• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2013

The study was carried out in two different forest types viz., Banj oak and Chir pine forests to assess the variation in forest species composition and soil properties along altitudinal gradients in the Garhwal Himalayas. The results of the study showed that between the forests soil moisture was higher in Banj oak forest because of closed canopy and dense forest compared to Chir pine forest. The sand particles were reported higher in Banj oak forest which might be due to the addition of organic matter favouring coarse structure of soil, helping in holding maximum water in soils. However in the Chir pine forest low amount of soil organic matter and presence of clayey soil, develops soil compactness which reduces the penetration of water resulting in high soil bulk density. The higher accumulation of litter and presence of moisture in Banj oak forest favours higher nutrient level of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compared to Chir pine forest. The soil organic carbon also reduced with increasing altitude at both gradients. While bulk density has reverse trend with soil organic carbon in both the forests at different peaks of same region. In Banj oak forest, the highest density and total basal cover was reported 1,100 tree $ha^{-1}$ and 58.86 $m^2\;ha^{-1}$ respectively. However, the highest values of density and total basal cover of Chir pine forest was 560 tree$ha^{-1}$ and 56.94 $m^2\;ha^{-1}$ respectively. The total density and basal cover of both the forests reduced with increasing altitude. The study concludes that Banj oak forest has better nutrient cycling ability, well developed foest floor and has a greater protective and productive features compared to the Chir pine forest which is without lower vegetation cover and having only pine litter accumulation which does not allow any other species to grow.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 1999

To inquire its usefulness of the clinical application of intelligent replenishment system of automatic X-ray film processor based on film density, we processed the serial 300 sheets of radiographic film of chest [$14{\times}14"$, HR-C type] and bone [elbow & ankle($8{\times}10"$), skull($10{\times}12"$), hand & foot($11{\times}14"$), pelvis($14{\times}17"$), HR-G type, 68, 70, 77, 85 sheets respectively]. We analyzed the characteristic corves, relative speeds, average gradients and base plus fog densities every twenty five sheets. We also evaluated the developer and fixer replenishment volumes every that time. In the chest and bone radiograph two all, the characteristic curves were little change, and the relative speeds, average gradients and base plus fog densities were within the maximum control limits. The average developer replenishment volumes were about 43m1/sheet and 39m1/sheet respectively. It brings decreased results about 29% in comparison with the conventional replenishment system. In our experiences, we conclude that the intelligent replenishment system of automatic X-ray film processor based on film density maintains image quality consistently, decreases also the replenishment volumes. Therefore, this system will be resulted in economic and environmental effects, and solve problems of over and low replenishment volume.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.78-90
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• 2015

Short rotation woody crops belonging to the genera Populus L., Salix L., Pinus L., and Eucalyptus L'Her. have provided broad economic and ecological benefits throughout the world, including afforestation and reforestation along urban to rural gradients. Within the genus Populus, cottonwoods, poplars, aspens, and their hybrids (hereafter referred to as poplars) have been shown to exhibit favorable genotype ${\times}$ environment interactions, especially in the face of changing climates. Similar growth responses have been reported for Pinus, especially with white pine (Pinus strobus L.) in the North Central United States. This has led to current research priorities focused on ecosystem services for both genera. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) defines cultural, supporting, provisioning, and regulating ecosystem services. The overarching objective of this paper was to synthesize information about the potential of poplars to provide multiple ecosystem services when grown at sites with varying soil and climate conditions across landscape gradients from urban to rural areas. Specific objectives included: 1) providing background of the United States Forest Service and its Research and Development branch, 2) integrating knowledge of current poplar breeding and development with biomass provisioning and carbon regulating ecosystem services as they relate to changing climates in the North Central United States, and 3) providing a case study illustrating this integration through comparisons of poplar with white pine. Our results were evaluated in the context of climate change mitigation, with specific focus on selection of favorable genotypes for sequestering atmospheric carbon and reducing fossil fuel carbon emissions.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.1115-1128
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• 1994

