• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.131-141
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• 2012

A large fraction of urban $PM_{10}$ concentrations is due to non-exhaust traffic emissions including road dust, tire wear particles, and brake lining particles. Although potential health and environmental impacts associated with tire wear debris have increased, few environmentally and biologically relevant studies of actual tire wear debris have been conducted. Tire wear particles (TWP) are released from the tire tread as a result of the interaction between the tire and the pavement. Roadway particles (RP), meanwhile, are particles on roads composed of a mixture of elements from tires, pavements, fuels, brakes, and environmental dust. The main objective of present study is to identify the contribution of tires to the generation of RP and to assess the potential environmental and health impacts of this contribution. First, a mobile measurement system was constructed and used to measure the RP on asphalt roads according to vehicle speed. The equipment of the mobile system provides $PM_{10}$ concentrations by Dusttrak DRX and number density & size distribution measurements of fine and ultra-fine particles by a fast mobility particle sizer (FMPS) and an aerosol particle sizer (APS). When traveling on an asphalt road at constant speed, there is a clear tendency for $PM_{10}$ concentration to increase slightly in accordance with an increase in the vehicle speed. It was also found that considerable brake wear particles and particles from tire/road interface were generated by rapid deceleration of the vehicle. As a result, the $PM_{10}$ concentration and particle number of ultra-fine particles were measured to be very high.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.100-108
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• 2012

Traffic police officers are faced with many dangerous accidents due to outside duties on roads. Yet, researches on traffic officers' uniforms have mainly been focused on design aspects rather than functional aspects. This study therefore aims to figure out traffic officers' perceived needs for their uniforms and to offer some basic guidelines in manufacturing versatile safety vests for wearers. The study used a documentary survey replied by 236 traffic officers. The results of the study are as follows: 1. There are 10 different types of vests currently used by traffic officers. Vests are employed for purposes such as carrying police equipments, enabling officers to be noticeable in dark, protecting the body, etc. 2. Officers wear these vests which were officially designated by law. Among them, fluorescence versatile safety vests were most frequently worn by officers. 3. Officers who wore ready-made vests of which size was already determined, tended to perceive that the vests were relatively larger than their own size. 4. In terms of the functions of the vests, officers expressed needs for the improvement of the LED and retro-reflection tape along with the addition of thermal function to existing vests. The improvement of the form and functions of versatile safety vests which reflect needs of the users will boost the dignity and the sense of duty of the traffic police officers.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2012

A large fraction of urban $PM_{10}$ concentrations is due to non-exhaust traffic emissions including road dust, tire wear particles, and brake lining particles. Although potential health and environmental impacts associated with tire wear debris have been increased, few environmentally and biologically relevant studies of actual tire wear debris have been conducted. Tire wear particles (TWP) are released from the tire tread as a result of the interaction between the tire and the pavement. Roadway particles (RP), meanwhile, are particles on roads composed of a mixture of elements from tires, pavements, fuels, brakes, and environmental dust. The main objective of present study is to identify the contribution of tires to the generation of RP and to assess the potential environmental and health impacts of this contribution. First, a mobile measurement system was constructed and used to measure the roadway particles on asphalt road according to vehicle speed. The equipment of the mobile system provides $PM_{10}$ concentrations by Dusttrak DRX and number density & size distribution measurements of fine and ultra-fine particles by a fast mobility particle sizer (FMPS) and an aerosol particle sizer (APS). When traveling on an asphalt road at constant speed, there is a clear tendency for PM10 concentration to increase slightly in accordance with an increase in the vehicle speed. It was also found that considerable brake wear particles and particles from tire/road interface were generated by rapid deceleration of the vehicle. The morphology and elements of the roadway particles were also analyzed using SEM-EDX technique.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.106-112
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• 2008

