This study analyzes the seismic response of traffic light poles, considering soil-foundation effects through nonlinear static and time history analyses. Two poles are investigated, uni-directional and bi-directional, each with 9 m mast arms. Finite element models incorporate the poles, soil, and concrete foundations for analysis. Results show that the initial stiffness of the traffic light poles decreases by approximately 38% due to soil effects, and the drift ratio at which their nonlinear behavior occurs is 77% of scenarios without considering soil effects. The maximum acceleration response increases by about 82% for uni-directional poles and 73% for bi-directional poles, while displacement response increases by approximately 10% for uni-directional and 16% for bi-directional poles when considering soil-foundation effects. Additionally, increasing ground motion intensity reduces soil restraints, making significant rotational displacement the dominant response mechanism over flexural displacement for the traffic light poles. These findings underscore the importance of considering soil-foundation interactions in analyzing the seismic behavior of traffic light poles and provide valuable insights to enhance their seismic resilience and safety.

The seismic responses of traffic light poles are investigated using a finite element analysis. Among the traffic light poles, single- and bi-directional traffic light poles are considered since such poles are frequently installed on vehicle roads. For a more detailed investigation, three different lengths of the mast arm are considered for each directional pole. For a time-history analysis, six actual and two artificial earthquakes are considered and applied to each direction of the poles (x and y) to investigate which direction input provides more significant responses due to the unsymmetrical structural shape. Herein, the x and y directions are respectively parallel and perpendicular based on the single mast pole case. From the analysis results, the average maximum displacement response is developed with the x-direction input case for both types of light poles. Also, the bi-directional traffic light poles show a 13% larger response than the single-directional traffic light poles. Even though the y-direction input case produces a smaller response, the response difference between the single- and bi-directional light poles considerably increases by about 60%. The average maximum acceleration responses are almost similar for both types of light poles.

PURPOSES: Most of the traffic surveys are carried out by an inspection method by the manpower. In some cases, the video equipment is used only in some regions when the traffic volume is surveyed. In this case, there is environmental restriction that the road equipment to fix the video equipment should exist. Also, in areas where information such as digital maps and satellite photographs is old or not provided, they are forced to rely on manpower research, but it is difficult to put huge amounts of time and money into the research in places where labor supply and demand is difficult. This difficulty is particularly pronounced in overseas business. METHODS : The purpose of this study is to improve the efficiency of business by using the drones in the traffic investigation through analysis of the cost reduction effect between the existing method and the proposed method in the overseas business traffic survey. The scope of the research is limited to the scope of research, and based on the case of overseas projects, the method of using drone for each research sector is suggested. RESULTS: In the traffic condition survey section, we propose the use of drone for traffic survey and queue length survey, and it is confirmed that there is a cost saving effect of 16% ~ 27% compared with the existing method. In the road condition survey, we propose the use of drones for road surface linear survey, geometry survey, and obstacle survey, and it was confirmed that the cost reduction effect is 39% ~ 93% compared to the existing method. CONCLUSIONS: In addition to overseas business, it is expected that it will have a positive effect on research time and cost reduction by using drone in traffic survey in domestic area where labor supply is not easy or basic data is insufficient.

본 연구는 관측일수에 따른 교통량의 신뢰성을 검증하고자 한다. 목포항의 1년간 선박자동식별장치(AIS) 자료를 사용하여 월별, 요일별, 시간별 변화지수를 비교한 후, 각 관측일수에 따른 최대표준오차를 산출하였다. 월별변화지수를 비교한 결과 9월달 1.11, 2월달 0.84로 나타나 9월달이 2월달 교통량 보다 약 32.1 % 많은 것으로 나타났다. 요일변화지수는 화요일 1.05, 일요일 0.92로 나타나 화요일이 일요일 교통량보다 약 14.1 % 많았다. 해상교통조사는 요일변화지수를 고려하여 최소 1주일 이상 실시하면 최대표준오차를 21 % 이내로 산출할 수 있다. 따라서 해상교통조사 관측시기에 따라 각 변화지수를 적용하여 교통량의 흐름을 반영한 연구가 뒷받침 되어야 하겠다.

본 연구에서는 다차로 고속도로에서 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략이 교통류 변수(평균속도, 차선변경 횟수, 총교통량의 변화)에 어떤 영향을 미치는 지를 알아보았고, 또한 본 연구에서 제안된 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략에 대한 대안들의 적용 타당성을 알아보았다. 교통 시뮬레이션을 위해 두 가지 형태의 가상 네트워크와 교통수요를 설정했으며, 트럭 차량의 주행을 제한하는 차로의 수에 근거하여 3가지 실행가능한 시나리오를 설정하였다. PARAMICS 시뮬레이션 모형이 주요 분석 Tool로 사용되었다. 통계분석을 통해 시나리오에 따른 교통류 변수에 대한 영향을 분석하였다. 결과적으로, 트럭주행 차로를 제한하는 전략은 다차로 고속도로에서 교통류의 흐름에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 이 연구는 트럭 주행 차로를 제한하는 전략이 성공적으로 시행되기 위해 트럭 차량의 주행을 제한하는 차로의 수의 결정이 중요한 요소가 될 수 있다는 것을 보여주었다.

1988년에 교통안전특정해역으로 설정되어 운영 중인 여수·광양항은 부산항과 더불어 동북아 중심항만(Hub Port)으로서 향후 2011년까지 총 33개의 컨테이너 선석 등이 개발 추진 중에 있다. 또한 해상교통량이 급격히 증가하고 있으며, 선박의 대형화, 고속화로 인하여 대형 사고의 발생우려가 상존하는 지역이다. 본 연구에서는 여수·광양항의 미래 지향적인 안전한 해상교통환경을 조성하기 위한 체계적이고 종합적인 선박안전운항 방안을 마련하기 위해서 여수·광양항 입출항 항로에 대한 해상교통환경을 면밀히 분석·평가하여 해양사고 예방을 위한 종합적인 해상교통안전체제 구축에 필요한 문제점을 도출한다.