국내 아스팔트포장의 온도변화 특성을 파악하기 위하여 국내 주요 5개 지역을 선정하여 포장의 내부온도를 측정하였고, 이를 바탕으로 포장체 연수지를 검토함과 동시에 포장체의 표면온도변화를 산정하고 열전도 이론을 이용하여 내부온도를 예측하는 수치모형을 도입 프로그램화함으로서 실측자료와 예측자료를 비교, 검토하고 그 적용성을 검증하였다. 그리고, 아스팔트혼합물의 온도의 영향을 분석하고자 국내에서 현재 생산 중인 아스팔트 재료 즉, 포장용아스팔트 AP-3(AC 85~100)와 AP 5(AC 60~70)를 선정하여 아스팔트물성시험과 Ascon 공시체를 마샬배합설계법에 따라 제작하여 온도에 따른 일압축시험과 간접인장시험의 정적탄성계수시험을 시행함으로서 아스팔트혼합물의 온도에 따른 변형특성을 파악하고자 하였고, 이로부터 온도변화에 따른 포장내부 온도예측 모델을 정립하고 온도에 따른 변형계수 변동을 분석, 대기온도와 변형계수 관계를 도출함으로서 지역에 따른 적정 아스팔트 설정을 위한 기초자료를 제시해 보고자 하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.7-17
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• 1990

본 연구에서는 트러스구조와 아치구조의 부재단면적 및 기하형상을 동시에 최적화하는 효율적인 근사화 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 설계과정 중, 트러스구조에 대해서는 응력제약조건 및 좌굴응력제약조건을 만족하도록 하고, 아치구조에 대해서는 조합응력 제약조건을 만족하도록 하였다. 최적화에 필요한 구조해석의 수를 줄이기 위해 Force Approximation Method를 사용하였다. 초기치에 대한 유한요소해석이 수행된 다음 설계변수인 부재단면적과 절점좌표들에 대한 부재단면력들의 경사를 계산하였고, 그 경사정보를 이용 부재단면력들의 1차 Taylor급수 전개에 근거를 둔 근사구조 해석을 형성하였다. 이동한계법을 적용하였으며, 근사구조해석으로 부터 얻어진 정보에 의해 구조물의 체적을 최소화 하였다. 형상최적화를 위한 제안된 본 방법의 효율성과 신뢰성을 보이기 위해 수치예를 들어 다른 방법들에 의한 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과 구조해석의 수를 크게 감소시킬 수 있었으며, 구조물 형상최적화에 매우 효율적으로 적용될 수 있음을 알게 되었다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제86권4호
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• pp.443-459
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• 2023

This study investigates the theoretical thermal buckling analyses of thick porous rectangular functionally graded (FG) plates with different geometrical boundary conditions resting on a Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundation using a new higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). This new theory has only four unknowns and involves indeterminate integral variables in which no shear correction factor is required. The variation of material properties across the plate's thickness is considered continuous and varied following a simple power law as a function of volume fractions of the constituents. The effect of porosity with two different types of distribution is also included. The current formulation considers the Von Karman nonlinearity, and the stability equations are developed using the virtual works principle. The thermal gradients are involved and assumed to change across the FG plate's thickness according to nonlinear, linear, and uniform distributions. The accuracy of the newly proposed theory has been validated by comparing the present results with the results obtained from the previously published theories. The effects of porosity, boundary conditions, foundation parameters, power index, plate aspect ratio, and side-to-thickness ratio on the critical buckling temperature are studied and discussed in detail.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1341-1353
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• 2017

This study aimed to identify the aquatic and riparian factors associated with the presence/absence of the Eurasian otter in the Nakdong river basin, where the species is relatively more abundant than other otter species. Environmental factors and presence records were collected. Geographical Information System technology and chi-square test were used to compare environmental gradients in aquatic and riparian factors between presence and absence sites. Aquatic habitat attributes were evaluated with natural riverside sandbars and channel crossing artificial structures, the ratio of channel width to alluvial plain width, riverbed substrate, and flow diversity. Riverbank characteristics, bank materials, man-made embankment types, and land use/land cover of inland and riverside areas were selected as riparian habitat attributes. Compared to the aquatic attributes, riparian attributes were highly significant when assessing otter presence and absence sites, suggesting that conservation of suitable riparian areas to provide maternity and resting areas for otter species is essential in the Nakdong river basin. None of the aquatic attributes examined were statistically significant when evaluating otter presence or absence. These results indicate that the presence of suitable riparian area for resting and reproduction habitats is more critical to the presence of Eurasian otter than food availability in aquatic areas. To inform implementation of effective conservation actions, broad-scale factors, such as watershed attributes, would be needed to further assess habitat conditions of the Eurasian otter.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.392-404
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• 2020

