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Semi-active Damping Control for Vibration Attenuation: Maximum Dissipation Direction Control

  • Kim, Jeong-Hoon;Lee, Chong-Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.229-234
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    • 2001
  • A practical and effective semi-active on-off control law is developed for vibration attenuation of a natural, multi-degree-of-freedom suspension system, when its operational response mode is available. It does not need the accurate system parameters and dynamics of semi-active actuator. It reduces the total vibratory energy of the system including the work done by external disturbances and the maximum energy dissipation direction of the semi-active control device is tuned to the operational response mode of the structure. The effectiveness of the control law is illustrated with a three degree-of-freedom excavator cabin model.

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A Study on the Active EMI Filter for LED Driver (LED 구동장치용 능동 EMI 필터의 실현)

  • Lee, Dong-Ho;Choi, Min-Whan;Park, Chong-Yeun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2015
  • Recently, LED is being used as various applications such as home lightings, work lightings and so on. EMI noise generated from LED driver have become a problem according to increase the use of LED. In this paper, Active EMI filter composed active and passive components is discribed as a method of solving a problem of EMI. The proposed filter is applied to the 160W LED load to verify performance experimentally. To compare the performance, We did an experiment using the proposed filter and the passive filter on the same 160W LED load and Driver System. As a result, The proposed Active EMI filter attenuated Conduction EMI noise better than any existing passive filter.

A Modified Capacitor Current Feedback Active Damping Approach for Grid Connected Converters with an LCL Filter

  • Wan, Zhiqiang;Xiong, Jian;Lei, Ji;Chen, Chen;Zhang, Kai
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.1286-1294
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    • 2015
  • Capacitor current feedback active damping is extensively used in grid-connected converters with an LCL filter. However, systems tends to become unstable when the digital control delay is taken into account, especially in low switching frequencies. This paper discusses this issue by deriving a discrete model with a digital control delay and by presenting the stable region of an active damping loop from high to low switching frequencies. In order to overcome the disadvantage of capacitor current feedback active damping, this paper proposes a modified approach using grid current and converter current for feedback. This can expand the stable region and provide sufficient active damping whether in high or low switching frequencies. By applying the modified approach, the active damping loop can be simplified from fourth-order into second-order, and the design of the grid current loop can be simplified. The modified approach can work well when the grid impedance varies. Both the active damping performance and the dynamic performance of the current loop are verified by simulations and experimental results.

Competing Market, Bureaucratic and Professional Work Logics in the Design and Implementation of IT on Professional Work : The Case of Medicine

  • Chiasson, Mike;Kumar, Nanda
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.39-66
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    • 2016
  • There is growing evidence that professional work is changing as a result of the application of information technology (IT). However, the impact of information technology on professional work has produced mixed results. Our paper considers the source of these mixed results through a greater analytical attention paid to the nature of professional work. Defined as work involving expertise expressed through abstract and formalized knowledge as well as extensive working knowledge, the professional work logic assumes the greatest autonomy and discretion for workers in collectively controlling work characteristics-division of labor and its permanence, control over education, and control over new entrants and the monitoring and disciplining of existing members. The impact of IT on professional work will be difficult to control and predict without considering the assumptions and tensions within and across the three major types of work logics (Professional, Market and Bureaucratic). Using healthcare as an example, the paper provides various propositions for researching the initiation and effects of ICT design through these three work logics. These propositions illustrate the active role that IS researchers can take in researching an important economic and work-related topic, professional work, and in understanding how ICT affects work-related expertise.

Usability Improvement of BIM for Construction Projects Using Active BIM Functions (능동형 BIM 체계에 의한 토목 및 건축분야 BIM 활용성 개선 연구)

  • Kang, Leen-Seok;Moon, Hyun-Seok;Kim, Hyeon-Seung;Kwak, Joong-Min
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.74-83
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    • 2013
  • Most current BIM systems are focused on the visual information of work status in the design and construction stages. In a passive BIM system, 3D CAD tool can visualize the interference elements of design drawings, however, it cannot suggest a solution to solve the interference status. And 4D CAD tool in the construction stage can simulate the appearance of each activity by construction schedule, however, it cannot suggest an optimized schedule plan considering specified schedule condition of the project. Recently, many organizations need BIM solutions that can improve the work status beyond the level of simple visual information from BIM system. Active BIM system can provide the solutions to the project manager. This study suggests active BIM functions for the solutions and attempts to develop a 4D CAD engine to validate the usability of the functions.

Improved Sliding Mode Controller for Shunt Active Power Filter

  • Sahara, Attia;Kessal, Abdelhalim;Rahmani, Lazhar;Gaubert, Jean-Paul
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.662-669
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    • 2016
  • In this work, nonlinear control of a three-phase shunt active power filter (SAPF) has been studied and compared to classical control based on proportional integral regulator. The control strategy is based on the direct current method using sliding mode control (SMC), where the aim is to regulate the average voltage across the dc bus of the inverter. Details are given for the control algorithm; the controller is comprised of a current loop which utilizes a hysteresis controller to generate the gating signals for the switching devices, and a nonlinear controller based on SMC law which is different from classical laws based on error between reference and measured output voltage of the inverter. Sliding surface applied in this work contains the whole of state variables, in order to ensure full control of the system behavior in the presence of disturbances that affect the supply source, the load parameters or the reference value. The designed controller offers advantage that it can gives the improvement of dynamic and static performances in cases of large disturbances. A comparison of the effects of PI control and SMC on the APF response in steady stat, under line variations, load variations, and different component variations is performed.

