• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.63-72
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• 2008

This study was conducted to define a characteristics of Electrical Resistivity of weathered soil against volumetric water content and frequency. It is essential to analyze and understand a characteristics of the Electrical Resistivity for evaluation of soil as subsurface contaminant detection. Before the test, an effect of pore water and ion were checked using four liquids(distilled water, tap water, potassium chloride 1.8mM, and 3.7mM). As a result, the correlation between the volumetric water content and the Electrical Resistivity was estimated. The Electrical Resistivity decreases with increasing frequency and water content. Also, Electrical Resistivity could be described by an exponential function of volumetric water content with the constants.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2001

The objective of this study was to develop a real-time soil moisture meter using RF impedance. The impedance suchas capacitance and resistance (or conductance) was analyzed using parallel cylinder type capacitance probe(C-probe) and Q-meter (HP4342). The capacitance and conductance of soil increased as volumetric water content increased. The 5 MHz of modified Colpitts type crystal oscillator was designed to detect the capacitance change of the C-probe with moist soil. A third order polynomial regression model was proposed to describe the relationship between RF impedance and volumetric water content. The prototype real time moisture meter consisted of the C-probe, sample container, oscillator, frequency counter and related signal processing units. The calibration equation for measurement of volumetric moisture content of soil was developed and validated. The correlation coefficient and root mean square error between measured volumetric water content by oven method and predicted values by prototype moisture meter for unknown soil samples were 0.984 and 0.032$cm^3$$cm\^3$, respectively.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2005

이 연구에서는 최소자승법을 이용하여 절리의 직경분포를 추정하는 방법을 개발하였다. 이전에 Song and Lee가 제안한 방법에서는 현장에서 조사한 양끝내포선(contained trace) 분포로부터 무한 조사창에서 정의되는 절리선(joint trace) 길이 분포를 먼저 구하고 이 후에 직경분포를 구하게 된다. 그러나 새로 제안한 방법을 사용하면 중간 추정과정없이 현장에서 얻은 양끝내포선 분포로부터 바로 절리의 직경분포를 구할 수 있다. 이전의 방법과 비교할 때 새로 제안된 방법은 표본의 크기가 작을 때 조금 더 높은 추정정밀도를 보이며, 직경분포를 추정하는 과정에서 절리의 기하학적 파라미터의 하나인 체적빈도(volumetric frequency)도 제공한다. 새로운 추정법의 검증을 위해 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션을 적용하였다.

• Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.30-37
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• 2000

Wet porous media representing agronomic soil that contains variable water content with variable electrolyte concentration was measured to study the shape of the curves of the electric double layer capacitance versus frequency (from 10 KHz to 10 MHz. This was done in an attempt to find the lowest practical operating frequency for developing low cost dielectric constant soil moisture probes. Cellulose sponge was used as the porous media. A high frequency electronic bridge circuit was developed for measuring the equivalent network parallel resistance and capacitance of porous media. It appears that the effects of the electric double layer component of the total parallel network capacitance essentially disappear at operating frequencies greater than approximately 25 MHz at low electrolyte concentrations but are still important at 50 MHz at higher concentrations. At these frequencies, the double layer capacitance masks the diffusion region capacitance where true water content capacitance values reside. The general shape of the curve of volumetric water content versus porous media dielectric constant is presented, with an empirical equation representing data for this type of curve. It was concluded that the lowest frequency where dielectric constant values which represent true water content information will most likely be found is between 30 and 50 MHz at low electrolyte concentrations but may be above 50 MHz when the total electrolyte concentration is near the upper level required for most mesophyte plant nutrition.

• 지질공학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.123-132
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 폐기물 매립장의 차수층으로 사용되는 벤토나이트 혼합토에 대한 연직침윤시험과 Frequency Domain Reflectometry 측정 장비를 이용한 유전율 측정시험을 수행하였다. 표준사, 화강풍화토, 벤토나이트 재료에 대해 다양한 배합 비율을 적용하여 제작된 벤토나이 트 혼합토의 체적함수비, 간극비, 유전율상수 등의 관계로부터 이들의 불포화 투수 특성을 파악하였다. 연구결과에 따르면 초기 벤토나이트 혼합비는 체적함수비 변화에 영향을 미치며, 체적함수비 변화는 간극비와 밀접한 관계를 가지고 있다. 또한 벤토나이트 혼합토의 체 적 함수비 변화는 유전율 반응으로부터 명확히 측정됨을 파악하였다. 벤토나이트 혼합토의 불포화 투수 특성을 파악하기 위한 본 연구에서 체적함수비와 유전율상수의 관계함수를 추정하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.11-19
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• 1993

