• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.3168-3175
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• 2010

Lumber support as the part of automotive seat supports the pressure applied on waist by clearing the tiredness of passenger at long driving. In this study, lumbar support of automotive seat is modelled. Various bids are built up at its bed. The main purpose is to look for adequate model on comfortableness by calculating displacement according to applied force when some passenger sit at automotive seat. Full build -up type of 5 rows can be seen most suitable for passenger's comfortableness and its durability as the inner displacement of 5mm and contact force of 500 N.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.210-216
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• 2016

In this paper, the electrical and resistance heating properties of carbon fiber heating elements with different electroless Ni-P plating times for car seat were studied. The specific resistance and specific heat of the carbon fibers were determined using 4-point probe method and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. The surface morphology and temperature of carbon fibers were measured by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and thermo-graphic camera, respectively. From experimental results, the nickel layer thickness and surface temperature of carbon fibers increased with increasing the plating time. However, the specific heat and specific resistance decreased with respect to the increased plating time. In conclusion, the electroless Ni-P plating could improve the resistance heating and electrical properties of carbon fiber heating elements for car seat.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.24-34
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• 2005

The automobile seat must satisfy various safety regulations for the passenger's safety. In many design practices, each component is independently designed by concentrating on a single related regulation. However, since multiple regulations can be involved in a seat component, there may be design confliction among the various safety regulations. Therefore, a new design methodology is required to effectively design an automobile seat. The axiomatic approach is employed for considering multiple regulations. The Independence Axiom is used to define the overall flow of the seat design. Functional requirements (FRs) are defined by safety regulations and components of the seat are classified into groups which yield design Parameters (DPs). The classification is carried out to have independence in the FR-DP relationship. Components in a DP group are determined by using orthogonal away of the design of experiments (DOE). Numerical analyses are utilized to evaluate the safety levels by using a commercial software system for nonlinear transient finite element analysis.

• Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.52-61
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• 2020

In recent years, the increasing interest in health-care requires the industrial products to be well-designed ergonomically. In the commercial vehicle industry, several researchers have demonstrated the driver's posture has great effect on the orthopedic desease such as fatigue, back pain, scoliosis, and so on. However, the existing sensor systems developed for measuring the driver posture in real time have suffered from inaccuracy and low reliability issues. Here, we suggest our smart vehicle seat system capable of real-time driver posture monitoring by using the air bag sensor package with high sensitivity and reliability. The ergonomic numerical model which can evaluate a driver's posture has been developed on the basis of the human body segmentation method followed by simulation-based validation. Our experimental analysis of obtained pressure distribution of a vehicle seat under the different driver's postures revealed our smart vehicle system successfully achieved the driver's real-time posture data in great agreement with our numerical model.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.994-1001
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• 2012

The Automotive seat is the component related at passenger feeling and safety. It absorbs the impact or vibration and supplies the comfortableness. It must also have sufficient rigidity and strength to satisfy these given conditions. Two kinds of seat models are designed and studied by structural analysis. Seat back frame (b) has lower deformation and fatigue life than (a). Most deformation and damage possibility is shown at the waist, that is the middle of model. On the vibration analysis at which natural frequency is applied, model (a) has the deformation from outside to inside of model, but model (b) has the deformation from inside to outside of model. Model (b) is safer than model (a) structurally at most cases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.994-995
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• 2014

Supporting stiffness of seats is an important component affecting dynamic characteristics cognized by a passenger. To analyze dynamic characteristic of a seat for vehicles operating on various road conditions, the seat vibration from road irregularity should be understood and compared. In this study, the seat is analyzed as distributed supporting system. The dynamic stiffness is measured using masses. The characteristic of the seats is analyzed by measuring distributed dynamic stiffness. The distributed dynamic stiffness of the seat is estimated on various locations and the effects of each component such as spatial distribution, compression level and vibration amplitude are analyzed. The influence of seat cover, elastic support and flexible polyurethane foam on the measured stiffness was analyzed.

• The tire
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• s.232
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• pp.22-25
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• 2007

탈거리의 발달은 급기야 전 세계를 하루 생활권으로 만들었다. 비행기, 기차, 자동차, 선박 같은 교통수단의 발달은 이른바 글로벌시대를 열어 전 세계가 하나의 가족이 되어 가는데 가장 큰 역할을 했고, 특히 자동차는 사람이나 화물을 운송하는 주요 수단으로서 현대인들에게 의식주 못지않게 중요한 필수품이 되었으며, 전 세계적으로 그 수요가 급속히 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 자동차는 시간과 공간을 효율적으로 사용할 수 있게 하는 등 많은 이익을 주는 반면 교통사고 및 교통체증에 의한 인적, 물적, 경제적 손실 등과 같은 많은 사회적 문제들을 유발시키고 있는 것도 사실이다. 일반적으로 교통사고는 인간적, 차량적, 도로적 요인 등 개개별 요인과 이들의 교호작용에 의해서 발생하기 때문에 차량의 안전운행을 위한 대책은 이들 요인들의 종합적인 분석을 통하여 해결할 수 있다. 이에 따라 운전자와 보행자를 동시에 보호할 수 있고, 운행 시 운전자의 편의를 제공할 수 있는 차량안전시스템 및 이를 위한 제어기술, 정보통신기술, ITS기술, 차량동역학기술 및 차체설계기술 등이 개발 되고 있고, 과거 자동차에서는 볼 수 없었던 시트벨트, 에어백, 범퍼, 차체충격흡수장치, 도어 임팩트 빔 등이 개발되어 교통사고 시 피해를 극소화하는데 기여하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the ESK Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.224-235
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• 1996

현재 우리사회에서는 자동차가 부의 상징처럼 여겨지던 때가 있었다. 그러나, 오늘 날 우리에게 자동차는 날이 갈수록 그 어떤 친구보다도 가깝게 느껴질 정도로 우리 일상생활에 밀접하게 관계하고 있고, 그 이용 역시 날로 증가하고 있다는 사실은 어 느 누구도 부인하지 못할 것이다. 여기서의 주요연구 방향의 설정을 운전자의 안락성, 편의성, 안전성을 고려한 자동차의 인간공학적. 감성공학적 설계(자동차시트, 안전벨트, 트렁크)에 맞추었고, 토의와 의견 부분에서의 기타 여러가지는 지나간 이 분야의 연구 자료를 살펴본 결과, 더 이상의 개괄적인 사항에 대한 언급보다는 개략적인 설계지침과 연구방향에 중점을 인간공학적이고, 감성공학적인 고려를 통한 차량에 대해 연구방향을 알아보기로 한다. 본 연구의 방향은 기술적인 측면보다는 인간의 안락함과 편의성을 위한 하나의 인간공학적. 감성공학적인 방법에 더욱 치중하여 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.961-962
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.389-390
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• 2008