Rolling-sliding, cyclic contact of wheel and rail progressively alters the microstructure of the contacting steels, eventually leading to micro-scale crack initiation, wear and macro-scale crack growth in the railhead. Relating the microstructural changes to subsequent wear and cracking is being accomplished through modelling at three spatial scales: (i) bulk material (ii) multi-grain and (iii) sub-grain. The models incorporate detailed information from metallurgical examinations of used rails and tested rail material. The initial 2-dimensional models representing the rail material are being further developed into 3-dimensional models. Modelling is taking account of thermal effects, and traffic patterns to which the rails are exposed.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2009

Garbage cause an environmental pollution, unsightly mess, fouls an odor, and unpleasant feeling. Various measures to solve the problems are studying. And the garbage are collected and treated by the street cleaner. Street cleaner is working for long time in the street from dawn to the night. And many kind of accidents are aroused, like traffic and crushing accident by garbage truck. This kind of accidents is increased every year. To prevent the accident, street cleaner wear a fluorescent light uniform But a count measures for the fallen accident and crushing accident from the garbage truck are insufficient. In addition, a street cleaner dose not like to wear a working uniform because of inconvenience. Therefore this study try to find a safety system of garbage truck for reducing measure of accidents of street cleaner.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권8호
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• pp.4577-4581
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• 2013

Background: The objective of this study was to determine the practice of skin cancer prevention among Malaysian road traffic police officers. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 202 Malaysian Road Police Traffic officers. Inclusion criteria were those officers who work wearing white uniform regulating traffic. The survey took place at the Police Traffic Station, Jln Tun H.S. Lee, Kuala Lumpur, the main Head Quarters of Malaysian's Traffic Department where almost 600 police traffic officers are employed. The police traffic officers are given the task to take care of the traffic from the main office of the police station, then, according to the task, the officers drive to their given location for their duty. Each task is approved by the Chief Traffic Inspector of Kuala Lumpur. Data collected in this study were analyzed using SPSS 13, with the T-test for univariate analysis and multiple linear regression for multivariate analysis. Results: A total of 202 road traffic police officers participated. The majority were older than 30 years of age, male, Malay, married, with secondary education, with monthly income more than 2000 Ringgit Malaysia (66.3%, 91.1%, 86.6%, 84.7%, 96%, 66.3%; respectively). Regarding the practice of skin cancer prevention, 84.6% of the study participants were found to wear hats, 68.9% sunglasses and 85.6% clothing that covering most of the body but only 16.9% used a sunscreen when they were outdoors. When analysis of the factors that influenced the practice of skin cancer prevention was performed, univariate analysis revealed that gender, age and monthly income significantly influenced the practice of skin cancer prevention. For multivariate analysis, gender, monthly income and race significantly influenced the practice of using sunscreen among road traffic police officers (p<0.001, p=0.019, p=0.027; respectively). Conclusions: The practice of skin cancer prevention among the traffic police officers showed good practices in terms of wearinga hat, sun glasses and clothing that covers most of the body. However, the study revealed a poor practice of the use of sunscreen. The factors that influence the practice of sunscreen use were found to be gender, income, and race. The study suggests that more awareness campaign among traffic police officers is needed. Providing sunscreen for free for police traffic officers should be considered by the Police authorities.

• International Journal of Railway
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2012

This report is devoted to the problems of Mongolian Railway Transportation Safety such as high length of wagon service life, defects due to the more factors of exploitation, idle time, increase of faults, poor condition of repairing shops and more hand and mechanical operations and these conditions are quite difficult to meet the safety and reliability of increasing transportation from day to day. The paper discusses that the most optimum solution is diagnosing before occurring wear, breakdown, and defects on the basis of studying characteristics of structural material breakdown, residual methods of voltage, effects of material hardness and linear defects of a crystal net and the reform of machines is very important to implement it. It focuses the structures, characteristics of the material transportation and tests and analyses of the wagon cart which has to meet the traffic safety of wagons and slow and soft movement. The study is done on the wagon chassis which has to meet the traffic safety of luggage wagons.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.19-33
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• 2003

