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Effects of Fracture Intersection Characteristics on Transport in Three-Dimensional Fracture Networks

  • Park, Young-Jin;Lee, Kang-Kun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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    • 2001.09a
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    • pp.27-30
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    • 2001
  • Flow and transport at fracture intersections, and their effects on network scale transport, are investigated in three-dimensional random fracture networks. Fracture intersection mixing rules complete mixing and streamline routing are defined in terms of fluxes normal to the intersection line between two fractures. By analyzing flow statistics and particle transfer probabilities distributed along fracture intersections, it is shown that for various network structures with power law size distributions of fractures, the choice of intersection mixing rule makes comparatively little difference in the overall simulated solute migration patterns. The occurrence and effects of local flows around an intersection (local flow cells) are emphasized. Transport simulations at fracture intersections indicate that local flow circulations can arise from variability within the hydraulic head distribution along intersections, and from the internal no flow condition along fracture boundaries. These local flow cells act as an effective mechanism to enhance the nondiffusive breakthrough tailing often observed in discrete fracture networks. It is shown that such non-Fickian (anomalous) solute transport can be accounted for by considering only advective transport, in the framework of a continuous time random walk model. To clarify the effect of forest environmental changes (forest type difference and clearcut) on water storage capacity in soil and stream flow, watershed had been investigated.

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The Effect of the Qualities of Special Transportation Services on the Image of the Organization through User Satisfaction and User Value (지방정부 특별교통 서비스품질이 이용자만족도와 이용자가치를 통해 기관이미지에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jongeok;Hwang, Changyu
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.127-144
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    • 2018
  • The differentiation of this study is largely based on the above discussion. First, I would like to examine the main factors that affect the image of the local government's special transport agencies in terms of users and suggest strategic options for promoting the local government's special traffic. Second, a public service approach is very necessary considering the concept of new public transport such as local government special transport, individual use experience and social impact. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the characteristics of local government special traffic through the five important factors of the service quality which are not capable of objectively measuring the characteristics of the service.

Effects of Local Anesthetics on Electron Transport and Generation of Superoxide Radicals in Mitochondria (국소마취제가 Mitochondria에서의 전자이동 및 Superoxide Radicals의 생성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Chung-Soo;Shin, Yong-Kyoo;Lee, Kwang-Soo
    • The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 1987
  • Local anesthetics were investigated for their effects on mitochondrial electron transport system, production of superoxide radical from submitochondrial particles and malondialdehyde production through lipid per oxidation. Local anesthetics had various effects on activities of enzymes in electron transport chain. The activities of NADH dehydrogenase, NADH oxidase and NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase were effectively inhibited by lidocaine, procaine and dibucaine but slightly influenced by cocaine. The activities of succinate dehydrogenase, succinate-cytochrome c oxidoreductase and succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase were inhibited by lidocaine and dibucaine, but the succinate oxidase activity was stimulated by local anesthetics. Both dihydroubiquinone-cytochrome c oxidoreductase and cytochrome c oxidase activities were inhibited by local anesthetics. In these reactions, the response of Complex I segment to local anesthetics was greater than other Complex segments. Local anesthetics inhibited both the superoxide production from submitochondrial particles supplemented with succinate or NADH and the enhanced production of superoxide radicals by antimycin. The malondialdehyde production by oxygen free radicals was inhibited by local anesthetics. These results suggest that the inhibition of superoxide and malondialdehyde production caused by local anesthetics may be brought by suppression of the electron transport in mitochondria at sites in or near complex I segment.

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Electrical Spin Transport in n-Doped In0.53Ga0.47As Channels

  • Park, Youn-Ho;Koo, Hyun-Cheol;Kim, Kyung-Ho;Kim, Hyung-Jun;Han, Suk-Hee
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2009
  • Spin injection from a ferromagnet into an n-doped $In_{0.53}Ga_{0.47}As$ channel was electrically detected by a ferromagnetic detector. At T = 20 K, using non-local and local spin-valve measurements, a non-local signal of $2\;{\mu}V$ and a local spin valve signal of 0.041% were observed when the bias current was 1 mA. The band calculation and Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation measurement in a bulk channel showed that the gate controlled spin-orbit interaction was not large enough to control the spin precession but it could be a worthy candidate for a logic device using spin accumulation and diffusion.

