• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.125-131
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• 2011

This research aims to investigate the cause of the occurrence of a weak road drainage section scientifically and specifically through a site survey for a poorly drained section occurring due to rainfalls during road operation. This paper deeply reviewed the existing research results and current situation data on the poorly drained sections accumulated in Korea Expressway Corporation in order to investigate the cause of the occurrence of a weak road drainage section, and deeply verified and analyzed the weak sections for the road surface drainage facilities and the other road drainage facilities by visiting the expressway controlled by the 6 local headquarters and 33 branches of Korea Expressway Corporation. As a result of site surveys for the weak road drainage sections, i) in a road surface section, occurrence of ponding in the road shoulder pavement due to slope changes, bad collection of water in the collecting well at a median strip, shortage of road shoulder dike height, and inferior construction, etc. was analyzed to be the main cause of the occurrence of poorly drained sections, and ii) in a road neighborhood section, the occurrence of pavement height difference in a main road and shoulder section due to inferior ditches on a slope and the bad drain age at the inlet and outlet of a culvert due to soil deposits, debris, etc. were analyzed to be the main cause of the occurrence of weak sections. Proposed as a plan to improve the poorly drainage section of road were i)calculation of capacity through material changes at the ditch, enhancement of vertical sections and hydraulic analysis in terms of construction and other aspects, ii)derivation of a combined slope considering a slope and a vertical linearity and maintenance of proper distance between drainage structures in a vertical concave section in terms of geometrical structure, and iii)calculation of the drainage facility installation interval using a minutely rainfall intensity formula and a non-uniform flow analysis technique in terms of hydraulics and hydrologics and prompt removal of rainfalls from the road surface according to a linear drainage method.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.24 no.5 s.91
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• pp.109-121
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• 2006

The road should be designed in the consistent alignment which the driver can drive safely. Also, proper highway environments in order to maintain optimal operational speeds on highway sections should be provided In design stage, for highway environments, it is essential for an operational speed estimation model to different highway environments. If a method which could evaluate the status of the road safety is developed through this operational speed estimation model, it is possible to provide safe and more comfortable highways to road users. In the study factors to effect on operational speeds are classified into three groups horizontal & vertical alignments and traffic operation characteristic factors. Factors are chosen to effect on operational speeds by using collation analysis as classifications of tangent sections, horizontal curve sections and vertical curve sections. In order to develop operational speed estimation models in express highways, multi-regression analysis has been used in this study using the selected factors. This study has meaning that the developed estimation models for operational speeds and evaluation of degree of safety to horizontal and vortical alignments simultaneous. In order to represent whole area of the country with the developed models, the models should be re-analyzed with vast data related with road alignment factors in the near future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.133-136
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 서로 다른 방식의 도로조명에 의한 선형유도 성능을 비교 평가하였다. 20대와 60대 피험자를 선발하여 생리적 평가와 심리적 평가를 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.615-619
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• 2012

제방은 유수의 원활한 소통을 유지시키고, 제내지를 보호하기 위하여 하천을 따라 흙으로 축조한 공작물로서, 일반적인 제방의 구조는 제외지와 앞비탈, 둑마루, 뒷비탈 및 측단 등을 포함하는 제방 부지 및 제내지로 구성된다. 제방은 평평한 둑마루를 가지는 선형 구조물이긴 하지만, 하천유역에 존재하는 다른 선형 형태의 구조물 (도로, 교량 등) 에 비해서 일정한 경사도를 가지고 있는 앞비탈 및 뒷비탈을 보유하고 있기 때문에 다른 선형 구조물의 형태와 구분된다. 따라서, 하천유역 매핑 작업 시, 제방부지를 도로 및 교량 등 다른 선형 구조물과 구별하여 추출할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는, 항공 LiDAR 자료로부터 헝태학적 영상처리 (Morphological Image Processing) 기법을 이용하여 제방부지를 추출하는 기법을 개발하였다.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.25-31
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• 2010

