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Longitudinal Motion Control of Vehicles Using Adaptive Sliding Mode Cascade Observer (적응 슬라이딩 모드 축차 관측기를 이용한 직진 주행 차량 제어)

  • Kim Eung-Seok;Kim Cheol-Jin;Rhee Hyung-Chan
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, an observer-based adaptive controller is proposed to control the longitudinal motion of vehicles. The standard gradient method is used to estimate the vehicle parameters, mass, time constant, etc. The inter-vehicle spacing and its derivatives are estimated by using the sliding mode cascade observer introduced in this paper. It is shown that the proposed adaptive controller is uniformly ultimately bounded. It is also shown that the errors of the relative distance, the relative velocity and the relative acceleration asymptotically converge to zero. The simulation results are presented to investigate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Probabilistic evaluation of chloride ingress process in concrete structures considering environmental characteristics

  • Taisen, Zhao;Yi, Zhang;Kefei, Li;Junjie, Wang
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.84 no.6
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    • pp.831-849
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    • 2022
  • One of the most prevalent causes of reinforced concrete (RC) structural deterioration is chloride-induced corrosion. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive insight into the environmental effect of RC's chloride ingress process. The first step is to investigate how relative humidity, temperature, and wind influence chloride ingress into concrete. The probability of initiation time of chloride-induced corrosion is predicted using a probabilistic model that considers these aspects. Parametric analysis is conducted on several factors impacting the corrosion process, including the depth of concrete cover, surface chloride concentration, relative humidity, and temperature to expose environmental features. According to the findings, environmental factors such as surface chloride concentration, relative humidity and temperature substantially impact on the time to corrosion initiation. The long- and short-distance impacts are also examined. The meteorological data from the National Meteorological Center of China are collected and used to analyze the environmental characteristics of the chloride ingress issue for structures along China's coastline. Finally, various recommendations are made for improving durability design against chloride attacks.

Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Design Factors for Induction Heating System (수치해석을 통한 유도가열 코일의 설계 및 설계인자의 민감도 해석)

  • Oh, Dong-Wook;Kim, Tae Hoon;Do, Kyu Hyung;Park, Jang Min;Lee, Jungho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.233-240
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    • 2013
  • Rapid and homogeneous heating in heat treatment has been a challenging engineering issue throughout a heating temperature over $1,000^{\circ}C$. Induction heating has been widely used in field of heat treatment compared with conventional heating system. Advantages in homogeneous heating, simple fabrication, and repeatable use can be efficiently made with the induction heater. In this paper, numerical analysis of an induction coil system for heat flux gauge heating is performed. The effect of configuration on the heating performance was considered in various cases of the coil radius, distance between the winding, relative height difference between the heat flux gauge and the coil, and the applied current frequency. Temperature distribution within the heat flux gauge at frequency-steady state was calculated with a finite element method. Sensitivity analysis was also performed and the relative importance of 2 key parameters; coil radius, distance between the winding, were taken as main contributors for induction heating.

A Study on the Minimum Safe Distance Index of Filipino Navigators in the Vicinity of Obstacles and in Adverse Weather Conditions

  • Dimailig, Orlando S.;Jeong, Jae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.250-257
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    • 2017
  • This paper investigates minimum safe distances relative to a ship's four cardinal sides, as perceived by Filipino navigators when encountering dangerous elements and in adverse weather conditions when maneuvering in and around harbors. It uses a descriptive research method in the form of a questionnaire survey for experienced Filipino navigators of various ranks. During the course of research, 71 responses were colleted and the resulting data is presented in graphical and tabulated forms. Statistical methods including Pearson-product moment correlations, Cronbach's Alpha and ANOVA were used to identify internal associations, consistencies and significances, respectively. It has been proven that there are no significant differences in minimum safe distances relative to a ship's four cardinal sides, whether maneuvering while approaching a port or within an inner harbor. This study has been deemed significant for training future navigators, managing traffic in fairways, and designing harbors and maneuvering areas in the approaches to ports, among other applications. This work can also be used as a preliminary study for comparison with the well known safe domains presently in use.

