• 환경생물
• /
• 제37권2호
• /
• pp.204-216
• /
• 2019

수생태계 생물학적 온전성을 평가하기 위하여 국내 하천 및 하구 923개 지점의 자료를 근거로 한국형 다중형 돌말지수(KMDI)를 개발하고, 이를 금강수계 233개 지점을 대상으로 온전성평가를 실시하여 단일형 돌말지수들과 비교 검토하였다. KMDI의 개발은 1) 먼저 선행문헌들을 참고로 300개 이상의 메트릭을 추출하고, 2) 이 중 설명력이 높은 46개 후보 메트릭을 선택하며, 3) 각 메트릭 값들의 변이성, 중복성, 변별력, 환경에 대한 민감성 등을 검증하고, 최종적으로 5가지의 메트릭을 선정하였다. KMDI는 매트릭의 단순합으로 표현하고, 환경요인들에 대한 신뢰성 검토 결과, 토지이용, BOD, TN, 전기전도도 등에 대해 높은 민감성 및 설명력을 보였으나 단일형 돌말지수들 보다는 동일 지점의 생물학적 온전성은 다소 높게 평가되는 특성을 보였다. 추후 국내는 물론 지역에 상관없이 적용가능한 설명력 높은 매트릭의 발굴 및 정확한 돌말류 분석 연구가 뒷따라야 될 것으로 판단되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
• /
• 제40권9호
• /
• pp.775-782
• /
• 2016

본 연구에서는 한국원자력연구원이 개발 중인 소듐 열유동 종합효과 시험장치(STELLA-2)의 주요 배관 계통을 대상으로 고온 설계를 수행하고, 두 가지 설계기술기준에 따라 배관의 건전성 평가를 수행하였다. 배관 설계기술기준으로는 일반 압력배관에 관한 ASME B31.1과 프랑스의 원자력등급 배관 설계기술기준인 RCC-MRx RD-3600을 적용하였으며, 이들 기술기준의 보수성을 정량적으로 비교 및 분석하였다. STELLA-2 소듐시설에서는 모의 잔열제거계통(Model DHRS), 모의 중간열전달계통(Model IHTS) 및 펌프 모의계통(PSLS)에 배관이 설치되는데, 두 설계기술기준을 따라 이들 배관 계통에 대해 건전성 평가를 수행한 결과 설계 건전성이 확인되었으며, 설계 기술기준 간 비교분석 결과 유지하중에 대해서는 ASME B31.1이, 열하중에 대해서는 RCC-MRx RD-3600이 더 보수적인 것으로 평가되었다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
• /
• 제25권12호
• /
• pp.5-12
• /
• 2009

록볼트는 터널과 지하공간 구조물의 시공에 있어서 주요 지보재 중 하나이며, 이러한 록볼트의 건전도가 전체 구조물의 안정성에 큰 영향을 미치게 되었다. 본 연구의 목적은 실제 현장에서 투과법을 적용하여 록볼트를 따라 전파되는 유도파를 통해 록볼트의 건전도를 평가하는 것이다. 비파괴 실험의 각기 다른 결함비율을 가진 록볼트 시험체를 제작하여 콘크리트 블록 및 실제현장에 매설한 후, 피에조 디스크 엘리먼트로 유도파를 발생시키고 AE(acoustic emission) 센서를 이용하여 신호를 측정하였다. 수집된 신호는 가버 웨이브렛을 사용한 웨이브렛 변환을 이용하여 시간-주파수 영역에서 분석하였다. 시간-주파수 영역에서의 각 파군별 최대 에너지가 나타나는 지점의 시간차는 각 반사파군 간의 이동 시간차를 나타내며, 이를 통해 계산된 유도파의 에너지 속도는 록볼트의 결함비율이 증가함에 따라 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 실험에 적합한 양생기간을 제안하였으며 그에 따른 두 번의 현장 실험을 통해 록볼트 건전도 실험의 현장 적용성을 검토하였고, 제안된 실험방법이 록볼트의 건전도 평가에 있어서 유용한 평가방안임을 확인하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
• /
• 제22권5호
• /
• pp.757-767
• /
• 2006

Biological assessments are the primary tool for evaluating the biological condition of a water body and makes it possible to understand accumulative and long-term effect of stressors. They also provide reliable biological information for which disturbed systems are to be restored. Sustainable water environment is not enough with attaining only the clean water, but it should sustain healthy and diverse aquatic life. Aquatic organisms are affected by various factors, including not only water quality but also habitat condition and stressors, and thus good condition of both physical and chemical water quality is prerequisite for sustaining healthy organisms. Therefore, biological assessment, along with other physical and chemical assessments, are crucial for evaluating the health of a water body. Overall, sustainability of water environment demands the attainment and maintenance of ecological integrity, which is resulted from the combination of physical, chemical and biological integrity. The biological criteria will play very important role in the water resource management and policy issues, and thus bioassessment program should be fully implemented and supported eventually by the law. To keep ecosystem health of water environment safely from the toxic pollutants and other stressors, the following suggestions need to be considered in environmental quality standards in Korea. For the first step, the biological indicators need to be introduced in evaluating river quality condition; they provide a qualitative description of biological condition of water body. Secondly, the biological water quality standards using biotic indices should be developed and implemented under the consideration of characteristics of Korean river systems. Lastly, the ecological status classification regime (ESCR) should be developed and introduced; it could be used in quality assessment of the water environment in general. In developing ESCR, integration of physico-chemical, biological, and habitat parameters should be taken into account.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
• /
• 제15권2호
• /
• pp.19-29
• /
• 2012

