• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2008

Soil vapor extraction (SVE) is an effective and cost efficient method of removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and petroleum hydrocarbons from unsaturated soils. However, soil vapor extraction becomes ineffective in soils with low gas permeability, for example soils with air permeabilities less than 1 Darcy. The aim of this study is to investigate numerically the performance of a prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) as a SVE well, and the pattern of the induced air flow. A validated numerical model for a single PVD extraction well is developed based on the result of a well-designed laboratory model test. The validity of the simple analytical approach to determine air permeability based on the results of model tests is also discussed.

• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.177-186
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• 2015

For data fusion of laser range finder (LRF) and vision camera, accurate calibration of external parameters which describe relative pose between two sensors is necessary. This paper proposes a new calibration method which can acquires more accurate external parameters between a LRF and a vision camera compared to other existing methods. The main motivation of the proposed method is that any corner data of a known 3D structure which is acquired by the LRF should be projected on a straight line in the camera image. To satisfy such constraint, we propose a 3D geometric model and a numerical solution to minimize the energy function of the model. In addition, we describe the implementation steps of the data acquisition of LRF and camera images which are necessary in accurate calibration results. In the experiment results, it is shown that the performance of the proposed method are better in terms of accuracy compared to other conventional methods.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.91-98
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• 2011

This paper proposes an efficient and accurate vision based recognition and tracking framework for texture free objects. We approached this problem with a two phased algorithm: detection phase and tracking phase. In the detection phase, the algorithm extracts shape context descriptors that used for classifying objects into predetermined interesting targets. Later on, the matching result is further refined by a minimization technique. In the tracking phase, we resorted to meanshift tracking algorithm based on Bhattacharyya coefficient measurement. In summary, the contributions of our methods for the underwater robot vision are four folds: 1) Our method can deal with camera motion and scale changes of objects in underwater environment; 2) It is inexpensive vision based recognition algorithm; 3) The advantage of shape based method compared to a distinct feature point based method (SIFT) in the underwater environment with possible turbidity variation; 4) We made a quantitative comparison of our method with a few other well-known methods. The result is quite promising for the map based underwater SLAM task which is the goal of our research.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.9
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• pp.1075-1080
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• 2014

This study aims at dedicating to relevant technology fields by suggesting design methods of structures and estimating their safety in relation to substructure for offshore wind power requiring high safety to various environment conditions. Especially, with respect to 5MW Offshore Wind Power System, this study will provide information about major wind directions and duration in combination with the developing wave climate at the test field. Therefore, connections between wind fields and approaching wave trains will be estimated and their intensity, direction and time shift will be pointed out. Furthermore, the local pressure distribution of breaking waves will be investigated by physical and numerical modeling. The currently applied structural and fatigue assessment of support structures for offshore wind energy converters is based on common design rules. Normally, constructions in structural engineering are treated as limited, single structures. This means that varying aspects of manufacturing are considered by high safety factors.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.113-121
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• 2005

In order to resolve a common numerical integration inaccuracy of meshfree methods, we introduce an improved natural clement method called Petrov-Galerkin natural element method(PG-NEM). While Laplace basis function is being taken for the trial shape function, the test shape function in the present method is differently defined such that its support becomes a union of Delaunay triangles. This approach eliminates the inconsistency of tile support of integrand function with the regular integration domain, and which preserves both simplicity and accuracy in the numerical integration. In this paper, the validity of the PG-NEM is verified through the representative benchmark problems in 2-d linear elasticity. For the comparison, we also analyze the problems using the conventional Bubnov-Galerkin natural element method(BG-NEM) and constant strain finite clement method(CS-FEM). From the patch test and assessment on convergence rate, we can confirm the superiority of the proposed meshfree method.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.415-429
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• 2013

Performance-based design is becoming a key word for structure design in architectural and civil engineering spheres. In this paper, the need of the performance-based design, especially for tunnels, was enhanced by case study on the largely deformed cut-and-cover arch tunnel built by the prescribed design. In addition, this paper introduces effective method of subdivision on tunnel performance to help field engineer's comprehension. Case study dealing with the issue of typical backwards problem in geotechnical engineering was examined. First of all, the outline of the damaged culvert as well as the surrounding embankment is in detail described. The background, together with the cause of damage, is discussed based on the results of site investigation. Secondly, it was attempted to elucidate the deformation mechanism of the embankment by means of numerical analysis, and the countermeasures are proposed. Finally, the stability of the embankment with the countermeasures was evaluated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.474-478
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• 2011