Incorporation of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles Into Polyaniline Hollow Nanospheres and Its Application to Supercapacitors

  • Kwon, Hyemin;Ryu, Ilhwan;Han, Jiyoung;Yim, Sanggyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.295-295
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    • 2013
  • Supercapacitors with higher energy and power density are attracting growing attention for their wide range of potential applications such as portable electronic equipments, hybrid vehicle and cellular devices. In various classes of materials for supercapacitors, the redox pseudocapacitive materials such as conducting polymers and metal oxides have been most widely studied recently. The nanostructuring of the electrode surface has also been focused on since it can provide large surface area and consequently easy diffusion of ions in the capacitors. Among the active materials, in this work, we have used polyaniline (PANi) and manganese oxide ($MnO_2$). PANi is one of the promising electrode and active materials due to its desirable properties such as high electrochemical activity, high doping level and stability. $MnO_2$ is also widely studied material for supercapacitors since it is relatively cheap and environmentally friendly. In this work, we fabricated PANi hollow nanospheres by polymerizing aniline monomers on the polystyrene (PS) nanospheres and then dissolving the inner PS spheres. This nanostructuring of the PANi surface can provide large surface area and hence easy diffusion of electrolyte ions. We also incorporated $MnO_2$ nanoparticles into the PANi hollow nanospheres and investigated its electrochemical properties. It is expected that the combination of these two active materials with slightly different working potential windows show synergetic effects such as broader working potential range and enhanced specific capacitance.

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Influence of Perfectionism and Coping Styles on Burnout in Clinical Nurses (임상간호사의 완벽주의 성향과 대처유형이 소진에 미치는 영향)

  • You, Ji Hye;Choi, Hyunkyung
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.64-74
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the influencing factors on burnout after analyzing the relationship among clinical nurses' various perfectionism and coping styles. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 200 clinical nurses who had six months or more years of clinical experiences from two general hospitals located in D city. The data were analyzed by t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients, and stepwise regression analysis using IBM SPSS statistics 23.0 program. Results: The burnout of clinical nurses was positively correlated with socially prescribed perfectionism and negatively correlated with active coping style. Socially prescribed perfectionism was positively correlated with active coping style and passive coping style. Influencing factors on the burnout of clinical nurses were socially prescribed perfectionism (${\beta}=.37$), satisfied work unit (${\beta}=-.64$) and neutral satisfaction of work unit (${\beta}=-.27$), over 40 years of age (${\beta}=-.21$), and active coping style (${\beta}=-.14$). The model consisting of these variables explained 42% of variance of burnout in clinical nurses. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study developing intervention programs that consider influencing factors such as perfectionism and coping styles is needed to reduce the level of burnout of clinical nurses.

Maximum Sunspot Numbers and Active Days

  • Chang, Heon-Young
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.163-168
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    • 2013
  • Parameters associated with solar minimum have been studied to relate them to solar activity at solar maximum so that one could possibly predict behaviors of an upcoming solar cycle. The number of active days has been known as a reliable indicator of solar activity around solar minimum. Active days are days with sunspots reported on the solar disk. In this work, we have explored the relationship between the sunspot numbers at solar maximum and the characteristics of the monthly number of active days. Specifically, we have statistically examined how the maximum monthly sunspot number of a given solar cycle is correlated with the slope of the linear relationship between monthly sunspot numbers and the monthly number of active days for the corresponding solar cycle. We have calculated the linear correlation coefficient r and the Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient $r_s$ for data sets prepared under various conditions. Even though marginal correlations are found, they turn out to be insufficiently significant (r ~ 0.3). Nonetheless, we have confirmed that the slope of the linear relationship between monthly sunspot numbers and the monthly number of active days is less steep when solar cycles belonging to the "Modern Maximum" are considered compared with rests of solar cycles. We conclude, therefore, that the slope of the linear relationship between monthly sunspot numbers and the monthly number of active days is indeed dependent on the solar activity at its maxima, but that this simple relationship should be insufficient as a valid method to predict the following solar activity amplitude.

Evaluation of Vibration Control Performance for Active Hybrid Mount System Featuring Inertial Actuator (관성형 작동기를 이용한 능동 하이브리드 마운트 시스템의 진동제어 성능 평가)

  • Oh, Jong-Seok;Choi, Seung-Bok;Nguyen, Vien Quoc;Moon, Seok-Jun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.21 no.8
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    • pp.768-773
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    • 2011
  • This work presents an experimental investigation on vibration control of the active hybrid mount system for naval ships. To reduce unwanted vibrations, this paper proposes an active mount which consists of rubber element, piezostack actuator and inertial mass. The rubber element supports a mass. The piezostack actuator generates a proper control force and supply it to the mount system. To avoid being broken piezostack actuator, an actuator of the proposed mount is devised as an inertial type, in which a piezostack actuator is positioned between inertial mass and rubber element. Vibration control performances of the active mount system are evaluated via experiment. To attenuate the unwanted vibrations transferred from upper mass, the feedforward control is designed. In order to implement a control experiment, the active mount system supported by four active mounts is constructed. For realization of the controller, one-chip board is manufactured and utilized. Subsequently, vibration control performances of the proposed active mount system are experimentally evaluated in frequency domains.