• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.189-206
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• 2012

This paper focuses on the actuation system combined with a piezoelectric transducer and an electric circuit, which leads to a new insight; the electric actuation system is equivalent to mechanical variable-stiffness actuation systems. By controlling the switch in the circuit, the electric status of the piezoelectric transducer is changed, and consequently a variable-stiffness mechanism is achieved on the electric actuator. This proposed actuator features a shift in the equilibrium point of force, while conventional electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuators feature the variation of the stiffness value. We intensively focus on the equilibrium shift in the actuation system, which has been neglected. The stiffness of the variable-stiffness actuator is periodically modulated by controlling the switch, to suppress the vibration of the system in an open-loop way. It is proved that this electric actuator is equivalent to its mechanical counterpart, and that the electrical version has some practical advantages over the mechanical one. Furthermore, another kind of electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuator, using an energy-recycling mechanism is also discussed from the viewpoint of open-loop vibration control. Extensive numerical simulations provide comprehensive assessment on both electrically-induced variable-stiffness actuators employed for open-loop vibration control.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.43-67
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• 2010

A gradient-based evolutionary optimization methodology is presented for finding the optimal design of both the added dampers and their supporting members to minimize an objective function of a linear multi-storey structure subjected to the critical ground acceleration. The objective function is taken as the sum of the stochastic interstorey drifts. A frequency-dependent viscoelastic damper and the supporting member are treated as a vibration control device. Due to the added stiffness by the supplemental viscoelastic damper, the variable critical excitation needs to be updated simultaneously within the evolutionary phase of the optimal damper placement. Two different models of the entire damper unit are investigated. The first model is a detailed model referred to as "the 3N model" where the relative displacement in each component (i.e., the spring and the dashpot) of the damper unit is defined. The second model is a simpler model referred to as "the N model" where the entire damper unit is converted into an equivalent frequency-dependent Kelvin-Voigt model. Numerical analyses for 3 and 10-storey building models are conducted to investigate the characters of the optimal design using these models and to examine the validity of the proposed technique.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.1037-1054
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• 2016

Structural parameter evaluation and external force estimation are two important parts of structural health monitoring. But the structural parameter identification with limited input information is still a challenging problem. A new simultaneous identification method in time domain is proposed in this study to identify the structural parameters and evaluate the external force. Each sampling point in the time history of external force is taken as the unknowns in force evaluation. To reduce the number of unknowns for force evaluation the time domain measurements are divided into several windows. In each time window the structural excitation is decomposed by orthogonal polynomials. The time-variant excitation can be represented approximately by the linear combination of these orthogonal bases. Structural parameters and the coefficients of decomposition are added to the state variable to be identified. The extended Kalman filter (EKF) is augmented and selected as the mathematical tool for the implementation of state variable evaluation. The proposed method is validated numerically with simulation studies of a time-invariant linear structure, a hysteretic nonlinear structure and a time-variant linear shear frame, respectively. Results from the simulation studies indicate that the proposed method is capable of identifying the dynamic load and structural parameters fairly accurately. This method could also identify the time-variant and nonlinear structural parameter even with contaminated incomplete measurement.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.576-582
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• 2001

MBE(Multi-Band Excitation) 음성부호화 방식은 프레임 단위로 유/무성음을 구분하는 기존의 분석-합성 방식과는 달리 한 프레임 내에서의 주파수 영역을 여러 대역으로 나누고, 각 대역별로 유/무성음 구간을 판정하여 그에 맞는 여기신호를 이용하여 음성을 합성한다. 이러한 MBE 방식은 프레임 단위로 유/무성음을 구분하는 기존의 방식들이 갖는 합성음의 buzziness 영향이나 잡음이 섞인 음성을 분석할 때 생길 수 있는 유/무성음 판정 오류의 영향을 최소화함으로써 음질 향상을 이룰 수 있다. IMBE-LP 방식은 MBE 방식을 이용하여 2.4 kbps의 저전송률을 얻기 위한 음성부호화 알고리즘으로 MBE 모델에서 사용되는 각 대역별 스펙트럼 정보를 LP(Linear Prediction) 계수로 모델링 한다. 본 연구에서는 2.4 kbps IMBE-LP 알고리즘을 구현하고, 주파수대역 정보를 이용하여 분석프레임의 음성특성에 따라 LP차수를 달리 함으로써 전송률을 줄일 수 있는 방법을 제안하고 실험하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권7C호
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• pp.962-970
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 TI사의 부동소수점 DSP인 TMS320C6701$^{TM}$을 이용한 2.4kbps EHSX(Enhanced Harmonic Stochastic Excitation) 음성부호화기의 실시간 구현 방법에 대해서 논한다. EHSX는 4khz의 대역폭을 갖는 음성신호를 2.4kbps의 비트율을 갖는 압축 패킷으로 변환하는 부호화 방법으로, 유/무성음에 따라 하모닉(Harmonic) 여기 부호화 방법과 CELP 부호화 방법을 선택적으로 사용하는 구조를 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 EHSX의 실시간 구현을 위해 연산량의 큰 비중을 차지하는 CELP 분석의 코드북 검색부분과 일부 IIR 필터링 부분에 대한 고정소수점 변환 방법과, 부호화시 하모닉 검색 및 피치 검색방법에 대한 알고리즘 상 연산량 감소 방법, DSP의 구조를 고려한 코드를 배치방법 등 연산량을 감소시키기 위한 최적화 방법을 제시한다. 설계된 음성 부호화기는 PESQ(perceptual evaluation of speech quality) ITU-T Recommendation P.862를 이용한 음질 평가 결과로서 약MOS 3.28을 얻었으며, 실시간으로 압축 및 복원을 수행한다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.348-352
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• 2016

