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Visual Characteristics of Light Rail Transit Pier for Improving Urban Landscape (도시 경관향상을 위한 경전철 교각의 시각적 특성)

  • Jung, Sung-Gwan;Shin, Jae-Yun;Kim, Kyung-Tae;Lim, Eun-Na
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.65-81
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    • 2013
  • Urban sprawl has been the limits of traffic accommodate and the supply road. Thus, Light Rail Transit(LRT) has been proposed as the best alternative. Owing to landscape damage from construction of LRT, landscape planning should be considered seriously in the urban planning step. This paper therefore seeks to determine landscape improvement direction of LRT pier. First, the methods in this study shared landscape improvement direction type of LRT pier through previous studies such as planting of surface(30%, 60%, 90% planting of surface), graphic(character, commercial advertising, symbol), and surface treatment type(exposed concrete, white painting, pattern dies). Next, respondent evaluated 3D simulated landscape image accordingly shared types by preference and landscape adjectives using in streetscape evaluation. As a result, visual preference was the highest in planting type of surface and the lowest in the surface treatment type. Covering 60%(4.48) in planting type of surface was the highest. Because it is similar to the golden ratio considering the visual principle, we will need to take advantage through the result of this paper. Also, most landscape improvement direction which satisfied with significant level showed a positive effect from landscape improvement. Comprehensively based on these results, it suggests desirable landscape improvement direction of LRT pier in the city for solution of landscape inhibition problem.

Evaluation of the Performance of Transit Assignment Algorithms for Urban Rail Networks (도시철도 교통량 배정 알고리즘의 적합성 평가)

  • Jung, Dongjae;Chang, Justin S.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.433-442
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    • 2014
  • This paper evaluates the performance of transit assignment algorithms for urban rail networks. The accuracy of the algorithms is essential not just for travel forecasting but also for the area of applications such as the assessment of road vulnerability and the fare adjustments between train operating companies. Nonetheless, the suitability and caveats for the series of computational steps have not yet been much discussed. This study thus considers the characteristics that are appropriate for investigating Seoul rail travelers using three representative transit assignment algorithms: the optimal strategy algorithm, route choice algorithms, and the Dial's algorithm. Both the theoretical foundation and the empirical performance are examined. The results demonstrate that the Dial's algorithm is superior in terms of the theoretical soundness and the computational efficiency.

Heavy metal adsorption of a novel membrane material derived from senescent leaves: Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies

  • Zhang, Yu;Tang, Qiang;Chen, Su;Gu, Fan;Li, Zhenze
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.95-104
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    • 2018
  • Copper pollution around the world has caused serious public health problems recently. The heavy metal adsorption on traditional membranes from wastewater is limited by material properties. Different adsorptive materials are embedded in the membrane matrix and act as the adsorbent for the heavy metal. The carbonized leaf powder has been proven as an effective adsorbent material in removing aqueous Cu(II) because of its relative high specific surface area and inherent beneficial groups such as amine, carboxyl and phosphate after carbonization process. Factors affecting the adsorption of Cu(II) include: adsorbent dosage, initial Cu(II) concentration, solution pH, temperature and duration. The kinetics data fit well with the pseudo-first order kinetics and the pseudo-second order kinetics model. The thermodynamic behavior reveals the endothermic and spontaneous nature of the adsorption. The adsorption isotherm curve fits Sips model well, and the adsorption capacity was determined at 61.77 mg/g. Based on D-R model, the adsorption was predominated by the form of physical adsorption under lower temperatures, while the increased temperature motivated the form of chemical adsorption such as ion-exchange reaction. According to the analysis towards the mechanism, the chemical adsorption process occurs mainly among amine, carbonate, phosphate and copper ions or other surface adsorption. This hypothesis is confirmed by FT-IR test and XRD spectra as well as the predicted parameters calculated based on D-R model.

Dynamics of silicon nanobeams with axial motion subjected to transverse and longitudinal loads considering nonlocal and surface effects

  • Shen, J.P.;Li, C.;Fan, X.L.;Jung, C.M.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2017
  • A microstructure-dependent dynamic model for silicon nanobeams with axial motion is developed by considering the effects of nonlocal elasticity and surface energy. The nanobeam is considered to subject to both transverse and longitudinal loads arising from nanostructural surface effect and all positive directions of physical quantities are defined clearly prior to modeling so as to clarify the confusions of sign in governing equations of previous work. The nonlocal and surface effects are taken into consideration in the dynamic behaviors of silicon nanobeams with axial motion including circular natural frequency, vibration mode, transverse displacement and critical speed. Various supporting conditions are presented to investigate the circular frequencies by a numerical method and the effects of many variables such as nonlocal nanoscale, axial velocity and external loads on non-dimensional circular frequencies are addressed. It is found that both nonlocal and surface effects play remarkable roles on the dynamics of nanobeams with axial motion and cause the frequencies and critical speed to decrease compared with the classical continuum results. The comparisons of the non-dimensional calculation values by present and previous studies validate the correctness of the present work. Additionally, numerical examples for silicon nanobeams with axial motion are addressed to show the nonlocal and surface effects on circular frequencies intuitively. Results obtained in this paper are helpful for the design and optimization of nanobeam-like microstructures based sensors and oscillators at nanoscale with desired dynamic mechanical properties.

