• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.123-134
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• 1998

The study was performed to investigate the differences among various evaluation criteria for noise-induced hearing loss(NIHL). The subjects were 100 workers who had received detailed audiometric examinations after the periodic annual examination for hearing loss. The evaluation criteria included were as follows: The criterion I was NIHL of 50dB or greater at 4,000Hz in either ear which is one of the legal requirements for determining occupational hearing loss in Korea. The criterion II was NIHL of 40dB or greater by 4-divided classification(a+b+c+d/4 at 500Hz(a), 1,000Hz(b), 2,000Hz(c), 4,000Hz(d)) which is also one of the legal requirements for determining occupational hearing loss in Korea. The criterion III was NIHL of 31dB of greater by 6-divided classification(a+2b+2c+d/6) which is the workers' compensation standard. The criterion IV was NIHL of 40dB or greater by 6-divided classification(a+2b+2c+d/6), the criterion used to prohibite workers to be employed in the noisy workplace. The criterion V was NIHL of 40dB or greater by 3-divided classification(a+b+c/3) which is the guideline of the Japanes Labour Department. The results were as follows; 1. The percentage of workers with NIHL by the criterion I was the highest(96%) and covered all workers with NIHL diagnosed by other criteria. Therefore, this criterion was the most sensitive one for early detection of NIHL among various evaluation criteria. 2. The percentage of workers with NIHL by the criterion II was 29% of the subjects, but all of them could be diagnosed as having NIHL by the criterion I and 33.1% of the NIHL by the criterion III could not be covered by the criterion II. Thus, this criterion was not considered suitable as an initial step for determining occupational hearing loss. 3. The percentage of workers with NIHL by the criterion III was 45% of the subjects. This percentage was 46.9% of the NIHL by the criterion I and was estimated to cover 3.6% of all noise exposed workers. 4. The percentage of workers with NIHL by the criterion IV was 28% of the subjects, but 37.8% of the NIHL by the criterion III and 70.8% of the NIHL by the criterion I were not covered by the criterion. Therefore, these workers could have been employed in the noisy workplaces. 5. Employed relocation which was one of the post management methods was an option in the criterion I in Korea and in the criterion V in Japan. The number of NIHL by the criterion I was 6.7times greater than that by the criterion V. Thus, although employee relocation was not used exclusively, many more workers with NIHL could have been relocated. In conclusion, this study revealed that the criteria being used for managing occupational hearing loss showed a lack uniformity among them. In addition, since these criteria are all relied on the total threshold shifts caused by the noise exposure at the time of hearing test with no consideration given to the past noise exposure history nor age, it can be said that they are not an effective tool for occupational hearing loss management. Since legal requirements are usually followed after being diagnosed as having NIHL, it is recommended that a uniform diagnostic criterion should be used to minimize confusion. Pre-employment hearing tests should also be utilized so as to managing occupational hearing loss after employment rather than being used as a legal roadblock of prohibiting workers with mild hearing loss from being employed. Thus, what is needed is an establishment of a rational criterion for occupational hearing loss management rather than for legal requirements.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.49-68
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• 2023

The three-dimensional failure criterion is essential for maintaining wellbore stability and sand production problem. The convenient factor for a stable wellbore is mud weight and borehole orientation, i.e., mud window design and selection of borehole trajectory. This study proposes a new three-dimensional failure criterion with linear relation of three in-situ principal stresses. The number of failure criteria executed to understand the phenomenon of rock failure under in-situ stresses is the Mohr-Coulomb criterion, Hoek-Brown criterion, Mogi-Coulomb criterion, and many more. A new failure criterion is the extended Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion with the influence of intermediate principal stress (σ₂). The influence of intermediate principal stress is considered as a weighting of (σ₂) on the mean effective stress. The triaxial compression test data for eleven rock types are taken from the literature for calibration of material constant and validation of failure prediction. The predictions on rock samples using new criteria are the best fit with the triaxial compression test data points. Here, Drucker-Prager and the Mogi-Coulomb criterion are also implemented to predict the failure for eleven different rock types. It has been observed that the Drucker-Prager criterion gave over prediction of rock failure. On the contrary, the Mogi-Coulomb criterion gave an equally good prediction of rock failure as our proposed new 3D failure criterion. Based on the yield surface of a new 3D linear criterion it gave the safest prediction for the failure of the rock. A new linear failure criterion is recommended for the unique solution as a linear relation of the principal stresses rather than the dual solution by the Mogi-Coulomb criterion.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 1995

