of concrete buildings, with the intent to find a correlation between general structural conception and successful seismic performance. The Indexes presented are related only to global response of buildings under earthquake loads and not to the behavior or design of individual elements. A correlation between displacement demand and seismic structural damage is presented, using the index $H_o/T$ and the concrete compressive strain ${\varepsilon}_c$. Also the Chilean seismic design codes pre and post 2010 Maule earthquake are reviewed and the practice in seismic design vs Performance Based Design is presented. Performance Based Design procedures are not included in the Chilean seismic design code for buildings, nevertheless the earthquake experience has shown that the response of the Chilean buildings has been close to operational. This can be attributed to the fact that the drift of most engineered buildings designed in accordance with the Chilean practice falls below 0.5%. It is also known by experience that for frequent and even occasional earthquakes, buildings responded elastically and thus with "fully operational" performance. Taking the above into account, it can be said that, although the "basic objective" of the Chilean code is similar to the SEAOC VISION2000 criteria, the actual performance for normal buildings is closer to the "Essential/Hazardous objective".

A Study on the Original Form and Architectural Elements in the Palace of Yu, Jin gyeong's Hanok (유진경 가옥(현 북촌문화센터)의 원형과 궁궐요소 차용)

  • Park, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.7-22
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    • 2014
  • It is identified that an initial person who built of 'Seoul Gyedong Modernized Hanok(former Min Hyeong-gi house)' used as 'Bukchon Culture Center' in present, was not Min Hyeong-gi, but his wife, Yu Jin-gyeong, and she built it when 8 years went on after his death(1879~1973), and the construction year was at the gate of Chuseok in 1921. Yu Jin-gyeong was Head Family's Eldest Daughter-in-law in family of Yeo Heung-min who was an influential person at the late Joseon Dynasty and was widow who had only son for 3 generations. And she built this house and moved to gain daughter and live futher grandchilds together in law in new nest. It is arranged that an annex surrounds with main building as the central figure. And this house emulates Yeonkeong-dang in backyard of the Changdeok Palace for 'preservation of main building' and Chim-bang-ga-toe applied on a bedroom in a palace is applied around nobleman family's the main room. It is rare case and expresses that a palace factor is borrowed. Yu Jin-gyeong's house is that a tradition Hanok is adjusted closely in city and central and basing mode as 'protective bedding' and building concept as 'a noble and protective architecture' is realized. So it has a character that development of Hangrang architecture is appeared and Head Family's Eldest Daughter-in-law widow of modern upper class had a special benefit. As well as, a meaning that it is experimental house based on tradition and is build of Hanok with housekeeping as the central figure for appear a form which has minimal Hangrang for housekeeping in yangban family of modern city, can be found.

A Study on the Characteristics of Interface Design at the Facade of Parking Garage (주차건물 파사드의 인터페이스 디자인 표현 특성 연구)

  • Moon, Eun-Mi
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2011
  • This study applies the 'interface' as the concept to interpret the facade design of parking garages. This study investigates the characteristics of interface design in the parking garages to improve design qualities of parking garages as a daily living space as well as a public space in today's city. The facade of parking garage is an interface between the urban streets and the parking space. Three concepts of interface and design in parking garage are defined. The concept of interface is explained as a boundary surface which activates communication and interaction. In facade design of parking garage, three main concepts of interface design are screen, communication and mobility. Through the investigation of the examples, this study summarizes the characteristics of the facade design of parking garage as follow; first, the facade of parking garage is designed as a screen which represents immateriality by specially selected and arranged surface materials. The screen facade is designed as one homogeneous surface as well as an irregular pattern with operable louvers. Second, the facade of parking garage is designed as a communication media to deliver direct information. The representation of natural or artificial characteristics at the local areas is to communicate with the people in the community. Third, the facade of parking garage is represented mobility which a car symbolizes. It emphasizes various movements and visual changes by movements. People can experience the visual changes of the building facade as they walk or drive. The visual changes of the facade are caused by natural elements such as wind and light as well as an optical illusion.

