• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.208-216
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• 2014

In case of any coastal ocean near the mouth of huge rivers, low salinity water can be formed due to its large amount of freshwater discharge. For the acoustic analysis on the low salinity environment, some oceanographic data of the East China Sea and the Atlantic Ocean were collected through KODC (Korea Oceanographic Data Center) and NODC (National Oceanographic Data Center) online service. In this paper, the T-S gradient diagram is introduced to show a relation between the gradients of temperature and salinity in view of acoustic surface channel formation. Existence of haline channel, quantitative contribution of gradients of salinity and temperature, effectiveness of the channel formation can be known by the T-S gradient diagram. After applying the collected data into the diagram, tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean show strong haline channel due to its nearly invariant temperature and drastic change of salinity with depth. The averaged transmission loss in the channel is about 5.7 ~ 7.5 dB less than that out of the channel by the results of acoustic propagation model (RAM: Range independent Acoustic Model). On the other hand, the East China Sea and temperate region of the Atlantic ocean have weaker haline channel with less difference of the averaged transmission loss between in and out of the channel as 3.2 ~ 6.0 dB. Although data samples used in this study have limitation to represent the general physical structures of the three ocean regions, the T-S gradient diagram is shown to be useful and acoustic field affected by low salinity environment is investigated in this study.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.556-565
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• 2014

Objectives: This study is aimed at inquiring into the grasp of real condition of working environment and improvements by calculating the hypertension distribution consequent on job stress risk and exposure level of alleviating factors. In addition, this study is intending to estimate the hypertension distribution through socio-demographic factors and level of stressors occurring at working environment, such as high workload, low control, low support, job insecurity, long working hours, low income. Methods: This study estimated the hypertension distribution using the tertiary Korean Working Conditions Survey data, and conducted comparative analysis according to the category of individual questionnaire items using odds ratio. Result: As a result of study, it was found that in the event that working environment satisfaction is low and business & an immediate superior's attitudes are negative, the hypertension distribution was high. Particularly, it was found that physical risk factor musculoskeletal risk factor, and mental risk factor in a workplace were all increasing the hypertension distribution. Conclusions: With the aged workers' labor market participation ratio increasing, hypertension could be a major issue in the field of Occupational Safety and Health. Thus, it's necessary that the relevant employer should lower the hypertension distribution through creation of pleasant working environment and inducement of workers to improve in the relations with their superiors. As for the uppermost limit of this study, there is a limit to clarifying the mechanism of hypertension through multivariate statistics analysis because it's difficult to establish causal relationship by individual questionnaire item as the working conditions survey is made by cross-sectional study. In the follow-up research, this study is going to do research on the mechanism of hypertension through questionnaire supplementation and in-depth analysis.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.20-23
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• 2013

For sensitive measurements of micro-Tesla nuclear magnetic resonance (${\mu}T$-NMR) signal, a low-noise superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) system is needed. We have fabricated a liquid He dewar for an SQUID having a large diameter for the pickup coil. The initial test of the SQUID system showed much higher low-frequency magnetic noise caused by the thermal magnetic noise of the aluminum plates used for the vapor-cooled thermal shield material. The frequency dependence of the noise spectrum showed that the noise increases with the decrease of frequency. This behavior could be explained from a two-layer model; one generating the thermal noise and the other one shielding the thermal noise by eddy-current shielding. And the eddy-current shielding effect is strongly dependent on the frequency through the skin-depth. To minimize the loop size for the fluctuating thermal noise current, we changed the thermal shield material into insulated thin Cu mesh. The magnetic noise of the SQUID system became flat down to 0.1 Hz with a white noise of 0.3 $fT/{\surd}Hz$, including the other noise contributions such as SQUID electronics and magnetically shielded room, etc, which is acceptable for low-noise ${\mu}T$-NMR experiments.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.28-32
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)와 glass로 이루어진 마이크로채널의 너비와 깊이 및 외부전압에 따른 특성을 알아보기 위하여 각각의 마이크로채널에서의 유량 변화를 조사하였다. PDMS와 SU-8 감광제를 사용하는 soft lithographic method 기술을 사용하여 마이크로채널을 만들었다. 채널의 깊이 $50{\mu}m$와 $100{\mu}m$에 대하여, 채널의 너비를 $100{\mu}m$, $200{\mu}m$, $300{\mu}m$로 하여 제작하였으며, 각각의 마이크로채널에 0.3 kV, 0.35 kV, 0.4 kV 그리고 0.45 kV의 외부전압을 걸어 유량 변화를 측정하였다. 실험 결과, 동일한 너비를 갖는 마이크로채널에서는 외부전압이 증가함에 따라 유량이 증가하였다. 이는 외부전압이 증가함에 따라 전기장이 증가하기 때문이다. 동일한 외부전압에서 마이크로채널의 너비가 증가할수록 유량이 증가하는 경향이 나타났고, 이는 채널 너비의 증가가 내부의 저항을 감소시키는 효과를 가져온 것으로 사료된다. 또한, 동일하게 단면적을 두 배로 증가시켜 깊이와 너비의 영향을 조사한 결과, 저 전압에서는 깊이의 영향이 크게 나타났으며 고 전압에서는 너비의 영향이 크게 나타났다.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.83-99
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• 1982

