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An Empirical Approach to determine Road-Surface Conditions for Anti-Lock Brake System (Anti-Look Brake Systern을 위한 경험적 노면판단 방법)

  • 박병량;양순용
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.125-125
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    • 2000
  • An Empirical approach to determine a road-surface condition is presented The road-surface condition thus provided includes the detection of not only friction coefficient, but also abrupt surface-profile changes such as pitfalls and bumpers The former plays a key role in establishing the appropriate control strategy, while the latter allows to minimize unnecessary brake intervention induced by the aforementioned jut. In this paper, we use an empirically chosen variable, namely. the time-rate of change of vehicle speed estimated from the point where ABS engaged to the point where measurement taken Experimental results shoe that the proposed method is effective to infer various control variables critical for the control of ABS.

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Parking Plan for Areas not Equipped with Infrastructures -Parking Lot Information and Guiding System Using Shot Gun Method- (도로 및 주차장 미정비구역에서의 주차계획 -쇼트.건방식에 의한 주차장안내.유도시스템에 관해서-)

  • 오승훈;고전방도;흑준구광;김동녕
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 1991
  • In recent years parking problems have been rapidly highlighted. Particularly on-street parking has become a very serious problem so an immediate action needs to be taken to resolve this problem. On-steet parking is attributable not only to insufficient capacity of parking lots but also to the facts that must of the parking lots are far away from the destinations to which drivers intend to go and that their locations are unclear. The effect of on-street parking is so great as to cause road traffic problems such as traffic jam and danger to road safety as well as to lead to obstructing business activities resulting in a decline of commercial areas. Therefore on-street parking is an important problem for a city as a whole. In this paper I have investigated a parking lot information and guiding system as one of the techniques to resolve the on-street parking problem and have clarified the effect of introducing this system and necessary conditions for implementing an optimum information and guiding system. Moreover I have pointed out the problems to be encountered in imp-lementing such system in areas not equipped with infrastructures taking into account the road conditions in these areas and have stated that it would be necessary to develop a new idea of information and guiding system in order to overcome these problems. I have suggested a Shot Gun Method as a proposal and have discussed extensibility of this method in the future.

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Tunnelling on terrace soil deposits: Characterization and experiences on the Bogota-Villavicencio road

  • Colmenares, Julio E.;Davila, Juan M.;Shin, Jong-Ho;Vega, Jairo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.899-910
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    • 2018
  • Terrace deposits are often encountered in portal areas and tunnels with low overburden. They are challenging to excavate considering their great mechanical and spatial heterogeneity and a very high stiffness contrast within the ground. Terrace deposits are difficult to characterize, considering that samples for laboratory testing are almost unfeasible to obtain, and laboratory tests may not be representative due to scale effects. This paper presents the approach taken for their characterization during the design stage and their posterior validation performed during construction. Lessons learned from several tunnels excavated on terrace deposits on the Bogota-Villavicencio road (central-east Colombia), suggest that based on numerical simulations, laboratory testing and tunnel system behaviour monitoring, an observational approach allows engineers to optimize the excavation and support methods for the encountered ground conditions, resulting in a more economic and safe construction.

Heavy Metal Contents of Soil and Pear Tree near a Major Road (도로변 배나무 과수원 토양과 수체의 중금속 함량)

  • Jeon, Byung-Doo;Choi, Jong-Seung
    • The Journal of Natural Sciences
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2008
  • This research was conducted to determine heavy metal contents of soil and tree in pear orchard located near national road with heavy traffics. Topsoil (0-15 cm depth) and subsoil (15-30 cm) samples in pear orchard located within 40 m from national road had higher Pb, Cu, and Zn contents than background orchard (BG) and these heavy metal contents decreased with distance from road. Topsoil samples taken at 10 m from national road had 4 times higher level in Pb, 3 times in Cu, and 2.5 times in Zn compare to BG. The Cd contents of topsoil in orchard were higher than those of BG but were not in subsoil. Highest heavy metal contents of pear leaves in roadside orchard were 20.08 in Pb, 7.02 in Cu, 30.83 in Zn, and $1.68\;mm.kg^{-1}$ in Cd and these heavy metal contents in roadside orchard were higher than BG. Cd contents of fruit and Pb contents of fruit stalk in roadside orchard were higher than BG and these heavy metal contents decreased with distance up to 40 m from the road.

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Evaluation of Ride Vibrations of Agricultural Tractors (농업용 트랙터의 승차 진동 수준 평가)

  • Kim, H.J.;Kim, K.U.
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.151-156
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    • 2008
  • This study was conducted to evaluate ride vibrations experienced by tractor operators during plowing, rotovating, and transporting operations in Korea. Field data of ride vibrations were taken at the operator-seat interface from 49 tractors and analyzed on the basis of ISO 2631-1 and EU Directive 2002/44. Of the measured ride vibrations 15.4% in the plowing and 12.5% in farm road transport exceeded the 8-hour fatigue decreased proficiency boundary in the fore and aft directions at frequencies from 1 to 5 Hz. 93.9% exceeded the 8-hour potential health risk of ISO 2631-1. The ride vibrations exceeding the 8-hour exposure limit were 38.5% in plowing, 31.6% in rotovating, 100% in farm road transport and 88.9% in concrete road transport. Although most tractor operators were not exposed to ride vibrations greater than the 8-hour exposure limit value (ELV) of EU Directive 2002/44, 7.7% of the operators in the plowing experienced greater vibrations than the ELV in the fore-aft direction. Farm road transport produced greater vibrations than any other operations. Concrete road transport, plowing and rotovating operations followed next. Limit criteria for ride vibration exposure differ depending upon the guidelines. Exposure limit of the health guidance caution zone of ISO 2631-1 is lowest among its kinds.

