• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.103-108
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• 1999

This study focused on risk assessment for inhalation of airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Ulsan industrial complex area. For non-carcinogenic risk, even the highest hazard index of toluene was estimated to be $4.8\times10^{-2}$, which was much lower than 1. The total hazard index of VOCs was estimated to be $5.8\times10^{-2}$. However, lifetime average cancer risk from the inhalation of airborne VOCs was estimated to be about $1.1\times10^{-3}/$, which was much higher than a risk standard of $10^{-5}$. The risk of $4.4\times10^{-5}$. came from benzene, the only human carcinogen among VOCs, while that of $1.05\times10^{-3}$ from probable human carcinogens including 1,3-butadiene and 1,2-dichloroethane. About 70% and 20% of total VOC cancer risk was due to the inhalation of 1,3-butadiene and 1,2-dichloroethane, respectively. Therefore, proper risk management of these 3 VOCs was required for the protection of health from cancer burden in Ulsan industrial complex area.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

With the convergence of the information and communication technologies, a new age of technological civilization has arrived. This is the age of intelligent revolution, known as the 4th industrial revolution. The 4th industrial revolution is based on technological innovations, such as robots, big data analysis, artificial intelligence, and unmanned transportation facilities. This revolution would interconnect all the people, things, and economy, and hence will lead to the expansion of the industry. A high-density, high-capacity energy technology is required to maintain this interconnection. As a next-generation energy source, lithium-ion batteries are in the spotlight today. However, lithium-ion batteries can cause thermal runaway and fire because of electrical, thermal, and mechanical abuse. In this study, thermal runaway was induced in 72.5 Ah NCM pouch-type lithium-ion batteries because of thermal abuse. The surface of the pouch-type lithium-ion batteries was heated by the hot plate heating method, and the effect of the rate of increase in the surface temperature on the thermal runaway trigger time was analyzed using Minitab 19, a statistical analysis program. The correlation analysis results confirmed that there existed a strong negative relationship between each variable, while the regression analysis demonstrated that the thermal runaway trigger time of lithium-ion batteries can be predicted from the rate of increase in their surface temperature.

• 대한예방의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1994.02a
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• pp.402-403
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• 1994

There are three different approaches to chemical risk assessment which will be considered in this paper. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) Cancer Risk Assessment includes some of the approaches used by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) effort is an evaluated database approach similar to that used in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Criteria Documents and in the documentations prepared by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) and those of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) for the Threshold Limit Values (TLVs). A third approach is used by the Committee on Toxicology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.287-292
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• 1999

도시화 및 산업화가 급속히 진행되어감에 따라 하천에는 수중구조물이 상당수 설치되어 있어서 교량에서의 세굴에 대한 안전성 여부 및 그에 대한 대책 수립이 매우 절실한 실정이다. 국내의 경우 성수대교 및 행주대교 붕괴사고 이후 특히 하천의 교각에 대한 세굴의 영향은 많은 학자들의 관심이 되어 왔다. 연구의 주된 관점은 세굴에 영향을 미치는 인자들의 역학적 거동에 대한 것으로써 세굴을 일으키는 인자들의 최대 영향 및 최대 세굴심도를 예측하고 세굴로부터 보호하는 공법에 주력하고 있다. 그동안의 조사결과에 의하면 교각이나 교대의 하부구조가 세굴로 인한 위험성이 상당히 내재되어 있는 것으로 알려지고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.63-68
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• 1999

건물화재 시 예상되는 화재위험성은 플래쉬오버 현상에 따라 큰 영향을 받게된다. 플래쉬오버 현상은 공간의 가연물이 일시적으로 연소에 관련되면서 인적, 물적 피해가 극대화되는 시점으로 볼 수 있으며 따라서 이에 대한 공학적인 해석은 적정 방화설계를 위한 필수적인 조건이 된다. 한편, 건물의 벽, 천장 등에 사용되는 가연성 마감제의 열적특성은 플래시오버현상을 예측하는 매우 중요한 기준으로 인식되고 있으며 이와 같은 배경에서 현재 미국의 ASTM, NFPA, UBC 그리고 ISO에서는 각자의 기준을 정하여 사용하고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.340-343
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• 2001

