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Estimation Algorithm of Vehicle Roll Angle and Control Strategy of Roll Mitigation Force Distribution (차량 롤 각 추정 알고리즘 및 롤 저감력 분배 제어 전략)

  • Chung, Seunghwan;Lee, Hyeongcheol
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.633-641
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    • 2015
  • The ROM (roll over mitigation) system is a next-generation suspension system that can improve vehicle-driving stability and ride comfort. Currently, mass-produced safety systems, such as ESC (electronic stability control) and ECS (electronic control suspension), enable measurements of longitudinal and lateral acceleration as well as yaw rate through inertial sensor clusters, but they lack direct measurements of the roll angle. Therefore, in this paper, a roll angle estimation algorithm from ESC system sensors and tire normal force has been proposed. Furthermore, this study presents a method for roll over mitigation force distribution between the front and rear of a ROM system. Performance and reliability of the roll angle estimation and roll over mitigation force distribution were investigated through simulations. The simulation results showed that the proposed control algorithm and strategy are reliable during vehicle rollovers.

ANALYSIS PROCESS APPLIED TO A HIGH STIFFNESS BODY FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE HANDLING PROPERTIES

  • Kim, K.C.;Kim, C.M.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.629-636
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    • 2007
  • This paper describes the process of analyzing vehicle stiffness in terms of frequency band in order to improve vehicle handling. Vehicle handling and ride comfort are highly related to the systems such as suspension, seat, steering, and the car body design. In existing analytical processes, the resonance frequency of a car body is designed to be greater than 25 Hz in order to increase the stiffness of the body against idle vibration. This paper introduces a method for using a band with a frequency lower than 20 Hz to analyze how stiffness affects vehicle handling. Accordingly, static stiffness analysis of a 1g cornering force was conducted to minimize the deformation of vehicle components derived from a load on parts attached to the suspension. In addition, this technology is capable of achieving better performance than older technology. Analysis of how body attachment stiffness affects the dynamic stiffness of a bushing in the attachment parts of the suspension is expected to lead to improvements with respect to vehicle handling and road noise. The process of developing a car body with a high degree of stiffness, which was accomplished in the preliminary stage of this study, confirms the possibility of improving the stability performance and of designing a lightweight prototype car. These improvements can reduce the time needed to develop better vehicles.

Analysis of Vehicle Limit Considering the Dynamic Behavior for an Urban Train (도시철도 차량의 동적거동을 고려한 차량한계 해석)

  • 박찬경;김영국;배대성
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.527-533
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    • 2002
  • A railway vehicle should be satisfied with the safety criteria and ride comfort of passengers. A bogie of railway vehicle Is composed of many suspension components, such as springs, dampers and etc.. that have an influence on the dynamic behavior of the train wish the wheel/rail profiles and track geometries. Therefore, it Is necessary for engineers to check the Interference between vehicle limit and construction limit with considering the vehicle's behavior, because when the vehicle is running on curved track, it should be have enough clearance from infrastructure for safely, spacially In a subway system. This paper explains the effective method of analysis for vehicle limit considering the vehicle dynamic behavior and reviews the problem of vehicle limit for the Korean Standard Urban Train. The results show that the vehicle limit is over the construction limit when the Korean Standard Urban Train runs on the curved track with 180 m radius of curve.

Development of Onshore Offshore Tower Elevator with load distribution endless winder and integrated control panel (하중 분산형 엔드리스 와인더와 통합형 제어반을 적용한 육상 해상 풍력타워 승강기 개발)

  • Lee, Sang-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.711-719
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    • 2019
  • At present, wind power is the fastest growing technology in the world. The domestic market depends heavily on imports for wind tower lift. so it manage through the overseas maker. The lift manufacture, establishment and maintenance utility is increasing, localization development of one wind tower lift is necessary with domestic fundamental base technique. In this paper, we will study the components necessary for the development of onshore offshore wind tower elevators, which are currently dependent on total imports, in line with the high growth of the wind market and the enlargement of the wind power generators. First of all, endless winders and cabins, which are the core components of the offshore wind tower lift, were examined for the components that affect the structural safety. Structural analysis was performed on Sheave, which is responsible for most of the lift lifting loads, and Block Stop, a safety device that prevents the cabin from falling in an emergency. The structural suitability was evaluated by comparing with the safety factor. In addition, the on-board control panel combines the control panel of the elevator and the drive motor driving the endless winder for efficient control of the offshore wind tower lift. The addition of features improves ride comfort at departure.

Aerodynamic performance of a novel wind barrier for train-bridge system

  • He, Xuhui;Shi, Kang;Wu, Teng;Zou, Yunfeng;Wang, Hanfeng;Qin, Hongxi
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.171-189
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    • 2016
  • An adjustable, louver-type wind barrier was introduced in this study for improving the running safety and ride comfort of train on the bridge under the undesirable wind environment. The aerodynamic characteristics of both train and bridge due to this novel wind barrier was systematically investigated based on the wind tunnel tests. It is suggested that rotation angles of the adjustable blade of the louver-type wind barrier should be controlled within $90^{\circ}$ to achieve an effective solution in terms of the overall aerodynamic performance of the train. Compared to the traditional grid-type wind barrier, the louver-type wind barrier generally presents better aerodynamic performance. Specifically, the larger decrease of the lift force and overturn moment of the train and the smaller increase of the drag force and torsional moment of the bridge resulting from the louver-type wind barrier were highlighted. Finally, the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique was applied to explore the underlying mechanism of aerodynamic control using the proposed wind barrier.

