• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2012

The aim of this study is to develop an ergonomic design of magic saw handle considering user experiences. Background: Frequent use of hand tool can cause musculoskeletal disorders by inadequate wrist posture, excessive strength, repetitiveness, friction and pressure, vibration, etc. A hand tool that is inappropriately designed has higher risk causing musculoskeletal disorders. Complaints for the design of magic saw handle has been raised by many users according to the increasing use of magic saw. Method: Hand tool has to be designed considering worker's characteristics and task condition to prevent worker's musculoskeletal disorders. For this, user experiences for magic saw handle were measured through questionnaire survey and observation. Results: An ergonomic design of magic saw handle considering user experiences was proposed and then its design suitability was evaluated in comparison with the existing handle design using EMG and subjective evaluation. Conclusion: The proposed handle design showed higher satisfaction and lower muscular fatigue. Application: The results of this study can be effectively used to develop a new magic saw.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.371-378
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• 2014

Manual materials handling tasks are the main risk factors for the work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Many assistant tools for manual materials handling are being used in various kind of industries. One of them is a 4-wheeled cart which is widely used in manufacturing factories, hospitals, etc. The major force required to control the 4-wheeled cart is pushing and pulling. There are two types of handles being used for the 4-wheeled cart : vertical type (two vertical handles), and horizontal type (one horizontal handle). This study tried to investigate the pushing forces and subjective discomforts (hand/writst, shoulder, low back, and overall) of the two handle types with different handle height and distance conditions. Twelve healthy male students (mean age = 23.4 years) participated in the experiment. The independent variables were handle angle (horizontal, vertical), handle height (low, medium, high), and handle distance (narrow, medium, wide). The full factorial design was used for the experiment and the maximum pushing forces were measured in 18 different conditions ($2{\times}3{\times}3$). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedure was conducted to test the effects of the independent variables on the pushing force and discomfort levels. Handle height and angle were found to be the critical design factors that affect the maximal pushing forces and subjective discomfort. In the middle height, subjects exerted higher pushing forces, and experience lower discomfort levels compared to the high, and low height. There was no statistical influence of the handle distance to the pushing forces and subjective discomfort levels. It was found out that the effects of the handle angle (horizontal and vertical) on both pushing force and subjective discomfort were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The vertical handle revealed higher pushing force and lower discomfort level than the horizontal handle. The reason for that was thought to be the different postures of the hand when grasping the handles. The horizontal handle induced pronaton of the hand and made hand posture more deviated from the neutral position.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2013

Among various manual materials handling tasks, pushing/pulling was known to be one of the risk factors for the low back and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This study was conducted to find out an optimal solution set of the handle height and distance for 4-wheel cart with two vertical handles. Ten male college students participated in the pushing force measurement experiment. The face-centered cube design, one of the central composite designs, was applied for the experiment, and the isometric voluntary pushing force was measured in 9 treatment conditions. The second order response surface model was predicted by using the pushing strength as a response variable, and the handle height and distance as independent factors. According to the 2nd order response model, the handle height and distance showed nonlinear relationship with the isometric pushing strength. To maximize the 2nd order response model (pushing force), the handle height and distance were optimized. The optimal handle height was 'xyphoid process height - stature', and the optimal handle distance was '$1.25{\times}shoulder$ width'. When calculated using the anthropometric data of the subjects of this study, the optimal handle height was $115.4{\pm}3.4$ cm, slightly higher than the elbow height, and the handle distance was $52.9{\pm}2.3$ cm.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.253-260
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• 2010

The drop handle in the Chosun-Dynasty played a role lifting up the cabinet and box which was attached to and besides this had the decoration function. The scope of this study should include the drop handles from the $18^{th}$ century up to now by investigating and analyzing their definition & function and furthermore the types of their designs. The object of the study was the drop handle having 2 golden fixing parts which are definitive difference from ring or loop, and the design typology of drop handle was concentrated on the handle part, and it can be classified in two types. The one is the figuration of bow, bat, bamboo, fish and bird and so on from the motive of nature on the handle part, and the other one is the drop handle of the simple ㄷ-shape, the temple-symbol shape or geometrical forms. According to the analysis of relics & literature from the past it was found that there were more quantitative nature-motive figurations than the geometrical forms. The nature-motive figurations were again classified in box-, bat-, cloud- bamboo-, fish- and bird-type, and the geometrical forms in ㄷ-shape, the temple-symbol shape and others. The cases applied to furniture are roughly divided into the front-attached type and the side-attached type. In comparison of the drop handle in the Chosun-Dynasty with that of modern times, ㄷ-shape and bow-type keep the long tradition of the drop handles despite of the constructive change partly. Ring-type is similar to the just ring or loop of the part and drop handle with one golden fixing part, while the knob-type shows almost same forms in the past as well as in the modern times. Which type among handles in the modern times has little connection with the past is the reclaimed type, and it was showed in the Chosun-Dynasty and also is showed up to now identically that the man-made hole on the front side of the drawer for the function as handle.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2001년도 디자인학연구 2001 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.128-129
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• 2001

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 2016

The aim of this study is to develop and suggest the handle for lockers according to the design process which are used for keeping of student's personal stuffs such as books, writing implements and gym uniform in elementary, middle and high school and university as well. This includes the design development for ILGUMTUR which is specialized for office furniture, but does not own the intellectual property right yet. The design concept based on the domestic locker market survey is recessed handle at low- to intermediate price and it's material should be plastic what is solid and light. The lock system should be constructed by molding process and the name plate can be exchanged every time the owner of locker changes. Contrary to the right angle of it's external appearance, the handle of the locker is designed to be softly round and the simplicity is pursued for an easy production. On the basis of this design concept the sketch has been drawn and upgraded in full by 3D-rendering. Then the mock-up has been completed by 3D printer and ILGUMTUR has obtained a patent for the locking system based on the rotation of 2 circles.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.357-360
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• 2011

