• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.12-17
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• 2013

This paper presents a model of bipedal leg mechanism with a compliant foot, and the contact repulsion of the foot for a typical walking pattern and its influence on the knee and hip joints of the leg will be analyzed. This analysis is useful for us to figure out the physical impact of the foot when a walking robot takes a step. Also it can be applied to determine the joint specification of the leg mechanism. As a result, it is shown that the compliance characteristics of a robotic foot can contribute to alleviate the joint torques of the leg affected by the contact repulsion of the foot.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.48-54
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• 1999

For the high speed linear motor and the transportation device at clean room, a magnetic levitation rail without contact using the repulsive force of permanent magnets was newly developed. The characteristics of repulsive and lateral forces of the magnetic levitating system using permanent magnet was studied and the devised magnetic levitating system was evaluated by analytical and experimental approaches. This system is composed of two fixed guide rails with the rare earth permanent magnet array and a moving unit which is attached two magnet pairs at each sides. Because this system was forcedly levitated by the face to face repulsive forces, levitating air gap length can be repulsive force of an auxiliary magnetic repulsion system on the center of moving unit.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.659-665
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• 2010

This paper proposes a control algorithm for quadruped robots moving on irregularly sloped uneven surfaces. Since the body balance of a quadruped robot is controlled by the forces acting on its feet during touchdown, the ground reaction force (GRF) is controlled for stable running. The desired GRF for each foot is generated on the basis of the desired galloping pattern; this GRF is then compared with the actual contact force. The difference between the two forces is used to modify the foot trajectory. The desired force is realized by considering a combination of the rate change of the angular and linear momenta at flight. Then, the amplitude of the GRF to be applied at each foot in order to achieve the desired linear and angular momenta is determined by fuzzy logic. Dynamic simulations of galloping motion were performed using RecurDyn; these simulations show that the proposed control method can be used to achieve stable galloping for a quadruped robot on irregularly sloped uneven surfaces.

• Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.38-48
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• 1999

용융공정으로 제조한 YBCO 고온 초전도체는 임계전류밀도가 높기 때문에 외부자장을 강력하게 반발한다. 영구자석과 YBCO 초전도체간의 부상력을 이용하면 무접촉으로 회전할 수 있는 베어링을 제작할 수 있다 고온 초전도체 무접촉 베어링은 고에너지 효율의 플라이휠 에너지 저장장치에 활용된다. 초전도 베어링은 전자석을 이용한 자기 베어링에 비해, 위치 제어 시스템 없이 중량물을 공중에 띄워 회전시킬 수 있는 장점이 있다. 플라이휠 에너지 저장장치는 무공해의 환경 친화적인 기술로, 용량과 규모, 에너지 입출력 양과 시간을 조절하기 쉽다. 또한, 장소설정에 제한이 없으므로 에너지를 필요로 하는 장소에 자유롭게 설치할 수 있고, 에너지밀도가 다른 저장시스템에 비해 상대적으로 높다. 현재 선진 각국에서는 에너지의 효율적 저장 및 활용을 위해 고온 초전도체 베어링을 이용한 플라이휠 에너지 저장장치를 국가적 중점 사업으로 개발 중이며 2000년 초에 실용화될 전망이다. 본 논문에서는 고온 초전도체의 자기 부상력, 플라이흴 에너지 저장장치의 개념설계 및 개발동향에 대해 요약하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.666-669
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• 2005

As computer power increased, the system with complex phenomenon has been analyzed with the help of CAE software which can handle the coupled physics, such as electromagnetic, structure, thermal and fluid physics. To predict the electromagnetic repulsion force and the temperature distribution of an air circuit breaker with electric contact mechanism, ANSYS/EMAG, FLOTRAN can be used. Although some assumptions and simplifications were introduced to simulate the model, results from the computational model were in good agreement with actual measurements obtained from experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.1819-1821
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• 2015

재난구조 로봇은 각종 재난상황에 투입되는 로봇으로써 현재의 로봇에 탑재된 카메라 영상 정보만으로 로봇 주변의 환경을 인식하여 작업을 수행하는 데에는 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 카메라 영상에 의한 시각정보 이외에 현장의 로봇과 주변환경의 접촉에 의해 발생하는 반발력을 조작자에게 전달하여 실감형 환경인지가 가능하도록 하는 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 조작자에게 다양한 형태의 반발력을 전달할 수 있도록 인체 착용형 로봇인 외골격 로봇을 master 로봇으로 사용하였고, 14 자유도를 가지는 slave 로봇을 원격제어 하여 작업물 조작시의 힘 반향이 조작자에게 전달되도록 제어되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.917-923
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• 1995