In this study, thirty-two stands in Kwangnung forest located in the central part of Korea were preferentially selected. In each stand, all stems for trees and shrubs were recorded by species and their girths were measured down to 5cm. In addition, several enviromental factors such as field soil pH, field soil moisture, soil compressibility, depth of soil, thickness of litter layer, elevation and basal area were measured. Three soil cores were sampled and various physical and chemcial properties was determined. The vegetational data were subjected to three kinds of multivariate ordination(PO, PCA, RA). The results suggested that Kwangnung forest was consisted of three forest types: coniferous, mixed and broad leaved forest communities. The relation between the stand scores of ordination and several environmental factors were investigated in terms of correlation analysis in order to examine the relationships between the vegetation and certain environmental factors. As a result of this analysis, the amount of sand content in A1 horizon decreased frm the coniferous to broad leaved forest, while maximum field capacity, pore space, exchangeable cations, loss on ignition, soil pH nad the amount of total nitrogen had a tendancy to increase significantly. However, easily soluble phosphorus appeared to have little to do with the forest types. The result of species ordination of centered-standardized PCA suggested that the major successional pathway in Kwangnung forest was; Pinus densifloralongrightarrowQuercus mongolica, Q. serrata, Q. alienalongrightarrowCarpinus laxifloralongrightarrowC. erosa in sequence. This trend is in good agreement with the past studies. In three kinds of ordination (centered PCA, centered-standardized PCA and RA) based on nineteen species and twenty-five stands, the total variances accounted for the first three axes were 77%, 46% and 63% respectively. The estimated beta diversity in Kwangnung forest assumed as a coenocline, was 1.5~1.8 HC. Increasing the effect of the sampling errors on ordination perfermance, this low heterogeneity seems to cause the poor concentration of the total variance. The results from the four kinds of ordination were in good agreement with each other, especially between PO, centered-standardized PCA and RA appeared robust. It seems to be worthy of applying multivariate method for analyzing other forest communities in Korea.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.525-532
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• 2016

High-energy linear accelerators are increasingly used in the medical field. However, the unwanted photo-neutrons can also be contributed to the dose delivered to the patients during their treatments. In this study, neutron fluxes were measured in a solid water phantom placed at the isocenter 1-m distance from the head of an18-MV linac using the foil activation method. The produced activities were measured with a calibrated well-type Ge detector. From the measured fluxes, the total neutron fluence was found to be $(1.17{\pm}0.06){\times}10^7n/cm^2$ per Gy at the phantom surface in a $20{\times}20cm^2$ X-ray field size. The maximum photo-neutron dose was measured to be $0.67{\pm}0.04$ mSv/Gy at $d_{max}=5cm$ depth in the phantom at isocenter. The present results are compared with those obtained for different field sizes of $10{\times}10cm^2$, $15{\times}15cm^2$, and $20{\times}20cm^2$ from 10-, 15-, and 18-MV linacs. Additionally, ambient neutron dose equivalents were determined at different locations in the room and they were found to be negligibly low. The results indicate that the photo-neutron dose at the patient position is not a negligible fraction of the therapeutic photon dose. Thus, there is a need for reduction of the contaminated neutron dose by taking some additional measures, for instance, neutron absorbing-protective materials might be used as aprons during the treatment.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.2949-2957
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• 2020

Fatigue crack growth model has been developed for dissimilar metal weld joints of a piping component under cyclic loading, where in the crack is located at the center of the weld in the circumferential direction. The fracture parameter, Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) has been computed by using principle of superposition as K_H + K_M. K_H is evaluated by assuming that, the complete specimen is made of the material containing the notch location. In second stage, the stress field ahead of the crack tip, accounting for the strength mismatch, the applied load and geometry has been characterized to evaluate SIF (K_M). For each incremental crack depth, stress field ahead of the crack tip has been quantified by using J-integral (elastic), mismatch ratio, plastic interaction factor and stress parallel to the crack surface. The associated constants for evaluation of K_M have been computed by using the quantified stress field with respect to the distance from the crack tip. Net SIF (K_H + K_M) computed, has been used for the crack growth analysis and remaining life prediction by Paris crack growth model. To validate the model, SIF and remaining life has been predicted for a pipe made up of (i) SA312 Type 304LN austenitic stainless steel and SA508 Gr. 3 Cl. 1. Low alloy carbon steel (ii) welded SA312 Type 304LN austenitic stainless-steel pipe. From the studies, it is observed that the model could predict the remaining life of DMWJ piping components with a maximum difference of 15% compared to experimental observations.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.427-440
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• 2006

