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Fall detection of the elderly through floor vibrations (바닥 진동을 통한 노인 낙상 검출)

  • Kim, Dong-Wan;Ryu, Jong-Hyun;Beack, Seung-Hwa
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.134-139
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    • 2014
  • According to survey, more than 57.2% of the fall which is the most frequent safety accident of the elders takes place at home. This research aims to verify the fall by measuring and analyzing the floor vibration. And the vibration sensor module was designed with piezo film sensor and operation amplifier. The vibration signals are converted to digital signals through the data acquisition device and vibration sensor module. And then modified the signals into frequency domain to obtain characteristic vibration data. The characteristic signals are verified by K-Nearest Neighbor verification, and experimental results shows the recognition rate 93.6%. Also the fall detection sensor module is useful for extract the meaningful data for fall detection. 10 persons are participated for this experiment.

Vibration Transmission of Railway Floor Structure due to Connecting Materials (연결재료에 따른 철도차량 바닥구조의 진동전달)

  • Shin, Bum-Sik;Chun, Kwang-Wook;Choi, Yeon-Sun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.11
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    • pp.1320-1325
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    • 2009
  • The sources of the vibration of railway vehicles in the cabin are usually bogie, axle, and wheel. The vibrations are transmitted through the floor structures of railway vehicle. The floor structure is the combination of bottom plate, plywood, and rubber. In this research the vibration transmission is measured experimentally and analyzed numerically to find the transmission characteristics of the vehicle floor structures. The result shows that the vibration characteristic of soft rubber is better than hard rubber or wood as the connecting material between the bottom plate and the plywood.

Practical Vibration Analysis of Deck Floor Slab (데크 바닥판 구조물의 실용적인 진동해석)

  • Kim, Gee-Cheol
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2005
  • As long-span and light-weight deck floor slab are flexible and have low inherent damping, the significant floor vibration could be induced by residents' activities. These floor vibrations affect to safety and serviceability of building structures. So the vibration criteria are applied to the quality assessment of building structure. Therefore, the accurate vibration analysis should be performed for the correct assessment of deck floor slab. In this paper, practical analysis method with considering orthotropic rigidity of deck floor is proposed tot the accurate vibration analysis of dock floor slabs with form deck plates.

Experimental Studies for Analysing of Characteristics of Floor Impact Sound through a Scale Model with Box-frame Type Structure (벽식구조 바닥판의 중량충격음 특성 분석을 위한 축소모형의 활용)

  • Yoo, Seung-Yup;Jeon, Jin-Yong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.805-812
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    • 2011
  • This study investigated the characteristics of heavy-weight floor impact sounds of box-frame type structure using 1:10 scale model. Ten types of floor structures(bare slabs and floating floors) were evaluated in terms of dynamic stiffness and loss factor. Floor vibrations and radiated sounds generated by simulated impact source were also measured. The results showed that the bakelite was appropriate for simulating concrete slab in the 1:10 scale model, and surface velocity and sound pressure level of concrete slab measured from the scale model showed similar tendencies with the results from in-situ in frequency domain. It was also found that dynamic behaviors of layered floor structures in the 1:10 scale model were similar to those in a real scale. Therefore, the use of 1:10 scale model would be useful for evaluating the heavy-weight floor impact sound insulation of layered floor structures when the frequency-dependent dynamic properties of each material are known.

Application of Semi-active TMD for Vibration Control of Floor Slab (바닥판 구조물의 진동제어를 위한 준능동 TMD의 적용)

  • Kim, Gee-Cheol;Kang, Joo-Won
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.607-612
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    • 2007
  • A conventional passive TMD is only effective when it is tuned properly. In many practical applications, inevitable off-tuning of a TMD occurs because the mass in a building floor could change by moving furnishings, people gathering, etc. When TMDs are off tuned, TMDs their effectiveness is sharply reduced. This paper discusses the application of MR-TMD, semi-active damper, for the reduction of floor vibrations due to machine and human movements. Here, the groundhook and skyhook algorithm are applied to a single degree of freedom system representative of building floors. And displacement and velocity base control method are applied to reduce t100r vibration. The performance of the STMD is compared to that of the equivalent passive TMD. Comparison of the results demonstrates the efficiency and robustness of STMD with respect to equivalent TMD.

