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A Study on the Shifting Shock of the Automatic Transmission in Tracked Vehicles (궤도차량용 자동변속기의 변속충격에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Gyu;Park, Ho;Kang, Seo-Ik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.100-106
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    • 2004
  • All vehicles need the good quality of riding. Especially shifting shock is very important in the evaluation of the riding. Shifting shock is caused by transmission operation that one part and other part of gem are contacting together. This shock affect the feeling of driving. It is clear from these results that the shifting shock is affected by clutch pressure, pressure mode, inertia etc.

Hazy Particle Map-based Automated Fog Removal Method with Haziness Degree Evaluator Applied (Haziness Degree Evaluator를 적용한 Hazy Particle Map 기반 자동화 안개 제거 방법)

  • Sim, Hwi Bo;Kang, Bong Soon
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.25 no.9
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    • pp.1266-1272
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    • 2022
  • With the recent development of computer vision technology, image processing-based mechanical devices are being developed to realize autonomous driving. The camera-taken images of image processing-based machines are invisible due to scattering and absorption of light in foggy conditions. This lowers the object recognition rate and causes malfunction. The safety of the technology is very important because the malfunction of autonomous driving leads to human casualties. In order to increase the stability of the technology, it is necessary to apply an efficient haze removal algorithm to the camera. In the conventional haze removal method, since the haze removal operation is performed regardless of the haze concentration of the input image, excessive haze is removed and the quality of the resulting image is deteriorated. In this paper, we propose an automatic haze removal method that removes haze according to the haze density of the input image by applying Ngo's Haziness Degree Evaluator (HDE) to Kim's haze removal algorithm using Hazy Particle Map. The proposed haze removal method removes the haze according to the haze concentration of the input image, thereby preventing the quality degradation of the input image that does not require haze removal and solving the problem of excessive haze removal. The superiority of the proposed haze removal method is verified through qualitative and quantitative evaluation.

Comparison Evaluation of Distribution Engine Oils in Korea (국내 유통 엔진오일 품질비교 연구)

  • Lim, Young-Kwan;Jeong, Choong-Sub;Lee, Joung-Min;Na, Byung-Ki
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.639-644
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    • 2014
  • Domestic vehicle companies have been selling genuine engine oils with higher price than that of the same grade of regular engine oils. In this study, our group investigated the properties of engine oils for 14 kinds of the genuine and equivalent regular engine oil (KS product) species under a fresh as well as used condition recovered after 10,000 km driving. From analytic results, genuine engine oils had similar physical properties to regular engine oils under the fresh condition. But recovered regular engine oils had better properties in lubricity, kinematic viscosity and acid number change than those of recovered genuine engine oils.

A Study on the Structural Integrity Assessment of the Output Housing in Transmissions of a Tracked Vehicle (궤도차량 변속기 출력 하우징의 구조건전성 평가에 대한 연구)

  • Jung, Jae-Woong;Lee, Hee-Won;Moon, Tae-Sang;Gwon, Jun-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2015
  • Transmission of a tracked vehicle designed for multiple functions such as steering, gear-shifting, and braking is a core component of heavy vehicle to which the power is transferred based on combined technology of various gears, bearing, and fluid machineries. Robustness and durability of transmission, however, have been issued due to a large number of driving units and sub-components inside its body. Particularly, transmission housing is important structure which supports the transmission, and is made of aluminum alloy. Thus, structural robustness against such mechanical loading or vibration must be attained. Structural reliability evaluation through FEM analysis can save time and cost of the actual tests. In this study, structural evaluation is conducted on output housing of transmission, which is core component of tracked vehicle, using the simulation program. In addition, transmission dynamo test is performed to evaluate structural robustness of the output housing against the vibration which can be produced during the transmission operation.

