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Estimation for the Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Rocks in Korea using the Point Load Test (점하중시험을 이용한 국내 암석의 일축압축강도산정 연구)

  • Kim, Hak Joon
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.72-96
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    • 2018
  • Accurate estimation of the uniaxial compressive strength of rock is very crucial for the safety of construction activities occurring in the rock mass. However, the uniaxial compressive strength test is expensive and time consuming. Moreover, the uniaxial compressive strength test cannot be performed in the field. In order to solve this kind of problem, many foreign researchers investigated the use of the point load strength test for the estimation of uniaxial compressive strength of rock. However, the result of research obtained for rocks from other countries may not be directly applicable for rocks in Korea. The correlation between the point load strength index and the uniaxial compressive strength for rocks in Korea is suggested in the form of table by using the results of the extensive literature reviews and laboratory tests. The suggested result is expected to be used for the simple and quick estimation of uniaxial compressive strength of rocks in Korea.

A feasibility study on the estimation of a potential relaxed zone in the discontinuum coupled analysis of a subsea tunnel (해저터널의 불연속체 연계해석 시 잠재적 이완영역 평가 방법의 타당성 연구)

  • You, Kwang-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.141-150
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    • 2009
  • When constructing a subsea tunnel in discontinuous rock mass, fluid flow in joints has a great influence on the behavior of the tunnel so that hydro-mechanical coupled analysis should be performed for the stability estimation. In practice, relaxed rock load is generally used for the design of tunnel concrete lining. In a continuum analysis, a method based on the distribution of local safety factor around a tunnel was proposed for the estimation of a potential relaxed zone. However, in the case of discontinuous rock mass in which joints are developed, the whole stability of tunnels depends on the behavior of the joints. In this study, therefore, a method is proposed for the estimation of a potential relaxed zone occurred by the excavation of a tunnel in discontinuous rock mass. The suggested method is validated by sensitivity analysis and the comparison with the results of continuum analysis.

Estimation of Sensitivity Axis Offset of an Accelerometer for Accurate Measurement of the 6 DOF Human Head Motion (인체 머리부 6 자유도 운동 측정의 신뢰성 향상을 위한 가속도계 감도축의 옵셋(offset) 추정)

  • Lee, Jeung-Hoon;Kim, Kwang-Joon;Jang, Han-Kee
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.905-912
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    • 2008
  • Notion sickness is well known to be caused by long time exposure to the very low frequency motion in the multiple axes of human body Since the vestibular system for the perception of low frequency motion is located in the head, accurate measurement of 6 degree of freedom head motion is of great importance. In this study, the measurement system consisting of a safety helmet and 9 translational accelerometers was constructed for the estimation of 3 translational and 3 rotational motions of human head. Since estimation errors of 3 rotational components can be significantly magnified even by small offset of the sensitivity axis from the geometric center of an accelerometer, accurate measurement of sensitivity axis must be preceded. The method for accurate estimation of the offset was proposed, and the effect of offset on the estimation of angular acceleration was investigated.

Stability Estimation of NATM Tunnel due to Excavation using Back Analysis (역해석기법을 통한 NATM 터널의 안정성 평가)

  • Lee, Jae-Ho;Kim, Young-Su;Jin, Guang-Ril;Park, Jin-Kyu;Park, Si-Hyun;Choi, Chil-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.494-504
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    • 2008
  • Successful design, construction and maintenance of NATM tunnel demands prediction, control, stability estimation and monitoring of surface settlement, gradient and ground displacement with high accuracy. Back analysis using measured data and forward analysis have been and are indispensable tools to achieve this goal. Sakurai provided the hazard warning levels for assessing the stability of tunnels using the relation of critical strain and apparent Young's modulus. This paper performed the estimation of tunnel stability on construction. Firstly, the apparent Young's modulus concept and back analysis method is introduced for the assessment of tunnel safety during excavation a brief framework. Secondly, this paper deals with case study using "Apparent Young's modulus" and "Back analysis" for the purpose of estimating the stability of NATM tunnel in Korea. Finally, a general method that can be estimated the tunnel stability discussed by a flow chart.

