• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 1993

Minimum weight design of the boom of an excavator with stress and displacement constraints was performed. The procedure of analysis consists of the following steps. The finite element model of the boom was built up by using 227 triangular plate elements each of which has three nodes. And then the finite element program was implemented and its accuracy was verified by comparing its results with those of the commercial structural analysis package-ANSYS 4.4A. For the constraints of stresses and displacements, the design sensitivities of those were computed using direct differentiation method. To verify the reliability of them the results were compared with those of the finite difference method. The optimum design value was obtained by using PLBA(Pshenichny-Lim-Belegundu-Arora)non-linear optimization program which adopts the active set strategy. Using the above results, minimum weight design of an excavator boom showed an effect of 27% reduction in weight.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.821-826
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• 2011

CAE-based structural optimization techniques are applied for the design of a lightweight crane. The boom of the crane is designed by shape optimization with the shape of the cross section of the boom as the design variable. The design objective is mass minimization, and the static strength and dynamic stiffness of the system are set as the design constraints. Hyperworks, a commercial analysis and optimization software, is used for shape and topology optimization. In order to consistently change the shape of the elements of the boom with respect to the change in the shape of its cross section, the morphing function in Hyperworks is used. The support of the boom of the original model is simplified to model the design domain for topology optimization, which is discretized by using three-dimensional solid elements. The final result after shape and topology optimization is 19% and 17% reduction in the masses of the boom and support, respectively, without a deterioration in the system stiffness.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.95-100
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• 2000

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.239-246
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• 2003

When oil is spilled at sea, the oil boom is commonly used to tackle the movement and spreading of oil in an early stage of oil spill combat. But the retaining capability of oil boom is affected by various factors, such as water velocity, viscosity and density of oil, water depth, oil volume and the length of boom draft. In this study, a computer modelling was peformed to investigate how these factors influence the oil retaining process. The Fluent, most popular one of many CFD(computational fluid dynamics) programs is chosen for modelling and modelling results were verified using the empirical data. It is expected that results of this study will be useful data for oil boom designer and oil spill response commander.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.171-178
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• 2003

When oil is spilled at sea, the oil boom is commonly used to tackle the movement and spreading of oil in an early stage of oil spill combat. But, the retaining capability of oil boom is affected by various factors, such as water velocity, viscosity, and density of oil, water depth, oil volume and the length of boom draft. In this study, computer modeling was peformed to investigate how these factors influence the oil retaining process. The Fluent, most popular one of many CFD(computational fluid dynamics) programs is chosen for modelling and modelling results were verified using the empirical data. It is expected that results of this study will be useful data for oil boom designer and oil spill response commander.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.421-427
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• 2008

A robot crane truck is developed by the Bridge Inspection Robot Development Interface(BRIDI) for an automated and/or teleoperated bridge inspection. This crane truck looks similar to the conventional bucket crane, but is much smaller in size and light-weight. At the end of the telescoping boom which is 12m long, a robot platform is mounted which allows the operator to scan the bridge structure under the deck trough the camera. Boom vibration induced by wind and deck movement can cause serious problems in this scanning system. This paper presents a control system to mitigate such vibration of the robot boom. In the proposed control system, an actuator is installed at the end of the working boom. This control system is studied using a mathematical model analysis with LQ control algorithm and a scaled model test in the laboratory. The study indicates that the proposed system is efficient for the vibration control of the robot booms, thereby demonstrating its immediate applicability in the field.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.105-106
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• 2023

본연구는 콘크리트 타설과정에서 반복되는 펌프카 사고를 예방하기 위해서 설계 및 제작의 품질관리와 현(現))정기검사 기준을 개선해야 한다는 점을 제안하며, Booms 파단 사고 예방대책 제시가 목적이고, 최근 1~2년 사이에 발생한 펌프카 기계적 결함 사고의 현황조사와 사고 특징을 분석하고, 펌프카 장비의 검사기준 및 조정원의 자격과 기능교육 기준 마련의 필요성 확인한다. 붐대의 안전성 확인하기 위해서는 선행연구의 구조적 안전성 평가와 최대응력 부위에 대한 선행연구의 유한요소 해석모델 자료를 재분석하고, 2단 붐이 타설중 가장 많은 힘을 받는지와 파괴 가능성을 확인한다. Booms의 유한요소 모델 해석 결과 펌프카는 타설 과정에서 진동으로 피로 하중을 받을 수 있다는 동적해석과 정적해석 재검토 결과 가장 취약한 부위는 2단 붐이었으며, 2st 붐은 제작단계에서 부재 두께를 증가시키고, 상단부에 철판 보강을 권장한다. 펌프카 사고를 방지하기 위해서는 제조사는 생산단계에서 2st Boom 상단에 보강판 부착이 필요하고, 정기검사 비용 현실화와 비파괴 검사를 의무 검사로 반영이 필요하다고 제언한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1265-1273
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• 2015

A coal handling machine is a type of equipment used for loading coal, the main material in a steam power plant, along a conveyer belt from a ship, and is placed after the driving chain bucket. However, studies on the boom hoisting cylinder, which is a hydraulic system used to control the angle of the boom based on loading location, indicate that domestic models are insufficient, and are thereby often substituted with a foreign product. In this study, a technique for analyzing the contact pressure in a thick-walled cylinder was established by comparing the contact pressure, which is calculated theoretically based on the results obtained from FEM simulation, and by checking whether the working oil is leaking from the boom hoisting cylinder using a v-seal. In addition, the driving motion was simulated according to the strokes of the cylinder, and the structural stability was verified under the maximum output conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.50 no.10
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• pp.691-699
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• 2022

Large aperture antennas with long focal lengths in space have important application for telecommunications, Earth observation and science missions. This paper aims to understand the dynamics of deployment of large mesh antennas and to provide a multibody model for determining the driving forces for the design of reflectors and booms. The modular deployable reflector and boom are designed based on the deployment unit cell. A multibody dynamic model is formulated with Kane's equation and simulated using the pseudo upper triangular decomposition (PUTD) method for solving the constrained problem. Based on the multibody dynamic model, the kinetics of the deployment, the motor driving forces, and the structural dynamic deformation are investigated.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.329-339
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• 1999

LPXDA(Log-Periodic X Dipole Antenna), consisting of X dipole elements, was proposed as a Log-periodic antenna with short boom length and good Performance relative to LPDA(Log-Periodic Dipole Antenna) . LPXDA for operating frequency band of 500 MHz~l,000 MHz was designed and radiation characteristics of the designed antenna was analyzed by moment method, and compared with LPDA characteristics. The proposed LPXDA, in this paper, was found to have shorter boom length by 20% and better radiation characteristics with variations of frequency relative to the LPDA. The calculated results show good agreement with measurements.