다른 물리탐사법과는 달리, 전자탐사의 실질적인 국내 활용과 연구는 1980년대부터이다. 이렇게 늦게나마 시작하게 된 것은 1970년대 미국 유학한 네 명의 연구자들의 영향이고, 이 들과의 공동연구와 유대는 현재까지 지속되고 있다. 그 동안 국내 연구진이 이룬 성과는 괄목할 만 하다. 이제 우리는 MT와 CSAMT탐사, 지자기수직탐사, 소형루프탐사, VLF탐사, GPR탐사, 시간영역 전자탐사 등 전 분야에 걸쳐 국제 수준의 기술력을 확보하게 되었고 신기술인 고주파수 전자탐사, 시간영역 전자탐사, 역산기법 분야에서 창의 있는 연구 성과를 내고 있다. 활용 분야도 지하자원탐사에서 지반조사, 환경조사, 고고학조사, 구조물 결함조사, 땅굴조사 등으로 엄청나게 확장되었다. 아직도 자료해석이 난삽하기 이를 데 없는 전자탐사법을 한 단계 높일 결정적인 돌파구가 국내 연구진에 의해서 나올 날이 멀지 않을 것이다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.247-257
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• 1998

방사선치료에서 악성종양과 주위건강조직에 대한 정확한 선량분포를 파악하기 위하여는 신체내 불균질 조직에 의한 선량변화의 측정이 중요하며 그중에서도 밀도가 낮고 체적이 비교적 큰 폐조직에 대한 선량분포의 변화는 방사선 치료에서 간과할 수 없는 중요한 요인의 하나이다. 저자들은 6메가볼트의 엑스선으로 흉곽내에 위치한 종양에 정확한 선량을 투여하기 위하여 조직등가팬텀을 제작하고 열형광 선량계와 필름선량측정 방법으로 흉곽내의 방사선 분포변화를 실측 하였으며 컴퓨터화하기 위한 수학적 실험식올 유도하고 이를 이론식과 비교 검토한 결과 거의 일치함을 보였다. 실험을 통하여 일문조사면 또는 다문조사면에서 폐조직은 연조직에 비하여 1cm 당 약4%의 선량 증가를 보였으며 식도부위의 회전조사에서는 균질 연조직의 등량곡선보다 15% 미만의 선량 격차가 나타났고 폐부위의 회전조사에서는 회전각도에 따라 20% 내외의 큰오차를 나타내었다. 폐암등 흉부내 종양치료에서는 폐조직 밀도에 의한 방사선 투과 및 산란으로 선량과 선량분포의 오차가 5%-20%에 이르므로 반드시 선량을 보상하여야 하며 선량분포도를 작성 평가함으로서 방사선 임상치료에 큰효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.615-623
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• 2010

굴절법 탄성파탐사는 직접파와 임계굴절파를 이용하여 지하의 속도구조를 파악하는 지구물리탐사방법이다. GRM은 해석기법 중의 하나로서 수개의 정방향 및 역방향 발파의 주행시간을 이용하여 경사면은 물론 저속도층이나 얇은 층과 같은 숨은 층 하부에 대한 정보까지 제공한다. 이 연구에서는 5~7점 발파가 수행된 후 실내 자료처리 작업이 진행되는 일발적인 조사와 달리, 신축부지의 터파기 과정 및 시추자료에서 해석된 풍화대/기반암의 2층 구조를 대상으로 현장에서 간단히 양단발파 자료만을 가지고 엑셀 기반의 GRM을 적용시켜 풍화대와 기반암의 경계면을 신속히 파악할 수 있는지 살펴보았다. 이 방법의 적용효과와 계산의 신뢰도를 확인하기 위해 정사각과 속도대비 변화에 따른 각 모형에 대한 적용성을 검토한 결과 각각 최대 약 $30^{\circ}C$의 경사와 최대 0.6의 속도대비가 되는 경계면을 해석할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다. 청주화강암체에 대한 실제 현장탐사에서 해석된 기반암까지의 깊이는 시추자료 및 SPS 검층 자료에서 도출된 연암 상부의 표면과 잘 상관되었다. 실제 현장에서 기반암까지의 깊이를 간편한 엑셀-GRM을 이용하여 신속히 추정할 수 있다는 점에서 기반암의 깊이가 심하게 변하지 않은 좁은 지역에서의 풍화대 조사 및 이에 따른 저비용의 탐사설계에 일정한 역할을 할 것으로 보인다.