• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.24-31
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• 1998

In this study, a procedure is presented for the dynamic analysis of a multibody tracked vehicle system. The planar vehicle model used in this investigation is assumed to consist of two kinematically decoupled subsystems. i.e., the chassis subsystem and track subsystem. The chassis subsystem includes the chassis frame, sprocket, idler and rollers, while the track subsystem is represented as a closed kinematic chain consisting of rigid links interconnected by revolute joints. The nonlinear contact force modules describing the interaction between track links, and sprocket, idler, rollers and ground will be developed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.115-121
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• 2000

In this paper, track tension estimation methods are developed for tracked vehicles which are subject to various maneuvering tasks such as turning and pivoting on flat road. The information of the track tension is very important for the tracked vehicles because the track tension is closely related to the maneuverability and the durability of the tracked vehicles. Kinetic models for the six road-wheels are obtained and used for calculating the track tension around the sprocket. This method does not require the tuning of the turning resistance, which makes it difficult to estimate the track tension in turning. The tension estimation performance of the proposed methods is verified through the simulation of the Multi-body Dynamics tool. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method under steering and pivoting of the tracked vehicles.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.100-106
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• 2004

All vehicles need the good quality of riding. Especially shifting shock is very important in the evaluation of the riding. Shifting shock is caused by transmission operation that one part and other part of gem are contacting together. This shock affect the feeling of driving. It is clear from these results that the shifting shock is affected by clutch pressure, pressure mode, inertia etc.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.6D
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• pp.663-671
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• 2012

The demand of CWR is rapidly increasing because of the adaptation of concrete track, the need for rapid and comfortable ride, and the reduction of maintenance cost. Because of short applying period of the concrete track, there is not a case of CWR fracture in Korea caused by repeated load of the train, which makes it difficult to calculate replacement period of rail based on rail fatigue life using an actual field data. This study thus inspected the bending stress at rail bottom through analyzing the vehicle/track interaction, performed multiple regression analysis on the data, deducted the bending stress prediction equations by the speed and the surface irregularity. Finally, the fatigue life of CWR on the concrete track was predicted based on the prediction equations for bending stress at rail bottom.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.23 no.11 s.170
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• pp.1960-1969
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• 1999

This paper presents dynamic modeling and controller design of a tracked vehicle installed with the double rod type ERSU(electro-rheological suspension unit). A 16 degree-of-freedom model for the tracked vehicle is established by Lagrangian method followed by the formulation of a new sky-ground hook controller. This controller takes account for both the ride quality and the steering stability. The weighting parameter between the two performance requirements is adopted to adjust required performance characteristics with respect to the operation conditions such as road excitation. The parameter is appropriately determined by employing a fuzzy algorithm associated with the vehicle motion. Computer simulations are undertaken in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control system. Acceleration values at the driver's seat are analyzed under bump road profile, while frequency responses of vertical acceleration are investigated under random road excitation.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.141-151
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• 2003

Railway bridges are subject to dynamic loads generated by the interaction between moving vehicles and the bridge structures. These dynamic loads result in response fluctuations in bridge members. To investigate the real dynamic behavior of the bridge, therefore, a number of analytical and experimental Investigations should be carried out. In this paper, a train/track/bridge interaction analysis program for evaluating the dynamic characteristics of bridges due to KTX operation in terms of structural safety, operational safety and passenger comfort is developed. To build a practical model of train/track/bridge, Hertzian spring for wheel/rail contact modeling and Winkler element for ballast are applied. This program also used torsional degree of freedom and constraint equation based on geometrical relationship in order to take into consideration three-dimensional eccentricity effect due to the operation on double track through quasi-three dimensional analysis. To verify the developed Program, comparison has been made between the measured results and those of simulation of the typical PSC box bridge(2@40m=80m) of the KHSR bridges.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.974-982
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• 2009

To improve the effectiveness and economics the bridge design methodology considering the bridge/rail longitudinal analysis and bridge/vehicle dynamic effect suggested in this study. The reliability-based Life-Cycle Costs(LCC) effective optimum design is applied to a 2-main steel girder bridge, 5$\times$(1@50m) for comparison with conventional design, initial cost optimization and equivalent LCC optimization. As a result of the optimum design based on reliability, it may be stated that the design of High-Speed railway bridges considering the bridge/rail longitudinal analysis and bridge/vehicle dynamic effect are more efficient than typical existing bridges and LCC optimization without respect to bridge/rail longitudinal analysis and bridge/vehicle dynamic effect. The result of optimization design considering the interaction, design methodology suggested in this study, is higher than result of initial cost optimization design in initial cost, but that has the advantage than result of initial cost optimization design in expected LCC.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.28-42
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• 2013

Personal Rapid Transit(PRT) is a new unmanned transportation system using electricity. The purpose of the PRT is relieving the congestion of city traffic and connecting between inner city and airport, high-speed railroad. PRT requires to develop devices for the guarantee of safety and reliability. PRT as the mean of rail transportation must be equipped with control system for front rail sensing. Ultra Wide Band(UWB) radar system is suitable for PRT's detection because it has the advantage of low power consumption, low interference and high resolution. In this paper, an improved adaptive Constant False Alarm Rate(CFAR) algorithm is proposed and studied in various noise environments. The proposed algorithm improves performance in various noise environments compared to the Mean Level CFAR algorithms and other adaptive CFAR algorithms.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.205-215
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• 2001

In this study, modeling and analysis procedure for the dynamic analysis of a high mobility tracked vehicle system were studied. The vehicle model used in this investigation is assumed to be consist of two kinematically decoupled subsystems. The chassis subsystem consists of chassis frame, sprocket, support rollers, road wheels, idler wheel, road wheel arms and idle wheel arm, while the track subsystem is represented as a closed kinematic chain consisting of track links and end connectors interconnected by revolute joints with bushing. Nonlinear contact force module describing the interaction between track link, and sprocket, idler wheel, road wheel, support roller, ground was used. The effects of road wheel arms and idler wheel arm due to tension adjuster are also considered.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.227-228
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• 2014

열차가 주행하는 선로에 설치되는 궤도회로는 레일 자체를 전기회로의 일부로 사용하여 일정 구간 내의 차량 유무를 판단하기 위한 회로이다. 국내의 경우 사용 주파수에 따라 전원전압 주파수의 짝수 고조파 대역을 사용하는 고속선 궤도회로와 홀수 고조파 대역을 이용하는 일반선 궤도회로로 구분할 수 있다. 이러한 궤도회로가 설치된 선로를 주행하는 고속차량의 주전력변환장치 컨버터는 단위 역률 제어를 수행하기 위하여 전원전압의 홀수 배수의 스위칭 주파수를 가지고 있기 때문에 컨버터 동작 시 가선전류에 고조파 전류가 생성된다. 이 때 컨버터부에서 발생되는 고조파 전류의 주파수와 궤도회로의 사용 주파수 대역이 일치하는 경우에 궤도회로의 오작동을 유발할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 입력 컨버터부에서 사용하는 스위칭 주파수를 운행 구간에 따라 가변시켜 궤도회로 간섭 고조파 성분을 제어하는 방법을 제안하고 시험을 통해 성능을 확인하였다.