• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.181-186
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• 1998

하수처리 운전이 슬러지 특성에 미치는 영향을 실제규모 하수처리장에서 수행하였으며 하수 슬러지 특성변화가 퇴비화 원료로 이용될 경우 그 영향을 조사, 분석하였다. 천안 하수처리장은 가동 초기 1년동안 정상적으로 운전되고 있으며 유출수는 방류수 수질기준을 만족하고 있으나 유입유량의 증가로 인하여 처리장 증설이 시급하다. 슬러지 탈수시설인 Belt press의 용량부족으로 하수처리장 내 비휘발성 고형물이 순환, 농축되어 활성 슬러지 MLSS 증가와 이에 따라 F/M비가 감소되게 운전하는 결과를 초래하고 있으며 이러한 상태로 하수처리장이 장기간 운전될 경우 하수처리 시설의 효율저하가 우려된다. 하수 슬러지의 수분함량은 79.5%, 유기물 함량은 11.6 %, C/N비는 6.1이었으며 중금속으로 As 1.8 mg/kg, Cd 27 mg/kg, Hg <0.1 mg/kg, Pb 54 mg/kg, T-Cr 370 mg/kg과 Cu 1,100 mg/kg이 검출되었다.하수 슬러지는 퇴비화 적정조건을 만족할 수 있는 원료로서 사용되기 위하여 수분함량, 유기물 함량 그리고 C/N비의 조절이 필요하며 이를 위한 첨가제/팽화제의 첨가가 필수적이다. 하수처리장 유입수에 함유된 중금속은 대부분 하수 슬러지에 농축되며 퇴비화 원료로 사용될 경우 부산물비료로서 규격기준에 적합하지 않을 뿐만아니라 토양오염이 우려되므로 유입수의 중금속 발생원을 추적, 제거하는 방안이 검토되어야 한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권11호
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• pp.984-997
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• 2015

달 착륙선과 탐사 로버로 구성된 창어 3호는 2013년 12월 1일 시창 위성 발사 센터에서 장정 3B 발사체를 이용하여 발사되었다. 약 5일의 직접 전이궤적을 지나 달 궤도에 진입한 창어 3호는 달의 공전궤도에서 약 8일간 머무르다가 달 표면에 성공적으로 착륙하였다. 창어 3호의 성공적인 착륙은 한국의 달 탐사선 개발이 예정된 상황에서 향후 필요한 서브시스템의 기술 등을 분석하고, 발사에서 달 착륙까지의 궤적 및 운영 시퀀스 등을 도출하는데 많은 도움이 된다. 따라서 해외 언론에서 공지된 발사 현황을 바탕으로 창어 3호의 형상 및 전반적인 임무내용을 분석하고 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 그 결과 경계조건을 이용하여 제어변수를 추정 및 수렴값을 도출하여 착륙선의 전반적인 궤적을 생성하였다. 또한 이를 기반으로 교신 현황 및 식 현상을 분석하여 교신 및 전력충전이 양호함을 확인하였으며, 속도증분(${\Delta}V$)을 이용하여 비추력에 따른 착륙선의 여유 질량을 도출하였다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2020

Strength anisotropy is a typical feature of thin-bedded rock masses and their strength will be degraded subjected to water immersion effect. Such effect is crucial for the operation of hydropower plant because the impoundment lifts the water level of upstream reservoir and causes the rock mass of nearby slopes saturated. So far, researches regarding mechanical property of natural thin-bedded rock masses and their strength variation under water immersion based on field test method are rarely reported. This paper focuses on a thin-bedded stratified rock mass and carries out field test to investigate the mechanical property and strength variation characteristics. The field test is highlighted by samples which have a large shear dimension of 0.5 m*0.5 m, representing a more realistic in-situ situation than small size specimen. The test results confirm the anisotropic nature of the concerned rock mass, whose shear strength of host rocks is significantly larger than that of bedding planes. Further, the comparison of shear strength parameters of the thin-bedded rock mass under natural and saturated conditions show that for both host rocks and bedding planes, the decreasing extent of cohesion values are larger than friction values. The quantitative results are then adopted to analyze the influence of reservoir impoundment of a hydropower plant on the surrounding rock mass stability of diversion tunnels which are located in the nearby slope bank. It is evaluated that after reservoir impoundment, the strength degradation induced incremental deformations of surrounding rock mass of diversion tunnels are small and the stresses in lining structure are acceptable. It is therefore concluded that the influences of impoundment are small and the stability of diversion tunnels can be still achieved. The finings regarding field test method and its results, as well as the numerical evaluation conclusions are hoped to provide references for rock projects with similar concerns.

