• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2016년도 학술발표회
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• pp.197-197
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• 2016

Forecasting future drought events in a region plays a major role in water management and risk assessment of drought occurrences. The creeping characteristics of drought make it possible to mitigate drought's effects with accurate forecasting models. Drought forecasts are inevitably plagued by uncertainties, making it necessary to derive forecasts in a probabilistic framework. In this study, a new probabilistic scheme is proposed to forecast droughts, in which a discrete-time finite state-space hidden Markov model (HMM) is used aggregated with the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP) precipitation projection (HMM-RCP). The 3-month standardized precipitation index (SPI) is employed to assess the drought severity over the selected five stations in South Kore. A reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm is used for inference on the model parameters which includes several hidden states and the state specific parameters. We perform an RCP precipitation projection transformed SPI (RCP-SPI) weight-corrected post-processing for the HMM-based drought forecasting to derive a probabilistic forecast that considers uncertainties. Results showed that the HMM-RCP forecast mean values, as measured by forecasting skill scores, are much more accurate than those from conventional models and a climatology reference model at various lead times over the study sites. In addition, the probabilistic forecast verification technique, which includes the ranked probability skill score and the relative operating characteristic, is performed on the proposed model to check the performance. It is found that the HMM-RCP provides a probabilistic forecast with satisfactory evaluation for different drought severity categories, even with a long lead time. The overall results indicate that the proposed HMM-RCP shows a powerful skill for probabilistic drought forecasting.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2018년도 학술발표회
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• pp.464-464
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• 2018

최근 풍수해 현황 분석(국민안전처, 2016)에서는 2003년 이후 태풍 루사와 매미와 같은 대형태풍이 최근에 발생하지 않아 대부분 하천급류로 인한 인명피해가 대부분이라고 언급하였다. 최근 풍수해로 인한 피해가 발생하지는 않았지만 호우/태풍이 발생할 경우 인명보호와 불편해소를 최우선에 두고 각종 정책들을 선제적으로 추진하고 있어 홍수범람발생 예상지역에 대한 인명피해 분석은 반드시 필요하다고 판단된다. 최근들어 인명피해를 평가하는 기술은 피해자료로부터 비교적 간단히 분석되는 경험적 방법에서 2차원 동적 수리모형과 연계, 그리고 정밀한 인구, 건물 등의 자료를 활용하여 대피율, 사전경보 등 인명피해에 영향을 미치는 다양한 요소를 복합적으로 고려하고 개념적이고 기계적 방법으로 발전하는 추세이다. 우리나라의 경우 인명피해 평가와 관련한 연구사례가 거의 전무한 상태이고, 치수경제성분석에서 제시하는 침수면적에 기반한 간략한 방법만이 실무에서 활용되고 있다. 최근 국외에서 제시한 접근방법은 본 연구에서의 개발하고자 하는 목적과 방향에 부합하지 않다고 판단되며, 국내 실정을 고려할 때 주요 영향인자를 추가하고, 특히 노출인구, 인명 인벤토리의 해상도를 높이는 데 주안점을 두고자 한다. 홍수로 인한 인명피해 발생확률은 사후분석의 일환으로 침수흔적도를 통해 총 2개의 침수구간을 설정한 후 Census data를 활용한 위험인구(Population at Risk, PAR)를 산정한후, NDMS 인명피해 자료를 활용하여 침수구간별 인명피해 발생확률을 제시하였다. 여기서 제시한 침수구간의 경우 데이터의 축적정도에 따라 구간을 세밀화 할 수 있는데, 본 연구에서는 총 2개구간(0-1m, 1m 이상)으로 계략화 하여 제시하였다. 본 연구에서는 4개의 지자체의 인명피해 자료를 통해 인명피해 발생확률을 산정하였으며, 해당내용을 시범유역의 빈도별 침수구역도에 적용하여 인명피해 발생을 분석하였다. 해당 연구결과의 경우 인명피해에 대한 명확한 결과를 유추하는데에는 한계가 있지만, 인명피해에 기반한 해당지역의 장래피해규모를 예측하는 데에는 기초가 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.470-477
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• 2018

