PURPOSES : In this study, a series of fundamental falling head permeability tests were conducted on a binary particle mix bedding to determine the minimum water level, bedding layer thickness, and amount of dust that can result in the stable permeability with high repeatability. The determined condition is used to develop a CFD-DEM coupled clogging model that can explain the movement of dust particles in flowing water of a block pavement system. METHODS: A binary particle mixture is utilized to experimentally simulate an ideal bedding layer of a block pavement system. To obtain a bedding layer with maximum packing degree, the well-known particle packing degree model, i.e., the modified Toufar model, was utilized. The permeability of the bedding layer for various water levels, bedding layer thicknesses, and amounts of dust was calculated. The permeability for a small water level drop was also plotted to evaluate the effect of dust on the bedding layer clogging. RESULTS: It was observed that a water level of 100 mm, bedding depth of 70 mm, and dust amount of 0.3 g result in a stable permeability condition with high repeatability. The relationship between the minimum dust amount and surface clogging of the bedding layer was suggested based on the evaluation of the volumetric calculation of the particle and void and the permeability change in the test. CONCLUSIONS: The test procedure to determine the minimum water level, bedding thickness, and dust amount was successfully proposed. The mechanism of clogging on the surface of the bedding layer was examined by relating the volumetric characteristics of dust to the clogging surface.

본 연구는 빈곤한 여성의 노년기 행복에 대해 기초연금제도가 미치는 영향을 검증하고자 하였다. 기초 연금 수급 집단과 비수급 집단 간의 비교분석을 통해 빈곤여성의 노년기 행복과 기초연금제도가 어떠한 상관관계를 갖는지 고찰하고자 하였다. 기초연금제도가 빈곤한 여성노인의 행복 증진에 긍정적 영향을 미칠 것이라는 가정을 검토하기 위해 서울 및 경기 지역에 거주하는 빈곤여성노인을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 그 중 연구에 적합한 180부를 최종 표본으로 선별하여 분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 기초연금의 수급 대상자인 여성노인 집단이 비수급 대상자인 여성노인 집단에 비해 더 큰 행복을 느끼는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 살펴봤을 때, 빈곤여성노인의 문제를 이해하고 그들의 행복을 증진하기 위해서는 기초연금 같은 공적소득이전의 확대와 지역사회 복지프로그램의 활성화가 시급히 요청된다는 게 본 연구의 주장이다.

본 연구에서는 분류학적 실체에 대해 많은 논쟁이 있어왔던 황철나무와 물황철나무의 분류학적 재검토를 통해 두 분류군의 유연관계를 밝히기 위하여 엽형질과 미세형질들을 분석하였다. 엽의 크기를 암·수 구분 없이 전체 평균 너비, 길이, 면적으로 비교한 결과 종간 및 종내 모두 1%에서 고도의 유의차가 검증되었고, 황철나무는 55.56 mm, 73.5 mm, 28.72 mm2, 물황철나무는 76.80 mm, 117.82 mm, 68.61 mm2로 측정되어 황철나무의 엽 생장은 물황철나무에 비해 작은 것으로 나타났다. 황철나무의 엽병과 엽맥에는 털이 발견되지 않았지만 물황철나무의 엽병과 엽맥에는 양면 모두 털이 밀생하였다. 성숙한 황철나무의 삭과는 3개로 갈라지며 동일한 시기에 물황철나무는 4개로 갈라지는 것으로 확인되었다. 조사된 형질을 종합한 결과, 황철나무와 물황철나무의 종간 분류에 중요한 정보를 주는 요인으로는 잎의 크기와 삭과가 터지는 유형, 엽병 털의 유무 등이 있었다.

PURPOSES : In Korea, asphalt overlay has been used as a typical alternative rehabilitation method for deteriorated pavements. However, asphalt overlay has problems due to poor bonding of the asphalt overlay and the old concrete. Recently, concrete overlays, which have advantages such as long-term durability and high structural capacity to carry heavy traffic, have been considered for rehabilitation construction. However, concrete overlays have limitations such as difficulty in opening to traffic and pavement noise. Recently, an appropriate fine-size exposed aggregate concrete pavement technique was reported to solve these problems. Therefore, this study aims to suggest an optimum mixture design of fine-size exposed aggregate concrete overlay (EACO) that can ensure low noise and early strength. METHODS : The optimum mixture design of fine-size EACO is determined to ensure adequate structural performance for early traffic opening and good functional performances such as low noise. Therefore, the optimum mixture proportion is determined based on the optimum design of aggregate content to produce a low-noise pavement texture by controlling the exposed aggregate number (EAN) and mean texture depth (MTD). RESULTS : The water-cement ratio and unit cement ratio were used to determine the mixture designs to achieve workability and adequate strength for early traffic opening. The texture was determined by selecting the maximum size of coarse aggregate smaller than 10 mm with an S/a ratio of less than 30% for low noise. With these mixture proportions, the EAN and MTD were 50±5 / 25cm2 and 1.0±0.2 mm. Respectively, which meet the criteria for EACO. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, an optimum mixture design of EACO for early traffic opening and low noise is suggested by using earlyhigh strength cement, and the pavement texture is implemented considering EAN and MTD. In addition, a pavement surface texture criterion is suggested for the quality control of EACO.

PURPOSES : Recently, there has been an increase in the use of discrete randomly distributed fiber materials for reinforcing pavement foundations. However, very limited study has been made on this from the perspective of pavement engineering. Therefore, this study evaluates the performance of soil-geofibers used in pavement foundations as well as the effects of stress dependency with various mixtures. METHODS: To estimate the behavior of soil-geofiber mixtures under traffic loadings, laboratory resilient modulus data for the mechanical characteristics of geofiber mixtures were used, and they were adopted to evaluate the structural response and analyze the stress dependency through 2-D finite element analysis. As the host materials, poorly graded and uniformly graded sand were selected, and each soil was mixed with three different types of fiber, namely monofilament, fibrillated, and tape. RESULTS: The stress dependent response on resilient modulus and Poisson’s ratio were mainly considered by conducting linear and nonlinear elastic analyses on various geofiber mixtures. As a result, it was found that the response and yield function of geofiber mixed layers in pavements were affected considerably depending on the gradation of the soils and the confinement conditions. A small change was found when the particle size was homogenized. CONCLUSIONS : From this, it can be concluded that the finite element model with stress dependency is suitable for estimating the performance on geofiber mixtures. It is also noted that all the responses of geofiber mixtures were relatively sensitive to the gradation of host soils. This indicates that the effects of the nonlinearity and stress-dependency of geofiber mixtures under repetitive loadings could be substantial.