Evaluation of Accounting Information Quality of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: An Empirical Study in Vietnam

  • NGUYEN, Thi Thu Cuc;HO, My Hanh
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.7
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 2021
  • Nowadays, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are placed among the key components of the economy in both developed and developing countries. They are internationally known as the driving force based on their enormous contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and generating new employment. They are generally presumed as the leader of environmental sustainability, economic prosperity, and innovation, particularly for the economy of developing countries such as Vietnam. However, SMEs have difficulty in raising capital, as well as access to credit. One of the reasons is that there are inadequacies in accounting information quality in SMEs as well as the provision of accounting information and accounting information confidentiality. The main objective of this study was to identify, evaluate, and measure the attributes of accounting information quality of SMEs in Hanoi. The study was based on a field survey using a semi-structured questionnaire on a sample of 150 accountants. The study has identified and measured six (6) attributes of accounting information quality of SMEs that have great effects on accountants. There is, statistically, no significant difference in the level of accounting information quality of SMEs in Hanoi from these different business areas. There is no, statistically, significant difference in the level of accounting information quality of SMEs in Hanoi between the mentioned three groups of the job description. Based on the findings, some recommendations are given for SMEs to improve accounting information quality.

A Comparative Analysis of Mobility Service Satisfaction by Driving Subjects and Experiences of the Latest Technology : Focused on Automated Driving Service (모빌리티 서비스의 운전 주체 및 신기술 경험 여부에 따른 만족도 비교분석 : 자율주행서비스를 중심으로)

  • KIM, Tagyoung;SEO, Jihun;BANG, Soohyuk
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.103-116
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    • 2022
  • The South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport designated seven automated driving test beds required to evaluate vehicle performance every year for the expansion of mobility services based on automated driving. As a fundamental study, we suggested a necessary example of evaluating the performance with a satisfaction survey for the services before the evaluation. First, we surveyed the perception of automated driving services of users and the public in Sejong-si, South Korea. The survey showed that the users had a higher level of awareness of automated driving technology and intention to use it than the public. Second, the satisfaction survey was conducted on demand-responsive public transportation and automated driving service users. Notably, using the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test, among the non-parametric statistical analysis methods, we found that safety-related factors affected the overall satisfaction of users of automated driving services. On the other hand, in the case of the demand-responsive public transportation service users, factors related to service convenience affected overall satisfaction. Hence, the results of these surveys are expected to be used as basic data and guidelines to improve the quality of automated driving services and policy establishment.

A study on the evaluation of metal component in automatic transmission fluid by vehicle driving (차량 운행에 따른 자동변속기유(ATF) 금속분 분석평가 연구)

  • Lee, Joung-Min;Lim, Young-Kwan;Doe, Jin-Woo;Jung, Choong-Sub;Han, Kwan-Wook;Na, Byung-Ki
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2014
  • Automatic transmission fluid (ATF) is used for automatic transmissions in the vehicle as the characterized fluid. Recently, the vehicle manufacture usually guarantee for fluid change over 80000~100000 km mileage or no exchange, but most drivers usually change ATF below every 50000 km driving in Republic of Korea. It can cause to raise environmental contamination by used ATF and increase the cost of driving by frequently ATF change. In this study, we investigate the various physical properties such as flash point, fire point, pour point, kinematic viscosity, cold cranking simulator, total acid number, and metal component concentration for fresh and used ATF after driving (50000 km, 100000 km). The result showed that the total acid number, pour point, Fe, Al and Cu component had increased than fresh ATF, but 2 kind of used oil (50000 km and 100000km) had similar physical values and metal component concentration.

Performance Evaluation and Improvement of Medium and Small Scale Rice Polishers(II) - medium scale rice polisher - (중.소형 연미기의 성능평가 및 성능개선에 관한 연구(II) - 중형 연미기에 대하여 -)