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the progression of visual field (VF) loss and changes in lamina cribrosa depth (LCD) as determined by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) enhanced depth imaging in patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods: Data from 60 POAG patients (mean follow-up, $3.5{\pm}0.7$ years) were included in this retrospective study. The LCD was measured in the optic disc image using SD-OCT enhanced depth imaging scanning at each visit. Change in the LCD was considered to either 'increase' or 'decrease' when the differences between baseline and the latest two consecutive follow-up visits were greater than the corresponding reproducibility coefficient value ($23.08{\mu}m$, as determined in a preliminary reproducibility study). All participants were divided into three groups: increased LCD (ILCD), decreased LCD (DLCD), and no LCD change (NLCD). The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial criteria were used to define VF deterioration. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox's proportional hazard models were performed to explore the relationship between VF progression and LCD change. Results: Of the 60 eyes examined, 35.0% (21 eyes), 28.3% (17 eyes), and 36.7% (22 eyes) were classified as the ILCD, DLCD, and NLCD groups, respectively. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a greater cumulative probability of VF progression in the ILCD group than in the NLCD (p < 0.001) or DLCD groups (p = 0.018). Increased LCD was identified as the only risk factor for VF progression in the Cox proportional hazard models (hazard ratio, 1.008; 95% confidence interval, 1.000 to 1.015; p = 0.047). Conclusions: Increased LCD was associated with a greater possibility of VF progression. The quantitative measurement of LCD changes, determined by SD-OCT, is a potential biomarker for the prediction of VF deterioration in patients with POAG.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권6호
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• pp.747-760
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• 2018

In the present study, a methodology for developing fragilities of arch concrete dams to assess their performance against seismic hazards is introduced. Firstly, the probability risk and fragility curves are presented, followed by implementation and representation of the way this method is used. Amirkabir arch concrete dam was subjected to non-linear dynamic analyses. A modified three dimensional rotating smeared crack model was used to take the nonlinear behavior of mass concrete into account. The proposed model considers major characteristics of mass concrete. These characteristics are pre-softening behavior, softening initiation criteria, fracture energy conservation, suitable damping mechanism and strain rate effect. In the present analysis, complete fluid-structure interaction is included to account for appropriate fluid compressibility and absorptive reservoir boundary conditions. In this study, the Amirkabir arch concrete dam is subjected to a set of 8 three-component earthquakes each scaled to 10 increasing intensity levels. Using proposed nonlinear smeared crack model, nonlinear analysis is performed where the structure is subjected to a large set of scaled and un-scaled ground motions and the maximum responses are extracted for each one and plotted. Based on the results, fragility curves were plotted according to various and possible damages indexes. Discrete damage probabilities were calculated using statistical methods for each considered performance level and incremental nonlinear analysis. Then, fragility curves were constructed based on the lognormal distribution assumption. Two damage indexes were introduced and compared to one another. The results indicate that the dam has a proper stability under earthquake conditions at MCE level. Moreover, displacement damages index is more conservative and impractical in the fragility analysis than tensional damage index.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2019

최근 상가에서 사용되는 온장고에서 저장된 기호음료들의 유출로 인한 절연파괴로 화재가 발생한 사례가 자주 보고되고 있다. 하지만 기호음료의 전기적 특성과 음료 유출로 인한 화재 발생 원인에 대한 연구는 미비한 상태이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 이에 대한 인과 관계를 밝히고자 기호음료 32종을 선별하여 전도도 및 총 용존 고형물질(TDS)의 농도를 측정하였다. 그리고 이를 바탕으로 음료를 선별하여 전극 간 절연파괴 시험과 회로에 소자와 음료를 같이 배치한 후 모의실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 화재 발생 가능성은 전도도가 높은 음료는 물론 낮은 음료라도 발화 가능성이 있다는 사실을 실험적으로 확인하였다. 또한, 기호 음료의 유출로 회로상에서 불꽃 방전을 일으키는 여러 조건을 발견할 수 있었다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.435-446
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• 2019

Because offshore structures are affected by various environmental loads, the risk of damage is high. As a result of ever-changing ocean environmental loads, damage to offshore structures is expected to differ from year to year. However, in previous studies, it was assumed that a relatively short period of load acts repeatedly during the design life of a structure. In this study, the residual life of an offshore wind turbine support structure was evaluated in consideration of the timing uncertainty of the ocean environmental load. Sampling points for the wind velocity, wave height, and wave period were generated using a central composites design, and a transfer function was constructed from the numerical analysis results. A simulation was performed using the joint probability model of ocean environmental loads. The stress time history was calculated by entering the load samples generated by the simulation into the transfer function. The damage to the structure was calculated using the rain-flow counting method, Goodman equation, Miner's rule, and S-N curve. The results confirmed that the wind speed generated at a specific time could not represent the wind speed that could occur during the design life of the structure.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2019

