• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2012

Purpose: The compression strength of corrugated fiberboard containers used to package agricultural products rapidly decreases owing to various environmental factors encountered during the distribution of unitized products. The main factors affecting compression strength are moisture absorption, long-term top load, and fatigue caused by shock and vibration during transport. This study characterized the durability of corrugated fiberboard containers for packaging fruits and vegetables under simulated transportation conditions. Methods: Compression tests were done after corrugated fiberboard containers containing fruit were vibrated by an electro-dynamic vibration test system using the power spectral density of routes typically traveled to transport fruits and vegetables in South Korea. Results: To predict loss of compression strength owing to vibration fatigue, a multiple nonlinear regression equation ($r^2=0.9217$, $RMSE=0.6347$) was developed using three independent variables of initial container compression strength, namely top stacked weight, loading weight, and vibration time. To test the applicability of our model, we compared our experimental results with those obtained during a road test in which peaches were transported in corrugated containers. Conclusions: The comparison revealed a highly significant ($p{\leq}0.05$) relationship between the experimental and road-test results.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2010

Physical damages on fruits may be caused by shock and vibration inputs that transmitted from the transporting vehicle through the packaging and cushioning materials to the fruit. In this study, both half sine shock test and trapezoidal shock test were performed by MIL-STD-810F specification in order to investigate and represent the shock response properties such as peak acceleration and shock amplification factors of the pear according to packaging and cushioning materials for optimal packaging design during transportation. Shock excitation data that had been measured on the vehicle operating on the real road were used. Shock response properties measured by half sine shock test were smaller than those measured by trapezoidal shock test. Results represent that corrugation shapes and thickness can significantly affect the cushioning performance than the paper configurations of cushioning pad and showed that fruits may be damaged seriously while transported on the unpaved road without the properly cushioned packaging practices.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2012

Recent environmental issues such as exhaust gas and greenhouse effect make the agricultural machinery market takes into account the hybrid and electric propulsion technology used in automotive engineering. Generally the agricultural machinery, particularly an agricultural tractor, needs large load capacity and long continuous operating time comparing with conventional vehicles. In case of a pure electric tractor, it is necessary for considering large capacity batteries and long charging time. Therefore we take an AER extended PHEV (All Electric Range extended Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) power transmission system in developing an electric tractor in this study. First we propose a PHEV powertrain structure in order to substitute the conventional diesel engine equipped tractor. And we performed the road tests using a conventional mechanical tractor with various load conditions, which were classified and statistically treated real agricultural works. The test results were analysed with respect to the power characteristics of the power source. Finally using the test result, we designed two-stepped reduction gear ratios in the proposed an electric tractor powertrain for carrying out typical agricultural works.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2016

To meet the Tier-4 emission standard, a variety of combustion technology in the field of off-road engine has been applied in conjunction with the engine after treatment technology. In this study, as the basis study for applying VGT and HPL EGR to 3.6 L CRDi engine, exhaust gas characteristics and fuel economy characteristics are confirmed in accordance with VGT and EGR operating conditions. Consequently, in the EGR applicable conditions, 60% VGT vane duty condition was confirmed that the trade-off characteristics between NOx and smoke are advantageous. In addition, in view of BSFC, VGT vane duty is considered desirable to control at around 50%.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2010

The purpose of this paper was to investigate experimentally the steering torque characteristics of a tractor operated in various ground conditions. The experiments were conducted with the tractor reconstructed for steering torque test of the tractor at two different off-road conditions (ground-I and ground-II) and a on-road condition (ground-III), three different levels of tire inflation pressures (69 kPa, 138 kPa and 207 kPa), and four different levels of axle loads (4120 N, 4730 N, 5340 N and 5950 N). The results of this study are summarized as follows: 1) The steering torque was increased with the increase in steering angle for all experimental levels of ground conditions, axle loads and inflation pressures of tire. 2) As the axle load increased, the steering torque of the tractor increased for all ground conditions, and the increasing rate of the steering torque with the increase of axle load was greater at on-road than at off-road. 3) As the tire inflation pressure decreased, the steering torque increased. Also the increasing tendency of the steering torque with decreasing the tire inflation pressure showed that the harder the ground was, the larger the effect was. But for the soft ground condition, ground-I, no specific trend with inflation pressures was found. 4) Steering angle-steering torque relationship with ground conditions showed that the increasing rate of the steering torque was greater at on-road than off-road for small steering angle under 10 degree, and was greater at off-road than on-road for large steering angles over 10 degree.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.665-670
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• 2014

