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A Distributed Control Architecture for Advanced Testing In Realtime

  • Thoen Bradford K.;Laplace Patrick N.
    • Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.563-570
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    • 2006
  • Distributed control architecture is based on sharing control and data between multiple nodes on a network Communication and task sharing can be distributed between multiple control computers. Although many communication protocols exist, such as TCP/IP and UDP, they do not have the determinism that realtime control demands. Fiber-optic reflective shared memory creates the opportunity for realtime distributed control. This architecture allows control and computational tasks to be divided between multiple systems and operate in a deterministic realtime environment. One such shared memory architecture is based on Curtiss-Wright ScramNET family of fiber-optic reflective memory. MTS has built seismic and structural control software and hardware capable of utilizing ScramNET shared memory, opening up infinite possibilities in research and new capabilities in Hybrid and Model-In-The-Loop control.

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Software Architecture Analysis for Risk Management

  • Kang, Byeong-Do;Lee, Roger Y.
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2009
  • Management of risks is critical issue in the project management and it is important to ensure that risk management is done in a sensible way. Risk analysis is an activity geared towards risk mitigation in risk management technique. Many techniques to manage, analyze and reduce risks have been done previously but only few have addressed the design analysis to reduce risk and none have attempted to analyze architecture to manage risks. In this paper we try to find a solution through various analyzing various software architectural design concepts. We follow Pressman's method of analyzing architecture design, and then alter it to identify risks which are used in risk analysis process further in risk management process. The risks assessed are analyzed later in the risk management cycle.

An Operating Software Architecture for PC-based (PC기반의 생산시스템을 위한 운용소프트웨어 구조)

  • Park, Nam-Jun;Kim, Hong-Seok;Park, Jong-Gu
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1196-1204
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, a new architecture of operating software associated with the component-based method is proposed. The proposed architecture comprises 문 execution module and a decision-making module. In order to make effective development and maintenance, the execution module is divided into three components. The components are referred to as Symbol, Gateway, and Control, respectively: The symbol component is for the GUI environments and the standard interfaces; the gateway component is for the network communication and the structure of asynchronous processes; the control component is for the asynchronous processing and machine setting or operations. In order to verify the proposed architecture, and off-line version of operating software is made, and its steps are as follows; I) Make virtual execution modules for the manufacturing devices such as dual-arm robot, handling robot, CNC, and sensor; ii) Make decision-making module; iii) Integrate the modules and GUI using a well-known development tools such as Microsofts Visual Basic; iv) Execute the overall operating software to validate the proposed architecture. The proposed software architecture in this paper has the advantages such as independent development of each module, easy development of network communication, and distributed processing of resources, and so on.

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Design of the new parallel processing architecture for commercial applications (상용 응용을 위한 병렬처리 구조 설계)

  • 한우종;윤석한;임기욱
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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    • v.33B no.5
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    • pp.41-51
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, anew parallel processing system based on a cluster architecture which provides scalability of a parallel processing system while maintains shared memory multiprocessor characteristics is proposed. In recent days low cost, high performnce microprocessors have led to construction of large scale parallel processing systems. Such parallel processing systems provides large scalability but are mainly used for scientific applications which have large data parallelism. A shared memory multiprocessor system like TICOM is currently used as aserver for the commercial application, however, the shared memory multiprocessor system is known to have very limited scalability. The proposed architecture can support scalability and performance of the parallel processing system while it provides adaptability for the commerical application, hence it can overcome the limitation of the shared memory multiprocessor. The architecture and characteristics of the proposed system shall be described. A proprietary hierarchical crsossbar network is designed for this system, of which the protocol, routing and switching technique and the signal transfer technique are optimized for the proposed architecture. The design trade-offs for the network are described in this paper and with simulation usihng the SES/workbench, it is explored that the network fits to the proposed architecture.

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Comparative Study on Horizontal Axis Turbine(HAT) Impeller Design (HAT 임펠러 설계 비교 연구)

  • Kim, Moon-Chan;Shin, Byung-Chul;Lee, Ju-Hyun;Rhee, Shin-Hyung;Hyun, Beom-Soo;Nam, Jong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.105-111
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    • 2010
  • The present study deals with the investigation about the improvement of the design of tidal stream turbine blade (HAT) in comparison with wind turbine blade because the parameters of tidal stream turbine blade has been mostly derived from wind turbines. As such, there is plenty of room for improvement of the HAT impeller blade design. Comparisons have been done between the newly designed and existing impeller computationally. Similar comparisons will also be made for the experimental results in the near future.

