• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.549-562
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• 2017

The US railroad network carries 40% of the nation's total freight. Railroad bridges are the most critical part of the network infrastructure and, therefore, must be properly maintained for the operational safety. Railroad managers inspect bridges by measuring displacements under train crossing events to assess their structural condition and prioritize bridge management and safety decisions accordingly. The displacement of a railroad bridge under train crossings is one parameter of interest to railroad bridge owners, as it quantifies a bridge's ability to perform safely and addresses its serviceability. Railroad bridges with poor track conditions will have amplified displacements under heavy loads due to impacts between the wheels and rail joints. Under these circumstances, vehicle-track-bridge interactions could cause excessive bridge displacements, and hence, unsafe train crossings. If displacements during train crossings could be measured objectively, owners could repair or replace less safe bridges first. However, data on bridge displacements is difficult to collect in the field as a fixed point of reference is required for measurement. Accelerations can be used to estimate dynamic displacements, but to date, the pseudo-static displacements cannot be measured using reference-free sensors. This study proposes a method to estimate total transverse displacements of a railroad bridge under live train loads using acceleration and tilt data at the top of the exterior pile bent of a standard timber trestle, where train derailment due to excessive lateral movement is the main concern. Researchers used real bridge transverse displacement data under train traffic from varying bridge serviceability levels. This study explores the design of a new bridge deck-pier experimental model that simulates the vibrations of railroad bridges under traffic using a shake table for the input of train crossing data collected from the field into a laboratory model of a standard timber railroad pile bent. Reference-free sensors measured both the inclination angle and accelerations of the pile cap. Various readings are used to estimate the total displacements of the bridge using data filtering. The estimated displacements are then compared to the true responses of the model measured with displacement sensors. An average peak error of 10% and a root mean square error average of 5% resulted, concluding that this method can cost-effectively measure the total displacement of railroad bridges without a fixed reference.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.880-887
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• 2020

본 연구는 고속열차가 개활지와 터널을 운행할 때, 풍압과 교행 등에 의한 외력이 차량에 가해질 때 고속열차의 주행안정성에 대해 고찰하기 위하여 진행되었다. 고속열차 교행에 의한 외력이 없을 때, 400 km/h 속도로 주행 시 8량 1편성의 고속열차의 주행안정성을 검토한 결과 윤중 감소량, 횡압, 탈선계수는 국내 법규인 고속철도차량 기술기준의 주행 안전 부분을 만족하였다. 선로중심 간격 4.6 m일 경우 터널 내, 개활지 강풍이 없을 때 고속열차 교행에 의한 외력의 영향은 차체의 횡가속도에 조금 영향을 주나 윤중 감소율, 횡압, 탈선계수에는 크게 영향이 없고, 고속철도차량 기술 기준에서 허용하는 기준치 이내였다. 선로중심 간격이 4.6~5.0 m이고, 열차가 400 km/h로 주행 시 개활지 강풍 20 m/s 및 교행에 의한 외력이 있을 때 윤중 감소율, 횡압 및 탈선계수는 허용치 이내이고, 강풍 30 m/s 및 교행에 의한 외력이 있을 때 윤중 감소율 및 횡압은 허용치를 초과하고, 탈선계수는 허용치 이내였다. 이 결과로 400 km/h급 고속열차는 풍속이 20 m/s 정도까지 안전하게 운행할 수 있으며, 풍속이 30 m/s에서는 감속 운행이 이루어져야 할 것으로 예측되었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1451-1453
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• 2004

본 논문은 기존선 전철화 및 속도 향상 관련 건널목 신호보안 설비에 대해 검토하였다. 이는 건널목 경보제어기, 정 시간 제어장치, 조차장 또는 역 주변에서의 건널목 운영 방안, 전철화에 따른 건널목 인명 및 신호보안 설비 보호방안 등을 중점적으로 분석하였으며, 또한 2004년부터 시작된 기존선 차상신호시스템 도입에 따라 기존의 건널목 신호보안 설비와 차상신호시스템과의 인터페이스 방안에 대해서도 함께 분석하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.160-166
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• 2010

철도와 도로가 평면 교차하는 개소에서 열차의 진입을 통행자에게 알려 사고를 방지하는 운전보안설비를 건널목 보안장치라 하며, 이 장치는 레일을 전기회로의 일부로 사용하여 회로를 구성하고 철도차량의 차축에 의해 레일사이를 단락함에 따라 열차의 유무를 검지하는 궤도회로장치에 의한 것이 대부분이다. 그 만큼 건널목보안장치에서 궤도회로장치가 중요한 역할을 하지만, 열차운행 횟수 감소로 눈, 비, 습기 등에 의하여 레일에 녹이 발생하여 열차가 궤도회로를 점유하여도 단락감도 불량으로 궤도회로가 낙하되지 않아 건널목보안장치 무경보 발생으로 도로차량과 충돌하는 사고발생이 우려된다. 본 논문에서는 이와 같은 문제점을 보완하기 위하여 열차에 의해 궤도를 단락하는 열차검지방식에서 적외선 센서에 의해 열차접근을 확인하여 건널목보안장치를 제어하는 방식으로 변경하여 열차안전운행을 확보하는 효율적인 안전장치로서의 역할을 수행할 수 있도록 설계 방법을 제안한다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.282-291
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• 2010