최근 대기환경 개선에 대한 관심이 대두되면서 화석연료를 사용 하는 기관에 대한 배출가스 저감 연구가 활발하게 진행 되고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 저감 기술 중 NOx를 저감하기 위해 가장 많이 적용 되고 있는 EGR system을 Off-road 기계식 디젤엔진에 적용하였을 때 나타나는 배출가스 특성을 파악하기 위하여 진행되었다. EGR system 적용을 위하여 먼저 엔진의 운전영역에 대한 배출가스 특성을 파악하였고, 각각의 엔진회전수 조건에서 다양한 EGR 조건을 적용하여 NOx 저감을 위한 최적 EGR 율을 도출하였다. 이에 따라 수정된 EGR 맵 적용 조건의 엔진 배기 특성에 대해 NRTC 모드를 구현하여 EGR 미적용 조건 및 기존 맵과 비교 및 고찰하였으며, 그 결과로 EGR 미적용 조건 대비 NOx가 약 42% 저감됨을 보였다.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.161-182
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• 2007

The objective of this paper is to examine the competitiveness of Korean export firms in EU market. In this study, market share index, RCA index, trade specialization index, and market competitiveness index were used as an analytical tool. On the market share index, Korea had a large market share in the SITC section 7(machinery and transport equipment) market in EU. On the RCA index, Korea appeared to have high export competitiveness in the electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.(not elsewhere specified[stated]), and electrical parts thereof (77), travel goods, handbags and similar containers(83), textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s., and related products(65), and iron and steel(67) division. On the trade specialization index, however, Korea appeared to tend to decline generally. On the market competitiveness index, Korea appeared to have competitive advantage in the iron and steel(67), machinery specialized for particular industries(72), office machines and automatic data-processing machines(75), electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s., and electrical parts thereof(77), road vehicles(78), and other transport equipment(79) division; but in 29 divisions, the index indicates that Korean firms' competitiveness was low. Finally, the authors discuss the implications of these findings and offer directions for future study.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2006

In this study, a mathematical model was suggested to predict the maximum steering torque of a tractor on off-road. The model took into account the characteristics of soil, including the pressure-sinkage and the shearing characteristics as well as the primary design parameters of steering system of the tractor. The efficiency of the developed model was verified via comparison of the maximum steering torque predicted using the model with those measured from steering torque test. The results showed that the predicted maximum steering torques were in good agreement with the measured ones from the steering test on soft soil in which tractor is generally operated. Thus, we concluded that the model developed in this study could be used for prediction of maximum steering torque of a tractor.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제30권6호통권113호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2005

In this study, the electronic power steering control system was developed and it was carried out to investigate experimentally the effect of the steering force for the on-road and off-road. The electronic power steering control system was engineered new trend system of power steering control system for tractor. It was composed of the electronic controller, detector, motor and mechanism mounted on tractor chassis. It was tested at the field in condition of tractor traveling speed 0 km/h, 3 km/h, 8 km/h, 11 km/h, 15 km/h, 18 km/h, 22 km/h, 25 km/h for measuring a maximum steering force. As a speed of tractor increased, a steering force decreased regardless of on-road or off-road. In addition, it is sufficiently a possibility of application of the steering system of tractor.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2017

본 논문은 특수 차량용 동력 전달계 부품인 구동축의 가속 수명 시험을 수행하는 것이다. 동력 전달계 부품의 수명 평가를 위하여 사용환경의 주행 부하 스펙트럼의 데이터가 필요하나, 특수 차량의 경우 부하 스펙트럼을 구할 수 없는 경우가 대부분이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 차량 데이터와 특수 주행로 조건에 기반하여 주행 부하 로드 스펙트럼을 모델링하고 시뮬레이션 하였다. 가속 수명 시험에는 역승 모델을 적용하였고, 마이너 법칙을 사용하여 등가 토크를 구하였으며, 구동축 가속 수명 시험을 위하여 교정 가속법을 사용하였다. 피로시험은 세 수준의 스트레스로 수행하였으며, 사용자 스트레스 수준의 수명은 외삽법을 사용하여 예측 하였고, 실제 시험 결과와 부하 스펙트럼 데이터와의 비교로 수명을 검증하였다.