• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.115-127
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• 2012

This study was conducted on the measurement of soil hardness through a hardness testing machine in slopes of natural environments and artificial environments which is generally known as slope revegetation. The soil hardness as one of physicochemical soil properties is significantly associated with plant growth. Although another studies related to the slope revegetation was focused on herbaceous plants, studies related to soil properties for arbor appearance is lack. It was focused on the correlation analysis between the soil hardness and the plant appearance. the results were as follows : The higher the soil hardness is, the less the appearance of plants is as a result of survey. Species appearing in the high levels of the soil hardness represented mugwort and grass. The levels of the soil hardness in the slope of natural environments was good environmental conditions with various plants in the range of 6 to 12mm. The levels of the soil hardness in the slope revegetation was in the 6.88-30mm range. The soil hardness below 21mm showed a variety of plants with arbors and herbaceous plants, whereas it above 21mm represented a monotonous style of plant structure including Artemisia princeps, Lolium perenne, Poa pratensis L and Setaria viridis. The result of the correlation analysis between the soil hardness and the plant appearance was negatively correlated with justifiable significance levels. The result of a logistic regression analysis for tree appearance was statistically proved when the numerical value of the soil hardness is lower.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2008

Recently, geofiber(polyester) reinforced soil was added on soil-seed mixture spray to control erosion and to improve vegetation growth on rocky slope sites. This research was conducted to compare vegetation effects and soil hardness on three types of soil-seed mixture spray on stone gabion river bank [A type : soil-seed mixture spray underlying 30cm thick sand with geofiber(geofiber reinforced soil system), B type : soil-seed mixture spray underlying 30cm thick sand without geofiber, C type : soil-seed mixture spray]. Evaluation were made concerning vegetation coverage, soil hardness and moisture content. The results of this study showed that A type system was effective for the growth of vegetation and soil hardness when compareed to B type and C type. A type and B type showed higher covering rate than C type on stone gabion river bank, and especially A type showed the highest covering rate. Soil hardness and water content were high on A type vegetation system compared to B type and C type. We noted that high soil hardness and high moisture content with geofiber(geofiber reinforced soil system) were effective both to control erosion from water current impact and to be high coverage and species of vegetation on stone gabion river bank.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.537-546
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• 2002

In this study an automatic soil hardness measuring system mountable on agricultural tractors was developed to improve the accuracy of manual soil hardness testers by a constant penetrating rate, right direction of the cone-penetrometer and the isolation of vibration from the operator. This was necessary to supply similar experimental condition for performance test of new model and comparative experiment. The results of the study are summaried as follows; 1. The system consisted of a sensing part of soil hardness, a driving part of the measuring system and an attaching part between the tractor and the measuring system. 2. The allowable limit value of the system developed was set to 392N to protect from breaking the serve motor and the coupling used in this system. 3. The driving shaft penetrated into soil by 0.3m to measure soil hardness. The soil hardness was measured at the depth of 0.3m from the soil surface but the penetrating work was stopped and the driving shaft was pulled out to protect the system when the value of the soil hardness was too big on foreign substances like stones or straws. 4. Two values measured by automatic measuring system developed in this research and manual penetrometer were compared by statistics hypothesis testing method. When two people measured the soil hardness at the depth of 0.1 and 0.15m by manual cone penetrometer, there was no relationship between two values by two people but the values at the same depths by automatic measuring system developed showed similarity. The automatic system, therefore, developed in this research was proper for measuring soil hardness.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.66-76
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• 1982

