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A Study on the Effect of the ICCP System in Reinforced Concrete Specimens of Slab Type

  • Jeong, Jin-A;Ko, Kwon-Heum;Kim, Mun-Su;Lee, Du-Hyeong
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.272-278
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    • 2018
  • Reinforced concrete (RC) has been used as a construction material in various environments, such as airports, bridges, and ocean concrete structures, etc. Over time, however, rebar in the concrete is prone to corrosion from environmental forces and structural defects of the concrete. Cathodic protection (CP) was invented to prevent problems with corrosion and is widely used for different applications. Cathodic protection is divided into two types: sacrificial anode cathodic protection (SACP) and impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP). There are several limitations to the use of sacrificial anode cathodic protection in complex reinforced concrete structures, including concrete resistivity, throwing power of the CP, and environmental conditions. These limitations can affect the protection performance of SACP. Therefore, we used impressed current cathodic protection in our study. We tested Ti-Mesh, Ti-Rod, and Ti-Ribbon anodes in slab type reinforced concrete specimens. Electrochemical tests were conducted to confirm the impressed current cathodic protection performance under different environmental conditions.

A Study on the Ways to Joint Marine Development and Joint Marine Environmental Protection in Northeast Asia (동북아 해역 권원중첩수역 공동개발합의와 공동환경보호합의 도출 방안)

  • Kim, Ki-Sun
    • Strategy21
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    • s.37
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    • pp.193-241
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    • 2015
  • China, Japan and Korea are the world's top 10 energy consumers, and so very interested in the development of seabed hydrocarbon resources in order to meet their energy demands. The East China Sea is the tri-junction area where three countries' entitlements on the maritime boundaries are overlapped. There are abundant oil reserves in the East China Sea, and therefore competitions among countries are growing to get control of them. Although these countries have concluded the bilateral agreements to jointly develop resources in the East China Sea, they do not function as well. Because joint development and management of seabed petroleum resources can lead to stable development system, and to lower possibility of legal and political disputes, the needs for joint development agreement among three countries are urgent. Meanwhile, Northeast Asian seas are semi-closed seas, which are geographically closed and vulnerable to marine pollution. Moreover there are a lot of nuclear power plants in coastal area, and seabed petroleum resources are being developed. So it is likely to occur nuclear and oil spill accidents. Fukushima nuclear disaster and Bohai Bay oil spill accident in 2011 are the cases to exhibit the potential of major marine pollution accidents in this area. It is anticipated that the risks become higher because power plants and offshore oil platforms are extending gradually. Therefore, the ways to seek the joint marine environmental protection agreement focused on regulation of nuclear power plant and offshore oil platform have to be considered. In this paper, we try to find the way to make joint development and joint environmental protection agreement in Northeast Asian seas. We concentrate on the measure to drive joint development of seabed petroleum deposits in East China Sea's overlap area, despite of maritime delimitation and territorial disputes, and we try to drive joint marine environmental protection system to respond to marine pollution and accidents due to offshore oil platform and nuclear power plants. Through these consideration, we seek solutions to deal with lack of energy, disputes of maritime territorial and boundary delimitation, and marine pollution in Northeast Asia.

Recent Developments in the Law Relating to Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection

  • James, Jim
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.125-135
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    • 1996
  • I hope that in the limited allotted to me today I managed to draw to your attention just some of the recent legal developments relation to international maritime safety and environmental protection or more simply, of safer ships and cleaner seas, none of us should be in any doubt the ever increasing pressure that is going to be placed upon the shipping industry to achieve the objectives to which those expressions refer.

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Real-time wireless marine radioactivity monitoring system using a SiPM-based mobile gamma spectroscopy mounted on an unmanned marine vehicle

  • Min Sun Lee;Soo Mee Kim;Mee Jang;Hyemi Cha;Jung-Min Seo;Seungjae Baek;Jong-Myoung Lim
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.55 no.6
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    • pp.2158-2165
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    • 2023
  • Marine radioactivity monitoring is critical for taking immediate action in case of unexpected nuclear accidents at nuclear facilities located near coastal areas. Especially when the level of contamination is not predictable, mobile monitoring systems will be useful for wide-area ocean radiation survey and for determination of the level of radioactivity. Here, we used a silicon photomultiplier and a high-efficiency GAGG crystal to fabricate a compact, battery-powered gamma spectroscopy that can be used in an ocean environment. The developed spectroscopy has compact dimensions of 6.5 × 6.5× 8 cm3 and weighs 560 g. We used LoRa, a low-power wireless protocol for communication. Successful data transmission was achieved within 1.4 m water depth. The developed gamma spectroscopy was able to detect radioactivity from a 137Cs point source (3.7 kBq) at a distance of 20 cm in water. Moreover, we demonstrated an unmanned radioactivity monitoring system in a real sea by combining unmanned surface vehicle with the developed gamma spectroscopy. A hidden 137Cs source (3.07 MBq) was detected by the unmanned system at a distance of 3 m. After successfully testing the developed mobile spectroscopy in an ocean environment, we believe that our proposed system will be an effective solution for mobile real-time marine radioactivity monitoring.