하천의 만곡부는 원심력으로 만곡 내측의 수면이 낮아지고 만곡 외측의 수면이 높아지는 수면 경사가 발생되며, 2차류 등의 발달로 흐름이 매우 복잡해진다. 특히 산지가 89%를 차지하는 강원도는 하천과 도로가 근접 발달되어 있어서 하천 만곡부의 편수위에 의한 수면상승과 세굴은 하천제방을 파괴시키고 도로 피해로 이어진다. 산지하천 만곡부 곳곳에 많이 노출되어 있는 암초는 홍수시 유수의 원활한 소통을 막고, 편수위 상승을 더욱 가중시키고 있다. 만곡부의 편수위에 대해서는 이론적으로나 실험적으로 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있으나 암초와 같은 장애물이 많고 경사가 급한 산지하천을 대상으로 편수위를 연구는 사례는 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 양양남대천 중상류의 법수치리 면옥치천 합류 전 만곡부에서 홍수시 편수위를 측정하고, 내린천의 인제군 미산리와 홍천군 광원리 각 만곡부에 수위측정장치를 설치해 편수위를 조사하였다. 양양남대천 법수치 만곡부는 그림 1과 같이 하도 내에 있는 암반의 영향으로 편수위가 2.145m를 나타내었고, 내린천은 광원지점에서 최대 1.15m, 미산지점에서는 1.18m로 관측되었다. 특히 내리천 미산지점의 만곡접근부에서는 하도 내에 있는 암초장애물의 영향으로 편수위가 2.17m로 기록되었다. 산지하천 만곡부 수충부에 존재하는 암초 장애물은 편수위를 더욱 가중시킬 수도 있고 계방천 송전교와 같이 저감시키는 역할을 할수 있다는 것이 본 조사연구에서 확인되었다. 하도 내 암초 장애물은 산지하천 만곡부에서 매우 흔하게 발견되는 특성이므로 자연장애물이 편수위에 미치는 영향에 대하여 향후 지속적으로 연구하고자 한다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.67-74
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• 2011

This study attempts to establish sewerage underground facility map using aerial photograph with high readability and accessibility as an alternative of digital map and compilation cadastral map. A study on utility and consistency of established sewerage underground facility map in line with the current continuous cadastral map of underground facility was carried out. If underground facility map is established and utilized by converging digital image and compilation cadastral map, various spatial information analysis and systematic and integrated information utilization is available. The drawing of underground facility map using aerial photograph in this highly information-oriented society shall play a role in basic map for integrated control as an alternative of problems in the current drawing and designs created and managed by controlling institutions. In addition, the information of sewerage underground facility map using aerial photograph shall be used for establishing systematized urban planning and control.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 1997

This paper concerns an efficient approach to forming a beam pattern of a microphone array to deal with broadband signals such as speech in a teleconference. A numerical method is proposed to find updated location of sidelobes for equalizaing the sidelobes via perturbation of array parameters such as array weight or microphone spacing. Thus the microphone array is optimized in a Dolph-Chebyshev sense such that directional or background noises incident in an array visual range are eliminated efficiently. It is shown that perturbation of microphone spacing yields an optimum pattern more appropriate for dealing with broadband signals than that of array weight. Also, a novel method is proposed to find a beam pattern which is robust with respect to sidelobe in a scanning situation. Computer simulation results are presented.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.233-240
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• 2019

Open-hole tensile tests are usually performed to measure the tensile strengths of composites as they are an essential parameter for designing composite structures. However, correctly modeling the tensile test is extremely challenging as it involves various damages such as fiber and matrix damage, delamination, and debonding damage between the fiber and matrix. Therefore, a progressive damage model was developed in this study to estimate the in-plane failure and delamination between the fiber and matrix. The Hashin damage model and cohesive zone approach were used to model ply and delamination failures. The results of the present model were compared with previously published experimental and numerical findings. It was observed that neglecting delamination during finite element analysis led to overestimation of tensile strength.