• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.11-18
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• 2013

PURPOSES : This study presents the noise level and frequency characteristics investigated in the national highways with the consideration of various measuring conditions and/or methods. METHODS : The noise levels on the asphalt concrete pavement(ACP) and the jointed plain concrete pavement(JPCP) of the national highway were measured and analysed with respect to three variables, i.e., pavement type, surface condition, and measurement distance. The PASS-By method is utilized for the noise measurement and then using CPB spectrum analysis method with 1/3 octave bandwidth, the noise levels and frequency characteristics were calculated for two-second periods before and after the peak noise. RESULTS : Depending on the pavement type, the noise level was changed as the average noise levels are 73.3dB(A) and 78.3dB(A) for ACP and JPCP, respectively. With respect to the effect of surface condition, the average noise levels for crack H(high), M(medium), and L (low) sections are 77.4dB(A), 77.4dB(A), and 78.1dB(A), respectively. Regarding the measurement distance, 1.2meter difference in measuring location reduces 1.6dB(A) of noise level; the average noise levels at 5.3m and 7.5m from the centerline of outer lane are 72.8dB(A) and 71.2dB(A), respectively. It should be noted that the noise levels are slightly different as a function of vehicle speed and type. However, the overall trends for each case was similar. It was found that the domain frequency bands for ACP and JPCP were 400Hz~2000Hz and 500Hz~2000Hz, respectively. CONCLUSIONS : Based on the analysis with the measured noise date from national highway, it was concluded that the noise level and frequency band vary depending on the various conditions. It was also found that some variables significantly affect the noise level while others do not. With further systematic investigation, the comprehensive noise characteristics on the national highway can be achieved. Using such database, it is possible to develop the fundamental noise reduction technology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2005.03a
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• pp.33-40
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• 2005

Impact-echo test, a kind of simple and economical method to evaluate the integrity of drilled piles has some limitations to use because the stress wave can be generated only on the head of a pile and the wave propagation in the pile with surrounding soils are very complicated. Numerical analyses and model tests in the laboratory have shown that both the ratio of length to diameter of a pile and the stiffness ratio of pile to soil have influence on the resolution of testing results. Full scale testing piles which have artificial defects were used to verify the capability of impact-echo technique as a tool for the pile integrity evaluation. Behaviour of the reflected signal of stress wave was investigated according to the type of defects. Elastic modulus of the pile was calculated using the wave velocity in the pile and the unconfined strength of concrete specimen. Influences of the stiffness difference between the pile and the ground on the characteristics of a wave signal were also examined.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.23-33
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to determine the economical standard of road signs by verifying the difference of driver's recognition and reaction time according to the space rate of letters on the road signs. For this reason, indoor simulations was conducted to confirm difference of recognition and reaction time on six sign-targets having different space rate. Also, a negative binomial regression model was used to find the main factors which could lower the rate of misreading. For this model, increasing of legibility of sign is not only simple enlargement of sign, but also suitable match of letters and sign. The result of this study is capable of verifying the importance of the space rate in road signs, and being utilized as a effective method to determine the standard of the road signs.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.1439-1441
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• 2004

ITS 데이터 통신체계는 도로상의 현장설비(차량 검지기. 도로전광표지, 번호인식장치 등)와 센터를 1:1로 직접 접속하는 방식(P2P)으로 구성하고 있다. P2P 데이터 통신은 안정적인 데이터 전송을 유지시켜주지만, 통신비용의 증가 원인이 되고 있다. 따라서. 본 연구는 1:1 유선통신 구성으로 인한 통신비를 줄이기 위해 위성통신을 사용하여 1:N 구성으로 통신비용을 줄이는 방법을 제안하였고. 적용 가능성을 확인하기 위해 국도 43호선 2개소에 대해서 옵셋 안테나. 위성송출장비 등의 위성통신 장비를 설치한 후 데이터를 수집하였다. 적용 주파수 대역은 $(TX)13.75\sim14.50GHz,\;(RX)10.70\sim12.75GHz$이다. 데이터 품질은 기존의 1:1 구성 방식인 유선 전용회선에 의한 데이터(기준치)와 제안한 위성통신의 데이터를 비교하는 과정이며, 이를 통해 위성통신의 현장 적용가능성을 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.1435-1438
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• 2004

