• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.183-190
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• 2006

An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effect of freezing-thawing and air pollutants on the weathering of $TiO_2$ loaded granite. And the granite was coated with $TiO_2$ catalyst and tested. After freezing-thawing and air pollutants experiments the mineral compositions of the granite surface were lower then that of the fresh granite. Density of the weathered granite was steadily decreased from $2.60g/cm^3\;to\;2.55{\sim}2.56g/cm^3$, but absorption ratio and porosity were slightly increased. From these results, it was expected that granite could be weathered by freezing-thawing md air pollutants. In the case of $TiO_2$ was coated to the granite, the compressive strength and absorption ratio were slightly enhanced compared to the $TiO_2$ non-coated granite. Therefore, the $TiO_2$ coating method tested in this study considered to be a viable method to assist in the conservation of granite from environmental contaminants.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.175-182
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• 2009

Waterborne polyurethanes (WPUs) based on isophorone diisocyanate and mixed polyols of poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG)/polycarbonate diol (PCD) were synthesized. The variation of mechanical and dyeing properties and alkali resistance of the WPU films were analyzed according to the polycarbonate (PC) content. The tensile strength of the films increased and the elongation at break decreased with the PC content in the WPU film. The incorporation of PC component in the WPU film did not affect the alkaline hydrolysis behavior. The synthesized WPU solutions were used as impregnating resins for the production of PET artificial leathers. The prepared WPU resins showed the good color fastness to washing, rubbing, and light of the artificial leather fabrics. The improvement of the properties became greater with the PC content in the WPU resin.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.67-72
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• 1972

It was first succeded in rearing the silkworm on the artificial diets in Japan in 1960. Since then, the researches on the artificial diets have been carried out intensively but the artificial diets have not been applied to the silkworm rearing practically till now. There are difficulties in rearing the silkworm on the artificial diets, such as uneven silkworm growth, higher production cost and decay. The results were not satisfactory, but the author hopefully expects that the artificial diet rearing would be possible for maintaining normal silkworm growth throughout improvement of diet composition, rearing techniques and aseptics add to the diets. Especially the author considered that the aseptic rearing will contribute to the research of sericultural science. Within a few years, the artificial diet rearing would be applied to the practical silkworm rearing.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.53 no.11
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• pp.973-983
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• 2020

Recently, SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) is being highlighted as a solution to the coarse spatial resolution of remote sensing data in water resources research field. Spatial resolution up to 10 m of SAR backscattering coefficient has facilitated more elaborate analyses of the spatial distribution of soil moisture, compared to existing satellite-based coarse resolution (>10 km) soil moisture data. It is essential, however, to multilaterally analyze how various hydrological and environmental factors affect the backscattering coefficient, to utilize the data. In this study, soil moisture estimated by WCM (Water Cloud Model) and linear regression is compared with in-situ soil moisture data at 5 soil moisture observatories in the Korean peninsula. WCM shows suitable estimates for observing instant changes in soil moisture. However, it needs to be adjusted in terms of errors. Soil moisture estimated from linear regression shows a stable error range, but it cannot capture instant changes. The result also shows that the effect of soil moisture on backscattering coefficients differs greatly by land cover, distribution of vegetation, and water content of vegetation, hence that there're still limitations to apply preexisting models directly. Therefore, it is crucial to analyze variable effects from different environments and establish suitable soil moisture model, to apply SAR to water resources fields in Korea.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.89 no.2
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• pp.198-207
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• 2000

The diurnal and seasonal changes of water potential and stomatal diffusive resistance were investigated with the effects of shade treatment to elucidate the water relations of the one year old seedlings of Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Zelkova serrata, Acer mono, and Prunus sargentii subjected to five levels of artificial shade treatments from full sun to nearly full shading of 2-6% relative light transmittance. Stomatal diffusive resistance measured in the four deciduous hardwood species studied changed variously by growing season and by species with the five shade treatments in the ranges of 1.7~25.1s/cm in 9 a.m., 2.3~33.3s/cm in 1 p.m., and 1.1~36.8s/cm in 5 p.m.. The measurements of stomatal diffusive resistance increased with increasing the shading, and were higher in September than in June or July in most of the species studied. The stomatal diffusive resistance measured in Zelkova serrata, Acer mono, and Prunus sargentii seemed to be approximately 3~4 times higher in nearly full shading treatment than in full sun. Water potential also changed variously by growing season and by species with five different shade treatments in the ranges of -0.17~-1.20MPa in 9 a. m., -0.30~-2.03MPa in 1 p. m., and -0.18~-1.34MPa in 5 p.m., respectively. On the reverse of stomatal diffusive resistance, the measurements of water potential were lower in September than in June or July in most of the species studied, and the seasonal differences were especially greater in Zelkova serrata comparing with the other species. The water potential seemed to be higher of approximately 2~3 times in nearly full shading treatment than in full sun in all of the species studied, but the differences among the shading treatments were less in water potential than in stomatal diffusive resistance. The differences of water potential following the gradient of five shading treatment seemed to be less in Betula platyphylla var. japonica than in the other species. In Acer mono and Prunus sargentii being some shade tolerant species, the water potential increased rapidly through about noontime with raising the shading level from full sun to the intermediate shading level of 22-28% relative light transmittance, but slowly with closing to full shading. In Betula platyphylla var. japonica and Zelkova serrata being shade intolerant species, the water potential increased gradually throughout the shading levels and the increment ranges were greater in Zelkova serrata than in Betula platyphylla var. japonica.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.65-74
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• 2003