In line with current speed-up of railroad, a slab track has been increasingly adopted in a bid to secure the safety of track structure as well as to reduce the maintenance cost, and furthermore, the need for commercialization of domestically-developed swing-nose crossing turnout on slab track has been on the rise. For commercialization of swing-nose crossing turnout on slab which was developed in Korea, a technical and systematic performance evaluation system, considering local environment, shall be established and then the performance evaluation shall be accordingly implemented. This paper was intended to summarize the performance evaluation system, referring to the data available at home and abroad and the results of performance evaluation for domestically-developed swing-nose crossing turnout on slab track carried out to date based on that system. A performance evaluation system comprises the technical requirement appropriateness evaluation(component performance evaluation and design verification), laboratory test and on-site test. For domestically-developed swing-nose crossing turnout on slab track, appropriateness evaluation and laboratory test have been completed and the on-site test of those installed on the 2nd phase of Kyung-Bu HSR is underway now.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.407-413
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• 2006

Railways are very important to get stability of railway structure as transportation system carrying a lot of passengers and freight. These days the construction of underground railway crossing such as expansion of new roads, construction of subway and gas pipe is increasing because of economic and social development. But these kinds of construction didn't take into account Cost-benefit analysis of railway which has the most important aspects of railway safety, so the results of construction didn't get a good evaluation. This study adapt Cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the economic validity of underground railway crossing. This study adjust about Cost-benefit analysis of railway part, and analyze the new method and technology of underground railway crossing constructed by Korean National Railroad and Railway Network Authority. Also this study divide between high frequency line and low frequency lineusing B/C, NPV, and IRR analysis. After analysis, B/C ratio method is the most suitable method among B/C, NPV, and IRR analysis method. Therefore this study can express economic benefit quantitatively and decrease the cost by adapting Cost-benefit analysis, and can clearly express the construction feasibility and investment effects of construction of underground railway crossing method.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권12호
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• pp.2109-2112
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• 2016

The rate of rise of the fault current in DC grids is very high compared to AC grids because of the low line impedance of DC lines. In AC grids the arc of the circuit breaker under current interruption is extinguished by the zero current crossing which is provided naturally by the system. In DC grids the zero current crossing must be provided by the circuit breaker itself. Unlike AC girds, the magnetic energy of DC grids is stored in the system inductance. The DC circuit breaker must dissipate the stored energy. In addition the DC breaker must withstand the residual overvoltage after the current interruption. The main contents of this paper are to ${\cdot}$ Explain the theoretical background for the design of DC circuit breaker. ${\cdot}$ Develop the simulation model in PSIM of the real scaled DC circuit breaker for 1,800V DC railway. ${\cdot}$ Suggest design guidelines for the DC circuit breaker based on the experimental work, simulations and design process.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.88-96
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• 2001

Rail crossings are major accident-prone areas. Higher traffic volume, frequent rail operation, increased train speed all contribute to increased accident rate and severity In Korea efforts are being made to upgrade currently at-grade rail crossings to grade crossings. There is, however, no quantified analysis measures to analyse the impact of rail grade crossing, thus make it difficult to prioritize different projects under the budget constraints. Projects are selected based on the negotiation between Korea National Railway(KNR) and local governments. To shed light on the development effort for Korean procedure, GradeDec 2000 program of Federal Railroad Adminstration(FRA) was applied for Korean context. Case study involving three rail crossing was ca]lied out, and results are analyzed. Research efforts which need further attention are identified, research direction is analyzed considering local procedure, and issues in the application of the procedures are discussed in detail.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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• pp.315-317
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• 2001

In this paper, the relationship between system engineering lifecycle and safety lifecycle is investigated. V diagram and IEC 61508 model are represented in the lifecycle model. V diagram easily shows the flow of information between phases. But it does not show the amount of work involved in each stage. IEC 61508 model describes the activities to be performed during each phase of the lifecycle. And also the causal-consequence analysis for the level crossing is presented Representing this analysis procedure, we are try to establish safety of level crossing.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1387-1389
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• 2000

Railway signalling system is required to be high safety against collision, derailment and collision at level crossing and to be high availability. The signalling system is usually divided into automatic train control, interlocking and centralized traffic control systems and each system must be high fail safe and availability. This study focused on reliability calculation of vital systems in train control system.