Large earthquakes with (MW > ~ 6) result in ground shaking, surface ruptures, and permanent deformation with displacement. The earthquakes would damage important facilities and infrastructure such as large industrial establishments, nuclear power plants, and waste disposal sites. In particular, earthquake ruptures associated with large earthquakes can affect geological and engineered barriers such as deep geological repositories that are used for storing hazardous radioactive wastes. Earthquake-driven faults and surface ruptures exhibit various fault zone structural characteristics such as direction of earthquake propagation and rupture and asymmetric displacement patterns. Therefore, estimating the respect distances and hazardous areas has been challenging. We propose that considering multiple parameters, such as fault types, distribution, scale, activity, linkage patterns, damage zones, and respect distances, enable accurate identification of the sites for deep geological repositories and important facilities. This information would enable earthquake hazard assessment and lower earthquakeresulted hazards in potential earthquake-prone areas.

In the field of length, a gauge block is one of the representative gauges used as a standard for length. The main management items of the gauge block are central length, flatness, parallelism, hardness, and surface by visual inspection. The surface of the gauge block may wear over time due to repeated wringing. This phenomenon may deteriorate the precision accuracy and affect the reliability of the measurement results. In this study, the parameters of the surface roughness of the gauge blocks used repeatedly for about 10,000 hours were analyzed. The paired t-test of population mean difference was compared by using the gauge block that has changed over the years as a preliminary experiment and the gauge block with little frequency of use for less than 1 year as the reference value.

본 연구는 6개 핵돈군생산농장(Great grand parents, GGP)에서 2015년 이후 태어난 Landrace종과 Yorkshire종의 두 품종에 대하여 생시체중 (Birth weight; BW), 복당평균생시체중(Mean of litter birth weight; MBW0)과 변이계수(Coefficient of variation in MBW0; CVMBW0) 및 산자수(Litter size) 등에 대한 유전모수를 추정하였다. Landrace종에서 총산자수(Total number of piglets born; TNB), 생존산자수(Number of piglets born alive: NBA), 복당평균생시체중 및 복당평균생시체중 변이계수의 유전력은 각각 0.14, 0.09, 0.33 및 0.16. Yorkshire종에서는 각각 0.11, 0.99, 0.28 및 0.07로 추정되었다. 산자수와 복당평균생시체중 간에는 부(-)의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, 복당평균생시체중과 변이계수사이의 표현형상관과 유전상관이 두 품종에서 모두 –0.40에서 –0.45로 높게 나타났다. 자돈 생시체중에 대한 균일도를 개량하기 위해서는 복당평균생시 체중(MBW0)과 복당평균생시체중변이계수(CVMBW0)를 선발지수식에 포함시키는 것이 바람직하다고 생각된다.

본 실험에서 미세플라스틱의 노출은 넙치의 혈액학적 성상인 hemoglobin 및 hematocrit 수치의 유의적인 감소를 유발하였다. 또한 미세플라스틱의 노출은 넙치 혈장 무기 성분인 calcium, 유기성분인 glucose 및 cholesterol, 효소성분인 AST의 유의적인 변화를 나타냈다. 본 연구에서 바이오플락 환경에서 미세플라스틱의 노출이 어류의 혈액생리에 영향을 주며 독성으로 작용하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후, 일반 해수와 바이오플락 환경으로 각각 양성한 넙치를 이용하여 사육환경의 변화에 의한 미세플라스틱 노출 영향의 차이에 대해서도 추가적인 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 본 연구는 다양한 어종에서 종별 미세플라스틱의 농도 연구에서 미세플라스틱 노출에 따른 종별 독성영향 비교평가를 위한 기본 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 하지만, 바이오플락 환경에서 미세플라스틱의 응집은 미세플라스틱의 독성에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요소이기 때문에 (Choi et al. 2020), 향후 연구에서 철저한 모니터링과 함께 다양한 미세플라스틱 독성에 미치는 요소에 대한 추가연구가 필요할 것이다.

구조 건전도 모니터링 시스템과 응답기반모드해석 기법의 발전과 함께 토목구조물의 고유진동수나 감쇠비, 모드형상과 같은 동특성의 변화를 통해 구조물의 상태를 평가하거나 손상도를 추정하는 연구가 지속적으로 수행되었다. 그러나 온도나 풍속, 진폭 같은 환경 및 거동조건에 따른 동특성의 변동성으로 인해 구조물의 손상이나 상태 변화에 의한 영향만을 파악하는 데 한계점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 복잡한 공기역학적 특성을 보이는 장대교량의 동특성과 환경 및 거동조건 사이의 상관성을 분석하기 위한 다중선형회귀분석 기반의 예측모델을 제안하였다. 응답기반모드해석 기법을 적용하여 3달간의 계측데이터로부터 대상 구조물의 고유진동수와 감쇠 비를 추정하고 온도나 풍속, 구조물의 진폭 등 환경 및 거동조건과의 다중선형회귀분석을 통해 각 요인의 변화가 동특성의 변동성에 미치는 영향을 정량화하였다. 또한, 랜덤 추출한 80%의 데이터를 토대로 다변수 회귀모델을 구축하고 나머지 20% 데이터의 환경 및 거동조건으로부터 예측한 값과 실제 추정치를 비교함으로써 제안한 모델의 예측 성능을 검증하였다. 마지막으로 단계적 회귀분석을 통해 기여도가 높은 독립변수를 파악하고 예측 성능을 개선하였다.

