• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.74-76
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• 2023

해저공간을 인류의 삶의 터전으로 바꾸기 위해서는 거주자의 안전이 반드시 확보되어야 한다. 하지만 해저거주공간에서 발생할 수 있는 재난과 재난 발생 시 이루어지는 피난의 특성에 대해서는 연구가 적다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 해저거주공간의 재난 및 피난 특성에 관해 연구를 진행한다. 현재 운용 중인 해저거주공간의 사례가 드물어 우선 수중공간에서 장기간 임무를 수행하는 잠수함의 사고 사례와 수중연구실로 운영되고 있는 수중해비타트의 사고 사례를 분석하여 해저거주공간의 재난 및 피난 특성을 도출한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.310-312
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• 2022

거주공간은 외부 환경으로부터 거주자를 안전하게 보호하고 사람의 생존을 위한 기본적인 환경을 갖추어야 한다. 또한 사회적 소통과 활동, 그리고 보다 안전하고 쾌적한 생활(업무 등 목적 행위 포함)을 보장할 수 있어야 한다. 수중주거공간은 일반적인 거주환경과 다른 극한 환경이며, 입지에 따른 고립과 공간 활용의 제한이 있다. 따라서 수중주거공간의 거주성 확보를 위해 공간설계기술 및 관련 기준 개발이 필요하다. 수중 habitat 프로그램은 1962년부터 1977년까지 선진국 17개국이 총 65개 수중거주공간을 해저에 설치하고 운영한 것으로서 수중주거공간에 대한 많은 데이터를 축적하였다. 이 연구에서는 수중 habitat 프로그램의 사례를 분석하고, 특성을 도출하여 수중주거공간 계획에서 고려해야 할 요소를 정리하였다.

• Journal of Space Technology and Applications
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.206-220
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• 2022

There are various systems that allow humans to safely maintain their space exploration missions and lives in completely different environments, such as the International Space Station, the Moon (the closest celestial body to Earth), and Mars (the only planet in the solar system for manned mission in the 2030s). Among them, when it comes to maintaining the basic breathing of humans, the human life support air management system is a key device system. Such an air management system can be used not only for space exploration but also for undersea bases and submarines on Earth where humans reside. The air management system basically consists of an oxygen generation system, a carbon dioxide removal system, and a harmful substance removal system. In this paper, in order to develop an air management system that can be used in an underwater residential platform, the development requirements of a ground test module to be used as an experimental facility were analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.89-90
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• 2021

Undersea bases built in the deep sea are built in more extreme environments than in space. In addition, it requires the convergence of mechanics, electronics, shipbuilding, meteorology, and diving science, marine physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. Undersea base can be constructed through the fusion of various technologies. The development of extreme technology for undersea construction will be the most advanced technology in each field, and it will be applied to space and other fields, so it will be an opportunity to preempt the latest technology.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.147-154
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• 2023

This study aims to determine the necessity, role, utilization, and operation and management plan in relation to the underwater space platform where humans can newly reside. It provides a comprehensive opinion on the need for creating undersea space and operation plans based on opinions of industry-university-affiliated organizations involved in the R&D project of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries for the utilization of undersea space and external experts participating in marine technology development. In this study, a survey was conducted on researchers participating in the construction of a Korean submarine space platform. FGI was conducted on marine technology development experts. Results were then derived. As a result of the analysis, the need for subsea space construction was found to be high. As for the role of subsea space, the most common opinion was to develop technology for utilizing subsea space and to secure marine science research functions. It was found that the creation of subsea space would have a positive impact on the domestic industry, especially the deep-sea development industry and the shipbuilding/offshore structure industry. In terms of utilization, after the end of the seabed space test bed, the response to utilization as a marine observation base and marine ecosystem research had the highest proportion. As for expected inconvenience, discomfort in the psychological environment was the highest. Experts suggest that securing a continuous budget is most important for stable operation in the future and that securing a manpower budget is essential for itemized budgets. In addition, it was judged that it would be appropriate to establish a prior agreement from the time of the prior agreement and prepare a countermeasure before proceeding with the project in order to ensure ownership issues, consignment management issues, and cost issues when using the project after the end of the project.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.95-103
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• 2024

The global increase in population and subsequent scarcity of terrestrial living spaces necessitates exploration of alternative habitats. Research into the development of underwater living areas provides promising avenues for the expansion of human living spaces and the use of marine environments. This study focuses on the failure envelope of suction caisson foundations subjected to combined loads in a marine setting, utilizing finite element analysis. The foundation is assumed to be embedded in clay characterized by a linear increase in undrained shear strength with depth, employing the von Mises constitutive model for the clay. The resulting failure envelope is represented as a tilted ellipse which expands as the undrained shear strength increases, maintaining a constant ratio between the major and minor axes. A comparative analysis of two suction caisson foundations with varying length-to-diameter ratios revealed that this ratio influences the dimensions of the failure envelope, with a tendency for the major-to-minor axis ratio to increase as the length-to-diameter ratio increases. These findings are critical for the design of suction caisson foundations in offshore environments.