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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIROMENT-CONTROLLED VEGETABLE GROWTH SYSTEM

  • Hong, S.H.;Ryu, K.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1993.10a
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    • pp.516-516
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out to develop an environment -controlled vegetable growth system. The control objects considered were light, temperature, humidity, $CO_2$ concentration and the conditions of nutrient solution such as pH , EC and dissolved oxygen. A monitoring system was developed to measure the above environmental factors, fresh weight and $CO_2$consumption rate. The overall performance of the developed system was reasonably acceptable for vegetable growth. by the lettuce growing test, it was shown that the developed system had a good repeatability , and the growth responses could be measured satisfactorily.

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Development of Remote Controlled Bucket Driven Dredger for Sludge Treatment in Box Culvert (박스암거내 슬러지 처리를 위한 원격조정 버켓구동식 준설기 개발)

  • Kang, Sung-Jun;So, Byung-Moon;Park, Young-Gi
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.11 no.8
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    • pp.2774-2779
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we develope the bucket driven dredger for sludge treatment in box type culvert. The dreadger is opererated in $2m\;{\times}\;2m$ box type narrow culvert under the road, and controlled using remote controller on the remote zone. In order to operate under dangerous environment, we develope the bucket drived dredger, and we will commercialize the result.

Analysis of Geometric Stability in Robot Force Control (로보트를 이용한 힘제어에서의 기하학적 안정성에 관한 해석)

  • 이병주
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.2284-2296
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    • 1994
  • Force control of robotic mechanisms continues to be a challenging area. Previous implementation have seldom produced satisfactory results, and researchers in the past have experienced significant instability problems associated with their force controllers. In this study, a new stability factor in force control will be pointed out. When a manipulator is constrained to an environment(force-controlled), geometric instability due to the relationship between the manipulator configuration and the force-controlled direction is shown to be a significant factor in overall system stability. This exploratory study points out a rather intuitive, geometrically based stability factor in terms of an effective system stiffness and analyzes the phenomenon both analytically and graphically. Also, a stiffness control algorithm using the kinematic redundancy of a kinematically redundant manipulator is proposed to improve the overall stability in force control.

Estimation of Probability Distribution of Fatigue Lives in Crank Throw Forged Steel (크랭크스로 단조강의 피로수명의 확률분포 추정)

  • Kim, Seon-Jin;Ahn, Seok-Hwan
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2016
  • Because of the severe service environment of the large marine vessel, the fatigue strength and its evaluation play an important role in design and maintenance of marine crankshaft. The aim of this work is to investigate the probability distribution of fatigue lives in crank throw forged steel and to develop the methodology for estimation of the probabilistic design fatigue strength. Detailed studies were performed on the constant amplitude axial loading fatigue test. The experiments were controlled by stress ratio of -1 and 15Hz frequency for each stress level. The considerable variability of fatigue life was observed in each stress level under rigidly controlled constant fatigue testing conditions. The fatigue life of crank throw forged steel was well followed the log-normal and Weibull distribution. In addition, it can be used for the estimation of probabilistic design fatigue strength by using the proposed methodology.

Variability in mechanical properties and microstructure characterization of CuAlBe shape memory alloys for vibration mitigation

  • Casciati, Fabio;van der Eijk, Casper
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.103-121
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    • 2008
  • Shape memory alloys (SMA) have been emphasized, studied and understood in the controlled world of the laboratory. Any attempt to implement one of these alloys in engineered products requires a jump from the controlled world of the laboratory to the actual environment of the application. The first step is to move from single grain specimens to multigrain samples. One works with a material for which any stock is different from that previously available. This paper reviews the milestones in the familiarization process the authors had to overcome during their cooperation within a project funded by the European Union. The main items cover transformation temperatures, thermal treatment and properties understanding.