사방시공지(砂防施工地)에 널리 조림(造林)되는 리기다소나무의 근계분포(根系分布)와 토양(土壤)의 견밀도(堅密度)의 관계(関係)를 구명(究明)하고자 표본지(標本地)를 선정(選定) 대표목(代表木)의 경사하측(傾斜下側)에 환상(環状)의 토양단면(土壤斷面)을 만들어 각토층별(各土層別)로 토양경도(土壤硬度)를 산중식(山中式) Soil hardness tester로 측정(測定)하고 수근(樹根) (중세근(中細根))의 분포(分布)를 조사(調査)하여 분포(分布)한바 다음과 같이 요약(要約)할 수 있었다. 1) 토양(土壤)의 견밀도(堅密度)는 토심(土深)이 깊어짐에 따라 점차(漸次) 증가(增加)하여 평균(平均) 지표경도(指標硬度)는 I층(層)에서 14.6mm II층(層)에서 16.2mm, III층(層) 17.2mm, IV층(層)에서는 18.3mm, V층(層)에서는 19.8mm였다. 2) 수근(樹根) (중세근(中細根))은 표층(表層)에 이를수록 많이 분포(分布)하여 토층(土層)이 깊어짐에 따라 그 수(數)가 감소(減少)하여 I층(層) 수근(樹根)의 수(數)를 1(31%)로 할때 II층(層)은 0.84(26%), III층(層)은 0.6(18%), IV층(層)은 0.4(12%), V층(層)도 0.4(13%)이다. 3) 토양(土壤)의 견밀도(堅密度)와 수근(樹根)의 분포(分布)는 음(陰)의 상관관계(相関関係)에 있어 견밀도(堅密度)가 높아지면 이에따라 수근(樹根) 수(數)는 감소(減少)한다. 각(各) 토층별(土層別) 토양(土壤)의 견밀도(堅密度)와 수근분포(樹根分布)의 상관계수(相関係数)는 I층(層)은 -0.3875, II층(層)은 -0.5299, III층(層)은 -0.5573, IV층(層)은 -0.6922, V층(層)은 -0.7325, 전체평균(全体平均)은 -0.9469로서 모두 유의적(有意的)이었다. 4) 리기다소나무의 수근(樹根) (중세근(中細根))의 성장(成長)에 최적합(最適合)한 토양(土壤)의 견밀도(堅密度)는 지표경도(指標硬度)는 12.0~14.9mm로서 이 계급(階級)에 속(屬)하는 지표경도(指標硬度)는 33%이고 수근(樹根)의 분포(分布)는 41.8%이다. 또 지표경도(指標硬度) 20.9mm까지는 82%이나 수근(樹根) 93.2%가 분포(分布)하고 있어 지표경도(指標硬度) 20.9mm이하(以下)까지가 리기다소나무의 수근(樹根)의 생장(生長)에 적합(適合)하다고 사료(思料)된다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 1977

This experiment was conducted in order to find out the drawing performance of a two-wheel tractor under different levels of the soil moisture and hardness, so as to obtain some basic data for improving their drawing performance. With fairly homogeneous soil, 5 levels of soil moisture contents (8, 13, 17, 20 and 23%) and 3 levels of soil hardness (0 , 2 and 4kg/$cm^2$) were selected for this experiment.The summerized results are as follows ;1. The draft force, on the hard soil (hardness ; 4kg/$cm^2$), had a distinct tendency to decrease with the increasing soil moisture. On the medium soil (hardness ; 2 kg/$cm^2$), and the soft soil (hardness ; 0kg$cm^2$), the draft force showed the highest when the moisture contents were within the range of 16-19%.But the maximum draft force, on the soft soil, was higher than that on the medium soil by 10 %. 2. The driving axle torque increased with increasing soil by 10 %. 3.The values of horizontal distance between the soil reaction point and axle shaft were within the range of 0~10cm , and it had the tendency to increase with the increasing soil moisture. Also, it s value was the largest on the hard soil and the smallest on the soft soil. 4.The tractive efficiency decreased with the increasing soil moisture. On the hard soil, the average value of tractive efficiency was higher than that on the medium soil by 19.0% and that on the soft soil was lower than that on the medium soil. 5.The traction ratio were within the range of 30 ~45%, and their changing tendency with respect to the soil moisture was similar to that in the case of the draft force. 6. The travel resistance ratio tended to increased with increasing soil moisture, and the highest value was found on the soft soil, and the lowest on the hard soil.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.455-464
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to clarify correlations between soil environments and the growth of trees in forests and thereon analyze effects of seasonal changes in such environments on such growth. To determine seasonal factors of soil affecting the Tree Vitality of Pinus thunbergii, first of all, the study designated the Tree Vitality as a dependent variable and soil hardness, moisture, pH, K, Na, Mg and Ca as independent variables. Then the study performed Pearson's coefficient analysis. To clarify what soil factors influence the seasonal growth of Pinus thunbergii multiple regression analysis is carried out, and findings are as follow; the growth of Pinus thunbergii was basically influenced by pH, followed by soil hardness in spring, K, followed by moisture in summer, and by soil hardness in winter. However, no soil factors affected the vitality at the significance level of 5% for t.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2013