Even if only two ships are encountered, a collision may occur due to the mistaken judgment of the positional relationship. In other words, if an officer does not know a target ship's intention, there is always a risk of collision. In this paper, the experiments are conducted to investigate how the intention affects the action of collision avoidance in cooperative and non-cooperative situations. In non-cooperative situation, each ship chooses a course that minimizes costs based on the current situation. That is, it always performs a selfish selection. In a cooperative situation, the information is exchanged with a target ship and a course is selected based on this information. Each ship uses the Distributed Stochastic Search Algorithm so that a next-intended course can be selected by a certain probability and determines the course. In the experimental method, four virtual ships are set up to analyze the action of collision avoidance. Then, using the actual AIS data of eight ships in the strait of Dover, I compared and analyzed the action of collision avoidance in cooperative and non-cooperative situations. As a result of the experiment, the ships showed smooth trajectories in the cooperative situation, but the ship in the non-cooperative situation made frequent big changes to avoid a collision. In the case of the experiment using four ships, there was no collision in the cooperative situation regardless of the size of the safety domain, but a collision occurred between the ships when the size of the safety domain increased in cases of non-cooperation. In the case of experiments using eight ships, it was found that there are optimal parameters for collision avoidance. Also, it was possible to grasp the variation of the sailing distance and the costs according to the combination of the parameters, and it was confirmed that the setting of the parameters can have a great influence on collision avoidance among ships.

• 한국연안방재학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.119-131
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• 2017

Global warming under the influence of climate change and its direct impact on glacial and sea level are known issue. However, there is a lack of research on an indirect impact of climate change such as coastal structure design which is mainly based on a frequency analysis of water level under the stationary assumption, meaning that maximum sea level will not vary significantly over time. In general, stationary assumption does not hold and may not be valid under a changing climate. Therefore, this study aims to develop a novel approach to explore possible distributional changes in annual maximum sea levels (AMSLs) and provide the estimate of design water level for coastal structures using a multiple non-crossing quantile regression based nonstationary frequency analysis within a Bayesian framework. In this study, 20 tide gauge stations, where more than 30 years of hourly records are available, are considered. First, the possible distributional changes in the AMSLs are explored, focusing on the change in the scale and location parameter of the probability distributions. The most of the AMSLs are found to be upward-convergent/divergent pattern in the distribution, and the significance test on distributional changes is then performed. In this study, we confirm that a stationary assumption under the current climate characteristic may lead to underestimation of the design sea level, which results in increase in the failure risk in coastal structures. A detailed discussion on the role of the distribution changes for design water level is provided.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.110-121
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• 2021

The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of various types of acupuncture for menopausal hot flashes (HF). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were retrieved from 8 electronic databases, and the risk of bias was evaluated for the included studies. Pairwise meta-analysis and network meta-analysis were performed using Review Manager and R software for indirect comparison and ranking, respectively. In total, 23 RCTs (2,302 patients) were eligible for systematic review, of which 10 were included in network meta-analysis. Network meta-analysis showed manual acupuncture (MA) had the highest probability of reducing HF frequency and severity, followed by sham acupuncture (SA), electroacupuncture, usual care, or no treatment; furthermore, warm acupuncture significantly improved menopause-specific quality of life compared with MA or electroacupuncture. Compared with hormone replacement therapy, acupuncture had less efficacy in reducing HF frequency but enhanced menopause-specific quality of life. There was no significant difference between MA and SA in mitigating HF. The existing evidence showed that MA could be used for alleviating menopausal HF. However, it is recommended that more high-quality RCTs should be performed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2021

산불은 대부분 인위적인 원인에 의해 발생되지만, 산불의 피해가 대규모로 확산하는 연소 조건은 자연현상에 의해 영향을 받게 된다. 본 연구에서는 여러 인자 사이의 의존 및 인과관계를 분석할 수 있는 부분최소제곱 구조방정식 모형(PLS-SEM)을 이용하여 기상 및 가뭄이 산불 발생에 미치는 인과관계와 영향 정도를 평가하였다. 그 결과 지난 2015년부터 약 5년 기간 동안 발생한 강원도 산불에 미치는 가뭄의 영향은 27 %, 기상학적 영향은 38 %로 확인되었다. 또한, 강원도에서 발생한 산불 중에서 봄철에 발생한 산불은 약 60 %의 비율을 차지하며, 이는 기상학적 요인과 더불어 이전 연도의 가을과 겨울철 가뭄이 산불 발생에 영향을 미치는 것으로 해석된다. 산불 발생위험을 평가하는 데 있어 극심한 기상학적 가뭄이 가을과 겨울철에 발생했다면, 이듬해 봄에는 산불의 발생확률은 증가할 가능성이 있다.