• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.565-568
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• 1998

In this paper, we implemented the electornic moving aid system for safe walking of the blind. An obstacle detecting of each sector used ultrasound and a distance measurement used time of flight. The alarm is designed to have a sound and a tactile function that can be selected on an user's convenience. This system can detect and obstacle of upward, forward, downward and optimally warn to the blind with vibration, beep sound by appling warning algorithm on object detection. Experimental testing and performance evaluation have been successfully carried out with a prototype cane, and the experiment shows the capability of the function to detect unknown objects within an assigned distance, under knees, over head height, and crushed puddles.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2005

비행장 주위의 자연장애물이나 인공구조물들은 비행장운영의 효율성에 중대한 영향을 주며, 기상조건에 따라 항공기의 이착륙을 제한한다. 이런 이유로 인하여 비행장 주위의 장애물은 활주로나 관련되는 시설보다도 공항의 효율성과 비행안전에 더 큰 영향을 준다. 따라서 ICAO를 비롯한 대다수의 국가에서는 비행장 주위의 장애물을 제한하는 장애물제한표면을 설정하여 장애물을 제한할 뿐만 아니라 장애물제한구역 밖의 장애물도 제한하고 있다. 이런 장애물 제한표면을 침투하는 장애물은 영구적인 장애물에 의하여 차폐되어지거나, 항공학적 연구를 통하여 항공기운항에 영향이 없다는 것이 판명되지 않는 한 제거되어 진다. 그러나 우리나라에서는 장애물제한구역에 외측수평표면이 없어 다른 나라에 비하여 협소할 뿐만 아니라, 장애물제한구역 밖의 장애물에 대한 제한도 법적근거가 없이 시행되고 있어 비행안전과 재산권보호라는 상반된 문제가 대립하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 문헌연구와 서울공항의 사례분석을 통하여 비행장장애물제한구역 밖의 장애물이 비행안전과 공항운영의 효율성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과는 장애물의 위치에 따라 장애물제한구역 밖의 장애물이 비행안전과 비행장의 운영에 심각한 영향을 미칠 수가 있음을 나타내었다. 따라서 장애물제한구역 밖에 있는 150m를 초과하는 물체는 항공학적 연구를 통하여 항공기운항에 악영향을 끼치지 않는다는 것이 증명되기 전에는 장애물로 간주되어야 한다. 이런 문제를 해결하기 위한 네 가지 대안이 제시되었으며, 규제대상을 가능한 축소하기 위해서는 ICAO의 권고사항을 적용하는 것이 타당할 것으로 판단된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.180-189
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• 2023

We measured the heat load to a reactor vessel with and without the in-vessel debris bed under an IVR-ERVC condition. Mass transfer methodology was adopted based on heat and mass transfer analogy to achieve high Ra'_H of order ~10¹⁵ with compact test rigs. We postulated the in-vessel debris bed has a flat top and particulate debris was simulated as an identical diameter spheres. We conducted experiments varying the height of the debris bed and the results showed that Nusselt numbers decreased in both uppermost and curved surfaces with the increasing bed height. Once the debris bed is formed, it acts as an obstacle to the natural convective flow, which reduces the buoyancy. The reduction of driving force results in the impaired heat transfer in both upward and downward heat transfers.

• 한국환경기술학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.528-535
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 전산유체역학(CFD) 모델을 이용하여, 건물 외관비에 따른 건물협곡에서의 소용돌이 현상을 재현하고 정량적인 해석을 시도하였다. 이를 위하여 건물협곡의 폭(W)을 기준으로 건물의 길이(L) 및 높이(H) 증가에 따른 민감도 실험을 수행하였으며, 건물협곡에서의 바람 벡터장과 2차 역회전 소용돌이의 형성 등을 분석하였다. 수평소용돌이의 경우에는 건물의 길이 증가에 따라 성장하다가 L/W=2.5부터 건물협곡의 중앙부에서 벡터의 크기 약화 및 방향 변화 등의 조짐이 보이기 시작하였고, L/W=3.0 이상에서 흐름이 분리되어 1차 소용돌이는 약화되고 건물협곡의 안쪽에서 2차 역회전 소용돌이가 형성되었다. 연직소용돌이의 경우에는 건물의 높이 증가에 따라 성장하다가 H/W=2.5부터 건물협곡의 하부에서 벡터의 방향전환 현상이 나타나기 시작하였고, H/W=3.5 이상의 조건에서 1차 소용돌이는 약화되고 2차 역회전 소용돌이가 형성되었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.1220-1230
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• 2015

An autonomous valet parking (AVP) system is designed to locate a vacant parking space and park the vehicle in which it resides on behalf of the driver, once the driver has left the vehicle. In addition, the AVP is able to direct the vehicle to a location desired by the driver when requested. In this paper, for an AVP system, we introduce technology to recognize a parking space using image sensors. The proposed technology is mainly divided into three parts. First, spatial analysis is carried out using a height map that is based on dense motion stereo. Second, modelling of road markings is conducted using a probability map with a new salient-line feature extractor. Finally, parking space recognition is based on a Bayesian classifier. The experimental results show an execution time of up to 10 ms and a recognition rate of over 99%. Also, the performance and properties of the proposed technology were evaluated with a variety of data. Our algorithms, which are part of the proposed technology, are expected to apply to various research areas regarding autonomous vehicles, such as map generation, road marking recognition, localization, and environment recognition.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.166-172
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• 2021

