• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.632-637
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• 2012

This paper introduces a simple and efficient calibration method for three-axis accelerometers and three-axis gyroscopes using three-axis motion rate table. Usually, the performance of low cost MEMS-based inertial sensors is affected by scale and bias errors significantly. The calibration of these errors is a bothersome problem, but the previous calibration methods cannot propose simple and efficient method to calibrate the errors of three-axis inertial sensors. This paper introduces a new simple and efficient method for the calibration of accelerometer and gyroscope. By using a three-axis motion rate table, this method can calibrate the accelerometer and gyroscope simultaneously and simply. Experimental results confirm the performance of the proposed method.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.637-649
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• 1997

Effects of cone angle, pressure-hole orientation and Reynolds number on the five-hole probe calibration have been investigated for eight large-scale conical five-hole probes, which have either perpendicular pressure holes or forward-facing pressure holes for the cone angles of 45 deg, 60 deg, 75 deg and 90.deg. Pitch and yaw angles are changed from -40 deg to +40 deg with an interval of 5 deg, respectively, when the probe Reynolds numbers are 1.77*10$^{4}$, 3.53*10$^{4}$ and 7.06*10$^{4}$. The result shows that larger cone angle results in more sensitive changes in the calibration coefficients. In the case that the cone angle is 45 deg, the pitch-angle and yaw-angle coefficients of the five-hole probe with the perpendicular pressure holes show a very different trend compared with those of the five-hole probe with the forward-facing pressure holes. On the other hand, when the cone angle is more than 60 deg, each calibration coefficient is nearly independent of the pressure-hole orientation. Additionally, the effects of the Reynolds number on the calibration coefficients are also reported in detail.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10b
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• pp.60-63
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• 1993

A system to measure 3-dimensional coordinates of large structures is presented in this paper. In order to enable accurate measurements calibration of the measuring system is important. Feature of our system are that by introducting one simplified calibration procedures setting of the measuring system is simplified and also that tracking performance is increased. An experimental result reveals the applicability of our systems.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.203-211
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• 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used as a tool, not only for imaging surfaces, but also for measuring surface forces and mechanical properties at the nano-scale. Force calibration is crucial for quantitatively measuring the forces that act between the AFM probe of a force sensing cantilever and a sample. In this work, the lateral force calibrations of a V-shaped cantilever were performed using the finite element method, multiple pivot loading, and thermal noise methods. As a result, it was shown that the multiple pivot loading method was appropriate for the lateral force calibration of a V-shaped cantilever. Further, through crosschecking of the abovementioned methods, it was concluded that the thermal noise method could be used for determining the lateral spring constants as long as the lateral deflection sensitivity was accurately determined. To obtain the lateral deflection sensitivity from the sticking portion of the friction loop, the contact stiffness should be taken into account.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.484-491
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• 1990

A heat-flux meter has been designed and manufactured to measure the heat flux from the flame. A calibration method of the heat-flux meter by a calibration furnace has also been proposed. The k-type (Chromel-Alumel) thermocouple material has been used as the material for the beat-flux meter. The electormotive force (e.m.f.) from the K-type thermocouple is shown to be linearly proportional to the heat flux absorbed. The characteristics of the heat-flux meter become better as the radius of heat absorbing disk becomes larger and its thickness thinner.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.115-123
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• 2000

We propose an extended version of multi-step algorithm of self-calibration of interferometric optical testing instruments. The key idea is to take wavefront measurements with near equal steps in that a slight angular offset is intentionally provided in part rotation. This generalized algorithm adopts least squares technique to determine the true azimuthal positions of part rotation and consequently eliminates calibration errors caused by rotation inaccuracy. In addition, the required numbers of part rotation is greatly reduced when higher order spatial frequency terms are of particular importance.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.471-482
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• 2018

A flat-jointed bonded-particle model (BPM) has been proved to be an effective tool for simulating mechanical behaviours of intact rocks. However, the tedious and time-consuming calibration procedure imposes restrictions on its widespread application. In this study, a systematic approach is proposed for simplifying the calibration procedure. The initial relationships between the microscopic, constitutive parameters and macro-mechanical rock properties are firstly determined through dimensionless analysis. Then, sensitivity analyses and regression analyses are conducted to quantify the relationships, using results from numerical simulations. Finally, four examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed systematic approach for the calibration procedure of BPMs.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.1267-1271
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• 2014

There have been many autonomous robot calibration methods which form closed loop structures through the various attached sensors and mechanical fixtures. Single point calibration among them has been used for on-site calibration due to its convenience of implementation. The robot can reach a single point with infinitely many configurations so that single point calibration algorithm can be set up and easily implemented relative to the other methods. However, it is not still easy to drive the robots' sharp edge to its corresponding edge of the fixture. This is error-prone process. In this paper, we propose a 3 dimensional small displacement measuring sensor and a robot calibration algorithm based on this sensor. This method relieves the difficulty of matching two edges in the single point calibration and improves the resulting robot accuracy. Simulated study is carried out on a Hyundai HA06 robot to show the effectiveness of the proposed method over the single point calibration. And also, the resulting robot accuracy is compared with that from 3D laser tracker based calibration to show the dependency of robot accuracy on range of the workspace where the measurement data are collected.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.337-340
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• 2008

포항공과대학교의 포항풍력에너지연구소(PoWER Center)가 개발에 참여했던 750 kW급 직결형 국산화 풍력발전 시스템의 상용화를 추진하기 위한 출력성능 및 하중 측정을 통한 실증연구가 대관령의 풍력실증단지에서 수행되었다. IEC 61400-13의 규격을 기준으로 수행된 하중 측정의 일환으로 스트레인 게이지의 기계적 하중에 대한 외부 하중부가에 의한 기계적 보정이 추진되었다. 기계적 보정의 수행 중 일부스트레인 게이지가 단락되는 사고가 발생하였으나 비교보정을 통하여 기계적 보정작업을 완수할 수 있었다. 본 논문에서는 외부 하중부가에 의한 기계적 하중의 보정절차를 소개하고, 수행된 기계적 보정시험 과정에 대해 상세히 설명하며 기계적 보정의 결과를 보고한다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.146-151
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• 2011

We describe, throughout a Mach-Zehnder interferometric configuration, a new test sieves calibration method based on off-axis digital holography. The experiment is conducted on a test sieve of square openings. The nominal sieve opening is 1.00 mm with maximum individual opening of 1.14 mm in size. The recorded off-axis hologram is numerically processed using Fresnel transforms to obtain an object wave (amplitude and phase). From the reconstructed phase, the average size of the illuminated openings has been measured precisely. The proposed method can provide a real time solution for calibrating test sieves very precisely and with moderate accuracy.