Characteristics of Wheel Tread for Urban Train Based on Contact Positions (접촉위치에 따른 도시철도 차륜 답면의 특성 변화)

  • Kwon, Seok-Jin;Noh, Hang-Nak;Nam, Yoon-Su;Seo, Jung-Won;Lee, Dong-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.524-529
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    • 2008
  • The damaged wheel in railway vehicle would cause a poor ride comfort, a rise in the maintenance cost and even fracture of the wheel, which then leads to a tremendous social and economical cost. The defect initiation and crack propagation in wheel may result in the damage of the railway vehicle or derailment. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the characteristics of the wheel tread. In the present paper, the characteristics of wheel tread based on contact positions, running distance and brake pattern are evaluated. The result shows that the damaged wheel tread is remarkably depended on the contact positions between wheel and rail.

The Parameter Study of Serviceability Review of End Track on Railway Bridge installed Concrete Slab Track (콘크리트궤도 부설 교량의 단부 사용성 검토를 위한 매개변수 연구)

  • Sung, Deok-Yong;Kim, Young-Ha;Park, Yong-Gul;Kim, Sung-Il
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 2008
  • Construction of concrete slab track is trending to increase gradually in national and international for reduction in track maintenance cost and secure of ride comfort. However, in case of railway bridge installed concrete slab track, the serviceability review of end deck should be performed for reducing the maintenance cost of track. The serviceability review of track contains that the compression force which is occurred on fastener of end bridge should be smaller than the compression force causing the deformation limit of elastic pad and the uplift force which is occurred on fastener of end abutment should be smaller than initial fastening force. Therefore, this study calculated the deflection and end rotation of the railway bridge according to the span length and stiffness of railway bridge and estimated the compression force and uplift force which are occurred on the track of end bridge using the finite element method. This study indicated the several diagrams that are contained the correlation between the behaviour of the track and the behaviour of the railway bridge. As a result, to reduce the end rotation of the railway bridge is very efficient to increase the height of railway deck.

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The Effect of KTX Vehicle Size Adjustment on High-Speed Railway Bridge Vibration : Numerical Study (수치해석을 통한 KTX 객차 길이 조정이 고속철도교량의 동적거동 특성에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • Shin, Jeong-Ryol;Kim, Hyun-Min;Sohn, Hoon;Yun, Chung-Bang
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.854-863
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    • 2008
  • A high attention has been paid on the running safety of Korean high-speed train, KTX. In running of KTX on bridge, the running unsafety problem issued from a resonance phenomenon of bridge, which was usually caused by the periodic wheel-loads of train. Therefore, many researches on this running safety of train on bridge have been conducted by domestic or foreign researchers. In this paper, for PSC box-girder bridge which is the representative high-speed railway bridge type, some numerical analyses on the dynamic characteristics of bridge with the non-periodic wheel-loads through vehicle size adjustment were performed. These numerical analyses shows the fact that the resonance phenomenon on bridge was mitigated through vehicle size adjustment. Additional numerical analyses on the vibration reduction of bridge in accordance with the location of size-adjusted vehicle were performed. From these results, it was represented that the adjustment of vehicle size has an effect on the running safety of train as well as the ride comfort.

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A Study on the Problem and Improvement of VR Content Using Motion Platform and VR HMD (모션플랫폼과 VR HMD를 사용하는 VR콘텐츠의 제작환경에 따른 문제점과 개선 방안)

  • Kwon, Ho-Jong;Sung, Jung-Hwan
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2019
  • Many limitations arise when using washout algorithms to calibrate input values in VR content-making environments using VR HMD and motion platforms. Thus, in this study, we designed a new fabrication method using a control object that turns acceleration into a rotational motion. A total of 30 people were tested to see if the improved method was better than the existing one. The results showed significant differences that the improved method is better for realism, immersion and ride comfort.

Experimental Study to analyze Effect of Rail Corrugation Reduction according to Rail Grinding (레일연마에 따른 레일 파상마모 저감 효과 분석을 위한 실험적 연구)

  • Choi, Jung-Youl;Jeong, Cheon-Man;Chung, Jee-Seung
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.801-806
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    • 2021
  • Rail corrugation is continuously increasing due to the lack of maintenance regulations for the amount of rail irregularities. Rail corrugation is causing various problems, such as a decrease in ride comfort and an increase in the amount of track maintenance. In this paper, the effect of rail corrugation on the track force was analyzed by measuring the rail irregularities before and after rail grinding and the track measurements (dynamic wheel load, displacement, and acceleration) for the section where the rail corrugation occurred. In addition, it was experimentally proven that the rail grinding performed to reduce the corrugation of the rail was very effective in reducing the additional forces on the track.