• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2015

Objective : The purpose of this study was to conduct biomechanical analysis of varying backpack loads on the lower limb movements during downhill walking over $-20^{\circ}$ ramp. Method : Thirteen male university students (age: $23.5{\pm}2.1yrs$, height: $175.7{\pm}4.6cm$, weight: $651.9{\pm}55.5N$) who have no musculoskeletal disorder were recruited as the subjects. Each subject walked over $20^{\circ}$ ramp with four different backpack weights (0%, 10%, 20% and 30% of body weight) in random order at a speed of $1.0{\pm}0.1m/s$. Five digital camcorders and two force plates were used to obtain 3-d data and kinetics of the lower extremity. For each trial being analyzed, five critical instants were identified from the video recordings. Ground reaction force, loading rate, decay rate, and resultant joint moment of the ankle and the knee were determined by the inverse dynamics analysis. For each dependent variable, one-way ANOVA with repeated measures was used to determine whether there were significant differences among four different backpack weight conditions (p<.05). When a significant difference was found, post hoc analyses were performed using the contrast procedure. Results : The results of this study showed that the medio-lateral GRFs at RHC in 20% and 30% body weight were significantly greater than the corresponding value in 0% of body weight. A consistent increase in the vertical GRFs as backpack loads increased was observed. The valgus joint movement of the knee at RTO in 30% body weight was significantly greater than the corresponding values in 0% and 10% body weight. The increased valgus moment of 30% body weight observed in this phase was associated with decelerating and stabilizing effects on the knee joint. The results also showed that the extension and valgus joint moments of the knee were systematically affected by the backpack load during downhill walking. Conclusion : Since downhill walking while carrying heavy external loads in a backpack may lead to excessive knee joint moment, damage can occur to the joint structures such as joint capsule and ligaments. Therefore, excessive repetitions of downhill walking should be avoided if the lower extremity is subjected to abnormally high levels of load over an extended period of time.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제10권12호
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• pp.3833-3838
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• 2009

본 논문은 산업용 로봇을 이용하여 운동화의 특성을 측정하는 측정장비를 소개한다. 여기서 사용된 로봇은 6관절의 퓨마타입 로봇(삼성전자의 FARA AT2 모델)을 인간의 보행 동작을 구현할 수 있도록 보완하였다. 보행 동작은 고속카메라로 분석한 후, 로봇 관절각들을 추출하여 동작구현에 사용한다. 3가지 종류의 경도 아웃솔(신발 겉창)로 만들어진 신발 시편을 준비하고, 이 로봇 시스템을 이용하여 걸음동작을 구현하여 신발에 따른 지면 충격력을 측정한다. 걸음동작에서 발생하는 발 앞축 부분을 굽히기 위해 요구되는 굽힘 모멘트의 측정과 걸음동작에서 발생하는 요동현상의 측정에 사용한다. 동일한 압축변형을 유지하도록 시스템을 설정하고, 신발을 측정한 결과 아웃솔의 경도에 따라 지면반력의 크기는 선형적으로 증가하는 추세가 관찰되었다. 또한 굽힘 모멘트와 요동현상 역시 아웃솔의 경도에 따라 선형적으로 증가하는 추세가 관찰되었다. 상기의 몇 가지 실험을 통하여, 본 로봇 시스템은 일관성 있는 실험결과를 제공하였으며, 따라서 산업용 로봇을 이용하여 신발의 유용한 특성 정보 도출이 가능하며, 추후 신발설계의 활용에 대한 가능성을 보여준다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.459-465
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• 2011

