• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2021

In recent years, many construction projects become large and complicated, and construction accidents also steadily increase, which grows interest in the safety and maintenance during construction. Many of the construction accidents are related to temporary construction and structures, but the safety evaluation and management during construction are unclear and indefinite due to the short operating period and continuous change in the formation of the temporary structure. The system support, which is one of the temporary structures to support the pouring load of concrete, was proposed to easily install and dismantle members with connection parts pre-manufactured. The use of the system support is increasing to improve the safety of the temporary structure during construction. However, the system support, which consists of multiple members, still has uncertainties in connectivity between members and supports of vertical members. Therefore, this study analyzed the structure, load, and accident cases of the system support to define the damage scenarios for member connection, support condition, and lateral displacement. The decrease rate of the critical load was analyzed according to the damage scenarios based on the defined unit structure of the system support. In addition, this study provided vulnerable members for each damage scenario, which could induce instability of the temporary structures during design, construction, and operation of the structure.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.38-43
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• 2022

Smart sewage treatment plant means creating a safe and clean water environment by establishing an ICT-based real-time monitoring, remote control management and intelligent system for the entire sewage treatment process. The core technology of such a smart sewage treatment plant can be operation control technology using measuring instruments. This research team analyzed and suggested the operation control technologies necessary for the establishment of the intelligent business by referring to the intelligent research projects of the sewage treatment plant in progress in Korea. As a result of the analysis, a total of six removal technologies were presented, including control by scale, reflow water control, linked treated water control, chemical quantity control, winter operation control, and total organic carbon control. By size, standards that can be classified into small and medium-sized large-scale are presented, and in the case of reflow water control, the location of water quality and flow sensors capable of managing reflow water is suggested. In the case of the linked treated water control, the influence and control points of the linked treated water on the sewage treatment plant were presented, and in the case of the chemical injection volume control, a system capable of optimizing the amount of chemical injection according to the introduction of an intelligent sewage treatment plant was presented. In the case of winter operation, the sensors and pumps to be controlled are suggested when considering the decrease in nitrification due to the decrease in water temperature. In the case of total organic carbon control, an interlocking system considering the total amount of pollution in the future was proposed. These operation control scenarios are expected to be used as basic data to be used in intelligent sewage treatment algorithms and scenarios in the future.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.359-366
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• 2018

Social infrastructure facilities that have been under construction since the country's high-growth period are undergoing rapid aging, and safety assessments of large structures such as bridge tunnels, which can be directly linked to large-scale casualties in the event of an accident, are necessary. Wireless smart sensor networks that improve SHM(Structural Health Monitoring) based on existing wire sensors are difficult to construct economical and efficient system due to short signal reach. The LPWAN, Low Power Wide Area Network, is becoming popular with the Internet of Things and it is possible to construct economical and efficient SHM by applying it to structural health monitoring. This study examines the applicability of LoRa LPWAN to structural health monitoring and proposes a channel usage pre-planning based LoRa network operation method that can efficiently utilize bandwidth while resolving conflicts between channels caused by using license - exempt communication band.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.707-717
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• 2024

Recently, the implementation of unmanned and automated technologies has been actively considered as a solution to reduce safety accidents in industrial sites. However, bridge construction sites are recognized as a more challenging area for research and development compared to other industries due to the complexity of the site, such as weather and terrain, and the fact that the work is not repetitive or standardized. In this paper, a formwork system for unmanned and automated construction of bridge piers, which are considered high-risk work environments due to tasks such as rebar assembly, concrete pouring, and formwork dismantling and assembly at high altitudes, was developed. To achieve this, the formwork was equipped with motorized spindles and an automated lifting system to replace the manual dismantling and assembly process. Additionally, manipulators were installed on the upper work platform to replace workers in tasks such as rebar assembly and concrete pouring. To verify the proposed technology, we aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of the automated formwork system for unmanned pier construction through an assembly test.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.9-22
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• 2024

As buildings constructed in the 1980s during a period of rapid urbanization and economic growth have aged, the demand for demolition, especially of reinforced concrete structures, has increased. In large-scale structures such as industrial buildings, a mixed approach utilizing both mechanical demolition and explosive demolition methods is being employed. As the demand for demolition rises, so do safety concerns, making structural stability during demolition a crucial issue. In this study, drones and LiDAR were used to collect actual structural data, which was then used to build a simulation model. The analysis method employed was a combination of the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Discrete Element Method (DEM), known as the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method (FDEM), which was used to perform dynamic structural analysis during various demolition phases. The results were compared and analyzed with the commercial software ELS to assess its applicability.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.55-55
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• 2023

