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A Study on Railway Transportation Business Cost Estimation & Decision Supporting Methods using Simulation Data (시뮬레이션을 활용한 철도교통사업 비용 추산 및 의사결정 지원 방법 연구)

  • Chang, Suk;Nam, Do Woo;Sim, Jeong Hwan;Kim, Dong Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.85-94
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    • 2020
  • In determining the feasibility of planning and launching railway transportation projects, various decision-making processes are essentially required. LCC(Life Cycle Cost) value including total construction cost and operation cost is estimated in approximation Model with rough guideline. In this study, modeling and simulation-based analysis method is proposed to support the decision making process of railroad transportation and derivation of LCC. Firstly, cost analysis model was constructed by collecting various existing rail transportation business data to enable analyze based on numerical data, and the result were analyzed by DOE(Design Of Experiments) and RSM (Response Surface Method) simulation. Professional commercial software tools were used for effective model construction and simulation. In order to verify the research results, the actual railroad transportation projects were selected, and the results of the analysis were compared.

Feasibility Study on Introduction of Piggy-back System by Applying Transport Database

  • Lee, Yong-Jae;Lee, Chulung;Kim, Yong-Hoon;Han, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2022
  • In this study, The goal is to analyze the feasibility of introducing a Piggyback system that can reduce the time and cost incurred by transshipment work and improve the transportation speed when transporting complex cargo by rail. To this end, the feasibility analysis methodology is reviewed through domestic and international literature review. In order to quantitatively derive the feasibility analysis values, a transportation database was applied to develop a freight transport simulation model and a freight demand prediction model for major freight transport O-D routes with a transportation distance of 200 km or more. As a result of analyzing economic feasibility by setting the analysis period to 15 years on the premise that the Piggyback System will be introduced on major cargo transport O-D routes in 2025, the NPV value was positive and the B/C value was 1.18, indicating that the Piggyback system was economical. The proposed research method can be meaningful data for establishing transportation policies that can improve the competitiveness of railroad transportation.

Study of Ride Comfort on Train through Physiological Parameter (생체 신호를 이용한 열차 승차감 평가 시스템 연구)

  • Song, Yong-Soo;Oh, Suk-Moon;Lee, Jae-Ho;Kim, Yong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.237-250
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    • 2011
  • The train transportation has a lot of advantages-energy efficiency is high, it is eco-friendly, safety is better than normal roads and it is possible for people to arrive on time. In these days, the valuation of ride comfort, which is only limited to road transportation, is newly recognized in order to having competitiveness from other transportation. Especially, in the development of the Korean high-speed railroad business, the ride comfort enhancement of train is very important problem to be solved. Currently, there are international standards of ride comfort such as UIC13, ISO2631. In Korea case, although it has own standard like KS R9216, it mainly depends on the physical parameter such as vibration and noise. So recently, in the valuation of ride comfort, the movements of living parameter technique introduction are increasing on the base of Japan and many developed countries of Europe techniques. Presently, the method of train ride comfort is mainly based of vibration, that is, mechanical parameter adding selection of variable acceleration and noise. This paper would like to show biological parameter; heart rate and blood pressure variation. This method is more direct, based on human body response, than mechanical parameter method. In this experiment, the variability of heart rate and blood pressure of passengers according to tilting angle change of Train, the Korean tilting train, we are supposed to know that the extent of tilting on the simulation has influence on variability of heart rate and blood pressure, which are living parameter of heart's blood.

Development of Calculation Method on the GHG Emission of Railroad (철도부문 온실가스 배출량 산정 방법론 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Jung, Woo-Sung;Kwon, Tae-Soon;Kim, Hee-Man;Kang, Sung-Hae
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.828-830
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    • 2009
  • In Korea, various efforts to cope with the Post-Kyoto system have been recently performed because a duty for the GHG(Greenhouse Gas) reduction may be allocated from 2013. Especially, the role of railroad has been strengthened to decrease total GHG emission of transportation system. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the GHG emission and the reduction strategies of railroad. The purpose of this study was to develop the calculation method of GHG emission released from railroad. Main source of GHG emission was the energy consumption of railroad vehicle and infrastructure. Based on the emission factor and the equation reported in IPCC 2006 guideline, the total GHG emission of railroad was about 1.4 million tons CO2e in 2007. Using this calculation method, the GHG data of railroad can be calculated quantitatively and managed systematically in the future.

