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Application of Remote Sensing and GIS to the evaluation of riparian buffer zones

  • Ha, Sung-Ryong;Lee, Seung-Chul;Ko, Chang-Hwan;Seo, Se-Deok;Jo, Yun-Won
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.436-440
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    • 2006
  • Diffuse pollution has been considering as a major source of the quality deterioration of water resources. The establishment of riparian vegetation strips of buffers along those areas of water bodies is used to reduce the threat of diffuse pollution. Remote sensing offers a means by which critical areas could be identified, so that subsequent action toward the establishment of riparian zones can be taken. Even though the principal purpose of this research comes from the feasibility of the imagery of KOMPSAT-2 satellite, Landsat TM satellite data, which has 7 bands, are used to characterize the land cover for the study area on the behalf of KOMPSAT-2. This investigation focuses on the assessment of the existing riparian buffer zones for a portion of the upper Geum river watershed from the viewpoint of pollution mitigation by riparian vegetation strip establishment. Through comparing the delineation of riparian buffer zones developed with the existing zones established by the government, we can find the critical distortion points of the existing riparian buffer zone.

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Assessment of riparian buffers for reducing pollution according to land-cover pattern using RS and GIS

  • Ha, Sung-Ryong;Lee, Seung-Chul;Ko, Chang-Hwan;Jo, Yun-Won
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.445-449
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    • 2006
  • Diffuse pollution has been considering as a major source of the quality deterioration of water resources. The establishment of riparian vegetation strips or buffers along those areas of water bodies is used to reduce the threat of diffuse pollution. Remote sensing offers a means by which critical areas could be identified, so that subsequent action toward the establishment of riparian zones can be taken. On the behalf of KOMPSAT-2 satellite imagery as a high resolution spatial data, Landsat TM satellite data are used to aquire the land cover for the riparian buffers studied. This investigation aims to assess the riparian buffers established on the upper Geum river as a pollution mitigation. Through comparing the delineation of riparian buffer zones developed with the existing zones established by the government, we can find the critical distortion points of the existing riparian buffer zone.

Critical Mass Minimization of a Cylindrical Geometry Reactor by Two Group Diffusion Equation

  • Lee, Chang-Kun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.115-131
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    • 1973
  • L.S. Pontryagin's maximum principle is applied to the minimum critical mass problem without any restriction on the ranges of uranium enrichment. For the analysis, two group diffusion equation is adopted for a cylindrical reactor neglecting the vertical axis consideration. The result shows that the three-zoned reactor turns out to be most optimal: the inner and outer zones with the minimum enrichment ; whereas the middle 3one with the maximum enrichment. With the given three-zoned reactor, critical condition is derived, which leads to the calculation of the determinant. By finding the roots of the determinant the numerical calculation of the minimum critical mass is carried out for the case of Kori reactor geometry changing the minimum or the maximum enrichment. It is found from many computed values that the least possible critical mass turns out to be the case of 1.2% maximum enrichment for the middle zone and 0.65% minimum enrichment for the inner and out zones.

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The Investigation of Crack widths for the Effect of Cracks on Chloride Penetration of Concrete (콘코리트 중의 염화물 침투에 영향을 미치는 균열폭에 대한 고찰)

  • Yoon, In-Seok;Erik, Schlangen;Breuged, Klaas Van
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.945-948
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    • 2006
  • Chloride penetration into concrete is a hot issue of concern all over the world, notwithstanding, very few attempts have been conducted to explore the effect of cracks on choride penetration. Cracks provoke to lose a main function of watertightness of concrete and lead to reduce the service life of concrete. For this reason, it is necessary to define a critical crack width to prevent a quick chloride penetration through crack. In this study, experiment is focused on establishing a critical crack width in terms of chloride penetration. Concrete specimens with different crack widths I crack lengths have been subjected to rapid chloride migration testing. In a side of analytical solution, a simple approach to quantify the chloride diffusion coefficient of only crack zone excluding sound concrete was proposed. The result clearly showed a critical crack width of 0.03 mm. Based on the experimental results, a phenomenological model was proposed to explain the meaning of critical crack width in practical engineering. In this model, cracked concrete zone was divided into three zones. These zones corresponded to a wide crack, a zone with micro-cracks and an uncracked zone.

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State Territoriality and Spaces of Exception in East Asia : Universalities and Particularities of East Asian Special Zones (동아시아에서 국가의 영토성과 예외적 공간 : 동아시아 특구의 보편성과 특수성)

  • Park, Bae-Gyoon
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.288-310
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    • 2017
  • This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework to see the special zones in East Asia in relation to the territorialities of the state. For this, it will introduce Aihwa Ong's notion of 'spaces of exception', and provide some critical discussions on it. Unlike Ong, I do not see the spaces of exception as an outcome of neoliberal changes of the state. Instead, I propose to see the special zones in terms of the internal limitations of the modern state territoriality. In particular, I try to theorize the special zones in relation to the dialectics of the contradictory relations between mobility and fixity inherent in the territoriality of the modern nation state. In addition, it will be suggested to see special zones as an essential part of the spatiality of the East Asian developmental states, given the spatio-temporal contexts of the East Asian capitalist development. On the basis of these theoretical discussions, this paper will divide the special zones that have been developed in East Asia since the 1960s into 3 different types, including 1) developmentalist special zones, 2) neo-liberal special zones, and 3) special zones for transition, and discuss their characteristics.

