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A Study of Navajo Textiles in the Transitional Period (19세기후반 전환시대 Navajo 인디언직물의 고찰)

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    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.40 no.8
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    • pp.37-48
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this study was to survey Navajo's textiles of the transitional period(1868-1890) and to examine appearance background of those textiles. The two study questions were central to the project. 1) What were characteristics of eye-dazzler and pictorial in the transitional period? 2) How developed was the American trader's role? To perform the purpose, literatures on this subject were surveyed, investigation of textiles in Arizona State Museum and Historical Museum of Arizona were accomplished. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Eye-dazzler is called because of their small, serrate triangle and diamond patterns in intense, contrasting colors. Eye-dazzler mostly used Germantown yam and wedge-weave technique. Germantown was a plied yam colored with synthetic dyes. Wedge-weave technique used optical illusions and an undulating technique to create an effect of motion and rhythmic symmetry. 2. The Americans began to intern Navajos at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico in 1863. During their stay at Bosque Redondo, the Navajo came into greater contact with Rio Grande blankets. The influence of designs of these becomes increasingly important in the eye-dazzler. 3. Pictorial materials included rich new sources the railroad provided and living environment of animals, plants, hogans, neighbors, deities that interested the Navajo. Also, sandpainting textiles were a pictorial. Three types of textiles utilized: yei, yeibichai, and sandpainting tapestry. 4. The arrival of the railroad caused many changes for the lives and textiles of the Navajos. The railroad brought a new client into the Navajo, and the Navajos attempted new textiles with design-inspiring fresh materials to adjust taste of the eastern purchasers.

Investigation, analysis and study for urban transit's driving energy efficiency (도시철도 운전에너지 효율화를 위한 조사 분석 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Kyu;Park, Se-Young;Park, Young-Seok;Chung, Il-Bong;Han, Moon-Seob
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.612-618
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    • 2009
  • Recently the roles of railways about the prevention of global warming caused by greenhouse gases and for low carbon green growth are larger than ever. And the railroad-related research institutions have been active in researching for energy conservation. Especially the urban railroad has been emerged as the best means of transportation compared to the general public transportation systems in punctuality, stability, ecology and etc. In operating the urban railroad system there are various ways for energy savings. In the larger category, One is the hardware aspect according to the structure of the vehicle and the development of control systems. The other is the software aspect which efficient train operation can be made through control of driving patterns and driving diagram. In this paper, there is sense to analyze the result in verifying expectation relation with variable and the use of electric power on this after selecting main variables that can influence to the energy of the train operation in the software aspect. First, after collecting the basic data related to operation(train speed, operating hours, power consumption, the position of stopping station, electrical power system etc.) and according to this, investigating the consumption of the energy of the operation, in the side of energy consumption deducing and analyzing problem, this will be found solutions.

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The Design of the Feedback Control System of Electromagnetic Suspension Using Kalman Filter

  • Jo, Jeong-Min;Han, Young-Jae;Lee, Chang-Young
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.93-96
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    • 2011
  • The basic element of the EMS suspension is the electromagnet system, which suspends the vehicle without contact by attracting forces to the rails at the guideway. The suspension of a vehicle by attractive magnetic forces is inherently unstable and consequently it is continuously adjusted by the strength of the suspending electromagnet from rail irregularity and bending of the guideway. In order to improve reliable tracking, it needs to get feedback signals without measurement delay time. In this paper the concept of feedback control system with Kalman Filter in EMS is proposed. The input signals in the feedback control system are an air-gap and an acceleration signal. The air-gap signal with noise from the gap sensor is transformed to the filtered air-gap signal y without measurement delay time by using Kalman Filter. The filtered air-gap signal is transformed to a relative velocity and a relative acceleration signal. Then it multiplies these values by gain matrix in order to get the actuator's reference voltage value. The simulation results show that the dynamic responses of the suspension system can be improved by reducing the influence of measurement delay time of air-gap signals.

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New Prediction of the Number of Charging Electric Vehicles Using Transformation Matrix and Monte-Carlo Method

  • Go, Hyo-Sang;Ryu, Joon-Hyoung;Kim, Jae-won;Kim, Gil-Dong;Kim, Chul-Hwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.451-458
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    • 2017
  • An Electric Vehicle (EV) is operated with the electric energy of a battery in place of conventional fossil fuels. Thus, a suitable charging infrastructure must be provided to expand the use of electric vehicles. Because the battery of an EV must be charged to operate the EV, expanding the number of EVs will have a significant influence on the power supply and demand. Therefore, to maintain the balance of power supply and demand, it is important to be able to predict the numbers of charging EVs and monitor the events that occur in the distribution system. In this paper, we predict the hourly charging rate of electric vehicles using transformation matrix, which can describe all behaviors such as resting, charging, and driving of the EVs. Simulation with transformation matrix in a specific region provides statistical results using the Monte-Carlo Method.

Economic Evaluation of ESS Applying to Demand Response Management in Urban Railway System (도시철도부하 수요자원 관리에 ESS 활용 시 경제성 분석)

  • Park, Jong-young;Heo, Jae-Haeng;Kim, Hyeongig;Kim, Hyungchul;Shin, Seungkwon
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.66 no.1
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    • pp.222-228
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    • 2017
  • The aims of the demand response market are stabilization of the power supply and improving of the reliability of the power system. The various applications of the energy storage system (ESS) in the railway systems are studied and implemented to raise the energy efficiency. It is one of the most important how to determine the obligation reduction capacity (ORC) in participation to the demand response market because it has an influence on the profit extremely. In this paper, when participating to the demand response market with demands in the urban railway, we calculated the available ORC and economically evaluated ESS based on the real load data.