Due to its high salt content and poor physical properties in reclaimed tidal lands, it is important to ameliorate soil physical properties to improve the efficiency of desalination. The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes of soil properties at Saemangeum reclaimed tidal saline soil with various soil amendments. Field experiment was conducted at Saemangeum reclaimed tidal land in Korea and the dominant soil series was Munpo series (coarse loamy, mixed, nonacid, Mesic, Typic, Fluvaquents). Woodchips, crushed-stone, oyster shell, coal bottom ash, and rice hull were added as soil amendments and mixed into surface soil to improve soil physical properties. There was large variability in soil hardness, but oyster shell treatment was significantly lower soil hardness at surface layer. Soil hardness was not significantly different below 15 cm depth. Infiltration rate was also significantly greater at oyster shell treatment. This may be due to the leaching of Ca ions from oyster shell and improved soil properties. However, there was no statistical significant difference of the soil bulk density, moisture content, and porosity. Improved physical properties increased desalinization rate in soil and retarded the resalinization rate when evapotranspiration rate was high. Although soil salinity was significantly decreased with oyster shell amendment, soil pH was increased that should be made up as a soil amendment. Our results indicated that oyster shell application increased infiltration rate and improved soil hardness, and thus oyster shell could be used to improve soil salinity level at Saemangeum reclaimed tidal saline soil.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제1권
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• pp.95-100
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• 1983

농기계(農機械)의 포장작업시(圃場作業時) 주행성능(走行性能)에 크게 영향(影響)을 미치는 토양경도(土壤硬度)를 깊이별로 측정(測定)하기 위한 토양경도계(土壤硬度計) 개발(開發)을 목적(目的)으로 스트레인 게이지를 이용(利用)한 토양경도계(土壤硬度計)를 제작(製作)하여 경도(硬度)를 측정(測定)한 실험(實驗)에서 얻어진 결과(結果)를 요약(要約)하면 다음과 같다. Strain gage를 이용(利用)한 토양경도계(土壤硬度計)의 Calibration곡선(曲線)이 상관계수(相關係數)가 0.99876, Dial gage를 이용(利用)한 기존(旣存) 시험기(試驗器)의 Calibration 곡선(曲線)이 상관계수(相關係數)가 0.97150으로 나타나 Strain gage를 이용(利用)하는 쪽이 더욱 정밀(情密)한 측정(測定)이 가능(可能)하였다. 동일(同一) 토양(土壤)에 대(對)한 측정치(測定置)의 표준편차(標準偏差)는 모래, 논흙 2종(種)의 토양(土壤)에 대(對)하여 각각(各各) Strain gage를 이용(利用)한 토양경도계(土壤硬度計)가 6.794, 8.271, Dial gag를 이용(利用)한 기존(旣存) 시험기(試驗器)가 7.490, 9.161로 나타나 Strain gage를 이용(利用)하는 쪽이 측정오차(測定誤差)가 작았다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.482-488
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• 2017

The measurement based on reliable standard operating procedures (SOPs) is important for consistent information. The objective of this study is to investigate reliable SOPs of soil physical methods, including core method for bulk density, Yamanaka hardness, and air permeameter method for air permeability. The coefficients of variation in bulk density (core method), Yamanaka hardness, and air permeability were ranged of 1~6%, 8~13%, and 10~84%, respectively. The variation in situ measurement such as bulk density, hardness, and air permeability due to spatial variability at measuring site was larger due to the number of replicates, organic matter content, and soil texture. Nevertheless, air permeability had different values as different number of replicates, and thus, it is thought that more replicates can result in higher reliability. It suggested that investigation of soil physical properties for the target sites should required to consider about soil texture, organic matter content, and number of replications before measurement. In conclusion, core sampling for bulk density measurement in upland soil recommended to perform in 3 repetitions with 2 inch core, and 3 inch core sampling for higher organic matter content.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.287-290
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• 1995

This study was conducted to elucidate the effect of physical properties of soil in nursery bed with different densities on growth of ginseng seedling. Stem length, leaf length and leaf width of ginseng seedling showed the decreasing tendency with increasing the hardness of the nursery soil. Fresh root weight per seedling and number of available seedlings were increased significantly with decrease of the soil hardness. For solid, liquid phases, bulk density and hardness of soil, negative correlations were shown in stem length, leaf length, leaf width, root weight per seeding, and number t of available seedlings. On the other hand, gas phase, air permeability and porosity of soil had positive correlations with stem length, leaf length, leaf width, root weight per seedling and number of available seedlings. Key words Yang-Jik nursery, ginseng seedling, soil physical properties.