• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2519-2528
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• 2022

The child pick-up behavior of parents during an emergency can cause heavy traffic congestion and failing to evacuate an affected area successfully. In this study, we analyzed the effect of child pick-up behavior using, as an example, a nuclear power plant accident caused by an earthquake, which is a typical no-notice emergency. A quake was assumed to occur near the Shin-Kori nuclear power plant in Ulsan, Korea, resulting in a nuclear power plant accident. An agent-based dynamic simulation model using VISSIM was employed to conduct sensitivity analyses with different child pick-up rates. The results confirmed that parents are a major cause of congestion and a vulnerable class in an emergency evacuation. The child pick-up behavior caused significant traffic congestion, and parents who pick up their children showed a higher evacuation failure rate.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2011년도 학술발표회
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• pp.8-9
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• 2011

On 4 September 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale occurred on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Plains are an area of extensive groundwater and spring fed surface water systems. Since the September earthquake there have been several thousand aftershocks (Fig. 1), the largest being a 6.3 magnitude quake which occurred close to the centre of Christchurch on 22February 2011. This second quake caused extensive damage to the city of Christchurch including the deaths of 189 people. Both of these quakes had marked hydrological impacts. Water is a vital natural resource for Canterburywith groundwater being extracted for potable supply and both ground and surface water being used extensively for agricultural and horticultural irrigation.The groundwater is of very high quality so that the city of Christchurch (population approx. 400,000) supplies untreated artesian water to the majority of households and businesses. Both earthquakes caused immediate hydrological effects, the most dramatic of which was the liquefaction of sediments and the release of shallow groundwater containing a fine grey silt-sand material. The liquefaction that occurred fitted within the empirical relationship between distance from epicentre and magnitude of quake described by Montgomery et al. (2003). . It appears that liquefaction resulted in development of discontinuities in confining layers. In some cases these appear to have been maintained by artesian pressure and continuing flow, and the springs are continuing to flow even now. In spring-fed streams there was an increase in flow that lasted for several days and in some cases flows remained high for several months afterwards although this could be linked to a very wet winter prior to the September earthquake. Analysis of the slope of baseflow recession for a spring-fed stream before and after the September earthquake shows no change, indicating no substantial change in the aquifer structure that feeds this stream.A complicating factor for consideration of river flows was that in some places the liquefaction of shallow sediments led to lateral spreading of river banks. The lateral spread lessened the channel cross section so water levels rose although the flow might not have risen accordingly. Groundwater level peaks moved both up and down, depending on the location of wells. Groundwater level changes for the two earthquakes were strongly related to the proximity to the epicentre. The February 2011 earthquake resulted in significantly larger groundwater level changes in eastern Christchurch than occurred in September 2010. In a well of similar distance from both epicentres the two events resulted in a similar sized increase in water level but the slightly slower rate of increase and the markedly slower recession recorded in the February event suggests that the well may have been partially blocked by sediment flowing into the well at depth. The effects of the February earthquake were more localised and in the area to the west of Christchurch it was the earlier earthquake that had greater impact. Many of the recorded responses have been compromised, or complicated, by damage or clogging and further inspections will need to be carried out to allow a more definitive interpretation. Nevertheless, it is reasonable to provisionally conclude that there is no clear evidence of significant change in aquifer pressures or properties. The different response of groundwater to earthquakes across the Canterbury Plains is the subject of a new research project about to start that uses the information to improve groundwater characterisation for the region. Montgomery D.R., Greenberg H.M., Smith D.T. (2003) Stream flow response to the Nisqually earthquake. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 209 19-28.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2000

