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Significance of nonlinear permeability in the coupled-numerical analysis of tunnelling

  • Kim, Kang-Hyun;Kim, Ho-Jong;Jeong, Jae-Ho;Shin, Jong-Ho
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.103-109
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    • 2020
  • The inflow rate is of interest in the design of underground structures such as tunnels and buried pipes below the groundwater table. Soil permeability governing the inflow rate significantly affects the hydro-geological behavior of soils but is difficult to estimate due to its wide range of distribution, nonlinearity and anisotropy. Volume changes induced by stress can cause nonlinear stress-strain behavior, resulting in corresponding permeability changes. In this paper, the nonlinearity and anisotropy of permeability are investigated by conducting Rowe cell tests, and a nonlinear permeability model considering anisotropy was proposed. Model modification and parameter evaluation for field application were also addressed. Significance of nonlinear permeability was illustrated by carrying out numerical analysis of a tunnel. It is highlighted that the effect of nonlinear permeability is significant in soils of which volume change is considerable, and particularly appears in the short-term flow behavior.

A study of Efficient Access to homepage

  • Yamagata, Osamu.;Sakamoto, Masahiro.;Tsuda, Kazuo.
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2000.07b
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    • pp.707-710
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    • 2000
  • WWW(World wide Web) is a place where many laymen receive and send the information at the worldwide. A visualization of WWW is very important as one of functions helping to retrieve and browse the information. However, as the information volume displayed at one time is limited by a screen size, it is useful to limit the volume of information capable for users to browse. In this report, we propose the page-index, which extract its information according to degree of user’s interest. This index is a numbers, which relate the user’s interest with verbal and structural characteristics of homepages. The homage-index constructed with sequence of this index are useful to help a user’s browsing. We constructed the estimating system about an article of commerce and really tried to estimate. From this trial, we verified the usefulness of the page-index, homepage-index.

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Simulation of Surface Flow and Soil Erosion on a Forest Road Using KINEROS2 Model

  • Im, Sang-Jun;Lee, Sang-Ho;Kim, Dong-Yeob
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2009
  • The physically based model KINEROS2 was applied to forest road segments for simulating hydrology and sediment production. Data on rainfall amounts, runoff volume, and sediment yields were collected at two small plots in the Yangpyong experimental watershed. The KlNEROS2 model can be parameterized to match the volume of surface flow and sediment yields during seven storm events. Model predictions of hydrology were in good agreement with the observed data at two plots in the year 1997 and 1998. A comparison between the observed and predicted sediment yields indicated that the model provided reasonable estimates, although the model tended to under-estimate for some storm events. The overall result shows that the KINEROS2 model properly represents the hydrology and sediment transport processes in the forest road segments.

Impacts of Reforestation on Stabilization of Riverine Water Levels in South Korea

  • JAEHYUN, YOON;SAANG JOON, BAAK;MIN YOUNG, SEO;TAEJONG, KIM
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2022
  • We investigate how reforestation contributed to stabilization of riverine water levels in South Korea. For the purpose, we estimate an equation capturing dynamic relationships among rainfall, upstream-area tree stock, and downstream water levels in three river systems of Hongcheon, Mangyeong, and Hyeongsan, using daily observations of precipitation and water levels for the period from 1985 to 2005. Simulation based on estimation results shows that increase in the tree stock in a river basin leads to a significantly suppressed peaking in riverine water levels in response to an abrupt and concentrated rain in the upstream area. For instance, an hour-long concentration of 100mm rain results in 0.7m rise in water level if the volume of growing stock is 1 million m3, whereas the rise in water level stays below 0.27m with 5 million m3 in the growing-stock volume.

Theoretical prediction on thickness distribution of cement paste among neighboring aggregates in concrete

  • Chen, Huisu;Sluys, Lambertus Johannes;Stroeven, Piet;Sun, Wei
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.163-176
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    • 2011
  • By virtue of chord-length density function from the field of statistical physics, this paper introduced a quantitative approach to estimate the distribution of cement paste thickness between aggregates in concrete. Dynamics mixing method based on molecular dynamics was employed to generate one model structure, then image analysis algorithm was used to obtain the distribution of thickness of cement paste in model structure for the purpose of verification. By comparison of probability density curves and cumulative probability curves of the cement paste thickness among neighboring aggregates, it is found that the theoretical results are consistent with the simulation. Furthermore, for the model mortar and concrete mixtures with practical volume fraction of Fuller-type aggregate, this analytical formula was employed to predict the influence of aggregate volume fraction and aggregate fineness. And evolution of its mean values were also investigated with the variation of volume fraction of aggregate as well as the fineness of aggregates in model mortars and concretes.

