• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2024

응력은 비가시 물리량이므로, 지반 내부에서 이를 측정하기 위해서는 토압계가 필요하다. 기존의 스트레인 게이지 기반 토압계는 큰 강성을 가지며, 이는 지반 내부 응력을 교란시켜 토압 측정의 정확성에 영향을 준다. 박막형 압전센서는 얇고 유연하므로, 이를 활용할 경우 지반 내부 응력의 교란을 최소화하여 지중응력을 측정할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 박막형 압전 센서를 활용하여 지반 내부의 응력을 측정하기 위한 시스템을 구축하였다. 박막형 압전 센서를 교정하기 위한 챔버를 제작하여 사질토 지반 내부에 매설된 박막형 압전 센서의 측정 변동성과 센서의 감지 영역에 부착된 퍽으로 인한 측정 토압의 재현성 향상을 반복실험을 통해 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.995-999
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• 2015

자기유도(inductive) 센서는 원리가 간단하고 경제적이어서 변위, 힘, 압력 등 다양한 물리량 측정에 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 고리 모양의 강판과 코일로 이루어진 간단한 구조의 자기유도 센서를 제안하였다. 센서의 인덕턴스를 자기회로 방법을 이용하여 추정하고 유한요소 해석을 통해 검증하였다. 고리의 고유 진동수를 Castigliano 정리와 등가 질량 방법을 이용하여 추정하고 실험 및 유한요소 해석을 통해 검증하였다. 기계적 진동에 영향을 주지 않도록 센서의 가진 주파수를 결정하였으며, 구동 및 신호처리 회로를 설계하여 센서를 제작하였다. 제작된 자기유도 센서를 유연관 내부의 유체 압력을 비침습적으로 측정하는데 활용하였다. 압력과 센서 출력 간의 관계를 이차식 형태로 표현하면 2% 이내의 정확도로 압력을 측정할 수 있어 압력 센서로서의 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.333-341
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• 2007

Waveform design method for inkjet printing has been proposed tv pressure wave measurement. The pressure wane inside the inkjet dispenser can be effectively measured by current measurement due to self-sensing capability of PZT. The pressure wave measured from current was verified by commercially availablelaser vibrometer. In order to obtain high speed inkjet droplets, two pulse waveform was designed such that the pressure wane after droplet formation can be minimized.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2003

This study is focused on the development of a new muffler. A control valve installed in the exhaust system is operated by torsion springs, and its open angle is controlled automatically corresponding to the engine operating conditions. A control valve and a control muffler sensing exhaust-gas pressure are made f3r developing a new muffler. The experiments were done using an exhaust system simulator having the same pulsation wave frequency and similar pulsation propagation characteristics of a real exhaust system. The purpose of this study is to develope a new muffler system which has improved noise reduction quality and less power loss than conventional mufflers and electronic-control mufflers. Finally the characteristic of noise compared with conventional muffler and muffler sensing exhuast-gas pressure.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.282-287
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• 2022

High shear adhesion on wet and rough surfaces and tactile feedback of gripping forces are highly important for realizing robotic gripper systems. Here, we propose a bioinspired robotic gripper with highly shear adhesion and sensitive pressure sensor for tactile feedback systems. To achieve them, we fabricated multi-walled carbon nanotube sensing layer on a thin polymeric adhesive layer of polydimethylsiloxane. With densely hexagonal-packed microstructures, the pressure sensor achieved 9 times the sensing property of a sensor without microstructures. We then assembled hexagonal microstructures inspired by the toe pads of a tree frog, giving strong shear adhesion under both dry and wet surfaces such as silicon (42 kPa for dry and ~30 kPa for underwater conditions) without chemical-residues after detachment. Our robotic gripper can prevent damage to weak or smooth surfaces that can be damaged at low pressure through pressure signal feedback suggesting a variety of robotic applications.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2007

The energy efficiency of a self-powered wireless sensing system for pressure monitoring in injection molding is analyzed using Bond graph models. The sensing system, located within the mold cavity, consists of an energy converter, an energy modulator, and a ultrasonic signal transmitter. Pressure variation in the mold cavity is extracted by the energy converter and transmitted through the mold steel to a signal receiver located outside of the mold, in the form of ultrasound pulse trains. Through Bond graph models, the energy efficiency of the sensing system is characterized as a function of the configuration of a piezoceramic stack within the energy converter, the pulsing cycle of the energy modulator, and the thicknesses of the various layers that make up the ultrasonic signal transmitter. The obtained energy models are subsequently utilized to identify the minimum level of signal intensity required to ensure successful detection of the ultrasound pulse trains by the signal receiver. The Bond graph models established have shown to be useful in optimizing the design of the various constituent components within the sensing system to achieve high energy conversion efficiency under a compact size, which are critical to successful embedment within the mold structure.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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• pp.1314-1317
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• 1997

For realizing artificial skin sensing as a final goal, a mono-material pressure-conductive rubber sensor which is also sensitive for temperature is described. Firstly, discimination of the hardness and the thermal property of material using a proposed sensor is presented. Furthermore, a tactile sensor constints of four pressure-conductive rubber sensor to discriminate surface model which imitaties the surface roughness of material is proposed.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.98-113
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• 2016

A reactor vessel level monitoring system measures the water level in a reactor during normal operation and abnormal conditions. A drop in the water level can expose nuclear fuel, which may lead to fuel meltdown and radiation spread in accident conditions. A level monitoring system mainly consists of a sensing line and pressure transmitter. Over a period of time boron sediments or other impurities can clog the line which may degrade the accuracy of the monitoring system. The aim of this study is to determine blockage in a sensing line using the energy of the composite signal. An equivalent Pi circuit model is used to simulate blockages in the sensing line and the system's response is examined under different blockage levels. Composite signals obtained from the model and plant's unblocked and blocked channels are decomposed into six levels of details and approximations using a wavelet filter bank. The percentage of energy is calculated at each level for approximations. It is observed that the percentage of energy reduces as the blockage level in the sensing line increases. The results of the model and operational data are well correlated. Thus, in our opinion variation in the energy levels of approximations can be used as an index to determine the presence and degree of blockage in a sensing line.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a stable automatic signature verification algorithm applicable to various smart devices. The proposed algorithm uses real and forgery data all together, which can improve the verification rate dramatically. As a tool for signature acquisition in a smart device, two applications, one using touch with a finger and the other using a pressure-sensing-stylus pen, are developed. The verification core is based on SVM and some modifications are made to include the characteristics of signatures. As shown in experimental results, the minimum error rate was 1.84% in the SVM based method, which can easily defeat 4.38% error rate with the previous parametric approach. Even more, 2.43% error rate was achieved with the features excluding pressure-related features, better than the previous approach including pressure-related features and only about 0.6% more error than the best result, which means that the proposed algorithm can be applied to a smart device with or without pressure-sensing-stylus pens and used for security purposes.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to develop the FSR sensor suit that controls walking assist device for paraplegic patients. The FSR sensor suit was to detect user's intent and patterns for walking by measuring pressure on the palm and the sole of user's foot. It consisted of four modules: sensing pressure from palm, changing modes and detecting pressure on the palm/at the wrist, sensing pressure from the soles of user's foot, and host module that transmit FSR data obtained from sensing modules to PC. Sensing modules were connected to sensing pads which detect analog signals obtained from the palm or the sole of foot. These collect signals from the target regions, convert analog signals into digital signals, and transmit the final signals to host module via zigbee modules. Finally, host modules transmit the signals to host PC via zigbee modules. The study findings showed that forces measured at the palm when using a stick reflected user's intent to walk and forces at the sole of the user's foot revealed signals detecting walking state.