회전체 진동은 주로 밸런싱에 의해 줄일수 있지만 위험속도에서 나타나는 회전체 진동은 종종 피할 수 없다. 전자기 베어링은 이러한 회전체 진동을 능동적으로 제어하는 방법으로써 사용된다. 비접촉으로 회전체에 힘을 작용하는 동흡진기(dynamic vibration absorber)는 기존의 것에 비해 새로운 것을 필요로 하지 않는 아주 간단한 방법이다. 영구자석으로 구성된 자석 댐퍼는 비접 촉동흡진기의 일종이지만 영구자석만으로는 적절한 감쇠 성능을 만족시킬 수 없다. 따라서 영 구자석과 전자석을 동시에 사용하는 하이브리드 자석이 넓은 운전영역에서 좋은 진동제어 성능을 자지기 때문에 유용하다. 전력공급의 편리성을 위해서 하이브리드 자석을 합진기쪽에 설치하고 여러 개의 편으로 된 영구자석은 회전체의 주위에 부착하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 수직 회전 체(vertical rotor)의 진동을 제어하기 위해서 전자기력을 이용하는 하이브리드 관성 댐퍼를 개 발하는 것이다. 지금까지 전자석을 이용한 진동제어는 여러 저자에 의해 연구되어 왔으며 자기 베어링은 회전체의 진동을 제어하기 위한 전형적인 예이다. 그러나 회전체에 능동관성 댐퍼를 직접 적용한 예는 없었다. 이동흡진기는 전자석의 반발력(repulsive force)을 이용하고 흡진기의 운동에 의해 에너지가 감쇠된다. 반면에 자기 베어링에서는 전자석의 흡인력(attractive force)을 이용한다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4689-4696
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to evaluate biomechanical characteristics of trekking shoes using 3D Bootie method as mimics barefoot form of F Co. that provides the best comfort and plantar pressure dispersion. The control group is normal trekking shoes of M Co. and K Co.. 13 healthy males measured the foot pressure, EMG and GRF. Collected data was analyzed using One-way ANOVA in order to investigate the effects of each trekking shoes. The results are as follows: Trekking shoe of F Co. was significantly wider in contact area than others at MF and significantly lower in maximum force, peak pressure than others at RF. In the case of muscle activity, acted in the same way as the effect of barefoot walking. In the case of GRF, effectively absorbed the impact force, so it is possible to efficient walking. As a result of the analysis, trekking shoe using of 3D Bootie method of F Co. can be efficient walking by reducing the load of foot during walking.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.44-56
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• 1993

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact response behaviors of glass/epoxy laminated composite plates subjected to the transversely impact of a steel ball. For this purpose, dynamic finite element analysis based on the higher-order shear defomation plate theory is used to compute the contact forces, rebound velocity of a steel ball, and dynamic strain response histories. And low-velocity and high-velocity impact experiments were conducted to compare the results and compute the wave propagation velocities. The results obtained from impact experiments are in good agreement with those of dynamic finite element analysis. Also the wave propagation velocities obtained from high-velocity impact experiments and wave propagation theory agree well, and wave velocities were higher in the smaller radius of steel ball.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.691-697
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• 2022

In this work, a straightforward component design of a direct current (DC) relay equipped in electric vehicles is discussed. The work aims to provide and evaluate effective measures for reducing high-frequency sound from the DC relay carrying electric power. From the operation experiments for the relay, it is observed that noise is caused by the resonance from the forced vibration by the electromagnetic repulsive force originating at the area of electric contacts with a resonance frequency of around 710 Hz ~ 730 Hz. A finite element model for the relay was established to conduct vibration mode analysis, consisting of stationary and movable contacts and a contact spring. Vibration mode analysis indicates that in the resonance frequency, the movable contact with two-point contacts experiences rotational vibration mode. For the proposed relay with a three-point contact, vibration mode analyses give reasonable results of reducing noise at that frequency. Furthermore, for the fabricated relays with the three-point contact, similar results have been obtained. In conclusion, one can see that the proposed measures provide one of the feasible solutions to the reduction of relay noise.