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A Robotic Vision System for Turbine Blade Cooling Hole Detection

  • Wang, Jianjun;Tang, Qing;Gan, Zhongxue
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.237-240
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    • 2003
  • Gas turbines are extensively used in flight propulsion, electrical power generation, and other industrial applications. During its life span, a turbine blade is taken out periodically for repair and maintenance. This includes re-coating the blade surface and re-drilling the cooling holes/channels. A successful laser re-drilling requires the measurement of a hole within the accuracy of ${\pm}0.15mm$ in position and ${\pm}3^{\circ}$ in orientation. Detection of gas turbine blade/vane cooling hole position and orientation thus becomes a very important step for the vane/blade repair process. The industry is in urgent need of an automated system to fulfill the above task. This paper proposes approaches and algorithms to detect the cooling hole position and orientation by using a vision system mounted on a robot arm. The channel orientation is determined based on the alignment of the vision system with the channel axis. The opening position of the channel is the intersection between the channel axis and the surface around the channel opening. Experimental results have indicated that the concept of cooling hole identification is feasible. It has been shown that the reproducible detection of cooling channel position is with +/- 0.15mm accuracy and cooling channel orientation is with +/$-\;3^{\circ}$ with the current test conditions. Average processing time to search and identify channel position and orientation is less than 1 minute.

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Orientation dependence of GM-type pulse tube refrigerator (GM형 맥동관 냉동기의 저온부 경사도에 따른 냉각 성능 특성 연구)

  • Ko, Jun-Seok;Kim, Hyo-Bong;Park, Seong-Je;Hong, Yong-Ju;Yeom, Han-Kil;Lee, Chung-Soo;Kang, In-Su;Koh, Deuk-Yong
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.48-52
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    • 2012
  • This paper describes experimental study on the orientation dependence of GM-type pulse tube refrigerator with helium and neon as working gas. A pulse tube refrigerator generates refrigeration work with gas expansion by gas displacer in the pulse tube. The pulse tube is only filled with working gas and there exists secondary flow due to large temperature difference between cold-end and warm-end. The stability of secondary flow is affected by orientation of cold-head and thus cooling performance is deteriorated by gas mixing due to secondary flow. In this study, a single stage GM-type pulse tube with orifice valve as a phase control device is fabricated and tested. The fabricated pulse tube refrigerator is tested with two different working gases of helium and neon. First, optimal valve opening and operating frequency are determined with experimental results of no-load test. And then, the variation of no-load temperature as orientation angle of cold-head is measured for two different working gases. Effect of orientation dependence of cold-head as working gas is discussed with experimental results.

An Empirical Investigation into the Role of Core-Competency Orientation and IT Outsourcing Process Management Capability (핵심역량 지향성과 프로세스 관리역량이 IT 아웃소싱 성과에 미치는 연구)