Numerous studies suggested that fish assemblage structure reflects the status of stream ecosystems. The status of streams integrity, including various trophic levels, water quality and habitat degradation, can be assessed by fish assemblages. In this study, we investigated the relationships between fish assemblages and streamline geometry of streams. Previous studies suggested that geomorphologic parameter can be a critical factor of permeability between adjacent two systems. From a landscape ecological perspective, edges may partially control the flow rate of energy between two adjacent systems. Thus, the Streamline geometry can be a geomorphologic parameter that exhibits the integrity of stream. We selected the Nakdong river for study areas, which is one of major rivers and the longest (525 km) River in South Korea. We used the revised IBI representing overall ecological characteristics of Korean fish assemblages and eight sub-assessment criteria of IBI, collected from 82 sampling sites in the Nakdong River. For calculating the Streamline geometry, we measured fractal dimension index that generally used in biology, ecology and landscape ecology. We used the digital land-use/land-cover map and generated a 1-km buffer for each sampling site and refined the shape of the Streamlines. Pearson correlation analyses were performed between Streamline geometry and IBI and sub-assessment criteria of IBI. The results show that IBI and eight sub-assessments of fish are significantly correlated with geometry of Streamline. The fractal dimension of Streamline geometry were related with IBI (r = 0.48) and six sub-assessments of IBI, including total number of native fish and native species, the number of riffle benthic species, sensitive species, tolerant species and native insectivore. Especially, the number of tolerant species(r = -0.52) and native insectivore(r = 0.52) show strong correlation with geometry of Streamline. These results indicate that lower Streamline geometry can result in poor fish assemblages, while higher geometry of Streamline can enhance fish assemblages by potentially supplying insects and better habitat conditions. We expect the results of our study to be useful for stream restoration and management. However, we see the necessity of study investigating the mechanisms how Streamline geometry affect fish assemblages.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
• /
• 제39권2호
• /
• pp.54-63
• /
• 2016

As technology has developed and cost for data processing has reduced, big data market has grown bigger. Developed countries such as the United States have constantly invested in big data industry and achieved some remarkable results like improving advertisement effects and getting patents for customer service. Every company aims to achieve long-term survival and profit maximization, but it needs to establish a good strategy, considering current industrial conditions so that it can accomplish its goal in big data industry. However, since domestic big data industry is at its initial stage, local companies lack systematic method to establish competitive strategy. Therefore, this research aims to help local companies diagnose their big data capabilities through a reference model and big data capability assessment system. Big data reference model consists of five maturity levels such as Ad hoc, Repeatable, Defined, Managed and Optimizing and five key dimensions such as Organization, Resources, Infrastructure, People, and Analytics. Big data assessment system is planned based on the reference model's key factors. In the Organization area, there are 4 key diagnosis factors, big data leadership, big data strategy, analytical culture and data governance. In Resource area, there are 3 factors, data management, data integrity and data security/privacy. In Infrastructure area, there are 2 factors, big data platform and data management technology. In People area, there are 3 factors, training, big data skills and business-IT alignment. In Analytics area, there are 2 factors, data analysis and data visualization. These reference model and assessment system would be a useful guideline for local companies.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
• /
• 제9권3호
• /
• pp.276-282
• /
• 2004

Marginal Zn deficiency is prevalent through the world and yet human zinc status has not been properly assessed due to the lack of a reliable diagnostic indicator. One potential possibility for zinc status assessment using Zn-binding protein, metallothionein (MT)-mRNA, has been proposed. The purpose of the present study was aimed to show whether measurement of mononuclear cell (MNC) MT mRNA, using a competitive-reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (competitive-RT-PCR) assay, could indicate zinc status in human subjects. In this study, MNC MT-mRNA expression was measured using a competitive-RT-PCR to compare before and after 14 days of zinc supplementation (50 mg Zn/das zinc gluconate). RT-PCR oligonucleotide primers which were designed to amplify both a 278 bp segment of the human MT-2A cDNA and a 198 bp mutant competitor cDNA template from MNCs, were prepared. MT-2A mRNA was normalized by reference to the housekeeping gene, $\beta$-actin, mRNA for which was also measured by competitive-RT-PCR. There was considerable inter-individual variation in MT-mRNA concentration and yet, the mean MT-2A mRNA level increased 4.7-fold after Zn supplementation, as compared to before Zn supplementation. This MT-2A mRNA level was shown as the same pattern and, even more sensitive assay, compared to the conventional plasma and red blood cells (RBCs) Zn assessment in which plasma and RBCs zinc levels increased 2.3- and 1.2-fold, respectively (p<0.05). We suggest that MT competitive-RT-PCR can be a useful assessment tool for evaluating human zinc status.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제42권6호
• /
• pp.680-689
• /
• 2010

