• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.724-729
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• 2016

This case study carried out a rear-end collision accident analysis and physical simulation of an SUV and passenger car. The speed of the SUV by physical analysis is 71 ~ 87 km/h, while the speed of the passenger car is 6 ~ 22 km/h. Simulation results showed the optimal speed conditions for the SUV was 71 km/h, and 7 km/h for the passenger car. Simulations can be verified for the collision analysis. The findings of this study are expected to increase the reliability of accident reconstructions.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2012

The purpose of this research is to obtain and analyze dynamic responses from human volunteers for the development of the human-like mechanical or mathematical model for Korean males in automotive rear collisions. This paper focused on the introduction to a low-speed rear impact sled test involving Korean male subjects, and the accumulation of the motion of head and neck. A total of 50 dynamic rear impact sled tests were performed with 50 human volunteers, who are 30-50 year-old males. Each subject can be involved in only one case to prevent any injury in which he was exposed to the impulse that was equivalent to a low-speed rear-end collision of cars at 5-8 km/h for change of velocity, so called, ${\Delta}V$. All subjects were examined by an orthopedist to qualify for the test through the medical check-up of their necks and low backs prior to the test. The impact device is the pendulum type, tuned to simulate the crash pulse of a real vehicle. All motions and impulses were captured and measured by motion capture systems and pressure sensors on the seat. Dynamic responses of head and T1 were analyzed in two cases(5 km/h, 8 km/h) to compare with the results in the previous studies. After the experiments, human subjects were examined to check up any change in the post medical analysis. As a result, there was no change in MRI and no injury reported. Six subjects experienced a minor stiffness on their back for no more than 2 days and got back to normal without any medical treatment.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.104-110
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• 2009

In this driving simulation study, the impairing effects of various types of electronic devices usage(i. e., destination search by using in-vehicle navigation system, TV watching and dialing cellular phone) during driving on front-to-rear-end collision avoidance were investigated. Percentage of collisions, driving speeds when the drivers collided, and initial reaction time for collision avoidance were analyzed and compared as the dependent measures. The results indicated that (1) any types of electronic devices usage during driving induced more serious collision-related impairment than control condition where no additional task was required, and (2) in general, destination search task appeared to impair drivers collision avoidance performance more than the other task requirements in terms of percentage of collisions and initial reaction time for collision avoidance, but TV watching induced most serious collision impact. These results suggested that any types of electronic device usage could distract drivers attention from the primary task of driving, and be resulted in serious outcome in potentially risky situation of front-to-rear-end collision. In particular, mandatory use of eye-hand coordination and receiving feedback seemed to one of essential factor leading the drivers visual attentional distraction.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2010

This study deals with the traffic accident according to the improvement projects of frequent accident locations. The objective is to analyze the impact of improvements on the accident reduction. In pursuing the above, the study gives the particular attentions to developing the models based on the data of 70 intersections improved. The main results analyzed are as follows. First, 4 multiple linear regression accident models(total, side right-angle, rear end and side stripe accident) which were statistically significant were developed. Second, total accidents reduction by sight-distance and turning traffic flow improvements, side right-angle by sight-distance, over-speed and lane operation, rear end by turning traffic flow, signal and lane operation, and side stripe by traffic impedance improvements were analyzed. Finally, the above 4 models were evaluated to be statically significant through the correlation analysis and pair-sample t-test.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.67-75
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• 2011

A new energy absorbing mechanism for car seat was developed to reduce the neck injury in rear impacts. Energy absorbing principle is based on the shear-bolt behavior of thin-walled cast components subjected to static and dynamic loads. Results of shear bolt test using AM60 of Mg alloys showed robust behavior giving an approximately constant mean force during failure processes. Simply designed energy absorbing mechanism was assembled with the recliner between seat backs and seat rails. We have simulated the sled test of seat with dummy under the rear end impact using the finite element method. Results of simulation show that the new seat mechanism reduces thorax acceleration to a considerable extent, but it is not sufficient to mitigate neck injury indices e.g. neck shear force, neck tension force and NIC. With heightened headrest and narrowed backset, the energy absorbing mechanism resulted in good performance of protecting the neck injuries.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2012

This paper discusses the evaluation of the safety impact of the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) system in Korea. To evaluate the safety impact, this paper suggests an analysis method by using the test scenario and field operational test data. The test scenario is composed to represent the main component factor of the ACC system and ACC related accident situation such as rear-end collision, lane-change, and road-curvature, etc. Also, from the field operation test data, the system's potential to increase the safety can be measured ideally. Besides, field operational testdata was used to revise the expected safety impact value as Korean road conditions. By using the proposed evaluation method, enhanced safety impact of the ACC system can be estimated scientifically.