The experimental study was carried out to investigate the stability and the performance characteristics of the aero-valved pulsating combustion system with maximum operating capacity of 60KW. The effect of geometry of combustion system on the stable condition, the flammability limit, the total pressure oscillation amplitude, and the operating frequency can be identified, and the maximum turn-down-ratio is obtained up to 3.3. The total pressure oscillation amplitude can be controlled by tunning the length of the air inlet pipe. The empirical equation with which the operating frequency can be approximated is proposed and the discrepancy is within 5%. The volumetric efficiency is identified to be one of the important parameters determining the upper flammability limit and the maximum value of which is approximately 22%.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2005년도 지반공학 공동 학술발표회
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• pp.389-394
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• 2005

In this study we carried out to evaluate the salinity concentration and volumetric water content of unsaturated soil column using frequency domain Reflectometry with vector network analyzer (FDR-V) measurement system. All of experiments were considered to the effect of temperature which ranges from l0$^{\circ}C$ to 50$^{\circ}C$ increasing the interval of l0$^{\circ}C$ controlled by the constant temperature container. From the results the responses of complex dielectric constant which consist of the real part and imaginary parts have the effect of volumetric water content and concentration of salinity at 1GHz. Use of derived equations (1) and (2) can be calculated the physical parameters such as volumetric water content and salinity concentration of unsaturated media by the responses of complex dielectric constant.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2011

This study proposes an inversion algorithm to extract the surface parameters, such as surface roughness and soil moisture contents, using multi-frequency SAR data. The study areas include the tidal flats of Jebu Island and the reclaimed lands of Hwaong district on the western coasts of the Korean peninsula. SAR data of three frequencies were accordingly calibrated to provide precise backscattering coefficients through absolute radiometric calibration. The root mean square (RMS) height and the correlation length, which can describe the surface roughness, were extracted from the backscattering coefficients using the inversion of the Integral Equation Method (IEM). The IEM model was appropriately modified to accommodate the environmental conditions of tidal flats. Volumetric soil moisture was also simultaneously extracted from the dielectric constant using the empirical model, which define the relations between volumetric soil moistures and dielectric constants. The results obtained from the proposed algorithm were verified with the in-situ measurements, and we confirmed that multi-frequency SAR observations combined with the surface scattering model for tidal flats can be used to quantitatively retrieve the geophysical surface parameters in tidal flats.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.393-405
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• 2009

The Purpose of this paper is to show the applicability of a methodology, developed by the authors, with which to perform the mechanical optimization of space truss structures strongly restricted. This methodology use a parameter call "Volumetric Displacement", as the Objective Function of the optimization process. This parameter considers altogether the structure weight and deformation whose effects are opposed. The Finite Element Method is employed to calculate the stress/strain state and the natural frequency of the structure through a structural linear static and natural frequency analysis. In order to show the potentially of this simple methodology, its application on a large diameter telescope structure (10 m) considering the strongly restriction that became of its use, is presented. This methodology, applied in previous works on continuous structures, such as shell roof and fluid storage vessels, is applied in this case to a space truss structure, with the purpose of generalize its applicability to different structural topology. This technique could be useful in the morphology design of deployable and retractable roof structures, whose use has extensively spread in the last years.

• 지질공학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.29-39
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• 2005

지반오염을 조사하기 위해서는 시추작업을 통하여 시료를 채취하는 방법이 일반적이지만, 실시간으로 원위치에서 다양한 오염물질들의 오염 도 변화를 체계적으로 모니터링 하는 것은 대단히 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) 장비를 고안하여 지반의 유류오염을 파악하기 위한 유전율 측정법의 실험적 접근을 시도하였다. 구체적으로 포화 및 불포화 매질에 대한 유류 오염도 측정 및 체적함수비 (θ/sub w/)와 체적 유류비 ( θ/sub al/)의 관계에서 유전율 상수 반응에 따른 매질의 유류 오염도 등의 측정 가능성을 실내 시험을 통해 검토하였다. 뿐만 아니라 실내 칼럼 시험을 수행하여 포화 매질 내에서 유류 거동 특성을 각기 설치된 FDR 측정 센서를 이용해 모니터링하여 포화 매질의 유효공극률과 유류 잔류비를 측정하였다. 그 결과 초기 공극률 0.40으로 제작된 포화 매질의 유효공극률은 약 0.35로 공극률 대비 약 87.5% 범위내에 존재함을 알 수 있었으며, 유류 잔류비는 약 62.5% 정도로 매우 높게 나타났다.