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Introduction of RAMS and Certificate Process for Railway System based on International Standard and Practices (국제표준기반의 철도 RAMS와 인증 프로세스 소개 및 그 적용사례)

  • Choi, Yo Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 2015
  • The RAMS Process is the Internationally required activity to secure Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety of system which will be acquired as customer requirements. The importance are situations that have been growing gradually. Specially, When developing railway system, the needs of customer about RAMS Process has been being proposed in a variety of railroad business. Through this paper, It introduces the international standards described the RAMS Process and also presents the requirements that should have to comply with it. Furthermore, the necessary activities to get certificate of a Railway system are suggested and not only the various acquisition cases of certificate but also lessons learned by cases in the field of railway signalling system are presented.

A Study on the RAMS Activities and Practices for assuring Safety of the Centralized Traffic Control System of Urban Railway (도시철도관제시스템 안전성 확보를 위한 RAMS 활동 및 그 적용사례에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yo Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.43-50
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    • 2014
  • The Centralized Traffic Control(CTC) System of Urban Railway is an element(subsystem) of the Urban Railway system to aim safety operation and efficient management of rolling stock in accordance with a train scheduling program in train operation ways. That's why the CTC System must be developed considering systematic and safety-guaranteed methods such as RAMS(Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety) refereed to IEC standards. The CTC System is consists of rolling stock, signaling, power supply, communication, and mechanical equipment and preforms control and remote monitoring functions. The technical activities considering safety process are very important at such an early stage of development in a railway project. This paper introduces RAMS activities and an independent safety assessment by $3^{rd}$ Party focused on a safety applied to a development of the CTC system of Urban Railway and proposes the experiences as well practices.

Railway System Functional Safety and Certification (철도 시스템 기능 안전(Functional Safety) 및 인증)

  • Kim, You-Ho;Lee, Soo-Hwan;Park, Kang-Hun;Ko, Tae-Kuk
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.63 no.4
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    • pp.226-235
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    • 2014
  • Nowadays, railroads are considered the most efficient form of mass transportation. Furthermore, it is necessary that railroads be paired with state-of-the-art safety equipment. Unfortunately, it is impossible to prevent 100% of accidents that may be caused by system or human errors. In order to prevent future accidents, RAMS activity and Functional Safety Certification are required for new systems that are under development. In this paper we evaluate the necessity of the application of RAMS and the performance of RAMS in the system development process. We also explore the Safety Evaluation Procedure required for RAMS certification.

Intercomparison of Wind and Air Temperature Fields of Meteorological Model for Forecasting Air Quality in Seoul Metropolitan Area (수도권지역 대기질 예측을 위한 기상장 모델의 바람장과 온도장 비교 연구)

  • Jeong, Ju-Hee;Kim, Yoo-Keun;Moon, Yun-Seob;Hwang, Mi-Kyoung
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.640-652
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    • 2007
  • The MM5, RAMS and WRF, meteorological models have provided the dynamical parameters as inputs to air quality model. A major content of this study is that significant characteristics of three models for high-ozone occurrence analyze for surface wind and air temperature fields and compare with observation data in Seoul metropolitan area. An analysis of air temperature field revealed that location of core in high temperature of MM5 and WRF differed from that of RAMS. MM5 and WRF indicated high temperature in Seoul but RAMS represented it on the outskirts of Seoul. MM5 and WRF were underestimated maximum temperature during daytime but RAMS simulated similar value with observation data. Surface wind field with three models, it was shown many differences at horizontal distribution of wind direction. RAMS indicated weak wind speed in land and strong sea breeze at coastal areas than MM5 and WRF. However wind speed simulated by three model were overestimated during both daytime and nighttime.

Study on the micro-scale simulation of wind field over complex terrain by RAMS/FLUENT modeling system

  • Li, Lei;Zhang, Li-Jie;Zhang, Ning;Hu, Fei;Jiang, Yin;Xuan, Chun-Yi;Jiang, Wei-Mei
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.519-528
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    • 2010
  • A meteorological model, RAMS, and a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, FLUENT are combined as a one-way off-line nested modeling system, namely, RAMS/FLUENT system. The system is experimentally applied in the wind simulation over a complex terrain, with which numerical simulations of wind field over Foyeding weather station located in the northwest mountainous area of Beijing metropolis are performed. The results show that the method of combining a meteorological model and a CFD model as a modeling system is reasonable. In RAMS/FLUENT system, more realistic boundary conditions are provided for FLUENT rather than idealized vertical wind profiles, and the finite volume method (FVM) of FLUENT ensures the capability of the modeling system on describing complex terrain in the simulation. Thus, RAMS/FLUENT can provide fine-scale realistic wind data over complex terrains.