방글라데시의 자무나 강을 가로지르는 길이 4.8km 교량의 교각기초에 대구경 개단 강관말뚝 2본 또는 3본이 사용되었다. 총 50개의 교각과 시험용 말뚝 2본을 포함한 123본의 말뚝이 강 하저에서 정규압밀된 모래층을 지나 자갈층 위까지 항타하여 설치되었다. 두께 40mm 내지 60mm의 변단면을 갖는 직경 3.15m와 2.50m의 짧은 말뚝 2, 3개를 연결하여 69m에서 74m 깊이까지 6:1의 경사로 항타하여 시공하였다. 전체 123본의 말뚝에 대하여 항타후 관내토 길이를 측정하였고, 이중 24본의 말뚝들에 대해서는 항타시 동재하시험을 수행하였다. 말뚝 항타완료후 측정한 결과에 의하면, 선단부 근처에서는 주동 관내토(Active Plug)가 주면마찰력 발현에 크게 기여한 것으로 나타났다. 시험한 모든 말뚝들은 약 90% 정도의 지지력이 주면마찰력에 기인하는 주면마찰지지형 말뚝으로 나타났다. 현장모래지반에서의 탄성변형량(Quake)값과 감쇠계수(Smith Damping)값은 직경에 상관없이 일정하게 나타났는데, 이는 주변 지반의 균질함이 잘 반영된 것으로 판단되었다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 은닉 마르코프 모델 (HMM: hidden Markov model)을 이용한 제스처 인식 방법을 제안하고, 이를 게임 시스템의 인터페이스로 적용한 사례를 소개한다. 제안된 방법은 다음의 두 가지 특징을 가진다. 첫 번째는 사전에 분할된 데이터 열을 입력으로 사용하는 기존의 방법과는 달리, 제안된 방법은 카메라로부터 입력되는 비디오 스트림을 HMM의 입력으로 사용한다는 것이다. 두 번째는 제안된 HMM은 제스처의 분할과 인식을 동시에 수행한다는 것이다. 제안된 방법에서 사용자의 제스처는 13개의 제스처들을 인식하는 13개의 specific-HMM들을 결합하는 하나의 통합된 HMM을 통해 인식된다. 제안된 HMM은 사용자의 머리와 양손의 2D-위치 좌표로 구성된 포즈 심볼들의 열을 입력받는다. 그리고 새로운 포즈가 입력될 때마다, HMM의 상태 확률 값을 갱신한다. 그때, 만약 특정 상태의 확률 값이 미리 정해둔 임계치보다 큰 경우, 그 특정 상태를 포함하고 있는 제스처로 인식한다 제안된 방법의 정당성을 입증하기 위하여, 제안된 방법은 Quake II라는 컴퓨터 게임에 적용되었다. 실험결과는 제안된 방법이 높은 인식 정확률과, 계산 시간을 확연하게 감소시킬 수 있었음을 보여주었다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.73-80
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• 1990

지진이나 충격과 같은 강한 동적반복하중을 받을 경우 철근콘크리트 부재의 거동을 예측하는 현재의 해석기법은 변형율속도의 영향을 고려하고 있지 않으며, 휨거동 만을 이상화하고 있어 예측치와 실험치 사이에 커다란 오차를 수반하고 있다는 문제점이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 변형율속도의 변화에 따른 부재의 휨강도 및 전단강도를 예측 할 수 있는 기법과 부재거동의 구성요소인 휨변형과 전단변형을 몇 개의 이력변수를 사용하여 이상화한 구조해석 모델을 접목함으로써 강한 동적반복하중에서도 실제와 거의 일치하는 구조거동을 예측 할 수 있는 소프트웨어를 완성하였으며, 그를 이용한 비교결과는 비교적 만족스러웠다.

• 한국조경학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2004

Cherishing the dead is based in sadness. Designing a memorial space therefore has an inherent challenge to evoke the feeling that is so personal and varied by providing a physical space. The tendency of memorials, especially in the US after the mid 20th century, has been to emphasis each dead individual, as seen at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D. C., the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, and so forth. In the process of designing the memorial of the Taiwanese Chi-chi earth-quake, Cheng Kim Park Robidoux tried to set up a series of spaces through which not only the relatives of the dead but also unrelated visitors could have their own spatial experiences, private rituals and public events, so that they can finally build up a collective memory. Sky-Well consists of a large bamboo forest enclosing a void. Without a particular entrance and guiding system, visitors stroll and get lost in the bamboo forest before they find the central void. The horror they experienced during the earthquake is melted down into the motion and phenomenology of the bamboo forest whereas the central void is reinterpreted as an empty mind, where people find solace from the sky. Details, such as the bamboo wall to place commemorative flowers and lotus blossom paving, are echoing the theme of rebirth.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.1177-1186
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• 2005

