• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.447-463
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• 1994

Despite the public health importance of injury and poisoning in terms of its high mortality and incidence, epidemiologic information to be utilized are scarce in Korea. This study was carried out in 1990 on a representative sample population (about 55,000 persons) along with the 6th National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey in order to estimate the magnitude of injury and poisoning occurrence and to identify its epidemiologic characteristics which can be aided for establishing preventive strategy. Pre-tested and structured Questionnaire was used by trained interviewer to collect data including general information of the person, various information on the injury and poisoning during the past one year such as time and place of its occurrence, its nature and external causes, type of medical institute attended, duration of treatment and outcome of the accident occured. In analysis of the data collected incidence rates per 1000 persons by sex, age group and its nature as well as external causes, and relative frequencies were calculated. The result obtained are as followings; 1. The incidence rate per 1000 was 30 for both sexes, 39 for male and 22 for female, male being 1.8 times more frequent than female. Age adjusted incidences were not much different from the crude rates. Age group specific rate curve showed bimodal shape in both sexes, small peaks in preschool children and higher peaks in older ages. The incidence rate per 1000 people by area was highest in Jeon-bug province (57/1000) and the lowest in Daegu city(11/1000). 2. The place where the injuries occured were road in 46%, within the boundary of house in 25%, and working place in 12% The injuries and poisoning had occured more frequently during the months from March to August of the year than other months. 3. The relatively frequent injuries by its nature were contusion with intact skin surface (19%), fracture of upper limb (13%), open wound of head, neck and trunk (12%) and fracture of lower limb (11%) among males; contusion with intact skin surface (28%), sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscle (14%), fracture of upper limb (10%) and fracture of lower limb (9%) among females. Higher incidence rate among males than females were fracture of skull (4.5 times), open wound and fractures of limbs ($2{\sim}3$ times). Age specific rate of injuries and poisoning by its nature showed increasing pattern by age in fractures of upper and lower limbs and sprains & strains of joints whereas the age group of 30's showed highest incidence in open wounds of upper limb. Fractures of radius and ulna in upper limb, fractures of tibia & fibula and ankle in lower limb were most frequent among fractures of upper and lower limbs. The frequent injuries among sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles were that of ankle, foot and back, and among open wound were that of head and fingers. 4. Relative frequency of injuries and poisoning by external causes showed following order : other accidents (25%), accidental falls (23%), motor vehicle accident (22%) and other road vehicle accident (14%) among males and accidental falls (37%), motor vehicle accident (24%) and other accident (18%) among females. The external causes revealing higher incidences among males than females, were other road vehicle accident (4.8 times), vehicle accident not elsewhere classifiable (4.4 times), accidental poisoning (4.4 times), accidents due to natural and environmental factors (2.8 times), and sucide & self-inflicted injuries (2.8 times). Age specific incidence by external causes for frequent injuries showed that incidence of other accident steadily increased from 10's till age 50's; motor vehicle traffic accident increased from age 20's and dropped after age 60's; on the other hand accidental fall increased strikingly by age. The most frequent external causes among motor vehicle traffic accidents was motor vehicle traffic accident involving collision with pedstrain (69%), pedal cycle accident (30%) and other road vehicle accident (71%) among other road vehicle accidents; falls on same level from slipping, tripping or standing (44%) and other falls from one level to another among accidental falls; accidents caused by machinary (32%) for male and striking against or struck accidentally by objects or person for female among other accidents. 5. Seventy nine percent of the injuries and poisonings were treated in general hospital or hospital/clinic. The duration of treatment ranged from a few days to 123 weeks; the majority(52%) took under 2 weeks, 36% for $3{\sim}8$ weeks and 4% over 21 weeks. 6. The accident resulted in full recovery of normal healthy state in 62%, residual functional defects in 21% and on process of treatment in 16%.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2014

최근 산업의 발달로 증가하는 도로와 이를 이용하는 차량의 증가로 인한 교통사고가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 교통사고는 운전자과실, 차량결함, 주행도로상태, 자연환경 등의 다양한 불안정 인자들로 인하여 발생한다. 방호울타리의 한 종류인 가드레일은 교통사고 및 이탈을 방지하여 탑승자의 상해와 차량의 파손을 최소로 줄여 차량을 정상주행 시키는 것을 목적으로 한다. 가드레일은 8 tonf 차량이 $15^{\circ}$로 80 km/h의 속도로 가드레일에 충돌하는 시험으로 가드레일의 안정성을 평가하며, 지반은 상대적으로 지지력이 큰 무한평지에서 평가된다. 하지만 국내의 경우 성토사면에 설치된 가드레일은 보호길어깨에 설치되며, 이로 인해 가드레일의 지지력 저하 및 성능저하로 가드레일의 안정성에 문제가 발생할 가능성이 있다. 이러한 가드레일에 대한 기존 연구는 무한평지에 설치된 가드레일 및 차량의 안정성에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 하지만 차량 충돌 시 가드레일이 설치된 성토사면의 거동에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 차량 충돌 시 성토사면의 거동을 확인하기 위해 유한요소프로그램인 LS-DYNA를 이용하여 성토사면에 설치된 가드레일의 지주 매입깊이를 변화시켜 수치해석을 수행하였다. 그리고 수치해석은 NCAN(National Crash Analysis Center)에서 제공하는 8 tonf 트럭을 이용하여 성토사면에서 가드레일 지주의 매입깊이를 변화시키면서 충돌 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 가드레일 지주의 매입깊이가 증가함에 따라 성토사면의 변위와 응력이 증가하는 것으로 나타났으며, 450 mm 깊이에서 지반지지력이 저하되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2009

