• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2007

This study aims at providing some basic material to be made use of for establishing plans through which one can reduce job-related stress, through conducting a survey on the sources of stress and then distinguishing its symptoms by the sources. As the methods of the study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of some selected medium enterprises' employees in the National Capital region and analysed the results. The questionnaire was designed by using the dynamic stress model of Cooper and Eaker and consisted of 85 questions to examine the sources of stress, the characteristics of personalities, and symptoms by each type of stress. The total valid respondents were 392 persons indicating 65.3% of the response rate. For analysing the results, a rating scale was used, and the reliability and validity were tested by using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. As the result of the study, those workers in medium enterprises were found to be put under much stress by responsibility, physical environment factors and career development factors and so on. As physical symptoms of job-related stress, eye fatigue, stiffness in their shoulders, headache, worry or anxiety, and waist ache presented most in the respondents. In addition, as behavioral symptoms, chronic fatigue was most indicated. In organizational symptoms, dissatisfaction about the company and lack of self-motivation for the job performance were found to show most. Moreover, the results indicated that the closer personalities to those appearing in persons mostly of type A they had, the more they were put under intensive stress by the vagueness of their roles and responsibility among all the job characteristics.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2017

Many studies are conducted in several fields for fragility analysis of structures or elements which is a probabilistic seismic safety analysis in consideration with uncertainty of seismic loading. It is hard to directly conduct fragility analysis for an infrastructure with social importance due to its size. Therefore, a fragility analysis for an infrastructure mainly conducted in element level or conducted with scaled model built in accordance with similarity law. In this article, fragility analysis for prototype and scaled model of reinforced concrete column was conducted with numerical models which had been updated by the results of shaking table test and pseudo dynamic test. As a result, response stress from the numerical analysis result of prototype model was higher than that from scaled model due to different stiffness ratios between steel and concrete. However, the probability of failure for scaled model was higher than that for prototype model because failure criteria for scaled model was down due to similarity law. Also it was evaluated that probability of failure by using log normal standard deviation of response stresses by spectrum matched accelerograms was more reliable than probability of failure by using existing coefficient of variation normally used.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.301-314
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• 2007

The lever-type active multiple tuned mass dampers (LT-AMTMD), consisting of several lever-type active tuned mass dampers (LT-ATMD), is proposed in this paper to attenuate the vibrations of long-span bridges under the excitation directly acting on the structure, rather than through the base. With resorting to the derived analytical-expressions for the dynamic magnification factors of the LT-AMTMD structure system, the performance assessment then is conducted on the LT-AMTMD with the identical stiffness and damping coefficient but unequal mass. Numerical results indicate that the LT-AMTMD with the actuator set at the mass block can provide better effectiveness in reducing the vibrations of long-span bridges compared to the LT-AMTMD with the actuator set at other locations. An appealing feature of the LT-AMTMD with the actuator set at the mass block is that the static stretching of the spring may be freely adjusted in accordance with the practical requirements through changing the location of the support within the viable range while maintaining the same performance (including the same stroke displacement). Likewise, it is shown that the LT-AMTMD with the actuator set at the mass block can further ameliorate the performance of the lever-type multiple tuned mass dampers (LT-MTMD) and has higher effectiveness than a single lever-type active tuned mass damper (LT-ATMD). Therefore, the LT-AMTMD with the actuator set at the mass block may be a better means of suppressing the vibrations of long-span bridges with the consequence of not requiring the large static stretching of the spring and possessing a desirable robustness.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제67권4호
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• pp.359-368
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• 2018

