• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.13 no.12
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• pp.5-16
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• 2012

The second scientific antarctic station of South Korea is under construction at Terra Nova Bay located in eastern Antarctica. Ground condition in the Antarctica is frozen in general, but there are seasonal frozen grounds with active layers sporadically. When the active layer is frozen, frost heaving occurs that might cause the differential movement of frozen ground and the failure of structures. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the frost heaving susceptibility of soils at Terra Nova Bay before starting antarctic station construction. This study presents experimental investigation of the frost heaving susceptibility of soil samples with variation of particle sizes and unfrozen water contents. The soil samples were taken from five different locations at Terra Nova Bay and physical properties, unfrozen water content, and frost heaving tests were performed. For the frost heaving tests, soil specimens were frozen with constant freezing temperatures at the top and with drainage at the bottom in order to stimulate the frost heaving. The frost heaving tests provide volume expansion, volumetric strain, and heaving rate which can be used to analyze the relationship between the frost heaving vs. particle size and the frost heaving vs. unfrozen water content. Experimental results show that the more the fine contents exist in soils, the more frost heaving occurs. In addition, the frost heaving depends on unfrozen water content. Experimental data can be used to evaluate the frost heaving susceptibility of soils at the future construction site in the Antarctica.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.25-32
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• 2012

The thickness of anti-freezing layer has been empirically determined using the frost depth obtained from the freezing index and has not been generally considered as a structural layer in pavement design procedure. In fact, the anti-freezing layer makes a role in structural layer and enables to reduce the total thickness of pavement system. The objective of this study is to develop the statistical regression model for evaluating the structural capacity of anti-freezing layer using Falling Weight Deflectormeter(FWD) test data in asphalt pavements. The FWD testing was conducted at the embankment, cutting, and boundary area of various test sections to estimate the structural capacity of anti-freezing layer in different foundation condition. It is observed from this testing that the center deflections of pavement structure with anti-freezing layer are smaller than those without anti-freezing layer ranging from 0.4 to 82.6%. To determine the variables of statistical model, the correlation study has been conducted between various FWD deflection indexes and the anti-freezing layer thickness. It is found that the ${\Delta}BDI$(%)(${\Delta}Basin$ Damage Index(%)) is highly correlated with anti-freezing layer thickness. The ${\Delta}BDI$(%) model were developed for evaluating structural capacity of anti-freezing layer using linear mixed-effect models.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.215-221
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• 1993

중국(中國)은 1991년에 새로운 토양계통분류법(土壤系統分類法)을 1차(次) 시안(試案)으로 확정 발표하였다. 본 체계는 미국의 Soil Taxonomy 체계와 비슷한 형태계량적규준(形態計量的規準)(Morpho-metric definition)으로 되어 있고 전산(電算)프로그램화(化)도 가능한 체계로 되어 있다. 분류체계는 목(目)(Order, 토망(土網)), 아목(亞目)(Suborder, 아망(亞網)), 군(群)(Group, 토류(土類)), 아군(亞群)(Subgroup, 아류(亞類)), 속(屬)(Family, 토속(土屬)), 통(統)(Series, 토종(土種))으로 되어 있고, 현재 13개 목망(目網), 33개 아목(亞目), 77개 군(群), 301개 아군(亞群)으로 분류되어 있다. 특징적표층(特徵的表層)은 유기표층(有機表層) 등(等) 8종, 진단표하층(診斷表下層)(차표층(次表層))은 표백층(漂白層) 등(等) 10종, 기타 특징토층(特徵土層)은 석회적표층(石灰的表層) 등(等) 12종, 그리고 암성(岩性) 등(等) 23종의 토양 생성적(生成的) 특징(特徵) 또는 현상(現像)을 분류기준으로 쓰고 있다. 분류상의 특징은 고위도(高緯度)나 고산지대(高山地帶)의 영구동결층(永久凍結層)을 강조하여 아목수준(亞目水準)에서 분류하였고 논토양이나 관개퇴적토(灌漑堆積土), 영양분(營養分)이 심층(深層)까지 집적(集積)된 채전(菜田) 등(等) 인위적(人爲的) 영향(影響)을 크게 받은 토양을 최고차(最高次) 분류단위(分類單位)인 목수준(目水準)에서 독립(獨立)시키고 있을 뿐 아니라 인위적인 교란(攪亂)을 받았으나 아직 단면(斷面)의 발달이 없는 토양을 초육토(初育土)의 아목수준(亞目水準)에서 구분하고 있다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.640-643
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• 2009

The effect of the kind of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) on the freeze/thaw condition durability in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) were investigated. For this purpose, three kinds of GDLs, i.e., felt, paper and cloth types with different basic properties have been first prepared, then the changes in the properties and performance of cells was observed during the freeze/thaw cycles ranging from -30 to 70 $^{\circ}C$. The single cells consisting of different GDLs were evaluated for performance. The performance degradation and the cell resistance increase could be directly correlated. The physical destruction of electrode was shown by SEM analysis. It was presented that mechanical supporting force of interface between materials can help enhancing the durability of PEFCs in the freeze/thaw condition.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.173-178
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• 2011