  • Kim, Yong-Jin;Nam, Ki-Chan;Song, Jae-Ki;Koo, Chul-Mo
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.131-146
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    • 2007
  • Recently, the role of IT service providers has been enlarged from managing a single function or system to reconstructing entire information management processes in new ways to contribute to shareholder value across the enterprise. This movement toward extensive and complex outsourcing agreements has been driven by the assumption that outsourcing information technology functions is a reliable approach to maximizing resource productivity. Hiring external IT service providers to manage part or all of its information-related services helps a firm focus on its core business and provides better services to its clients, thus obtaining sustainable competitive advantage. This practice of focusing on the strategic aspect of outsourcing is referred to as strategic sourcing where the focus is capability sourcing, not procurement. Given the importance of the strategic outsourcing, however, to our knowledge, there is little empirical research on the relationship between the strategic outsourcing orientation and outsourcing performance. Moreover, there is little research on the factor that makes the strategic outsourcing effective. This study is designed to investigate the relationship between strategic IT outsourcing orientation and IT outsourcing performance and the process through which strategic IT outsourcing orientation influences outsourcing performance, Based on the framework of strategic orientation-performance and core competence based management, this study first identifies core competency orientation as a proper strategic orientation pertinent to IT outsourcing and IT outsourcing process management capability as the mediator to affect IT outsourcing performance. The proposed research model is then tested with a sample of 200 firms. The findings of this study may contribute to the literature in two ways. First, it draws on the strategic orientation - performance framework in developing its research model so that it can provide a new perspective to the well studied phenomena. This perspective allows practitioners and researchers to look at outsourcing from an angle that emphasizes the strategic decision making to outsource its IT functions. Second, by separating the concept of strategic orientation and outsourcing process management capability, this study provides practices with insight into how the strategic orientation can work effectively to achieve an expected result. In addition, the current study provides a basis for future studies that examine the factors affecting IT outsourcing performance with more controllable factors such as IT outsourcing process management capability rather than external hard-to-control factors including trust and relationship management. This study investigates the major factors that determine IT outsourcing success. Based on strategic orientation and core competency theories, we develop the proposed research model to investigate the relationship between core competency orientation and IT outsourcing performance and the mediating role of IT outsourcing process management capability on IT outsourcing performance. The model consists of two independent variables (core-competency-orientation and IT outsourcing process management capability), and two dependent variables (outsourced task complexity and IT outsourcing performance). Comprehensive data collection was conducted through an outsourcing association. The survey data were analyzed using a structural analysis method. IT outsourcing process management capability was found to mediate the effect of core competency orientation on both outsourced task complexity and IT outsourcing performance. Further analysis and findings are discussed.

Development and comparative analysis of slat angle control algorithm of venetian blind according to window-to-wall ratio and zone orientation (창면적비 및 향변화에 따른 슬랫형 블라인드의 최적각도 제어 알고리즘 산출 및 비교분석)

  • Kwon, Hyuk-Ju;Lee, Keum-Ho;Lee, Kwang Ho
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: Most contemporary office buildings supply external views, a sense of openness and a sense of time to their occupants by adopting the curtain walls, which are equipped with an outer cover having large window area. As a result, the amount of radiation increases, adversely affecting cooling load during the summer in office buildings. Although solar radiation decreases heating load and reduces energy costs during the winter period, due to the characteristics of offices where occupants work largely during daytime, the cooling load is important compared to the heating. Therefore, diverse measures to resolve those trade-offs and annual energy cost have been investigated. Method: In this study, the annual thermal load was comparatively analyzed according to the slat angle of the venetian blind along with lighting control technique. Result: After selecting effective conditions, in order to resolve such issues, this study established automated control strategies of slat angle depending on the window-to-wall ratio and zone orientation, so that the findings of this study can be effectively generalized to other circumstances.

Development and Effectiveness of a Smartphone Application for Clinical Practice Orientation

  • Park, Jung-Ha;Lee, Yun-Bok;Seo, Youn-Sook;Choi, Jung-Hoon
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 2021
  • This paper presents a smartphone application for the clinical practice education conducted in hospitals, with an aim to evaluate its effectiveness. A nonequivalent control group posttest design was used, which included a total of 100 nursing of school students who conducted their clinical practice. They were divided into one control and one experimental group (50 students each). The control group was directly trained in the clinical practice orientation, and the experimental group was a group who self-learned the clinical practice orientation using a smartphone application. Research data were collected between March 5 and April 27, 2019. They were analyzed with descriptive statistics and independent t-test, using the SPSS Statistics Version 24. The smartphone application customized for the clinical practice education was implemented through the following four phases: analysis, design, development, and evaluation. The developed application was registered in Google Play (for Android apps) and Apple Store, and related information was provided, making it available for download. The study showed that the satisfaction with and self-confidence in learning differed significantly between the groups. However, technology acceptance and knowledge acquired through practice showed no statistically significant difference. The research results serve as basic data for applying smartphone applications as an educational method that can replace traditional modes of education, serving as a significant indicator of the education delivery method diversification.

