• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.89-99
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• 2018

The number of traffic accidents in Korea has been increasing since 2014. In most school zones, safety signs are installed to prevent children's traffic accidents. However, it has been known that the effects of those signs are not significant. A variable message sign(VMS), one of the components of Intelligent Transport System(ITS), has emerged as an alternative method. Therefore, this study examines relative effects of two different VMS messages(Timely vs. Continuous) on vehicle speed. Experiments were conducted in two school zones. 6,676 vehicles were measured for speed limit compliance. A counterbalanced multiple baseline design was adopted. The results showed that both types of message are effective in reducing the speed of vehicle. Specifically, A timely message was more effective in slowing down vehicle speed and improving speed limit compliance than a continuous message. The present study suggested that a VMS with human factors can be effective.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.23-28
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• 2012

In this paper, noise of Korean high-speed trains (KTX) running at different speed from 150 to 300km/h was measured by a microphone array system. From the measurement, relation between maximum sound pressure levels and train moving speeds of KTX was drawn and a regression coefficient from the relation was also derived. Moreover, increases of SPL with speeds of KTX were analyzed in the frequency domain. From the analysis, sound characteristics of passing-by noise of KTX were provided. Then, dominant noise source areas were obtained from the measurements and propagation patterns of KTX in vertical direction were also investigated. Finally, noise sources of KTX were identified from inspection of noise maps.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.855-857
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 24GHz/77GHz 차량용 거리감지 레이더 센서를 이용하여, 차량 충돌 방지 알고리즘을 제안하고자 한다. 알고리즘은 고주파 거리 감지센서에서 측정된 전압을 이용하여, 전후좌우의 차량의 접근 정보를 획득하고 이를 효율적으로 이용하여, 여러 가지 상황에 따른 차량충돌방지를 할 수 있도록 설계되어 있다. 제안된 차량방지 알고리즘은 현재 운행 중인 속도를 기반으로 속도구간별 운행정보를 계산하여 충돌방지를 위한 알고리즘을 설계하였다. 본 연구에서 설계한 차량충돌방지 알고리즘은 차량 주행에서 좌우 차량충돌 없이 효율적으로 운행을 하는 특성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.163-169
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 평균 차량속도를 향상시키고 평균 차량대기시간을 줄이는 새로운 최적 교통신호주기산출방법을 제안한다. 전자교통신호등은 차량은 교차로에 많을때에는 교통신호주기을 연장 할 수 있고 교차로에 차량이 적을 경우에는 교통신호주기를 단축할 수 있다. 그러나 요즈음과 같이 교통체증이 많아서 평균주행속도가 10km - 20km 로 서행우전할 수 밖에 없을때에는 전자신호등의 기능을 수행할 수 없다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 승용차대기시간을 단축하기위해서 최적 경로 알고리즘을 사용하여 목적지까지 가장 빠르게 도착할 수 있는 교통신호설계 소프트웨어 Tool을 개발하였다. 컴퓨터 모의실험결과 G.P.S.를 자동차에 내장하여 최단경로선택을 하는 차량이 기존의 최적경로선택기능이 없는 차량보다 승용타대기시간 및 평균주행속도가 10% - 32% 가량 개선시킬 수 있음을 입증하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.800-805
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• 2007

The critical speed of railway bogie is very important in terms of the verification of the vehicle design procedure and safety. The dynamic performance of bogie is tested on the railway roller rig in a laboratory in place of field testing on track. But, the testing on the full scale roller rig caused many problems relating to test costs, test time and has the difficulty in test condition setup. To overcome these problems, scaled models were used in the filed of railway vehicle design and test. In this paper, we have studied the critical speed of scaled bogie model. We have made the 1/5 scaled bogie, the scaled roller rig and analyzed the critical speed of the scaled bogie through the numerical simulation and running test of the scaled bogie. We have confirmed that the analysis results of the critical speed correspond with the test results.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.139-146
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• 2011

Travelling vehicles on roads may slip or overturn due to strong cross wind. This paper presents the path deviation equation and the overturning equation of vehicle, and the process of evaluating the cross wind risk. Case studies for cars and trucks are carried out. It explains the mechanism why the deviation occurs according to the types of vehicles. It shall help to prepare the measures for reducing the risk of travelling vehicles in high wind speeds.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.93-102
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• 2023

This study conducted an effect evaluation before and after the installation of a vehicle information guidance system that provides drivers with information about vehicle speed and the presence or absence of pedestrians near pedestrian crossings. There are three types of scenarios: when no information is provided to the driver (S1), when only the vehicle driving speed is provided (S2), and when pedestrians are present on the pedestrian crossing and when both vehicle driving speeds are provided (S3). did. As a result of the survey, the speed reduction rate of the vehicle was found to be about 0.4~0.7km greater in S2 and S3 that provide information to the driver than in scenario S1. In addition, in the scenario S3, the speed reduction rate is 0.2km higher than that in the case where there are pedestrians near the pedestrian crossing, which further reduces the vehicle speed. Statistical analysis also showed that there was a difference in the speed reduction rate of the average vehicle for the three scenarios, and that the speed reduction rate was large in the presence of pedestrians.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.147-156
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• 2017

This paper analyzes the performance limit of WAVE system for the platooning service requirements which is referred from the de facto standards. The performance of the packet error rate and mean delay as key parameters in the wireless communication systems should be satisfied to provide safety to the platooning vehicles. The test scenarios are conducted by considering the following vehicle groups: platooning vehicles, vehicles within a hop distance and vehicles within two hop distance( called hidden node vehicles). The models of packet error rate and delay deals with the topology of aforementioned vehicle groups, vehicle speed and communication range. The numerical results are obtained in terms of packet size, packet arrival rate and data transmission rate. Finally, this paper suggests the robust range of packet error rate and delay for the WAVE system to provide the platooning vehicle service.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.63-69
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• 2010

Since speed limit enforcement in school zones is the most important to reduce the occurrence of severe child related accidents, school zones typically have a speed limit of 30km/h. However, it is found that the majority of vehicles passing school zones are traveling over 30km/h. This indicates that school zones are not being effectively operated to achieve the main objective which is the reduction of child related accidents. This study aims to identify the factors affecting the violation of speed limits in school zones through the results of field survey from 8 elementary schools. The results showed that time period, the number of lanes, the width of sidewalks, and the status of colored pavement were found to be highly associated with the violation of speed limits in school zones at the 95% significance level. The results of this study may provide some insights for making safe environments around schools.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.135-143
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• 2008

According to the present highway design criteria, there are minimum standards which re ade from special design speeds. If some highways are satisfied the standards, it regards he highway as safety. In reality, however, most drivers drive a car at different speed compared with design speed. It is very dangerous for drivers especially at transition sections between curve and horizontal curve sections. Hence, this study calculated the rate of changing and horizontal acceleration at each section. Moreover, this study evaluated thesafety of design at curve transition sections and then calculated lateral acceleration and curve radii. This study found the minimum standards which are using as basic safety standards are not appropriate for measuring driver's safety.