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Study on Plastic Deformation of Cohesionless Soil through Cyclic Triaxial Test (반복삼축압축실험을 통한 사질토의 소성변형 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Eun-Chul;Kang, Hyoun-Hoi;Choi, Chan-Young;Yang, Hee-Aaeng
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1370-1376
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    • 2008
  • The structure of railroad or subway is that low fare transportation system of the large traffic volume. Like this structure is subjected to the cyclic load of moving vehicle. Consequently the result of the settlement analysis or plastic deformation prediction of railroad bed could be used as an important factor in safety of the railroad. The results of cyclic triaxial test were used in the numerical analysis of power model which Li and Selig(1994) developed. The soil samples were obtained from the construction site of railroad. Cyclic triaxial test was conducted with the variation of the magnitude of cyclic load and soil types. The large magnitude of plastic deformation in the railroad bed is caused of structure failure of the railroad.

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An Appraisal of Environmental Value of Railroad Construction (철도건설의 환경적 가치평가연구)

  • Chung, Sungbong
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.357-363
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    • 2011
  • In spite of numerous advantages in railroads such as mass transportation, high reliability, and environmental soundness etc., the value of railroad construction is relatively underestimated compared to road. This is because the current method of evaluation focuses mainly on economic effect. In this study, considering recent research results, the environmental value of railroad construction was assessed by calculating the effect of reduction of emissions and water contamination. With these two benefits, the environmental effect produced by railroads and road construction was calculated and compared to each other using EMME/3. As a result, the senario 4 which considers 'Hot/Cold start' condition and water contamination had highest benefits. Furthermore, the environmental effect produced by railroad is 55~101% higher than road construction. If the suggested method is used in the current appraisal system, the environment-friendly mode like railway would be highly valued, much more than before.

A Study on Emergency Response Plan for Manless Light Rail Transit(LRT) (무인 경량전철 운영을 위한 비상대응 계획 수립에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Min-Kyu;Shin, Jong-Hyun;Kim, Yeon-Woong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.915-923
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    • 2011
  • Our country is promoting the introduction of new means of transportation due to insufficient supply according to the existing demand of road traffic. Among them, manless light railroad transit is settled down as the most definite alternative. However, new traffic systems such as manless light railroad have certain difference between characteristics of hardware and software and subway system. Therefore, there will be many differences compared to the existing contingency system when accidents occur. Railway management organization has to establish railway contingency plan and acquire permission from the minister of the Ministry of Land, Transport, and Maritime Affairs. However, as commercial transportation is available, a new traffic system also should establish contingency plan. Therefore, the establishment of systematic contingency plan is suggested in order to analyze characteristics of manless light railroad in the beginning of introduction and to make contingency response available.

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Advanced Railway Power Quality Detecting Algorithm Using a Combined TEO and STFT Method

  • Yoo, Je-Ho;Shin, Seung-Kwon;Park, Jong-young;Cho, Soo-Hwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.2442-2447
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    • 2015
  • Because an electric railway vehicle is a large scale moving load, it can cause various kinds of power quality problems in the railroad power system. The power quality impacts are considered as the strong instantaneous stresses to the related power systems and can cause an accelerating aging and a malfunction of the power supplying components. Therefore, it is necessary to detect the small and intermittent symptoms mixed in the voltage waveform. However, they cannot be detected by the triggering functions of the existing power analyzers installed in the railway systems. This paper will examine the drawback of some fast detection tools and propose an advanced detecting and analyzing method based on a combined TEO and STFT algorithm.

A Study on the Introduction of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Rolling Stocks (철도차량에 대한 전과정평가 도입을 위한 방안 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Yong-Ki;Park, Sung-Hwan;Kim, Hee-Man
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.589-593
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    • 2007
  • Due to sustainable development, international environmental regulations have been reinforced continuously. Especially, Kyoto protocol related to energy consumption affects to national production system seriously. Even if railroad is the most environmental- friendly transportation, it is necessary to improve its environment. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a representative tool to evaluate the environment impacts of a product. In the EU's railroad companies, the recycling efficiency and the waste emissions of rolling stocks have improved considering their environment impacts with LCA from a design step. Also, the LCA system of Korean electric motor units has been developed to build an environmentally sound railroad as one of national transportation core technology R&D projects. Therefore, the introduction of LCA will be required to decrease environmental impacts released from rolling stocks in the future.

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A Study on Curve Running Characteristic of DMT Freight (DMT 화차의 곡선부 주행특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Il;Eom, Beom-Gyu;Lee, Hi-Sung;Lee, Young-Yeob;Kim, Yong-Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.373-380
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    • 2010
  • An interest is increased of environment and energy so, importance on railroad high energy efficiency is magnified. And after Gyeong-bu High speed rail is completed, share rate freight transportation of railroad is expected to be gradually increased due to expand investment for railroad and operate mainly freight transportation on convention line. Therefore a research on DMT freight cars is necessary under like this situation. In paper, we developed analysis model for DMT freight car and DMT freight was analyzed numerically using VI-Rail in each condition of railway having different curve and carried out vibration analysis on curving using developed analysis model. And we carried out test on driving stability follow changing curve radius then measure against UIC code 518.