• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.517-524
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• 2001

Steep and narrow ramp installed in the paddy field makes it difficult and sometimes dangerous to drive agricultural machines on it. Because agricultural machinery become larger and heavier, it is necessary to revise design standard for ramp to provide safe travel. This study was conducted to revise the design standard fur paddy field ramp, especially for its width and slope. A mathematical model predicting travelling path of a tractor on paddy field ramp and farm road was developed and simulated. To verify this model, field tests were carried out. The model could predict trvelling path with RMS Error of 12.5cm and 8.2cm, which were judged to be adoptable fur determining the width of paddy field ramp. By applying this model to 110ps tractor, which was assumed to be the largest tractor in Korea, width of paddy field ramp was determined as over 3.6m. The slope of paddy field ramp, which provided tractor with 10% of the total weight of the tractor and the mounted implement as reaction force at front wheel against ground was analyzed by considering weight transfer effect on a ramp. The result showed that adequate slope of paddy field ramp was 14°.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.103-108
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.215-218
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• 2005

This study was carried out to find problems of the farmland according to the large scale land consolidation projects. Field ramp have problems such as steep slope, narrow width and the difficulty of entering into field and exiting from it. In case of the even ratio of the paddy plot, It showed that the difference of the maximum average level were 8.4cm for the general plots($0.3{\sim}0.4ha$), 12.6cm for the large scale plots($0.8{\sim}1.0ha$), and the level of outlet part was higher than the level of inlet part in some plots. Also, most of presently using inlets are closed and opened manually. It showed that farmers had difficult in the operating of the inlets or the outlets. So it is required the development of the suitable inlets and the suitable outlets.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.75-81
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to propose the angle-limit of the escape ramp by analyzing the frog behavior characteristics according to the inclination angle of the waterway escape ramp installed in the concrete U-bench plume pipe channel. Forthe experiment, an escape test device was manufactured with the same shape and number of materials applied in the field. And Rana coreana living in paddy wetlands were sel selected. The main behaviors of frogs on the slope were 'jumping', 'crawling' and 'slipping', and afterrecording the behavioralresults according to the inclination angle, statistical analysis was conducted using the chi-square test method. As a result of the analysis, there was no statistically significant difference between 30° and 40°. This result is an evidence for expanding the standard of inclination angle 30° suggested in the 'Guidelines for Installation and Management of Ecological Pathways' to a maximum of 40°. However, further research is required in that the escape ramp targets not only Korean frogs but also various small wild animals. However, considering that various wild animals are affected by artificial canals, additional studies using various target wild animals are needed.