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Simultaneous identification of damage in bridge under moving mass by Adjoint variable method

  • Mirzaee, Akbar;Abbasnia, Reza;Shayanfar, Mohsenali
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.449-467
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, a theoretical and numerical study on bridge simultaneous damage detection procedure for identifying both the system parameters and input excitation mass, are presented. This method is called 'Adjoint Variable Method' which is an iterative gradient-based model updating method based on the dynamic response sensitivity. The main advantage of proposed method is inclusion of an analytical method to augment the accuracy and speed of the solution. Moving mass is a model which takes into account the inertia effects of the vehicle. This interaction model is a time varying system and proposed method is capable of detecting damage in this variable system. Robustness of proposed method is illustrated by correctly detection of the location and extension of predetermined single, multiple and random damages in all ranges of speed and mass ratio of moving vehicle. A comparison study of common sensitivity and proposed method confirms its efficiency and performance improvement in sensitivity-based damage detection methods. Various sources of errors including the effects of measurement noise and initial assumption error in stability of method are also discussed.

Development, Demonstration and Validation of the Deep Space Orbit Determination Software Using Lunar Prospector Tracking Data

  • Lee, Eunji;Kim, Youngkwang;Kim, Minsik;Park, Sang-Young
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.213-223
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    • 2017
  • The deep space orbit determination software (DSODS) is a part of a flight dynamic subsystem (FDS) for the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), a lunar exploration mission expected to launch after 2018. The DSODS consists of several sub modules, of which the orbit determination (OD) module employs a weighted least squares algorithm for estimating the parameters related to the motion and the tracking system of the spacecraft, and subroutines for performance improvement and detailed analysis of the orbit solution. In this research, DSODS is demonstrated and validated at lunar orbit at an altitude of 100 km using actual Lunar Prospector tracking data. A set of a priori states are generated, and the robustness of DSODS to the a priori error is confirmed by the NASA planetary data system (PDS) orbit solutions. Furthermore, the accuracy of the orbit solutions is determined by solution comparison and overlap analysis as about tens of meters. Through these analyses, the ability of the DSODS to provide proper orbit solutions for the KPLO are proved.

Domain Decomposition Approach Applied for Two- and Three-dimensional Problems via Direct Solution Methodology

  • Kwak, Jun Young;Cho, Haeseong;Chun, Tae Young;Shin, SangJoon;Bauchau, Olivier A.
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.177-189
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents an all-direct domain decomposition approach for large-scale structural analysis. The proposed approach achieves computational robustness and efficiency by enforcing the compatibility of the displacement field across the sub-domain boundaries via local Lagrange multipliers and augmented Lagrangian formulation (ALF). The proposed domain decomposition approach was compared to the existing FETI approach in terms of the computational time and memory usage. The parallel implementation of the proposed algorithm was described in detail. Finally, a preliminary validation was attempted for the proposed approach, and the numerical results of two- and three-dimensional problems were compared to those obtained through a dual-primal FETI approach. The results indicate an improvement in the performance as a result of the implementing the proposed approach.

DARK ENERGY REFLECTIONS IN THE REDSHIFT-SPACE QUADRUPOLE

  • NISHIOKA HIROAKI;YAMAMOTO KAZUHIRO;BASSETT BRUCE A.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.175-178
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    • 2005
  • We show that next-generation galaxy surveys such as KAOS (the Kilo-Aperture Optical Spectro-graph)will constrain dark energy even if the baryon oscillations are missing from the monopole power spectrum and the bias is scale- and time-dependent KAOS will accurately measure the quadrupole power spectrum which gives the leading anisotropies in the power spectrum in redshift space due to peculiar velocities, the finger of God effect, as well as the Alcock-Paczynski effect. The combination of monopole and quadrupole power spectra powerfully breaks the degeneracy between the bias parameters and dark energy and, in the complete absence of baryon oscillations ($\Omega$b = 0), leads to a roughly $500\%$ improvement in constraints on dark energy compared with the monopole spectrum alone. As a result, for KAOS the worst case with no oscillations has dark energy errors only mildly degraded relative to the ideal case, providing insurance on the robustness of KAOS constraints on dark energy. We show that nonlinear effects are crucial in correctly evaluating the quadrupole and significantly improving the constraints on dark energy when we allow for multi-parameter scale-dependent bias.

Robust Speech Recognition with Car Noise based on the Wavelet Filter Banks (웨이블렛 필터뱅크를 이용한 자동차 소음에 강인한 고립단어 음성인식)

  • Lee, Dae-Jong;Kwak, Keun-Chang;Ryu, Jeong-Woong;Chun, Myung-Geun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2002
  • This paper proposes a robust speech recognition algorithm based on the wavelet filter banks. Since the proposed algorithm adopts a multiple band decision-making scheme, it performs robustness for noise as the presence of noisy severely degrades the performance of speech recognition system. For evaluating the performance of the proposed scheme, we compared it with the conventional speech recognizer based on the VQ for the 10-isolated korean digits with car noise. Here, the proposed method showed more 9~27% improvement of the recognition rate than the conventional VQ algorithm for the various car noisy environments.