In this paper, a method is presented to identify the physical and modal parameters of multistory shear building based on substructural technique using block pulse generalized operational matrix and genetic algorithm. The substructure approach divides a complete structure into several substructures in order to significantly reduce the number of unknown parameters for each substructure so that identification processes can be independently conducted on each substructure. Block pulse functions are set of orthogonal functions that have been used in recent years as useful tools in signal characterization. Assuming that the input-outputs data of the system are known, their original BP coefficients can be calculated using numerical method. By using generalized BP operational matrices, substructural dynamic vibration equations can be converted into algebraic equations and based on BP coefficient for each story can be estimated. A cost function can be defined for each story based on original and estimated BP coefficients and physical parameters such as mass, stiffness and damping can be obtained by minimizing cost functions with genetic algorithm. Then, the modal parameters can be computed based on physical parameters. This method does not require that all floors are equipped with sensor simultaneously. To prove the validity, numerical simulation of a shear building excited by two different normally distributed random signals is presented. To evaluate the noise effect, measurement random white noise is added to the noise-free structural responses. The results reveal the proposed method can be beneficial in structural identification with less computational expenses and high accuracy.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.126-134
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• 2007

Although there has been substantial research on the squeal noise for the automotive brake system, robust design issues with respect to control factors equivalent to design variables in optimization, noise factors due to system uncertainties, and signal factors designed to accommodate a user-adjustable setting still need to be addressed. For the purpose, the robust design applied to the disk brake system has been investigated by DOE (Design of Experiments) based Taguchi analysis with dynamic characteristics. The specific goal of this methodology is to identify a design with linear signal-response relationship, and variability minimization. The finite element models of the disk brake assembly have been constructed, and the squeal noise problems have been solved by complex eigenvalue analysis. As the practical robust design to reduce the brake squeal noise, material properties of pad, disk, and backplate, thickness and geometry of pad are selected as control factors, material properties of pad and disk, and the contact stiffness have been considered as noise factors, and friction coefficient between pad and disk is chosen as a signal factor. Through the DOE based robust design, the signal-to-noise ratio and the sensitivity for each orthogonal array experiment have been analyzed. Also, it has been proved that the proposed robust design is effective and adequate to reduce the brake squeal noise.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2015

An electro hydraulic poppet valve (EHPV) and a variable orifice poppet are assembled in a single block, which is referred to as a RHINO but is also generally called a pilot-operated flow control valve. In this study, we analyzed the structure and the operating principle for a RHINO applied in a 21-ton electric excavator system. The RHINO was experimentally tested to measure the dynamic responses and the pressure energy loss. In this test, we investigated the variation in the conductance coefficient according to the increase in the supply pressure under a constant current and a variation in the flow rate according to the increase in the current. Then, the geometrical shapes and the spring stiffness of the RHINO were considered to develop an analysis model. The characteristics (current-force and hysteresis) for the solenoid based on the experimental data were reflected in the analysis model that was developed, and the reliability of the analysis model was also verified by comparing the experimental and analytical results. The developed model is thus considered to be reliable for use in a wide range of applications, including optimum design, sensitivity analysis, parameter tuning, etc.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.561-567
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• 2018

본 연구는 동력분산형 고속열차의 승차감을 개선하기 위하여 진행되었다. 동력분산형 고속열차 시제차량의 동역학 해석을 통해 300km/h이상의 임계속도를 갖는 등가 답면구배의 범위는 0.05에서 0.25사이임을 확인하였다. 초기에 적용된 차륜 프로파일 S1002는 4만km이상의 누적주행거리에도 불구하고 등가 답면구배는 0.033 정도였고, 안정적인 운행을 위해서는 등가 답면구배가 0.061이 넘는 XP55가 더 적합함을 확인하였다. 동력분산형 고속열차의 승차감을 개선하기 위한 방안으로 요댐퍼의 설치 각도를 $7.35^{\circ}$에서 $0^{\circ}$로 변경하고, 민감도 분석과 최적화를 통해 도출된 공기스프링 횡 및 상하방향 강성 30% 감소, 2차 수직댐퍼 및 횡댐퍼 댐핑계수를 50% 증가시키는 방안을 제안하였다. 이를 적용하면 차체 가속도를 평균 20%정도 개선시킬 수 있을 것으로 예상되었다. 도출된 승차감 개선 방법의 일부인 요댐퍼 설치각도를 $0^{\circ}$로 변경하고 횡댐퍼의 댐핑계수를 30% 증가시킨 후 경부고속선에서 300km/h 속도로 시운전을 진행하였을 때, 차체 횡가속도는 평균 34.3% 개선되었고, 본 연구에서 제안된 추가적인 개선 방안은 향후 시운전 시험 시에 적용될 예정이다. 본 연구에서 사용된 승차감 개선 프로세스는 향후 동력분산형 고속열차의 상업 운행 시에 발생할 수 있는 승차감 관련 문제 해결에 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.697-704
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• 2017