Distribution of Cathodic Protection Potential for Concrete Slab Specimens at Diverse Environmental Conditions

  • Jin, Chung-Kuk;Jeong, Jin-A
    • International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.90-94
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    • 2013
  • This study represents the recent laboratory results from cathodic protection (CP) system with the use of sacrificial anodes at different environmental conditions (temperature of $10^{\circ}C$ and $40^{\circ}C$). Specimens were slab type with a dimension of $500mm{\times}50mm{\times}100mm$, and concrete cover thickness were 25mm. Zinc mesh and/or bulk type anodes were installed at the center of specimen to confirm the distance that CP system has influences on the specimen to distribute uniform CP current to rebar. Two different kinds of temperature condition were applied to verify the effect of temperature. Experiments were conducted for 60 days, and the distribution of potential and current that supplied from anode to rebar was measured. From the results, CP potential was varied with time, and temperature played an important role in CP potential variations. Current was also changed with time, and current distribution could be improved by installing additional bulk type anode.

AtoN AIS Standardization Research for Centralized Management of the AtoN(Aids to Navigation) (항로표지 집약관리를 위한 AtoN AIS의 표준화에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Jong-Gun;Song, Gil-Boak;Park, Jeong-Nam;Cho, Tae-Gyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.425-431
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    • 2009
  • Recently, new technology has been introducing according to the efforts for maritime safety, traffic and environmental protection that uses electronic method to make use of maritime information effectively. To be associated with the tendance, international society which centered to IALA Introduces advanced technology of AtoN with Automatic Identification System(AIS) that it is crucial method to collect and transmit maritime data. This article is to thoroughly analyse and investigate the international and national regulation of related AtoN AIS, and propose to be included and applied into national radio-communication equipment regulation.

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Development of Safety Management Procedures for an Autonomous Navigation Element Technology Test (선박 자율운항 요소기술 시험을 위한 안전관리절차서 개발)

  • Woo, Donghan;Lee, In-Gyu;Im, Namkyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.566-573
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    • 2021
  • In this study, safety management procedures were developed based on domestic and foreign guidelines and related maritime law to ensure the safe development and implementation of smart autonomous ship technology and Samsung Heavy Industry. The safety management procedure was developed according to the guidelines for (MASS) sea trials (MSC.1/Circ.1604, Annex: Interim guidelines for MASS trials), proposed by International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the relevant authorities and stakeholders of MASS to properly conduct tests of systems and infrastructure related to safety and environmental protection. The developed safety management procedure applies to the maritime demonstration test of a system applying autonomous navigation element technology mounted as a navigation aid on a ship operating under a watch system, while complying with the environmental protection and navigation safety of the coast of Korea.

Software Library Design for GNSS/INS Integrated Navigation Based on Multi-Sensor Information of Android Smartphone

  • Kim, Youngki;Fang, Tae Hyun;Seo, Kiyeol
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.279-286
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, we designed a software library that produces integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) / Inertial Navigation System (INS) navigation information using the raw measurements provided by the GNSS chipset, gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer embedded in android smartphone. Loosely coupled integration method was used to derive information of GNSS /INS integrated navigation. An application built in the designed library was developed and installed on the android smartphone. And we conducted field experiments. GNSS navigation messages were collected in the Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Service (RTCM 3.0) format by the Network Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP). As a result of experiments, it was confirmed that design requirements were satisfied by deriving navigation such as three-dimensional position and speed, course over ground (COG), speed over ground (SOG), heading and protection level (PL) using the designed library. In addition, the results of this experiment are expected to be applicable to maritime navigation applications using smart device.

A Fundamental Study on the Introduction Result Analysis and Activation Plan Establishment of Coastal Safety Management Code (내항선안전관리규약(CSM Code)의 도입 성과 분석 및 활성화 방안수립을 위한 기초적 연구)

  • Noh Chang-Kyun;Chong Chong-Ho
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2005
  • Our country marine transport enterprise the international from competitive power from the hazard which develops at marine transport powerful country the government and marine transport presentation with activation of safety management protection of life Protection and oceanic environment from the sea hazard at the place where compared to it is endeavoring more the activation plan so far regarding the safety management from the coastal line insufficient are and the system and actuality safety management activation plan which is suitable in the coastal line is necessary. From the research which it sees consequently today a result analysis of coastal line safety management and the development direction of activation plan importance from it let in the immediacy which from the marine transport enterprise is important with the international and oceanic environmental protection it presented.

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