지난 30년 동안 발생한 천연가스자동차 사고사례를 수집하고 사고원인을 용기의 형태별로 분석하였다. 먼저 국내에서는 지금까지 6건의 사고가 발생하였는데 사고원인으로는 열처리 불량으로 인한 용기파열사고가 3건이고 복합재료의 손상에 의한 용기파열과 천연가스자동차 화재로 인한 용기파열, 그리고 정비불량으로 인한 연료배관 가스누출사고가 각각 1건씩을 기록하고 있다. 국외에서 발생한 사고를 용기 형태별로 살펴보면, 전체 사고용기의 약 29%가 Type I 용기에서 발생하였고, Type IV가 약 24%, Type II가 16%, 그리고 Type III가 14%를 차지하고 있다. 사고원인에 있어서는 원재료 및 제조과정의 오류에 의한 용기파열이 37%로 가장 높았고 용기의 반복사용으로 인한 응력부식균열이 16%로 위 두 가지 사고원인이 전체 사고용기의 절반을 차지하였다. 다음은 PRD의 결함과 과충전으로 인한 용기파열사고가 15%이고 그 밖에 화재 및 원인불명 등이 나머지를 차지하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이상에서 용기제조자는 용기형태에 관계없이 원재료 및 용기제조공정의 품질관리와 라이너의 부식을 방지하는 도장을 강화해야 하고, 운송사업자는 연료장치의 일상점검을 통해 천연가스자동차의 시설을 항상 안전한 상태로 유지 관리하는 노력이 필요하다고 요약할 수 있다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2009

교통사고는 인간의 생명과 직결되는 문제이므로, 교통사고 예방 및 심각도 감소를 위한 연구는 매우 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 교통사고 심각도에 영향을 줄 수 있는 다양한 영향요소들을 고려하여 교통사고로 인한 피해를 최소화할 수 있는 대응책을 수립하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 2004~2006년 동안 서해안 고속도로에서 발생한 174개의 구간별 사고자료를 이용하여 사고 심각도 예측모형을 만들었다. 이렇게 분석된 모형을 이용하여 사고심각도에 영향을 미치는 주요요인을 찾고 이를 이용하여 교통사고로 인한 피해를 줄일 수 있는 다양한 방법들을 고려해 보았다. 분석결과 과속으로 인한 사고, 차량결함, 차대차 사고, 차대사람 사고, 교통량, 곡선반경 및 종단경사 변동계수에 의해 사고심각도가 정의되는 것을 알 수 있다. 이와 같은 사고심각도와 밀접한 관련이 있는 독립변수들을 대상으로 구간에 따른 각 영향의 정도를 그래프를 나타내 보았으며, 그 결과 심각한 사고를 유발하는 특정원인이 몇 가지 존재하며 이러한 특정원인 및 사고유형은 서해안 고속도로의 특정구간에서 주로 발생한다는 것을 알 수 있다. 이러한 결과들은 서해안 고속도로의 특정 구간에 속도제한 단속 카메라, 차내/외 경고정보제공등과 같은 선택적 교통정보 및 교통시설을 제공함으로써 사고를 예방하는 방법에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2011

In this paper, friction welded joints were constructed to investigate the mechanical properties of welded 15-mm diameter solid bars of Mg alloy (AZ31B). The main friction welding parameters were selected to endure reliable quality welds on the basis of visual examination, tensile tests, impact energy test, Vickers hardness surveys of the bonds in the area and heat affected zone (HAZ), and macrostructure investigations. The study reached the following conclusions. The tensile strength of the friction welded materials (271 MPa) was increased to about 100% of the AZ31B base metal (274 MPa) under the condition of a heating time of 1 s. The metal loss increased lineally with an increase in the heating time. The following optimal friction welding conditions were determined: rotating speed (n) = 2000 rpm, heating pressure (HP) = 35 MPa, upsetting pressure (UP) = 70 MPa, heating time (HT) = 1 s, and upsetting time (UT) = 5 s, for a metal loss (Mo) of 10.2 mm. The hardness distribution of the base metal (BM) showed HV55. All of the BM parts showed levels of hardness that were approximately similar to friction welded materials. The weld interface of the friction welded parts was strongly mixed, which showed a well-combined structure of macro-particles without particle growth or any defects. In addition, an acoustic emission (AE) technique was applied to derive the optimum condition for friction welding the Mg alloy nondestructively. The AE count and energy parameters were useful for evaluating the relationship between the tensile strength and AE parameters based on the friction welding conditions.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1126-1132
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• 2009

