• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.1125-1142
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• 2016

Tunneling is one of the challenging tasks in civil engineering because it involves a variety of decision making and engineering judgment based on knowledge and experience. One of the challenges is to construct tunnels in risky areas under shallow overburden. In order to prevent the collapse of ceilings and walls of a large tunnels, in such conditions, either a sequential excavation method (SEM) or ground reinforcing method, or a combination of both, can be utilized. This research deals with the numerical modeling of L-profiles and pipe fore-poling pre-support systems in the adit tunnel in northwestern Iran. The first part of the adit tunnel has been drilled in alluvial material with very weak geotechnical parameters. Despite applying an SEM in constructing this tunnel, analyzing the results of numerical modeling done using FLAC3D, as well as observations during drilling, indicate the tunnel instability. To improve operational safety and to prevent collapse, pre-support systems, including pipe fore-poling and L-profiles were designed and implemented. The results of the numerical modeling coupled with monitoring during operation, as well as the results of instrumentation, indicate the efficacy of both these methods in tunnel collapse prevention. Moreover, the results of modeling using FLAC3D and SECTION BUILDER suggest a double angle with equal legs ($2L100{\times}100{\times}10mm$) in both box profile and tee array as an alternative section to pipe fore-poling system while neither $L80{\times}80{\times}8mm$ nor $2L80{\times}80{\times}8mm$ can sustain the axial and shear stresses exerted on pipe fore-poling system.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2009

이 시험은 제주도 화산회토양을 이용하여 Ni, Cu, Zn의 토양중 존재형태를 알아보고 토양 중금속이 청경채의 흡수에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 수행되었다. 토양 중 함량을 연속추출법에 의해 알아본 결과 토양 종류마다 각 중금속의 존재형태가 차이가 있었고, 이를 이용하여 토양 종류를 구분할 수 있었다. 중금속 함량이 다른 토양을 이용하여 청경채를 재배했을 경우 Zn, Cu는 뿌리에서 흡수되어 지상부로 이동되었으나 Ni은 지상부에서 거의 검출이 되지 않아 청경채 내에서 미량원소의 이동성이 달랐다. 그러나 토양 중 함량과 청경채의 함량 간에는 치환성 Zn을 제외하고는 상관관계가 없었으며, 특히 Ni은 식물체 내에서 이동도 어려울 뿐만 아니라 토양 중 함량과 상관관계를 내기도 어렵기 때문에 전함량이나 치환성함량 등 지금까지의 방법에 의한 토양 중 함량으로 식물체의 함량을 추정하기에는 매우 어렵다고 판단되므로 새로운 접근방법이 개발될 필요가 있다고 판단된다. 인체의 중금속 흡수에 의한 위해성 평가와 관련해서는 토양 식물체, 식물체 인체 두 단계를 거치게 되는데 각 단계에서 불확실성이 존재하므로 중금속의 기준을 토양 및 식물체 별로 각각 마련하는 것보다는 식물체내 농도만으로 정하는 것도 한가지 해결책이 될 수 있다고 생각한다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.283-299
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• 2001

공주시 금흥 생활쓰레기 매립지의 중간 복토재와 차수재에서 채취한 시료에 대해 0.1N HCI 용축, 전함량 분석 및 연속추출분석을 실시하여 As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Ti와 Zn 함량을 ICP-AES로 분석하였다. 또한, 비교를 위해 오염되지 않은 토양과 퇴적물 시료를 분석하였다. 연속추출 결과, Cu는 유기물이 용해되는 단계에서 우세하였으며, As, Ni, Sr, Ba와 Mn은 이온교환단계에서 우세하였다. 대부분의 Zn와 Mn은 산화광물, 탄산염광물 및 규산염광물과 수반되었다. Cd와 Pb는 주로 산화광물과 유기물과 수반되었다. Co, Cr, Fe와 Ti의 주요 운반자는 규산염광물이었으며, 다음으로 중요한 운반자는 산화광물이었다. 중간복토재와 차수재 시료에서 유기물과 수반된 금속의 백분율은 Cu(48%)〉Ti(42%)〉Pb(27%)〉As(25%)〉Cd(20%)의 순이었다. 연속추출결과를 근거로 추정하면, 중간복토재와 차수재에 함유된 금속의 이동도는 다음과 같이 제시되었다. : Cd〉Sr〉Ni〉Mn〉Ba〉Cu〉Pb〉Zn〉〉Co〉Ti〉Fe〉Cr. 'Geoaccmulation index'와 'enrichment factor'에 근거하면, 금흥 매립지와 농경지에서 채취한 시료들은 Cu, Ni과 Cr의 오염수준이 의미가 있었다. 이들 원소의 농집은 오염에 기인하였다.

• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2024

Background/Aims: The prognostic significance of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) in peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) are controversial. We explored the prognostic impact of sequential ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT during frontline chemotherapy of patients with PTCLs. Methods: In total, 143 patients with newly diagnosed PTCLs were included. Sequential ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CTs were performed at the time of diagnosis, during chemotherapy, and at the end of chemotherapy. The baseline total metabolic tumor volume (TMTV) was calculated using the the standard uptake value with a threshold method of 2.5. Results: A baseline TMTV of 457.0 cm³ was used to categorize patients into high and low TMTV groups. Patients with a high TMTV had shorter progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) than those with a low TMTV (PFS, 9.8 vs. 26.5 mo, p = 0.043; OS, 18.9 vs. 71.2 mo, p = 0.004). The interim ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT response score was recorded as 1, 2-3, and 4-5 according to the Deauville criteria. The PFS and OS showed significant differences according to the interim ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT response score (PFS, 120.7 vs. 34.1 vs. 5.1 mo, p < 0.001; OS, not reached vs. 61.1 mo vs. 12.1 mo, p < 0.001). Conclusions: The interim PET/CT response based on visual assessment predicts disease progression and survival outcome in PTCLs. A high baseline TMTV is associated with a poor response to anthracycline-based chemotherapy in PTCLs. However, TMTV was not an independent predictor for PFS in the multivariate analysis.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2017

Historical earthquakes have shown that successive seismic events may occur in regions of high seismicity. Such a sequence of earthquakes has the potential to increase the damage level of the structures, since any rehabilitation between the successive ground motions is practically impossible due to lack of time. Few studies about this issue can be found in literature, most of which focused their attention on the seismic response of SDOF systems or planar frame structures. The aim of the present study is to examine the impact of seismic sequences on the damage level of 3D multistorey R/C buildings with various structural systems. For the purposes of the above investigation a comprehensive assessment is conducted using three double-symmetric and three asymmetric in plan medium-rise R/C buildings, which are designed on the basis of the current seismic codes. The buildings are analyzed by nonlinear time response analysis using 80 bidirectional seismic sequences. In order to account for the variable orientation of the seismic motion, the two horizontal accelerograms of each earthquake record are applied along horizontal orthogonal axes forming 12 different angles with the structural axes. The assessment of the results revealed that successive ground motions can lead to significant increase of the structural damage compared to the damage caused by the corresponding single seismic events. Furthermore, the incident angle can radically alter the successive earthquake phenomenon depending on the special characteristics of the structure, the number of the sequential earthquakes, as well as the distance of the record from the fault.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.90-96
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• 2016

This study proposes a dynamic reliability analysis of control system as a method of quantitative evaluation of its performance in probabilistic terms. In this dynamic reliability analysis, the failure event is defined as an event that the dynamic response of the structural system exceeds a displacement limit, whereas the conventional reliability analysis method has limitations that do not properly assess the actual time history response of the structure subjected to dynamic loads, such as earthquakes and high winds, by taking the static response into account in the failure event. In this first paper, we discuss the control effect of the viscous damper on the seismic performance of the member-level failure where the failure event of the structural member consists of the union set of time-sequential member failures during the earthquake excitations and the failure probability of the earthquake-excited structural member is computed using system reliability approach to consider the statistical dependence of member failures between the subsequent time points. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed approach can present a reliable assessment of the control performance of the viscous damper system in comparison with MCS method. The most important advantage of the proposed approach can provide us more accurate estimate of failure probability of the structural control system by using the actual time-history responses obtained by dynamic response analysis.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.591-600
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• 2018