Fuzzy Inference Based Design for Durability of Reinforced Concrete Structure in Chloride-Induced Corrosion Environment

  • Do Jeong-Yun;Song Hun;Soh Yang-Seob
    • Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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    • v.17 no.1 s.85
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2005
  • This article involves architecting prototype-fuzzy expert system for designing the nominal cover thickness by means of fuzzy inference for quantitatively representing the environment affecting factor to reinforced concrete in chloride-induced corrosion environment. In this work, nominal cover thickness to reinforcement in concrete was determined by the sum of minimum cover thickness and tolerance to that defined from skill level, constructability and the significance of member. Several variables defining the quality of concrete and environment affecting factor (EAF) including relative humidity, temperature, cyclic wet and dry, and the distance from coast were treated as fuzzy variables. To qualify EAF the environment conditions of cycle degree of wet-dry, relative humidity, distance from coast and temperature were used as input variables. To determine the nominal cover thickness a qualified EAF, concrete grade, and water-cement ratio were used. The membership functions of each fuzzy variable were generated from the engineering knowledge and intuition based on some references as well as some international codes of practice.

Proposal for Pulse Diagnosis Positions (Chon-Kwan-Chuk) for Pulse Analyzer Based on Literature Review and Anthropometry (문헌고찰 및 실측에 근거한 맥진기 측정시 촌관척 정위에 대한 제안)

  • Kim, Hyun-Ho;Lee, Jeon;Kim, Ki-Wang;Kim, Jong-Yeol
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.28 no.3 s.71
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    • pp.13-22
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    • 2007
  • Objectives : To obtain pulse information, oriental medical doctors usually use the three finger pulse diagnosis method. Although the diagnostic positions are very important, the exact positions are not known because of the uncertain conversion of measures of length (bun, chon, chuk) and misunderstanding of the related concepts of oriental medicine. In this study, we proposed relative positions for the detection of three pulses with a pulse analyzer. Methods : The proposal was made based mainly on several literature reviews, especially the original texts, and the examination of anthropometric characteristics of 78 individuals. Results : The Kwan is the spot where the radial pulse can be felt well near the eminent head of the radius at wrist, high bone. The position of Chon should be apart from Kwan by 6/10 distance between the high bone and wrist joint of each individual. Finally, the position of Chuk is apart from Kwan by 6.5/100 distance between the high bone and the elbow joint of each individual. Conclusions : Adapting those proposed positions for measuring three pulses can provide more consistent information to what an oriental doctor obtains than a pulse analyzer applied to other positions.

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Design of Navigation Algorithm for Mobile Robot using Sensor fusion (센서 합성을 이용한 자율이동로봇의 주행 알고리즘 설계)

  • Kim Jung-Hoon;Kim young-Joong;Lim Myo-Teag
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.53 no.10
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    • pp.703-713
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents the new obstacle avoidance method that is composed of vision and sonar sensors, also a navigation algorithm is proposed. Sonar sensors provide poor information because the angular resolution of each sonar sensor is not exact. So they are not suitable to detect relative direction of obstacles. In addition, it is not easy to detect the obstacle by vision sensors because of an image disturbance. In This paper, the new obstacle direction measurement method that is composed of sonar sensors for exact distance information and vision sensors for abundance information. The modified splitting/merging algorithm is proposed, and it is robuster for an image disturbance than the edge detecting algorithm, and it is efficient for grouping of the obstacle. In order to verify our proposed algorithm, we compare the proposed algorithm with the edge detecting algorithm via experiments. The direction of obstacle and the relative distance are used for the inputs of the fuzzy controller. We design the angular velocity controllers for obstacle avoidance and for navigation to center in corridor, respectively. In order to verify stability and effectiveness of our proposed method, it is apply to a vision and sonar based mobile robot navigation system.

Flashover Characteristics of Vertical-type Model Power Line in the Presence of Combustion Flame (연소화염 존재 시 수직형 모델 전력선의 섬락 특성)

  • Kim, In-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.58-65
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    • 2009
  • A forest fire in the area of power line installations may be caused by flashover disturbances in power systems. In this study, experiments were conducted so as to investigate the reduction in dielectric strength caused by combustion flame, and flashover characteristics in the simulated condition of vertical-type model power lines were examined by making shorter and longer the horizontal distance(s) between combustion flame and high-voltage conductors under the application of 60[Hz] a.c. and d.c. high-voltages. As the results of the experimental investigation it is demonstrated that flame can reduce flashover voltages of the model air-gap in shorter range of the horizontal distance(s). Relative air density is considered in order to analyze the reduction causes of the flashover voltages, and it can be seen that the relative air density has a great influence on the flashover characteristics under the presence of combustion flame.

