• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.251-259
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• 2009

Smart station is a modular one easily installed on the road and protecting from the environmental effects such as snow and rain etc. Smart station can provide some comfortable and easy ambience during waiting the Bimodal Tram. Conventional station can be invaded by overdriven vehicle to make some fatal accident. But smart station gives more protective and safe shelter to the passengers. This paper have investigated and analyzed the structural safety and usefulness about the new conceptual modular smart station.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.122-127
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• 2008

General bus stop is very simple and have some problem to protect the passengers and don't have any proper information messenger for the convenience of bus riding in spite of present initiative bus information system. However, this paper have introduced new conceptual modular-smart station avaliable to both public bus and bimodal tram. It can secure the passenger's safety from other danger attributes like running car or unexpected natural disaster and supply the passengers the variable information from display which is connected to the control center. Therefore, modular-smart station is both shelter and information messenger for passenger's safey and convenience.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.321-326
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• 2008

Light weight of vehicles by composite materials makes possible high speed, energy saving, and low repair cost. As Bimodal Tram and Tilting Train eXpress(TTX) use carbon composite material for their bodies, safety for passengers and electrical devices against unexpected failures has been issued more than ever. Lightning strike which generates high voltages and large currents is the worst case for the safety of passengers and devices. With this background, we experimentally investigated the insulation breakdown phenomena on carbon composite materials by the application of lightning surge voltage and current. From the experimental results, we could estimate whether the composite body is safe or not for the inside passengers and devices against lightning strikes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.930-937
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• 2012

Newly developed Series hybrid low-floor articulated vehicle which can meet both road and railway running conditions. It has the rated driving speed of 80 km/h and three driving modes with hybrid(engine+battery) driving mode, engine driving mode, battery driving mode. The battery driving mode requires the several 10 km running without additional charging operation. The vehicle has been equipped with LPB (lithium polymer battery) pack for the series hybrid propulsion system. LPB pack consists of 168 cells (3.7 V in a cell, 80 Ah) in series, DC Circuit breaker, mechanical rack, BMS (battery management system). This paper has shown the design process of LPB pack and application to the vehicle. Driving results in the road was successful to be satisfied with the requirement of the series hybrid vehicle.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.336-341
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• 2014

The articulated structures seen in train or tram applications are being applied in road transportation systems, for use in mass passenger transit. When articulated vehicles are driven on public roads, they no longer follow a guided track. Therefore, there are a lot of control elements that need to be considered, such as turning radius, swept path width, off-tracking, and swing-out. Some of the currently available articulated vehicles on roads are equipped with an independent drive system; a system that has one motor at each wheel. Through this drive system, each wheel can be independently controlled, making precise and quick dynamic stability control possible. In this paper, we propose a torque distribution algorithm that can reduce the overall turning radius of the articulated vehicle, which has been verified through dynamic simulation.