Road design guideline provides the directions on how to design a road alignment based on design speed, and this guideline has a design expectation in that design speed is supposed to be equal to the operating speed of drivers. Horizontal curve design is also based on design speed, and minimum radius is derived based on the drivers comfort while negotiating the curve. However, side friction reflecting drivers comfort is lower than a physical friction measured on wet road surface, therefore, it is reasonable to regard the criterion on minimum radius has a safety margin. Futhermore, the practical preference of choosing the larger radius than minimum leads to a noticeable gap between design speed and operating speed, so links to the violation of design expectation implicated in the guideline. In order to review this assumption, friction and operating speed at rural roads was measured and observed. As the results, a safety margin brought out by the gap between comfort-based friction and measured friction is qualitatively derived. Also, the gap between design speed and operating speed presumably caused by the safety margin and practical preference is analysed. By this, it is suggested that current design guideline should provides not only the minimum radius but also the management of road alignment design to minimize the gap between the design speed and operating speed.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.8 no.2 s.28
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• pp.105-116
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• 2006

This research introduces the method to measure cross-slope using Road Safety Survey and Analysis Vehicle(RoSSAV) with multiple sensors. Cross-slope is an important element like horizontal alignment and vertical alignment in evaluating safety of the roads. In many cases, cross-slope is different from drawings due to frequent overlays. It is extremely difficult to measure cross slope at the roads which has huge traffic volume. Therefore, the algorithm, which can be used when driving the RoSSAV with CPS/INS and Laser Scanner sensors was developed for measuring the cross-slop. Also, in order to examine the algorithm, the superelevation was measured by Laser Scanner and GPS/INS system during travelling and the result was verified by statistical verification.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.4 no.1 s.6
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• pp.43-55
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• 1996

The objective of this research is to design a digital map database structure supporting video images which is one of the fundamental elements of hypermap. In order to reach the research objective, the work includes the identification of the relationships between two dimensional digital map database and video elements. The proposed database model has functions for interactive browsing between video image frames and specific points on two dimensional digital map, fer connecting the map elements and features on video images. After that, the images and the database are transformed to the pilot system fer testing the map database structure. The pilot project results indicate that the map database structure can integrate functionally two dimensional digital map and video images.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.11 no.4 s.27
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• pp.3-11
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• 2003

Lately, digital photogrammetry based on the principles of photographic suey has been more and more applied to various high-tech industries and becomes one of more interesting focuses of study than ever. Thus, this study aims to develop a roadway information system by means of digital photogrammetry. Data acquired from digital photogrammetry were processed via Delphi, an object-oriented programming language to develop a computer aided program that allows us to build up the information on road horizontal alignment(BC, EC, R. IP), road vertical alignment and road facilities. And the developed program could maximize the visual effects better than traditional programs, because it used many image data.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.5 no.4 s.18
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• pp.13-22
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• 2003

Several design methods from overseas are employed without considering different conditions such as material properties, climate, and traffic condition in this country. Therefore, there are limitations in application. Therefore, new pavement analysis system which is able to design a pavement efficiently and economically should be set up. In this study, 243 probable sections are classified depending on values of layer thickness and elastic modulus, and the effect of load types for the probable sections are analyzed. The section showing larger load distribution is chosen for analysis. As a result of sensitivity, a layer thickness has more influence on pavement than an elastic modulus does. The stress distribution of FWD test load is larger than that of circular load. This study compares outputs between nonlinear elastic model and linear elastic model. Based on the result, this study finds nonlinear elastic model considering stress condition in the ground is recommended for subbase.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.662-665
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• 2008

This research attempts to develop 4D CAD function to support optimal road design by expanding the existing 4D CAD utilization system, which focused on construction phase, to the design phase. The functions such as earthwork simulation for selecting of road alignment, alternative route simulation and structure type simulation were suggested as functions to support road design. Through those virtual reality (VR) functions, visual confirmation of the condition of route and earthwork Is possible by the developed system, and an optimal alternative route can be selected by carrying out layout simulation of the alternative route. The functions presented in this research provide the decision making tools based virtual model for efficient support to road design.