The probabilistic characterization of wind field characteristics is a significant task for fatigue reliability assessment of long-span railway bridges in wind-prone regions. In consideration of the effect of wind direction, the stochastic properties of wind field should be represented by a bivariate statistical model of wind speed and direction. This paper presents the construction of the bivariate model of wind speed and direction at the site of a railway arch bridge by use of the long-term structural health monitoring (SHM) data. The wind characteristics are derived by analyzing the real-time wind monitoring data, such as the mean wind speed and direction, turbulence intensity, turbulence integral scale, and power spectral density. A sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm-based finite mixture modeling method is proposed to formulate the joint distribution model of wind speed and direction. For the probability density function (PDF) of wind speed, a double-parameter Weibull distribution function is utilized, and a von Mises distribution function is applied to represent the PDF of wind direction. The SQP algorithm with multi-start points is used to estimate the parameters in the bivariate model, namely Weibull-von Mises mixture model. One-year wind monitoring data are selected to validate the effectiveness of the proposed modeling method. The optimal model is jointly evaluated by the Bayesian information criterion (BIC) and coefficient of determination, $R^2$. The obtained results indicate that the proposed SQP algorithm-based finite mixture modeling method can effectively establish the bivariate model of wind speed and direction. The established bivariate model of wind speed and direction will facilitate the wind-induced fatigue reliability assessment of long-span bridges.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.22-32
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• 2019

On offshore platforms, oil and gas leaks are apt to be the initial events of major accidents that may result in significant loss of life and property damage. To prevent accidents induced by leakage, it is vital to perform a case-specific and accurate risk assessment. This paper presents an integrated method of Ddynamic Qquantitative Rrisk Aassessment (DQRA)-using the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL)-Bayesian Network (BN)-for evaluation of the system vulnerabilities and prediction of the occurrence probabilities of accidents induced by leakage. In the method, three-level indicators are established to identify factors, events, and subsystems that may lead to leakage, fire, and explosion. The critical indicators that directly influence the evolution of risk are identified using DEMATEL. Then, a sequential model is developed to describe the escalation of initial events using an Event Tree (ET), which is converted into a BN to calculate the posterior probabilities of indicators. Using the newly introduced accident precursor data, the failure probabilities of safety barriers and basic factors, and the occurrence probabilities of different consequences can be updated using the BN. The proposed method overcomes the limitations of traditional methods that cannot effectively utilize the operational data of platforms. This work shows trends of accident risks over time and provides useful information for risk control of floating marine platforms.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.85-99
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• 2013

이 연구의 목적은 다중 시기 원격탐사 자료로부터 추출한 수륙경계선을 이용하여 제작된 간석지 수치표고모델(DEM)에 포함된 오차의 공간 분포 분석 및 침수 취약성 추정에 있다. 오차의 전역적인 통계값만을 제시했던 기존 연구와 달리, 이 연구에서는 지구통계학적 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 확률론적 관점에서 오차의 공간 분포를 정량적으로 해석하였다. 바람아래 간석지를 대상으로 2010년대 다중 시기 Landsat 자료로부터 추출된 수륙경계선과 보정 조위값을 이용하여 초기 DEM을 생성하였다. 현장 고도 측정 자료와 비교하였을 때, 생성된 DEM은 대체로 실제 고도를 저추정하는 것으로 나타났으며, 지역적인 차이가 나타났다. 이후 오차의 공간 자기상관성 정보를 기반으로 순차적 가우시안 시뮬레이션을 적용하여 다량의 대안적 오차 공간 분포도를 작성하였다. 이 오차 공간 분포도를 이용하여 오차가 보정된 대안적 DEM을 생성한 후에, IPCC SERS 해수면 상승 시나리오에 따른 침수 취약성의 확률 분포도를 제작하였다. 지구통계학적 시뮬레이션 기반 오차분석 방법론은 오차 추정의 불확실성 및 오차 전파 문제를 확률론적으로 표현할 수 있다. 따라서 이 연구에서 적용한 오차 분석 방법론은 수륙경계선 기반 간석지 DEM의 오차 추정뿐만 아니라, 다양한 분야의 주제도에 포함된 오차의 확률론적 평가에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.4786-4793
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• 2012

최근 모바일 컴퓨팅 환경에서 실시간 트랜잭션 처리에 대한 트랜잭션 모델에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 회복모델에 대한 연구는 상대적으로 미흡하다. 이러한 모바일 컴퓨팅 환경에서는 핸드오프가 발생하였을 경우 데이터 손실이 발생하므로 데이터베이스의 안정성을 위한 모바일 회복기법은 매우 중요하다. 그래서 모바일 컴퓨팅 환경에서는 입출력을 줄일 수 있는 효율적인 회복기법에 대한 연구가 절실히 요구된다. SLL기법은 순차파일로 구성되어 있기 때문에 입출력시간이 증가된다. 본 연구에서는 모바일 컴퓨팅 환경에서 효율적인 모바일 회복 기법을 제안하였다. 마지막으로 제한한 회복기법의 성능평가를 수행하여 효율성을 입증하였다.