• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.19-19
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• 2019

토양수분은 지표수가 증발, 유출, 침투되는 과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 수문 인자로, 수문학적인 관점에서 물 순환을 이해하는 데 필수적인 요소이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 토양 내 수분을 측정하는 데 어려움이 많아 국내에서는 토양수분의 지속적인 관측을 위한 관측소 운영이 원활하게 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 주로 유전율식 계측 방식을 통해 지점 기반의 토양수분 자료를 생산하는데 그치고 있다. 최근 발사된 토양수분 위성인 SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive)을 비롯한 위성기반의 토양수분 자료와 융합하여 사용하기 위해서는 지점에서의 토양수분 네트워크가 우선적으로 구축되어야 하나, 관측소의 수도 부족할 뿐 아니라, 지형이 복잡하고 산지가 많은 한반도에서는 점 단위의 토양수분 자료의 공간적 대표성이 부족하여 활용에 어려움이 많다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 운영중인 지점 기반의 토양수분 관측소의 FDR (Frequency Domain Reflectometry), TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) 센서를 함께 활용하여 산악지형에서의 Cosmic-ray 기반 토양수분자료를 생산하고자 한다. 산악지형에서의 Cosmic-ray 센서는 토양 유기물과 식생 차단 등에 의한 영향이 많으므로 평지에서 토양수분을 산정하기 위한 교정 함수들의 비교 및 평가를 실시하였다. 일반적으로 평지에서 활용되는 교정 함수들은 강우에 따른 토양수분의 거동을 잘 나타내고 있는 것으로 확인되었으나, 갑작스러운 강우로 인한 식생 차단과 토양 유기물의 영향이 커지는 경우 토양수분의 급격한 변동성을 표현하기에는 한계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구를 기반으로 산악지형에서 Cosmic-ray 센서에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 분석할 수 있으며, 추후 산악지형에서 지역 규모의 토양수분을 관측할 수 있는 관측소를 구축하는데 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.9-17
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• 2004

The values of physical properties of the inert gases of Ar, $N_2$, $CO_2$ were calculated by the empirical equations. The regression coefficients were obtained by the experimental data and the resulting calculated values. For the empirical equation with a lower regression coefficient, a new correlation was suggested. At an atmosphere pressure, the empirical equation was confirmed by the experimental values for the viscosity, density, saturated pressure, and surface tension of Ar, $N_2$, $CO_2$. The correlation coefficients of the empirical equations proposed in this work was higher than 0.99.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.155-160
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• 1971

Average and effective energies for 239Pu-Be, 241Am-Li and 241Am-F neutron sources have been calculated from a number of published data for the neutron spectra and for the dose equivalent as a function of neutron energies by a numerical method. Also a calculation of the dose equivalent conversion factors, i. e., the first collision dose equivalent and the surface (or multicollision) dose equivalent that equals the product of surface-absorbed dose and a corresponding quality factor, per unit fluence of neutrons from these sources has been carried out in the same way as before. The results are as follows : 1. for average energies 4.07$\pm$0.33, 0.42 and 1.41 MeV； 2. for effective energies based on the concept of the first collision process in the human body 4.45$\pm$0.344, 0.51 and 1.47 MeV; 3. for effective energies based on the concept of the multi-collision process in the human body 4.50$\pm$0.36, 0.50 and 1.45 MeV； 4. for fluence-first collision dose equivalent conversion factors (2.74$\pm$0.07)10$^{-8}$ , 1.58$\times$ 10$^{-8}$ and 2.34$\times$10$^{-8}$ rems/(n/$\textrm{cm}^2$); and 5. for fluence-surface dose equivalent conversion factors (3.55$\pm$0.09)10$^{-8}$ , 2.19$\times$10$^{-8}$ and 2.82$\times$10$^{-8}$ rems/(n/$\textrm{cm}^2$) : respectively.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 2006

This study peformed to confirm the corrected dose In different electron density materials using the superposition/FFT convolution method in radiotherapy Planning system. The experiments of the $K_2HPO_4$ diluted solution for bone substitute, Cork for lung and n-Glucose for soft tissue are very close to effective atomic number of tissue materials. The image data acquisited from the 110 KVp and 130 KVp CT scanner (Siemes, Singo emotions). The electron density was derived from the CT number (H) and adapted to planning system (Xio, CMS) for heterogeneity correction. The heterogeneity tissue phantom used for measurement dose comparison to that of delivered computer planning system. In the results, this investigations showed the CT number is highly affected in photoelectric effect in high Z materials. The electron density in a given energy spectrum showed the relation of first order as a function of H in soft tissue and bone materials, respectively. In our experiments, the ratio of electron density as a function of H was obtained the 0.001026H+1.00 in soft tissue and 0.000304H+1.07 for bone at 130 KVp spectrum and showed 0.000274H+1.10 for bone tissue in low 110 KVp. This experiments of electron density calibrations from CT number used to decide depth and length of photon transportation. The Computed superposition and FFT convolution dose showed very close to measurements within 1.0% discrepancy in homogeneous phantom for 6 and 15 MV X rays, but it showed -5.0% large discrepancy in FFT convolution for bone tissue correction of 6 MV X rays. In this experiments, the evaluated doses showed acceptable discrepancy within -1.2% of average for lung and -2.9% for bone equivalent materials with superposition method in 6 MV X rays. However the FFT convolution method showed more a large discrepancy than superposition in the low electron density medium in 6 and 15 MV X rays. As the CT number depends on energy spectrum of X rays, it should be confirm gradient of function of CT number-electron density regularly.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.1082-1090
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• 2009

Peak expiratory flow rate(PEF) is a very important diagnostic parameter obtained from the forced vital capacity(FVC) test. The expiratory flow rate increases during the short initial time period and may cause measurement error in PEF particularly due to non-ideal dynamic characteristic of the transducer. The present study evaluated the initial rise slope($S_r$) on the flow rate signal to compensate the transducer output data. The 26 standard signals recommended by the American Thoracic Society(ATS) were generated and flown through the velocity-type respiratory air flow transducer with simultaneously acquiring the transducer output signal. Most PEF and the corresponding output($N_{PEF}$) were well fitted into a quadratic equation with a high enough correlation coefficient of 0.9997. But only two(ATS#2 and 26) signals resulted significant deviation of $N_{PEF}$ with relative errors>10%. The relationship between the relative error in $N_{PEF}$ and $S_r$ was found to be linear, based on which $N_{PEF}$ data were compensated. As a result, the 99% confidence interval of PEF error was turned out to be approximately 2.5%, which was less than a quarter of the upper limit of 10% recommended by ATS. Therefore, the present compensation technique was proved to be very accurate, complying the international standards of ATS, which would be useful to calibrate respiratory air flow transducers.