• KIEAE Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2009

The use of natural light can improve the quality of indoor environment and also occupants health. In recent years, with an increasing awareness of sustainable development, various innovative methods of integrating daylight into the building have been developed. One such device is the light pipe system. The light pipes are innovative daylighting system that allow the transmission of daylight into the hard-to-reach indoor space. The system consist of mainly three parts. First, a top collector which is mounted on the outside of the roof and gathers skylight and sunlight. Second, light-reflective tube which is coated with highly reflective mirror finish material to transmit the daylight into the diffuser. Third, a diffuser which is installed on the ceiling in the room and spread the daylight into the room. Light pipes have been widely used and researched in many countries such as Australia, America, Canada and Britain. However, despite the significant daylight potential, little work have been carried out in Korea compare to the other countries. In this study, recent lighting technology and application of light pipe system in both Korea and other countries have been compared. For the results, the benefits of each light pipe system and suitable application in Korea is also discussed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.41-55
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• 2015

This study proposes a laser based impedance measurement system and impedance based pipe corrosion and bolt-loosening monitoring techniques under temperature variations. For impedance measurement, the laser based impedance measurement system is optimized and adopted in this paper. First, a modulated laser beam is radiated to a photodiode, converting the laser beam into an electric signal. Then, the electric signal is applied to a MFC transducer attached on a target structure for ultrasonic excitation. The corresponding impedance signals are measured, re-converted into a laser beam, and radiated back to the other photodiode located in a data interrogator. The transmitted impedance signals are treated with an outlier analysis using generalized extreme value (GEV) statistics to reliably signal off structural damage. Validation of the proposed technique is carried out to detect corrosion and bolt-loosening in lab-scale carbon steel elbow pipes under varying temperatures. It has been demonstrated that the proposed technique has a potential to be used for structural health monitoring (SHM) of pipe structures.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 주물공정에서 발생되는 폐주물사를 가공처리한 방식사를 지하 전력구 및 전력선용 보호관로 공사의 되메움재료로 사용하는데에 따른 적합성을 분석하고자 물리적, 화학적, 열저항 특성실험을 실시하고 현재 지하 전력 구공사의 되메움재로 사용하고 있는 강모래와 비교 분석하였다. 분석결과, 방식사는 전력구 되메움재로서 물리적 기준에 적합하며, 화학적으로 유해성이 적은 것으로 판단되나, 허용전류 측면에서는 함수비 변화에 따른 열저항율의 변동폭이 커서 강모래에 비해 불리하게 나타났다. 이는 방식사가 전력선용 보호관로의 되메움재로 사용하기에는 부적합하나, 토양의 열저항과 무관한 콘크리트 Box로 차폐된 전력구에서는 되메움재로 사용할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주는 것이다. 향후, 이러한 측면에서 방식사의 활용성을 높이기 위해서는 열저항율에 대한 저감방안 등이 연구되어야 할 것이다.

• 소음진동
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.401-409
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• 2001

Passive type mufflers installed on every car haute inherent problem of lowering engine power and fuel efficiency caused by backpressure which is byproduct of complex internal structure. Recent improvements like installing a calve to change exhaust gas path depending on power requirement and rpm have only marginally improved performance. Tremendous amount of recent research works on active exhaust noise control have failed to commercialize because of numerous physical and economical reasons. In this paper, a unique seal-active muffler using difference of transmission paths is presented. In this system exhaust pipe is divided into two and joined again downstream. Exhaust noise is reduced by destructive interference when two-divided noise join again with transmission paths'difference which is half of the wavelength of a main noise frequency. One divided path has a sliding mechanism to change length thereby transmission path length difference is adjusted to entwine rpm change. The proposed system has minimal backpressure and does not need a secondary sound source like a speaker so it can overcome many problems of failed active noise control methods. We have verified proposed system's superior performance by simulation and comparison experiment with passive mufflers.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.497-502
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• 1997

Automation facilities of greenhouses have been continuously developed. However, the conventional two-stage worm gear reducer reveals some problems, including low transmission efficiency. The worm gear reducer also have some difficulties in manufacturing and short life. Therefore, this study was performed to develop a planetary gear reducer, having a high Sear reduction ratio and high torque transmission efficiency. The planetary gear system consisted of a fixed ring gear and a 2-teeth differential ring gear turning slow, as the planetary pinion orbits fast around the fixed ring gear. The developed gear system can achieve a high speed reduction rate at one stage. The reducing system was employed to the greenhouse ventilation system. The reducer has the transmission efficiency of 70.5%, 2∼3 times longer life time, and twofold roll-up torque at an affordable price, comparing with conventional reducers. This reducer can be also applied to many industrial equipments, such as industrial crane, hoist, elevator and gondola etc.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1993-1995
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• 2000

In this paper, we calculate the magnetic field and analyze the inductive interference in conductive material around power transmission line. To compute induced eddy currents as well as magnetic fields, finite element method(FEM) is used for numerical calculation. The characteristics, transmission line height, conductive earth and mitigation wire are taken account of FEM analysis. This research also shows that mitigation wire reduces amount of eddy current in buried pipe line.

