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Parameter Estimation for Nash Model and Diskin Model by Optimization Techniques (최적화 기법을 이용한 Nash 모형과 Diskin 모형의 매개변수 추정)

  • Choi, Min-Ha;Ahn, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Joong-Hoon;Yoon, Yong-Nam
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.1 no.3 s.3
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2001
  • This study examines the applicability of the Nash model and the Diskin model, which are linear and nonlinear runoff models, respectively, by applying optimization techniques to the parameter calibration of the two models. Nonlinear programming which is one of traditional optimization techniques and Genetic Algorithm which has been actively applied recently are used in this study. The Nash and Diskin models which use the calibrated parameter with a flood events are applied to a different flood event in Soyang Dam basin. The results obtained from the parameter calibration show slight discrepancy depending upon the flood events. It has been found in the comparion between the observed hydrograph and the hydrographs obtained from the parameter calibration that the Diskin model can better simulate the observed hydrograph than the Nash model can, especially, for the peak flow. This can be analyzed that the Diskin model which is a nonlinear runoff model is better off in simulating the nonlinear characteristic of the rainfall-runoff process.

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Retrofitting of a weaker building by coupling it to an adjacent stronger building using MR dampers

  • Abdeddaim, Mahdi;Ounis, Abdelhafid;Shrimali, Mahendra K.;Datta, Tushar K.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.62 no.2
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    • pp.197-208
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    • 2017
  • Among various retrofitting strategies, use of semi-active control for retrofitting a building structure has gained momentum in recent years. One of the techniques for such retrofitting is to connect a weaker building to an adjacent stronger building by semi-active devices, so that performances of a weaker building are significantly improved for seismic forces. In this paper, a ten storey weaker building is connected to an adjacent stronger building using magneto-rheological (MR) dampers, for primarily improving the performance of the weaker building in terms of displacement, drift and base shear. For this, a fuzzy logic controller is specifically developed by fuzzyfying the responses of the coupled system. The performance of the control strategy is compared with the passive-on and passive-off controls. Pounding Mitigation between the two buildings is also investigated using all three control strategies. The results show that there exists a fundamental frequency ratio between the two buildings for which maximum control of the weaker building response takes place with no penalty on the stronger building. There exists also a fundamental frequency ratio where control of the weaker building response is achieved at the expense of the amplification of the stronger building. However, coupling strategy always improves the possibility of pounding mitigation.

Drawing up the guideline for a field survey of tsunami damages (지진해일 피해조사 현장지침 작성)

  • Kim, Sung-Min;Cho, Young-Sik
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.391-394
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    • 2007
  • The field survey of a tsunami damage is carried out to collect and obtain real data. There data can be used to make the countermeasures against possible tsunami attackings. In the survey, many data collecting techniques such as interviewing with local people, taking pictures of the inundated field, recording the location by the GPS, measuring the level and distance of the maximum flood level can be used for practical and effective survey.

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Mitigation Techniques of Channel Collisions in the TTFR-Based Asynchronous Spectral Phase-Encoded Optical CDMA System

  • Miyazawa, Takaya;Sasase, Iwao
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we propose a chip-level detection and a spectral-slice scheme for the tunable-transmitter/fixed-receiver (TTFR)-based asynchronous spectral phase-encoded optical codedivision multiple-access (CDMA) system combined with timeencoding. The chip-level detection can enhance the tolerance of multiple access interference (MAI) because the channel collision does not occur as long as there is at least one weighted position without MAI. Moreover, the spectral-slice scheme can reduce the interference probability because the MAI with the different frequency has no adverse effects on the channel collision rate. As a result, these techniques mitigate channel collisions. We analyze the channel collision rate theoretically, and show that the proposed system can achieve a lower channel collision rate in comparison to both conventional systems with and without the time-encoding method.

Application of Norwegian Method of Tunnelling (NMT) Principles to bypass landslides in mountainous terrain

  • Bhasin, Rajinder;Aarset, Arnstein
    • Magazine of korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.26-35
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    • 2020
  • Tunnelling to bypass major landslide areas is considered as a good and long-term environmentally friendly solution to reduce an existing hazard. In Norway, hundreds of kilometres of tunnels have been constructed in areas prone to landslides and snow avalanches. Although tunnelling is considered as an expensive mitigation strategy for bypassing landslides, analysis indicate that in some cases the cost of building a tunnel can be repaid by savings in driving costs (fuel) alone over a period of 5-10 years due to reduced driving distances. The other benefits of constructing tunnels in landslide areas include savings in time and increased safety. The Norwegian Method of Tunnelling (NMT) is considered safe, efficient and cost effective compared to other tunnelling techniques. Some aspects of NMT, which are considered safe and cost efficient, are presented. The application of updated rock support techniques, including reinforced ribs of shotctrete (RRS), which is a key component of the Norwegian Method of Tunnelling (NMT), is highlighted.