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Proposal of an Equation for the Evaluation of Discomfort of a Seated Human Body Due to the Differential Vertical Vibration at the Seat and the Floor (시트와 바닥 진동의 위상차가 안락성에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위한 수식의 제안)

  • 장한기
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.626-631
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    • 2002
  • A modified equation for the evaluation of discomfort of a seated human body exposed to differential vibration at the seat and the floor was proposed in this paper. Through the review and analysis of the preceding studies, effect of phase difference between the seat and the floor vibration on discomfort were quantitatively identified. The phase effect was shown to be governed by not only phase difference between the two vibrations but both their frequency and the magnitude, which means the present equation for the evaluation of perceptual amount of vibration provided by ISO 2631-1 should be modified. The proposed equation was developed such that the correction function was multiplied to the present equation. The correction function consisted of three parts, each of them represented the effect by phase difference, frequency and vibration magnitude on discomfort respectively.

Investigation on Human Perception Level under Walking and Heel Drop Vibrations Using Shaking Table Test (진동대 실험을 통한 보행진동과 뒷꿈치 충격진동의 인지수준 비교)

  • 한상환;이상욱
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.186-193
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    • 2003
  • Floor vibrations in residence and office buildings are typically induced by heel drop and walking movement of occupants. The criteria of most vibration provisions have been developed based on the vibration caused by heel drop impact rather than walking. There may be considerable differences between the vibration characteristics induced by walking and heel drop. The effect of walking vibration was not well reflected on current provisions. In this paper, shaking table test was performed to investigate the human perception level against the vibrations due to walking and heel drop. This study attempts to compare the human Perception level of two different vibration sources. Also, this study investigates the effect of damping on a Perception level under heel drop and walking vibration.

A Study on the Evaluation of Ride Comfort using Human Model (인체모델을 사용한 승차감의 정량적 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kwangsuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Mechanical Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2011
  • Vibrations on the floor in a car are transmitted to the foot, hip, and back from the seat. Human body recognizes these vibrations, but the sensitivity for each vibration is different. To evaluate these vibrations, RMS(root mean square) of accelerations, VDV(vibration does value) are commonly used. The ride comfort evaluation is usually carried out by experiments of real cars which are expensive. The purpose of this paper is to briefly review the status of several ride vibration standards and criteria having relevance to construction machinery vehicles and to suggest recommendations for the effective use of such criteria in vehicle / component development.

Experimental Performance Evaluation of MR Damper for Integrated Isolation Mount (통합제진마운트용 MR 댐퍼의 실험적 성능 평가)

  • Seong, Min-Sang;Choi, Seung-Bok;Kim, Cheol-Ho;Lee, Hong-Ki;Baek, Jae-Ho;Han, Hyun-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents experimental performance evaluation of a magnetorheological (MR) damper for integrated isolation mount for ultra-precision manufacturing system. The vibration sources of the ultra-precision manufacturing system can be classified as follows: the one is the environmental vibration from the floor and the other is the transient vibration occurred from stage moving. The transient vibration occurred from the stage moving has serious adverse effect to the process because the vibration scale is quite larger than other vibrations. Therefore in this research, a semi-active MR damper, which can control the transient vibration, is adopted. Also the stage needs to be isolated from tiny vibrations from the floor. For this purpose, a dry-frictionless MR damper is required. In order to achieve this goal, a novel type of MR damper is originally designed and manufactured in this work. Subsequently, the damping force characteristics of MR damper are evaluated by simulation and experiment. In addition, the vibration control performance of the MR damper associated with the stage mass is evaluated.

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Experimental Performance Evaluation of MR Damper for Integrated Isolation Mount (통합제진마운트용 MR 댐퍼의 실험적 성능 평가)

  • Seong, Min-Sang;Choi, Seung-Bok;Kim, Cheol-Ho;Lee, Hong-Ki;Baek, Jae-Ho;Han, Hyun-Hee;Woo, Je-Kwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.20 no.12
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    • pp.1161-1167
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents experimental performance evaluation of a magnetorheological(MR) damper for integrated isolation mount for ultra-precision manufacturing system. The vibration sources of the ultra-precision manufacturing system can be classified as follows: the one is the environmental vibration from the floor and the other is the transient vibration occurred from stage moving. The transient vibration occurred from the stage moving has serious adverse effect to the process because the vibration scale is quite larger than other vibrations. Therefore in this research, a semi-active MR damper, which can control the transient vibration, is adopted. Also the stage needs to be isolated from tiny vibrations from the floor. For this purpose, a dry-frictionless MR damper is required. In order to achieve this goal, a novel type of MR damper is originally designed and manufactured in this work. Subsequently, the damping force characteristics of MR damper are evaluated by simulation and experiment. In addition, the vibration control performance of the MR damper associated with the stage mass is evaluated.