본 연구는 영업운행 중인 고속열차의 진동 문제를 고찰하고, 이를 개선하기 위하여 진행되었다. 먼저 고속열차의 진동 수준을 알기 위하여 차체 진동가속도에 대한 측정이 수행되었다. 측정결과 운전실이 객차보다 진동이 크며, 열차 후미로 갈수록 진동이 더 커졌다. 운전실 및 객차 모두 수직방향 진동이 횡방향 진동에 비해서 크며, 콘크리트 구간에 비해 자갈궤도에서 진동의 최대값이 크다. KTX-산천 진동 경향과 개선점을 도출하기 위하여 동역학 해석을 수행하였다. 해석결과는 시험 결과와 유사하였으며, 객차 양 끝단의 단부객차 상부와 동력차량의 진동을 저감시킬 필요가 있었다. 객차의 진동을 저감하기 위하여 KTX-호남(200호대) 차량은 4가지 개선 설계를 수행하였고, 이 중 KTX-산천에 적용할 수 있는 방법을 해석에 적용하였을 때, 정상구간에서는 2.2%, 분기기구간에서는 11% 정도 진동이 감소할 것으로 예상되었다. 동력차량의 진동 저감을 위해 2차 코일스프링의 강성을 감소시키고, 2차 수직댐퍼의 댐핑계수를 증가시키는 방안을 제안하였다. 현가장치의 불량, 오조립 등 성능저하가 차체 및 대차의 진동을 증가시키는 것을 시운전 결과와 해석결과를 통하여 살펴보았으며, 현가장치 올바른 유지보수가 차량 진동을 저감시킴을 알 수 있었다. 차륜 마모에 대한 적절한 관리는 운행 효율 및 차체 진동저감에 중요한 역할을 하며, 현재 차륜 프로파일을 변경하여 차륜 삭정간의 주행거리를 늘리려는 연구가 진행 중이다.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2013

현재 다양한 탄성파 기반의 물리탐사 기법들이 지반조사를 위해 널리 이용되고 있는데 이는 지반의 동적 특성들이 공학적 물성과 상관관계를 갖기 때문이다. 하지만, 지반공학적 물성치들의 고유한 비균질성이 탄성파 속도 및 진폭 등의 전파 특성에 영향을 미침에도 불구하고 그에 대한 고려가 안되고 있는 실정이다. 그래서, 본 연구에서는 지반의 고유한 비균질성이 탄성파 전파특성에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 추계론적 수치해석 방법을 적용하였다. 탄성파의 도달 시간 변화와 파두 특성에 주안점을 두어 분석을 수행하였다. 지반의 공간적 상관 거리와 파장과의 상관성 및 탄성파 전파거리와 파장과의 상관성이 탄성파의 도달 시간 변화에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. Turning band method를 적용하여 변동계수의 범위가 10 ~ 40%인 다양한 비균질 강도를 갖는 지반을 유한차분 그리드에 생성하였다. 유한차분법을 이용하여 비균질 지반에서 탄성파의 전파를 시뮬레이션하였고, 추계론적 기법으로는 Monte Carlo 시뮬레이션 기법을 적용하였다. 추계론적 수치해석 결과, 지반의 비균질 강도가 증가함에 따라 탄성파의 파두 형상의 일그러짐이 현저하게 발생하였고, 그에 따라 탄성파의 도달 시간도 지연되는 것으로 나타났다. 지반의 공간적 상관 거리와 파장과의 상관성 및 탄성파 전파 거리와 파장과의 상관성은 탄성파의 도달 시간 변화와 긴밀한 상관성이 있는 것으로 나타났다.