ITS 데이터 통신체계는 도로상의 현장설비(차량 검지기. 도로전광표지, 번호인식장치 등)와 센터를 1:1로 직접 접속하는 방식(P2P)으로 구성하고 있다. P2P 데이터 통신은 안정적인 데이터 전송을 유지시켜주지만, 통신비용의 증가 원인이 되고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 1:1 유선통신 구성으로 인한 통신비를 줄이기 위해 RF 모듈을 사용하여 1:N 구성으로 통신비용을 줄이는 방법을 제안하였고, 적용 가능성을 확인하기 위해 국도 38호선 평택$/sim$안중구간(약 19km)에 대해서 RF 장치를 설치한 후 데이터를 수집하였다. 적용한 RF 통신은 ISM 밴드의 2.4GHz 통신모듈을 사용하였고. 유선통신데이터와 통신 품질을 비교하였다. 데이터 품질은 기존의 1:1 구성 방식인 유선 전용회선에 의한 데이터 (기준치)와 제안한 RF 통신의 데이터를 비교하는 과정이며, 이를 통해 RF 통신의 현장 적용 가능성을 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2005.03a
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• pp.745-750
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• 2005

The demand of tunnels has been increased for the linear improvement of general national highway, and road construction and/or enlargement in Korea. Also, the collapses of tunnel portal slope have been increased in recent due to heavy rain caused by global warming. Therefore, it has been risen the requirement of system for the stability of tunnel portal slope in Korea as well as all over the world. The objective of this research is to develop an effective maintenance system for supervising the tunnel portal slope. This paper is a basic proposal to execute a survey on the current status and state of the tunnel portal slopes that were already installed along general national highways.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.26-36
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• 2013

Highway traffic safety evaluation of area on the basis of the accident rate has a limitation, thus its result is dependent on the exposure variables. It works an obstacle to decision making for effective budget execution. In this paper, we developed a methodology of taking simultaneously macroscopic exposure indicators into account in evaluating the safety using least squares method. The weight of exposure indicators to make up of highway traffic safety evaluation index is that accident rate per population, accident rate per registration vehicle and accident rate per length of road is 0.29, 0.52 and 0.19 respectively and calculated the highway traffic safety index of total local governments in Korea. The methodology to calculate highway traffic safety evaluation index proposed in this paper can be utilized in executing the traffic safety policies to increase the efficiency of investment about traffic safety budget.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.85-91
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• 2021

Some sections of the highway are closed due to disasters and accidents. In this situation, it analyzes what kind of situation occurs due to functional failure in the highway network. The domestic highway network can be expressed as a graph. Blocking some sections of the highway can turn into a national disaster. In this paper, we analyze the robustness of the domestic highway network. The robustness of expressways refers to the degree to which the traffic conditions of the domestic expressway network deteriorate due to the blockage of some sections. The greater the robustness, the smaller the effect of some blocking appears. This study is used to evaluate the congestion level of one section of the transportation network, and a value obtained by dividing the section traffic volume (V) by the section traffic volume (C) is used. This study analyzes the robustness of highways by using the actual traffic volume data of the departure and arrival points of domestic highways, and analyzes the changes in traffic volume due to partial blockage through experimental calculations. Although this analysis cannot reflect the exact reality of domestic highways, it is judged to be sufficient for the purpose of confirming the basic robustness of the overall network.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.4 s.56
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• pp.107-115
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• 2009

The number of railway tunnel design is increasing recently compare to a great number of highway tunnel design which had increased with a lot of highway construction in the 70's and 80's. Therefore, there is more or less difference of time between highway tunnel and railway tunnel. In this paper, numerical analysis on two kinds of tunnels, such as two-forked road highway ventilation tunnel and double track railway tunnel with 4.3m of center line, in cases of with support materials condition and without support materials condition were conducted. Finally, stability of two kinds of tunnels were compared and analyzed through comparing of principal stresses and deviator stresses in the near base rock of tunnels using results of numerical analysis.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.1036-1041
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• 2005

Treemaps, a space filling visualization technique, displays a massive data set of hierarchical data interactively on a single computer screen by mapping it to a matrix of rectangles. It allows users to visually inspect and manipulate data to find new relationships or discrepancies that are to difficult to find using traditional techniques. This paper applies treemaps to the evaluation of highway project bids, which contain hundreds or thousands of elements arranged in a hierarchical structure. Through a case study, treemaps are shown to be a potentially effective tool for bid evaluation by both contractors and State or Federal highway officials.