Obstacle Limitation Surfaces (OLS) are set to protect a certain amount of airspace to limit objects, such as building, other structures, penetrating OLS for safety and regularity of aircraft operations in the vicinity of aerodromes. However, many civil petitions have been raising for effective utilization of lands and permission of building construction which penetrating OLS. While Republic of Korea are limiting installation of penetrating objects based on the National law of airport facilities, such objects are possibly permitted, only if, the possible risks coming from objects are acceptable or negligible in terms of safety and regularity in aircraft operations through the evaluation process, called as an aeronautical study. However, many countries are currently applying their own criteria, processes resulting in failing secure reliable results in aeronautical study. This research aims to establish the framework on criteria, process, and methodologies how the aeronautical study works including work flows between many stakeholder and responsibilities to be specified in national regulation system.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.791-799
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• 2008

We investigate the flow characteristics around a series of rectangular bodies ($40^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$, $80^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$ and $160^d{\times}80^w{\times}80^h$) placed in a deep turbulent boundary layer. The study is aiming to understand the surface pressure distribution around the bodies such as the suction pressure in the leading edge, when the flow is normal, which is responsible for producing extreme suction pressures on the roof. The experiment includes wind tunnel work by using HWA (Hot-Wire anemometry) and pressure transducers. The experiments are carried out at three different Reynolds numbers, based on the velocity U at the body height h, of $2.4{\times}10^4$, $4.6{\times}10^4$ and $6.7{\times}10^4$, and large enough that the mean flow is effectively Reynolds number independent. The results include the measurements of the growth of the turbulent boundary layer in the wind tunnel and the surface pressure around the bodies.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.28-37
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• 2022

Along with the remarkable advances in GNSS technology, SBAS further enhances the accuracy and integrity of GNSS location information and derives improvement in the safety and efficiency of air traffic management from reducing GNSS location errors, induced by passing through the ionosphere and atmosphere, to less than three meters. In this regard, ICAO specifies the standards of SBAS signals and recommends every party to phase in by 2025; and it is foreseeable that SBAS APV-I and CAT-I will be provided in South Korea by its undertaking the development of KASS, a Korean SBAS. The purpose of the study is to design SBAS APV-I procedure on the basis of the runway 15L of Incheon International Airport and conduct obstacle assessment according to PAN-OPS Doc. 8168, focusing on the usability and usefulness of SBAS APV-I. The results show that SBAS APV-I will provide better decision height compared to other PBN RNP approach procedures such as LNAV and Baro-VNAV at the Incheon International Airport.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2007

This paper presents a motion planning strategy for legged robots using locomotion primitives in the complex 3D environments. First, we define configuration, motion primitives and locomotion primitives for legged robots. A hierarchical motion planning method based on a combination of 2.5 dimensional maps of the 3D workspace is proposed. A global navigation map is obtained using 2.5 dimensional maps such as an obstacle height map, a passage map, and a gradient map of obstacles to distinguish obstacles. A high-level path planner finds a global path from a 2D navigation map. A mid-level planner creates sub-goals that help the legged robot efficiently cope with various obstacles using only a small set of locomotion primitives that are useful for stable navigation of the robot. A local obstacle map that describes the edge or border of the obstacles is used to find the sub-goals along the global path. A low-level planner searches for a feasible sequence of locomotion primitives between sub-goals. We use heuristic algorithm in local motion planner. The proposed planning method is verified by both locomotion and soccer experiments on a small biped robot in a cluttered environment. Experiment results show an improvement in motion stability.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2011

Purpose: This research investigated falls due to obstacles that occur among elderly people by assessing changes in the values of plantar foot force, peak force, and plantar foot pressure in elderly subjects while they were stepping over obstacles of different heights. Methods: The subjects were 20 elderly people aged 70-80 years; Pressure was measured on flat ground(0 cm), and after installing obstacles of 8 cm and 12 cm using the F-scan system, which is a resistance-type pressure sensor. A one-way analysis of variance was performed to compare pressure on each part of the foot according to various heights after collecting data using the Tekscan program. The least significant difference test was used for the post-hoc analysis, A p-value <0.05 was considered significant. Results: The force value for the toe area (parts 1, and 2) and contact pressure increased significantly with the 12 cm obstacle (p<0.05). The peak force value and the peak contact pressure for part 1 increased significantly with the 12 cm obstacle (p<0.05). Conclusion: Larger changes appeared in the functions and structure of the foot while subjects walked over obstacles of different heights compared to flatland walking. This result suggests that people have safety strategies to prevent falls, and that there is a need for a more realistic approach through practice to overcome obstacles of various heights to prevent falls.