• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.9-15
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• 1996

A silicon microaccelerometer is designed and fabricated using silicon epitaxial layers for automotive electronic airbag applications. A cantilever structure is chosen for high sensitivity and piezoresistive detection method is adopted for circuit simplicity and low cost. An optimum design is used to find optimum microstructure sizes for maximum sensitivity subject to performance requirements and design constraints on natural frequency, damping ratio, maximum allowable stress and microfabrication limitations. The microaccelerometer is fabricated by micromachining processing steps, composed of material-selective and orientation-dependent chemical etching techniques. Fabricated prototype shows a sensitivity of 88.6$\mu\textrm{V}$/g within a resonant frequency of 1.75KHz. Estimated performance of the microaccelerometer is compared with measured one. Discrepancy between the theoretical values and the experimental values is discussed together with possible sources of the errors.

• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2016

Currently, research on more convenient and safer cars for drivers and passengers, the intelligent cars, are being actively conducted. The researches involve designing systems that intelligently minimize physical damages caused by car accidents, not just pursuing passive safety measures like airbags or safety belts. However, there are many cases around the world where airbags cannot be activated in times of accidents and it is difficult for consumers to check if their airbags will be activated, especially for the old-style cars. Thus, in this paper, a base technology for an application that can determine whether the airbags will actually be actuated at a critical moment based on the mechanical calculations is being introduced.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.299-304
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• 2003

The design of an occupant protection equipment has been considered as the important process in developing a new car since the crash performance plays an important role on the market. The cost is increased when an unexpected real test is carried out in the proto-design stage. Thus, the exact prediction of a crash performance can reduce the number of full-car test. In this research, the robust design of an airbag system considering the frontal crash is suggested to predict the more reliable responses. On the contrary, most existing researches do not consider the uncertainties. The uncertainties treated in this research are the tolerances of the vent hole, the time to fire and the length of a strap in airbag and the tolerance of the load limiter load in seat belt. The Taguchi method is utilized to determine the robust optimum of each parameter

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.223-226
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• 2018

최근 차량 사고로부터 탑승자를 보호하기 위해서 다양한 안전 기술이 집중적으로 개발되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 잠김 방지 브레이크 시스템, 견인력 제어 시스템, 제동력 배분 시스템, 전자 주행 안정 장치, 자동 긴급 브레이크, 에어백, 좌석벨트 프리텐셔너, 능동형 헤드레스트 등 다양한 차량용 탑승자 보호 기술을 살펴보고, 각 기술의 동작원리 및 구현에 대해 설명한다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2016

The mortality rate of car-pedestrian accidents is quite high, compared to the frequency of accidents. Researches on pedestrian protection are being actively performed worldwide. The A-pillar and lower part of the wind shield cause the most serious damage to the pedestrians. Typical devises to protect the pedestrians are the hood lift system and pedestrian airbag. The design of such devices for an sport utility vehicle is performed based on a design process using design of experiments (DOE). The design results are obtained by an orthogonal array (OA), analysis of mean (ANOM) and analysis of variance (ANOVA). A metamodel is also used in the design process.

• 오토저널
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.35-41
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• 1991

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.183-193
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• 2014

Due to the requirements for high reliability and accuracy, safety issues for airbag ignition systems need to be studied. In this paper, a high-voltage piezoelectric converter is designed to improve these requirements in airbag ignition systems. The proposed converter includes an inverter drive circuit, a Rosen piezoelectric transformer (PZT), an output circuit and a feedback control circuit. The key components of the high-voltage piezoelectric transformer are analyzed in detail. In addition, the proposed converter system is simulated and implemented for testing. The experimental results show that when the power supply is turned on, the charging time is less than 800ms. Furthermore, the output voltage of this converter can be kept between 2.9kV and 3.1kV, under high-efficiency constant current charging mode and zero-voltage switching conditions.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.439-446
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• 2017

This paper deals with an experimental study of the dynamics of an underwater bubbles and shock waves, generated by rapid underwater release of highly compressed gas. Aribag inflators, which are used for automobile's airbag system, are used to generate the extremely-rapid underwater gas release. Experimental studies of the complex underwater bubble dynamics as well as underwater shock wave were carried out in a specifically designed cylindrical water tank. The water tank is equipped with a high-speed camera and pressure sensors. The high-speed camera was used to capture the expansion and collapse of the gas bubble created by inflators, while pressure sensors was used to measure the underwater shock propagation and magnitudes. The experimental results were compared against the results of explosion of pentolite explosive. Several physical phenomena that has been observed and discussed, which are different from the explosive underwater explosion.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.1019-1027
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• 2014

차대 보행자 교통사고는 발생빈도에 비하여 사망률이 매우 높은 특징이 있다. 전세계적으로 정부 및 보험사에서는 보행자 보호를 위한 새로운 안전기준을 수립 및 강화하는 추세이다. 보행자 보호 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 한국정부는 2007 년부터 신차안전도평가에서 보행자 안전을 평가하고 있다. 보행자 보호 성능은 점진적으로 향상되었으나 여전히 미흡한 상태이다. 전개형 후드 및 보행자 에어백 등으로 구성되어 있는 보행자 보호 시스템은 보행자 보호를 위한 대안이 될 수 있다. 보행자의 머리상해기준값을 감소시키기 위하여 새롭게 정의된 설계방법론을 바탕으로 보행자 에어백 설계 절차를 제안하였다. 제안된 설계방법론을 실용적인 측면에서 검토하였고 보행자 보호 시스템의 제작에 적용이 가능하다.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.66-75
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 단일 비디오카메라와 초음파센서를 이용한 스마트 에어백용 승객 감지 시스템을 제안하였다. 승객의 체형과 얼굴 위치를 검출하기 위하여, 실시간 검출이 용이한 얼굴색 및 움직임 정보를 이용한다. 비디오 카메라 영상에서 얼굴색에 해당하는 색차신호 (U/V)의 경계값과 휘도신호 (Y)의 현재 프레임과 이전 프레임간의 차이값을 이용하여 후보 얼굴 블록 영상을 만든 후 모폴로지 및 라벨링 과정을 거쳐 얼굴 위치를 검출한다. 제안한 승객 자세감지 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 차량 지그에 IEEE 카메라, 초음파 센서 및 적외선 LED를 설치하여 다양한 실험을 수행하였다.