대퇴골 근위부의 기하학적 형상은 대퇴골 경부 골절과 중요한 상관관계를 가지고 있는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 기존의 연구에서는 인장실험법과 유한요소해석법을 이용하여 상관관계를 분석해왔다. 그러나 이 방법들은 인체의 미리 정의된 대퇴골 형상을 변경할 수 없고, 다수의 시험편들을 확보하기 어렵기 때문에 다양한 시험편과 모델을 적용할 수 없다는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대퇴골 골절 해석에 폭넓게 사용할 수 있도록 매개변수로 기하학적 형상 변형이 가능한 대퇴골 모델을 이용하여 대퇴골 골절과 형상 매개변수의 관계를 분석하였다. 이 관계를 분석하기 위하여 4가지 주요 매개변수(대퇴골두 직경, 대퇴경부 직경, 대퇴경두간 길이, 대퇴경간각)를 이용하여 다양한 해석 모델을 생성하여 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 이 후 대퇴골두에서의 반력(reaction force)과 경부에서의 응력 분포(stress distribution)를 분석함으로써 유한요 소해석을 수행하였고, 대퇴경부 직경이 대퇴골 경부 골절에 가장 큰 영향을 미치고 대퇴골두 직경이 가장 작은 영향을 미치는 결과가 나타났다.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to compare GRF characteristics during walking wearing jogging and roller shoes. Twelve male middle school students (age: $15.0{\pm}0.0\;yrs$, height: $173.6{\pm}5.0\;cm$, weight: $587.6{\pm}89.3\;N$) who have no known musculoskeletal disorders were recruited as the subjects. Kinematic data from six S-VHS camcorders(Panasonic AG456, 60 fields/s) and GRF data from two force platform; (AMII OR6-5) were collected while subjects walked wearing roller and jogging shoes in random order at a speed of 1.1 m/s. An event sync unit with a bright LED light was used to synchronize the video and GRF recordings. GRF data were filtered using a 20 Hz low pass Butterworth. digital filter and further normalized to the subject's body weight. For each trial being analyzed, five critical instants and four phases were identified from the recording. Temporal parameters, GRFs, displacement of center of pressure (DCP), and loading and decay rates were determined for each trial. For each dependent variable, paired t-test was performed to test if significant difference existed between shoe conditions (p <.05). Vertical GRFs at heel contact increased and braking forces at the end of initial double limb stance reduced significantly when going from jogging shoe to roller shoe condition. Robbins and Waked (1997) reported that balance and vertical GRF are closely related It seems that the ankle and knee joints are locked in an awkward fashion at the heel contact to compensate for the imbalance. The DCP in the antero-posterior direction for the roller shoe condition was significantly less than the corresponding value for the jogging shoe condition. Because the subjects tried to keep their upper body weight in front of the hip to prevent falling backward, the DCP for the roller shoe condition was restricted The results indicate that walking with roller shoes had little effect on temporal parameters, and loading and decay rates. It seems that there are differences in GRF characteristics between roller shoe and jogging shoe conditions. The differences in GRF pattern may be caused primarily by the altered position of ankle, knee, and center of mass throughout the walking cycle. Future studies should examine muscle activation patterns and joint kinematics during walking with roller shoes.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 철재형 이안제를 설계하기 위한 하부기초의 설계과정을 제시하고, 시험시공 현장에 대한 실시설계를 실시하였다. 본 구조물이 시험시공될 예정지인 경상북도 울진군 오산항 인근 해역에 대한 지반조사를 실시하였다. 대상기초는 압축력이 아닌 파력에 의한 수평력과 인발력에 의존한다. 상부 구조물이 해저면에서 약 9.0 m 돌출되어 있으므로 말뚝두부에 파력에 의한 수평하중이 재하되며 휨강성에 대한 저항력이 중요하다. 검토 결과 철재형 이안제의 기초로 강관말뚝(${\varphi}711$-12t)으로 결정하였다. 외부하중에 대한 말뚝기초의 안정성을 평가한 결과, 연직지지력, 인발저항력 및 수평저항력은 기준 안전율보다 크게 나타났다. 상용하중 작용시 발생되는 기초의 변위는 허용량 이내인 것으로 평가되었다. 지반반력법을 통하여 지층의 횡방향 및 축방향 지반반력과 변위관계를 산정할 수 있었다. 이를 토대로 상부구조의 해석을 수행하고 결과를 정량적으로 비교하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.459-470
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• 2014

During ship design, welding-induced distortions are roughly estimated as a function of the size of the component as well as the welding process and residual stresses are assumed to be locally in the range of the yield stress. Existing welding simulation methods are very complex and time-consuming and therefore not applicable to large structures like ships. Simplified methods for the estimation of welding effects were and still are subject of several research projects, but mostly concerning smaller structures. The main goal of this paper is the application of a multi-layer welding simulation to the block joint of a ship structure. When welding block joints, high constraints occur due to the ship structure which are assumed to result in accordingly high residual stresses. Constraints measured during construction were realized in a test plant for small-scale welding specimens in order to investigate their and other effects on the residual stresses. Associated welding simulations were successfully performed with fine-mesh finite element models. Further analyses showed that a courser mesh was also able to reproduce the welding-induced reaction forces and hence the residual stresses after some calibration. Based on the coarse modeling it was possible to perform the welding simulation at a block joint in order to investigate the influence of the resulting residual stresses on the behavior of the real structure, showing quite interesting stress distributions. Finally it is discussed whether smaller and idealized models of definite areas of the block joint can be used to achieve the same results offering possibilities to consider residual stresses in the design process.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze kinetic variables of lower limbs according to types of ankle taping in drop landing. For this, targeting seven male basketball players (average age: $20.8{\pm}0.74yrs$, average height: $187.4{\pm}3.92cm$, average weight: $79.8{\pm}7.62kg$) with no instability of ankle joints, the drop landing motion was conducted according to three types of inelastic taping (C-type), elastic taping (K-type), and no treatment (N-taping). Based on the result, the next conclusion was reached. First, the effect of taping for the players with stable ankles was minimal and the high load on ankle joints offset the fixing effect of inelastic taping. Thus the inelastic taping for the players with stable ankles did not have an effect on the control of dorsal flexion during one-foot landing. Second, increasing angular velocity by increasing the movable range of knee joints disperses impact forces, yet inelastic taping restricted the range of knee joint motion and at the same time increased angular velocity, adding to a negative effect on knee joints. Third, inelastic taping induced inefficient motion of Lower limbs and unstable impact force control of ankle joints at the moment of landing and produced maximum vertical ground reaction force, which led to an increase of load. Therefore, inelastic ankle taping of players whose jump actions occur very often should be reconsidered. Also, it is thought that this study has a great meaning in proving the problem of inelastic taping related to knee pain with unknown causes.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.15-31
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• 2000