본 논문은 적정 전압 여자를 적용한 스위치드 릴럭턴스 전동기의 효율 개선에 대하여 기술한다. 세탁기와 같이 적용 속도에 큰 차이가 있는 부하의 경우 일정한 직류링크전압으로는 효율 개선에 어려움이 있다. 저속운전영역에서 과도한 직류전압의 영향을 줄이기 위해 보통 사용되고 있는 구동회로내의 다이오드 정류기 대신 SCR을 사용한 AC-DC 컨버터가 SRM 드라이버에 포함된다. AC-DC 컨버터는 저속에 알맞은 적정한 여자전압을 공급한다. 실험결과를 통하여 저속영역에서 효율이 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권2호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2018

The passive control of structures using a pendulum tuned mass damper has been extensively studied in the technical literature. As the frequency of the pendulum depends only on its length and the acceleration of gravity, to tune the frequency of the pendulum with that of the structure, the pendulum length is the only design variable. However, in many cases, the required length and the space necessary for its installation are not compatible with the design. In these cases, one can replace the classical pendulum by a virtual pendulum which consists of a mass moving over a curved surface, allowing thus for a greater flexibility in the absorber design, since the length of the pendulum becomes irrelevant and the shape of the curved surface can be optimized. A mathematical model for a building with a pendular tuned mass damper and a detailed parametric analysis is conducted to study the influence of this device on the nonlinear oscillations and stability of the main system under harmonic and seismic base excitation. In addition to the circular profiles, different curved surfaces with softening and hardening characteristics are analyzed. Also, the influence of impact on energy dissipation is considered. A detailed parametric analysis is presented showing that the proposed damper can not only reduce sharply the displacements, and consequently the internal forces in the main structure, but also the accelerations, increasing user comfort. A review of the relevant aspects is also presented.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.107-127
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• 2022

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has been related to damage identification with either operational loads or other environmental loading playing a significant complimentary role in terms of structural safety. In this study, a non-parametric method of time frequency analysis on the measurement is used to address the time-frequency representation for modal parameter estimation and system damage identification of structure. The method employs the wavelet decomposition of dynamic data by using the modified complex Morlet wavelet with variable central frequency (MCMW+VCF). Through detail discussion on the selection of model parameter in wavelet analysis, the method is applied to study the dynamic response of both steel structure and reinforced concrete frame under white noise excitation as well as earthquake excitation from shaking table test. Application of the method to building earthquake response measurement is also examined. It is shown that by using the spectrogram generated from MCMW+VCF method, with suitable selected model parameter, one can clearly identify the time-varying modal frequency of the reinforced concrete structure under earthquake excitation. Discussions on the advantages and disadvantages of the method through field experiments are also presented.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.340-343
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• 2019

본 논문은 동력차에서 견인전동기 기진 주파수와 견인전동기 강체 모드 공진 문제로 인해 발생할 수 있는 현상에 대해 소개하고, 이를 제어하는데 효과적인 설계인자를 해석적으로 검토해보았다. 회전 속도가 변하는 회전기기의 경우, 공진 문제를 해결하기 위해서는 공진주파수 대역을 상용 운전 범위 바깥으로 이동시키거나 동강성을 크게 하는 등의 방법을 통하여 공진 응답이 낮아지도록 하는 방안이 있다. 견인전동기의 운전 범위는 일반적으로 0 r/min ~ 4800 r/min으로 대차모드가 이 운전 영역대를 벗어나게 설계하는 것은 현실적으로 불가능 하다. 따라서 공진 응답에 영향을 주는 설계 인자를 찾아 이를 적절하게 조정하여야 한다. 유한요소 해석 검토 결과, 견인전동기 강체모드 공진 응답에 영향을 주는 설계인자는 트랜섬파이프 간격으로 간격이 지나치게 넓게 설계될 경우 견인전동기 기진력과 강체 모드 간 공진 시 과도한 진동이 발생될 수 있음을 파악하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.609-615
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• 2005

A 30kW electrical power conversion system is developed for a variable speed wind turbine. In the wind energy conversion system(WECS) a synchronous generator with field current excitation converts the mechanical energy into electrical energy. As the voltage and the frequency of the generator output vary according to the wind speed, a 6-bridge diode rectifier and a PWM boost chopper is utilized as an ac-dc converter maintaining the constant dc-link voltage with only single switch control. An input current control algorithm for maximum power generation during the variable speed operation is proposed without any usage of speed sensor. Grid connection type PWM inverter converts dc input power to ac output currents into the grid. The active power to the grid is controlled by q-axis current and the reactive power is controlled by d-axis current with appropriate decoupling. The phase angle of utility voltage is detected using software PLL(Phased Locked Loop) in d-q synchronous reference frame. Experimental results from the test of 30kW prototype wind turbine system show that the generator power can be controlled effectively during the variable speed operation without any speed sensor.