A review on recent development of vibration-based structural robust damage detection

  • Li, Y.Y.;Chen, Y.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.159-168
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    • 2013
  • The effect of structural uncertainties or measurement errors on damage detection results makes the robustness become one of the most important features during identification. Due to the wide use of vibration signatures on damage detection, the development of vibration-based techniques has attracted a great interest. In this work, a review on vibration-based robust detection techniques is presented, in which the robustness is considerably improved through modeling error compensation, environmental variation reduction, denoising, or proper sensing system design. It is hoped that this study can give help on structural health monitoring or damage mitigation control.

Comparison of Optimization Techniques in Cost Design of Stormwater Drainage Systems (우수관망 시스템 설계에 있어서의 최적화기법의 비교)

  • Kim, Myoung-Su;Lee, Chang-Yong;Kim, Tae-Jin;Lee, Jung-Ho;Kim, Joong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.6 no.2 s.21
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this research is to develop a least cost system design method for branched storm sewer systems while satisfying all the design constraints using heuristic techniques such as genetic algorithm and harmony search. Two sewer system models have been developed in this study. The SEWERGA and SEWERHS both determine the optimal discrete pipe installation depths as decision variables. Two models also determine the optimal diameter of sewer pipes using the discrete installation depths of the pipes while satisfying the discharge and velocity requirement constraints at each pipe. Two models are applied to the example that was originally solved by Mays and Yen (1975) using their dynamic programming(DP). The optimal costs obtained from SEWERGA and SEWERHS are about 4% lower than that of the DP approach.

The Traffic Analysis of P2P-based Storm Botnet using Honeynet (허니넷을 이용한 P2P 기반 Storm 봇넷의 트래픽 분석)

  • Han, Kyoung-Soo;Lim, Kwang-Hyuk;Im, Eul-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.51-61
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    • 2009
  • Recently, the cyber-attacks using botnets are being increased, Because these attacks pursue the money, the criminal aspect is also being increased, There are spreading of spam mail, DDoS(Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, propagations of malicious codes and malwares, phishings. leaks of sensitive informations as cyber-attacks that used botnets. There are many studies about detection and mitigation techniques against centralized botnets, namely IRC and HITP botnets. However, P2P botnets are still in an early stage of their studies. In this paper, we analyzed the traffics of the Peacomm bot that is one of P2P-based storm bot by using honeynet which is utilized in active analysis of network attacks. As a result, we could see that the Peacomm bot sends a large number of UDP packets to the zombies in wide network through P2P. Furthermore, we could know that the Peacomm bot makes the scale of botnet maintained and extended through these results. We expect that these results are used as a basis of detection and mitigation techniques against P2P botnets.

Comparison of Low Concentration and High Concentration Arsenic Removal Techniques and Evaluation of Concentration of Arsenic in Ground Water: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan

  • Yasar, Abdullah;Tabinda, Amtul Bari;Shahzadi, Uzma;Saleem, Pakeeza
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.620-626
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    • 2014
  • The main focus of this study was the evaluation of arsenic concentration in the ground water of Lahore at different depth and application of different mitigation techniques for arsenic removal. Twenty four hours of solar oxidation gives 90% of arsenic removal as compared to 8 hr. or 16 hr. Among oxides, calcium oxide gives 96% of As removal as compared to 93% by lanthanum oxide. Arsenic removal efficiency was up to 97% by ferric chloride, whereas 95% by alum. Activated alumina showed 99% removal as compared to 97% and 95% removal with bauxite and charcoal, respectively. Elemental analysis of adsorbents showed that the presence of phosphate and silica can cause a reduction of arsenic removal efficiency by activated alumina, bauxite and charcoal. This study has laid a foundation for further research on arsenic in the city of Lahore and has also provided suitable techniques for arsenic removal.

CORROSION OF STEEL GAS PIPELINE INDUCED BY SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA IN ANAEROBIC SOIL (혐기성 토양에 서식하는 황산염환원세균에 의한 가스배관의 미생물부식)

  • Li SeonYeob;Jeon KyungSoo;Kho YoungTai;Kang Tak
    • 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.58-68
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    • 2001
  • Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of carbon steel gas pipeline in soil environments was investigated at field and laboratory MIC is very severe corrosion and it is not easy to distinguish this corrosion from Inorganic corrosion because of its localized, pitting-type character Therefore, it is important to provide proper assessment techniques for the prediction, detection, monitoring and mitigation of MIC. It is possible to predict the MIC risk, i.e., the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) through the analysis of soil environments. Chemical, microbiological and surface analysis of corrosion products and metal attacked could reveal the possibility of the occurrence of MIC. Various electrochemical and surface analysis techniques could be used for the study of MIC. Among these techniques, thin-film electrical resistance (ER) type sensors are promising to obtain localized corrosion rate of MIC induced by SRB. It is also important to study the effect of cathodic protection (CP) on the MIC In case of coated pipeline, the relationship between coating disbondment and the activity of SRB beneath the disbanded coating is also important.

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