• Archives of Plastic Surgery
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.438-444
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• 2011

Purpose: Adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) are readily harvested from lipoaspirated tissue or subcutaneous adipose tissue fragments. The stromal vascular fraction (SVF) is a heterogeneous set of cell populations that surround and support adipose tissue, which includes the stromal cells, ASCs, that have the ability to differentiate into cells of several lineages and contains cells from the microvasculature. The mechanisms that drive the ASCs into the osteoblast lineage are still not clear, but the process has been more extensively studied in bone marrow stromal cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the osteogenic capacity of adipose derived SVF cells and evaluate bone formation following implantation of SVF cells into the bone defect of human phalanx. Methods: Case 1 a 43-year-old male was wounded while using a press machine. After first operation, segmental bone defects of the left 3rd and 4th middle phalanx occurred. At first we injected the SVF cells combined with demineralized bone matrix (DBM) to defected 4th middle phalangeal bone lesion. We used P (L/DL)LA [Poly (70L-lactide-co-30DL-lactide) Co Polymer P (L/DL)LA] as a scaffold. Next, we implanted the SVF cells combined with DBM to repair left 3rd middle phalangeal bone defect in sequence. Case 2 was a 25-year-old man with crushing hand injury. Three months after the previous surgery, we implanted the SVF cells combined with DBM to restore right 3rd middle phalangeal bone defect by syringe injection. Radiographic images were taken at follow-up hospital visits and evaluated radiographically by means of computerized analysis of digital images. Results: The phalangeal bone defect was treated with autologous SVF cells isolated and applied in a single operative procedure in combination with DBM. The SVF cells were supported in place with mechanical fixation with a resorbable macroporous sheets acting as a soft tissue barrier. The radiographic appearance of the defect revealed a restoration to average bone density and stable position of pharyngeal bone. Densitometric evaluations for digital X-ray revealed improved bone densities in two cases with pharyngeal bone defects, that is, 65.2% for 4th finger of the case 1, 60.5% for 3rd finger of the case 1 and 60.1% for the case 2. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that adipose derived stromal vascular fraction cells have osteogenic potential in two clinical case studies. Thus, these reports show that cells from the SVF cells have potential in many areas of clinical cell therapy and regenerative medicine, albeit a lot of work is yet to be done.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.625-640
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• 2022

Maglev rail joints are vital components serving as connections between the adjacent F-type rail sections in maglev guideway. Damage to maglev rail joints such as bolt looseness may result in rough suspension gap fluctuation, failure of suspension control, and even sudden clash between the electromagnets and F-type rail. The condition monitoring of maglev rail joints is therefore highly desirable to maintain safe operation of maglev. In this connection, an online damage detection approach based on three-dimensional (3D) convolutional neural network (CNN) and time-frequency characterization is developed for simultaneous detection of multiple damage of maglev rail joints in this paper. The training and testing data used for condition evaluation of maglev rail joints consist of two months of acceleration recordings, which were acquired in-situ from different rail joints by an integrated online monitoring system during a maglev train running on a test line. Short-time Fourier transform (STFT) method is applied to transform the raw monitoring data into time-frequency spectrograms (TFS). Three CNN architectures, i.e., small-sized CNN (S-CNN), middle-sized CNN (M-CNN), and large-sized CNN (L-CNN), are configured for trial calculation and the M-CNN model with excellent prediction accuracy and high computational efficiency is finally optioned for multiple damage detection of maglev rail joints. Results show that the rail joints in three different conditions (bolt-looseness-caused rail step, misalignment-caused lateral dislocation, and normal condition) are successfully identified by the proposed approach, even when using data collected from rail joints from which no data were used in the CNN training. The capability of the proposed method is further examined by using the data collected after the loosed bolts have been replaced. In addition, by comparison with the results of CNN using frequency spectrum and traditional neural network using TFS, the proposed TFS-CNN framework is proven more accurate and robust for multiple damage detection of maglev rail joints.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2022