This study was designed to investigate the difference of time weighted average(TWA) of noise levels and noise doses by the different operating parameter settings such as exchange rate, threshold level and criterion level for noise dosimeter in the field measurements of noise at industrial working environments. The time weighted averages of noise level and noise doses for noise working environments were determined by noise dosimeter on 80 workers employed at 20 industrial establishments of 8 industries. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The mean time weighted average(TWA) of the noise working environments by the operating parameter settings showed 93.4 dB(A) in 3 dB of exchange rate, 80 dB of threshold level and 90dB of criterion level 92.0 dB(A) in 3 dB-exchange rate, 90 dB-threshold level and 90 dB-criterion level, in 90.8 dB(A) in 5 dB of exchange rate, 80 dB of threshold level and 90 dB of criterion level, and 86.7 dB(A) in 5 dB of exchange rate, 90 dB of threshold level and 90dB of criterion level. 2. ln group of noise level less than 90 dB(A), mean TWAs of 80 dB of threshold level were significantly higher than that of 90 dB of threshold level in 3 dB and 5 dB of exchange rate. 3. The case exceeded threshold limit value of noise was 49(61.3 %) in 3dB, 80dB and 90 dB setting, 44(55.0 %) in 3 dB, 90 dB, 90 dB setting, 33(41.3 %) in 5 dB, 80dB, 90 dB setting and 26(32.5%) in 5 dB, 90 dB, 90 dB setting. Above considerations in mind, it is suggested that exchange rate and threshold level be specified in related laws and regulations in the evaluation of working environments noise.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2013

Mohr-Coulomb 파괴조건식은 암반구조물의 설계에 활발히 이용되고 있지만 암석의 비선형 강도특성과 중간주응력이 강도에 미치는 영향을 고려할 수 없다는 단점을 가지고 있다. 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위하여 Hoek-Brown 파괴조건식이 제안되었으며 최근 중간주응력의 영향을 고려할 수 있는 여러 3-D 파괴조건식들이 제안되고 있다. 그러나 아직까지도 많은 암반공학적 설계과정에서 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴조건식을 이용하여 암반의 파괴 가능성이 평가되고 있고 대부분의 현장 기술자들도 내부마찰각과 점착력으로 암반의 강도특성을 이해하는데 익숙하다. 그러므로 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴조건식에 비해 개선된 비선형 혹은 3-D 파괴조건식의 접선마찰각 및 접선점착력이 구해지면 기존의 Mohr-Coulomb 파괴조건식을 활용하는 틀 안에서 개선된 파괴조건식들의 장점을 이용하는 것이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 접선마찰각과 접선점착력을 응력불변량으로 표시하는 방법을 제시하고 이를 일반화된 Hoek-Brown 파괴조건식과 Hoek-Brown 파괴조건식을 3-D로 확장시킨 HB-WW 파괴조건식에 적용하였다. 또한 파괴조건식의 중간주응력 의존성을 3차원 주응력 공간에서 기하학적으로 해석하는 새로운 접근법을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법의 실행 사례를 통해 HB-WW 파괴함수의 접선마찰각과 접선점착력은 2-D 파괴함수의 경우와 달리 중간주응력의 크기에 상당한 영향을 받음을 보였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2001

