The seismic deformation method is conventionally used as a seismic design for a multi-utility tunnel in Korea. In the seismic deformation method, the soil ground’s natural period is one of the most critical factors for calculating the ground displacement using cosine functions. Correction factors for the natural period and shear wave velocity have been used to consider the non-linearity of dynamic soil properties. However, the correction factors have been issued because the correction factors have not been sufficiently studied to consider Korea’s regional conditions. This paper aims to evaluate the natural periods for the seismic deformation method considering Korea’s ground conditions. Ground response analysis was performed using seven real earthquake records on twelve sites with different soil conditions where actual multi-utility tunnels are installed. As a result, natural periods of the sites were analyzed and new correction factors were proposed according to seismic performance and Korea’s regional conditions.

The metallicity distribution of globular clusters (GCs) provides a crucial clue for the star formation history of their host galaxy. With the assumption that GCs are generally old, GC colors have been used as a proxy for GC metallicities. Bimodal color distributions of GCs observed in most large galaxies have, for decades, been interpreted as bimodal metallicity distributions, indicating the presence of two populations within a galaxy. However, the conventional view has been challenged by a new theory that non-linear GC color-metallicity relations can cause a bimodal color distribution even from a single-peaked metallicity distribution. Using photometric and spectroscopic data of NGC 5128 GCs in combination with stellar population simulation models, we examine the effect of non-linearity in GC color-metallicity relations on transformation of the color distributions into the metallicity distributions. Although in some colors offsets are present between observations and models for the color-metallicity relations, their overall shape agrees well for various colors. After the offsets are corrected, the observed spectroscopic metallicity distribution is well reproduced via modeled color-metallicity relations from various color distributions having different morphologies. We discuss the implications of our results.

자료가 부족한 지역에서의 타당성 높은 공간 자료 해석을 위해서는 추정의 기본 자료인 공간 분포 특성에 대한 올바른 분석이 선행되어야 한다. 공간 추정과 관련해서 자료에 내재된 공간적 특성 척도로 이용 가능한 베리오그램은 자료의 공백을 보완하는 여러 추정 기법의 기초 자료로 그 이용 영역이 제한되어 있는 경향이 있었다. 이에 보다 신뢰성 있는 자료 추정을 위해서는 베리오그램 값이 갖는 의미에 대한 보다 심도 있는 분석이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 베리오그램 값이 공간 분포 상에서 갖는 의미에 대하여 고찰하고, 베리오그램 분석을 통해 얻을 수 있는 자료의 공간 분포 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 베리오그램은 방향과 분리거리에 따른 자료간의 상관관계 정보를 제공하며, 거리에 따른 상관관계의 변화 정도에 대한 특성을 알려줄 수 있다. 이를 이용하여 베리오그램의 문턱값과 상관거리를 분석하고, 자기상관 값을 이용한 유사거리 개념을 도입하여 선형성 분석의 가능성을 검증하였으며, 화산칼데라 지역에서 획득된 중력 자료 및 자력 자료의 공간 분포 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 자료의 분포 폭과 변동 폭에 따라 나타나는 중력 자료와 자력 자료의 상이한 특성 패턴을 확인할 수 있었으며, 화산칼데라 지역에서 중력 및 자력의 선형성 방향이 지형의 선형성 방향과 유사하게 나타나고 있어 중력 및 자력 이상체의 지표 연장성이 좋은 것으로 나타났다.

Previous shape sensors including bend sensors and optic fiber based sensors are widely used in various applications including goniometer and surgical robots. But theses sensors have large nonlinearity, limited in the range of sensing curvature, and sometimes are expensive. This study suggests a new concept of bend sensor using cable-conduit which consists of the outer sheath and the inner wire. The outer sheath is made of helical coil whose length of the central line changes as the sheath bends. This length change of the central line can be measured with the length change of the inner cable. The modeling and the experimental results show that the output signal of the proposed sensor is linearly related with the bend angle of the sheath with root mean square error of 5.3% of 450° sensing range. Also the polynomial calibration of the sensor can decrease the root mean square error to 2.1% of the full sensing range.

본 연구에서는 IEC 60601-2-54에서 제시한 표준을 근거로 부하조건에서의 제한된 간격으로 걸친 공기커마를 절대측정하여 X선의 직선성을 면밀히 평가하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다.10대를 대상으로 한 모든 진단용 X선 발생장치(DR)는 IEC 60601-2-54 표준에서 제시한 공기커마의 직선성이 부적합으로 나타났고, 일반적인 조사선량의 직선성 평가방법에서는 4대에서 최고 관전압의 50%와 80%의 두 개 측정 계열 모두 부적합으로 나타났으며, 나머지 6대에서는 최고 관전압의 50%와 80%의 두 개 측정 계열 모두에서 적합으로나타났다. IEC 60601-2-54 표준에서 제시한 직선성 시험과 기존의 조사선량 직선성 시험이 많은 차이를 보였다. IEC60601-2-54 표준+에서 제시한 공기커마의 직선성은 국제표준의 권고사항이므로 기존의 조사선량 직선성 보다 상당히 타당성이 있고, 방사선량을 정량화하기 위한 표준으로 IEC 60601-2-54 표준에서 제시한 공기커마의 직선성이 진단용 X선 영상장치 성능관리에 중요한 평가 요소라 사료된다.

A core genetic map of the legume Medicago truncatula has been established by analyzing the segregation of 288 sequence-characterized genetic markers in an F2 population composed of 93 individuals. These molecular markers correspond to 141 ESTs, 80 BAC end sequence-tags, and 67 resistance gene analogs, covering 513 cM. In the case of EST-based markers we used an intron-targeted marker strategy, with primers designed to anneal in conserved exon regions and amplify across intron regions. Polymorphisms were significantly more frequent in intron vs exon regions, thus providing an efficient mechanism to map transcribed genes. Genetic and cytogenetic analysis produced eight well-resolved linkage groups, which have been previously correlated with eight chromosomes by means of FISH with mapped BAC clones. We anticipated that mapping of conserved coding regions would have utility for comparative mapping among legumes; thus 60 of the EST-based primer pairs were designed to amplify orthologous sequences across a range of legume species. As an initial test of this strategy, we used primers designed against M. truncatula exon sequences to rapidly map genes in Medicago sativa. The resulting comparative map, which includes 68 bridging markers, indicates that the two Medicago genomes are highly similar, and establishes the basis for a “Medicago” composite map.

The 3rd order intermodulation(IM3) signals affect a great influence on fundamental signal because IM3 can not be rejected by a filter. To solve this problem, in this paper, a predistortion method was applied. The designed predistorter cascaded to 4 W power amplifier and tested with two-tone spreaded 5 MHz. As an experimental result, it was cleary shown that the 3rd order intermodulation distortion characteristics has been improved as much as 17 dB when the output of the power amplifier is 30.67 dB.