• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.333-339
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• 2004

This paper is concerned with an experimental investigation about tractive performance of a tracked vehicle on extremely soft soil. A tracked vehicle model with principal dimensions of $0.9\;m(L)\;{\times}\;0.75\;m(B)\;{\times}\;0.4\;m(H)$ and the weight of 167 kg was constructed with a pair of driving chain links driven by two AC-servo motors. The tracks are configured with detachable grousers with variable span. Deep seabed was simulated by means of bentonite-water mixture in a soil bin of $6.0\;m(L)\;{\times}\;3.7\;m(B)\;{\times}\;0.7\;m(H)$. Slip of vehicle and driving torque of motor were measured with respect to experimental variables; grouser span, grouser chevron angle, driving speed, drawbar-pull weight, position of center-of-gravity and weight. $L_8$ orthogonal array is adopted for DOE (Design Of Experiment). The effects of experiment variables on traction performance are evaluated.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2002년도 춘계 국제 학술대회
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• pp.20-22
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• 2002

Heavy metal level and distribution in sediments and bivalves from the tidal flats along the mid-western coast, Korea, were investigated. The averages of heavy metal concentrations in sediments from 5 sampling sites ranged from 86.35-187.77mg/kg for Mn, 13.25-17.73mg/kg for Zn, 6.80-11.85mg/kg for Cr, 4.28-6.25mg/kg for Ni, 1.85-3.09mg/kg for Cu, 0.004-0.020mg/kg for Cd and 5.70-10.41mg/kg for Pb, respectively. Among the mussels of the limited body size(8.5-11cm), heavy metal concentration both in the flesh and in the whole soft parts were not strongly related to the body size. It was shown that, in S. strictus, Cu moves fast into the flesh after absorption, but Pb and Fe move very slowly. Overally, the heavy metal concentration in the flesh tends to increase with that in the whole soft parts. The concentration factors(heavy metal concentration in S. strictus/heavy metal concentration in sediment) showed that, of the examined metals, Cd is the most cumulative in the body of S. strictus, followed by Zn and Cu, while Mn, Cr, Ni and Pb are not cumulative.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2006

Upo wetland is the largest inland wetland in Korea as Ramsar Convention Area. The purposes of the study were to investigate the levels of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in the sediment and Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata from three sites of the wetland and to assess the potential of the gastropod as a bioindicator for heavy metal levels. The gastropods were dissected into shell and soft tissue without the digestive and excretive organs. The levels of Cd, Cu and Pb were below the guideline of Soil Environment Conservation Act and the heavy metals except Cr were slightly different among the sites. Cd was higher in Upo site ($0.32{\mu}g/g$) than Sajipo site ($0.28{\mu}g/g$). Cu and Zn showed the highest value in Sajipo as $43.5{\mu}g/g\;and\;39.8{\mu}g/g$, respectively while the concentrations of Pb and Zn were the highest in Upstream as $58.8{\mu}g/g\;and\;138{\mu}g/g$, respectively. In the soft tissues and shells of the gastropod, the overall common trend in the concentrations of the heavy metals was revealed with the following order: Zn > Cu > Cr > Ni > Pb > Cd and Ni > Zn > Cr > Cu > Pb > Cd, respectively. Although the soft tissues exhibited higher concentrations of the heavy metals except Ni than the shell in the gastropod, the levels of Cd and Pb in the gastropod were generally below the restrictive values set up by Korea Food & Drug Administration. From Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) results, the concentrations of Pb and Zn in the sediments among the sites were reflected on the soft tissue (Pb) and the shell (Pb and Zn) of the gastropod in the same order. The lower value of coefficient of variation (CV) in Pb concentration of the shell than in that of the soft tissue supports the usefulness of the shell as a bioindicator for Pb pollution. Although the CV value in the shell was a little higher than in the soft tissue, DMRT results and the stability of incorporated Zn into the shell support the use of the shell of the gastropod as a potential bioindicator for long-term contamination of Zn.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2020

