• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.25 no.2 s.95
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• pp.51-61
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• 2007

Increasing traffic volumes and excessively high speeds on national highways through small towns often increases the frequency of accidents. Extensive paved areas, narrow sidewalks, median barriers and little greenery have resulted in a dangerous and destructive living environment for residents. The reason for this problem is that throughways were expanded without considering the harmony between the throughways and the small towns. Construction of bypasses and reclassification of highway functions would solve the problem by reducing vehicle speeds in small towns, but this method is too costly and time consuming. Therefore, this study analyzes national highways through small towns as a case studies using positive guidance in order to improve safety and develop alternatives. As a result of the case study, the biggest problem was observed to be the excessively high vehicle speeds, This study also identified places were information should be given or posted but is currently absent. Therefore, this study concludes that notional highways through small towns need installation of speed reduction facilities and additional information provision to drivers.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.31 no.3D
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• pp.403-412
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• 2011

On a curve radius, there is speed deviation because a driver who is on the curve radius can have visual distortion. The curve radius can be more dangerous than a straight radius by many reasons. Especially, visibility paralysis of delineator that is because of night and bad weather. Can pervert the information about curve sections, it threatens safety. More over accident risk is increased by influence to travel speed. Therefore, it needs to build and control delineators for driver's visibility. Therefore, this study focus on finding the two types of delineator(the retro-reflection and inside-lighting delineator) by insight-surveying and the operating speed are compared by survey and operating speed. Finally, inside-lighting delineator will be selected in terms of safety at the curve sections. The inside-lighting delineator was more effective than the retro-reflection delineator on visibility, the necessity of reduction of speed and will reduce the hazard at curve sections. Also, the study analyzes safety is guaranteed by the slight reduction of speed when the driver enters a curve radius with inside-lighting delineator. As a result, the inside-lighting delineator can give the information about horizontal and vertical profile effectively, so it can reduce the accident risk. And it can use to improve traffic safety on curve radius.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.5D
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• pp.445-451
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• 2012

Visual changes and speed changes in curved sections of highways are more dangerous than straight sections According to the enquetes conducted by Coalition for Transportation Culture in 1999, about 78% of drivers are dissatisfied with traffic guide and safety signs, with lack of visibility being the largest reason with about 27.9% of respondents indicating it as reason for dissatisfaction. In particular, the lack of visibility during nighttime or bad weather not only threatens driver safety due to poor delivery of information, but also affects the service level of highways. Because of this a new delineation must be installed and managed to enhance driver visibility. In this research, an optimal delineation system to enhance traffic safety is presented. In this research drivers effectively obtained information on highway alignment on the curved sections using a retro-reflection type delineation system and a newly-developed internal lighting delineation system to improve safety on the highways. A statistical comparison was conducted and analysis was done for the delineation systems that enhanced visibility through primary and secondary enquaetes. As a result, inside-lighting delineator will be selected in terms of safety at the curve sections. The inside-lighting delineator was more effective than the retro-reflection delineator on visibility, the necessity of reduction of speed and will reduce the hazard at curve sections. It is anticipated that when a delineation system based on this research is installed, a reduction in the number the number and severity of traffic accidents on curved sections will be reduced. In addition this system will more effectively provide drivers with information about highway alignment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.197-197
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 입자성 오염물질을 다량 함유하고 있는 초기강우 유출수를 처리하기 위한 수처리 시설로 고속복합응집장치를 개발하였다. 고속응집복합장치의 요소기술은 마이크로 버블, 급속교반장치(인라인믹서), 전기촉매를 이용한 부상촉진장치, 볼텍스 흐름 등으로 구성되며, 기술 원리는 응집제에 의해 오염물질을 응결, 응집, 부상시켜 스컴을 제거하는 일반 응집 원리와 유사하다. 본 기술의 특징은 교반, 혼화조, 응집제를 1개의 조에 컴팩트하게 구성하여 체류시간을 10분 이내로 단축하였고, 볼텍스(voltex) 흐름을 이용한 선회류와 루버홀 형태의 스크린을 적용하여 응집효과를 극대화하였으며, 플럭에 의한 막힘이 없이 스크리닝이 이루어질 수 있도록 하였다. 또한, 부상촉진장치(전기유도)를 이용해 응집 플럭의 부상효과를 상승시켰고, 감속기와 일체화된 내통스크린이 선회류와 반대 방향으로 회전하면서 볼텍스 흐름의 가속효과에 의한 스크린 폐색 방지 및 응집부상 효율을 향상시킬 수 있도록 설계하였다. 부상슬러지는 별도의 플럭 제거 설비 없이 스크린 내통 회전에 이용되는 감속기에 부착된 스컴 제거기에 의해 동시 제거가 가능하며, 응집부상 처리수는 장치 가장 바깥 외곽에 충진된 필터층에서 최종 여과되어 방류되도록 구성함으로서 모든 처리공정이 단일 장치 내에서 이루어지도록 구성하였다. 본 고속복합응집장치는 전체 규격 ￠ $1000{\times}2,000mmH$의 시제품이 제작되어 현재 시흥소재 매화저수지에서 성능평가를 실시하고 있다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.85-92
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• 2012

