• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.830-835
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• 2004

In railway systems, the performance of turnout is one of the most important factors to improve the train's speed. Standard turnout, in which one track is split in main track side and turnout side. Because the main track side remains linear, speed restriction can be alleviated while train pass the main track side. The factors of speed restriction in main track side are strength of crossing and tongue rail, wheel back side pressure of guard rail and wing rail. In this study, we measured wheel back side pressure of guard rail to compare improved turnout with present turnout. In result, the wheel back side pressure of improved turnout was lower than present turnout, so its performance was proved.

• 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.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.131-157
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• 2014

Special track systems used to divert a train to other directions or other tracks are generally called 'railway turnout'. A traditional turnout system consists of steel rails, switches, crossings, steel plates, fasteners, screw spikes, timber bearers, ballast and formation. The wheel rail contact over the crossing transfer zone has a dip-like shape and can often cause detrimental impact loads on the railway track and its components. The large impact also emits disturbing noises (either impact or ground-borne noise) to railway neighbors. In a brown-field railway track where an existing aged infrastructure requires renewal or maintenance, some physical constraints and construction complexities may dominate the choice of track forms or certain components. With the difficulty to seek for high-quality timbers with dimensional stability, a methodology to replace aged timber bearers in harsh dynamic environments is to adopt an alternative material that could mimic responses and characteristics of timber in both static and dynamic loading conditions. A critical review has suggested an application of an alternative material called fibre-reinforced foamed urethane (FFU). The full-scale capacity design makes use of its comparable engineering characteristics to timber, high-impact attenuation, high damping property, and a longer service life. A field trial to investigate in-situ behaviours of a turnout grillage system using an alternative material, 'fibre-reinforced foamed urethane (FFU)' bearers, has been carried out at a complex turnout junction under heavy mixed traffics at Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. The turnout junction was renewed using the FFU bearers altogether with new special track components. Influences of the FFU bearers on track geometry (recorded by track inspection vehicle 'AK Car'), track settlement (based on survey data), track dynamics, and acoustic characteristics have been measured. Operational train pass-by measurements have been analysed to evaluate the effectiveness of the replacement methodology. Comparative studies show that the use of FFU bearers generates higher rail and sleeper accelerations but the damping capacity of the FFU help suppress vibration transferring onto other track components. The survey data analysis suggests a small vertical settlement and negligible lateral movement of the turnout system. The static and dynamic behaviours of FFU bearers appear to equate that of natural timber but its service life is superior.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.333-340
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• 2011

본 논문은 유럽 TSI와 국내철도차량안전기준에 정의된 건널목 충돌사고시나리오에서 요구하는 성능의 대형 변형체 장애물의 유한요소 모델에 대하여 2가지 종류의 모델을 개발하여 한국형 분산형 고속철도 차량에 적용하고 평가하였다. 규정에서 요구하는 대형 장애물은 기존 강체모델에서 현재의 변형체모델로 변경되었으며 규정에 정의된 방법으로 변형체 강성 값이 검증되어야 한다. 여러 번의 시뮬레이션을 통해 기준을 만족하는 균일한 밀도와 강성의 솔리드 형 장애물 모델과 균일하지 않은 셸 형 장애물 모델 등 2가지를 개발하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 대형장애물을 사용하여 분산형 고속열차를 대상으로 규정의 대형장애물 충돌시뮬레이션을 수행하였고 그 결과를 평가하였다. 셸 형과 솔리드 형 장애물은 열차와 충돌 후 거동에 상당한 차이가 있었고, 셸 모델이 더 가혹한 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국강구조학회 논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.761-771
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• 2008

열차운행주파수가 철도교의 고유진동수와 일치하면, 철도교의 공진은 피할 수 없다. 또한, 열차가 교량을 매우 빠르게 통과하면, 계측 가능한 시간응답의 샘플 수는 매우 적다. 본 논문은 그러한 경우에 대하여 철도 교량의 동특성을 매우 효과적으로 추출할 수 있는 TDD기법과 SI기법을 소개한다. 열차통과 직후에 교량의 자유진동 시간응답구간의 상호상관을 이용하여 모드형상은 TDD기법으로 추출하고, 고유진동수 및 감쇠비 등의 시간변수들은 SI기법으로 추출한다. 경부고속철도 시스템에 위치한 2경간 강합성교량의 동특성 추출실험을 통하여 TDD기법과 SI기법의 현장 적용성이 검토되었다. 동특성 추정결과는 기존의 ERADC기법의 결과와 비교 검토되었다. 추정결과는 기존의 방법을 이용하여 획득된 결과와 매우 잘 일치한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.466-471
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• 2017

