• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.75-80
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• 2011

In the area of wheel on rail vehicle, hunting stability which is generated by lateral motion is one of important characteristics for running safety. It might cause not only oscillation of vehicle but also derailment in an unstable area of the high speed. A Maglev vehicle is usually controlled the voltage to maintain the air gap between electromagnet and track. However, in Maglev system, an occurrence possibility of hunting motion could be high, because Maglev vehicle is not controlled directly lateral force between electromagnet and track in the curved guideway. In this paper, running safety is evaluated when Maglev vehicle run on guideway at high speed according to installment of damper between maglev vehicles and bogies, and to analyze the effect of it. Also, the parametric study is carried out for selecting effective lateral damper properties through the simulation. To accurately predict the running safety, 3d multibody dynamics models which are included air spring, guideway conditions and irregularities profile are used. With the results acquired, suggestions were made whether to adopt the damper and how to optimize the damping characteristics.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.209-215
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• 2002

A study of the guideway vehicle was made for a comparison of ride stabilities between its two primary steering types; one is the front wheel steering and the other the front-rear wheel. A numerical model as a closed loop system was built for an investigation of various factors to have an influence on the vehicular critical speed which is closely associated with ridabilities. It was shown that dynamics stabilities of the front steering type was much better over a large value of steering gain and the longer distance between front axle and guide link for both types provided better stabilities as well. A large steering gain ratio of the front to the rear significantly plays an important role in an improvement of stability in the front-rear steering. To observe a qualitative trend on stability behaviors, the root locus was obtained by considering a time lag which may be frequently caused by the complicated steering mechanism. In performing so, the appropriate selection of steering gain had a greater effect on the front-rear steering vehicle far more ride comfort. In addition, the dynamics model proposed here can be utilized for a more accurate evaluation on the vehicle design in lateral or yawing absorber and moreover expanded for the analysis of independent four-wheel steering vehicle.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.35-38
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 flexible guideway 교량과 능동적으로 제어되는 자기부상 열차간의 동적 상호작용에 대한 수치해석 모델을 개발하였다. 중 저속 자기부상열차의 동적 응답에 대한 열차와 guideway 사이의 특성에 대한 연구를 실시하였다. 동적 지배방정식은 10자유도계의 자기부상열차 모델, guideway구조물의 모드 특성과 UTM02 부상제어모델을 결합함으로써 유도하였다. 수치해석으로부터 열차의 부상공극은 차량의 속도, 트랙조도의 영향을 크게 받는 것을 발견하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.271-277
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• 2004

This paper is concerned with the reliability centered maintenance (RCM) of the Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) vehicle system. Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) has developed the AGT vehicle system from 1999 to 2004. The provisions for a specific maintenance system including RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability & safety) of AGT vehicle system is necessary for maintaining good operation conditions. RCM is a process used to determine what must be done to ensure that any system continues to do whatever its users want it to do in its present operating conditions. Therefore, we introduce RCM in details and describe how RCM should be applied to AGT vehicle system on Gyeong-San test line. Analyses to approach RCM to AGT vehicle system are demonstrated in the seven steps that contain each main task and detailed operating conditions.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.155.2-155.2
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• 2005

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.55 no.12
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• pp.653-660
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• 2006

In this paper, dynamic simulation results for modules of a magnetically-levitated(Maglev) vehicle are presented. The mathematical dynamic models for the Maglev vehicle are firstly derived. The Maglev system consists of one vehicle, two half-bogies, one guideway, four secondary suspensions, eight electromagnets and levitation control systems. Also, the dynamic characteristics are analysed by using the derived models. Finally, two simulations such as reference airgap step change of 1mm and rail step change of 1mm, are carried out. The dynamic simulation results are shown to testify the developed dynamic simulation program. From the results, we can see the possibility of the dynamic simulation program to develop a new Maglev vehicle system.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.291-295
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• 2007

The irregularities in the guideways used in the Maglev transportation system that result from surface roughness and deflection of guideway have strong effects on the dynamic characteristics of Maglev vehicles, because the electromagnetic suspension of Maglev vehicles strongly interacts with the guideway. For this reason, a numerical prediction of air gap responses to these irregularities is desirable to improve aspects of running performance, such as stability and passenger comfort, while minimizing aesthetic impact and construction cost. This paper presents a procedure to predict the air gap response which is a criteria for stability, and investigates the responses with the goal of attaining higher travel speeds in the urban Maglev vehicle UTM-01 utilizing electromagnetic suspension.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.15-24
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• 2015

In magnetic levitation vehicles, the clearance between the magnet and track should be maintained within an allowable range through a feedback control loop. The flexibility of the guideway would introduce additional modes in the overall suspension system, resulting in dynamic interaction between the guideway vibration and the electromagnetic suspension control system. This dynamic interaction can be a serious problem, particularly at very low speeds or standstill, and may cause airgap instability. To optimize the overall system dynamics, an integrated dynamic model including mechanical and electrical parts and a flexible guideway as well as a control loop was developed. With the proposed model, airgap simulations at standstill were performed while varying the control gains, specifically with the aim of understanding the effects of gains of the PID controller on the airgap variation. The findings may be used to achieve a stable levitation controller design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.111-119
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• 2017

In this study, deflection limits based on the vibration serviceability of guideway structures are proposed considering maglev train-guideway interaction. Equations of motion are derived for a simplified maglev railway. Feedback constants for the control of the electromagnetic force for levitation are optimized in order to minimize the airgap fluctuations. Deflection limits for a guideway are calculated for various operating speeds of a maglev train, span lengths of a guideway, and natural frequencies and damping ratios of the second suspension in order to satisfy the serviceability criteria for airgaps and for the vertical acceleration of a cabin. From the analysis results, proposed are requirements for the second suspension of maglev trains and deflection limits for guideway structures.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1103-1108
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• 2009

This paper describes the results of structural test and finite element analysis for rubber wheel-type Automatic Guideway Transit(AGT) made of aluminum honeycomb sandwich composites with WR580/NF4000 glass-fabric epoxy laminate face sheets. The static tests of vehicle structure were conducted according to JIS E7l05. These static tests have been done under vertical load, compressive load and 3-point support load. The structural integrity of AGT vehicle structure was evaluated by displacement, stress obtained from LVDT and strain gauges, and natural frequency. And finite element analysis using Ansys v11.0 was done to compare with the results of static test. The result showed that the results of structural integrity for static test were in an good agreement with these of finite element analysis.