Ocean biogeochemistry plays a crucial role in sustaining the marine ecosystem and global carbon cycle. To investigate the oceanic biogeochemical responses to iron parameters in the tropical Pacific, we conducted sensitivity experiments using the Nucleus for European Modelling of the Ocean–Tracers of Ocean Phytoplankton with Allometric Zooplankton (NEMO-TOPAZ) model. Compared to observations, the NEMO-TOPAZ model overestimated the concentrations of chlorophyll and dissolved iron (DFe). The sensitivity tests showed that with increasing (+50%) iron scavenging rates, chlorophyll concentrations in the tropical Pacific were reduced by approximately 16%. The bias in DFe also decreased by approximately 7%; however, the sea surface temperature was not affected. As such, these results can facilitate the development of the model tuning strategy to improve ocean biogeochemical performance using the NEMOTOPAZ model.

It has been established that the acoustic mode parameters of the Sun and Sun-like stars vary over activity cycles. Since the observed variations are not consistent with an activity-related origin, even Sun-like stars showing out-of-phase changes of mode frequencies and amplitudes need to be carefully studied using other observational quantities. In order to test whether the presumed relations between the global seismic parameters are a signature of the stellar activity cycle, we analyze the photometric light curve of HD 49933 for which the rst direct detection of an asteroseismic signature for activityinduced variations in a Sun-like star was made, using observations by the CoRoT space telescope. We nd that the amplitude of the envelope signicantly anti-correlates with both the maximum frequency of the envelope and the width of the envelope unless super are-like events completely contaminate the light curve. However, even though the photometric proxy for stellar magnetic activity appears to show relations with the global asteroseismic parameters, they are statistically insignicant. Therefore, we conclude that the global asteroseismic parameters can be utilized in cross-checking asteroseismic detections of activity-related variations in Sun-like stars, and that it is probably less secure and efective to construct a photometric magnetic activity proxy to indirectly correlate the global asteroseismic parameters. Finally, we seismically estimate the mass of HD 49933 based on our determination of the large separation of HD 49933 with evolutionary tracks computed by the MESA code and nd a value of about 1:2M and a sub-solar metallicity of Z = 0:008, which agrees with the current consensus and with asteroseismic and non-asteroseismic data.

It has been known that the global asteroseismic parameters as well as the stellar acoustic mode parameters vary with stellar magnetic activity. Some solar-like stars whose variations are thought to be induced by magnetic activity, however, show mode frequencies changing with dierent magnitude and phase unlike what is expected for the Sun. Therefore, it is of great importance to nd out whether expected relations are consistently manifested regardless of the phase of the stellar magnetic cycle, in the sense that observations are apt to cover a part of a complete cycle of stellar magnetic activity unless observations span several decades. Here, we explore whether the observed relations of the global seismic parameters hold good regardless of the phase of the stellar magnetic cycle, even if observations only cover a part of the stellar magnetic cycle. For this purpose, by analyzing photometric Sun-as-a-star data from 1996 to 2019 covering solar cycles 23 and 24, we compare correlations of the global asteroseismic parameters and magnetic proxies for four separate intervals of the solar cycle: solar minima 2 years, solar minima +4 years, solar maxima 2 years, and solar maxima +4 years. We have found that the photometric magnetic activity proxy, Sph, is an eective proxy for the solar magnetic activity regardless of the phase of the solar cycle. The amplitude of the mode envelope correlates negatively with the solar magnetic activity regardless of the phase of the solar cycle. However, relations between the central frequency of the envelope and the envelope width are vulnerable to the phase of the stellar magnetic cycle.

Due to stricter environmental regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the number of ships fueled by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is rapidly increasing. The International Code of the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) limits the material of tanks that can store cryogenic substances such as LNG. Among the materials listed in the IGC Code, ASTM A553M-17 has been recently adopted as a material for LNG fuel tank projects because of its excellent mechanical properties at cryogenic temperatures. In shipyards, this material is being used to build tanks through Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). However, there is a problem that magnetization occurs during welding and there is a big difference in welding quality depending on the welding position. In order to overcome this problem, this study intends to conduct basic research to apply laser welding to ASTM A553M-17 material. As a result of analyzing the bead shape according to laser BOP speed and Energy density performed in this study, it was confirmed that the penetration and energy density are proportional but the penetration and BOP speed are inverse proportional to some extent. In addition, a range of suitable welding speed and energy density were proposed for the 6.1mm thickness material performed in this study.

