• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1174-1179
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• 2007

Train collision and derailment are types of accident that happen with low probability of occurrence but could lead to disastrous consequences including multiple life losses. Risk assessment of the accidents are typically performed per their hazardous events, which are defined as events that cause accidents. This study classifies the train collision and derailment based on the relevant hazardous event, and investigates the causes related to the hazardous events. Finally, the relation of the causes, hazardous events, and the accidents are defined.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.187-195
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• 2002

It is important to predict the crash behavior of trains to improve their crashworthiness. This paper investigates the simulation of high-speed train crashes in three dimensions using multibody dynamics. At present, little is known about three-dimensional crash simulations. This study shows that it is possible to simulate overriding and lateral buckling, including results from one- or two-dimensional simulations. Several parameters, however, such as computational time and large deformation of structures, need further investigation.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.367-375
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• 2002

In this paper the cases in developed countries on how to deal with the accident/incident for high-speed train crew, and their training and exercises for filed application will be reviewed, and the plan on how to deal with accidents/incidents for crew, which is helpful for preparing the high-speed railway operation in Korea and it's safety, will be presented.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.22 no.7 s.78
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• pp.41-48
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• 2004

We may consider the inducement of demand to public transportation as a solution to relieve traffic congestion and pollution. Subway has merits as moving on schedule, transporting more people than bus. But subway is required a vast investment in the early stage of construction has a huge debt. So it runs into red figures, and on this account, services of subway are falling more and more. Development of subway's operation cost function is useful to understand structure of subway's operation and catch the relations of operation cost and actual results. In addition, we can present the policy that is a helpful to the operation as development of operation cost function. But there are short of studies about operation cost deal with a subway comparison with local train. Because local train has many lines and data, on the other hand, subway has one to four lines and less data. Most of previous studies sought the operation cost function of Seoul. So this study aimed to develop and apply the operation cost function of Seoul, Incheon, Busan and Daegu area using full allocation method. In this study, we considered the number of passengers, track-km, train-km, revenue as actual results. By appling the operation cost function, we compared the average cost of each city and confirmed the existence of economies of scale about the number of passengers, train-km.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.119-128
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• 2006

A turnout system which permits trains to pass from one track to another is a combination of the switch, the crossing, lead rails which are necessary to connect the switch and the crossing, two guard rails and a switch machine for operating the switch. A turnout is the sole moving part among the railway components and has complex configuration, so the safety has always been raised an issue. In Korea, it is planned to adopt the high speed tilting train, which operates at the maximum speed of 200km/h, at conventional lines by the year of 2010. However, for the application of the tilting train to conventional lines, it is prerequisite to establish a stable turnout system allowing the tilting train to pass through it without reducing speed. Therefore, the improved turnout system for the speed-up of conventional lines has been developed and the prototype of the turnout system has been constructed. In this study, simulation of noise and vibration around the improved turnout system was performed in order to predict the generation level of noise and vibration due to passing of the tilting train through the turnout system.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.376-377
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• 2009

현재 철도는 물류의 운송과 대중교통수단으로 다양하게 활용되고 있다. 또한 친환경적인 면에서 매우 중요한 교통수단으로 각광을 받고 있다. 이에 따라 철도의 안전은 고려해야 할 가장 중요한 부분 중에 하나이다. 특히 철도의 건널목과 역사 내의 플랫폼과 같은 개방된 공간에 대한 안전관리는 매우 중요하다. 개방된 공간에서는 사고발생의 위험요소들이 다수 존재하기 때문에 이러한 위험요소들을 줄이기 위해 열차의 1차적인 통제를 담당하는 기관사와의 상황인식 정보의 공유가 필요하다. 상황인식 정보는 특정 공간에 따라 다양하게 존재할 수 있다. 따라서 OSGi 플랫폼을 사용하여 다양한 상황인식 정보들을 공유하고 활용할 수 있도록 하는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.117-125
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• 2015

Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) of railway is to create a variety of scenario and to quantify the degree of risk by a result of the product of accident frequency and accident. Quantitative risk Assessment is affected by various factors such as tunnel specifications, characteristics of the fire, and relation of smoke control and evacuation direction. So in this study, it is conducted that how the way of smoke control and the relation of smoke control and evacuation direction affect quantitative risk assessment with variables (the tunnel length (2, 3, 4, 5, 6 km) and the slope (5, 15, 25‰)). As the result, in a train fire at the double track tunnel (Area = $97m^2$), it is most efficient to evacuate to the opposite direction of smoke control regardless of the location of train in train fire. In addition, under the same condition, index risk in mechanical ventilation up to 1/10.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.169-177
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• 2010

A railroad is used to a lot of area and it is an eco-friendly and an effective means of communication which is a transport for passengers and products. In recent years, the accidents caused by subway and railroad are cognate with people. We need to come up with preparing measures to avoid the accidents. In this paper, to prevent an accident developing and implementing a system which is a railroad management safety system is the purpose. The system is able to provide scalability for smart railroad safety service based on context aware information. Besides, it is able to furnish flexibility through the OSGi framework.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.404-409
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• 2007

To change rail tracks from main track to another track, it needs some device that is called turnout point. If the point which is composed of accurate parts and complex sensors does not work, serious problems will be arisen. However, there serious problems by the failure of the point. In this paper, after analyzing the failures of the conventional points, a new point is presented. The proposed point is not affected by surge caused by lighting.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.300-310
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• 2008

Through this study, a conceptual design for the next generation high-speed EMU has been derived to meet the crash worthiness requirements of the Korean rollingstock safety regulation. The crashworthiness regulations require some performance requirements for two heavy collision accident scenarios; a train-to-train collision at the relative speed of 36 km/h, and a collision against a standard deformable obstacle of 15 ton at 110km/h. The complete train set will be composed of 2TC-6M with 13 ton axle load, which is different from KTX with the power car of 17 ton axle load. Using theoretical and numerical analyses, a crashworthy conceptual design was derived in terms of mean crush forces and energy absorptions for principal crushable structures and devices. The derived conceptual design was evaluated and improved using one dimensional dynamic simulations for the bar-spring-damper-mass model. It is shown from the simulation results that the suggested conceptual design can easily satisfy domestic crashworthiness requirements.