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Effects of Hydraulic Variables on the Formation of Freshwater-Saltwater Transition Zones in Aquifers

  • Park, Nam-sik
    • Korean Journal of Hydrosciences
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    • v.7
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1996
  • The location and the shape of a freshwater transition zone in a coastal aquifer are affected by many hydraulic variables. To data most works to determine the effects of these variables are limited to qualitative comparison of transiton zones. In this work characteristics of transition zones are analyzed quantitatively. The investigation is limited to a steady-state transition zones. Three dimensionless variables are defined to represent characteristics of steady-state transition zones. They are maximum introsion length, thickness, and degree of stratification. Effects of principal hydraulic variables (velocity and dispersivity) on these characteristics are studied using a numerical model. Dimensional analysis is used to systematically analyze entire model results. Effects of velocity and dispersivity are seem clearly. From this study, increase in velocity is found to cause shrinkage of transition zones. This observation contradicts claims by some that, because dispersion is proportional to velocity, increase in velocity would cause expansion of transition zones.

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Quantitative Analysis for the Effects of Hydraulic Variables on the Formation of Freshwater-Saltwater Transition Zones in Aquifers (수리 변수들이 대수층 내의 담수 해수 - 확산대의 형성에 미치는 영향에 대한 정량적 분석)

  • 박남식
    • Water for future
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 1995
  • The location and the shape of freshwater-saltwater transition zones in coastal aquifers are affected by many hydraulic variables. To date most work to determine the effects of these variables are limited to qualitative comparison of transition zones. In this work characteristics of transition zones (maximum intrusion length, thickness, and degree of stratification) are quantified, and effects of principal hydraulic variables(velocity and dispersivity) on these characteristics are studied using a numerical model. Dimensional analysis is used to assemble entire model results. Effects of velocity and dispersivity are seen clearly. From this study, increase in velocity is found to cause shrinkage of transition zones. This observation contradicts claims by some that, because dispersion is proportional to velocity, increase in velocity would cause expansion of transition zones.

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A Correlation Analysis on Earth Pressure and Subgrade Stiffness in Bridge Abutment Transition Zone (철도 교량접속부의 토압과 노반강도와의 상관관계)

  • Kim, Jin-Hwan;Cho, Kook-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.647-655
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    • 2016
  • The construction of high speed railways and improvement projects of for conventional railways require straight railway lines of railway, which leads to an increase of bridge and tunnel construction. Transition zones in railways means that the track support stiffness is variedvaries in over short ranges. Sspecial attention is required in theose transition zones since because instability of train running in train and irregularities of track irregularities are can frequently occurred. Typical transition zones are between bridges and earthworks and between tunnels and earthworks. On In a transition zone, a bridge abutment transition zone has many problems in with various causes. In this paper, fundamental problems of bridge abutment transition zones is are analyzed to enhance the understanding about of bridge abutment transition zones. Suggestions for improving problems in the transition zones are proposed.

The Impact of Anthropogenic Land Cover Change on Degradation of Grade in Ecology and Nature Map (생태자연도 등급 하락에 영향을 미치는 인위적 토지피복 변화 분석)

  • Choi, Chul-Hyun;Lim, Chi-Hong;Lee, Sung-Je;Seo, Hyun-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.77-87
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    • 2019
  • The first grade zones in Ecology and Nature Map are important regions for the conservation of the ecosystem, but it would be degraded by various anthropogenic factors. This study analyzes the relationship between potential land cover change and degradation of the first grade zones using land cover transition probability. As a result, it was shown that most of the first grade zones with degraded were converted from forest to urban(5.1%), cropland(27.2%), barren(11.0%) and grass(27.5%) in Gangwon and forest to urban(18.0%), cropland(15.3%), grass(28.4%), barren(12.3%) in Gyeonggi. The result of the logistic regression analysis showed that the probability of degradation of first grade zone was higher in area where was expected the higher probability of urban, cropland, barren, grass transition. The barren transition probability was the most influential and grass was the next highest. There were regional differences in the probability of urban transition and cropland transition, and the urban transition probability was more influential in Gyeonggi-do. This is because development pressure such as housing site development is high in Gyeonggi-do. Due to the limitations of the Act on Mountain Districts Management, even in the first grade zones, the grade may be degraded. Therefore, if Ecology and Nature Map are used to prevent deforestation or conversion of mountainous districts, it may contribute to the preservation of the ecosystem.

Actual microstructure-based numerical method for mesomechanics of concrete

  • Chena, S.;Yueb, Z.Q.;Kwan, A.K.H.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents an actual microstructure-based numerical method to investigate the mechanical properties of concrete at mesoscopic level. Digital image processing technique is used to capture the concrete surface image and generate the actual 3-phase microstructure of the concrete, which consists of aggregate, matrix and interfacial transition zones. The microstructure so generated is then transformed into a mesh or grid for numerical analysis. A finite difference code FLAC2D is used for the numerical analysis to simulate the mechanical responses and failure patterns of the concrete. Several cases of concrete with different degrees of material heterogeneity and under different compression loading conditions have been analysed. From the numerical results, the effects of the internal material heterogeneities as well as the external confining stresses are studied. It is shown that the material heterogeneities arising from the presence of different phases and the existence of interfacial transition zones have great influence on the overall mechanical behaviour of concrete and that the numerically simulated behaviour of concrete with or without confining stresses applied agrees quite well with the general observations reported in the literature.