Sensors Network and Security and Multimedia Enhancement

  • Woo, Seon-mi;Lee, Malrey
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.64-68
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    • 2016
  • These fields are integrated to visualize and finalize the proposed development, in simulation environment. SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems and distributed control systems (DCSs) are widely deployed in all over the world, which are designed to control the industrial infrastructures, in real ways. To supervise and control the various parts of designed systems; trends to require a deep knowledge to understand the overall functional needs of industries, which could be a big challenge. Industrial field devices (or network sensors) are usually distributed in many locations and are controlled from centralized site (or main control center); the communication provides various signs of security issues. To handle these issues, the research contribution will twofold: a method using cryptography is deployed in critical systems for security purposes and overall transmission is controlled from main controller site. At controller site, multimedia components are employed to control the overall transmission graphically, such as system communication, bytes flows, security embedded parameters and others, by the means of multimedia technology.

Development of the Semi-Active Controlled Variable Damper System for Passenger Vehicles (승용차용 반능동형 가변댐퍼 시스템의 개발)

  • 허승진;심정수;황성호
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.683-689
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    • 1998
  • A control algorithm for multi-stage dampers is developed based on the mode skyhook control concept, and implemented on the full vehicle system environment. The test vehicle system is equipped with the real time controller, four-stage variable dampers and sensors. The real time controller is developed using a digital signal processor(DSP), digital I/O, A/D and D/A converters. The dampers are driven by the electromagnetic actuators of less than 20 msec response time. The sensors include accelerometers, relative displacement transducers, and steering wheel rate sensors, etc. Through a series of tests in laboratory and proving ground, the performance of the semi-active suspension system is evaluated and it is shown that the vehicle dynamic characteristics is improved with the developed damping system. Futhermore, the parameter tuning methods to enhance vehicle dynamic performance are propsoed.

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A Study on the Improvery Efficiency of Heavy Water Vapour for CANDU Reactor Systems (CANDU형 원자력 발전소의 중수 증기 회수율 증대 방안에 관한 연구)

  • 김윤제;박이동;황영규;이도영
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1995.05a
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 1995
  • In order to improve the recovery efficiency of heavy water vapour from the atmosphere inside a reactor building, and to recover and upgrade the heavy water which escape, special treatments, such as reducing the ingress of light water vapour, are studied in the design of the CANDU reactor systems. This is considered in controlled method of the humidity over drawing fresh air through a desiccant dehumidifier which dries the air by absorption. Comparing with the moisture loads between summer and winter operations, the moisture removal rates are calculated. Those are proportional to the difference between the controlled space and the surrounding environment Installation of a new dehumidifier will be able to reduce the moisture loads from the cooling systems, improving overall system efficiency and saving operating costs.

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On a Ship Manoeuvring Simulator Newly Developed by Korea Maritime University

  • Sohn, Kyoung-Ho;Kim, Jin-Kook;Yang, Seung-Yeul
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.111-124
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    • 2002
  • Ship manoeuvring simulator has been widely utilized for training mariners, for assessing safety, for developing harbour and port, and for designing ships. We discuss a ship manoeuvring simulator which has been newly developed by Korea Maritime University. The simulator consists of simulator bridge and control console. All the computers used in the simulator are connected with one another by UDP or TCP network system. All the instruments are connected with interface computer by signal line which is controlled by RS232 communication protocol, or by voltage controlled A/D board. Next the mathematical model of ship manoeuvring motion in harbour areas, and ship and terrain modeling technique are also briefly discussed. Finally using the simulator an experiment of distance cognition and a simulation example of berthing/deberthing manoeuvre are shown.

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Optimum Conditions of Adaptive Equalizers Based on Zero-Error Probability (영확률에 기반한 적응 이퀄라이져의 최적조건)

  • Kim, Namyong;Lee, Gyoo-Yeong
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.40 no.10
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    • pp.1865-1870
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    • 2015
  • In signal processing, the zero-error probability (ZEP) criterion and related algorithm (MZEP) outperforms MSE-based algorithms and yields superior and stable convergence in impulsive noise environment. In this paper, the analysis of the relationship with MSE criterion proves that ZEP criterion has equivalent optimum solution of MSE criterion. Also this work reveals that the magnitude controlled input of MZEP algorithm plays the role in keeping the optimum solution undisturbed from impulsive noise.