The crack-tip stress fields and fracture mechanics assessment parameters for a surface crack, such as the elastic stress intensity factor or the elastic-plastic J-integral, can be affected significantly by the adjacent cracks. Such a crack interaction effect due to multiple cracks can alter the fracture mechanics assessment parameters significantly. There are many factors to be considered, for instance the relative distance between adjacent cracks, the crack shape, and the loading condition, to quantify the crack interaction effect on the fracture mechanics assessment parameters. Thus, the current assessment codes on crack interaction effects (crack combination rules), including ASME Sec. XI, BS7910, British Energy R6 and API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, provide different rules for combining multiple surface cracks into a single surface crack. The present paper investigates crack interaction effects by evaluating the elastic stress intensity factor and the elastic-plastic J-integral of adjacent in-plane surface cracks in a plate through detailed 3-dimensional elastic and elastic-plastic finite element analyses. The effects on the fracture mechanics assessment parameters of the geometric parameters, the relative distance between two cracks, and the crack shape are investigated systematically. As for the loading condition, an axial tension is considered. Based on the finite element results, the acceptability of the crack combination rules provided in the existing guidance was investigated, and the relevant recommendations on a crack interaction for in-plane surface cracks are discussed. The present results can be used to develop more concrete guidance on crack interaction effects for crack shape characterization to evaluate the integrity of defective components.

• 대한토목학회논문집
• /
• 제31권6B호
• /
• pp.565-575
• /
• 2011

본 연구는 다변수 접근방식인 서식지평가 정성지수(Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index, QHEI)와 생물보전지수(Index of Biological Integrity, IBI)의 적용방법 도입과 어류 서식 및 피신처 확보용 인공구조물인 방틀둠벙의 정량적인 평가를 목적으로 하였다. 또한, 안동시 남후면 하아리에 소재한 한국건설기술연구원 수자원 환경실험센터의 실외 실험장을 활용하여 실규모로 생물 평가와 검증을 실시하였다. 본 평가기법의 적용을 위해 구성한 실험수로 및 방틀둠벙 시설은 국내 하천의 조건을 최대한 반영하여 조성하였으며, 흐름상태와 정체상태로 구분하여 유속 $0.0{\sim}1.5m\;s^{-1}$, 폭 1.0~3.0 m, 수심 0.05~0.70 m, 다양한 하상재료를 조성하여 2010년 5월~12월의 8개월간 모니터링 하였다. QHEI는 실험수로의 E~F지점이 평균 83.1로 가장 높게 나타났고, B~C지점에서 78.1로 가장 낮게 나타났다. 하지만 방틀둠벙은 시 공간적 구분 없이 98.9 이상의 값을 나타내어 전체 지점 중 가장 높은 양호상태(Good)의 서식처 조건을 유지하였다. IBI는 전반적으로 QHEI와 비슷한 패턴을 나타내었으나 겨울 갈수기에 양호상태(Good)인 44.2를 보여 32.8을 나타낸 실험수로와 비교되었다. 또한, 흐름과 정체상태 조건에서 방틀둠벙의 IBI 값은 실험수로보다 각각 5.7~11.4%, 18.7~34.8% 높은 평가 값을 나타내어, 유량이 적거나 흐름이 없는 갈수기에 어류 서식처 확보 가능성을 정량적으로 시사하였다. 종합적인 수생태계 건강성 평가에서 실험하천은 보통과 양호상태(Fair~Good) 범위를 나타낸 반면, 방틀둠벙은 대부분 양호상태(Good)를 보여 수생태계 건강성 확보에 적용 가능함을 도출하였다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
• /
• 제10권3호통권36호
• /
• pp.369-381
• /
• 1998

본 연구에서는 대형교량의 전산화 모니터링 및 분석평가(Monitoring and Assessment: M&A)를 위한 시스템모형과 소프트웨어의 개발에 대한 새로운 접근방법과 개념을 제안하였다. 제안된 시스템모형은 대형교량의 M&A를 위한 최적의 방법을 반영한 모형이다. 이를 위하여 교량의 확률적 분석평가를 위한 신뢰성 모형이 개발되었고, 일련의 현장재하시험으로부터 계측된 실응답에 기초한 교량의 안전성과 신뢰성의 평가를 위해 신뢰성에 기초한 내하력 평가방법을 확립하였다. 또한 제안된 모델에 기초하여 대형교량의 전산화 M&A를 위한 시범소프트웨어(prototype software)를 개발하여 실제 사장교에 적용하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 시스템모형 및 시범소프트웨어는 향후 사장교나 현수교와 같은 장대교량의 전산화 유지관리 시스템의 개발에 활용될 수 있다.