Estimating the Automobile Insurance Premium Based on Credibilities (여러가지 신뢰도에 근거한 자동차 보험료 예측)

  • Kim, Yeong-Hwa;Kim, Mi-Jung;Kim, Myung-Joon
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.279-292
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    • 2011
  • Credibility theory is one of the most important theories of actuarial science to calculate the proper insurance premium. In this paper, the rule of relative exposure volume, the square root rule, the B$\"{u}$hlmann credibility and B$\"{u}$hlmann-Straub credibility with the basic concept of credibility have been introduced, Also, we estimate new premiums based on these methods for real data. As a result, the rule of relative exposure volume provides the highest accuracy.

Volume Reduction Ratio and Decontamination Factor of the Bench Scale Radwaste Incineration Process (실험용 방사성 폐기물 소각로의 감용비와 제염계수)

  • Seo, Yong-Chil;Yang, Hee-Chul;Kim, Joon-Hyung;Park, Hun-Hwee
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.321-331
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    • 1989
  • A bench scale incineration process for the burnable radwaste has been constructed and operated at KAERI as a self-surpported development of incineration technology. The purposes of operating the process are to get experience in incineration, to analyze the characteristics of combustion and to test the performance of off-gas treatment units. Simulated paper and polyethylene wastes were incinerated. Volume reduction ratio and decontamination factor of the process have been determined to observe the economical efficiency and operational capability of the process. A methodology to estimate the acceptance limit of specific activity to an incineration facility by using a decontamination factor and to calculate the volume reduction ratio of the facility is introduced. The acceptance criteria for different radionuclides in the combustible waste at the bench scale incineration process are suggested using this methodology.

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Comparison of Traction Motor design and characteristics for battery driven hybrid tram (무가선 트램용 추진 전동기 설계 및 특성 비교)

  • Ham, Sang-Hwan;Kim, Kwang-Soo;Kim, Mi-Jung;Lee, Hyung-Woo;Lee, Ju
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.1383-1388
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    • 2010
  • The latest generation of tram is low-floor design, various nations in europe and japan have developed battery driven hybrid trams that combine battery and wiring. Battery driven tram system is achieved by contactless power supply system, thus system is needed high efficiency, high power and low weight traction motor for maximization of energy efficiency. Research from abroad is still in induction motor(IM) application, and it is not meet the efficiency and the power per unit volume in IPMSM. In this paper, we design compare IM and IPMSM to apply battery driven tram, and then compare these motors. To design the motor, we estimate the loading condition at first. Loading condition includes rolling resistance, air-drag resistance, and slope resistance. Based on the loading condition by estimation, we determine the power and compute rated voltage and rated current. In this paper, voltage is limited by battery voltage level. As a result, volume about IM is 1.98 times bigger than IPMSM under same condition. Even though IPMSM is bigger than IM in power density per volume, we consider more factors for actual application because there are demagnetization of permanent magnet in IPMSM and so on by external environment conditions.

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Audio Mixer Algorithm for Enhancing Speech Quality of Multi-party Audio Telephony (다자간 음성통화 품질 향상을 위한 오디오 믹서 알고리즘)

  • Ryu, Sang-Hyeon;Kim, Hyoung-Gook
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.541-547
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    • 2013
  • The speech quality of multi-party audio telephony between two, three or more participants is decreased by audio volume imbalance, audio volume saturation and noise level increase. To solve this issue, this paper proposes an advanced audio mixing algorithm for software-based multi-point control unit. Our approach is based on the combined voice activity detection and gain control technique that consists of a set of algorithms that classify audio signals, estimate audio volumes, adjust gain factors and mix audio signals of all channels. The proposed audio mixing algorithm is computationally efficient, delivers high-quality speech, and is suitable for use in any practical multi-party audio telephony.

Species Identification and Noise Cancellation Using Volume Backscattering Strength Difference of Multi-Frequency (다중 주파술의 체적산란강도 차이를 이용한 에코그램 내에서의 종 분리와 잡음 제거)

  • KANG Donhyug;SHIN Hyoung-Chul;KIM Suam;LEE Yoonho;HWANG Doojin
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.541-548
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    • 2003
  • Species identification in hydroacoustic survey is one of the key requirements to estimate biomass of organism and to understand the structure of zooplankton community. Feasibility of species identification using two frequencies (38 and 120 kHz) was investigated on the basis of mean volume backscattering strength difference (MVBS). Virtual echogram technique was applied to two frequencies data sets that obtained from surveys in the Antarctic Ocean and Yellow Sea. Virtual echogram method using MVBS revealed the possibility of species identification, which species identification relying on visual scrutiny of single frequency acoustic data resulted in significant errors in biomass estimation. Through noise cancellation using MVBS, much of the acoustic noise caused by acoustic instruments could be removed in new virtual echogram, and the biomass estimation and data quality was improved.