• 농업과학연구
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.897-907
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to develop a self-propelled underground crop harvester and its performance was evaluated by measuring the load during actual potato harvesting operations. This study was conducted at a constant working speed of 1 km·h^-1. A load measurement system was installed to measure the actual load and the required working power was analyzed. A hydraulic pressure sensor was also installed to measure the hydraulic pressure. The required hydraulic power was calculated using the hydraulic pressure and flow rate. The results showed that the engine speed, torque, and power during harvesting operation were in the range of 845 - 1,423 rpm, 95 - 228 Nm, and 9 - 31 kW, respectively. Traction power, excluding the hydraulic pump of the tractor and power take-off (PTO) output, was in the range of 9 - 28 kW, and it was confirmed that it occupies a ratio of 16.2 to 50% of the engine rated output. The engine can supply the minimum required traction power to move the vehicle. This means that the engine used in this study could be down-sized to be suitable for an underground crop harvester. In this study, the gear stages of the tractor were not considered. This research thus shows the possibility of developing a self-propelled underground crop harvester.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.450-459
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 새로 개발한 점탄성 측정기를 사용하여 수종의 광중합 복합레진의 초기 동적 점탄성 변화를측정하는 것이다. 본 연구에 사용된 점탄성 측정기는 세 부분으로 구성되었다. 첫째, 시편이 놓여지는 parallel plates; 둘째, DC 모터와 크랭크로 이루어진 회전진동전단변형 (Oscillatory shear strain)을 발생시키는 부분; 셋째, 전자기적 토크센서를 이용한 응력 측정 부분으로 구성되었다. 본 점탄성 측정기는 최대 2 Ncm의 토크를 측정할 수 있으며, 광중합기의 스위치는 컴퓨터와 연동하여 데이터 획득을 시작할 때 동시에 켜지도록 하였다. 본 연구에서는 시판 중인 6종의 광중합 복합레진 [Z-100 (Z1), Z-250 (Z2), Z-350 (Z3), DenFil (DF), Tetric Ceram (TC), Clearfil AP-X (CF)]을 사용하였다. 점탄성 측정기를 사용하여 동적 회전전단실험을 시행하였다. 직경 3 mm인 유리막대로 구성된 parallel plates 사이에 $14.2\;mm^3$의 복합레진을 적용시켰으며, 6 Hz의 진동수와 0.00579 rad의 진폭으로 변형을 가하고 발생된 응력을 측정하였다. 광중합이 시작됨과 동시에 측정이 시작되었으며, 광중합 후 10초 동안 점탄성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 각 복합레진에 대해 5 회 반복하여 측정하였고, 실험은 $25{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$에서 진행되었다. 측정된 변형-응력 곡선으로부터 복소전단탄성계수 G*, 저장전단탄성 계수 G', 손실전단탄성 계수 G"를 구하였고 G*가 10 MPa에 이르는 시간을 구하였다. 각 재료의 복소전단탄성계수 G*와 10 MPa에 이르는 시간에 대해 일원분산분석 (One-way ANOVA)과 사후검정 (Tukey 검정)을 시행하였다 (${\alpha}$= 0.05). 결과는 다음과 같다. 1.본 연구를 위해 제작한 점탄성 측정기는 광중합 복합레진의 중합 초기 10초 동안의 동적 점탄성 변화를 신뢰성 있게 측정 할 수 있었다. 2. 모든 복합레진은 광조사 개시 후 $1{\sim}2$초의 불응기를 지난 다음 급격한 전단탄성계수의 증가를 보였다. 3. 모든 복합레진은 광중합 10 초간 손실전단탄성계수보다 저장전단탄성계수의 높은 증가를 보였다. 4. 광중합 초기 10초 후 복소전단탄성계수 값은 $150.3{\sim}563.7\;MPa$로, Z-100이 가장 높았고, 그 다음 Clearfil, Z-250, Z-350, Tetric Ceram, DenFil의 순이었다. 5. 복소전단탄성계수가 10 MPa에 이르는 시간은 Z-100이 2.55초로 가장 빨랐고, DenFil이 4.06초로 가장 느렸다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to analyze power requirement of an agricultural tractor by major field operations. First a survey was conducted to obtain annual usage ratio of agricultural tractor by field operation. Plowing, rotary tillage, and loader operations were selected as major field operations of agricultural tractor. Second, a power measurement system was constructed with strain-gauge sensors to measure torque of four driving axles and a PTO axle, speed sensors to measure rotational speed of the driving axles and an engine shaft, pressure sensors to measure pressure of hydraulic pumps, an I/O interface to acquire the sensor signals, and an embedded system to calculate power requirement. Third, the major field operations were experimented under fields with different soil conditions following planned operation paths. Power requirement was analyzed during the total operation period consisted of actual operation period (plowing, rotary tillage, and loader operations) and period before and after the actual operation (3-point hitch operating, forward and reverse driving, braking, and steering). Power requirement of tractor major components such as driving axle part, PTO part, main hydraulic part, and auxiliary hydraulic part were measured and calculated to determine usage ratio of agricultural tractor power. Results of averaged power requirement for actual field operation and total operation were 23.1 and 17.5 kW, 24.6 and 19.1 kW, and 14.9 and 8.9 kW, respectively, for plowing, rotary tillage, and loader operations. The results showed that rotary tillage required the greatest power among the operations. Averaged power requirement of driving axles, PTO axle, main hydraulic part, and auxiliary part during the actual field operation were 8.1, 7.8, 3.4, and 1.5 kW, respectively, and the total requirement power was about 70 % (20.8 kW) of the rated power. Averaged power requirement of driving axles, PTO axle, main hydraulic, and auxiliary hydraulic for the total operation period were 6.5, 6.0, 2.1, 0.9 kW, respectively, and total requirement power was about 52 % (15.5 kW) of the rated power. Driving axles required the greatest amount of power among the components.