해성점토로 구성된 서남해안 지역의 연약지반은 퇴적물의 성분, 입자크기의 분포, 입자형상, 흡착이온 및 간극수의 특성, 조류, 온도 등에 의해 많은 영향을 받는다. 또한, 응력이력, 간극수의 변화, 용탈과정, 가스형성 등의 지반공학적 특성은 매우 복잡한 양상을 나타내고 있다. 본 연구에서는 서남해안 연약지반을 대상으로 압밀에 따른 강도증가 특성을 규명하기 위하여 현장시험 및 실내시험을 통하여 연약지반의 물리적·역학적 특성을 평가하고 성토하중에 의한 지반의 침하, 간극수압, 수평변위 등 연약지반의 압밀거동을 파악하기 위하여 간극수압계, 침하계, 경사계, 층별침하계 등의 계측기를 설치하고, 지반의 전단강도증가를 확인하기 위해 단계별로 피에조콘 관입시험을 실시하였다. 이와 같은 실험을 통하여 단계별 성토에 따른 지반의 전단강도증가를 확인하고 압밀침하량을 측정하여 기존에 제시된 경험적 방법 및 이론에 의한 강도증가와 압밀측정치를 비교하여 강도증가율 및 압밀거동을 분석하였다.

• 한국지반신소재학회논문집
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2013

최근 해상풍력발전 단지 조성은 많은 양의 에너지를 창출할 수 있어 그 기대는 점차적으로 증가하고 있다. 특히 제주도는 풍황이 우수하여 해상풍력발전 시스템 운영을 위한 최적의 대상지이기는 하나, 화산활동에 의해 형성된 지형으로 육지부와 달리 기반암인 현무암층 사이에 연약층인 화산쇄설물 및 공동이 불규칙하게 발달된 층상구조로 이루어져 있다. 즉, 해상풍력발전기 기초저면 기반암에 연약한 화산쇄설물이 존재하는 경우 풍력발전기의 주기적인 진동으로 지반의 강도가 저하됨은 물론 장기침하로 인하여 풍력발전기의 장기적인 안정성 확보가 어려울 수도 있다. 본 논문에서는 제주도의 3개 지역에 대한 지표지질조사와 실내실험을 통해 도출된 설계정수를 파악한 후, 수치해석을 통하여 층상구조로 이루어진 연약지층에 모노파일 설치시 연직변위와 응력분포 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.341-354
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• 2002

Heavy metal concentration/distribution in sediments and bivalves from the tidal flats in Saemankeum coastal area, western Korea, were investigated, Among 6 sampling sites, S2, S5 and S6 showed the higher levels of Zn, Cr, Ni, Cu and Cd contamination and S1 did the higher level of Pb contamination than other sites, while S-4 showed the lowest levels of these metal contamination. Overally, the levels of Zn, Cu and Pb concentrations in Sinonovacula constricta were estimated to be relatively high. The shell lengths of the collected mussels were linearly related to their dry weights of the whole soft parts, but the mussels collected from S3 were in a poor nutrition, resulting in the distinctively high levels of metal concentrations in the body. It was shown that in S. constricta, Cr, Ni, Cu and Zn are distributed equally into the whole soft parts or a little more into the flesh, after absorption, while Fe, Cd, Pb and Mn are transferred more into the non-flesh parts than into the flesh parts. In S. constricta, the heavy metal concentrations in the flesh increase with those in the whole soft parts. The bioaccumulation factors(heavy metal concentration in S. constricta/heavy metal concentration in sediment) showed that, of the examined metals, Cd is the most cumulative in the body of S. constricta, followed by Zn and Cu, while Mn, Cr, Ni and Pb are not cumulative.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.993-1000
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• 2004

