• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.335-340
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to compare the dynamic behavior of STEDEF track that of the sleeper floating track on urban rapid transit according to replacing the resilience pads and analyze the necessity of replacing the resilience pads experimentally. It was analyzed that the uniformity of the track support stiffness could be secured by replacing the used resilience pads with new resilience pads. Therefore, by replacing the used resilience pads, the measured track impact factor was found to be dramatically reduced below the track design standard, and it was analyzed that the track support stiffness could be restored to the design value. As a results, it is possible to restore track support stiffness to the design value and reduce track impact factor by replacing timely resilience pads, which is important to securing durability and improving service life of track components.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.31-40
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• 2012

The irregularity of railway track affects not only the comfort of ride such as noise or vibration but also the safety of train operation. For this reason, it is an interesting research area to design a reliable and sustainable railway track system and to analyze the train movement mechanism based on systematic approaches considering reasons of track irregularity possible in a specific local environment. Irregularity data inspected by EM-120, an railway inspection system in Korea includes unavoidable incomplete and erratic information, so it is encountered lots of problem to analyse those data without appropriate pre-data-refining processes. In this research, for the efficient management and maintenance of railway system, progress rate of standard deviation of irregularity is quantified. During the computation, some important components of railways such as rail joint, ballast, roadbed, and fastener have been considered. Probabilistic distributions of irregularity growth with respect to time are computed to predict the remaining service life of railway track and to be adapted for the safety assessment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.317-325
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• 2008

As a result of recent research, it is reported that the periodic replacements criterion of rails is able to extend as grinding rail surface and using the continuous welded rail (CWR). This study evaluated correlation between conditions of track and load capacity of rail by analysing the dynamic response of track while the metro train is running. Also, it was converted the measured stress waveform into stress frequency histogram by the rain-flow counting methods, and then accumulated fatigue damage ratio and remaining service life of laid rail were calculated so as the apply the equivalence of stress to S-N curve of a new welded rail. Finally, this study suggests a revision of the periodic replacements criterion of CWR, which was based on accumulated passing tonnage, classified by the types and conditions of track system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.195-203
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• 2016

Concrete slab track was applied to the Gyeoungbu High Speed Railroad step 2 and the Honam High Speed Railroad. Concrete slab track incurs higher construction cost and lower maintenance cost than existing gravel track. For these reasons, the use of concrete slab track has increased in Korea. The biggest problem in the use of concrete slab track is repairing damage from settlement that can occur while trains are in service. High speed railroad design standards require allowable residual settlement of concrete slab track of less than 25mm. In order to satisfy the requirement of long term stability of concrete slab track, it is necessary to manage the secondary compression settlement within the allowable residual settlement. This study is to evaluate the secondary compression settlement with the variation of the secondary compression index, thickness of soft ground, and concrete slab track life. Statistical analysis is performed to determine the probability of distribution of areas where serious problems will be caused after the concrete slab track is constructed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.172-180
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• 2016

A cubesat classified as a pico-satellite typically uses commercial-grade components that satisfy the vibration and thermal environmental specifications and goes into mission orbit even after undergoing minimum environment tests due to their lower cost and short development period. However, its reliability exposed to the physical environment such as on-orbit thermal vacuum for long periods cannot be assured under minimum tests criterion. In this paper, we have analysed the reliability and life prediction of the failure mechanisms of the cubesat mission board during its service life under the launch and on-orbit environment by using the sherlock software which has been widely used in automobile fields to predict the reliability of electronic devices.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.161.1-161.1
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• 2012

