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A Study on the Environmental Elements for Physical Computing Game Development (피지컬 컴퓨팅 게임 개발을 위한 환경적 요소에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jun Suk;Rhee, Dae Woong
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we derive the important environmental elements for developing physical computing game. Environmental elements are selected based on the analysis of the physical computing environment in the area including physical computing itself, existing physical computing games, digital art, and information education. The derived elements are verified by Delphi's investigation methodology. The 27 factors are chosen in terms of development environment, development case, and development service. Among them the environmental aspects of physical computing are ranked as the highest importance.

The Development of a Haptic Interface for Interacting with BIM Elements in Mixed Reality

  • Cho, Jaehong;Kim, Sehun;Kim, Namyoung;Kim, Sungpyo;Park, Chaehyeon;Lim, Jiseon;Kang, Sanghyeok
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1179-1186
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    • 2022
  • Building Information Modeling (BIM) is widely used to efficiently share, utilize and manage information generated in every phase of a construction project. Recently, mixed reality (MR) technologies have been introduced to more effectively utilize BIM elements. This study deals with the haptic interactions between humans and BIM elements in MR to improve BIM usability. As the first step in interacting with virtual objects in mixed reality, we challenged moving a virtual object to the desired location using finger-pointing. This paper presents the procedure of developing a haptic interface system where users can interact with a BIM object to move it to the desired location in MR. The interface system consists of an MR-based head-mounted display (HMD) and a mobile application developed using Unity 3D. This study defined two segments to compute the scale factor and rotation angle of the virtual object to be moved. As a result of testing a cuboid, the user can successfully move it to the desired location. The developed MR-based haptic interface can be used for aligning BIM elements overlaid in the real world at the construction site.

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Surface flatness and distortion inspection of precast concrete elements using laser scanning technology

  • Wang, Qian;Kim, Min-Koo;Sohn, Hoon;Cheng, Jack C.P.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.601-623
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    • 2016
  • Precast concrete elements are widely used in the construction of buildings and civil infrastructures as they provide higher construction quality and requires less construction time. However, any abnormalities in precast concrete surfaces such as non-flatness or distortion, can influence the erection of the elements as well as the functional performance of the connections between elements. Thus, it is important to undertake surface flatness and distortion inspection (SFDI) on precast concrete elements before their delivery to the construction sites. The traditional methods of SFDI which are conducted manually or by contact-type devices are, however, time-consuming, labor-intensive and error-prone. To tackle these problems, this study proposes techniques for SFDI of precast concrete elements using laser scanning technology. The proposed techniques estimate the $F_F$ number to evaluate the surface flatness, and estimate three different measurements, warping, bowing, and differential elevation between adjacent elements, to evaluate the surface distortion. The proposed techniques were validated by experiments on four small scale test specimens manufactured by a 3D printer. The measured surface flatness and distortion from the laser scanned data were compared to the actual ones, which were obtained from the designed surface geometries of the specimens. The validation experiments show that the proposed techniques can evaluate the surface flatness and distortion effectively and accurately. Furthermore, scanning experiments on two actual precast concrete bridge deck panels were conducted and the proposed techniques were successfully applied to the scanned data of the panels.

Study on Effects of Meteorological Elements in the Grain Production of Korea (우리나라 곡물류 생산량에 기상요소의 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Chang, Young-Jae;Lee, Joong-Woo;Park, Jong-Kil;Park, Heung Jai
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.281-290
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    • 2015
  • Recent climate change has led to fluctuations in agricultural production, and as a result national food supply has become an important strategic factor in economic policy. As such, in this study, panel data was collected to analyze the effects of seven meteorological elements on the production of five types of grain with error component panel data regression method following the test results of LM tests, Hausman test. The key factors affecting the production of rice were average temperature, average relative humidity and average ground surface temperature. The fluctuations in the other four grains types are not well explained by meterological elements. For other grains and beans, only average temperature and time (year) affect the production of other grains while average temperature, ground surface temperature, and time (year) influence the production of beans. For barley and millet, only average temperature positively affects the production of barley while ground surface temperature and time (year) negatively influence the production of millet. The implications of this study are as follow. First, it was confirmed that the meteorological elements have profound effects on the rice production. Second, when compared to existing studies, this study was not limited to rice but encompassed all five types of grains and went beyond other studies that were limited to temperature and rainfall to include various meteorological elements.