Train Performance Improvement Simulation of Light Rail Transit by TPS (TPS를 이용한 경량전철의 주행 성능 향상 방안 시뮬레이션)

  • Lee, Dong-Hyung;Koo, Dong-Hoe;Lee, Kyung-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.288-293
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    • 2006
  • In this work, the characteristics and the improving method of train performance of Korean rubber-tired AGT system(K-AGT) and Urban MAGLEV system are evaluated by using Train Performance Simulation(TPS). The train performance characteristics of K-AGT were analysed according to the change of maximum running speed and those of Urban MAGLEV were evaluated according to a vehicle weight variation. In the result of simulation in virtual line, the scheduled speed and the running time of K-AGT system have no difference with Urban MAGLEV system if the maximum running speed is equal. But the energy consumption of Urban MAGLEV system is more than that of K-AGT system. The analyses showed that in case of a 20 percent vehicle weight reduction of Urban MAGLEV system, the energy consumption per person is similar with the K-AGT system. The Urban MAGLEV system is more efficient in long travel distance condition than in short running distance condition in the aspect of train performance.

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Residual Stress Analysis of New Rails Using Contour Method (굴곡측정법을 이용한 신 레일의 잔류응력 분석)

  • Song, Min Ji;Choi, Wookjin;Lim, Nam-Hyoung;Kim, Dongkyu;Woo, Wanchuck;Lee, Soo Yeol
    • Journal of The Korean Society For Urban Railway
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.393-399
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    • 2018
  • It is well recognized that residual stresses of the rails, generated from the manufacturing process including roller straightening and heat treatment, play an important role in determining fatigue and fracture properties of the rails. Thus, it has been a challenge to measure the residual stresses accurately. In this work, contour method was employed to evaluate the residual stresses existing in interior of the rails. The cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rail was cut at a very slow rate using electric discharge machining (EDM), after which a laser-based flexural measuring instrument enabled us to precisely measure the flection of the cross section. The measured data were converted into the residual stresses using the commercial finite element package, ABAQUS, through a user-defined element (UEL) subroutine, and the residual stresses of the new rails (50N, KR60, UIC60) with three different specifications were compared.

A Study on the Response Plan by Station Area Cluster through Time Series Analysis of Urban Rail Riders Before and After COVID-19 (COVID-19 전후 도시철도 승차인원 시계열 군집분석을 통한 역세권 군집별 대응방안 고찰)

  • Li, Cheng Xi;Jung, Hun Young
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.363-370
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    • 2023
  • Due to the spread of COVID-19, the use of public transportation such as urban railroads has changed significantly since the beginning of 2020. Therefore, in this study, daily time series data for each urban railway station were collected for three years before COVID-19 and after the spread of COVID-19, and the similarity of time series analysis was evaluated through DTW (Dynamic Time Warping) distance method to derive regression centers for each cluster, and the effect of various external events such as COVID-19 on changes in the number of users was diagnosed as a time series impact detection function. In addition, the characteristics of use by cluster of urban railway stations were analyzed, and the change in passenger volume due to external shocks was identified. The purpose was to review measures for the maintenance and recovery of usage in the event of re-proliferation of COVID-19.

A Study on Riding Capacity of Railway Vehicles for Military Passengers (철도 객차별 군 인원 탑승능력 판단 연구)

  • Oh, Sukmun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2017
  • This paper aims to establish a guideline for ridership capacity of different rail vehicles for military passengers. Previous guideline is limited only to a Mungungwha(hauled by diesel locomotive) vehicle, but this paper expands the limitation to ITX- Saemaeul and urban rail vehicles classified to Electric Motivated Unit(EMU). The guideline considers both with and without personal armor conditions, and based on repetitive ridership experiments. The experiments are designed under considerations of the required number of soldiers for the sample spaces of the different rail vehicles. Moreover, the design tries to establish a concept of optimal capacity additionally to a traditional limiting ridership capacity. In order to do this, ridership comfort is questioned to participant soldiers repetitively over the experiments and all answers of them are surveyed as a results of it. The results of the experiments presented by this paper can be referenced to establish a new guideline on ridership capacity for Korean army.

North-South Rail Transit of Shanghai and Selection of its vital technology (상해시남북쾌속궤도교통급 주요기출조건선택)

  • Ma Cheng Gong
    • Proceedings of the KOR-KST Conference
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    • 1995.05b
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    • pp.121-125
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    • 1995
  • The north-south rail transit is main communications artery being planned in Shanghai .This article gives us a brief introduction of the design andits technology concerned. It also suggests four criteria for selecting coaches. It is considered possible to build rail transit by utilizing the state railway in the urban districts. Furthmore, its location and the distance between stations are also implied.

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A study of unmanned light rail vehicle(K-AGT) system engineering process under Safety Requirement, IEC 62267 (IEC 62267 안전요구사항을 적용한 무인경량전철 차량(K-AGT)의 시스템엔지니어링 프로세스에 관한 연구)

  • Kwon, Sang Don;Lee, Hi Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2013
  • In this study, unattended Light Rail Transit System (K-AGT) is a general-purpose standards safety requirements of IEC 62267 based System Engineering Process (SEP) was used. Functional analysis and physical architecting for each requirements through the vehicle was classified into sub-systems, design was analyzed in terms of SE. The analysis of the proposed system engineering process, unattended train operation (UTO), driverless train operation(DTO) design of the safety measures to be used as the basis is studied.