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The Role of Fronts on the Vertical Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants (2-D model)

  • Nam, Jae-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.65-68
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    • 2003
  • A quantitative study of the amount of air transported between the boundary layer and the free atmosphere is important for understanding air quality and upper tropospheric ozone, which is a greenhouse gas. Frontal systems are known to be an effective mechanism for the vertical transport of pollutants. Numerical experiments have been performed with a simple two-dimensional front model to simulate vertical transport of trace gases within developing cold fronts. Three different trace gases experiments have been done numerically according to the different initial fields of trace gases such as aerosol, ozone and $H_2O_2$. Trace gas field tilts to the east while the front tilts to the west. Aerosol simulation shows that pollutants can be transported out of the boundary to altitudes of about 10 km. The stratospheric ozone is brought downwards in a tropopause fold behind of the frontal surface. The meridional gradient in trace gas ($H_2O_2$) can cause a complicate structure in the trace field by the meridional advection.

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On the Etymology and Definition of Changma (장마의 어원과 정의에 대하여)

  • Ryoo, Sang-Boom
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.6-12
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    • 2001
  • The East Asian monsoon is generally accompanied with the quasi-stationary front along the northern and northwestern periphery of the subtropical anticyclone in the boundary zone of the polar cold air mass and the tropical warm air mass. The rainy season in Korea has been called as Changma since the middle of 1500s. In meteorology, the rainy season with the quasi-stationary front, the Changma front, during the early summer has been defined as the Changma since 1905. The difference of meaning on Changma between meteorologists and the general public sometime does give a confusion. For example, the heavy rainfall event after the retreat of Changma is recognized as Changma by the general public, but not by most of meteorologists. The decision of the onset and retreat dates of Changma among the meteorologists is also ambiguous because of different viewpoints on the definition of Changma. In this study we survey the etymology and definition of Changma.

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A Thinning Algorithm by the Fire Front' Propagation and WPTA Algorithm for the Character Recognition (문자인식을 위한 불 전파와 WPTA 알고리즘에 의한 세선화 알고리즘)

  • 원남식;남인길
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 2004
  • This paper is the study about the thinning algorithm by the fire front' propagation and WPTA available for the recognition of various characters. The proposed algorithm can extract the skeleton of a character almost similar to the original pattern by using the depth value representing depth information of each pixel. In this paper we proposed the new thinning algorithm, implemented it, and showed execution results.

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Evaluation of Image Quality by Using a Tungsten Edge Block in a Megavoltage (MV) X-ray Imaging (텅스텐 엣지 블록을 이용하여 Megavoltage (MV) 영상의 질 평가)

  • Min, Jung-Whan;Son, Jin-Hyun;Kim, Ki-Won;Lee, Jung-Woo;Son, Soon-Yong;Back, Geum-Mun;Kim, Jung-Min;Kim, Yeon-Rae;Jung, Jae-Yong;Kim, Sang-Young;Lee, Do-Wan;Choe, Bo-Young
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.154-161
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    • 2012
  • Digital Radiography (DR) has rapidly developed in megavoltage X-ray imaging (MVI). Thus, a very simple and general quality assurance (QA) method is required. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the modulation transfer function (MTF), the noise power spectrum (NPS) and the detective quantum efficiency (DQE) for MVI using general QA method and computed radiography (CR) device. We used tungsten edge block with $19{\times}10{\times}1cm^3$ thickness and 6MV energy. For detector, CR-IP (image plate), CR-IP-lead, the CR-IP-back (lanex TM fast back screen), CR-IP-front (lanex TM fast front screen) were used and pre-sampling MTF was calculated. The MTF of CR-IP-front showed the highest value with 1.10 lp/mm although the CR-IP showed the only 0.70 lp/mm. The best NPS was observed in CR-IP front screen. According to the increase in spatial frequency, our results showed that DQE was approximately 1.0 cycles/mm. The present study demonstrates that the QA method with our home-made edge block can be used to evaluate MTF, NPS and DQE for MVI.

Evaluation of Occupant Protection of Van and Light Truck Vehicle (승합 및 경트럭의 탑승자 보호성능 평가)

  • Kim, Guan-Hee;Park, In-Song
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2012
  • The fatalities rate for passenger vehicles, vans, and commercial vehicles is 1.23, 1.90 and 2.46 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles, respectively. This shows that vans and commercial vehicles are vulnerable compare to passenger vehicles. To evaluate the crashworthiness of van and Light Truck Vehicle(LTV), we carried out frontal offset crash test at 64km/h, 40% overlap as per IIHS(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). The test result show that LTV is very poor to protect occupant at frontal crash cause there is no safety system such as airbag and pretensioner and front end length(distance from front bumper to steering wheel) is short. One of the van rated as the lowest rating even it is equipped with airbag, cause its safety cage was collapsed during the test. This result shows that the structural integrity is very important in terms of occupant protection.