Gas diffusion layer(GDL) in PEMFC performs the discharge of water vapor smoothly. When GDL is revealed to cold environment, the freezing of the water droplet or water net in GDL occurs. The purpose of this work is to observe the cooling and freezing behavior of the water droplet which meets to the microporous surface and air under the various low temperature conditions. GDL was coated with waterproof material, which has three types of coating rate, 0, 40 and 60%. Water droplets in series of sizes on GDL were supercooled, frozen and crystalized orderly by circulating low temperature brine. The process of cooling was investigated with the temperature and the snapshot of the water droplet.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.27-35
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• 2012

In this paper, the frost heaving and thawing characteristics of flexible pavement structure were evaluated in the large scale freezer which have a specification of temperature range $-20^{\circ}C{\sim}10^{\circ}C$ and $3.2m(L){\times}3.2m(B){\times}2.4m(H)$ in size. The insulated steel box with the size of $0.9m(L){\times}0.9m(B){\times}0.9m(H)$ was used to simulate actual pavement road structure. The variation of temperature, frost heave amount and frost heave pressure were measured through the instrument of TDS-602 data logger. LFWD (light falling weight deflectometer) was used to determine the change of deflection due to the frost heaving and thawing. Furthermore, the influence of aggregate layer to the freezing of the subgrade soil was studied to verify the function and effectiveness of the anti-freezing layer.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.909-914
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• 2024

This study suggests a quantitative evaluation of transfer learning, which is widely used in various AI fields, including image recognition for robot vision. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of results applying transfer learning are presented, but transfer learning itself is not discussed. Therefore, this study proposes a quantitative evaluation of transfer learning itself based on MNIST, a handwritten digit database. For the reference network, the change in recognition accuracy according to the depth of the transfer learning frozen layer and the ratio of transfer learning data and pre-training data is tracked. It is observed that when freezing up to the first layer and the ratio of transfer learning data is more than 3%, the recognition accuracy of more than 90% can be stably maintained. The transfer learning quantitative evaluation method of this study can be used to implement transfer learning optimized according to the network structure and type of data in the future, and will expand the scope of the use of robot vision and image analysis AI in various environments.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.40-47
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• 2000

Dimension stability was examined after PEG pretreatment and post freeze-drying treatment in order to determine the PEG(#3350) concentration and solvent for pre-treatment of freeze-drying of highly-degraded waterlogged ash woods(Fraxinus spp.; ca. 5,700 BP) excavated from peat lands at Pyungtack, Kyounggi-do. At the low concentration (<30-40%) of PEG soaking in both water and t-butanol, the weight increases abruptly, but at high concentration (>50%) gradually, consequently, taking longer treatment time. PEG loading was higher in t-butanol solution than in water. However, the best dimesional stability was obtained from freeze-drying after lower PEG solution (40% in water) soaking. Low dimensional stability, found in the samples treated with higher PEG solutions (60%-70% in t-butanol), might come from incomplete freezing and excess PEG absorbing moisture. The samples air-dried after 70% PEG treatment had collapse defects. In conclusion, the use of low concentration (about 40% in water) PEG solution was the most suitable pretreatment for freeze drying of highly-degraded waterlogged ash woods.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.128-137
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• 1999

In this study, shiitake mushrooms were dried by hot air, vacuum and freeze drying methods and theire physical properties were compared. Since the pore size affects the amount of absorption, the characteristics of water sorption were investigated at various humidities and temperatures. Results showed that the freeze dried product had the greatest pore area and the highest absorption capacity. However, all the dried samples showed similar quality. The browning degrees were severely changed with increased relative humidities and temperatures. Among these drying methods, the freeze drying gave the greatest change in browning degree. The GAB monolayer moisture contents of the dried shiitake mushroom were $5.3{\sim}7.7%$. The prediction model was also provided using parameters such as relative humidity, temperature and pore area.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.19-29
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• 2013

Analysis via classical soil mechanics theory is either ineffective or inappropriate for fully describing stress distribution or failure conditions in cold regions, since mechanical properties of soils in cold regions are different from those reported in the classical soil mechanics theory. Therefore, collecting and analyzing technical data, and systematic and specialized research for cold regions are required for design and construction of the structure in cold regions. Freezing and thawing repeat in active layer of permafrost region, and a loading condition affecting the structure changes. Therefore, the reliable analysis of mechanical properties of frozen soils according to various conditions is prerequisite for design and construction of the structure in cold regions, since mechanical properties of frozen soils are sensitive to temperature condition, water content, grain size, relative density, and loading rate. In this research, the direct shear apparatus which operates at 30 degrees below zero and large-scaled low temperature chamber are used for evaluating shear strength characteristics of frozen soils. Weathered granite soil is used to analyzed the shear strength characteristics with varying freezing temperature condition, vertical confining pressure, relative density, and water content. This research shows that the shear strength of weathered granite soil is sensitively affected by various conditions such as freezing temperature conditions, normal stresses, relative densities, and water contents.