• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2008

Five bases for of highways are sight distance, vehicle stability, driver comfort, drainage and aesthetics. Among these bases, the sight distance is the most critical one in the highway alignment design. It is certain that highways and drivers' observation actions are 3-dimensional in nature. But, the highway alignment design and the sight distance analysis have been performed on 2-dimensional planes because of various constraints and complexity of calculating 3-dimensional sight distance. The purpose of this study is to derive a model for determining exact available sight distance in 3-D combined horizontal and vertical alignments. Application of the model is illustrated using numerical examples. The proposed model should be useful in quantifying the criteria for 3-D highway alignments.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2017

This study analyzed the case of diesel car fires that occurred while driving in a tunnel 5 days after maintenance at a car service center. The results of the investigation and analysis found that a large amount of white foreign matter adhered to the inside of the exhaust port and the insulating plate above the DPF (diesel particulate filter) installed in the middle of the exhaust pipe was melted and lost. In particular, the metal floor of the car above the DPF was molten and pierced, and the rubber mat placed on the metal floor was burnt. Moreover, while the exhaust pipe in front of the DPF showed no overheating mark, such a mark was observed in the exhaust pipe from the DPF to the exhaust port. Because these findings may appear only when the DPF is overheated and ignited, this car fire is believed to have been caused by internal overheating of the DPF. The car fire investigation of this study suggests that if white foreign matter is found in the inside of the exhaust port during a fire cause investigation of a diesel car, the cause of the fire should be determined by removing the DPF and examining the internal damage of the DPF.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.16-20
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• 2020

The fatigue happening during the road riding of the vehicle and for the moment the aircraft lands on the runway is closely related to the life cycle of the landing gear, the airframe, the vehicle's suspension, etc. The multiple loads acting on the wheel are longitudinal, lateral, vertical, and braking forces. To study the dynamic characteristics and fatigue stiffness of the vehicle, the dynamic fatigue simulator generally has been used to represent the real road vibration in the lab. It can save time and cost. In hardware, the critical factor in the hydraulic fatigue simulator structure is to decouple each axis and to endure several load vibration. In this paper, the inverse kinematic analysis method derives the magnitude of movement of the hydraulic servo actuator by the coupling after rendering the maximum movement displacement in the axial direction at the center of the dummy wheel. The result of the analysis is that the coupling between the axes is weak to reproduce the real road vibrations precisely.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.83-94
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• 2017

There is a two lane ECTS(Electronic Toll Collection System) that users can pass with 80kph high speed in SeoBusan Tall Gate. This system to be combined two hi-pass lanes for removing meddle-island have been operated successfully. But, the appearance of two Lane ETCS makes toll gate more complicated, so it is very important how to arrange effectively various tolling lanes. This study was trying to evaluate lane configuration for minimizing speed and speed deviation among all kinds of lanes including two Lane ETCS in seoul toll gate. That is, we selected all scenarios to be happened actually, and evaluated them using micro traffic simulation model (VISSIM). The results of this study showed that each alternative had a very different speed and speed deviation by lane each other, so we will be able to achieve effective operation and configuration of lanes in toll gate using scenario methodology.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1567-1572
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• 2012

An IPC(instrument panel Cluster) is a useful device that provides driving information to the driver. The information includes the vehicle speed, RPM, mileage, etc. The traditional IPC has been mostly implemented with mechanical technique. According to increment of needs for the convenience of IPC by user, the IPC must provide graphical interface and efficient driving information. Also the user-friendly IPC is needed by drivers. Thus flexible and robust software structure and development methods are required in order to develop IPC. In this paper, we propose software architecture and design method for the IPC using modeling method. We use MVC model and UML to model software architecture because they have flexible and robust characteristics. We can develop the various forms of information screen by separating views from model by using state diagram and class diagram in UML. Through this, the cost saving and ease of maintenance can be expected. The development time and cost can be reduced by using proposed method.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1321-1326
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• 2012