The aim was to evaluate the prevailing ergonomic and psychosocial conditions regarding low back injury in an automobile assembly system. This study consisted of two parts. In the first part of the study, analytic biomechanical model and NIOSH guidelines were applied to evaluate risk levels of low back injury for automobile assembly jobs. Total of 246 workers were analysed. There were 20 jobs having greater back compressive forces than 300kg at L5/S1. Also, there were 44 jobs over Action Limit with respect to 1981 NIOSH guidelines. This might in part be explained by the ergonomic conditions of the company analysed generally being good, with a relatively low duration of 'combined' extreme work posture. The relationship between psychosocial factors and low back injury was examined in the second part of the study. It has recently been recognized that overall reaction to working conditions was influenced by a range of factors, some of which were physical and some psychosocial. The psychosocial environment surrounding the work place may contribute to the perception of risk and eventual ill-health. A battery of questionnaires concerning the psychosocial stress based on PWI(Psychosocial Well-being Index) and musculoskeletal pain symptoms at low back was completed by 246 workers at the same plant. Results showed that 207 out 246 workers experienced the symptoms and 27 workers were diagnosed as patients. Two groups(low stressed, high stressed) based on PWI score had no significant relationships with both symptoms and results of diagnosis. However, sensitivities for symptoms and diagnosis by PWI were 91.3% and 92.6% respectively. Finally, relationships between physical work load and psychosocial stress were analysed. Specifically, some postural factors {vertical deviation angle of forearm, horizontal deviation angle of upperarm, vertical deviation angle of thigh, etc) were highly correlated with psychosocial stress. The results illustrated that PWI scores were associated with some physical workloads. However, psychosocial stress levels couldn't be well related with the pain symptom as well as the actual incidence of low back injury since pain or discomfort regarding low back injury were more complex than that of other musculoskeletal disorders.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2015

Objective : This study aimed to understand how increased heart rates at the time of drop landing during a step test would affect biomechanical variables of the lower extremity limbs. Background : Ballet performers do more than 200 landings in a daily training. This training raises the heart rate and the fatigability of the lower extremity limbs. Ballet performance high heart rate can trigger lower extremity limb injury. Method : We instructed eight female ballet dancers with no instability in their ankle joints(mean ${\pm}$ SD: age, $20.7{\pm}0.7yr$; body mass index, $19.5{\pm}1.2kg/m^2$, career duration, $8.7{\pm}2.0yr$) to perform the drop landing under the following conditions: rest, 60% heart rate reserve (HRR) and 80% HRR. Results : First, the study confirmed that the increased heart rates of the female ballet dancers did not affect the working ranges of the knee joints during drop landing but only increased angular speeds, which was considered a negative shock-absorption strategy. Second, 80% HRR, which was increased through the step tests, led to severe fatigue among the female ballet dancers, which made them unable to perform a lower extremity limb-neutral position. Hence, their drop landing was unstable, with increased introversion and extroversion moments. Third, we observed that the increasing 80% HRR failed to help the dancers effectively control ground reaction forces but improved the muscular activities of the rectus femoris and vastus medialis oblique muscles. Fourth, the increasing heart rates were positively related to the muscular activities of the vastus medialis oblique and rectus femoris muscles, and the extroversion and introversion moments. Conclusion/Application : Our results prove that increased HRR during a step test negatively affects the biomechanical variables of the lower extremity limbs at the time of drop landing.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 테니스 두 스탠스 유형(pinpoint stance, platform stance)에 따른 서브 시 하지관절의 모멘트를 분석하여 테니스 선수들이 연습 시 상해를 예방할 수 있도록 현장에서 지도할 객관적인 기초자료를 얻기 위해 테니스 고등학교 우수선수 7명을 대상으로 하였으며, VICON System의 분석프로그램인 Workstation, Bodybuilder, Polygon을 이용하여 하지관절의 모멘트를 분석하였다. 구체적인 변인은 발목, 무릎, 엉덩관절의 모멘트들을 중점적으로 비교 분석한바 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 테니스 두 스탠스 유형에 따른 서브 동작 시 하지관절에 발생되는 모멘트의 패턴은 각각 다른 패턴이었으며, 모멘트의 크기는 발목 배측 굴곡 모멘트만 plat가 크게 발생되었으며, 다른 모멘트는 pin이 크게 발생되었다. 또 굴신모멘트에서는 엉덩, 발목, 무릎 순이었으며, 회전모멘트는 발목, 무릎, 엉덩 순으로 큰 모멘트를 나타내 보였다. 하지관절의 굴신과 회전모멘트는 백스윙동작과 백스윙동작부터 포워드 스윙으로 변화되는 시점까지 모멘트의 크기가 가장 크게 나타났으며, 변화도 크게 나타내보였다. 이때 상해가 발생할 위험성이 높기 때문에 이에 주의해야 한다고 사료된다.