Investigation of physical sensor models for orbit modeling

  • Kim, Tae-Jung
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.217-220
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    • 2005
  • Currently, a number of control points are required in order to achieve accurate geolocation of satellite images. Control points can be generated from existing maps or surveying, or, preferably, from GPS measurements. The requirement of control points increase the cost of satellite mapping, let alone it makes the mapping over inaccessible areas troublesome. This paper investigates the possibilities of modeling an entire imaging strip with control points obtained from a small portion of the strip. We tested physical sensor models that were based on satellite orbit and attitude angles. It was anticipated that orbit modeling needed a sensor model with good accuracy of exterior orientation estimation, rather then the accuracy of bundle adjustment. We implemented sensor models with various parameter sets and checked their accuracy when applied to the scenes on the same orbital strip together with the bundle adjustment accuracy and the accuracy of estimated exterior orientation parameters. Results showed that although the models with good bundle adjustments accuracy did not always good orbit modeling and that the models with simple unknowns could be used for orbit modeling.

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A study on self tuning of indirect vector controller of induction motor (유도전동기 간접벡터제어기의 자기동조에 관한 연구)

  • 임재우;한권상;전호인
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.10b
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    • pp.1056-1059
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, we analyzed the effect of the change of the rotor time constant on the performance of the indirect vector control system. By employing indirect field orientation technique, we have also suggested an optimal control algorithm that allows an induction motor to maintain the maximum torque under the changing environment of rotor time constant. A computer simulation on the transient response of the output torque was demonstrated. To verify the validity of the method that has been proposed in this paper, an experiment has been performed utilizing TMS32OC31(40MHz) DSP chip which is capable of performing floating-point arithmetic in real time.

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Sound Source Tracking Control of a Mobile Robot Using a Microphone Array (마이크로폰 어레이를 이용한 이동 로봇의 음원 추적 제어)

  • Han, Jong-Ho;Han, Sun-Sin;Lee, Jang-Myung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.343-352
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    • 2012
  • To follow a sound source by a mobile robot, the relative position and orientation of the sound source from the mobile robot have been estimated using a microphone array. In this research, the difference among the traveling times of the sound source to each of three microphones has been used to calculate the distance and orientation of the sound source from the mobile robot which carries the microphone array. The cross-correlation between two signals has been applied for detecting the time difference between two signals, which provides reliable and precise value of the time difference comparing to the conventional methods. To generate the tracking direction to the sound source, fuzzy rules are applied and the results are used to control the mobile robot in a real-time. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm has been demonstrated through the real experiments comparing to the conventional approaches.

A New-Generation Sensorless Vector Control Scheme for Induction Motor Drive

  • Shinnaka, Shinji
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.287-292
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    • 1998
  • This paper presents some results of performance evaluation test via actual machines of a new hybrid vector control utilizing a new indirect orientation scheme and stable filter embedded direct orientation scheme for induction motors without speed or position sensor. It is shown through the test by 0.3(kW) and 3.7(kW) motors that the proposed sensorless vector control has the following high potentialities: 1) speed range is 0 to 600(rad/s) or more, 2) zero-speed command is accepted and settles the machines at a stable standstill with no vibration 3) it can make machines to track variable command of acceleration and deceleration $\pm$6,000(rad/s2), 4) it can make machines to drive directly load of at least 26 times larger inertia than that of the machine, 5) it can make machines to produce much larger torque than the rating in torque control mode even at standstill. The performance confirmed by the test is far away for previous schemes or sensorless drive apparatuses.

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Effects of deposition conditions on properties of AlN thin films and characterization of AlN SAW devices (다양한 증착변수에 따른 AlN 박막의 물성 및 SAW 소자의 특성 분석)

  • Jung, Jun-Phil;Lee, Myung-Ho;Lee, Jin-Bock;Park, Jin-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.07c
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    • pp.1479-1481
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    • 2002
  • AlN thin films were deposited on Si(100) and $SiO_2$/Si substrates using R.F. magnetron sputtering system. The effect of various deposition conditions on the crystal orientation of AlN films was investigated to obtain a highly (002)-oriented films. SAW filters were fabricated using AlN films with various thicknesses and their frequency response characterizations were measured. Experimental results showed that the (002)-orientation and surface roughness of AlN films played a crucial role of determining the frequency response of AlN SAW devices.

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