• 소음진동
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.285-294
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• 1999

Transient analysis for compressible fluid flow has been performed experimentally and analytically to study the dynamic characteristics of the end volume transmission lines following a sudden pressure change a its entrance. The numerical method was developed based on the method of characteristics. The sudden pressure at its entrance was generated by rupture of diaphragm in a shock tube. The sudden pressure was used to obtain the response, as input signal for the numerical analysis. The response to the sudden pressure at the end volume was measured using a pressure transducer. The experimental result shows good agreements with the numerical result. The effects of tube length, its diameter and end volume magnitude are evaluated on the responses of the pressure and on the damping factor. It is found that the viscous damping effects on the response through the transmission pipeline becomes larger with increasing pi;eline length and decreasing diameter of the pipe and the fluid-elastic stiffness decreases with increasing the terminal volume. The numerical approach presented in this paper can be very useful in designing the instrument and control system.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.242-247
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• 2003

본 논문은 유전자 알고리듬을 이용하여 자동차 부품인 자동변속레버의 최적 설계 방법론에 대한 연구이다. 현재 업계에서의 자동변속레버는 구성 부품들을 순서적으로 설계하고 있으나, 본 연구에서는 구성 부품들의 설계 파라미터들을 동시에 고려하여 설계할 수 있는 새로운 방법론을 제안한다. 유전자 알고리듬 접근방법은 자동변속레버의 최적 설계 파라미터 집합을 결정하기 위해 적용된다. 본 연구에서는 자동변속레버의 구성 부품들로 구성된 제약조건하에 디텐트 스프링의 각 변위를 최소화하는 목적함수를 가지는 설계 문제를 모델링하였고, 유전자 알고리듬을 적용하여 최적 설계를 수행하였다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ 도시철도 ${\bigcirc}$ 호선 ${\bigcirc}$ 공구의 지중 전력구관로 매설공사 후 발생한 합성수지 직관의 파손에 대한 원인을 고찰하기 위하여 문헌연구를 통하여 설계 및 구조해석에 사용된 매개변수를 분석하였다. 그리고 현장조건을 면밀히 분석하고 현장 관로를 모사한 관로의 시험시공 및 물다짐 시험을 수행하였다. 또한, 송전관로의 구조적 안정성과 수치해석을 통한 송전관로 기초지반 침하영향 검토를 수행하였다. 수행결과 물다짐에 의하여 얻을 수 있는 상대밀도는 보통 이상이었으며 시방기준에 의거한 상대다짐도는 양호한 물다짐을 수행할 경우 90%정도의 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2002

Design for a quiet operation of fluid power system requires the understanding of noise and vibration characteristics of the system. It's not easy to analyze noise problem in hydraulic cylinder used in typical actuator Because they've got complex fluid dynamics. One of the fundamental problems associated with the hydraulic system is the pulsating flow in pipe lines, which can be tackled by the analysis under simplifying assumptions. The present study focuses on theoretic analysis and experimental study on the dynamics of laminar pulsating flow in a circular pipe. We analyze the propagation characteristics of the pressure pulse within a hydraulic pipe line taking into account the pulsating flow frequency variation. We also measure instantaneous pressure pulses within pipe line to identify the transfer functions. We conduct series of experiments to investigate the propagation characteristics of pressure pulse for various pressure of pulsating flow. The working fluid of the present study is ISO VG46 and the temperature ranges from 20 to $60^{\circ}$ with normal pressure at 4000kPa. The flow rate is measured by using an ultrasonic flow meter. Pressures at fixed upstream and downstream positions are measured concurrently. The electric signals of the pressure sensor are stored and analyzed using a system analyzer(PKE 983 series). The frequency is varied in the range of 10~500Hz. The Reynolds number is kept below 2,000. In the present study, boundary condition was varied by installing a surge tank and an orifice at the end of pipe. Experimental and theoretical results were compared each other under various boundary conditions.