지구 정지궤도는 위성통신, 지구관측 그리고 우주과학을 위해 매우 귀중하고 제한된 자원으로 인식된다. 이에 따라 Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)에서는 정지궤도에서 수명이 종료되는 위성에 대해서 정지궤도에 영향을 미치지 않도록 더 높은 고도로 폐기기동을 수행하도록 권고하고 있다. 그렇지만 여러 가지 사정으로 정상적인 폐기기동을 수행하지 않은 위성들이 많이 있으며 이와 같은 위성들은 정지궤도에서 운영되고 있는 위성에 접근하여 충돌위험을 야기하고 있다. 우리나라의 정지궤도 통신해양기상위성인 천리안은 2010년 6월 26일에 발사되어 동경 128.2도에서 성공적으로 운영되고 있다. 지난 2년 동안 천리안 위성의 궤도구간에 우주물체가 접근하여 충돌위험이 발생한 사례가 3 건이 있었으며 그 중 한 건인 러시아의 라두가 1-7 위성이 접근한 2011년 2월 7일에는 천리안 위성의 회피기동을 수행하였다. 다른 두 가지 사례는 2011년 6월 19일 러시아의 COSMOS 2379의 접근과 2012년 4월 6일 러시아의 SL-12 R/B(2)의 접근이다. 본 논문에서는 정지궤도 위성을 운영하고 있을 때 다른 우주물체가 접근하여 충돌위험이 발생했을 때 어떤 과정을 거쳐서 회피기동을 수행해야 하는가에 대한 문제를 다루고자 한다. 정지궤도 위성과 우주물체와의 거리차이를 최대화할 수 있는 회피기동 시각을 찾아내고 최근접 시각에 있어서 반경방향, 진행방향, 그리고 수직방향에서의 거리차이를 분석한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.179.1-179.1
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• 2012

정지궤도 복합위성 2호는 현재 기상 및 해양관련 관측임무를 수행중인 천리안위성의 임무승계를 위해 현재 개발이 진행 중이다. 천리안위성에 비해 수명이 확대되고, 임무 탑재체의 중량도 증가하여 추진제량의 대폭 증가가 필요한 것으로 분석되고 있다. 이로 인해 추진제 탱크의 확장이 불가피하여 현재 가용한 탱크를 기반으로 구조체 설계에 대한 비교 연구가 수행되었다. 정지궤도위성의 추진제 탱크 수용은 크게 측면 고정식 구형 탱크의 수직 배치방식과 극 고정식 실런더형 탱크의 수평 배치방식으로 구분된다. 추진제량 확대에 따라 두가지 방식 모두 구조체 내부에 충분한 강성확보와 하중전달을 목적으로 튜브형 구조물이 적용되며, 이를 토대로 구조체 설계가 이루어 진다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 추진계 탱크 수용 방식을 기반으로 정지궤도 복합위성에 적용될 구조체 설계 개념을 제시하고, 비교 연구를 통해 각 방식이 갖는 구조체 설계의 장단점을 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.12
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• pp.1116-1123
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• 2015

The lifetime of a geostationary satellite depends on the residual propellant amount and therefore the precise residual propellant gauging is very important for the mitigation of economic loss arised from premature removal of satellite from its orbit, satellites replacement planning, slot management and so on. In this paper, the thermal mass method and its uncertainty are described. The residual propellant analysis of a geostationary satellite is simulated based on the KOREASAT data and the uncertainty of thermal mass method is calculated by using the Monte Carlo method. The results of this study show the importance parameter of estimation residual propellant using the thermal mass method.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.413-421
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• 2015

Since the first Cubesat was launched in 2003, there have been more than 230 Cubesats launched so far. Due to their small size and lightweight, Cubesats were launched by utilizing the empty space of regular launch vehicle. However, this launch method has a weakness that has been easily affecting by the schedule of major payloads. As a new solution to this problem, it has been proposed that a robot arm installed on ISS would be used to launch Cubesats. The orbits of Cubesat deployed from the ISS in various angles and directions are analyzed in this paper. We also analyze the possibility of collision between the Cubesat and ISS within the operational orbit of the CubeSat and eventually calculate the optimal angle of a robot arm, which maximizes the lifetime of Cubesat and minimizes the risk of collision between the Cubesat and ISS.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.1057-1064
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• 2014

The satellite on geostationary orbit accommodates multiple payloads into a single spacecraft platform and launched in June 26, 2010. The electrical power required to the satellite during sunlight is generated by a solar array wing. The solar cells are the GaInP/GaAs/Ge Triple Junction cells named Gaget2 cells from RWE Space, which were based on a Spectrolab epitaxy. This paper evaluates solar array power performance at end of design life based on the trend analysis results for the flight data on geostationary orbit. The estimated solar array power performance at end of design life compares with the power performance provided by solar array manufacturer. The solar cells show nominal behavior without significant degradation through the trend analysis results.