A Study on Concept and Assessment of Health and Eco Related Planning Elements Applicable to Public Land Development Districts (택지개발지역에 적용가능한 건강 및 생태적 계획요소의 개념 및 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Dong Kun;Yoon, Eun Joo;Choi, Jae Yong;Sung, Hyun-Chan;Kang, Moon Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.54-69
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    • 2007
  • The objective of study is to propose theoretical basis for applying planning elements to Environment-friendly Public Land Development in integrated perspective of 'eco' and 'health'. For this purpose, First, the definition of 'Environment-friendly Public Development' and the interrelation between 'eco' and 'heath' as the component element of it are proposed. Secondly, based on internal and external case studies, eco and health related planning elements are deprived. And to assess the planning elements efficiently, representative planning elements are selected by each content. Thirdly, based on the analysis of specialist question, how the selected planning elements contribute to the improvement of human health and ecosystem is assessed. The result of study could be useful to reflect the regional condition and to predict the effect of the application.

A Study on Types of Natural Elements Introduced in Contemporary Japanese Residential Space - Focused on the Plants & Water - (현대 일본 주거공간 디자인에 나타난 자연요소 도입유형에 관한 연구 - 식물과 물을 중점으로 -)

  • Kim, Jeong-Ah
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2013
  • Recently, as people have more interest in health, and some change takes place in their lifestyles, a demand for environment-friendly residential space is also increasing. Research on the introduction of natural elements is mostly conducted for humans to pursue a more pleasant and comfortable life in residential space since it has one of the closest relation with humans. Therefore, it is such an important assignment at present when environmental problems are considered significant. Based on such a necessity, this study analyzed the introduction types and characteristics of natural elements in residential space by considering essential and psychological aspects more than previous researches on residential space with practical and functional aspects. As natural elements, this study put limits on plants and water that are used a lot in the interior space, and by dividing introduction types into recomposition of courtyard space, spatial partition and decorative elements, this study carried out a case analysis of residential space structures recently completed in Japan. As a basic research on space planning that is desperately required by change in the residential life paradigm and on the basis of understanding about nature, it is expected that the results of this study will be used as design basic data useful when establishing plans of introducing natural elements for residential space in the future.

The MIN-N family of pure-displacement, triangular, Mindlin plate elements

  • Liu, Y. Jane;Riggs, H.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.297-320
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    • 2005
  • In recent years the pure displacement formulation for plate elements has not been as popular as other formulations. We revisit the pure displacement formulation for shear-deformable plate elements and propose a family of N-node, displacement-compatible, fully-integrated, pure-displacement, triangular, Mindlin plate elements, MIN-N. The development has been motivated by the relative simplicity of the pure displacement formulation and by the success of the existing 3-node plate element, MIN3. The formulation of MIN3 is generalized to obtain the MIN-N family, which possesses complete, fully compatible kinematic fields, in which the interpolation functions for transverse displacement are one degree higher than those for rotations. General element-level formulas for the thin-limit Kirchhoff constraints are developed. The 6-node, 18 degree-of-freedom element MIN6, with cubic displacement and quadratic rotations, is implemented and tested extensively. Numerical results show that MIN6 exhibits good performance for both static and dynamic analyses in the linear, elastic regime. The results illustrate that the fully-integrated MIN6 element has excellent performance in the thin limit, even for coarse meshes, and that it does not require shear relaxation.