A Study on the Performance Improvement for UWB Ranging in Multipath Environments by Modified Linear FM Signals (선형 주파수 변조 신호의 부엽 제거를 통한 다중 경로 환경에서의 UWB 위치 추정 성능 향상 기법)

  • Lee Woo-Kyung
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.17 no.6 s.109
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    • pp.587-596
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    • 2006
  • Recently a new spectrum ruling has been proposed for UWB(Ultra-Wideband) communication applications. The new proposal is expected to reduce the usable UWB spectrum significantly and may cause to weaken the unique advantages of the UWB pulses such as high resolution synchronizations and robustness to the multipath effects. In this paper, we investigate the performance degradation caused by the reduced UWB spectrum. As a means to overcome the performance degradation, a modified discrete linear frequency modulation technique is proposed. We show that, when multipath components are present in the received signal, the proposed method exhibits superior performances in terms of pulse detection efficiency and range resolutions.

UN-Substituted Video Steganography

  • Maria, Khulood Abu;Alia, Mohammad A.;Alsarayreh, Maher A.;Maria, Eman Abu
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.382-403
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    • 2020
  • Steganography is the art of concealing the existence of a secret data in a non-secret digital carrier called cover media. While the image of steganography methods is extensively researched, studies on other cover files remain limited. Videos are promising research items for steganography primitives. This study presents an improved approach to video steganography. The improvement is achieved by allowing senders and receivers exchanging secret data without embedding the hidden data in the cover file as in traditional steganography methods. The method is based mainly on searching for exact matches between the secret text and the video frames RGB channel pixel values. Accordingly, a random key-dependent data is generated, and Elliptic Curve Public Key Cryptography is used. The proposed method has an unlimited embedding capacity. The results show that the improved method is secure against traditional steganography attacks since the cover file has no embedded data. Compared to other existing Steganography video systems, the proposed system shows that the method proposed is unlimited in its embedding capacity, system invisibility, and robustness. The system achieves high precision for data recovery in the receiver. The performance of the proposed method is found to be acceptable across different sizes of video files.

The Characteristic Improvement of Inverter Output for Static UPS (UPS용 인버터 출력특성 개선)

  • Kim, D.U.;Kim, Y.P.;Shin, H.J.;Baek, B.S.;Ryu, S.P.;Min, B.G.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07f
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    • pp.2051-2053
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    • 1998
  • In spite of nonlinear or step-changing load and line disturbances, the inverter for the UPS must provide the pure sinusoidal output voltage with low THD(Total Harmonics Distortion). This paper proposes an inverter controller for the UPS which has a good dynamic response characteristic and robustness for applying industrial world directly. The inverter output voltage is controlled instantaneously with a double regulation loop by a TMS320C31 Digital Signal Processor so that it has very good dynamic response for nonlinear or step-changing load and line disturbances. To improve the voltage utilization and response characteristics, the Space Vector Modulation(SVM) technique is adapted for the switching method of this system. The characteristics of the proposed control system were verified by simulations and experiments.

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Six Sigma Robust Design for Railway Vehicle Suspension (철도차량 현수장치의 식스시그마 강건 설계)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ki;Park, Chan-Kyoung;Han, Seung-Ho
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.1132-1138
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    • 2009
  • The spring constants of primary suspensions for a railway vehicle are optimized by a robust design process, in which the response surface models(RSMs) of their dynamic responses are constructed via the design of experiment(DOE). The robust design process requires an intensive computation to evaluate exactly a probabilistic feasibility for the robustness of dynamic responses with their probabilistic variances for the railway vehicle. In order to overcome the computational process, the process capability index $C_{pk}$ is introduced which enables not only to show the mean value and the scattering of the product quality to a certain extent, but also to normalize the objective functions irrespective of various different dimensions. This robust design, consequently, becomes to optimize the $C_{pk}$ subjected to constraints, i.e. 2, satisfying six sigma. The proposed method shows not only an improvement of some $C_{pk}$ violating the constraints obtained by the conventional optimization, but also a significant decrease of the variance of the $C_{pk}$.

Multichannel Active Control of Honeycomb Trim Panels for Aircrafts (항공기용 하니콤 트림판넬의 다채널 능동제어)

  • Hong, Chin-Suk
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.12 s.117
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    • pp.1252-1261
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    • 2006
  • This paper summarizes theoretical work on the multichannel decentralized feedback control of sound radiation from aircraft trim panels using piezoceramic actuators. The aircraft trim panels are generally honeycomb structures designed to meet the design requirement of low weight and high stiffness. They are resiliently-mounted to the fuselage for the passive reduction of noise transmission. It is motivated by the localization of reduction in vibration of single channel active trim panels. 12-channel decentralized feedback control systems are investigated in terms of the reduction of noise and vibration for three configurations of sensor actuator pairs. Local coupling of the closely-spaced sensor and actuator pairs was modeled using single degree of freedom systems. The multichannel control system is characterized using the state-space model. For the stability point of view, the relative stability or robustness is evaluated by comparing the real part of eigenvalues of the system matrix for the three configurations. The control performance is also evaluated and compared for the three configurations. It is found that the multichannel system can lead to the globalization of the reduction in vibration and radiated noise. It does not appear to yield a significant improvement in the vibration because of decreased gain margin. However, the reduction in the radiated noise is remarkably improved due to the variation of the vibration pattern with the actuation configurations.