The focus of this study was to quantify the thermal stratification and analyze the relationship between the stratification structure and the tributaries to understand flow variations in the Paldang Reservoir. The vertical distribution of the temperature and density gradients, and the depth and thickness of the thermocline were quantitatively calculated using a lake physics tool (rLakeAnalyzer) and high-frequency monitoring data. Based on a density gradient of 0.2 kg/㎥/m, the thermocline was formed from mid-May to early-September 2019 and the other periods were weakly stratified or mixed. The thickness of the thermocline was developed until 4.7 m and the depth of the thermocline was formed at a depth of 3 - 6 m at the front of the Paldang Reservoir. During the formation of the thermocline, the Namhangang and Gyeongancheon tributaries with relatively high water temperature (low-density) flowed into the upper layer of the reservoir, and the Bukhangang tributary with low water temperature (high-density) mainly affected the lower layer of the reservoir. This is because the density currents were formed due to the difference in the water temperature of the tributaries. The findings of this study may be used for constructing high-frequency monitoring and quantitative data analyses of reservoirs.

• 암석학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.166-178
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• 2008

양산 칼데라에 관련된 화산암류의 반정광물 모드조성과 전암 노옴조성은 마그마챔버 내에서 조성누대된 마그마로부터 유래되었음을 기록하고 있다. 이 화산암류는 $SiO_2$에 대한 반정비율이 전체적으로 직선상의 연속적 조성구배를 나타낸다. 뿐만 아니라 총반정함량에 대한 반정비율이 양산응회암, 화제리층의 응회암과, 고규질 유문반암을 제외한 장석반암 등의 암석단위로 뚜렷하게 구분된다. 그리고 각 암석 단위 내에서 연속적인 직선상 조성구배를 나타내고, Q-Ab-Or 삼각도와 Q-An-(Ab-Or) 삼각도에서도 마찬가지 경향을 보인다. 또한 상부로 가면서 사장석 반정함량과 그 비율이 점진적으로 풍부해지고 석영과 K-장석의 반정함량과 그 비율은 점점 감소하는 함량변화를 나타낸다. 그리고 양산응회암과 화제리층 응회암에서 반정함량과 그 비율이 상부로 가면서 지그재그형의 파동적인 변화를 나타낸다. 이 직선상 조성구배와 점진적인 함량변화는 각각 양산응회암 분출전 뿐만 아니라, 후기 양산 칼데라 함몰전과 함몰후의 마그마챔버에서 상부에서 하부로 가면서 성분이 누대되었음을 암시한다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.272-281
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• 2023

Ecosystem observatories are burgeoning globally in an endeavour to detect national and global scale trends in the state of biodiversity and ecosystems in an era of rapid environmental change. In this paper we highlight the additional importance of regional scale outcomes of such infrastructure, through an introduction to the Great Western Woodlands TERN (Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network) SuperSite, and key findings from three gradient plot networks that are part of this infrastructure. The SuperSite was established in 2012 in the 160,000 km² Great Western Woodlands region, in a collaboration involving 12 organisations. This region is globally significant for its largely intact, diverse landscapes, including the world's largest Mediterranean-climate woodlands and highly diverse sandplain shrublands. The dominant woodland eucalypts are fire-sensitive, requiring hundreds of years to regrow after fire. Old-growth woodlands are highly valued by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, and managing impacts of climate change and the increasing extent of intense fires are key regional management challenges. Like other TERN SuperSites, the Great Western Woodlands TERN SuperSite includes a core eddy-covariance flux tower measuring exchanges of carbon, water and energy between the vegetation and atmosphere, along with additional environmental and biodiversity monitoring around the tower. The broader SuperSite incorporates three gradient plot networks. Two of these represent aridity gradients, in sandplains and woodlands, informing regional climate adaptation and biodiversity management by characterising biodiversity turnover along spatial climate gradients and acting as sentinels for ecosystem change over time. For example, the sandplains transect has demonstrated extremely high spatial turnover rates in plant species, that challenge traditional approaches to biodiversity conservation. The third gradient plot network represents a 400-year fire-age gradient in Eucalyptus salubris woodlands. It has enabled characterisation of post-fire recovery of vegetation, birds and invertebrates over multi-century timeframes, and provided tools that are directly informing management to reduce stand-replacing fires in eucalypt woodlands. By building regional partnerships and applying globally or nationally consistent methodologies to regional scale questions, ecological observatories have the power not only to detect national and global scale trends in biodiversity and ecosystems, but to directly inform environmental decisions that are critical at regional scales.