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Experimental Study on the Small Overlap Frontal Crash Test Method (국부정면충돌 시험방법에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Dea Up;Woo, Chang Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.205-213
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    • 2017
  • In order to improve occupant protection in frontal crash, the IIHS introduced a small overlap frontal crash test in 2012. When the front corner of a car collides with another car or object, such as utility pole the test replicated the sequence of events. Because occupants move simultaneously forward and toward the side of the vehicle this test is challenging for some airbag and safety belt designs. In the small overlap frontal test, a car travels at 64 km/h toward a rigid barrier. A hybrid III dummy is positioned in the driver seat. 25% of the total width of the car strikes the barrier on the driver side. After review of small overlap frontal test protocol and overall rating, six run-throughs were performed according to the original test method.

An Airbag Design for the Safety of an Occupant using the Orthogonal Array (직교배열표를 이용한 승용차 에어백의 설계)

  • Park, Y.S.;Lee, J.Y.;Park, G.J.
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.62-76
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    • 1995
  • The safety analysis becomes very essential in the crash environment with the growth of automobile industry. Recently, an airbag system is required to protect the occupant. The effects of an airbag can be evaluated exactly from the barrier or sled test which is quite expensive. The airbag system in a passenger car is analyzed with the occupant analysis program. The modeling of the passenger car including an airbag is established and the results are verified by comparisons with real crash tests. However, the solution of an airbag design can not be obtained easily with the conventional method such as an optimization due to the nonlinearity and complexity of the problem. An iterative design algorithm using the orthogonal array is proposed to overcome the difficulties. The design trend of an airbag is recommended to minimize the injury of an occupant with the proposed design algorithm and the results are discussed.

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Moderating effect Switching Barrier on Coffee-shop customer Satisfaction and Loyalty (커피전문점에서 전환장벽을 고려한 고객만족과 충성의 관계)

  • Kim, Pan-Su;Han, Jang-Hyeop
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.683-694
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    • 2011
  • This study analysed impact of service quality on customer satisfaction and loyalty in the take-out coffee shop. The switching barrier was also studied as a moderating effect. Particularly, this study focused on relationships between customer loyalty and switching barriers. A lot of previous studies interest only in customers satisfaction. This study also analysed relationships among service quality, customer satisfaction, switching barriers and brand loyalty. Eventually, service quality significantly affects customer satisfaction, moderating effects, brand loyalty and marketing performance. SERVQUAL model which was established by PZB (1988) was used as a service quality factors. The impact on customer satisfaction was analysed using multiple regression analysis. Simple regression analysis was used to find effects of customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Additional factors of switching barriers was classified based on previous studies. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to find factors of customer loyalty among switching barriers. In the result, we can find that the importance of tangibles, responsiveness in service quality factors and contract cost, search cost and continuous cost in moderating effects.

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Fracture Behavior of Ceramic Coatings Subjected to Thermal Shock (열충격에 의한 세라믹코팅재의 파괴거동)

  • Han, Ji-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.39-43
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    • 2003
  • An experimental study was conducted to develop and understanding of fracture behavior of ceramic thermal barrier coating when subjected to a thermal shock loading. The thermal loading was applied using a 1.5kW $CO_2$ laser. In the experiments, beam-shaped specimens were subjected to a high heat flux for 4sec and cooling of 7sec in air. The interface crack length was increased as the crack density, the surface pre-crack legth and the coating thickness were increased. The center surface crack length was increased as the maximum surface temperature got higher and the surface pre-crack length for shorter.

Vehicular Impact Model and Installation Locations for a High Performance Median (중앙분리대 사고자료 분석을 통한 설계 하중모델 개발 및 고성능 중앙분리대 설치 위치 선정)

  • Jeong, Yoseok;Lee, Ilkeun;Lee, Jaeha;Kim, WooSeok
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2019
  • The number of vehicle-to-barrier collisions has increased due to improved driving environments. In addition, it is reported that the number of accidents led to impact severity larger than current capacity of a median barrier has increased. It is required to develop a high performance median barrier in order to secure expressway safety. This paper aims at proposing impact loading model and locations for a high performance median barrier based on analysis of median-barrier-related accident history. The SB6 test level (Impact severity: 420 kJ, Mass: 25 ton, Impact speed: 80 km/h, Impact angle: $15^{\circ}$) was suggested for target impact severity based on statistical data analysis. The suitable locations also were proposed from investigation of driver behaviors for installation and rehabilitation of high performance median barrier.

Debris Flows Mitigation by means of Flexible Barriers (토석류 피해저감을 위한 유연성 방호책 적용에 관한 연구)

  • You Byung-Ok;Chang Buhm-Soo;Choi Seung-Il;Choi Yu-Kyung
    • 기술발표회
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    • s.2006
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    • pp.220-231
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    • 2006
  • Debris flows are a natural hazard which looks like a combination of flood, land and rock slide. Large rainfall in July 2006 produced several large scale debris flows and many small debris flows that resulted in loss of life and considerable property and highway damage, as was widely reported in the national media. The hazard "debris flow" is still insufficiently researched Furthermore debris flows are very hard to predict. In this paper, a general over view of the debris flow problems along the highway, a generic way for the design and dimensioning of flexible barrier systems will be presented. A brief description of the various unique barrier types will be provided, too. The future for these barrier concepts looks promising because these barriers represent the state of art for such applications and are superior to many other available options.

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A Study on the Characteristic of Staircase for Barrier-Free Architectural Environment (무장애 건축 환경을 위한 계단의 설계특성에 관한 연구)

  • Seong, Ki-Chang
    • Journal of The Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.125-133
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    • 2004
  • Safety, accessibility and distinguishment as the concept of architectural planning and design are demanded in staircases due to increase of the old aged people and disabled people's enlarged social participation. In this research is tried to provide the importance of vertical walking function at the design for the staircases. For this reason, structural elements of the staircases are studied in the ergonomic aspect for barrier-free environment and a comparative study is made on the regulations of the staircases in the inside and outside of the country in disabled & aged people's view. Based on this study, the quality of the staircases in public facilities and Apartments is analyzed. As the result, it has been proved that the vertical walking function of the staircases is the most fundamental characteristic of the staircases design before everything else.

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Food Allergy, a Newly Emerging Food Epidemic: Is the Current Regulation Adequate?

  • Lee, N. Alice
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.325-331
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    • 2012
  • Food allergy refers to an immunologically mediated adverse reaction to food, mainly to proteinaceous constituents. Health implications vary between those individuals who experience mild physical discomforts to those with fast-acting, life-threatening anaphylactic reactions. The prevalence of food allergy is higher in children than in adults, estimated around 4-8% and 1-2% respectively in developed countries. Food allergy has no effective cure at the present time and total avoidance of causative foods is the most reliable prophylactic method currently recommended by the medical community. To help food allergic patients to make informed choices of their foods, mandatory labeling of selected food allergens has been introduced in several countries. All food allergen labelling provisions specify a set of allergens common to the regulated countries. Policy divergence, however, exists between countries by inclusion of additional allergens unique to specific countries and enforcement of specific labelling requirements. Such variations in food allergen labelling regulations make it difficult to manage allergen labeling in imported pre-packaged food products. This paper addresses two current issues in food allergen regulation: 1) an urgent need to determine true prevalence of food allergy in the Asia-Pacific region. This will enable refinement to the food allergen regulation to be more country-specific rather than simply adopting CODEX recommendations. 2) There is an urgent need for harmonization of food allergen regulation in order to prevent food allergen regulation becoming a trade barrier.