• Composites Research
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2024

운송 수단의 발전은 인간의 교통 편의 증진과 더불어 이동이 불편한 장애인들의 이동 반경 확대를 가능하게 하였다. 그러나 휠체어 탑재 차량의 경우 차량 사고 시 발생할 수 있는 안전성은 일반 승객 좌석에 비해 여전히 낮다. 특히 무방비 상태에서 발생할 수 있는 후방 추돌 사고의 경우 장애인 탑승객의 목 부상에 치명적으로 작용할 수 있다. 따라서 휠체어 탑재 차량에 적용될 headrest에는 보다 세밀한 설계안이 반영되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 휠체어 운송 차량의 저속 후방 추돌 시 headrest의 국부적 압축 특성 분포 구현을 위해 multi-cell headrest가 제안되었다. 이후 해석을 통한 데이터셋 구축과 k-means clustering을 적용한 군집화 결과를 이용해 탑승객의 목 상해지수와 충격 에너지 흡수량 간 상관관계 분석이 수행되었다. 군집화 결과 유사한 특성을 지닌 데이터 군집이 형성된 것을 확인하였으며, 각 군집의 특성을 통한 목 상해지수와 충격 에너지 흡수량 간의 상관관계 분석이 수행되었다. 분석 결과 Mid3와 Mid6에서의 cell 압축 특성이 soft할수록 충격 에너지 흡수량이 증가하는 것을 확인하였으며, Front2, Mid3, Mid6에서의 cell 압축 특성이 hard할수록 목 상해지수 감소에 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2013

This paper presents a development of the Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) Algorithm for passenger vehicles. The AEB is the system to slow the vehicle and mitigate the severity of an impact when a rear end collision probability is increased. To mitigate a rear end collision, the AEB comprises of a millimeter wave radar sensor, CCD camera and vehicle parameters of which are processed to judge the likelihood of a collision occurring. The main controller of the AEB algorithm is composed of the two control stage: upper and lower level controller. By using the collected obstacle information, the upper level controller of the main controller decides the control mode based not only on parametric division, but also on physical collision capability. The lower level controller determines warning level and braking level to maintain the longitudinal safety. To decide the braking level, Last Ponit To Brake and Steer (LPTB/LPTS) are compared with current driving statues. To demonstrate the control performance of the proposed AEBS algorithm's, closed-loop simulation of the AEBS was conducted by using the Matlab simlink and CarSim software.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2007년도 추계학술발표논문집
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• pp.315-318
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• 2007

최근 자동차안전기준이 중요시되면서 안전에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구는 FMVSS301 및 자동차안전기준 제 91조에 해당하는 시험조건으로 후방추돌시 인체상해를 방지하기위해 뎀퍼가 장착된 자동차시트의 메카니즘을 설계 및 해석을 하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.712-719
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• 2012

Penetrator with enhanced lateral effect(PELE) is a newconcept projectile, without dynamite and fuze. It consists of high-density jacket, closed at its rear end and filled with a low-density filling material. To study the explosion characteristics of PELE, by AUTODYN-3D code, the calculation models of projectile body and bullet target are established and the process of penetrating aluminum-2024 alloy target of PELE is simulated, and the scattering characteristics after penetrating aluminum-2024 alloy target of PELE are studied by different initial velocity. The explicit finite element analysis of PELE fragmentation was implemented with stochastic failure criterion in AUTODYN-3D code. As expansion of filling, the fragments were obtained velocities and dispersed laterally and further more enhancing the damage area largely. The number and shape of the PELE fragments were different depend on impact velocity and incidence angle of filling which fragment generated during penetration and lateral dispersion process.