In these days, the passenger vehicles usually have equipped various comfort & security systems to appeal to customers. And then, the importance of emotional quality gives added weight to the noise performance of those system devices. Door inside handle system is one of the most popular devices for passenger. This paper shows developing process about the operating sound of door inside handle. We used DFSS process to develop the door inside handle snap back sound and confirmed the improvement.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2012

This study evaluated three forces (lifting, pushing and twisting) required to maneuver the single-wheel barrows according to handle height, width, horizontal angle and vertical angle. The four independent variables were varied in two levels. Handle height was varies in two levels : 'knuckle height (KH)' and 'KH + 0.1 ${\times}$ stature'. The two handle widths were '1.5 ${\times}$ shoulder width (SW)' and '1.75 ${\times}$ SW'. Two angles of $0^{\circ}$ and $15^{\circ}$ were used for horizontal and vertical angles. The 24 factorial design was used in the experiment. Twelve healthy male students (undergraduate and graduate) participated in the experiment. Subjects exerted three forces (pushing, lifting, and twisting clockwise) in each experimental condition. The order of 16 treatment conditions was determined randomly. Results showed that the effects of the four factors were different according to three forces. While lifting and twisting forces were higher in 'knuckle height', the pushing force was higher in 'KH + 0.1 ${\times}$ stature' (p < 0.05). Lifting and pushing forces showed higher values in the horizontal angle $0^{\circ}$ than in $15^{\circ}$. Handle width and vertical angle showed no statistically significant main effects on three forces (p > 0.05). Results of this study could be used as basic data for the ergonomic design of handle variables of one- or two-wheel barrows.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.293-302
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• 2006

빠르고 복잡 다양한 생활 속에서 사용 가능한 공예품은 현대인에게 멋과 여유를 찾아준다. 바쁜 생활문화는 식습관을 변화 시켜 커피 전문점이 골목마다 생겨나고 있다. 이러한 시기는 도자 컵의 시장을 확대할 수 있는 좋은 기회라고 할 수 있다. 바쁘게 움직이며 사용하는 컵에서 또는 뜨거운 차를 마시기 위한 컵에서는 손잡이의 역할이 매우 중요하다. 손잡이는 컵을 들기 위해 제일 처음 만져지는 부분으로 편안한 촉감적인 경험에 의해 조형성과 어울려 컵의 아름다움을 배가시킬 수 있다. 그러나 한국역사에서 손잡이가 있는 고배가 나탄 것은 신라토기부터 이다. 하지만 이는 의기나 부장품인 경우가 대부분으로 한국의 차 문화에서 실제 손잡이가 있는 컵을 사용한 역사는 그리 길지 않다. 이와 같은 이유에서 아직까지는 컵 손잡이의 기능성보다는 조형성에 치중된 디자인이 주를 이루고 있다. 그러므로 컵의 손잡이를 연구 분석하여 인체공학 적으로 기능면에서 개선된 손잡이를 제작하기 위한 이론적 근거가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 한국과 미국의 공방에서 생산되는 손잡이가 있는 도자 컵을 연구 분석하였다. 그리고 손잡이의 크기와 위치 등의 대등한 비교를 위해 한 가지 모양으로 컵을 정하고 손잡이의 굵기, 사용하는 손가락의 수, 손잡이 형태와 부착위치와의 관계, 손잡이 지지대의 효과, 손잡이 굵기의 변형, 컵의 무게중심과 손잡이의 관계 등을 변화요인으로 하여 시험하였고 사용자들에게 선호도 조사를 하고 분석하였다. 그 결과, 손잡이가 편하게 만들어지기 위해서는 손이 쉬고 있는 형태에 근접하도록 디자인하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 알았다. 즉 손의 크기, 손가락이 구부러지는 모양 등을 고려하고 컵의 무게 중심을 컨트롤 할 수 있는 위치를 찾고 여러 손가락이 손잡이 안쪽에 들어가서 컵의 무게를 분산시켜 편안하게 컵을 들 수 있도록 디자인해야 한다. 이때 엄지의 지지대가 있다면 같은 무게의 컵이라도 더욱 가볍게 들 수 있게 된다. 디자인상에서 컵의 손잡이를 몸체 방향으로 연장시키며 타원형을 그린다. 그 타원선상에 컵의 무게중심이 위치하고 있다면 컵의 손잡이는 효율적이라 할 수 있다. 이때 손잡이가 컵 몸체의 무게 중심과 가까울수록, 컵을 드는데 힘이 덜 든다고 볼 수 있다. 이렇게 디자인상에서 또는 컵의 제작 과정에서 효율적인 손잡이의 원리를 적용시킨다면 조형적인 면 뿐 아니라 기능적으로도 훌륭한 손잡이가 있는 컵을 제작할 수 있다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

항공기 구성품인 착륙장치 핸들은 항공기 이 착륙 시 착륙장치 작동을 위한 핵심적인 장비이다. 착륙장치 핸들의 개발을 위한 진동시험 중 착륙장치 핸들 내부의 브라켓 파손 현상이 발생하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 착륙장치 핸들 개발 시 수행한 진동시험 절차와 진동시험 중 발생한 결함사항에 대한 원인 분석, 설계 개선사항 그리고 검증 결과를 함께 기술하였다.