An IPC(instrument panel Cluster) is a useful device that provides driving information to the driver. The information includes the vehicle speed, RPM, mileage, etc. The traditional IPC has been mostly implemented with mechanical technique. According to increment of needs for the convenience of IPC by user, the IPC must provide graphical interface and efficient driving information. Also the user-friendly IPC is needed by drivers. Thus flexible and robust software structure and development methods are required in order to develop IPC. In this paper, we propose software architecture and design method for the IPC using modeling method. We use MVC model and UML to model software architecture because they have flexible and robust characteristics. We can develop the various forms of information screen by separating views from model by using state diagram and class diagram in UML. Through this, the cost saving and ease of maintenance can be expected. The development time and cost can be reduced by using proposed method.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.306-313
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• 2019

Owing to the present problems of air pollution and fossil fuel exhaustion, ongoing research has been actively focused on developing an electric actuator system that can utilize diverse energy sources without producing any exhaust gas. Since the motors of such electric vehicles generally rotate at a high speed, the initial acceleration capability required for an automobile is insufficient. In this study, the motor output was decelerated by the transmission; the initial acceleration of the vehicle was increased, and the motor size and weight were reduced. The driving motor and transmission, which each form isolated structures, were integrated to simplify the connector for input and output. By reducing the cooling system's capacity, a vehicle was designed and manufactured that represents a structural change in effective technology.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.464-469
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• 2019

Tapered roller bearings are used widely in vans, trucks, and trains because they can support the vehicle in a stable manner even under a heavy load. The cage of a tapered roller bearing maintains the gap between the rollers, which prevents friction wear and suppresses heating. If the cage is severely deformed due to resonance, the roller may not be able to roll smoothly and even leave the cage. Consequently, it is very important to analyze the dynamic characteristics of the cage for reliable performance of a bearing. The cage essentially has geometrical tolerance in the manufacturing process. In this paper, the effects of those geometrical imperfections on the dynamic characteristics of the cage were investigated. As a result, natural frequency separation occurred near the natural frequency of the ideal cage due to geometrical imperfections. In addition, the interval was proportional to the magnitude of the geometric error, and the interval increased with increasing mode number.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.47-54
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• 2021

The number of freeway traffic accidents in Korea is about 4,000 as of 2020, and deaths per traffic accident is about 3.7 times higher than other roads due to non-recurring congestion and high driving speed. Most of the accident types on freeways are side and rear-end collisions, and one of the main factors is hazard traffic flow caused by merge, diverge and accidents. Therefore, the hazard traffic flow, which appears in a continuous flow such as a freeway, can be said to be important information for the driver to prevent accidents. This study tried to classify hazard traffic flows, such as the speed change point and the section where the speed difference by lane, using individual vehicle information. The homogeneous segment of speed was classified using spatial separation based on geohash and space mean speed that can indicate the speed difference of individual vehicles within the same section and the speed deviation between vehicles. As a result, I could extract the diverging influence segment and the hazard traffic flow segment that can provide dangerous segments information of freeways.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.85-99
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• 2024

A turbo roundabout is a type of roundabout that allows vehicles to pass through the roundabout without changing lanes by separating the internal lanes. Thus, it has the advantage of minimizing conflicts arising from converging, diverging, and lane changing in existing two-lane roundabouts. In this study, the criteria for introducing a turbo roundabout are suggested by considering traffic volume conditions of the approach lane, and the results were analyzed using a VISSIM. The results showed that the 2-lane roundabout and basic(turbo) are the appropriate types when the approach traffic volume is a balanced condition with 2,000-2,600veh/h. On the other hand, basic(turbo) and egg(turbo) are appropriate types when the approach traffic volume is an unbalanced condition with 2,400-2,800veh/h under the condition of a major road grouped as an opposite combination. The major road is grouped as an adjacent combination when there is an approach volume of 2,000-2,400veh/h, and the knee(turbo) is the appropriate type in this case.