A Study on the Route Selection Method for Demand Response Transport (DRT) Replacement for Bus Services in Vulnerable Areas - Focused on Region Vulnerable to Public Transportation of GyeongSangNam-Do in Korea - (벽지노선 대체형 수요응답형교통(DRT) 노선 선정 방안에 관한 연구 - 경상남도 대중교통 열악지역을 대상으로 -)

  • Park, Ki-Jun;Song, Ki-Wook;Jung, Hun-Young
    • Journal of Korea Planning Association
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2019
  • Due to the rapid pace of low fertility and aging of Korea, population decline is rapidly progressing in the outskirts of the province and county. Demand for public transport is decreasing due to suburban population declines, while local government funding for maintenance of the bus system is expected to increase gradually. The government and municipalities are promoting the introduction of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) in order to reduce the burden of financial support for buses while enhancing mobility of the residents in vulnerable areas. However, most DRTs in Korea have been operated mainly in the areas that are not provided with public transportation services. Although DRT is able to reduce the financial burden of local governments, it is not easy to be introduced because of the objection of the existing bus users. In this study, 11 out of 61 towns with poor public transportation services in Gyeongsangnam-Do were selected for the introduction of DRT to replace bus services by using village characteristics. The results of this study are expected to be used as a basis for decision making to use DRT instead of bus service for the burden of bus financing for local governments.

Prediction of scour around single vertical piers with different cross-section shapes

  • Bordbar, Amir;Sharifi, Soroosh;Hemida, Hassan
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.43-58
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    • 2021
  • In the present work, a 3D numerical model is proposed to study local scouring around single vertical piers with different cross-section shapes under steady-current flow. The model solves the flow field and sediment transport processes using a coupled approach. The flow field is obtained by solving the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) equations in combination with the k-ω SST turbulence closure model and the sediment transport is considered using both bedload and suspended load models. The proposed model is validated against the empirical measurements of local scour around single vertical piers with circular, square, and diamond cross-section shapes obtained from the literature. The measurement of scour depth in equilibrium condition for the simulations reveal the differences of 4.6%, 6.7% and 13.1% from the experimental measurements for the circular, square, and diamond pier cases, respectively. The model displayed a remarkable performance in the prediction of scour around circular and square piers where horseshoe vortices (HSVs) have a leading impact on scour progression. On the other hand, the maximum deviation was found in the case of the diamond pier where HSVs are weak and have minimum impact on the formation of local scour. Overall, the results confirm that the prediction capability of the present model is almost independent of the strength of the formed HSVs and pier cross-section shapes.

ON SOME OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN NUCLEAR REACTOR ANALYSIS

  • Cho, Nam-Zin
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.207-224
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    • 2012
  • This article discusses selects of some outstanding problems in nuclear reactor analysis, with proposed approaches thereto and numerical test results, as follows: i) multi-group approximation in the transport equation, ii) homogenization based on isolated single-assembly calculation, and iii) critical spectrum in Monte Carlo depletion.

Air Pollutant Variations Observed at Deokjeok Island in the Yellow Sea During April 1999 to June 2000 (1999년 4월부터 2000년 6월까지 황해 덕적도에서 관찰된 대기오염물질 변화 특성)