PURPOSES : Since expressways in South Korea are toll roads, many trumpet type interchanges exist, resulting in the installation of loop ramps very frequently. While the travel speed of the main lane is designed to be 100-110 km/h, the structure of a loop ramp is different and is designed for a minimum speed of 40 km/h. In fact, most of the actual travel speeds measured on the ramp exceed the designated speed, which has been a major problem in traffic safety. In this research, a type of pavement marking speed-reduction treatment called the "Peripheral Transverse Line" is installed on expressway loop ramps in order to study the change of driving speeds after the installation. METHODS : To verify statistically the change, this speed-reduction treatment has been installed on the Chungju interchange and the Yeoju junction. The driving speeds before the installation were compared with driving speeds both one month and five monthsafter the installation. RESULTS : As a result, the reductions of the average driving speeds after the treatment were statistically significant. More specifically, the average driving speeds of the Chungju interchange were reduced by 7.1-7.7 % for its tangent road section, and the speeds decreased by 8.5-9.5 % for its curve section. Similarly, in the Yeoju junction, an average speed reduction of 2.9-4.8 % for its tangent section was measured, along with 3.9% long-term speed reduction for its curve section. CONCLUSIONS : Since the pavement marking speed-reduction treatment has been partially proven to be effective from this research, we expect to expand this treatment and re-confirm the effect from a long-term perspective in the future.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.548-559
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• 2016

Recent interests in both vehicle emissions and public health have facilitated the development of more eco-friendly transportation systems. This study proposed an integrated simulation approach for evaluating the effectiveness of speed management strategies from the various perspectives including safety, operational efficiency, and environmental compatability. Those simulation methods include driving simulation, traffic flow simulation, emissions simulation, and air dispersion simulation. An essence of the proposed simulation framework is to create the systematic connection of each simulation method toward the evaluation of effectiveness of speed management strategies. As an example, chicane and speed hump in residential area were evaluated by the proposed method. It is expected that the proposed simulation-based approach would be effectively used for the decision-making process in selecting better alternatives considering both safety and public health.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.59-67
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• 2011

It can prevent traffic accidents in a way as taking precautionary measures for road safety at signalized intersection in advance. Particularly, traffic accidents can be reduced at relatively low cost without redesigning alignments. That is 'Positive Guidance method' which can help prevent traffic accidents through improvement of road facilities at signalized intersection. In this study, potentially higher hazardous signalized intersection due to speeding was selected through site investigation. Field analysis at designated section was conducted and devised a plan for improvements of road facilities. Subjects drove in driving simulator in 3-D virtual reality of designated intersection. Based on data from simulator, statistical analysis(t-verification) was conducted for 'Before and After effectiveness' of speed reduction. As a result, it indicates that speed reduction was effective after improvements at each spot in driving simulator. In the future, hazardous signalized intersections which can be applied for PG method will be effective for road safety based on this research.