Proximity of the mandibular molar root apex from the buccal bone surface: a cone-beam computed tomographic study

  • Kim, Dokyung;Ha, Jung-Hong;Jin, Myoung-Uk;Kim, Young-Kyung;Kim, Sung Kyo
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.182-188
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    • 2016
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the proximity of the mandibular molar apex to the buccal bone surface in order to provide anatomic information for apical surgery. Materials and Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 127 mandibular first molars and 153 mandibular second molars were analyzed from 160 patients' records. The distance was measured from the buccal bone surface to the root apex and the apical 3.0 mm on the cross-sectional view of CBCT. Results: The second molar apex and apical 3 mm were located significantly deeper relative to the buccal bone surface compared with the first molar (p < 0.01). For the mandibular second molars, the distance from the buccal bone surface to the root apex was significantly shorter in patients over 70 years of age (p < 0.05). Furthermore, this distance was significantly shorter when the first molar was missing compared to nonmissing cases (p < 0.05). For the mandibular first molars, the distance to the distal root apex of one distal-rooted tooth was significantly greater than the distance to the disto-buccal root apex (p < 0.01). In mandibular second molar, the distance to the apex of C-shaped roots was significantly greater than the distance to the mesial root apex of non-C-shaped roots (p < 0.01). Conclusions: For apical surgery in mandibular molars, the distance from the buccal bone surface to the apex and apical 3 mm is significantly affected by the location, patient age, an adjacent missing anterior tooth, and root configuration.

Applying Static Priority Policy to Distance-Constrained Scheduling (간격제한 스케줄이에 정적 우선순위 정책의 적용)

  • Jeong, Hak-Jin;Seol, Geun-Seok;Lee, Hae-Yeong;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1333-1343
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    • 1999
  • 경성 실시간 시스템의 태스크들은 논리적으로 올바른 결과를 산출해야 하지만 또한 각자의 시간 제한 조건을 만족하여야 한다. 간격제한 스케줄링은 시간 제한 조건이 시간 간격 제한으로 주어지는 실시간 태스크들을 스케줄하기 위하여 도입되었다. 간격제한 스케줄링에서의 각 태스크들은 시간 간격 제한 조건을 갖는데, 이것은 태스크의 두 연속적인 수행의 종료시간에 대해 제한을 가한다. 다시 말해, 간격제한 스케줄링에서의 각 태스크 수행은 그 태스크의 직전 수행 완료 시간으로부터 발생하는 데드라인을 갖는다. 간격제한 태스크 스케줄링에 관한 많은 연구는 단순화 방법에 기초하고 있다. 그러나, 우리는 이 논문에서 단순화 방법을 사용하지 않고, 정적 우선순위 및 정적 분리 제한 정책을 채용한 새로운 간격제한 태스크 스케줄링 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 정적 할당 방법은 스케줄링 분석 및 구현을 매우 간단히 할 수 있으며, 또한 스케줄러의 실행시간 오버헤드를 줄일 수 있다.Abstract Tasks in hard real-time systems must not only be logically correct but also meet their timing constraints. The distance-constrained scheduling has been introduced to schedule real-time tasks whose timing constraints are characterized by temporal distance constraints. Each task in the distance-constrained scheduling has a temporal distance constraint which imposes restriction on the finishing times of two consecutive executions of the task. Thus, each execution of a task in the distance-constrained scheduling has a deadline relative to the finishing time of the previous execution of the task.Much work on the distance-constrained task scheduling has been based on the reduction technique. In this paper, we propose a new scheme for the distance-constrained task scheduling which does not use the reduction technique but adopts static priority and static separation constraint assignment policy. We show that our static assignment approach can simplify the scheduling analysis and its implementation, and can also reduce the run-time overhead of the scheduler.