• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2017

Aerosol mass size distributions were investigated at 865 m high the of Jirisan national park. A nanosampler cascade impactor was used to collect aerosols. The atmospheric aerosol particles had a unimodal mass size distribution, which peaked at $0.5-1.0{\mu}m$, and a mass aerodynamic diameter of $1.13{\mu}m$. The annual average concentrations of TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, $PM_1$, $PM_{0.5}$ and $PM_{0.1}$ were $20.9{\mu}g/m^3$, $19.3{\mu}g/m^3$, $14.9{\mu}g/m^3$, $10.7{\mu}g/m^3$, $5.3{\mu}g/m^3$, $1.2{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. TSP concentrations were below $30{\mu}g/m^3$ during the sampling period. On average $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, $PM_1$, $PM_{0.5}$ and $PM_{0.1}$ made up 0.91, 0.70, 0.41, 0.19 and 0.07 of TSP, respectively. The annual average of PM2.5/PM10 ratio was 0.77.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.411-420
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• 2020

Numbers fitting-curve equations have been proposed to predict soil-water retention curve (SWRC) whose parameters have no definitude physical meaning. And these methods with precondition of measuring SWRC data is time-consuming. A simplified directly method to estimate SWRC without parameters obtained by fitting-curve is proposed. Firstly, the total SWRC can be discretized into linear segments respectively. Every segment can be represented by linear formulation and every turning point can be determined by the pore-size distribution (PSD) of Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP) tests. The pore diameters governing the air-entry condition (AEC) and residual condition (RC) can be determined by the PSDs of MIP test. The PSD changes significantly during drying in SWR test, so the determination of AEC and RC should use the PSD under corresponding suction conditions. Every parameter in proposed equations can be determined directly by PSD without curve-fitting procedure and has definitude physical meaning. The proposed equations give a good estimation of both unimodal and bimodal SWRCs.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.289-289
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• 2018

하천의 유사는 이동 형태에 따라 소류사와 부유사로 분류되는데, 대부분의 자연하천에서 유사는 난류로 인해 부유사의 형태로 이송된다. 하천 흐름 내 부유사는 크기와 모양이 서로 다른 입자들로 구성되어 있으며, 부유사의 입도 분포는 유사의 특성 뿐 아니라 흐름의 유사 이동 능력과 같은 유수동역학적 특성 또한 함께 고려되어야 한다. 유사의 입도 분포는 통계적인 방법을 통해 결정되며, 일반적으로 모래 하천의 입도 분포는 로그 정규 분포를 따르는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 부유사의 입도 분포 모형을 이용하여 다양한 흐름 조건 하에서의 입도분포를 살펴본다. 비점착성 유사의 입도 분포 모형은 점착성 유사의 입도 분포 모형으로부터 얻어지며, 1차원 유사 이동 모형과의 결합을 통해 다양한 흐름 조건에서 부유된 유사의 입도 분포를 모의할 수 있다. 여러 연구결과를 분석한 결과, 부유사의 입도 분포는 최빈치가 하나인 단최빈 분포(Unimodal Distribution)가 대다수를 차지하였으나, 최대 빈도가 두 개 이상 나타나는 쌍최빈 분포(Bimodal Distribution) 또한 흔히 나타나는 것이 확인된다. 본 연구에서 개발된 비점착성 유사의 입도 분포모형은 단최빈 및 쌍최빈이 나타난 실험실 실험 자료를 이용하여 검증된다. 단최빈의 입도 분포를 나타내는 실험 결과 2가지와 쌍최빈의 입도 분포를 나타내는 실험 결과 2가지를 이용하였을 때, 총 4가지의 다양한 유수동역학적 조건 하에서 비점착성 유사의 입도 분포가 합리적으로 모의되는 것이 확인된다.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.593-598
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• 2012

Solution polymerization behaviors of L-lactide using single and mixed aluminium catalyst systems were studied. Triisobutylaluminium (TIBA) was a reference catalyst for mixing. For the $Al(O-i-Pr)_3$/TIBA catalytic systems, the molecular weight of the resulting polylactide (PLA) decreased as the composition of $Al(O-i-Pr)_3$ increased. The higher molecular weight shoulder was revealed in their GPC curve. At TIBA of 80 mol% a bimodal GPC curve was shown. The conversion in the trimethylaluminium (TMA)/TIBA catalysts system decreased as the composition of TMA in the mixed catalyst increased. The conversion in the trioctylaluminium (TOA)/TIBA catalysts system decreased as the composition of TOA in the mixed catalyst increased. The unimodal molecular weight distribution was observed with the TOA/TIBA catalyst systems. The Al compounds-mixed catalyst could produce a higher molecular weight shoulder in the GPC curve.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.76-88
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• 1988