Bridge structures are designed to support ordinary loadings such as vehicles, wind, temperature and current as well as unexpected loadings like earthquakes and storm. Especially, the displacement of Flexible bridges like an suspension bridge under ordinary loading conditions is necessary to be monitored. In case of long span bridges, there are some difficulties in monitoring the displacement of center of the main span using traditional laser displacement sensors. In this study, the static and dynamic displacement responses due to vehicle loadings were measured by DGPS(differential global positioning system) technique. The displacement response data were compared with data obtained from traditional laser displacement sensors so that the static and dynamic behavior of the bridge under vehicle loadings was examined and the applicability of the displacement response measurement using DGPS technique was verified. The static and dynamic loading test for an self-anchored suspension bridge, So-rok Bridge, was performed using vehicles. The displacement response from DGPS technique and that from laser displacement sensors of the bridge monitoring system were compared. The amplitude of white noise from DGPS based measurement was about 7 mm and that of laser displacement sensor based measurement was about 3 mm. On the other hand, dynamic behavior of the center of main span from DGPS based measurement showed better agreement with influence line of the bridge than that from laser displacement sensors. In addition, there were some irregular and discontinuous variation of data due to the instability of GPS receivers or frequent appearance of GPS satellites. Post-processing via the reference station close to an observation post provided by NGII(National Geographic Information Institute) will be a counter-plan for these defects.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2017

Engine oil is a substance used for the lubrication of internal combustion systems. However, in some case, defects in engine systems may contaminate engine oil with fuel. Contaminated engine oil can cause problems in the normal functioning of a vehicle. In this study, we investigate the functional properties of engine oil contaminated with diesel fuel. The test results indicate that the engine oil contaminated with diesel fuel has low flash point, pour point, density, kinematic viscosity and cold cranking simulator value. The contaminated engine oil which has low plash point can cause fire and explosion accident. Furthermore, a four ball test indicates that the contaminated engine oil increases wear scar to poor lubricity. Moreover, we investigate the GC pattern using SIMDIST (simulated distillation) for determination of diesel in engine oil. The SIMDIST analytic result, diesel was detected at earlier retention time than engine oil in chromatogram. Thus the SIMDIST method can define whether engine oil is contaminated by diesel fuel or not. We can use the SIMDIST method for the diagnosis of oil condition instead of analyzing other physical properties that require many analytic instruments, large volume of oil sample and long analysis time.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.380-386
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• 2006

CPW(Co-Planer Waveguide) 전송선을 이용하여 자동차 연료 게이지 시스템인 전자식 연료 센더를 개발 제작하였다. 전송선 주위의 물질에 따라 전송선의 특성 임피던스가 변화되는 특성을 이용하였다. 자동차 연료통 속의 휘발유 혹은 경유의 높이에 따라 전송선의 특성 임피던스가 변화하면 반사량이 달라지므로 반사된 전압을 증폭함으로써 기존의 기계식 장치를 대체하는 시스템을 제작하였다. 브이(buoy)에 의한 부력과 연동된 저항 변화를 이용한 기존의 floating 방식이 갖는 기계식 작동 고장을 없애고, 유량 높이 오차를 줄이도록 하였다. 두께 1.6 mm의 Epoxy 기판에 CPW 전송 선로 및 제반 전자 장치를 구성하여 실측한 결과 기존 시스템에 비해 높이 오차가 적고 선형성이 우수한 특성을 보였다. 이 시스템은 PCB상 SMT로 제작되어 저가이면서도 양산성이 좋고 수명이 반영구적이어서 기존 시스템과의 경쟁력에서 우위를 보일 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2020

Composite skull defects in patients with severe head injuries are very challenging to manage. The dilemma when deciding whether to perform a definitive reconstruction is how long to wait for physiological recovery before an intervention complicates the situation. The inability of such patients to tolerate prolonged anesthetic exposure is a driving factor for performing the minimal intervention necessary to facilitate recovery. Herein, we present a case involving the successful immediate reconstructive treatment of a severely head-injured adolescent with a composite scalp defect secondary to trauma. A 14-year-old boy sustained a severe head injury from a motor vehicle accident with a composite scalp defect in the right fronto-parietal region. The frontal lobe was exposed, and the right eye was crushed and devitalized. The patient was deeply unconscious for 3 days, without any significant improvements before reconstructive surgery was proposed due to fear of possible meningitis resulting from the exposure of brain structures. We successfully managed the patient with a fronto-parieto-occipital flap, after which the patient promptly recovered consciousness.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.679-686
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• 2013

The reduction unit is one of the most important components in railway cars, due to the transmission of torque from the motor to the wheels. Faulty reduction gears in high-speed trains result from excessive wear on the gear or damage to the gear. These types of gear defects have a significant effect on high-speed rail operation and safety; thus, a diagnosis system for the reduction unit is needed. Vibration diagnosis technology is one of the most effective diagnostics. In this paper, the vibration parameters of a reduction unit were evaluated during a driving-gear test and a full-vehicle test, using kurtosis and the crest factor. These tests were performed under normal operating conditions; a specimen tester was used to diagnose problems in defective gears.