• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a correlation between the segmental bio-impedance measurement with the frequency modulations and the life-style disease of obesity. An obesity is not simply the factor for estimating the life-style disease of obesity, but also the risk factor occurring. There are many methods (BMI, WHR, Waist, CT, DEXA, BIA, etc.) for measuring a degree of obesity; the bio-impedance measurement is more economic and more effective than others. The physical examination, the blood test, the medical imaging diagnosis and the bio-impedancemeasurementswithmultiple frequencies for each body parts have been conducted for 77 people. The estimated value has been calculated through a segmental bio-impedance model based on multi-frequency that was created to reflect the highest correlation by analyzing correlation with linear regression analysis method for the measured bio-impedance and the risk factors. Then we compared with the clinical diagnosis. In case of high level cholesterol, low HDL-C and high LDL-C for life-style disease, the sensitivity is 80~100%and the specificity is 83~100%. This study has shown conclusively that bio-impedance can be a possible predictor to analyze the disease risk rate of population and individual health maintenance. And also the multi-frequency segmental bio-impedance can be used as early predictor to estimate the life-style disease of obesity.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2013

This paper presents transient response behavior and frequency-dependent ground impedance of a single carbon ground electrode. The ground impedance of the carbon ground electrode was measured as a function of frequency of injected currents and simulated by using the distributed parameter circuit model with due regard to the frequency-dependent soil parameters, and the transient response behavior of the carbon ground electrode against impulse currents were investigated. As a consequence, the frequency-dependent ground impedance of the carbon ground electrode showed the capacitive behavior, that is, the ground impedance decreases with increasing the frequency of injected currents and lowers at the fast front time of impulse current. It was found that the carbon ground electrode is effective in grounding system for lightning protection. The ground impedance simulated with due regard to the frequency-dependent soil parameters was in good agreement with the measured data. The adequacy of the simulation technique and the distributed parameter circuit model for the carbon ground electrode was verified. It is expected that the simulation methodology, which analyzes the frequency-dependent ground impedance of the carbon ground electrode proposed in this work, can be used in the design of a grounding system for protection against lightning.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.283-297
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• 2015

Jacket-type offshore structures are always exposed to severe environmental conditions such as salt, high speed of current, wave, and wind compared with other onshore structures. In spite of the importance of maintaining the structural integrity for an offshore structure, there are few cases to apply a structural health monitoring (SHM) system in practice. The impedance-based SHM is a kind of local SHM techniques and to date, numerous techniques and algorithms have been proposed for local SHM of real-scale structures. However, it still requires a significant challenge for practical applications to compensate unknown environmental effects and to extract only damage features from impedance signals. In this study, the impedance-based SHM was carried out on a 1/20-scaled model of an Uldolmok current power plant structure in Korea under changes in temperature and transverse loadings. Principal component analysis (PCA)-based approach was applied with a conventional damage index to eliminate environmental changes by removing principal components sensitive to them. Experimental results showed that the proposed approach is an effective tool for long-term SHM under significant environmental changes.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2007

Composite materials consisting of crushed carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) pieces and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resin were prepared by an injection mold method to solve the problem of recycling of CFRP. The electrical properties, such as electrical resistivity, alternating current impedance and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effect, were measured for the composites. The electrical resistivity of the composites showed a percolation type of conduction behavior and no difference between parallel and perpendicular to the injection direction was observed for CFRP content higher than the critical value. Measurement of alternating current impedance revealed that the conduction mechanism is attributed to the direct conductive paths generated by distributed carbon fibers; however, strong frequency dependence of the impedance was observed for the CFRP content near the critical one. The frequency dependence of the impedance is caused by the inter-fiber connection and can be expressed as a simple equivalent circuit. The absorption component of shielding effect (SE) was smaller than the expected value estimated from its resistivity. The decline of SE is thought to be caused by the decrease in effective thickness due to fiber orientation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.349-364
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• 2013

Recently, researchers in the field of structural health monitoring (SHM) have been rigorously striving to replace the conventional NDE techniques with the smart material based SHM techniques, employing smart materials such as piezoelectric materials. For instance, the electromechanical impedance (EMI) technique employing piezo-impedance (lead zirconate titanate, PZT) transducer is known for its sensitivity in detecting local damage. For practical applications, various external factors such as fluctuations of temperature and loading, affecting the effectiveness of the EMI technique ought to be understood and compensated. This paper aims at investigating the damage monitoring capability of EMI technique in the presence of axial stress with fixed boundary condition. A compensation technique using effective frequency shift (EFS) by cross-correlation analysis was incorporated to compensate the effect of loading and boundary stiffening. Experimental tests were conducted by inducing damages on lab-sized aluminium beams in the presence of tensile and compressive forces. Two types of damages, crack propagation and bolts loosening were simulated. With EFS for compensation, both cross-correlation coefficient (CC) index and reduction in peak frequency were found to be efficient in characterizing damages in the presence of varying axial loading.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2005