  • 정종훈;권홍관
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.445-456
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    • 1998
  • This study was carried out to evaluate the performance of a medium scale rice polisher of 2.5 t/h and to improve its performance for producing the clean rice with high quality. The maximum internal pressure, broken rice ratio. whiteness in the rice polisher were investigated, and the effects of outlet resistance, water spraying rate, shaft revolution speed and rice moisture content on the polishing performance were analyzed to find out proper operating conditions. The conclusions of this study were as follows: 1. In the performance evaluation of the polisher, the broken rice ratio increment of 0.1%, the max. internal pressure of about 11 N/${cm}^2$, and whiteness increment of 2.2~3.7 resulted at the conditions of 20 PS driving power, 950 rpm, 150 cc/min water spraying rate, 44.1 Nㆍcm outlet resistance and about 15% rice moisture content. 2. Though max. internal pressure and whiteness at the 17% rice moisture content were higher than those at the 15% moisture content under the same operating conditions of the polisher, but the broken rice rate at the 17% moisture content was absolutely low compared with that at 15% moisture content. The water spraying effect to reduce broken rice and to increase whiteness was much significant at the 15% moisture content not significant at 17% moisture content. 3. The main parameter of the performance was outlet resistance, and low resistance of about 44.1 Nㆍcm was recommended at the polisher. 4. The proper water spraying rate in the polisher was about 150 cc/min. 5. As the shaft revolution speed decreased from 950 rpm and 800 rpm to 650 rpm, the broken rice ratio increased and whiteness decreased. 6. As the driving power of the polisher increased from 20 PS to 30 PS, the max. internal pressure decreased by about 1~2.5 N/${cm}^2$ and whiteness increased by about 1~2, but the broken rice rate was not changed. 7. The proper operating conditions of the polisher seemed to be the revolution speed of 800-950 rpm, the water spraying rate of about 150 cc/min, the oulet resistance of about 44.1 N.cm and 30 PS driving power.

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Evaluation of Ride Quality Sensitivity on Vehicle Dynamic Behavior Using a Small Scale Simulator (소형 시뮬레이터를 이용한 차량거동요소별 승차감 민감도 평가)

  • Lee, Jaehoon;Sohn, Ducksu;Park, Jejin;Mun, Hyungchul
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.97-106
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    • 2017
  • PURPOSES: This study aims to evaluate the effects of vehicle dynamic behaviors on ride quality. METHODS : Simulation and field test were conducted to analyze the behavior of a driving vehicle. The simulation program CarSIM was applied and an INS (Inertial Navigation System) was used for field experiments. A small simulator was developed to simulate vehicle behavior such as roll, pitch, and bounce. The panels evaluated the ride quality in five stages from "very satisfied"to "very dissatisfied."Experiments were conducted on a total of 144 cases of vehicle behavior combinations. RESULTS :In both simulation and field tests, pitch is the largest and yaw the smallest. Especially in the field test, the amount of yaw is very low, about 7% of pitch and 18% of roll. The sensitive and extensive analysis conducted related ride quality with changing the frequency and amplitude. It was found that the most sensitive frequency range is 8 Hz across all amplitudes. Moreover, the combination of the roll and bounce was most sensitive to the ride quality at the low-frequency range. CONCLUSIONS : This result show that the vertical vehicle behavior (bounce) as well as the rotational behavior (roll and pitch) are highly correlated with ride quality. Therefore, it is expected that a more reasonable roughness index can be developed through a combination of vertical and rotational vehicle behavior.

Evaluation of Air Quality Inside Passenger Car with Operating Air Quality System (공기질 조절장치 작동 승용차 내부의 공기질 평가)

  • 조완근;박건호
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.573-580
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    • 1998
  • This study examined the carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) pollution inside vehicles under low ventilation condition and evaluated the Air Quality System (AQS) for in-vehicle air quality using two techniques. The low ventilation condition is not recommended in order to keep oxygen-rich condition inside vehicles. Under the low ventilation condition, the in-vehicle $CO_2$ concentrations exceeded 1,000 ppm, the air qualify guidelines in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, indicating more oxygen deficiency inside vehicles. On the contrary, with the AQS-on condition, the in-vehicle $CO_2$ concentrations were less than 1,000 ppm fer most of the driving time, indicating that the AQS could solve the problem of $CO_2$ accumulation inside vehicles under the low ventilation condition. The AQS test conducted by comparing carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations inside two vehicles indicated that the AQS effectively decreased the in-vehicle concentrations by 21 to 36%, as compared to medium ventilation condition with the windows closed, the vent opened, and air conditioning on. In addition, The AQS test conducted by comparing the interior and exterior concentrations indicated that the AQS effectively decreased the in-vehicle concentrations by 18 to 31%, as compared to medium ventilation condition.

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