An experimental study on microstructure of doubled jet burner flame (이중분류버너화염의 미세구조에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Jang, In-Gap;Choe, Gyeong-Min;Choe, Byeong-Ryun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.2337-2346
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    • 1996
  • One of the most useful method for increasing combustion loading of premixed flame is to strengthen the turbulent intensity of unburned mixture. It produces an important information to a design of efficient combustion equipment that analysing microstructure of strong turbulence premixed flame. The flame structure and characteristics are depend on the turbulence of unburned mixture. Therefore, to strengthen the turbulent intensity of unburned mixture make flame scale small and accomplish efficient combustion. We measured the velocity of local flame front movements, local eddy radius and local reaction zone thickness quantitatively with increasing turbulent intensity of unburned mixture. We researched the microstructure of flame using ion currents that react sensitively in the reaction zone. Consequently, the velocity of local flame front movements is depend on the velocity of unburned mixture and local eddy scale is to be small with increasing turbulent intensity. But there is no change in local reaction zone thickness with turbulence.

An analysis on the Fit Preferences of Breeches using 3D Lower Body Scan data (3차원 하반신 스캔데이터를 이용한 승마바지의 맞음새 분석)

  • Kang, Mi-Jung;Kwon, Young-Ah
    • Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1000-1009
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    • 2013
  • Well-fitting riding breeches provide a comfortable ride. Horse-riding breeches should fit the lower body with patches located on the inside of hip and knees to prevent tears and slips. This study provides information about the fit of women's breeches using 3D human body scan data wearing commercially available two breeches according to posture. To get information about breeches fit, we measured the angle of waist line, the length, and the area of the breeches fit on four 20's women. This research showed the problem which was down for waist back line in the case of the horseback riding pose. The back waistline of the riding breeches should be raised compared to the front waistline; subsequently, an increased waistline angle results in less back waistline decrease. The breeches have plenty of length from back waist to crotch so the breech fit can be improved. The thigh circumference increased when riding in the front; therefore, good elasticity of the weft direction of the fabric is recommended. The length increase and the peripheral increase of the front knee significantly increased the surface area of the knee; consequently, knee patch material should be a two-way elastic fabric in all directions to enhance comfort according to riding motion.

A Study on Classification of Elderly Women's Body Type (노년기 여성의 체형유형화에 관한 연구)

  • 김인순;성화경
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.27-38
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    • 2002
  • This research was to study somatotype characteristics of elderly women and to classify them based on the results. It also analyzed the age distribution of the classified types, and the frequency among the age groups. The subjects of the study were 331 women of the age of 55 fears or older. They were measured on the performing anthropometric and photographic measurements. The samples were classified into 4 different types, and the photographic measure of each front and side view also clustered 4 different types. The results of the research are as follows : The somatotype of elderly women in Korea is most likely to be H-shaped, which shows a slight refraction when viewed from a front. When viewed from a side, an appearance off straight somatotype is common among the age of 70 or younger. However, the age of 70 or older appears to have swayback somatotype. This means that women are likely to reserve their straight body figure from their middle-age until the age of 70. The major somatotype characteristic of old age, a stooped body shape, is more frequently seen as they get older.

Performance Evaluation of PTFE Oil-seal for Automotive Engine Front Part (자동차 엔진 프론트부의 PTFE 오일씰의 성능평가)

  • Choi, Hyun-Jin;Park, Chul-Woo;Lee, Jong-Cheol;Kim, Jong-Gab;Choi, Seong-Dae
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2011
  • This study analyzed the mechanical characteristics and evaluated their subsequent performance for two types of seals which reinforced characteristics with lower friction and anti-wear functions among the foremost important features in the automotive engine seals; one with the addition of glass fiber to PTFE(Polytetrafluoro ethylene); the other with the addition of self-lubricant molybdenumin addition to the glass fiber. Based on the configuration design of seal installed to the front part in the automotive engine, this study carried out interpretations on the stress and reaction for those two types of oil seals to compare the maximum stress and contact load generated from the seal steel, rubber and PTFE lip. This study also verified the stress concentration and anti-wear performance through the coefficient of friction, torque and durability test by producing two types of PTFE seals actually.

Photogrammetric Study on Facial Shape Analysis of Female College Students (영상계측 프로그램을 이용한 여대생 얼굴의 유형분석)

  • 김진숙;이경화
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.1470-1481
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of this study was to research on facial shape to suggest a quantified data for the domestic apparel and beauty industry. Conducted a measurement research of 278 female college students, We took the photographs of front view and lateral view of the subjects by digital camera and obtained the 69 measurements through the facial measurement program. 264 ,subjects' measurement data were analyzed by various statistical methods such as descriptive analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis. Using the 69 measurement items,4 factors were selected as key factors for the factor analysis of facial shape, the factors are: \circled1 Front face height \circled2 Side face radial length \circled3 Front face breadth \circled4 Ear height and Gnathion radial length. We categorized the facial shape into four types by cluster analysis. Type 4 is the most common facial shape in female college students: \circled1 Type 1: Round face \circled2 Type 2: Oval face \circled3 Type 3: Square face \circled4 Type 4: Heart shaped face According to the facial shape analysis, facial shape of female college students are consisting of Heart shaped face(34.8%), Round face(29.2%), Square face(23.5%), oval face(12.5%).