본 실험은 답압에 의한 스트레스를 경감시킬 목적으로 폐타이어 칩을 한국잔디 식재 토양내 혼합 및 표면 배토시 그 효과를 평가하고자 실시하였다. 일반적으로 잔디는 답압이 진행됨에 따라 잔디 마모와 토양 물리성이 나빠져서 생육은 감소하지만 폐타이어 칩을 토양내에 처리함으로써 토양경도, 표면 경도 등 토양 물리성을 향상시키므로 생육을 향상시킬 수 있었으며, 토양 혼합처리는 가는 입자 20% 처리구에서 좋은 토양 물리성을 보였다. 배토처리시에는 무처리구와 비교시 표면의 높은 온도와 더불어, 피복효과와 마모를 가장 많이 받는 줄기 밑부분을 보호해 줌으로써 잔디 생육을 향상시킬 수 있었으며, 굵은 입자 10cm 처리구에서 표면온도가 높았다. 무기질인 폐타이어 칩을 소량으로 토양 혼합 및 배토처리함으로써 장기적인 효과가 예상되므로 향후 잔디면 조성 및 관리시에 이용할 만한 가능성이 있다고 생각된다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.53-73
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• 2023

교통사고로 인한 인체 상해를 최소화할 수 있는 안전벨트의 착용이 전 좌석에서 의무임에도 불구하고, 안전벨트를 착용하지 않은 교통사고 사상자수는 여전히 많은 비율을 차지한다. 주행차량 내 전 좌석 안전벨트 착용 검지시스템은 탑승자의 안전벨트 착용 여부를 판단하고 착용을 유도하는 시스템으로 안전벨트 미착용 사상자수 감소를 위한 유용한 기술적 대응방안이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 첫 번째로 순서형프로빗 모형을 활용한 교통사고 상해심각도 영향요인 평가를 통해 시스템 도입에 대한 타당성을 제시하였다. 분석결과, 안전벨트 착용 여부는 교통사고 상해심각도에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치며 안전벨트 착용 시 사망 및 치명상에 이를 확률이 0.054배 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 두 번째로 안전벨트 및 교통사고 상해와 관련된 선행연구를 기반으로 메타분석을 수행하여 시스템 도입 시 기대되는 사고심각도 감소효과를 추정하였다. 사고심각도 감소효과 분석결과, 안전벨트 착용 시 사망사고가 63.3% 감소할 것으로 분석되었으며 앞좌석은 75.7%, 뒷좌석은 58.1%의 사망사고 감소효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 메타분석 결과와 교통사고 통계자료를 기반으로 시스템 도입 시 기대되는 교통사고 사상자수 감소효과를 도출하여 시스템의 교통안전 측면 효과를 분석하였다. 시스템 도입률이 증가함에 따라 안전벨트 미착용 교통사고 사상자수가 감소하였으며 시스템 도입률이 60%일 경우 사망자수는 현재 대비 3배 이상 감소할 것으로 예상되었다. 분석결과를 활용하여 안전벨트 착용률을 높이고 사고심각도를 저감시킬 수 있는 시스템 운영 방안을 제시하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2005

본 연구는 교통량이 가로수 식재지 토양의 화학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 실시되었다. 이를 위해 대전시에 위치한 은행나무와 양버즘나무 가로수 주변 토양의 화학적 특성을 조사 분석하였다. 교통량이 많은 지역의 토양 pH는 7.0 내외로 높게 나타났으며, 이는 제설용으로 살포되고 있는 염화칼슘이나 콘크리트로부터 용해되어 흘러나오는 알칼리성분 및 염기성 분진 때문으로 사료된다. 토양 중 Fe, Cd, Cu, Zn, 그리고 Pb 농도는 충남대학교 지역에서 보다 교통량이 많은 대전역전과 대화공단지역에서 높게 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과는 자동차의 타이어 및 부품의 합금 등으로 이용된 물질들이 도로 주행 시 마찰 또는 마모되어 도로주변으로 배출되었기 때문으로 사료된다.