2021년 UN 자문 연구기관인 해양환경전문가그룹(GESAMP)은 해운 부문의 해양쓰레기 발생원 여섯 가지 중 하나로 컨테이너 해상유실을 지목했다. 대표적으로 2021년 5월 발생한 X-Press Pearl호 침몰은 유실된 컨테이너가 해안으로 떠밀려와 내부에 적재된 플라스틱 펠릿이 스리랑카 연안을 뒤덮은 대형 환경오염 사고로 이어졌다. 이러한 배경으로 국제해사기구(IMO)는 2022년 9월 개최하는 제8차 화물 및 컨테이너 운송 전문위원회 회의를 기점으로 선박 운항 중 컨테이너 해상유실의 방지 및 후속대책을 논의한다. 본 연구는 IMO 회의에서 우리나라의 대응 방향을 수립하고자 컨테이너 해상유실 주요 사고 조사보고서 및 관련 전문 자료 분석을 통해 유실 사고의 주요 요인을 식별하고 대응에 대해 고찰하였다. 그 결과, 운항 중 컨테이너 해상유실의 주요 요인으로 컨테이너 선박의 대형화, 기상악화 그리고 컨테이너 적재 불량이 파악되었다. 특히, 기상악화에 따른 대형 컨테이너 선박의 운항 안전성 저하에 대한 대책 마련 필요성이 식별되었다. 또한, 컨테이너의 안전한 해상운송을 위해 국제협약 이행에 대한 통합 모니터링이 요구된다. 그리고 해양환경 보전 관점에서 유실 컨테이너의 회수에 대한 제도적 보완이 필요하다. 마지막으로 컨테이너 해상유실 사고의 근본적인 방지를 위해 선박의 건조와 운항 측면에서 조선과 해운이 상호보완 가능한 체계 구축이 필요함이 식별되었다. 운항 중 컨테이너 해상유실 사고의 여러 요인은 개별 관점의 대응으로 해결하기 어렵다고 판단된다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2023

The appropriate injection of H₂O₂ is essential to produce hydroxyl radicals (OH·) by mixing H₂O₂ quickly and exposing the resulting H₂O₂ solution to UV irradiation. This study focused on evaluating mixing device of H₂O₂ as a design factor of UV/H₂O₂ AOP pilot plant using a surface water. The experimental investigation involved both experimental and model-based analyses to evaluate the mixing effect of different devices available for the H₂O₂ injection of a tubular hollow pipe, elliptical type of inline mixer, and nozzle-type injection mixer. Computational fluid dynamics analysis was employed to model and simulate the mixing devices. The results showed that the elliptical type of inline mixer showed the highest uniformity of 95%, followed by the nozzle mixer with 83%, and the hollow pipe with only 18%, after passing through each mixing device. These results indicated that the elliptical type of inline mixer was the most effective in mixing H₂O₂ in a bulk. Regarding the pressure drops between the inlet and outlet of pipe, the elliptical-type inline mixer exhibited the highest pressure drop of 15.8 kPa, which was unfavorable for operation. On the other hand, the nozzle mixer and hollow pipe showed similar pressure drops of 0.4 kPa and 0.3 kPa, respectively. Experimental study showed that the elliptical type of inline and nozzle-type injection mixers worked well for low concentration (less than 5mg/L) of H₂O₂ injection within 10% of the input value, indicating that both mixers were appropriate for required H₂O₂ concentration and mixing intensity of UV/ H₂O₂ AOP process. Additionally, the elliptical-type inline mixer proved to be more stable than the nozzle-type injection mixer when dealing with highly concentrated pollutants entering the UV/H₂O₂ AOP process. It is recommended to use a suitable mixing device to meet the desired range of H₂O₂ concentration in AOP process.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.521-535
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• 2022

Efficient management of deteriorating civil infrastructure is one of the most important research topics in many developed countries. In particular, the remote displacement measurement of bridges using linear variable differential transformers, global positioning systems, laser Doppler vibrometers, and computer vision technologies has been attempted extensively. This paper proposes a remote displacement measurement system using closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) and a computer-vision-based method for in-situ bridge bearings having relatively large displacement due to temperature change in long term. The hardware of the system is composed of a reference target for displacement measurement, a CCTV to capture target images, a gateway to transmit images via a mobile network, and a central server to store and process transmitted images. The usage of CCTV capable of night vision capture and wireless data communication enable long-term 24-hour monitoring on wide range of bridge area. The computer vision algorithm to estimate displacement from the images involves image preprocessing for enhancing the circular features of the target, circular Hough transformation for detecting circles on the target in the whole field-of-view (FOV), and homography transformation for converting the movement of the target in the images into an actual expansion displacement. The simple target design and robust circle detection algorithm help to measure displacement using target images where the targets are far apart from each other. The proposed system is installed at the Tancheon Overpass located in Seoul, and field experiments are performed to evaluate the accuracy of circle detection and displacement measurements. The circle detection accuracy is evaluated using 28,542 images captured from 71 CCTVs installed at the testbed, and only 48 images (0.168%) fail to detect the circles on the target because of subpar imaging conditions. The accuracy of displacement measurement is evaluated using images captured for 17 days from three CCTVs; the average and root-mean-square errors are 0.10 and 0.131 mm, respectively, compared with a similar displacement measurement. The long-term operation of the system, as evaluated using 8-month data, shows high accuracy and stability of the proposed system.