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.217-226
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• 2010

The lower limb orthosis with a pneumatic rubber actuator, which is intended for the assistance and the enhancement of muscular activities of lower limbs was developed in this study. Compared to other knee extension assistive devices being developed by other researchers, our device is designed especially for the elderly people and intended only for slight assistance so that the subjects can keep their muscular strength. For the effectiveness of system, muscular activities of major muscles in lower limbs during sit-to-stand (STS) and squat motion were measured and analyzed. Subjects were performed the STS and squat motion with and without lower limb orthosis. We made comparison muscular activities between with and without lower limb orthosis. Lower limb orthosis was controlled using muscular stiffness force feedback that is controlled by muscular activities of the measured muscle from force sensor. For analysis of muscular activities, electromyography of the subjects was measured during STS and squat motion, and these were measured using MP 150(BIOPAC Systems, Inc.). Muscles of interest were rectus femoris(RF), vastus lateralis(VL), vastus medialis(VM) and vastus intermedius(VI) muscles in lower limbs of the right side. A biodex dynamometer was used to measure the maximal concentric isokinetic strength of the knee extensors of wearing and not wearing orthosis on right side. The test were performed using the concentric isokinetic mode of test with the velocity set at 60°/s for muscles around the knee joints. The experimental result showed that muscular activities in lower limbs wearing orthosis using muscular stiffness force of a vastus medialis muscle was reduced and knee extension torque of an knee joint wearing lower limb orthosis was increased. With this, we confirmed the effectiveness of the developed lower limb orthosis.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2020

Traction performance of a tractor varies depending on soil conditions. Sinkage and slip of the driving wheel for tractor frequently occur in a reclaimed land. The objective of this study was to develop a tractor suitable for a reclaimed land. Traction performance was evaluated according to soil conditions of reclaimed land and paddy field. Field experiments were conducted at two test sites (Fields A: paddy field; and Field B: reclaimed land). The tractor load measurement system was composed of an axle rotation speed sensor, a torque meter, a six-component load cell, GPS, and a DAQ (Data Acquisition System). Soil properties including soil texture, water content, cone index, and electrical conductivity (EC) were measured. Referring to previous researches, the tractor traveling speed was set to B3 (7.05 km/h), which was frequently used in ridge plow tillage. Soil moisture contents were 33.2% and 48.6% in fields A and B, respectively. Cone index was 2.1 times higher in field A than in field B. When working in the reclaimed land, slip ratios were about 10.5% and 33.1% for fields A and B, respectively. The engine load was used almost 100% of all tractors under the two field conditions. Traction powers were 31.9 kW and 24.2 kW for fields A and B, respectively. Tractive efficiencies were 83.3% and 54.4% for fields A and B, respectively. As soil moisture increased by 16.4%, the tractive efficiency was lowered by about 28.9%. Traction performance of tractor was significantly different according to soil conditions of fields A and B. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the traction performance of tractor for smooth operations in all soil conditions including a reclaimed land by reflecting data of this study.