  • 김영성;이승복;김진영;배귀남;문길주;원재광;윤순창
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.347-361
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    • 2003
  • Sulfur dioxide (SO$_2$), ozone, total suspended particulates (TSP) and PM$_{2.5}$ were measured at Deokjeok Island in the Yellow Sea during April 1999 to June 2000. Although the emission amount of air pollutants is quite low in this small island of 36 km$^2$ with 1.4 thousand inhabitants, there are pollutant sources such as an oil -firing power plant and a wharf for ferryboat. The island is also influenced from the emissions from the greater Seoul area in the east and from China in the west. In order to characterize the pollutant variations due to interactions between transport and local emissions. the correlation between variations of SO$_2$ and ozone was investigated. Mass and ion concentrations of TSP and PM$_{2.5}$ were examined on selected episode days of positive and negative correlations between the two gaseous species in spring and winter. The effects of transport were pronounced on the days of positive correlation in spring with higher concentrations of ozone and PM$_{2.5}$. TSP concentrations were also high on these days because of high wind speeds. On the days of negative correlation in spring, frequent fog associated with low wind speeds facilitated SO$_2$ oxidation and increased sulfate accompanied with decrease in nitrate in PM$_{2.5}$ and chloride in TSP. This latter phenomena was noticeable since it showed that chemical composition of fine particles could be significantly altered not only during the transport but also by local environment.ronment.

Computation of a Turbulent Natural Convection in a Rectangular Cavity with the Low-Reynolds-Number Differential Stress and Flux Model

  • Choi, Seok-Ki;Kim, Eui-Kwang;Wi, Myung-Hwan;Kim, Seong-O
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.1782-1798
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    • 2004
  • A numerical study of a natural convection in a rectangular cavity with the low-Reynolds-number differential stress and flux model is presented. The primary emphasis of the study is placed on the investigation of the accuracy and numerical stability of the low-Reynolds-number differential stress and flux model for a natural convection problem. The turbulence model considered in the study is that developed by Peeters and Henkes (1992) and further refined by Dol and Hanjalic (2001), and this model is applied to the prediction of a natural convection in a rectangular cavity together with the two-layer model, the shear stress transport model and the time-scale bound ν$^2$- f model, all with an algebraic heat flux model. The computed results are compared with the experimental data commonly used for the validation of the turbulence models. It is shown that the low-Reynolds-number differential stress and flux model predicts well the mean velocity and temperature, the vertical velocity fluctuation, the Reynolds shear stress, the horizontal turbulent heat flux, the local Nusselt number and the wall shear stress, but slightly under-predicts the vertical turbulent heat flux. The performance of the ν$^2$- f model is comparable to that of the low-Reynolds-number differential stress and flux model except for the over-prediction of the horizontal turbulent heat flux. The two-layer model predicts poorly the mean vertical velocity component and under-predicts the wall shear stress and the local Nusselt number. The shear stress transport model predicts well the mean velocity, but the general performance of the shear stress transport model is nearly the same as that of the two-layer model, under-predicting the local Nusselt number and the turbulent quantities.

Influences of Air Trajectories on the Variations of Carbon Monoxide in Major Cities in Korea for the Year of 1999 (1999년 기류의 이동궤적에 따른 우리나라 주요 도시의 일산화탄소 농도 변화)

  • 김영성;김영주;김진영
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.451-461
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    • 2001
  • Backward trajectories were calculated from five urban areas in Korea in 1999 in order to assess the effects of long-range transport on the air quality variations on an annual basis. The five areas selected were Seoul, Mokpo, Cheju, Pohang, and Kangnung, which are evenly distributed along the shoreline in Korea. Meteorological fields used in the work were prepared by the Korea Meteorological Administration using the RDAPS(Regional Data Assimilation and Prediction System) with grid spacing of 40 km and 12-h intervals(0000 and 1200 UTC). Upwind regions around the Korean Peninsula were divided into five sectors including the region to the northeast(I), northern China (II), southern China(III), the northwestern Pacific(IV), and Japan(V). The influence of air flow from these sectors on the variations of carbon monoxide concentrations in the selected areas was investigated. The results showed that the influences of Sectors II and III were persistent although some influences of adjacent sectors were observed according to the location of the areas. In general, the concentration of carbon monoxide tended to go up under the influence of Sectors II and III but tended to go down under the influence of Sector I. However, the influences of other sectors were rather mixed. The importance of the long-range transport was examined when the whole country was uniformly influenced by Sectors II and III with strong synoptic winds. The effects of long-range transport were large in Mokpo and Cheju, close to Sectors II and III, where the local emissions were considered small. The effects of local emissions were significant in Pohang and Seoul; such effect was more distinct in Pohang located farther from Sectors II and III.

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