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Exploring modern machine learning methods to improve causal-effect estimation

  • Kim, Yeji;Choi, Taehwa;Choi, Sangbum
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.177-191
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    • 2022
  • This paper addresses the use of machine learning methods for causal estimation of treatment effects from observational data. Even though conducting randomized experimental trials is a gold standard to reveal potential causal relationships, observational study is another rich source for investigation of exposure effects, for example, in the research of comparative effectiveness and safety of treatments, where the causal effect can be identified if covariates contain all confounding variables. In this context, statistical regression models for the expected outcome and the probability of treatment are often imposed, which can be combined in a clever way to yield more efficient and robust causal estimators. Recently, targeted maximum likelihood estimation and causal random forest is proposed and extensively studied for the use of data-adaptive regression in estimation of causal inference parameters. Machine learning methods are a natural choice in these settings to improve the quality of the final estimate of the treatment effect. We explore how we can adapt the design and training of several machine learning algorithms for causal inference and study their finite-sample performance through simulation experiments under various scenarios. Application to the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) data shows that these adaptations can improve simple linear regression-based methods.

Estimation on the Risk of Pesticide Exposure by Food Intake

  • Chun, Ock-Kyoung;Kang, Hee-Gon;Cho, Nam-Jun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.139-142
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    • 2002
  • This study carried out to evaluate TMDI(theoretical maximum daily intake) and EDI(estimated daily intake) for Korean by using MRLs, food intake, residue data, and correction factors and compare with ADI(acceptable daily intake) in order to estimate the health risk based on the pesticide exposure.

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Control of Hydrocracking Temperature in Ebulated Recycle Reactor (유동화 재순환 반응기에서 석유의 수소첨가 반응시 이탈된 온도제어)

  • 이창우;홍영호;함영민
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.76-87
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    • 1998
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of on temperature control from actuating method, recycling ratio and the position (top, middle and bottom) of set and controlled temperature within the reactor in adiabatic ebullated recycling condition, when the disturbance was occurred. Estimation of the solution were performed numerically using the finite difference method. It was assumed that the reaction is in constant with heat of reaction and the physical properties(density, heat capacity and viscosity, etc) of the reactants are same condition within the reactor.

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Comparision of Hypothesis Tests and Interval Estimations for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Populations (동질성 및 이질성 모집단의 가설검정과 구간추정의 비교)

  • Choi, Sung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.365-370
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    • 2009
  • The present study proposes the various hypothesis tests and interval estimations for homogeneous and heterogeneous populations in the continuous and discrete process. These results can be used to complement the QC story 15 steps for quality improvement circle and DMAIC processes for six sigma innovation.

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Derivation of Confidence Intervals According to the Use Types of Hypothesis Tests (가설검정 유형에 의한 신뢰구간 추정의 종류 및 유도)

  • Choi, Sung-Woon
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.541-546
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    • 2009
  • The paper contributes deriving the confidence intervals according to the use types of hypothesis tests. The guidelines of usuage on the types of hypothesis tests and interval estimation are proposed. These formulars can be used to evaluate the effects of quality improvement activity

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Appropriate Choice of Window Function for Noise Reduction (잡음 감소를 위한 창 함수의 선택에 관한 연구)

  • 백문열
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 1997
  • This paper shows a performance estimation of windowing a single tone with added Gaussian noise and uniform noise. Signal-to-noise ratio can be determined by the ratio of the output noisy signal variance to the input noisy signal variance of a window. Standard deviation of noise is reduced by windowing Signal-to-noise ratio of the noisy signal is reduced by the windowing operation. Thus, performance of window function can be determined by this filtering operation that improved the signal-to-noise ratio.

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