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Development of Heat Plate on Butt Welding for PE pipes (PE 배관 맞대기 융착을 위한 열판의 개발)

  • Jin, Hyeong-Guk;Kim, Jae-Seong;An, Dae-Hwan;Lee, Bo-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.292-294
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    • 2006
  • Many processes have been introduced to join PE pipes, but most of these methods have lots of disadvantages such as costs and lack of reliability, etc. Recently due to the benefits of cost, safety and reliability, the butt welding has been paid much attention to joint PE pipes. In case of butt welding, the heat plate which is used to melt PE pipes is the most critical equipment. In this study, after developing the heat plate of new shape, the PE double wall pipes with misalignments were butt-welded by using the conventional and developed heat plates and comparison of weld-zones and tensile test was performed. As the results of tensile test, weld-zones using developed heat plate have strength of $147.7{\sim}251.0%$ of weld-zones using conventional heat plate.

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Seismic behavior of RC building by considering a model for shear wall-floor slab connections

  • Soleimani-Abiat, Mehdi;Banan, Mohammad-Reza
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.381-397
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    • 2015
  • Connections are the most important regions in a structural system especially for buildings in seismic zones. In R.C. structures due to large dimensions of members and lack of cognition of the stress distribution in a connection, reaching a comprehensive understanding of the connection behaviors becomes more complicated. The shear wall-to-floor slab connections in lateral load resisting systems have a potential weakness in transferring loads from slabs to shear walls which might change the path of load transformation to shear walls. This paper tries to investigate the effects of seismic load combinations on the behavior of slabs at their connection zones with the shear walls. These connection zones naturally are the most critical regions of the slabs in RC buildings. The investigation carried on in a simulated environment by considering three different structures with different shear wall layout. The final results of our study reveal that layout of shear walls in a building significantly affects the magnification of forces developed at the shear wall-floor slab connections.

Diagnosis of Excessive Vibration Signals of Two-Pole Generator Rotors in Balancing

  • Park, Jong-Po
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.590-596
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    • 2000
  • Cause of excessive vibration with twice the rotational speed of a two-pole generator rotor for the fossil power plants was investigated. The two-pole generator rotor, treated as a typically asymmetric rotor in vibration analysis, produces asynchronous vibration with twice the rotational speed, sub-harmonic critical speeds, and potentially unstable operating zones due to its own inertia and/or stiffness asymmetry. This paper introduces a practical balancing procedure, and presents the results of the investigation on sources of the excessive vibration based on the experimental vibration data of the asymmetric two-pole rotor in balancing.

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A Selection of High Pedestrian Accident Zones Using Traffic Accident Data and GIS: A Case Study of Seoul (교통사고 데이터와 GIS를 이용한 보행자사고 개선구역 선정 : 서울시를 대상으로)

  • Yang, Jong Hyeon;Kim, Jung Ok;Yu, Kiyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.221-230
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    • 2016
  • To establish objective criteria for high pedestrian accident zones, we combined Getis-ord Gi* and Kernel Density Estimation to select high pedestrian accident zones for 54,208 pedestrian accidents in Seoul from 2009 to 2013. By applying Getis-ord Gi* and considering spatial patterns where pedestrian accident hot spots were clustered, this study identified high pedestrian accident zones. The research examined the microscopic distribution of accidents in high pedestrian accident zones, identified the critical hot spots through Kernel Density Estimation, and analyzed the inner distribution of hot spots by identifying the areas with high density levels.

A study on the detection probabilities of pixel defects with respect to their locations on the TFT-LCD (TFT-LCD의 품질검사기준 설정을 위한 픽셀결점 탐지도 평가)

  • 김상호;양승준
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.283-289
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    • 2004
  • The number of pixel defects including bright and black dots on a panel is one of the critical factors determining the quality of TFT-LCD. Since pixel defects on the TFT-LCD panels are sometimes unavoidable, manufacturers have to inspect the panels so that any panel with an unacceptable number of defects will not be delivered to the buyers. However, the buyers demand for the manufacturers to meet different pixel defects tolerances (acceptable number of pixel defects on a TFT-LCD panel) around central(tight) and peripheral(loose) inspection zones. The disagreement in quality standard among different buyers also cause confusions in screening non-confirmative products and unstable yield of production. Few research has focused on the effects of defect locations on a TFT-LCD panel on their detection probabilities and the rational division of defect inspection zones. In this research, experiments were conducted to find the detection probabilities of black dot defects with respect to their varying locations on a TFT-LCD. It is proposed a rational division of inspection zone on a TFT-LCD panel on the basis of detection probabilities of the defects. With these division of inspection zones and the mean defect detection probability within each zone, it is expected to establish a more reasonable pixel defects tolerances.

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