As an effort to clarify the ecosystem of Osaka Bay, a semi-enclosed coastal area under the influence of stratification, a three-dimensional water quality model with combination of the baroclinic flow model and primitive eco-system model was constructed. The proposed model succeeded in simulating the time-depending flow and density structure and the baroclinic residual currents in Osaka Bay. In present study, we tried to improve the model by taking account of the benthic-pelagic interaction and exchange of nutrients between sea bottom sediments and overlaying water. On vertical structure, the model consists of 13 layers of water and eight layers of sediments. Long-term prediction of water quality was conducted from 1964 to 1985. This period is characterized by rapid water pollution and its decrease by the cutoff reduction of COD and P flowed into Osaka Bay. By combining the sediment model into original model, the numerical model was confirmed to shows more reasonable results in simulating the water quality in Osaka Bay.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.287-289
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• 2009

The leucosiid crabs are common species on soft sediment from the intertidal flat to shelf and slope depths. The genus Nursia Leach, 1817 is characterized by the pentagonal shape of the carapace and the presence of the buccal cavern on the pterygostomian region. As a result of the systematic study on the Korean brachyuran species, Nursia rhomboidalis (Miers, 1879) is newly recorded in Korean fauna. Korean Leucosiidae is now composed of 14 species belonging to eight genera. The description and illustrations of this species are provided.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.220-230
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• 1999

Four tidal flats, covering two dissipative type beaches and two other tidal mud flats, around Yonaiong-Yongyu Islands, Inchon, Korea were studied in May 1991 to analyze the spatial distribution patterns of benthic communities on macrotidal flats. From the statistical test on spatial patterns of species number, density, and biomass, significant trends were found in species number and biomass. Although quantitative analysis was not performed, the interpretation showed that the variations were ruled out by environmental gradients such as sediment grain size and tidal elevation. The eight communities revealed in this study are as follows: Moerella-Mactra(Group 1), llyoplax-Glycera -Magelona japonica-Magelona sp.-Pe riserrula ( Group 2), Amphiura-Nephtys californiensis-Bullacta-Eohaustorius (Group 3), Leonnates-Heteromastus-Pretankyra-Nephtys polybranchia (Group4), Nephtys chemulpoensis-Macrophthalmus (Group 5), Ceratonereis-Scopimera (Group 6), Haustorioides-Urothoe (Group 7) and Cycladicama-Armandia-Minuspio community (Group 8). Some of these communities were classified into substratum-specific (Group 1 to 3) and tidal elevation-specific communities (Group 4). It was difficult to identify the predominant governing agent in Groups 5,6,7 and 8 because of their presence at extreme types of sediment and at uppermost elevations. Mixed effects seemed to act upon the latter four communities (Group 5 to 8). Based on the number of samples, 60% of the target samples were influenced by substratum properties, 20% by tidal elevation effect and 20% by mixed effect of the two factors. From this, it was concluded that substratum properties serve as the most important factors on soft bottom inhabitants in the area studied.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.73-79
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• 1996

본 연구는 북동 태평양의 심해저 퇴적물에 서식하는 대형저서동물의 군집 구조와 수평적 및 수직적 분포양상을 보기 위해 1996년 5월에 수행되었다. 생물 시료는 25개 정점에서 box corer를 사용하여 채취된 퇴적물을 0.3 mm 망목의 체 로 걸러 채집하였다. 총 9개 동물문의 17개 분류군에 속하는 363개체의 저서동물이 출현하였고, 이들은 선형동물(30.0%), 유공충류(25.1%), 저서성 요각류(10.2%), Xenophyophorea(5.2%), 다모류(4.7%)순으로 우점하였다. 전형적인 중형동물 분류군 들을 제외하면 다모류가 가장 우점한 동물군이었다. 출현종의 수는 0.01 m$^{2}$ 당 평균 6종류였고, 서식밀도는 1,288개체/m$^{2}$ 로서 심해역으로는 밀도가 높았다. 퇴적물 깊이별 수직분포를 보면 표층에서 최대출현량을 보이고 깊이에 따 라 감소한다. 퇴적물 깊이 10 cm 층 이내에 전체 저서생물의 98% 이상이 출현 하였다.