State Territoriality and Spaces of Exception in East Asia : Universalities and Particularities of East Asian Special Zones (동아시아에서 국가의 영토성과 예외적 공간 : 동아시아 특구의 보편성과 특수성)

  • Park, Bae-Gyoon
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.288-310
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    • 2017
  • This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework to see the special zones in East Asia in relation to the territorialities of the state. For this, it will introduce Aihwa Ong's notion of 'spaces of exception', and provide some critical discussions on it. Unlike Ong, I do not see the spaces of exception as an outcome of neoliberal changes of the state. Instead, I propose to see the special zones in terms of the internal limitations of the modern state territoriality. In particular, I try to theorize the special zones in relation to the dialectics of the contradictory relations between mobility and fixity inherent in the territoriality of the modern nation state. In addition, it will be suggested to see special zones as an essential part of the spatiality of the East Asian developmental states, given the spatio-temporal contexts of the East Asian capitalist development. On the basis of these theoretical discussions, this paper will divide the special zones that have been developed in East Asia since the 1960s into 3 different types, including 1) developmentalist special zones, 2) neo-liberal special zones, and 3) special zones for transition, and discuss their characteristics.

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A Study on the Upland Use Plans Using Farm Manager Registration Information and Spatial Data (농업경영체 등록정보와 공간데이터를 활용한 밭 이용 방안 연구: 전라남도 무안군·해남군을 중심으로)

  • Oh, Yun-Gyeong;Yoo, Seung-Hwan;Choi, Soo-Myung;Lee, Jimin
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.60 no.4
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2018
  • Food consumption pattern changes, including a decrease in rice consumption and increasing demand for fresh vegetables, along with declining food self-sufficiency rate, more importance is being placed on agricultural industry within Korea. Taking these changes into consideration, there is an increasing necessity for managing upland fields on agricultural sector to revitalize agricultural land use. Therefore, in this study, upland use type was classified into agricultural economic, environmental conservation, and rural social frames. The purpose of this study was to suggest upland use plan with farm manager registration information and spatial data. As results of this analysis, the mean area of agricultural economic frame in Haenam (16.47 ha) was found to be wider than Muan (3.17 ha), and scale improvement zones (54 zones) were located in only Haenam. In case of environmental conservation frame, there's no zone of scenic agriculture land in both study areas, but landuse transition zones were located in Muan (278 zones) and Haenam (604 zones). Agro-healing zones of rural social frame were 1,018 zones in Muan and 1,588 zones in Haenam and kitchen garden sites were 342 zones in Muan and 370 zones in Haenam. These results could be used when we establish the plan of an agricultural infrastructure project or select places for a collaborative agricultural land use project.

Strain Characteristics of Reinforcing materials in the transition zone of slopes (사면의 변이영역에서 보강재의 변형률 특성)

  • 김경태;장대수;장기태;한희수
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.119-127
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    • 2003
  • For the calculation of internal stability, the hypothesis in conventional design is on the basis of two distinct zones, which are‘active zone’and‘passive zone’. This means that there is an abrupt discontinuous transition from active to passive states across a potential failure line. The existence of a discontinuity of this nature appears physically unreasonable, especially from kinematic considerations. A series of pull-out model tests was undertaken from a wall being rotated about the toe to find the strain distribution mobilized from near the wall face into the deep, stable zone through the centre plane. With this finding of transition zone, the objective of study is aiming at identifying the likely effect of this zone in designing method by comparing with the prevailing design method.

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Evolution of Solidification Structures of Al-Si Alloys in a Vertical Centrifugal Casting (Al-Si합금의 수직원심주조시 응고조직의 형성)

  • Chang, Sung-Rak;Huh, Seung-Ho;Hong, Chun-Pyo
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.197-207
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    • 2000
  • Al-Si alloys were solidified in a rotating cylindrical mold by a vertical centrifugal casting process. Under a certain casting condition, there are four distinct zones such as the chill zone, the primary fine columnar zone, the equiaxed zone, and the secondary coarse columnar zone from the mold wall. The columnar-equiaxed transition (CET) and the equiaxed-columnar transition (ECT) were measured as functions of solute content, flow rate (mold velocity), pouring temperature and mold temperature. Within the critical value of solute content, as the flow rate increases, the columnar-equiaxed transition were found, but not the equiaxed-columnar transition. The aspect ratio of the primary columnar zone was more affected by the solute content than the flow rate. However the aspect ratio of the equiaxed zone was more affected by the flow rate than the solute content. The aspect ratio of the secondary columnar zone was affected by both the flow rate and the solute content.

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Enhanced mechanical properties and interface structure characterization of W-La2O3 alloy designed by an innovative combustion-based approach

  • Chen, Pengqi;Xu, Xian;Wei, Bangzheng;Chen, Jiayu;Qin, Yongqiang;Cheng, Jigui
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.1593-1601
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    • 2021
  • Oxide dispersion strengthening (ODS) tungsten alloys are highly desirable in irradiation applications. However, how to improve the properties of ODS-tungsten alloys efficiently has been worth studying for a long time. Here we report a nanostructuring approach that achieves W-La2O3 alloy with a high level of flexural strength and Vickers hardness at room temperature, which have the maximum value of 581 MPa and 703 Hv, respectively. This method named solution combustion synthesis (SCS) can generate 30 nm coating structures W-La2O3 composite powders by using Keggin-type structural polyoxometalates as raw materials in a fast and low-cost process. The composite powder can be fabricated to W-La2O3 alloy with an optimal microstructure of submicrometric W grains coexisting with nanometric oxide particles in the grain interior, and a stability interface structure of grain boundaries (GBs) by forming transition zones. The method can be used to prepare new ODS alloys with excellent properties in the future.