음향방출 신호를 이용하여 분류기를 설계하는 과정에서의 특징값 선택법에 관해 연구하였다. 분류기는 역전파법을 이용한 신경망 분류기를 사용하였다. Fisher's criterion, class mean scatter criterion, eigenvector analysis와 함께 본 논문에서 새로 제안하는 특징값 공간에서의 특징값 좌표사이의 차이를 이용하는 2-D criterion, 3-D criterion을 이용해서 특징값을 선택하고 각각에 대해 분류기를 설계하여, 인식률과 수렴속도를 비교하였다. 분류를 위한 자료를 얻기 위하여 용접부 결함시편과 로터리 압축기 금속 접촉부 결함시편을 사용하였다. 인식률 면에서 2-D criterion과 3-D criterion이 우수한 결과를 나타내었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.59-76
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• 2016

The non-linear Hoek-Brown failure criterion has been widely accepted and applied to evaluate the stability of rock slopes under plane-strain conditions. This paper presents a kinematic approach of limit analysis to assessing the static and seismic stability of three-dimensional (3D) rock slopes using the generalized Hoek-Brown failure criterion. A tangential technique is employed to obtain the equivalent Mohr-Coulomb strength parameters of rock material from the generalized Hoek-Brown criterion. The least upper bounds to the stability number are obtained in an optimization procedure and presented in the form of graphs and tables for a wide range of parameters. The calculated results demonstrate the influences of 3D geometrical constraint, non-linear strength parameters and seismic acceleration on the stability number and equivalent strength parameters. The presented upper-bound solutions can be used for preliminary assessment on the 3D rock slope stability in design and assessing other solutions from the developing methods in the stability analysis of 3D rock slopes.

• 대한수학회보
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.891-907
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• 2020

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem to the tropical climate model. We establish the global regularity for the 2D tropical climate model with generalized nonlocal dissipation of the barotropic mode and obtain a multi-logarithmical vorticity blow-up criterion for the 2D tropical climate model without any dissipation of the barotropic mode.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.154-165
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• 1994

A new criterion, the solid angle, is introduced to measure the Quality of tetrahedral mesh. This criterion is compared with the existing Delaunay triangulation criterion. The properties of solid angles have been studied and are proposed for utilization in 3-D meshing algorithms. Furthermore, difficulties of developing a 3-D algorithm that provides a lower bound on the smallest angle have been discussed.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.123-132
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• 2018

In this paper the strain energy density (SED) model is used to analyze the seismic behavior of suspen-domes and a new criterion is established for judging the seismic failure based on a characteristic point in the SED model. Firstly, a nonlinear time-history response analysis was carried out using the finite-element package ANSYS for typical suspen-domes subjected to different ground motions. The seismic responses including nodal displacements, ratios of yielding members, strain energy density and structural maximum deformation energy were extracted corresponding to the increasing peak ground acceleration (A). Secondly, the SED sum ($I_d$) was calculated which revealed that the $I_d-A$ curve exhibited a relatively large change (called a characteristic point) at a certain value of A with a very small load increment after the structures entered the elastic-plastic state. Thirdly, a SED criterion is proposed to judge the seismic failure load based on the characteristic point. Subsequently, the case study verifies the characteristic point and the proposed SED criterion. Finally, this paper describes the unity and application of the SED criterion. The SED method may open a new way for structural appraisal and the SED criterion might give a unified criterion for predicting the failure loads of various structures subjected to dynamic loads.

• 센서학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.348-353
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• 2020

This paper presents an adaptive method to avoid obstacles in various environmental settings, using a two-dimensional (2D) LiDAR sensor for mobile robots. While the conventional reaction based smooth nearness diagram (SND) algorithms use a fixed safety distance criterion, the proposed algorithm autonomously changes the safety criterion considering the obstacle density around a robot. The fixed safety criterion for the whole SND obstacle avoidance process can induce inefficient motion controls in terms of the travel distance and action smoothness. We applied a multinomial logistic regression algorithm, softmax regression, to classify 2D LiDAR point clouds into seven obstacle structure classes. The trained model was used to recognize a current obstacle density situation using newly obtained 2D LiDAR data. Through the classification, the robot adaptively modifies the safety distance criterion according to the change in its environment. We experimentally verified that the motion controls generated by the proposed adaptive algorithm were smoother and more efficient compared to those of the conventional SND algorithms.