A Study on the Effective and Speedy container handing system(E&S) Effectiveness in railroad (철도 화물취급역 입환생략모델(E&S) 도입 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ick-Hee;Yoon, Dong-Hee;Hong, Cheon-Hi
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.505-510
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    • 2011
  • The railroad freight transport has great merits that can transport mass and specific items(dangerous goods), but it takes a long time because of low accessibility to the logistics facility and the complex process of loading freight in middle station. This paper analyzed volumes and characters of each railroad freight item, and was carried out the effect of applying E&S system to Gyeongbu line containers to find the method of reducing transport time and effective container transportation. As a result of Cost-Effectiveness analysis, the block train(B/T) is reducing transport time more about 1~2 hours. The road congestion cost is saving about 2.2 billion won. And due to skipping work of organizing train, personnel and equipment expenses savings expected about 9 billion won. It is expected that the E&S system enhances the container transport service and has an effect positive influence on making a efficient method of transport. But It is necessary to estimate pre-feasibility of applying E&S system that the standard of estimating cost and benefit is required further examination.

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An analysis of mutual influence between power conversions caused by contact loss during traction of next generation high speed train (차세대 고속전철 주행에 따른 이선현상이 전력변환 상호간에 미치는 영향분석)

  • Kim, Jae-Moon;Chang, Chin-Young;Kim, Yang-Soo;Ahn, Jeong-Joon;Kim, Yeon-Joon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.10-12
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    • 2009
  • Electromagnetic Interference(EMI) in electric railway operation has become increasingly important. The components within very high power electronic, and the circuits for treating low-level signals, comprise complex system that must coexist and be highly reliable. To study it, It were included how much the HEMU-400X generates EMI and it has an effect on the power conversion units which resulted from Power Line Disturbance (PLD) phenomenon by contact loss during its running. In this study, the dynamic characteristic of a contact wire and pantograph suppling electrical power to high-speed trains are investigated. The analysis of the loss of contact based on Power Simulator program software is performed to develop power line disturbance model suitable for high speed operation. It is confirmed that a contact wire and pantograph model are necessary for studying the dynamic behavior of the pantograph system.

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The Influence of High-Speed Railroad Construction on Territorial Organization : A Case Study of the French TGV Transportation Network (국토 공간조직에 미친 고속철도망 건설의 영향 : 프랑스 TGV 교통망의 사례를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyeon-Joo
    • Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.252-266
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    • 2004
  • This study analyzes the influence of the construction of a high-speed railroad on territorial organization in France. After development of a new transportation network, the French territorial organization has been largely modified. Many economic urban areas are modified by their position in the territorial hierarchy according to their condition of connection with the TGV network. At first, spatial convergence is the most important effect of the TGV network construction. Second, the development of a transportation network concentrated in the Paris area has influence as an intensified factor on metropolitan areas and as a weakening factor on middle- and small-sized cities. Thus, this system has risk in increasing territorial imbalance in France. Third, to implant an economic activity zone around new TGV stations, a new town or a new economic center starts to develop. This is going to grow into a second core outside of the old city center so that regional spatial organization is transformed from a mono-polarized(mono-centric) organization to a multi-polarized(polycentric) one. Lastly, the integration of the EU railroad system enhances the concentration of economic activity in European metropolitan areas as each metropolitan area tries to develop more competitive space for its rising position in the global urban hierarchical system.

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(A) Study on the Mechanical Properties Improvement of Thermite Welded Zone of Railroad Rail (철도레일 테르밋 용접부의 기계적 특성 향상 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-Kyu;Park, Sung-Sang;Baek, Eung-Ryul;Chun, Bong-Gil
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.2101-2106
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    • 2011
  • It is reported that about more than 45% of damage shown in railroad rails include breakage of rail end which cross the center of Thermit welded zone. Thermite welding is always accompanied by numerous aluminum oxide and secondary inclusions, which may have a negative influence on the ductility and toughness of the weld metal. In this study the aluminum powder recycled by waste aluminum can was used for iron oxide generated after the process of welding rod and the remain aluminum was reduced by minimizing the quantity of aluminum. And complete dissolution was induced by using ferro Mn powder as the additive element. This study reviewed the applicability of heat treatment in the welded zone of rail using ceramic heating pad by carrying it out. This study could observe the improvement of the mechanical characteristics (UTS and elongation) and the changes of failure mechanism from brittleness to ductility. It could be found that improved strength and elongation result from pearilte fine structure.

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Thermoelastic Contact Analysis of Drum Brakes by Finite Element Method (유한요소법에 의한 드럼 브레이크의 열탄성 접촉해석)

  • Seo, Jung-Won;Goo, Byeong-Choon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.381-386
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    • 2000
  • The brake force of drum brakes for commercial vehicles is applied by a s-cam. First of all the influence of the s-cam load angles and elastic modulus of the pad on the contact pressure distribution between pad and drum was checked by using 3 dimensional finite element model. In the second part, temperature and thermal stress analyses were carried out by an axisymmetric model with constant heat flux and pressure-proportional heat flux. In the case of temperature analysis the heat conduction from the interface to the pad and the drum was modeled using a thin soft film element, so artificial division of the generated heat flux between pad and drum is not necessary. The analysis was performed by ABAQUS/Standard code.

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