A Study on Organic Characteristics of Waterfront Design Elements (유기적 특성을 활용한 워터프론트 디자인 요소에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Yong-Soo;Kim, Ki-Soo;Yee, Jurng-Jae;Doe, Geun-Young
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.105-111
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    • 2004
  • This study is aiming at examining the possibilities to develop eco-friendly waterfront, and discusses characteristics of the organic worldview which has been emerged as new development or eco-friendly paradigm in recent science against the mechanical worldview of modem times. The orientation of waterfront development is characterized as unity, diversity, dynamics and mutuality. In addition, I examined the factors for waterfront design according to the locational, decorativeand visual properties of urban$.$architecture to find out concrete factors of its design. This study suggests the factors for waterfront design making use of organic properties, by examining the orientation for organic development of eco-friendly waterside environment and showing correlation between the factors of specific design, and their examples.

The Effect of Built Environment on Walkability in Ho Chi Minh City Center District (건축 환경이 호치민시 보행편의성에 미치는 영향)

  • Loc, Duong Quy;Kim, Gyeng-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.288-297
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    • 2018
  • Walking plays an important role in promoting peoples' health and reducing the increasing pressure of traffic congestion. However, for cities in developing countries located in areas with unfavorable weather, such as hot and humid weather, there is not much research on walking. Therefore, this study focuses on the walkability and the effect of the built environment on walking in the center district of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The correlation between the built environment and walking frequency of people was analyzed. Besides common elements that have been used in previous studies, other specific factors of the built environment were determined to estimate the walkability index. The results were then compared with the amount of walking obtained from surveys of local people. The result shows that people tend to walk more in the areas with a higher walkability index.

Application of Crime Prevention Design based on Public Data Analysis: Focusing on Seoul (공공데이터분석 기반 범죄예방환경설계 적용 : 서울시 중심으로)

  • Kim, Sung-Jun
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.60
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    • pp.91-111
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    • 2019
  • Violent crimes have increased continuously due to the development of urban society and have become a threatening factor against the residential safety of citizens. The prevention of these crimes is always a major topic in human society and one of the fundamental elements of the quality of life and safety of citizens. In recent years, much attention has been paid to environmental design through the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as a preventive measure. Currently, South Korea is promoting the openness and utilization of public data, and crime prevention is one of the fields that can utilize public data actively. This approach to crime prevention utilizing public data will be helpful for the proposal of policies from new viewpoints departing from the general utilization measures of CPTED that improve streetlights and closed-circuit television (CCTV) installations, whose limitations have been pointed out as they are only mechanical surveillance. Thus, this study sets the research scope based on the statistics of the status of five criminal offenses by administrative district in recent years provided by the data portal in Seoul City, the capital of South Korea, as the utilization data and concentrates on the analysis. Based on the analysis results, this study proposes a method to utilize classical music as a new policy for regions where the improvements are most needed. The open-source Python analysis program was employed as the main data analysis and visualization method.

Implementation Measures for Sustainable Smart City (지속가능한 스마트 도시 추진방안)

  • Ban, Yong Un;Kim, Yu Mi;Hong, Na Eun;Han, Kyung Min;Baek, Jong In
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.45-57
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    • 2017
  • This study has intended to propose implementation measures to promote a smart city based on the sustainable development concept. To reach this goal, this study analyzed the issues associated with the U-City, which is the forerunner of a smart city in South Korea, and examined the planning elements of domestic and international cases through reviewing literatures related to sustainable development, smart city and sustainable smart city. The study defined the definition of the sustainable smart city and identified its economic, social, and environmental objectives for each sector of sustainable smart city. Furthermore, this study proposed integrated implementation measures for a sustainable smart city to pursue. The implementation measures included three strategies and 17 major technologies based on the vision of 'transition to a sustainable smart city in respond to the era of the 4th industrial revolution.' These strategies were (1) establishing a sustainable smart city; (2) building and maintaining smart infrastructures; and (3) smart urban regeneration.