Pantograph must be correctly attached to catenary to continuously supply stable power to railway vehicle, and the device used here is Auxiliary Air Compressor (ACM). The existing ACM used the DC motor that included commutator and brush. Since maintenance and repair by mechanical friction are essential for the DC motor, BLDC motor studies have been conducted to improve this. A three-phase BLDC motor does $120^{\circ}$ two-phase commutation through hall sensors in general. However, since hall sensor is vulnerable to heat and can run only when all three sensors work normally, sensorless control method has been studied to solve this. Using back EMF Zero Crossing Point (ZCP) detection method, this paper will introduce a stable switching sensing method that has a non-commutation area in a low speed zone.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.453-458
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• 2006

A turnout system which permits trains to pass from one track to another consists of the switch, the crossing, lead rails which are necessary to connect the switch and the crossing, two guard rails and a switch machine for operating the switch. A turnout is the sole moving part among the railway components and has complex configuration, so the safety has always been raised an issue. In Korea, it is planned to adopt the high speed tilting train, which operates at the maximum speed of 180km/h, at conventional lines by the year of 2010. However, for the application of the tilting train to conventional lines, it is prerequisite to establish a stable turnout system allowing the tilting train to pass through it without reducing speed. Therefore, the improved turnout system for the speed-up of conventional lines has been developed and the prototype of the turnout system has been constructed. In this study, evaluation of noise characteristics around the improved turnout system was performed through the field measurements. Field measurements of noise around the conventional and the high-speed turnout system were also carried out for the comparison.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.895-902
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• 2010

The method in a bid to make better use of limited urban space amidst increasingly expanding urban area have been attempted in various ways. Efficient using underground space is one of the examples. The pipe roof and excavation for underground crossing implemented in this study was the part of evaluation of such attempt. However, the pipe roof method for underground crossing may cause the ground surface to be uplifted or settled down, having effect on structure above the ground. Thus in this study, a laboratory model test designed to evaluate the effect on surface during implementing pipe roof and excavation was carried out. The ground displacement during pipe roof advancing and excavation is usually occurred in a radial shape but as the study focused on trackbed, the evaluation included ground settlement only. Thus, appropriately-scaled model was selected considering domestic geological characteristics and operation characteristics of traditional and high-speed rail trains and the qualitative evaluation of displacement was carried out with a certain ground loss depending on excavation after categorizing trackbed settlement pattern depending on depth of top soil.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.76-85
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• 2018

The interest in the Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology has risen remarkably due to the effects on construction work period reduction, cost reduction, work safety improvement, and other factors. In civil engineering field, BIM applications mainly focus on data modeling and virtual construction. In this study, we present the BIM-based virtual construction and analyze the effects of BIM for the railway facilities so that the conventional approach to the equipment operation plan can be improved in order to prevent safety accidents which can result from unclear information during the operation plan. The BIM-based virtual construction technology is applied to establish the construction plan for the site with constraints, the installation of steel girder needs to be completed, avoiding interference with the existing high-speed railway operation within a given limited time. A virtual construction model consisting of topography, structures, equipments, and avatar was built and more detailed model, including safety guard rails, was then created. Specifications of the construction equipment were input as a database, and the virtual construction model was manipulated in the equipment operation planning. Through the BIM-based virtual construction, including the verification of alternative construction method, 311 million won was saved and the construction period was shortened by 87 days compared to the original plan. In addition, it was shown that the interest and participation of the construction workers can be increased by providing the 3D virtual scene for real construction work and various safety hazards occurring during equipment operation can be effectively removed in advance by the interactive worker education.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

Train accidents can be directly connected to fatal accidents-collision, derailment, Fire, railway crossing accidents-resulting in tremendous human casualties. First of all, the railway derailment is not only related to most of railway accidents but also it can lead to much more catastrophic accompanying train overtured than other factors. Therefore, it is most important factor to ensure railway safety. some foreign countries have applied to the detector machines(e.g., ultrasonic detector car, sleep mode, current detector, optical sensing, optical fiber). Since it was developed in order to prevent train from being derailed. In korea, the existing track method has been used to monitor rail condition using track circuit. However, we found out it impossible for Communication Based Train Control system(CBTC), recent technology to detect rail condition using balise(data transmission devices) without no track circuit. For this reason, it is needed instantly to develop real-time monitoring system used to detect broken rails. Firstly, this paper presents domestic and international statues analysis of rail breaks technology. Secondly, the composition and the characteristics of the real-time monitoring system. Finally, the evidence that this system could assumed the location and type of broken rails was proved by the experiment of prototype and operation line tests. We concluded that this system can detect rail break section in which error span exist within${\pm}1m$.