Effect of Rock Damage Induced by Blasting on Tunnel Stability (발파굴착의 암반손상이 터널안정성에 미치는 영향분석)

  • Lee, In-Mo;Yoon, Hyun-Jin;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Don;Park, Bong-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2003.03a
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    • pp.681-688
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    • 2003
  • Rock damage induced by blasting can not be avoided during tunnel construction and may affect tunnel stability. But the mutual interaction between tunnel blasting design and tunnel stability design is generally not considered. Therefore this study propose a methodology to take into considration the results of the blasting damage in tunnel stability design. Rock damage is evaluated by dynamic numerical analysis for the most common blasting pattern adopted in road tunnel. Damage zone is determined by using the continuum damage model which is expressed as a function of volumetric strain. And the damage effect is taken into account by the damaged rock stiffness and the damaged failure criteria in tunnel stability assessment. The extend of plastic zone and deformation increase compared to the case of not considering blast-induced rock damage.

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Experimental Evaluation of Direct Measurement for Excitation Forces Acting on the Hard-points of Suspension System to Predict Road-noise Performance (로드노이즈 성능 예측을 위한 현가장치 하드포인트의 가진력 직접 측정법에 대한 실험적 평가)

  • Kang, Yeon June;Kim, Heesoo;Song, David P.;Ih, Kang-Duck;Kim, HyoungGun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.184-190
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    • 2015
  • NVH engineering has become a hot issue due to radical technology changes and development in automotive industry since customers' expectations and needs for their vehicle is taken to a higher level. However, the source identification and quantification of the road noise within a vehicle is still not at the level where it needs to be to meet their expectations due to its' complex transfer path and difficulties in path optimization. The primary focus of this research is on direct force obtaining method at suspension hard points using suspension test rig. Directly obtained forces at suspension to body mounting points are critical and crucial for determining the effects of design changes of the suspension has on road noise performance. Direct force obtaining method has its limitation in sensor installation within an actual vehicle therefore, many has been indirectly calculating forces using full matrix inversion method or dynamic stiffness method. In this study, to circumvent this limitation, a suspension rig is used. Then, the suspension rig is verified through a comparative analysis of its dynamic behavior between the actual vehicle by cleat test on chassis dynamometer.

A Comparative Study of "Melodrama" in Films of Korea, China and Japan Since the 1990s (한·중·일 대중서사 비교 연구를 위한 시론 - 1990년대 멜로드라마영화를 중심으로)

  • Kim, Jongsoo
    • Cross-Cultural Studies
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    • v.33
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    • pp.77-94
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    • 2013
  • This article aims at analyzing melodramas in films of Northeast Asia for seeking comparative studies of popular narrative which have been widely favored in Korea, China and Japan since the 1990s. It is explored of expectation and desire of public who have taken pleasure in watching the films in each countries of Northeast Asia as well. It is selected to Letter(1997) made in Korea, The Road Home(1999) in China and Love Letter(1995) in Japan for the research as above Melodrama of each countries has been searched at not only maintaining the traditional melodramatic convention but also corresponding to sociocultural environment of each countries for meeting tastes of public 'in the 1990s' when cultural interchanges have been more active along each countries of Northeast Asia. It will be concretely pursued to the interchanges and influence-reception relation of melodrama for follow-up research as it has been sprightly enjoying as well as transforming common cultural contents at each countries of Northeast Asia since the 1990s.

Extraction of Road Facility Information Using Multi-Imagery (다중영상을 이용한 도로시설물 정보추출)

  • Sohn, Duk-Jae;Yoo, Hwan-Hee;Lee, Hey-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.10 no.1 s.19
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    • pp.91-100
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    • 2002
  • Recently, many studies on the construction of management system for road facility have been accomplished, and in its process the digital map is used as the essential data for spatial database. But in case where the existing topographical map or completion map of construction data is not sufficient for Data Base construction, the compilation, modification or renewal of digital map should be conflicted with large obstacles. This study intended to extract the road facility information using the image data of various form such as aerial photographs, terrestrial photographs and so on. The terrestrial photographic images are taken by hand-held camera, digital camera and video camera which are widely used and of low price in general. This study used the single frame images only for the raw image data, and the extracted spatial and attribute data from the images are used for modifying and updating the database. In addition, the creating possibility of the digital map in the relative scale using the spatial data extracted from the single images was tried.

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