본 논문은 전류유입위치에 따른 봉상접지전극의 과도 및 실효임펄스임피던스의 특성에 관한 것으로 뇌격전류를 인가하여 실규모 접지봉에 대한 시간영역에서의 성능을 평가하였다. 임펄스전류가 가해진 봉상접지전극의 과도 접지임피던스는 접지저항보다 높게 나타났으며, 접지전극의 길이가 길어짐에 따라 접지저항과 실효임펄스접지임피던스는 감소되었다. 또한 실효임펄스접지임피던스는 짧은 시간범위에서는 급격하게 증가하였다. 접지저항의 저감은 접지시스템의 임펄스임피던스 특성의 개선에 결정적인 역할을 한다. 임펄스전류를 접지봉의 하단에 인가하였을 때 접지봉 전위의 파두부에 고주파의 진동 파형이 포함되고 실효임펄스임피던스는 다른 경우보다 높게 나타났다.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.870-876
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• 1989

A systematic procedure for the elements of system matrix is suggested for the multimachine systems with constant impedance loads. Synchronous machines are represented by either a two-axis model or a classical model. The interrelationship of submatrices of system matrix has been investigated. Once elements of one submatrix are determined, they can be used to calculate the elements of the other submatrix. This algorithm is more effective as the number of generators modeled by a two-axis model increases. It is illustrated for 9-Bus multimachine system.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2001

본 논문은 직각파 및 뇌충격진류에 대한 봉상접지각의 과도임피던스 특성을 정상접지지항과 비교.분석하였다. 접지계는 단일$(\Psi10[mm], 1[m])$과 5[m]의 간격을 두고 서로 연접한 3연접 봉상접지극으로 구성하였으며, 과도 임피던스 특성을 분석하기 위하여 상승시간 30[ns], 펄스폭 $20[\mus]$의 직각파전류 발생장치를 설계 제작하였다. 실제 낙뢰에 의한 접지임피던스의 변화를 관찰하기 위하여, 국제규격 ANSI/IEEE, IEC에 규정되어 있는 뇌충격전류를 인가하여 이에 따른 특성변화를 측정.분석하였다. 접지계로 유입된 과도전류는 접지계의 전위를 상승시키며, 이 때의 전위상승과 유입전류의 비로써 접지임피던스를 산출하며, 뇌격전류에 대한 경제적인 보호 수준을 평가.예측하기 위하여 임피던스 파라미터를 측정결과로부터 산출하였다. 또한 연접에 따른 접지임피던스의 감소와 접지리드선이 미치는 영향도 분석하였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제48권9호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 커넥터의 특성임피던스 추출, 분석 방법 및 설계 변경 방법을 제안하고 임피던스를 정합하여 신호 전달 특성을 개선한다. 3차원 FEM(Finite Element Method) 전자기장(Electro-Magnetic Field) 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 커넥터의 S-파라미터를 계산하고 반사손실 및 삽입손실을 추출한다. 커넥터의 신호 전달 특성은 반사손실이 0.9 GHz 이후부터 -20 dB 이상의 값으로 높게 나타났다. 신호 전달 특성이 낮은 원인을 파악하기 위해서 회로 해석 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 커넥터의 등가 회로 모델을 추출하고 특성임피던스를 계산하였다. 커넥터의 특성임피던스는 $90.3{\Omega}$으로 임피던스 부정합이 발생하여 신호 전달 특성이 저하되었다. 따라서 신호 전달 특성을 개선할 목적으로 임피던스를 정합하기 위해서 커넥터의 커패시턴스를 증가시켰다. 이러한 설계 방안으로 커넥터 신호선의 유효 면적을 확장하고, 커넥터의 몸체 소재로 고유전체를 사용하였다. 설계 변경된 커넥터의 특성임피던스는 $58.6{\Omega}$으로 임피던스 정합에 보다 근접하여 커넥터의 반사손실이 대략 10 dB 향상되었다. 신호선의 유효 면적 증가에 의한 반사손실 개선과 고유전체의 적용으로 전자기파의 신호선 주변 집중에 의해서 삽입손실 또한 개선되었다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권3A호
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• pp.319-323
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 50-1000 MHz의 주파수 범위에서 전력과 임피던스의 표준을 이용하여 RF전압을 자동으로 정밀 측정을 하였다. RF-DC차를 결정하기 위하여 동축형 미소열량계와 자동 회로망 분석기가 이용되었으며, 총불확도는 약 1 % 이다. 써미스터 마운트의 실효효율과 열전압 변환기의 RF-DC차를 측정하기 위하여 HP 컴퓨터와 Commodore 컴퓨터, 그리고 IEEE-488 인터페이스 버스를 이용하고, 측정하는 전체과정이 자체 개발한 프로그램에 의해 자동으로 수행되었다.