Due to stricter environmental regulations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the number of ships fueled by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is rapidly increasing. The International Code of the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (IGC Code) limits the material of tanks that can store cryogenic substances such as LNG. Among the materials listed in the IGC Code, ASTM A553M-17 has been recently adopted as a material for LNG fuel tank projects because of its excellent mechanical properties at cryogenic temperatures. In shipyards, this material is being used to build tanks through Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW). However, there is a problem that magnetization occurs during welding and there is a big difference in welding quality depending on the welding position. In order to overcome this problem, this study intends to conduct basic research to apply laser welding to ASTM A553M-17 material. In Part I, the bead shape according to the welding output was analyzed and in PART II, ​​the penetration phenomenon according to the welding speed was analyzed after Bead on Plate (BOP) test. As a result of analyzing the bead shape according to laser power performed in this study, it was confirmed that the laser power and penetration depth are proportional to some extent. In addition, a range of suitable welding power was proposed for the 6.1mm thickness material performed in this study.

The multi-layered heat source model is a model that can cover most of existing studies and can be defined with a simple formula. Based on the methodology performed in previous studies, the welding heat source was found through experiments and FEM under the welding power conditions of three cases and the parameters of the welding heat source were analyzed according to the welding power. In this study, parameters of fiber laser welding heat source according to welding power were searched through optimization algorithm and finite element analysis, and the correlation was analyzed. It was confirmed that the concentration of the welding heat source in the 1st layer was high regardless of the welding power, and it was confirmed that the concentration of the welding heat source in the 5th layer (last layer) increased as the welding power increased. This reflects the shape of the weld bead that appears during actual fiber laser welding, and it was confirmed that this study represents the actual phenomenon.

This study presents the estimation of crack depth by analyzing temperatures extracted from thermal images and environmental parameters such as air temperature, air humidity, illumination. The statistics of all acquired features and the correlation coefficient among thermal images and environmental parameters are presented. The concrete crack depths were predicted by four different machine learning models: Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosting (GB), and AdaBoost (AB). The machine learning algorithms are validated by the coefficient of determination, accuracy, and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). The AB model had a great performance among the four models due to the non-linearity of features and weak learner aggregation with weights on misclassified data. The maximum depth 11 of the base estimator in the AB model is efficient with high performance with 97.6% of accuracy and 0.07% of MAPE. Feature importances, permutation importance, and partial dependence are analyzed in the AB model. The results show that the marginal effect of air humidity, crack depth, and crack temperature in order is higher than that of the others.

This study evaluated genetic parameters of direct and maternal effects for calving ease in Hanwoo. A total of 2,102 records for calving ease were collected from 2018 to 2020 from the Hanwoo Genetic Improvement Center in Korea. The calving ease score was rated from 1 to 4 (1=unassisted delivery, 2=assisted easy calving, 3=assisted difficult calving, 4=mechanical or caesarean section) as categorical data, and the data were converted using a truncated normal distribution for linear model analysis. To evaluate the genetic parameters, the birth year-season of calving, the sex of the calf, parity, and the age of the dam at calving were considered as fixed effects, and genetic and maternal effects were considered random effects. The genetic parameters were evaluated using the program BLUPF90. The calving ease scores for male calves, first parity cows, and currently calving cows were much higher than for females, later parities, and past calving cows. The direct genetic variance (0.0164) was higher than the maternal genetic variance (0.0018), and the estimated heritabilities of the direct and maternal effects were 0.055 and 0.006, respectively. The parameters determined here should help with the genetic evaluation of calving ease in Hanwoo.

해상풍력발전기 설치선의 동적응답을 분석하기 위하여, 불규칙 파 정보를 고려한 시간영역 기반 비선형동적해석이 필요하다. 고전적인 단자유도 시스템은 가장 기본적으로 동적효과를 계산하는 방법이지만, 실제의 무게 중심 불일치, 비정규적인 파도 하중 그리고 항력의 비선형을 고려하지 못하는 제약조건들을 갖고 있다. 그리하여 불규칙 파를 고려한 다중 자유도 모델이 유사한 문제에 해답을 찾는데 폭넓게 사용되고 있다. 불규칙 시간영역 해석은 정확한 계산 결과를 제공하지만, 수렴 데이터의 수렴도가 민감하여 복잡하다. 이러한 제약점들을 극복하기 위하여 본 논문은 시간영역 해석 결과를 통하여 수정된 동적증폭계수를 개발하였으며, 기존보다 복잡성이 개선되면서 계산 시간을 획기적으로 단축하였다. 다양한 변수를 기준으로 한 시간영역 해석을 통하여 새롭게 개발된 동적증 폭계수는 단자유도 방법보다 더 높은 정도를 갖고 있으며, 예측이 가능하다.