Size distribution of suspended particulate materials (SPM) in the coastal waters of eastern Korea was studied using a laser particle size analyzer. Mean particle size (MPS) ranges from 3.69 to 8.40 ${\mu}m$ in surface waters, from 3.38 to 6.43 ${\mu}m$ in mid-depth waters, and from 3.88 to 8.30 ${\mu}m$ in near-bottom waters. For smaller MPS, the size distribution is unimodal, whereas it becomes polymodal as the MPS increases. Particle concentrations increased with the increases in MPS, suggesting that processes of adding larger particles in the waters such as resuspension of bottom sediments are more important in controlling MPS in the area than processes of removing smaller particles such as flocculation of fine particles. Observations of higher MPS near the coast in mid-depth waters, and at the continental slope in near-bottom waters appear to support the above idea. For surface waters with high MPS, mean particle density was noticably low, indicating the importance of biological activities in the formation of suspended particles.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.320-328
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• 2004

A number of health hazards are generated in welding processes. In this paper, the characteristics of fumes and some other hazardous agents in welding are reviewed. Fumes in welding are generated by complex mechanism like physical ejection of particles, oxidation-enhanced vaporization, vaporization-condensation-oxidation, and spatter contribution. Fume generation rates could be described as a power function in a given process. Most of fume constituents was originated from consumables rather than base metal. The mass distribution for the welding fumes is unimodal and very small to penetrate respiratory system. So, almost fractions of fumes are classified into the respirable particulate mass. Total chromium contents in FCAW were similar to those from SMAW whereas hexavalent chromium concentrations in fume were similar to those produced from MIG welding fume. Hexavalent chromium was mostly soluble which was similar to the characteristic solubility of fume hexavalent chromium from SMAW.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.341-344
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 계층적 공정 경쟁 개념을 병렬 유전자 알고리즘에 적용하여 계층적 공정 경쟁 기반 병렬유전자 알고리즘 (Hierarchical Fair Competition Genetic Algorithm: HFCGA)을 구현하였을 뿐만 아니라 실수코딩 유전자 알고리즘(Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm: RCGA)에서 좋은 성능을 갖는 산술교배(Arithmetic crossover), 수정된 단순교배(modified simple crossover) 그리고 UNDX(unimodal normal distribution crossover)등의 다양한 교배연산자들을 적용, 분석함으로써 개선된 병렬 유전자 알고리즘을 제안하였다. UNDX연산자는 다수의 부모(multiple parents)를 이용하여 부모들의 기하학적 중심(geometric center)에 근접하게 정규분포를 이루며 생성된다. 본 논문은 UNDX를 이용한 HFCGA모델을 구현하고 함수파라미터 최적화 문제에 많이 쓰이는 함수들에 적용시킴으로써 그 성능의 우수성을 증명 한다.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.133-138
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• 1998

The effect of $\beta$-$Si_3N_4$ seeding on microstructural development of silicon nitride based materials has been investigated. In particular, to observe more distinctly the abnormal grain growth in pressureless sintering, fine $\alpha$-$Si_3N_4$(mean particle size: 0.26 ${\mu}m$) powder classified by sedimentation method was used. It was possible to prepare silicon nitride with abnormally grown grains under low nitrogen pressure of 1 atm thanks to the heterogeneous nucleation on $Si_3N_4$ seed particles. The size and morphology of silicon nitride grains were strongly influenced by the presence of $\beta$-$Si_3N_4$ seed and overall chemical composition. For specimens with initially low $\beta$-content, the large grains grew without a significant impingement by other large grains. On the contrary, for specimens with initially high $\beta$-content, steric hindrance was effective. The resulting microstructure was less inhomogeneous and characterized by unimodal grain size distribution.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.93-101
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• 1986

Microporous glasses were prepared from the 50 $SiO_2-44$ $B_2O_3-6$ $Na_2O$(wt%) parent glass by the phase eparation technique and were characterized by SEM, BET, and Gas Adsorption methods to investigate the possiblity of their use as salt-rejection membranes for reverse osmosis. The conditions of the phase separation for the possible glass membranes were optimized for the given parent glass. The temperature and duration of heat-treatment were desired to be lower(853K) and shorter (1/2~1 hr) respectively. The specific surface areas of porous glasses prepared in this study were about 80~120$m^2$/g and their pore size distribution had a unimodal shape(peak pore radius less than 15$\AA$) It was suggested that the porous glass obtained in this work could be effective for salt-rejection in point of pore size distributions but the way to increase its surface area for the high flux must be studied.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.147-152
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• 2002

Seasonal and interannual variation of volume transport through the La-Perouse Strait were estimated using the difference of sea level observed at Krillion of Sakhalin, Russia, and Wakkanai of Hokkaido, Japan, during the period of 1975-1988. Historical sea level measurements between Russian and Japanese tide gauge data were normalized using an independent direct volume transport measurement. Volume transport from the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the Sea of Okhotsk varied from -0.01 to 1.18 Sv with an annual mean value of 0.61 Sv. Monthly water transport rates showed a unimodal distribution with its maximum occurring in summer (August) and minimum in winter (December-February). The annual mean volume transport varied from 0.2 to 0.8 Sv during the period of 1975-1988 with the maximum variance of 0.6 Sv.