물 인프라 시설물은 다양한 산업 및 지역 사회에 필요한 물 공급과 이와 관련된 인프라를 제공하는 현대 사회의 중요한 구성 요소 중 하나이다. 이러한 시설이 노후화 되면서 안전과 신뢰성에 대한 우려가 커지면서 과거 건설, 개발 중심에서 유지, 관리 중심으로 패러다임이 변화하고 있다. 이에 물 인프라 시설물의 상태를 정밀하게 조사하고, 정확한 계측하는 기술에 대한 수요가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 최근, 드론에 초분광 센서를 탑재하여 초분광 영상을 수집할 수 있는 기술이 개발되고 있으며, 물 인프라 시설물에 대한 원격탐사 및 모니터링이 이러한 수요를 만족시킬 수 있는 유망한 해결책으로 부상하고 있다. 특히, 이러한 초분광 영상 수집 기술을 이용하면 물 인프라 시설물 주변의수심, 수질, 온도 등 환경적 요인 뿐만 아니라 재료에 따른 상태를 파악할 수 있어, 잠재적으로 구조 결함을 감지하는데 필요한 상세한 분광 정보를 수집할 수 있다. 또한, "저수지·댐의 안전관리 및 재해예방에 관한 법률"에서 정기적인 정밀안전진단을 요구하고 있으며, "중대재해처벌법"에 따라 인력중심의 조사, 계측 방식의 어려움이 있는 상황에서 드론 기반의 초분광 원격탐사 기술은 매력적인 선택지이다. 본 연구는 안전과 신뢰성에 대한 우려가 커지고 있는 물 인프라 시설물에서 드론 기반 초분광영상 기술이 제공하는 새로운 해결책에 대한 연구로, "저수지·댐 안전관리 및 재해예방에 관한 법률"에서 제시하는 물 인프라 시설의 정기적인 검사 및 유지보수에 대한 중요성을 더욱 강조하는 것으로, 물 인프라 시설물을 정확하게 모니터링하고 조사, 계측하는 능력의 중요성을 증가시킬 수 있는 기술이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 드론 기반의 초분광 영상 수집 기술을 활용하여 물 인프라시설물의 원격탐사 및 모니터링에 대한 적용성을 검토하고자 한다. 이를 통해 드론 기반 초분광영상 기술이 물 인프라 시설물의 조사 및 계측, 유지 보수에 대한 새로운 해결책이 될 수 있는지 검토한다. 또한 이 기술의 잠재적인 이점과 한계를 탐구하고, 정확하고 신뢰성 높은 계측, 조사 기술에 대한 증가하는 수요를 충족시키기 위한 능력을 평가 하고자 한다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2021

In order to reuse existing onshore turbine foundations, it is important to redesign and reinforce the existing foundations according to the upgraded tower diameter and turbine load. In the present study, a slab extension reinforcement method and structure details of an anchorage part were examined in consideration of the reuse of spread footings, which are the most widely used foundation type in onshore wind turbine foundations. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the load resistance performance of a reinforced spread footing according to structure details of an anchorage part. The results showed that (1) the strength of an anchorage part could be increased by more than 30 % by adding reinforcement bars in the anchorage part, (2) pile-sleeves attached to an anchor ring contributed to an increase in rotational stiffness by preventing shear slip behavior between the anchor ring and the concrete, and (3) slab connectors contributed to an increase in the strength and deformation capacity by preventing the separation of new and old concrete slabs.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.97-106
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• 2019

Today, many smart sensor's measurement instruments are used to check the safety situation of various medium and large bridge structures that should be maintained in the construction facilities, but most of them use the method of measuring and confirming the displacement behavior of the bridge at regular intervals. In order to continuously check the safety situation, various measuring instruments are used, but most of them are not able to measure and measure the displacement and behavior of main construction structures at regular intervals. In this study, GNSS and environment smart sensors and drone's image data are transmitted to wireless network so that risk of many bridge's structures can be detected beforehand. As a result, by diagnosing the fine displacement of the bridge in real time and its condition, reinforcement, repair and disaster prevention measures for the structural parts of the bridges, which are expected to be dangerous, and various disasters and accidents can be prevented, and disaster can be prevented could suggest a new alternative.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.9-14
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• 2022

In this study, a smart jack-up system was developed to prevent safety accidents by performing risk analysis when a structure is lifted for maintenance. A quantitative risk analysis program that can analyze the risk using the pairwise comparison matrix analysis method was developed. The risk was analyzed in real-time for the lifting structure by connecting the program with an automatic jack-up system. Displacements were measured by the IR sensor among the components of the automatic jack-up system, and the displacements were provided to the quantitative risk analysis program. To confirm the performance of the smart automatic jack-up system, experiments were conducted on bridge and risk analysis was performed when a superstructure was lifted. A linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) was also installed on the bridge to verify the performance of the smart automatic jack-up system. The maximum displacements were measured using the devices, and the declinations were compared. The performance of the simultaneous operation of the jack-up device was verified by the analysis of variance (ANOVA).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.30-40
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• 2022

The death rate in the construction industry, which is more than twice that of other industries, increases the need to solve chronic safety problems. In a situation in which the safety management measures that have been maintained thus far are unable to reduce construction accidents, the introduction of smart construction safety technology (SCST) that reflects the 4th industrial technology is required for the safety management of workers. Large corporations or public institutions have introduced SCST and are operating pilot sites, but SCST is still in its infancy and there have yet to exist field data regarding necessity and effectiveness. In this study, the concept of SCST, which has still to be established, is defined, and the actual condition of SCST was analyzed through a survey. Through the analysis of the necessity of SCST introduction, convenience, and effectiveness before and after its application, problems such as problems from the field point of view as well as other factors hindering the introduction of such technology are derived in detail. In addition, an effective combination of technologies for safety management at the current level is determined and an activation plan is presented.