키보드나 조이스틱 대신 카메라를 통해 입력되는 사용자의 제스처를 이용하는 시각 기반 비디오 게임 인터페이스를 사용할 때 자연스러운 동작을 허용하기 위해서는, 연속 제스처를 인식할 수 있고 사용자의 의미없는 동작이 허용되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 비디오 게임 인터페이스를 위한 인식과 분할을 결합한 제스처 인식 방법을 제안하며, 이는 주어진 연속 영상에서 의미있는 동작을 인식함과 동시에 의미없는 동작을 구별하는 방법이다. 제안된 방법을 사용자의 상체 제스처를 게임의 명령어로 사용하는 1인칭 액션 게임인 Quke II 게임에 적용한 결과, 연속 제스처에 대해 평균 $93.36\%$의 분할 결과로써 비디오 게임 인터페이스에서 유용한 성능을 낼 수 있음을 보였다.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2015

This paper presents the performance improvement of an EQS (Eradic Quake System) device applied to a nuclear power plant. For the nuclear facility, the EQS device needs to be ensured to have high quality, flexibility of design and reliability. To improve the reliability of the design, the hysteresis of the device must be exactly predicted. The friction coefficient of PTFE (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene) and the stiffness of the MER-Spring are considered as the factors influencing the hysteresis curve. In this paper, those factors are analysed to predict the behavior of the device and to improve the equipment of the EQS device. The results of the improved EQS device have been verified via a tests to be comparable with the predicted results. The estimation results indicate that considering those factors is more appropriate than the results of the previous design and method.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2018

Since 2000, the frequency of earthquakes beyond the 5.0 magnitude quake has been increasing in the Korean peninsula. For instance, the 5.0-magnitude earthquake in Baekryong-do in 2003 has occurred, and recent earthquake with Gyeongju(2016) and Pohang(2017) measured respectively magnitude of 5.2 and 5.8 on the Richter scale. As results, the public concern and anxiety about earthquakes are increasing, and therefore it is necessarily required for social infrastructure to reinforce seismic design and energy production facilities directly related to the national economy and security. This study represents the analysis of seismic performance evaluation methodology such as Seismic Margin Assessment (SMA), Seismic Probabilistic Risk Assessment (SPRA), High Confidence Low Probability Failure (HCLPF) in nuclear power plants in order to develop optimal seismic performance improvement. Current methodologies to evaluate nuclear power plants are also addressed. Through review of the nuclear structure evaluation past and current trend, it contributes to be the basis for the improvement of evaluation techniques on the next generation of nuclear power plants.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2018

Seismic retrofitting of existing buildings and design of earth-quake resistant buildings are important issues associated with earthquake-prone zones. Use of metallic-yielding dampers as an energy dissipation system is an acceptable method for controlling damages in structures and improving their seismic performance. In this study, the optimal distribution of dampers for reducing the seismic response of steel frames with multi-degrees freedom is presented utilizing the uniform distribution of deformations. This has been done in a way that, the final configuration of dampers in the frames lead to minimum weight while satisfying the performance criteria. It is shown that such a structure has an optimum seismic performance, in which the maximum structure capacity is used. Then the genetic algorithm which is an evolutionary optimization method is used for optimal arrangement of the steel dampers in the structure. In continuation for specifying the optimal accurate response, the local search algorithm based on the gradient concept has been selected. In this research the introduced optimization methods are used for optimal retrofitting in the moment-resisting frame with inelastic behavior and initial weakness in design. Ultimately the optimal configuration of dampers over the height of building specified and by comparing the results of the uniform deformation method with those of the genetic algorithm, the validity of the uniform deformation method in terms of accuracy, Time Speed Optimization and the simplicity of the theory have been proven.