RAMS Management Planning in CBTC System Development for Metropolitan Railroad Applications (도시철도용 CBTC시스템 개발을 위한 RAMS관리계획 수립에 대한 연구)

  • Shin, Duc-Ko;Kim, Gon-Yop;Oh, Seh-Chan;Yoon, Yong-Ki
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.711-716
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    • 2011
  • Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs of Korea has started a research project on verification process and safety assessment of Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) system for metropolitan railroad control as a 3-year project starting from 2010. As a number of companies has made efforts in securing the technologies for domestic production of CBTC systems, the purpose of the project is to develop the specification for interoperability with the considerations for local environments including metropolitan train operations and wireless communications. And the developed systems and the RAMS related outcomes from the participating companies are subject to Independent Safety Assessment (ISA) performed by a foreign specialized agency and the corresponding certificates are to be issued as a part of the project. In this paper, the RAMS management for verification and commercialization of metropolitan railroad CBTC systems has been studied. The study includes response strategy for the requirements of international standards, responsibility and authority of the related institute and the companies, quantitative RAMS objectives, and risk management strategies in project fulfillment.

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Effect of Frequency of Meals on Intake and Digestion of Tropical Grass Consumed by Rams

  • Assoumaya, C.;Sauvant, D.;Pommier, F.;Boval, M.;Calif, B.;Archimede, H.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.72-81
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    • 2009
  • Eight Black Belly rams (45.2 kg) fitted with permanent ruminal cannulae were used in a 2${\times}$2 factorial design to determine the effects of feeding frequency and regrowth age on intake and digestion. Rams were fed with 21- or 35-day old fresh pangola grass offered ad libitum two or four times a day. Irrespective of the regrowth age, there was a tendency for intake to be positively correlated with increase in meal frequency. Differences were not significant (p>0.25). Significant effects of meal frequency were observed in NDF and ADF total tract digestibility of the 35-day grass which decreased as the number of meals increased. Meal frequency had no visible effect on feeding behaviour. Total rumen content increased when animals were fed twice a day as opposed to four times a day. Similarly, an accumulation of small and very small particles was observed in the rumen of rams fed twice a day in comparison with those fed four times a day. These results suggest that studies of digestive dynamics performed at a steady state are not representative of the rumen loading observed in farm rams which have two important peaks of meal.

A Study on the application of Computerized Systems Engineering Tool to Support RAMS Activities for Light Rail Transit Project (경량전철사업의 RAMS 활동을 지원하기 위한 SE전산도구 적용에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seok Jeong;Choi, Yo Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2014
  • There have been growing demand of Light Rail Transit(LRT) which have a lot of advantages such as construction costs lower than the recent subway, reduction of operational costs, availability of line planning, operation of railway non-beneficiary region, flexible operations of trains, unmanned operation and also have eco-friendly advantages, it is now becoming urban railway systems when environmental issues have been highlighted all over the world. Therefore, RAMS(Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety) Process and activities for effective implementation of light rail transit projects have become a very important element, and also the utilization of computerized tools to perform these more systematically and productively is sought after these days. In this paper, we have presented a plan that can support the RAMS activities by utilizing the function of the computerized SE(Systems Engineering) tool(CORE$^{(R)}$). Through support of the computerized SE tool, it would be possible more clear and efficient railway project execution.

Fabrication of PMMA-HfOx Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Resistive Switching Memory (PMMA-HfOx 유-무기 하이브리드 저항변화 메모리 제작)

  • Baek, Il-Jin;Cho, Won-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.135-140
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we developed the solution-processed PMMA-$HfO_x$ hybrid ReRAM devices to overcome the respective drawbacks of organic and inorganic materials. The performances of PMMA-$HfO_x$ hybrid ReRAM were compared to those of PMMA- and $HfO_x$-based ReRAMs. Bipolar resistive switching behavior was observed from these ReRAMs. The PMMA-$HfO_x$ hybrid ReRAMs showed a larger operation voltage margin and memory window than PMMA-based and $HfO_x$-based ReRAMs. The reliability and electrical instability of ReRAMs were remarkably improved by blending the $HfO_x$ into PMMA. An Ohmic conduction path was commonly generated in the LRS (low resistance state). In HRS (high resistance state), the PMMA-based ReRAM showed SCLC (space charge limited conduction). the PMMA-$HfO_x$ hybrid ReRAM and $HfO_x$-based ReRAM revealed the Pool-Frenkel conduction. As a result of flexibility test, serious defects were generated in $HfO_x$ film deposited on PI (polyimide) substrate. On the other hand, the PMMA and PMMA-$HfO_x$ films showed an excellent flexibility without defect generation.