The Case Study on Urban Renewable-energy Using System Development (도시 신재생에너지 이용시스템 개발을 위한 사례조사 연구)

  • Go, Myeong-Jin;Kang, Seung-A;Go, Yu-Mi;Wang, Moon-Hee;Choi, Mi-Yuong;Kim, Yong-Shik
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.287-293
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    • 2008
  • As the instability of international societies on the energy resources has increasingly been deepened due to excessive use of fossil fuels, the importance of energy saving and global environment protection has highlighted, So the interests in environment-friendly and stable new & renewable energy have been dramatically increased. The studies on reconstructing the old-fashioned towns economically, socially and physically have been also significantly increased. In this urban regeneration, renewable-energy using systems were aggressively applied to overcome the energy and environmental problems of the existing towns. There have been many of studies on the compound applications of the renewable-energy using systems in the advanced countries while they are insufficient in Korea. As a preliminary study of urban renewable-energy using system development, this paper surveyed the foreign cases applied to key technologies such as geothermal energy, hydrogen fuel cell and bioenergy among the renewable-energies in urban built environment.

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Optimal design of multiple tuned mass dampers for vibration control of a cable-supported roof

  • Wang, X.C.;Teng, Q.;Duan, Y.F.;Yun, C.B.;Dong, S.L.;Lou, W.J.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.545-558
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    • 2020
  • A design method of a Multiple Tuned Mass Damper (MTMD) system is presented for wind induced vibration control of a cable-supported roof structure. Modal contribution analysis is carried out to determine the dominating modes of the structure for the MTMD design. Two MTMD systems are developed for two most dominating modes. Each MTMD system is composed of multiple TMDs with small masses spread at multiple locations with large responses in the corresponding mode. Frequencies of TMDs are distributed uniformly within a range around the dominating frequencies of the roof structure to enhance the robustness of the MTMD system against uncertainties of structural frequencies. Parameter optimizations are carried out by minimizing objective functions regarding the structural responses, TMD strokes, robustness and mass cost. Two optimization approaches are used: Single Objective Approach (SOA) using Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) with multi-start method and Multi-Objective Approach (MOA) using Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II (NSGA-II). The computation efficiency of the MOA is found to be superior to the SOA with consistent optimization results. A Pareto optimal front is obtained regarding the control performance and the total weight of the TMDs, from which several specific design options are proposed. The final design may be selected based on the Pareto optimal front and other engineering factors.

A Study on the Electrical and Electronic Architecture of Electric Vehicle Powertrain Domain through Big Data Analysis (빅데이터 분석을 통한 전기차 파워트레인 도메인 전기전자 아키텍처 연구)

  • Kim, Do Kon;Kim, Woo Ju
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.47-73
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    • 2022
  • Purpose The purpose of this study is to select the electronic architecture concept of the powertrain domain of the electronic platform to be applied to electric vehicles after 2025. Previously, the automotive electrical and electronic architecture was determined only by trend analysis, but the purpose was to determine the scenario based on the data and select it with clear evaluation indicators. Design/methodology/approach This study identified the function to be applied to the powertrain domain of next-generation electric vehicle, estimated the controller, defined the function feature list, organized the scenario candidates with the controller list and function feature list, and selected the final architecture scenario. Findings According to the research results, the powertrain domain of electric vehicles was selected as the architectural concept to apply the DCU (Domain Control Unit) and VCU (Vehicle Control Unit) integrated architecture to next-generation electric vehicles. Although it is disadvantageous or equivalent in terms of cost, it was found to be excellent in most indicators such as stability, security, and hardware demand.

Cyber Threat and a Mitigation Method for the Power Systems in the Smart Grid

  • Kim, Myongsoo;Kim, Younghyun;Jeon, Kyungseok
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.1043-1050
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    • 2014
  • Obsolescent control systems for power systems are evolving into intelligent systems and connecting with smart devices to give intelligence to the power systems. As networks of the control system are growing, vulnerability is also increasing. The communication network of distribution areas in the power system connects closely to vulnerable environments. Many cyber-attacks have been founded in the power system, and they could be more critical as the power system becomes more intelligent. From these environment, new communication network architecture and mitigation method against cyber-attacks are needed. Availability and Fault Tree analysis used to show that the proposed system enhances performance of current control systems.

Multi-floor Layout for the Liquefaction Process Systems of LNG FPSO Using the Optimization Technique (최적화 기법을 이용한 LNG FPSO 액화 공정 장비의 다층 배치)

  • Ku, Nam-Kug;Lee, Joon-Chae;Roh, Myung-Il;Hwang, Ji-Hyun;Lee, Kyu-Yeul
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.68-78
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    • 2012
  • A layout of an LNG FPSO should be elaborately determined as compared with that of an onshore plant because many topside process systems are installed on the limited area; the deck of the LNG FPSO. Especially, the layout should be made as multi-deck, not single-deck and have a minimum area. In this study, a multi-floor layout for the liquefaction process, the dual mixed refrigerant(DMR) cycle, of LNG FPSO was determined by using the optimization technique. For this, an optimization problem for the multi-floor layout was mathematically formulated. The problem consists of 589 design variables representing the positions of topside process systems, 125 equality constraints and 2,315 inequality constraints representing limitations on the layout of them, and an objective function representing the total layout cost. To solve the problem, a hybrid optimization method that consists of the genetic algorithm(GA) and sequential quadratic programming(SQP) was used in this study. As a result, we can obtain a multi-floor layout for the liquefaction process of the LNG FPSO which satisfies all constraints related to limitations on the layout.