In an electrical network, electrical power are transmitted by a various of protection, isolation and control electric circuit devices. This thesis deals with the protection function between circuit-breakers. The protective coordination concerns the behaviour of two devices placed in series in an electrical network, with a short-circuit downstream circuit-breaker. It has two basic principles: First, discrimination which is an increasing requirement of low voltage electrical distribution systems. Second, which is less well known: cascading, which consists of installing a device, whose breaking capacity is less than the three-phase short-circuit current at its terminals and helped by main circuit-breaker. The important advantage of cascading is to be able to install at a branch circuit-breaker of a lesser performance without endangering the safety of the installation for more economical usage. To determine and guarantee co-ordination between two circuit breakers, it is necessary to carry out a theoretical approach, first, and then confirm the results by means of standard tests. This is illustrated in appendix A of IEC 947-2.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.20-24
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• 2014

These days the large-scale car accidents have often been occurred by overspeeding in disregard of sharp curve, foggy and freezing regions. This paper has proposed the algorithm to calculate the safety speed in real time that can protect the car accidents under these weather and road conditions using Fuzzy reasoning theory. Under raining and snowing, drivers have to slow down the traffic safety speed by 1/3 of the traffic safety speed indicated on the existing speed sign plate based on their decision. So it is difficult to calculate and then observe the safety speed. This paper has performed the simulation that provides the deivers with the optimal safety speed considering the road and weather conditions in real time to improve these problems. We have proved this method can improve more 25% than the existing one.

• Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.182-194
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• 2009

This study was conducted to evaluate health status and to propose health protection measures of irregular plant construction workers in Yoesu National Industrial Complex (YNIC). The status of safety and health management was examined in five areas including safety and health education, work environment monitoring, health examination, health management record, and personal protective equipment (PPE) for plant construction workers. The safety training rate for plant construction workers was reached high at 91%, The training was mostly consisted of safety accident related things, but training on hazardous materials was found to be insufficient. Workplace monitoring results showed that the compliance rate for work environment for irregular construction workers was 54% and workplace monitoring during turnaround (TA) period with high risk of exposure to hazardous agents has not been implemented. While 61.4% of irregular workers received the general health examination but only 36.8% received the special health examination. The special health examination was found to be conducted only upon welders from 2-3 years ago. The issue of health management record upon irregular construction workers was not being implemented. In case of PPE, basic safety protective equipments such as safety shoes, safety belt, safety helmet were being supplied well while the supply rate of respirator for organic vapor was relatively low at 40%. Based on this study, two suggestions to maximize the utilization of the current safety and health program were made while boosting its effectiveness in protecting workers' health. First, the role of owners (petrochemical plant) related to safety and health should be strengthened. Second, in consideration of the characteristics of construction workers who usually engage in short term employment and frequent movement, community based health management organization is suggested that can overcome such structural problem and carry out the implementation of health examination and sustained health management.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.267-270
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• 1998

Current valve protection cover had problem that the hight of cover cap and road level could not match when the road was repaired and overcovered. But new developed device can solve this problem by forming several grooves in the connecting pipe. This device is devided into col=netting pipe (down side) and cap part.(upper side) On the outside diameter of connecting pipe, several horizontal grooves and two vertical grooves are formed. Through the horizontal grooves, the hight of cap part ran be adjusted with ground level. Therefore, this device can help easy maintenence in running water pipe.

• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.29-33
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• 1990

The need for the protection of workers in many industrial workstations has long been recognized, and many type of protective equipment have been devised. In many protective equipment designs, this study set limits to the safety helmet. The direct closed head impact problem was idealized as a linear-damped spring model. This study concerns what properties of helment should afford optimal protection in a direct closed head impact problem. The solution to the problem was achieved through analytic method and numerical computation. The answer was found in terms of 4 parameters : 1) rigidity of shell, 2) viscosity of shell, 3)rigidity of harness, 4) viscosity of harness. The choices are as follows 1) to reduce the rigidity value of harness as small as possible 2) to increase the viscosity value of harness as large as possible. 3) to select the rigidity value of shell sufficient for preventing a breakage.