A study of origins and characteristics of metallic elements in PM10 and PM2.5 at a suburban site in Taean, Chungchengnam-do (충청남도 태안 교외대기 PM10, PM2.5의 중금속 농도 특성과 기원 추적연구)

  • Sangmin Oh;Suk-Hee Yoon;Jaeseon Park;Yu-Jung Heo;Soohyung Lee;Eun-Jin Yoo;Min-Seob Kim
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.111-128
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    • 2023
  • Chungcheongnam-do has various emission sources, including large-scale facilities such as power plants, steel and petrochemical industry complexes, which can lead to the severe PM pollution. Here, we measured concentrations of PM10, PM2.5, and its metallic elements at a suburban site in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do from September 2017 to June 2022. During the measurement period, the average concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 were 58.6 ㎍/m3 (9.6~379.0 ㎍/m3) and 35.0 ㎍/m3 (6.1~132.2 ㎍/m3), respectively. The concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 showed typical seasonal variation, with higher concentration in winter and lower concentration in summer. When high concentrations of PM2.5 occurred, particulary in winter, the fraction of Zn and Pb components considerably increased, indicating a significant contribution of Zn and Pb to high-PM2.5 concentration. In addition, Zn and Pb exhibited the highest correlation coefficient among all other metallic elements of PM2.5. A backward trajectory cluster analysis and CPF model were performed to examine the origin of PM2.5. The high concentration of PM2.5 was primarily influenced by emissions from industrial complexes located in the northeast and northwest areas.

Dispersion and Enrichment of Potentially Toxic Elements of Farmland Soils from the Boeunjeil Mine Area, Korea (보은제일광산일대의 밭토양에 대한 독성원소들의 분산과 부화)

  • Yoo, Bong-Chul;Kim, Ki-Jung;Lee, Chan-Hee;Lee, Hyun-Koo
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.40 no.1 s.182
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2007
  • The study is for contaminations of major, rare earth and trace elements of the farmland soils from the Boeunjeil mine area. The results are compared with the soils of Chungjoo, Deokpyeong, Boeun and Chubu areas. Fe and S contents of the contaminated area are high relative to those from the uncontaminated areas, Chungjoo and Boeun areas. Trace elements of the contaminated area are high relative to those from uncontaminated area, Chunajoo, Deokpyeong, Boeun and Chubu areas. The trace elements ares divided into Cd, Ni, Sr, U, V, Zn and As, Co, Cu, Mo, Pb, Sb, based on these dispersion and correlation. Two groups show the positive correlation. Enrichment factor of potentially toxic elements from contaminated area is >5 value, but <4 value in the uncontaminated area. In the geoaccumulation index of the minor elements, the contaminated area has >1 value and the uncontaminated area has <1 value except Mn. Enrichment index of potentially toxic elements(As, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, U, Zn) ranges from 0.3 to 87.0 in the contaminated area and from 0.4 to 3.9 in the uncontaminated area. Overall results show that the high contents of farmland soils for the elements(Fe, S, As, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, U, Zn) indicate the contamination by coal-related activities.

Analysis of Debonding between Mixed Finite Elements for Saturated Porous Media (혼합유한요소를 통한 다공질매체의 요소분리해석)

  • Tak, Moonho;Lee, Janggeun;Ban, Hoki;Kang, Jaemo
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.53-58
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we propose a new method to debond between mixed finite elements for porous media in ABAQUS (2014). ABAQUS just provides debonding algorithm for the u-p model using cohesive elements in standard version. However, this approach has a drawback that it is hard to simulate complex debonding problems like element separation, rigid body motion, and contact between separated elements in standard version. ABAQUS-explicit can resolve these complex problems, but cohesive elements for the u-p model cannot be applied. We introduce a new algorithm for debonding for porous media instead of using cohesive elements. In this method, subroutines VUMAT to apply constitutive models and VDISP to separate elements in ABAQUS are used to simulate debonding problems. In addition, a simple 2-D example is demonstrated in the ABAQUS-explicit solver.