Most of land reclamation projects are being implemented along the south and west coastal lines of the Korean Peninsula. The earth structures and in-ground LNG tank, and buildings can be constructed using artificial freezing method on the reclaimed land to control the uplift pressure caused by capillary forces. In this study, upon freezing a saturated soil in a closed-system from the top, a considerable frost heaving pressure was developed. Decomposed granite soils, silty soil, and sandy soil were used in the laboratory freeze test which is sometimes subjected to thermal gradients under closed-systems. A major concern has been the ability to predict the frost heaving pressure over the results of relatively short-term laboratory tests. The frost heaving pressure arising within the soil samples and the temperature of the samples inside were monitored with time elapse. The degree of saturation versus heaving pressure curve is presented for each soil sample and the maximum pressure is closely related to this curve. TDR apparatus was used to measure the volumetric water content by the measurement of unfrozen water contents of frozen soils. Unfrozen water increased in soils containing a high percentage of fine-grained particles. In fine-grained soils with strong attractive farces between soil grains and water molecules, additional water is attracted into the pores leading to further volume changes and ice segregation.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.3B
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• pp.285-293
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• 2010

Soil moisture is a key factor to control the exchange of water and energy between the surface and the atmosphere. In recent, many researches for spatial and temporal variability analyses of soil moisture have been conducted. In this study, we analyzed the spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture in Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed, Arizona, U.S. during the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04). The spatio-temporal variability analyses were performed to understand sensitivity of five observation sites with precipitation and relationship between mean soil moisture, and its standard deviation and coefficient of variation at the sites, respectively. It was identified that log-normal distribution was superior to replicate soil moisture spatial patterns. In addition, precipitation was identified as a key physical factor to understand spatio-temporal variability of soil moisure based on the temporal stability analysis. Based on current results, higher spatial variability was also observed which was agreed with the results of previous studies. The results from this study should be essential for improvement of the remotely sensed soil moisture retrieval algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.2189-2192
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 기후학적 물수지 방법을 적용하여 우리나라 전역에 대한 습윤 및 건조 상황을 모니터링하는 연구를 수향하였다. 이 기후학적 물수지로부터 생성되는 과잉수분량은 유역에서의 지표면 유출 성분을 반영하여 홍수유출의 유추, 치수 구조물의 설치 및 운영에 관한 지표로 활용할 수 있으며, 부족수분량은 가뭄에 대한 정보를 취득할 수 있음을 알 수있었다. 특히 이러한 두가지 지표를 합성하여 얻어지는 습윤지표는 유역의 습윤상황뿐 만 아니라 건조상황까지도 고려할 수 있으며, 이로부터 2001년 실제 가뭄현상에 대한 분석을 실시한 결과 이 습윤지표가 실제 현상을 잘 반영하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 유역의 습윤 및 건조상황 감시를 위하여 NOAA/AVHRR자료에 근거한 증발산량 산정결과를 토대로 지표면의 건습을 평가하였으며, 이러한 위성자료의 이용이 가뭄이 되풀이 되고 있는 우리나라에서 가뭄의 조기경보를 위해 효과적인 도구로서 이용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Turfgrass Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.31-38
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• 2005

본 실험은 한국잔디 신품종 '세녹'(특허출원:10-2003-0072018) 개발에 관한 것이다. 한국에서 수집한 유전자원 중 갯잔디와 금잔디간에 인공교배를 수행해서 F1계통을 얻었다. 작성한 F1계통을 포장상태에서 방임수분을 통해 변이확대를 하였으며, 이들 방임수분 후대에서 선발한 것이 '세녹'이다. '세녹'은 유전적으로 잔디의 녹색도가 진하며, 낮게 자라는 특성이 있고 품질이 우수하며 잎의 강직성이 높다. 엽폭이 3.1mm로 중엽형이며, 초장이 14cm로 낮고, 잎각도가 67.3도로 넓다. 지면으로부터 최하위 엽의 잎 몸 기부까지의 길이가 2cm로 낮은 형태적 특성을 갖고 있어 낮은 잔디깍기에 적응할 수 있는 영양번식형 잔디이다. 또한 RAPD 밴드 특성에서 한국잔디 신품종 세녹(Senock)이 특이 밴드를 갖고있어 식별성이 높다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.167-167
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• 2018

토양수분은 토양에 포함된 평균 수분량을 나타내며 수문 순환 관점에서 매우 중요한 수문변량 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 기계학습 방법인 Support Vector Machine (SVM)을 이용한 토양 함수 예측 기법을 개발하고자 하며, 예측인자로서 원격 탐측 기반의 토양함수자료, 강수량, 온도 등을 활용하고자 한다. SVM은 Kernel 함수를 이용하여 복잡한 비선형 관계를 선형 가정을 통해서 해석하는 기계학습 방법으로서 전역모델(global model)로서 다양한 수문기상분야에 적용이 이루어지고 있다. SVM의 장점은 일정 부분의 오차를 허용함으로서 모형의 일반화 측면에서 기존 인공신경망(artificial neural network, ANN)에 비해 우수한 성능을 나타내며, 특히 예측모형으로서 적용성이 매우 크다. 본 연구에서는 과거 토양 함수 자료와 강수, 온도, 위성 관측 기반 정보 등을 이용하여 모형을 적합시키고 이를 미계측 유역으로 확장하는데 연구의 목적이 있으며, 본 연구를 통해 제안된 모형은 용담댐 시험유역을 대상으로 적용되며 기존 ANN 모형 및 다중회귀분석 결과와 비교를 통해 모형의 적합성을 평가하고자한다.